Emva kohambo ngololiwe kunye nebhasi, safika eLausanne saya eLucerne. Nangona sagqibela ngokulahleka kuloliwe wethu ngenxa yokuba umqhubi weteksi wasisa kwindawo engeyiyo, sayiguqula yaba yinto yolonwabo, kwaye ndandinebhongo lokuba ndingazibamba ndilwe ngesiFrentshi!
Ngaphandle kwemiceli mngeni yokuhamba, saya ehotele yethu, ephezulu ngaphezulu kweLake Lucerne. Alithandabuzeki elokuba iSwitzerland intle kwaye inzima. Indawo zaseJamani, isiFrentshi, kunye ne-Italiya zelizwe kunqabile ukuba zinxibelelane, kwaye amapolisa agcina abaguquleli kwizikhululo zabo zamapolisa ukuze banxibelelane nezinye iindawo zelizwe. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ubuhle bendawo buhle kakhulu, inkonzo ayinakulinganiswa, kwaye amaxabiso phantse kuyo yonke into aphakamileyo ngokothusa amaBritane namaFrentshi! Into elungileyo kukuba inkonzo yebhasi yasimahla isimahla kubakhenkethi.
Kuloliwe, apha ndibone imiqondiso yeBasel. Kubantu abaninzi, iBasel ligama nje lesinye isixeko saseSwitzerland, kodwa izolo yayiliSuku lokuzimela lakwa-Israyeli, kwaye kwakuseBasel apho i-Zionist Congress yokuqala yenzeka khona. Ukuzimanyelwa ziingcali ezazifuna ukuzisa uhlanga lwamaJuda ekhaya, zazithathwa ngokuba zikufutshane negeza. Namhlanje, umbono wabo yimbali yempumelelo enkulu yenkulungwane yamashumi amabini. Kwakukho apha eSwitzerland apho konke kwaqala khona. Ukuba ngekhe ndibekhona kwa-Israeli kwi-Yom Ha'Azmaut, ke le yayiyeyona yesibini ibalaseleyo.
Abantu abaninzi basixelele ukuba kwezi zixeko zintathu sityeleleyo, iLucerne sesona sihle. Ndiyavuma, isixeko sihle. Kukho indibaniselwano yoyilo lwakudala lwaseYurophu olunomnxeba onzima wamanzi kunye nentaba. Izakhiwo zinokuba zezangoku, ezindala, iArt Deco, okanye ukukhumbuza intsomi. Nangona isixeko sigcwele ngabakhenkethi, kubandakanya nathi, abaseSwitzerland bangeniswa ezitalatweni, kodwa ngokuzimisela bakulungele ukunceda wakuba ubuyele kubo kwaye wenze kucace ukuba ufuna uncedo.
Ke, akukho luncumo lukhulu kodwa kuninzi kakhulu ukuzimisela ukunceda abantu ongabaziyo, kwaye nje ukuba umkhenkce wophuke, kubakho ubushushu obuninzi. Amaxabiso erestyu apha aneeenkwenkwezi. Sifumene indawo yokutyela entle yase-Italiyane phezolo, ibimnandi kwiplaza enomtsalane, apho ukutya okulula kuphantse kwaxabisa amaxabiso ahlazo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Although we ended up at first missing our train due to a taxi driver taking us to the wrong place, we turned it into an adventure, and I was proud that I could hold my own in a fight in French.
- On the other hand, the scenery is magnificent, the service impeccable, and the prices of almost everything are so high as to shock the British and the French.
- So, there are not a lot of smiles but there is a great deal of willingness to help strangers, and once the ice is broken, there is a great deal of personal warmth.
