Zima zinafika mwalamulo pa Disembala 21, ndipo kuyambira pamenepo, mphepo zamkuntho zopanda chifundo zomwe zidaphulitsa chipale chofewa ku Midwest ndi Canada. Koma kuno ku Mediterranean kwadzuwa, nthano ya Ovid ya Halcyon ikuwoneka ngati yeniyeni. Mawu akuti "Masiku a Halcyon" amachokera ku chikhulupiriro chachi Greek kuti masiku khumi ndi anayi a nyengo yabata, yowala imafika nthawi ina pafupi ndi nyengo yachisanu - ndi pamene mbalame yamatsenga yotchedwa halcyon inatontholetsa pamwamba pa nyanja chifukwa cha chisa chake. Ndi nthawi yabwino bwanji kufufuza dziko lakale.
Ulendo wathu wachisanu chaka chino, tinasankha kukondwerera maholide pa Norwegian Jade (omwe kale ankadziwika kuti Pride of Hawaii). Mnzathu wapamtima komanso wothandizana nawo maulendo a Leslie Darga nthawi zonse amalankhula bwino za NCL, kutchula mbiri yabwino posankha maulendo okhala ndi madoko osangalatsa. Zomwe zidatigulitsa patchuthi tikuyenda mu Jade zinali ulendo wamasiku 14 womwe umaphatikizapo zikondwerero za Khrisimasi ndi Chaka Chatsopano, zomwe zimakwanira bwino pakati pa semesita yaku yunivesite. Monga mphunzitsi komanso wophunzira wamaphunziro apamwamba, nthawi inali yofunikira.
Koma nkhawa za Pride of Hawaii zikuyenda bwino m'nyengo yozizira ku Mediterranean zinali zovomerezeka ndipo zidayikidwa pa intaneti. Kupatula apo, sitimayi idamangidwa ngati chombo choyenda m'madzi otentha aku Hawaii, osati ngati chombo chophwanyira madzi oundana, monga Marco Polo wodziwika bwino, wodziwika bwino wamakampani akale a NCL Orient Lines. Zowonadi, kusintha dzinalo kukhala Jade sikuli kofanana ndi kuyika sitimayo yokhala ndi denga lagalasi lobweza pamwamba pa dziwe kapena kupanga zosintha zina zamtunda.
Tinafika ku Barcelona pa EasyJet, imodzi mwa ndege zotsika mtengo zomwe zikunyamuka ku Milan. Pamodzi ndi Ryan Air, ndege izi ndizonyamula zodziwika bwino zotsika mtengo mpaka senti imodzi. "Zotsika mtengo, zotchipa, zotsika mtengo" zidalira halcyon - mtengo wathu wa Khrisimasi unali ma euro 21 okha.
Ndege ya Barcelona El Prat ili pamtunda wa mphindi 20 kuchokera ku Puerto Muelle Adosado, komwe Jade adayimitsidwa. Port Terminal B inali yatsopano, yaukhondo, komanso yothandiza. Ngakhale mita ya taxi yathu inali ma euro 21.50, pofika nthawi yomwe dalaivala adawonjezera zolipiritsa zonyamula katundu, kupita ku eyapoti, kupita kudoko, ndipo mwinanso chindapusa cha "Ndikumva kumva kununkhira kwa alendo", chiwongola dzanjacho chidafika ngakhale ma euro 37.
Kulowa kunali kwachidule, ndipo alendo ofika msanga anaitanidwa kuti akasangalale ndi malo opezeka anthu ambiri m’sitimamo mpaka zinyumba zitakonzeka. Tidayenda mu buffet ya Garden Café ndipo tinali okondwa kuwona buffet yokongola ya ana yokhala ndi matebulo ang'onoang'ono a amaweyi. Malo a buffet mwina ndi ang'onoang'ono kwambiri omwe sitinawawonepo pa sitima yapamadzi yogulitsidwa kwambiri, koma anali odzaza bwino ndipo anali ndi zakudya zosiyanasiyana kuti asangalatse m'kamwa mwa America.
Cabin 5608, malo owonera nyanja, anali oyera, opezeka bwino pakati pa sitima yapamadzi, ndipo anali ndi bedi lowoneka bwino la kukula kwa mfumukazi. Bafalo linali laukhondo, ndi bafa lalikulu lotsekeredwa ndi galasi lachinsinsi. Chimbudzi chachimbudzi chingayambitse vuto la claustrophobics chitseko chake chagalasi chatsekedwa. Spearmint ananunkhiza gel osamba akuthwa a Elemis, ndipo sopo wamadzi wamadzi - lavenda wakumwamba - adanunkhira mnyumba yathu ndi fungo losawoneka bwino ngati minda yamaluwa yofiirira yomwe imamera ku Yorkshire Dales inali pafupi kuponya mwala.
Ngakhale idatumizidwa koyambirira, Pride of Hawaii imagwira ntchito bwino ngati Jade waku Norwegian Jade. Okonza sitimayo adapanga njira zambiri zowongolera nyengo m'sitimayo, motero zomwe poyamba zidali zoletsa kutentha, zimagwiranso ntchito mokongola kuti kutentha kusakhale mkati.
N'zoona kuti padziwepo palibe dome lotha kubweza, koma zimenezo sizinalepheretse achinyamata amphamvuwo kuthera maola ambiri pamadzi otsetsereka. Malo osambirawo sakhala ndi anthu ambiri, mwina chifukwa opanga adadziwa kuti pangakhale chidwi chachikulu chosangalalira pamagombe okongola a ku Hawaii kuposa kuzungulira piscine yocheperako. (Pepani French wanga.)
Mwiniwake, sindingakonde kuyenda pasauna yokhala ndi denga lodzaza ndi chlorine popita ku buffet. Kupuma kwa mpweya wabwino kwa mphindi imodzi kapena ziwiri sikumapweteka aliyense. Anthu ena apaulendo adawonetsa kunyansidwa ndi malingaliro aku Hawaii omwe amatuluka paliponse (ukuleles, Aloha malaya, kokonati kanjedza, hibiscus ndi Polynesia polloi amakongoletsa kwambiri khoma lililonse), ndipo odandaula tatchulawa ankaona NCL anali penapake okakamizika kusintha mutu m'ngalawamo kuti agwirizane ndi dzina latsopano. Zomwe adalephera kuzindikira ndikuti palibe kampani yomwe ingawunikenso zamkati nthawi iliyonse ikayikanso sitimayo. Chofunika koposa, monga ulemu wamba, mlendo woyitanidwa sayenera kunyoza kukoma kwa womulandirayo.
Woyang'anira hotelo ya Jade a Dwen Binns adati "Jade kwenikweni ndi sitima yofanana ndi ya Jewel, Gem, Pearl, Dawn, ndi Star, ndipo imatha kuyenda padziko lonse lapansi." Ananenanso kuti, "Pearl ndi Gem ali ndi malo osambira pomwe zombo zina zapeza malo ogulitsa mphatso."
Ulendo wathu wa m’mphepete mwa nyanja ku Rome ndi Vatican unayambira padoko la nyanja la Civitavecchia, makilomita pafupifupi 50 kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa Mzinda Wamuyaya. Pa $259 pa munthu aliyense, uwu unali ulendo wathu wokwera mtengo kwambiri, ndipo ndikuchirabe chifukwa chododometsa zomata; koma zimadziwika bwino kuti zinthu zochepa ku Italy zimatsika mtengo. Ulendo wathu wopita ku Vatican Museum udavumbulutsa chuma chambiri cha apapa, kuphatikiza chithunzi cha Leonardo da Vinci cha Jerome Woyera, zithunzi zingapo za Caravaggio, ndi mndandanda waukulu wa zolemba za mbuye Raphael. Nyenyezi yonyezimira yosonkhanitsidwa ndi Sistine Chapel, pomwe mapanelo otchuka a Michelangelo kuyambira "Creation of Adam" mpaka "The Final Judgment" amakongoletsa denga ndi makoma. Pafupi mamita angapo kuchokera ku nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale pali Tchalitchi cha Saint Peter, tchalitchi chachikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Khomo lopatulika, limene limatsegulidwa kamodzi kokha pa zaka 25, linatsekedwa ndi simenti, litagwiritsidwa ntchito komaliza pa zikondwerero za zaka chikwi. Mkati mwa makoma oyerawo, The Pietà imawala motentha pansi pa nyali zofewa, mosungika kuseri kwa magalasi osaloŵerera zipolopolo, osafikiridwa ndi anthu otengeka maganizo onyamula nyundo. Manda a Petro Woyera ali pansi pa guwa la nsembe lalitali. Wotitsogolera, Mario, adalozera zipinda zomwe Papa Benedictus XVI amakhala, komanso khonde lomwe Sua Santità amaperekera misa ya Khrisimasi pakati pausiku. Ogwira ntchito anali kusonkhanitsa nyumba yochititsa chidwi ya kubadwa kwa Yesu pansi pa nsalu yotchinga ya tarps mpaka chikondwerero chapadera cha yuletide chinayamba.
Pambuyo pa ulendo wathu ku Vatican, tinalowanso ku Italy kuti tidzaonere korona wa Imperial Rome: Flavian Amphitheatre, yomwe imadziwika kuti Colosseum. Mu 1749, Papa Benedict XIV analengeza kuti holo ya Kolose malo opatulika, pamene Akristu oyambirira anaphedwera chikhulupiriro mkati mwa mpanda wake. Ogulitsa zinthu zosiyanasiyana zokumbukira analipo kuti alimbikitse chidwi cha malowo, pomwe ochita zisudzo ovala zovala za Kenturiyo wachiroma adakhala mosangalala pakati pawo kujambula zithunzi.
Doko lathu lachiwiri, lokongola la Napoli, linali lodzaza ndi anthu ogula usiku wa Khrisimasi akusankha zinthu zaphwando la Khrisimasi. Ku Italy, Khirisimasi ndi chikondwerero chachipembedzo, ndipo ana amadikirira mpaka January 6 kuti alandire zoseweretsa zawo zabwino kwambiri. Kudzera ku San Gregorio Armeno, kanjira kakang'ono kodzaza ndi mashopu a Khrisimasi, mumawonetsa masauzande ambiri amitundu yoyambira yapakatikati mpaka yapamwamba. Bambo Diamund, pokonzekera misa yapakati pausiku ya ngalawayo, anafuna tizithunzi tating'ono tachipembedzo kuchokera kwa ogulitsa masitolowa kuti apatse ana obwera ku chikondwererocho. Atazindikira kuti anali wansembe, wogulitsa Napolitan adapereka zifanizo 500 za Mwana wa Yesu kwa Reverend, yemwe mokondwera adagawana ndi aliyense wobwera ku misa (ndiuzidwa kuti pafupifupi 500 analipo). Palibe amene anaphonya mpumulo wanga wokongola, ndinapita ku St. Mattress of The Springs usiku umenewo.
Mwambo wakale wa kubadwa kwa Napolitan unayamba zaka chikwi. Tidayendera chiwonetsero cha kubadwa kwa Yesu ku Complesso Monumentale di San Severo al Pendino pa Via Duomo, yoperekedwa ndi Associazione Italiana Amici del Presepio, yomwe zosonkhanitsira zake zikuwonetsa zachikhalidwe ndi mbiri yakale oeuvres d'art zopangidwa ndi ojambula otchuka aku Italy. Malinga ndi bungwe la Associazione, chikalata china chimanena za kubadwa kwa Yesu mu tchalitchi cha Santa Maria del Presepe mu 1025. mpingo. Chiboliboli cha Namwali Mariya (Vergine Puerperal) wochokera ku kubadwa kwa Angevin tsopano chasungidwa ku Certosa di San Martino Monastery.
Tsiku la Khrisimasi limakondwerera panyanja, mkati mwa Jade waku Norwegian Jade wokongoletsedwa mochititsa chidwi. Ndi mitengo yonyezimira ya Khrisimasi, masauzande a magetsi a Khrisimasi, ndi kuthwanima kokwanira miliyoni imodzi m'maso mwa ana okondwa omwe amabwera ndi Jolly Old Elf, malo athu oyandama adakhala malo atchuthi. Chakudya chamadzulo cha Khrisimasi chinali chosangalatsa komanso chodzaza bwino, ndi zakudya zopatsa thanzi komanso zotsika mtengo. Chisangalalo chapadera chatchuthi mu Stardust Theatre chinali ndi nyimbo zakale ndi zatsopano, zomwe zimayimbidwa ndi achinyamata komanso achangu oimba ndi ovina aluso, omwe mauthenga awo olimbikitsa achimwemwe adafalitsa chisangalalo ndi chiyembekezo pakati pa alendo a sitimayo, pafupifupi 2300 komanso ochokera ku 63 osiyanasiyana. mayiko. Unali mwayi wathu kuvala zomangira zathu za silika zatsopano za Charlie Brown ndi Snoopy, ndikuyika pa imodzi mwama seti ojambulira ambiri kuti tijambule madzulo amatsenga.
Doko lathu lachitatu, Alexandria, linapereka mwayi wokaona mapiramidi okongola a Giza. Ulendo wa basi wa maola awiri ndi theka kupita ku Cairo, womwe unakonzedwa ndi Nasco Tours, unkatsogoleredwa ndi kukongola kwa Aigupto wodziwika bwino wotchedwa Randa. Monga wophunzira wapayunivesite pankhani zokopa alendo, Randa anali wodziwa bwino zolemba zakale, zodabwitsa za dziko lakale, ndi chikhalidwe cha Aigupto kupyola zaka zikwizikwi. Amalankhula Chingerezi ngati mwana wamkazi wachifumu waku Arabia, ndipo amavala zovala zapamwamba zochokera ku Miuccia Prada. Paulendo wathu wa maola 13, iye anaphwanya mwachifundo ndondomeko ya boma kawiri, kotero kuti apaulendo omwe ali ndi nkhawa amatha kupita ku malo ogulitsa mankhwala.
Mpando wakutsogolo wa mphunzitsiyo unali wa mlonda wokhala ndi zida amene amatsagana ndi gululo kuyambira pachiyambi mpaka kumapeto. Koma pa tsikuli analephera kubwera kuntchito. Titafika ku Giza, panalibe kusowa kwa apolisi odzaona malo okhala ndi mfuti pazipilala zilizonse zakale. Mosayembekezeka, apolisi aŵiri ovala yunifomu anatifikira pamene tinali kuima kutsogolo kwa mapiramidiwo, anapempha kamera yathu, natijambula zithunzi. Titakumana mwachidule, anatiuza kuti akufuna ndalama za "baksheesh" (nsonga). Osati otsutsana ndi aliyense wonyamula mfuti zamakina, Marco adawapatsa yuro aliyense. Kenako ananena kuti sizinali zokwanira ndipo ankafuna ma euro osachepera awiri aliyense, choncho anawapatsa ma euro angapo ndipo tinasamuka msanga.
Randa anagogomezera kufunika kopewa ochita chinyengo pa mapiramidi. Adanenanso za chinyengo chodziwika bwino choyitanira mlendo wosayembekezera kuti akwere ngamila mwaulere, kujambula zithunzi za alendo atakhala pa nyama yayitali ya mapazi 8, kenako adalengeza kuti ndalama zotsika ngamila zinali $100.
Pamene ndinkalunjika ku kochi nditayendera mapiramidiwo, apolisi odzaona malo omwewo okhala ndi mfuti anabwera kwa ine, akufuna baksheesh ambiri. Ndinaloza kwa Marco n’kunena kuti, “Takupatsani kale ma Euro anayi, simukukumbukira?” Yankho lake linali "Marco wapereka baksheesh, koma simunatero."
Nditakwiya ndi kunyozedwa, ndinayankha kuti “sindinyamula ndalama,” kenako ndinapita kokayang’anizana ndi mphunzitsiyo mwachipongwe, ndikusamala kuti ndisayang’ane m’mbuyo.
Ron ndi Lisa Leininger, omwe pakali pano akukhala pamalo achitetezo a NATO ku Brussels, Belgium, adayendera mapiramidiwo nati: "Wow, adamangadi chinthu chofunikira kwambiri zaka 4,000 zapitazo. Tinachita chidwi kwambiri ndi mbiri ya malo amodzi.”
Titayendera mapiramidiwo, Nasco Tours inatipititsa ku nyumba yachifumu yokongola kwambiri yokhala ndi makapeti onyezimira komanso makapeti a silika. Mabuffeti anayi akuluakulu amapereka mbale zambirimbiri; zolowetsera zotentha, moŵa, vinyo, ndi zakumwa zoledzeretsa zidakonzedweratu kuti zikhale mkamwa za ku America, koma zokometsera zolemerazo zinali zachilendo, zachilendo komanso zokopa mosaletseka.
Magulu ena adasankha ulendo wa "Pyramids and Nile in Style", kutanthauza kuti chakudya chawo chamasana chimaperekedwa m'sitima, yoyandama mumtsinje wa Nile. Nthaŵi yomaliza imene ndinali ku Cairo, ndinanyansidwa ndi fungo loipa la m’madzi auve a mumtsinje wa Nile. Sindinathe kulimba mtima poganiza zodya nkhomaliro ndikuyandama pamadzi apachimbudzi.
Debra Iantkow, wothandizira paulendo wochokera ku Calgary, Alberta anali wofuna kuchita zambiri kuposa ine, choncho iye ndi banja lake anatenga ulendo wapamadzi wotchuka wa Nile. “Sinali kununkha nkomwe,” iye anati: “koma kunali kotayiradi – tinaona anthu akutaya zinyalala m’madzi. Panjira yopita ku sitima yapamadzi tinadutsa makilomita ndi ma kilomita a ngalande zochokera ku mtsinje wa Nile, zotayidwa kwathunthu ndi matumba a zinyalala, zinyalala, ndipo, panthawi ina, panali flotsam yochuluka kwambiri yomwe inaphimba ngalandeyo kuchokera ku banki kupita ku banki, ndipo simunathe. osawona ngakhale madzi pansi.
“Ndinali kuganiza kuti Tijuana anali woipa kufikira pamene ndinawona malo ameneŵa,” anatero Christopher, wogwira ntchito m’chipatala wa ku Boerney, Texas, “koma ano ndiwo malo auve kwambiri amene sindinawawonepo m’moyo wanga.
Leininger adanena za ulendo wapamadzi wa Nile "Inapatsa alendo chidwi cha chakudya cha Aigupto ndi kuvina. Bambo wina wovala tutu wokongola anazungulira ngati nsonga kwa mphindi 15. Msungwana wokongola yemwe adavina m'mimba ndi nyimbo zenizeni za ku Egypt, zopangidwa kuchokera ku ng'oma za bongo ndi makina opangira kiyibodi."
Kutengera kufotokozera kwa Leininger, ndimatanthauzira kuti panalibe nyimbo kapena mita yodziwika munyimbo, koma ngati phokoso lazomveka. “Zinali zowawa,” iye anatero, “ndine wokondwa kuti sizinakhalitse.
Makilomita angapo, ulendo wanga wa "de-Nile" unatifikitsa ku Memphis ndi Saqqara wakale, komwe tinalowa m'manda a zaka 4600 a mtumiki wakale, ndikuchita chidwi ndi chifaniziro chachikulu cha miyala ya laimu cha Ramses II ku Mit Rahina Museum. Kufunika kwa mabwinja a malowa kwatengera chidwi cha anthu kwa zaka zambiri.
Popeza Jade waku Norwegian adakwera usiku ku Alexandria, tsiku lachiwiri lidapereka mwayi woyendera masamba owonjezera malinga ndi zomwe amakonda.
Mogwirizana ndi mutu wathu wa Banja Loyera, tidayendera Mpingo wa Oyera Sergius ndi Bacchus, womwe umadziwikanso kuti Abu Serga, ku Coptic Cairo. Tchalitchichi chimaperekedwa kwa Oyera Sergius ndi Bacchus, omwe anali okonda amuna kapena akazi okhaokha / asitikali ophedwa muzaka za zana lachinayi ku Syria ndi Mfumu ya Roma Maximian. Malo okwezekawa ndi amene amati Mariya, Yosefe ndi Yesu wakhanda anakhalako pamene ankathawira ku Iguputo.
Tilankhule Turkey. Mayiko akale a Anatolia anali odabwitsa kwambiri pamasiku 14 a Mediterranean odyssey. Ulendo wathu wam'mphepete mwa nyanja, woyendetsedwa ndi Tura Turizm, unaposa zonse zomwe tinkayembekezera. Leyla Öner, wokonza zoyendera alendo, adakwera m'bwalo ndikudziwonetsa yekha, akufunira tonse ulendo wopita ku Efeso, ndikusiya chikwama cha goodie kwa mlendo aliyense wodzazidwa ndi zikumbutso khumi ndi ziwiri. Chimodzi mwa zikumbutso zabwino kwambiri chinali "Mtsuko wa Madzi Oyera," womwe udabwera ndi malangizo akuti "Mphika wopangidwa ndi manja uwu, wopangidwa kuchokera ku dothi lachilengedwe, wapangidwa mwapadera kuti mudzaze madzi oyera ochokera ku kasupe wa Nyumba ya Namwali Mariya. Zinthu zimene zinagwiritsidwa ntchito m’zojambulazi zimafuna kusonyeza mbiya zimene Aefeso ankagwiritsa ntchito m’zaka za zana loyamba, AD. Tikukhulupirira kuti mwasangalala ndi chikumbutsochi monga chikumbutso cha dziko lopatulika la Amayi Mariya!”
Wotitsogolera wamkulu panthaŵiyo, Ercan Gürel, anali katswiri wamaphunziro ndi njonda. Ndithudi mmodzi wa otsogolera odzaona malo abwino kwambiri amene anatiperekezapo paulendo wa m’mphepete mwa nyanja, Ercan (John) anali insaikulopediya yoyenda ya mbiri yakale. Chimodzi mwa zodzinenera zake kukhala wotchuka chinali chakuti iye anagwiradi ntchito yofukula mabwinja ku Efeso, asayansi asanadziwe kwenikweni chomwe chinali pansi pa zaka mazana ambiri za dothi.
Mosiyana ndi Egypt, gombe la Turkey linali lopanda banga, ndipo doko la Izmir linali ngale yeniyeni ya Adriatic. Kulikonse kumene tinkapita, othirira ndemanga akumaloko anasiyanitsa mtundu wawo wochuluka wa Asilamu: “Sitife Aarabu. Anthu ambiri a ku Turkey ali ndi tsitsi lofiirira, maso abuluu komanso amtundu wabwino. Dziko lathu lili kumayiko ena a ku Ulaya, ndipo ndife anthu osapembedza.”
Chigwa chachonde chopita ku mzinda wakale wa Efeso ndi Munda wa Edeni wa mapichesi, ma apricots, nkhuyu, malalanje, azitona ndi minda yosatha ya masamba owoneka bwino.
Pa korona wa phiri la Koressos (Bülbül Daği) pali Nyumba ya Namwali Mariya, nyumba ya njerwa yomwe imatchedwa nyumba yomwe Amayi Maria adakhala zaka zake zomaliza. Akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale amanena kuti maziko a nyumbayi analipo m’zaka za zana loyamba, ndipo apapa atatu anapita kumalowo, kulemekeza cholowa chake chachipembedzo.
M’Nyumba ya Mariya, sisitere wina waubwenzi anatipatsa mendulo zasiliva monga zikumbutso za ulendo wathu wautali wachipembedzo. Chakutsogolo kwa nyumbayo, pali njira yokhotakhota yopita ku akasupe omwe amakhulupirira kuti ali ndi madzi ozizwitsa. Osati wina woti ndisiye chozizwitsa chaulere, ndidadzikonkha kangapo, chifukwa cha inshuwaransi ya ethereal.
Titadya chakudya chamasana chokoma, tinayendera sukulu ya makapeti. Apa, ophunzira amatha miyezi ingapo akumanga zingwe za silika pamanja pazitsulo zazikuluzikulu zoluka kuti apange zojambulajambula zokongola, kugulitsa mchipinda chowonetsera matabwa kwa ma euro zikwi zisanu ndi ziwiri mpaka makumi awiri. Makapeti otsika mtengo opangidwa kuchokera ku ubweya kapena thonje adawonetsedwa, okhala ndi makapeti osavuta oyendayenda kuyambira pafupifupi euro300. Zibwano zanga zinagwera pansi pamene Ercan Gürel anandipatsa kapeti wokongola, wamkulu wolukidwa pamanja, wokhala ndi satifiketi yowona, naulula kuti inali mphatso yochokera kwa iye ndi sukulu ya kapeti.
Tsiku lotsatira, tidakali wodabwa ndi kapeti ya ku Turkey yowolowa manja, tinafika tili osangalala kugombe la Greece. Pakanakhala nthawi yokwanira, kusankha kwathu koyamba kukanakhala kukaona Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain, Mount Athos. Malinga ndi mwambo wa Athonite, Mariya anaima apa pa ulendo wake wokachezera Lazaro. Iye anayenda kumtunda ndipo, atachita chidwi kwambiri ndi kukongola kwakukulu ndi kusayeruzika kwa phirilo, analidalitsa ndi kupempha Mwana wake kuti likhale munda wake. [Ngati Amayi sali okondwa, palibe amene ali wokondwa.] Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, phirilo linapatulidwa kukhala “Munda wa Amayi a Mulungu” ndipo lakhala likudutsa malire kwa akazi ena onse kuyambira pamenepo.
O, chabwino, Athens anali "ndondomeko B" yabwino. Linali litatsala pang’ono kuti Chikondwerero cha Chaka Chatsopano chichitike, ndipo monga mwa chizolowezi cha anthu a ku Italy, tinafuna kugula zovala zofiira zoti tizivala pa Tsiku la Chaka Chatsopano. T-sheti yofiyira yokhala ndi zokongoletsera zagolide za Acropolis idadzaza ndalamazo. Athens anali otanganidwa kwambiri, ndipo mabasi oyendera alendo anali anzeru kwambiri podutsa njira zawo kupeŵa umboni wa chipwirikiti chakuba kapena chiwonongeko chambiri. Akamafunsa otsogolera okaona malo za zipolowezo, nthawi zonse ankanamizira mbuli; antifoni yoyesedwa bwino nthawi zonse inali "Sindikudziwa kalikonse za izi."
Ngakhale zili choncho, kulephera kukumbukira kwachilendo kwadziwika. Madzulo ena, Woyang'anira Cruise waku Norway Jade, Jason Bowen, MC'd "Masewera Osakwatiwa Kwambiri" mu Spinnaker Lounge. Funso losaina loti "Kodi malo odabwitsa omwe mudapangapo ndi kuti" adayankha mwapadera, koma mwamuna wina wanthawi yayitali atanena kuti anali mchipinda chakumtunda kwa kampu ya malalanje, mkazi wake adachita mantha "O! ndinali ndi iwe?"
Zosaiwalika, m'njira zambiri, anali mabwenzi atsopano omwe tidakumana nawo paulendo wapamadziwu. Anthu ochokera ku Cruise Critic adakonza zokumana ndi mafani a board. Tinakumana ndi a Brian Ferguson ndi a Tony Spinosa a ku Paris, France, omwe anali kukondwerera kupuma kwa Brian mwamsanga ku Air France. Tinakumana ndi Robbie Keir ndi wokongola wake, Jonathan Mayers, omwe anali patchuthi kuchokera ku Aberdeen, Scotland. Zinangochitika kuti Jonathan anali mlendo wa Gerry Mayers, mphunzitsi wa komwe tikupita, yemwe anafotokoza mbiri yakale ya Egypt, Turkey, ndi Greece.
Mmodzi mwa ma VIP omwe adakwera anali LLoyd Hara, Lt. Colonel wopuma pantchito, komanso Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Port Commission ku Seattle. LLoyd ndi Lizzie adati chochititsa chidwi kwambiri paulendo wawo ndi ulendo wawo wopita ku The Palace Armory ku Malta, imodzi mwa zida zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi zomwe zili m'nyumba zawo zoyambirira, zomwe zili m'gulu lazipilala zamtengo wapatali kwambiri zachikhalidwe cha ku Europe. Kukhazikitsidwa ndi Knights of St John, amonke ankhondo owopsa komanso owopsa, Amoury akadali chimodzi mwazinthu zowoneka bwino komanso zowoneka bwino zamaulemerero am'mbuyomu a Wolamulira Wankhondo Wachifumu waku Malta.
Ndimakonda amonke anga pang'ono ku mbali yokongola komanso yachubby, atakhala mozungulira matebulo a fratini, ndikugawana ma curd ndi whey, kuwatsuka ndi makapu a Asti Spumante. Malo amodzi owoneka bwino otere amapangidwanso m'malo odyera opambana a Jade, Papa's Italian Kitchen, okongoletsedwa bwino ngati ma trattoria achikhalidwe cha Tuscan, okhala ndi matebulo a fratini ndi mattoni a vista njerwa. Mndandandawu uli ndi zakudya zachikhalidwe zochokera kumadera osiyanasiyana a ku Italy, ndi kutanthauzira pang'ono kwa zomwe Achimereka amaganiza kuti anthu a ku Italy amadya, monga msuzi wa alfredo, spaghetti yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito pamodzi ndi nkhuku parmigiana (osati ngati primo piatto), saladi ya Kaisara, ndi pitsa ya pepperoni. .
Tinachita chidwi kwambiri ndi chakudya chomwe chimaperekedwa ku Jade. Tinkakonda Tex-Mex fajitas ndi quesadillas ku Paniolo's. Malo odyera a Alizar (omwe poyamba ankadziwika kuti Ali Baba's on the Pride of Hawaii) anali ndi mndandanda womwewo wa Grand Pacific, koma ankapereka chithandizo chachangu kwambiri. The Blue Lagoon, malo odyera osakhalitsa a maola 24 ankapereka chakudya chokoma, monga nyama ya chuck, supu ya basil-cream-tomato, keke ya sitiroberi, ndi cheesecake yodontha ndi mabulosi abulu ndi gel wokoma. Gelato ya ku Italy ndi zakudya zina zokoma zinali chabe foni, yoperekedwa mwamsanga ndi ntchito ya m'chipinda chaulere, monga matsenga!
Mphatso ya Amagi inali msilikali wathu, Ruth Hagger, Tyrolean fräulein yemwe anali wachinyamata, yemwe khalidwe lake launyamata ndi lansangala linatuluka m'buku la nkhani za Heidi. Pochokera kumudzi wa Kitzbühel wapadziko lonse lapansi, katchulidwe kake kosangalatsa ka ku Austria kamamveka ngati anthu abwino, okondana omwe sanafe mu "Sound of Music". Mosakayikira anali munthu yekhayo amene anali m’sitimayo amene akanatha kulimbana ndi chilankhulidwe cha ku Tyrolean “Der Pfårrer vu Bschlåbs hat z'Pfingschte 's Speckbsteck z'spat bstellt. Rute ankaoneka kuti amadziŵa munthu wina amene angasungire malo kulikonse pamtunda kapena panyanja. Kaya ndi Jeep ku Malta, kapena kupeza kwa akuluakulu akuluakulu, Ruth ndi wodabwitsa wa ku Austria yemwe ali ndi maganizo oti "akhoza kuchita". Modabwitsa kwambiri, pa tsiku loyamba la ulendo wapamadzi anabwera kwa ife, anatilonjera ndi dzina, ndi kudzizindikiritsa yekha. Osati kokha kuti analoweza pamtima mayina ndi nkhope zathu kuchokera ku chitetezo cha sitimayo, ankadziwa kumene ife tinachokera ndi zomwe zina mwazokonda zathu (mwina kuchokera ku maulendo athu omwe tinasungitsa kale?) zombozi zisanachitike, ndipo zidabwera modabwitsa modabwitsa.
Doko lathu, Barcelona, linali losangalatsa komanso losangalatsa ndi amalonda akugulitsa mphatso zamphindi zomaliza za tsiku lalikulu, Epifania, Januwale 6. Anthu (s)catalans amakondwerera nyengoyi ndi miyambo iwiri yokhudzana ndi poo. Woyamba ndi Caganer, kawonekedwe kakang'ono ka dothi kakang'ono kokhala ndi thalauza pansi, kumachita chimbudzi kwinakwake m'chiwonetsero cha kubadwa kwa Yesu. Monga kamnyamata kakang'ono ka ng'oma, Caganer wakhala akupereka mphatso zake zapadera ku zochitika za kubadwa kwa Yesu kuyambira pakati pa zaka za m'ma 18. Pa rum pum pum pum.
Caga Tió (tió amatanthauza chipika m'Chikatalani) ndi chipika cha Yule, chojambulidwa ndi nkhope yomwetulira ndikusamalidwa kuyambira pambuyo pa El Dia de Inmaculada (December 8). Ndiyeno, pa Khrisimasi, ana amamenya chipikacho ndi kuimba nyimbo zochisonkhezera ku “$h!t mphatso zina.”
Tinakhala usiku pang'ono pobowola penshoni, Continental Hotel, yomwe ili pa Ramblas ku Plaça Catalunya - Barçalon yofanana ndi Avenue des Champs-Élysées ikumana ndi Times Square. Hoteloyi si ya aliyense, makamaka omwe ali panjinga za olumala, kapena alendo ozindikira omwe akufunafuna malo ogona apamwamba. Koma monga malo abwino oti tiwonongeke usiku, chipinda chathu cha 78.50 euro chinabwera ndi zinthu zambiri zaulere, monga vinyo wofiira ndi woyera wopanda malire, ayisikilimu, zakumwa zoziziritsa kukhosi, madzi alalanje, saladi pang'ono, mbale zisanu ndi imodzi zotentha ngati mbatata yokazinga. ndi mpunga wa pilaf, chimanga, buledi, makoroko, mtedza ndi mtedza. Komanso yaulere inali kompyuta yapaintaneti komanso wi-fi yamphamvu kwambiri. Chipinda chathu cha alendo chinali chaching'ono, koma chaukhondo kwambiri, ndipo chinali ndi bafa yapayekha yokhala ndi bafa ndi shawa yamphamvu yotulutsa madzi otentha m'mawa. Mapepalawa anali ndi mawonekedwe a nthano, anali atayamba kusenda, ndipo mwachiwonekere anali okalamba. Zinafanana ndi zoyala zowala zapinki komanso fu-fu komanso zoyikapo nyale, zomwe zimafanana ndi chipinda chogona m'nyumba ya agogo momwe amasungiramo zidole zawo zaku China.
Tinakhala nthawi yambiri ya tsiku lathu kukaona Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, tchalitchi cha Roma Katolika chomwe chinkamangidwabe (kuyambira 1882). Zopangidwa ndi Antoni Gaudí, ntchito yomaliza ikuyembekezeka kutha ndi 2026 (chifukwa chabwino chobwerera ku Barcelona). Kum'maŵa kwake kumakhala chithunzi chochititsa chidwi chojambulidwa mwala, cholemekeza dzina la kachisi lakuti “Banja Loyera.” Mu crypt muli manda a maliro a mafumu a ku Spain, kuphatikizapo Mfumukazi Constance ya ku Sicily, Marie de Lusignan (mkazi wachitatu wa Mfumu James II), ndi ya agogo anga a 24, Mfumukazi Petronila wa Aragon.
Ulendo wathu wobwerera kwathu ku Milano unali wautali wa ola limodzi ndi mphindi khumi ndi zisanu. Tinafika ndikupeza chipale chofewa chikukuta mzindawu, womwe uli pamtunda wa makilomita 30 okha kuchokera kumalire a Switzerland. Kuno kumpoto kwa Italy, mphatso zathu za Khirisimasi zimalandiridwa pa January 6. Malinga ndi mwambo, mphatsozo zimabweretsedwa ndi mfiti yotchedwa Befana. (Zowona, monga waku America, ndimadumphira pawiri ndikulandila mphatso kuchokera kwa Santa Claus mu Disembalanso!) Befana amawonetsedwa ngati hag wakale wowoneka bwino, ndithudi Witch Witch of the West mtundu wa nyenyeswa. Ndimamva ngati Halowini ndikamuwona, koma nditenga mphatso zonse zomwe aliyense angafune kundipatsa.
Sizinathe mpaka mayi wonenepayo ayimba. Anthu aku Italy amakonda opera yawo, ndipo ndimakonda zochitika zaulere ku Teatro alla Scala. "Prima delle Prime" ndizochitika zaulere kwa anthu zomwe zikuwonetsa opera kapena ballet yomwe ikubwera. Chochitikacho chimaphatikizapo maphunziro, mavidiyo, zitsanzo zamoyo, ndipo ndithudi, mwayi wolowa m'makoma opatulika a La Scala, kwaulere. Sindingathe kukwera ndege kupita ku America mpaka nditamva pafupifupi chinthu chimodzi, monga O mio babbino caro, kapena Amami Alfredo. Sikutsazikana, koma wafikaerci Italia pakadali pano.
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