Nthawi itakwana yoti ndilowe nawo mlangizi ku Montpellier ndikupita ku Anjodi, bwato langa la hotelo lidakwera theka la ola pa Canal du Midi kumudzi wawung'ono wa Le Somail. Ndinayesedwa kutsalira.
Ndinafika ku Montpellier Loweruka, kutatsala tsiku limodzi kuti tinyamuke, ndipo ndinaganiza kuti sindidzachoka m’tauni yokongolayo. Ndikatumiza imelo kunyumba yonena kuti sindidzabweranso. Hotelo yanga inali pafupi ndi Place de la Comedie, malo osonkhanira otakata oyandikana ndi malo odyera omwe amatuluka m'misewu, ndipo tsiku lotsatira ndinayenera kuyang'ana misewu yakale komanso yotanganidwa ya tauniyo, ndikusangalala ndi chakudya chamadzulo m'bwalo lamasamba, ndikudyera m'malo amodzi. m'malesitilanti ambiri omwe amaperekedwa, monga momwe mungayembekezere, zakudya zabwino kwambiri zomwe sizili zotsika mtengo. Ndinatenga kadzutsa kanga ka khofi ndi croissants m'mawa wotsatira ku Place, ndikubwerera komweko kukadya chakudya chamasana nditatha kufufuza zambiri. Chisangalalo.
Koma gwirani mphunzitsi yemwe ndidachita ndi mabanja ena atatu okha, awiri ochokera ku Australia ndi m'modzi waku USA - Anjodi amanyamula anthu opitilira asanu ndi atatu, m'zipinda zinayi - ndipo titangopuma ndi galasi lachampagne yolandilidwa panja padzuwa ladzuwa. , monga momwe Julian kapitawo anatitengera m’programu ya mlunguwo ndi kufotokoza za moyo wa m’bwato.
Montpellier inali kale m’mbuyomo, pamene ndinayang’ana pa mlatho wakale wamwala umene unali pa ngalandeyo pamtunda wa mayadi oŵerengeka chabe, ndili ndi chidaliro chakuti Anjodi sangadutse m’mbali yopapatizayo. Patangopita nthawi pang'ono, apaulendowo anali atagwira mpweya wawo pamodzi pamene tikupita kumalo otsetsereka ndi zomwe zikanatitengera kumanda amadzi. Nkhope ya Julian inali yosagwedezeka pamene tinkadutsa ndi pepala lotchedwa fag paper pakati pathu ndi makoma amiyala.
Ndipo umu ndi momwe zikanakhalira kwa sabata, zomwe zimaphatikiza kupumula kwathunthu ndi kusinkhasinkha kwapadera komanso kusangalatsa, masiku asanu ndi awiri pa ngalande yokhala ndi mitengo, yokongola komanso yodziwika bwino, yomwe idamangidwa koyambirira m'zaka za zana la 17 osati ngati malo osangalatsa. zomwe tsopano zidakhala za alendo ochokera padziko lonse lapansi, koma kwambiri ngati njira yamalonda, njira yachidule yochokera ku gombe la Channel kupita ku Mediterranean, kupewa ulendo wautali wozungulira chilumba cha Spain ndi Portugal. Tinadutsa midzi yakale; matauni akale; nyumba zapamadzi; ndi lalikulu, minda ya mpesa banja (angapo amene ife anapita kukayendera khalidwe cheke pa mankhwala awo mukumvetsa - ichi chinali pambuyo ntchito zonse kupeza zoona), nthawi zambiri ducking pamene ife kutsetsereka pansi milatho yopapatiza, ambiri anamanga pa nthawi ya kumanga ngalande. Pochita masewera olimbitsa thupi, titha kugwedezeka kwa anthu am'deralo omwe ali m'mphepete mwa ngalandeyo, kapena ngati tiona kuti tikufunika kuchitapo kanthu movutikira, titha kutsika ndikuyenda m'njira yokokera, kuyenderana ndi Anjodi mosavuta, kulowanso m'sitimayo pa loko kapena kutsika. poyimilira mtunda wa kilomita imodzi kapena ziwiri m'mphepete mwa ngalandeyo. Ma njinga ochepa ankasungidwa pa sitima kwa omwe ankafuna kufufuza kumidzi.
Anjodi ndiye bwato lomwe wophika wina wotchuka Rick Stein adakwera nawo pawailesi yakanema ya BBC TV zaka zingapo zapitazo. Galimotoyo inali yaying'ono kwambiri monga momwe adawonetsera pa TV ndipo ngakhale kuti mwamunayo sanali kutiphikira, tinali ndi Sarah, wophika yekha wa Anjodi yemwe nthawi zambiri mindandanda yazakudya yake inali yaukadaulo yaying'ono.
Chakudya chabwino chomwe tinkasangalala nacho tsiku lililonse chinali ndi vinyo wosankhidwa ndi woyendetsa ndege yemwe ankadziwa bwino zinthu zake za "viticultural" komanso kudziŵa kukula kwa zipilalazo. Chakudya chamasana nthawi zambiri chinkaperekedwa mozungulira tebulo pasitepe pomwe chakudya chamadzulo, chochita nthawi yayitali ndi maphunziro angapo, chimadyera mu saluni yayikulu yokhala ndi mipando yabwino yomwe ili pansipa. Apa tinkakumana kuti tidye ma cocktails tisanakhale mozungulira tebulo lalikulu, loyalidwa bwino. Ma menus ndi vinyo zinayambitsidwa ndi kapitawo kapena Lauren, yemwe amayang'anira makonzedwe a "hotelo", zokometsera zonyamula anthu, kukonzekera kanyumba, ndi zina zotero, ndipo chisangalalo chake chapadera chinali kupereka tchizi zopangidwa kumaloko pambuyo pa chakudya chamadzulo. Panalibe zosankha zamagulu, ngakhale kuti munthu angapemphe mbale zomwe amakonda kuti ziwonekere mkati mwa sabata - tinkangodya zakudya zokonzedwa bwino, kusangalala nazo ndi vinyo wosankhidwa ndi Julian kuchokera kuminda yamphesa ya banja m'njira.
Makabati ndi zipinda zosambira ndizophatikizana koma zili bwino, ngakhale ndi mawonekedwe aulemerero pakati pa magombe okhala ndi mitengo ndi dzuŵa lakumapeto lomwe limanyezimira m'nthambi, palibe m'modzi wa ife amene adakhala nthawi m'zipinda zathu kapena m'chipinda chachikulu chochezeramo chokhala ndi sofa ndi mipando yosavuta, amakonda kuyenda pamtunda kapena kuyenda pamtunda.
Ulendo wapaulendo wamausiku asanu ndi limodzi kuchokera ku Le Somail kupita ku Marseillan, panyanja yayikulu yamchere ya Nyanja ya Thau, ndizomwe mungayembekezere. Masiku ena panali malo osavuta oima pamudzi wina wogona kuti mudutse nyumba zakale, zomwe zikuwoneka kuti sizinasinthe m'zaka mazana ambiri. Masiku ena ankakhala ndi ulendo wokwera basi ya Anjodi, yomwe inkaoneka tsiku lililonse tikamamanga.
M’tauni ya Narbonne, yomwe inali yodzaza ndi anthu, tinatenga khofi pamalo a masamba odzaza ndi masamba kenako n’kufufuza msika wotanganidwa. Ku Bezier tidayenda pakatikati pazakale, zosungidwa bwino ndi nyumba zambiri zomwe zikadali nyumba za anthu, ndipo ku Minerve, tidayang'ana pansi pamiyala yakuya yozungulira tawuniyi pomwe dalaivala wathu waku France komanso wotsogolera Laurent adatiuza za mbiri yokhetsa magazi mtawuniyi, ndikuzingidwa. , ndi zigawenga zomwe zayamba zaka zoposa 700 ndi kupitirira apo. Pamalo ena oima pamudzi, tinatha kuona mapiri a Pyrenees okutidwa ndi chipale chofewa chapatali.
Ulendo wopita ku Carcassonne unali wodabwitsa kwambiri - kuchokera patali kudutsa kumidzi, tawuni yotchingidwa ndi mipanda yokhala ndi ma turrets ake ambiri imawoneka ngati momwe iyenera kuti idawonekera pomwe tawuni yakaleyo idamangidwa. Mkati mwa makoma komanso mosasamala kanthu za malo odyera ndi masitolo osapeŵeka oyendera alendo, mlengalenga munakhalabe wa tawuni yamalinga, yomwe mipanda yake ikuluikulu ya miyala imatha kukana kuukiridwa kulikonse.
Tili pa sitimayo pamene tikuyenda m'madzi abata, nthawi zambiri sitima zina zikuyenda pang'onopang'ono, apaulendo ankacheza ndipo Lauren ankaonetsetsa kuti tikudya zoziziritsa kukhosi, khofi, zakumwa zoziziritsa kukhosi, kapena tisanayambe nkhomaliro, tapu ya vinyo. Tsiku lina, anzathu angapo a ku Australia anayendera “madera akumidzi” a ku France ali panjinga, ndipo pa lina, tinaima kuti tione akavalo am’tchire a Camargue. Tonse tikadakhala nthawi yayitali.
Anjodi ndi amodzi mwa zombo zapamadzi za ku Europe zomwe zimayenda pamitsinje ndi ngalande za France, Italy, Holland, ndi Belgium, zoyenda ku UK pamtsinje wa Thames, Caledonian Canal, Scottish Highlands, ndi mtsinje wa Shannon waku Ireland. Chifukwa chakuti amanyamula anthu 4 mpaka 13 okha, ndi abwino kubwereketsa pa zikondwerero ndi maholide a mabanja, ndipo n’zotheka kuti mabwato aŵiri aziyendera magulu akuluakulu. Kuchokera ku UK pali mwayi wopita ku Montpellier, Marseille, ndi ma eyapoti ang'onoang'ono a Beziers, Carcassonne, ndi Tours, kapena tchuthicho chikhoza kuphatikizidwa ndi nthawi yayitali kumwera kwa France powulukira ku Nice kapena Lyon.
Pali ntchito zanjanji zabwino zophatikiza Eurostar komanso njanji yapadziko lonse ya France yopita ku Avignon ndikupita ku Montpellier. Kukwera kwapanyanja ku Anjodi, kuphatikiza zakudya zonse, vinyo, bala lotseguka, ndi maulendo onse, zimawononga ndalama zoyambira £2,250 pa munthu aliyense, kutengera kukhalapo kawiri. Zambiri zilipo pa www.GoBarging.com ngakhale wothandizila yemwe mungakonde azitha kusungitsa maulendo apaulendo komanso maulendo apamtunda/njanji/pamsewu ndi kukusamutsani.
