Pepani, cholakwika Vancouver!

Sallie Reavey adatenga foni kwa Briar Rose Inn wokongolayo ndipo yemwe adamuyimbira adafunsa za zipinda mkati mwa February. “Tili ndi zipinda zosankhidwa bwino za masiku amenewo,” iye anayankha, ndipo woimbayo anadabwa kuti: “Muli ndi zipinda panthaŵi ya Olimpiki?”

Reavey adayenera kumuuza: Vancouver yolakwika.

The Briar Rose ali ku Vancouver, Washington, osati Vancouver, British Columbia, mzinda waku Canada womwe udzachititse Masewera a Olimpiki Ozizira a 2010 kuyambira pa February 12.

"America's Vancouver", monga meya wakale wa tawuniyo ankakonda kufotokozera, ili pamtunda wa makilomita 400 kumwera kwa Vancouver yomwe ili ndi Olimpiki ndipo ili ndi anthu pafupifupi 165,000 - ocheperapo kuposa mzinda waku Canada.

The Hilton Vancouver Washington idafunsanso mafunso a Olimpiki ndikuphunzitsa antchito ake osungitsa malo kuti azindikire cholakwika chomwe chingachitike ndipo, mwachilengedwe, kuyisintha kukhala mwayi wotsatsa.

"Tikufuna kuti abwere kuno," atero a Gerry Link, manejala wamkulu wa hoteloyo, ndikuwonjezera zosakaniza za Vancouver: "Pakadali pano zonse zakhala zabwinobwino."

Pofuna kupewa zovuta zilizonse, a Hilton akufufuzanso malo ake osungitsa pakati pa mwezi wa February ndikuyitanitsa anthu omwe akuwopa kuti atha kusungitsa zipinda m'dziko lolakwika.

“Sitikufuna kuti aliyense akhumudwe. Tikufuna kuti Olimpiki ikhale yabwino kwa aliyense, "adatero Link.

Vancouver, Washington, amagwiritsidwa ntchito kusewera fiddle yachiwiri. Kwa nthawi yayitali idaphimbidwa ndi woyandikana nawo wamkulu Portland yemwe amakhala kutsidya lina la Mtsinje wa Columbia ku Oregon.

Chisokonezo ndi mzinda waku Canada zidachitika masewera a Olimpiki asanachitike, koma meya watsopano waku America Vancouver akuganiza kuti Masewerawa apereka mwayi kwa anthu amdera lawo.

"Tikuganiza kuti uwu ndi mwayi wa mendulo ya golide kuti Vancouver yathu ikhale yopambana… Zimatipatsa mwayi woti tidziwe kuti ndife ndani komanso zomwe tingapereke," adatero Tim Leavitt.

Onse a Vancouver amatha kutsata mayina awo kwa Captain George Vancouver, yemwe adafufuza nyanja ya Pacific ku British Navy mu 1790s.

America's Vancouver idayamba ngati likulu lakumadzulo kwa Hudson's Bay Company - chithunzi cha Canada komanso wothandizira ma Olimpiki a 2010 - ndipo inali ndi gulu lankhondo lochita bwino, Fort Vancouver - yomwe tsopano ndi imodzi mwazokopa alendo ambiri mtawuniyi.

"Ngati anthu asokonezeka, zimatipatsa mwayi woti tikambirane za Vancouver yoyamba," Jennifer Kirby wa ku Southwest Washington Convention and Visitors Bureau anatero mwamasewera.

Mzindawu udakhazikitsidwa mu 1857, Johnny-Come-Posachedwapa ku Canada mu 1886.

Chisokonezo cha Vancouver chachotsa lingaliro lazaka makumi angapo losintha dzina la mzinda waku America kukhala Fort Vancouver.

Anthu ambiri, kuphatikiza a Meya Leavitt, amaganiza kuti kusintha kwa dzina kulibe kukopa kwenikweni. Nzika zavotera kuti dzinali lisinthidwe katatu, koma ena akuganiza kuti tsopano ndi nthawi.

"Ndikuganiza kuti lingakhale lingaliro labwino," adatero Reavey. "Zingachepetse chisokonezo."