Titakwera sitima yapamtunda ndi kukwera basi, tinanyamuka ku Lausanne kupita ku Lucerne. Ngakhale kuti poyamba tinasoŵa sitima yathu chifukwa cha dalaivala wa takisi yemwe anatitengera kumalo olakwika, tinasandutsa ulendowo, ndipo ndinali wonyadira kuti ndinakhoza kumenya nkhondo m’Chifalansa!
Ngakhale panali zovuta zapaulendo, tinafika ku hotelo yathu, pamwamba pa Nyanja ya Lucerne. Palibe kukayikira kuti Switzerland ndi yokongola komanso yovuta. Magawo a dziko la Germany, France, ndi Italy salankhulana movutikira, ndipo apolisi amasunga omasulira m’mapolisi awo kuti azilankhulana ndi madera ena a dzikolo. Kumbali ina, kukongola kwake ndi kokongola, ntchito yabwino, ndipo mitengo ya pafupifupi chilichonse ndi yokwera kwambiri kotero kuti idabwitsa a British ndi French! Chinthu chimodzi chabwino ndi chakuti mabasi am'deralo ndi aulere kwa alendo.
Pa sitima, apa ndinawona zizindikiro za Basel. Kwa anthu ambiri, Basel ndi dzina chabe la mzinda wina wa ku Switzerland, koma dzulo linalinso Tsiku la Ufulu wa Israeli, ndipo kunali ku Basel kumene msonkhano woyamba wa Zionist unachitika. Potsatiridwa ndi anthu oganiza bwino omwe ankafuna kubweretsa mtundu wachiyuda kwawo, iwo ankaonedwa kukhala pafupi ndi amisala. Masiku ano, masomphenya awo ndi mbiri yabwino kwambiri ya zaka za zana la makumi awiri. Zinali kuno ku Switzerland komwe zidayambira. Ngati sindikanakhala mu Israeli pa Yom Ha'Atzmaut, ndiye kuti iyi inali yachiwiri yabwino.
Anthu ambiri adatiuza kuti mwa mizinda itatu yomwe tapitako, Lucerne ndiye wokongola kwambiri. Ndikuvomereza, mzindawu ndi wokongola kwambiri. Pali kusakanikirana kwa zomangamanga zakale zaku Europe zomwe zimakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi zam'madzi ndi mapiri. Nyumba zitha kukhala zamakono, zakale, Art Deco, kapena zokumbutsa nthano. Ngakhale mzindawu uli ndi alendo odzadza, kuphatikizapo ife, aku Swiss amalowetsedwa m'misewu, koma ofunitsitsa kwambiri kukuthandizani mukangotembenukira kwa iwo ndikuwonetsetsa kuti mukufuna thandizo.
Choncho, palibe kumwetulira kochuluka koma pali chidwi chochuluka chothandizira anthu osawadziwa, ndipo pamene ayezi athyoka, pamakhala kutentha kwakukulu kwaumwini. Mitengo yodyera pano ndi ya zakuthambo. Tidapeza malo odyera abwino aku Italiya dzulo usiku, ali pamalo okongola, pomwe chakudya chosavuta chinali pafupi ndi mitengo yonyansa.
ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:
- 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.
