Woperekera zakudya amanyamula thireyi yasiliva yokhala ndi Champagne yonyezimira mu zitoliro za kristalo. Wavala tailcoat yakuda ya ubweya wonyezimira pamene akutumikira mayi wokongola wonyezimira wovala chovala chofiira cha satin mpira.
Usiku wokhazikika pa Europa, sitima yapamadzi yodziwika kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, imayamba ndi ma cocktails mu atrium ya nsanjika ziwiri pomwe woyimba piyano wachikale amaimba pa Steinway. Pambuyo pake, okwera amakhala pansi kuti adye chakudya chamadzulo cha makosi asanu. Mndandanda wanga umasindikizidwa mu Chingerezi, koma pafupifupi onse okwera pafupi nane amawerenga zomwe asankha m'chinenero chovomerezeka m'sitimayo: German.
Hapag-Lloyd, chimphona cha zombo za ku Germany, chimagwiritsa ntchito zombo zinayi m'gawo lake lapaulendo ndipo Europa ndiye nyenyezi mu korona wake. Sitima yapamadzi yokhayo padziko lonse lapansi idavotera nyenyezi zisanu kuphatikiza ndi Bayibulo lamakampani oyenda panyanja, "Berlitz Guide to Cruising and Cruise Ships," imatenga kalasi yokha. Lakhala likugwira ntchitoyi kwa zaka zisanu ndi zitatu zapitazi.
Ambiri aku America, ngakhale oyenda panyanja akale, sadziwa Europa chifukwa Hapag-Lloyd sanagulitse zombo zake mbali iyi ya Atlantic. Izi zikusintha pang'onopang'ono pamene ulendo wapanyanja ukuyenda muzinenero ziwiri. Pamaulendowa, apaulendo olankhula Chingerezi, kaya ndi aku America, Britain kapena Australia, amalandira mindandanda yazakudya, mapulogalamu atsiku ndi tsiku, zikalata zoyendera, mawonedwe amakanema ndi maulendo angapo a m'mphepete mwa nyanja mu Chingerezi. Ogwira ntchito onse amalankhula Chingerezi, kuphatikiza munthu wosamalira yemwe adafunsa mwamuna wanga ngati amavotera Obama kapena McCain.
Maulendo asanu ndi anayi adasankhidwa kuti azilankhula zilankhulo ziwiri mu 2009. Kuphatikiza apo, ngati okwera 15 kapena kuposerapo olankhula Chingerezi asunga ulendo wapamadzi, amangolankhula zilankhulo ziwiri ndikulengeza komanso maulendo apanyanja mu Chingerezi. Pamaulendo ena, apaulendo amatha kupempha pasadakhale mindandanda yazachingerezi ndi zidziwitso zina zosindikizidwa, ndipo okwera ndege amakonza maulendo apanyanja pawokha mu Chingerezi.
Europa imakopa apaulendo okhazikika, otsogola omwe ali olemera kwambiri kuti athe kupereka chithandizochi. Avereji ya zaka zokwera ndi zaka 65, akulingalira wamkulu wa Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, Sebastian Ahrens, ngakhale imatsika nthawi ya tchuthi cha sukulu pomwe mpaka ana 42 atha kukhalamo.
Ngakhale mtengo wake, Europa pafupifupi nthawi zonse imakhala yosungidwa kwathunthu. Msika wapamwamba wapaulendo suvutika ndi kugwa kwachuma mosiyana ndi magawo ena ogulitsa maulendo, akutero Ahrens. Amene ali ndi ndalama akupitiriza kuzigwiritsa ntchito.
Nchiyani chimapangitsa Europa kukhala yotsika mtengo, komanso yoyenera kukhala ndi nyenyezi zisanu kuphatikiza? Mwachidule: malo ndi ntchito.
Europa ili ndi chiŵerengero chapamwamba kwambiri cha malo okwera anthu paulendo wapamadzi, ndi madera akuluakulu omwe samva kuti ali odzaza. Malo achinsinsi nawonso ali otakasuka. Chipinda chilichonse cha alendo chimakhala ndi suite, chaching'ono kwambiri chokhala ndi masikweya mita 290, ndipo 80 peresenti ili ndi makonde. Chibwano changa chidagwa nditayang'ana pachipinda cholowera, chomwe sindinachiwonepo ngakhale pazombo zina zapamwamba. Malo osungira nthawi zambiri amakhala othina, koma mu suite iyi ndinali ndi zotengera ndi zopalira kuti ndisiye. Zipinda zosambira m'sitima zambiri zimakhalanso zing'onozing'ono, koma zomwe zili ku Europa zimakhala ndi bafa komanso bafa yokhala ndi magalasi yokhala ndi malo okwanira munthu wa NFL. Malo okhalamo amakhala ndi mpando, bedi la sofa, mini-bar yokhala ndi mowa waulere, madzi ndi zakumwa zoziziritsa kukhosi. Desiki imakhala ndi kiyibodi yopezera akaunti yaulere ya imelo pogwiritsa ntchito pulogalamu ya pa TV, pomwe apaulendo amathanso kuwona makanema omwe amafunidwa, mapulogalamu a pa bolodi ndi makanema apawayilesi mu Chijeremani ndi Chingerezi.
Sitimayo, yomwe idakhazikitsidwa ku 1999, ndi yaying'ono poyerekeza ndi zombo zazikulu za 6,000 zomwe zikumangidwa lero. Ogwira ntchito 280 amasamalira okwera 400 okha, chiwerengero chapamwamba kwambiri cha ogwira ntchito / okwera pa sitima iliyonse yapamadzi. Izi zimapangitsa kuti utumiki wapamwamba kwambiri ukhale wotheka.
“Sitima zazing’ono zimakhala zabwino makamaka kwa apaulendo okhazikika,” akutero katswiri woyenda panyanja Douglas Ward, mlembi wa buku lotsogolera ku Berlitz. "Sitima zazikulu zapamadzi sizikhala ndi ubwino wa zombo zazing'ono."
Ogwira ntchitoyo ali ndi zaka zambiri akuphunzitsidwa bizinesi yamahotela ku Europe ndipo amawona udindo pa Europa ngati njira yolimbikitsira ntchito. Ward anati: “Ogwira ntchito ndi amene ali ofunika kwambiri paulendowu. Ogwira ntchito ku Europa "amadziwika bwino kwambiri." Paulendo wa milungu iwiri, nthawi zambiri amakumbukira mayina, nkhope, zosowa ndi zopempha zapadera za apaulendo.
Pamwamba pa ntchito zabwino, Ward akuti Europa imalandira nyenyezi zake mwatsatanetsatane. Maphunziro a nsomba amaperekedwa ndi mpeni wa nsomba. Khofi amabwera ndi mitundu itatu ya shuga, kuphatikiza m'malo mwa shuga. Kapu pagalasi lamowa imapangitsa kuti madzi asungunuke. China ndi cutlery ndi pamwamba pamzere. Malo odyera akum'mawa, amodzi mwa malo odyera anayi omwe ali m'bwalo, mbale zaku China zili ndi mtundu wa nsomba zowuluka zomwe zimafanana ndi kapangidwe ka 1920s. Mbale iliyonse, ngati mungaigule kugulitsa, ingagule ma euro 350 mpaka 400.
Zinthu za menyu zimaphikira zakudya zosiyanasiyana. Sitimayo imapereka chakudya cha 8,000, poyerekeza ndi pafupifupi 3,000 pamaulendo ambiri, ndipo imanyamula mabotolo 17,000 a vinyo omwe amaphimba mpesa kuchokera kumadera onse opangira vinyo padziko lonse lapansi.
Komabe, Europa si yangwiro. Kangapo paulendo wathu wapamadzi, zolakwika mu nthawi ya zochitika zomwe zalembedwa pa pulogalamu yosindikizidwa ya tsiku ndi tsiku zimasokoneza komanso kukhumudwitsa apaulendo. Mipeni yonse ya nsomba padziko lapansi singakwanitse kuphonya ulendo wokayenda chifukwa chosalankhulana bwino.
Ndipo ngakhale kuti yathu inali imodzi mwa maulendo osankhidwa azilankhulo ziwiri omwe anakonzedwa mu 2008, sizinthu zonse zolengeza zomwe zinabwerezedwa mu Chingerezi. Izi zinali zokhumudwitsa kwambiri chifukwa mutu wa ulendo wathu unali wapanyanja wa Ocean Sun Phwando, ndi zisudzo za akatswiri oimba nyimbo zakale. Popeza kuti nyimbo ndi chinenero cha anthu onse, sizinaphule kanthu kuti woimba nyimbo za soprano ndi tenor ankaimba mawu achiariyasi m’Chitaliyana kapena Chijeremani, koma tinakhumudwa pamene mawu oyamba a nyimbo iliyonse anaperekedwa m’Chijeremani chokha. Komabe, popeza tinali ife tokha Achimereka pakati pa olankhula ochepa chabe osalankhula Chijeremani omwe anali m'bwalo, tinatha kumvetsetsa kusafuna kusokoneza ambiri kwa ochepa.
Pa maulendo ambiri, Europa imasonyeza osachepera theka la oimba ndi oimba mu mapulogalamu omwe amaphatikizapo pafupifupi 60 peresenti ya nyimbo zachikale. Pa Chikondwerero cha Ocean Sun, chomwe chidzaperekedwanso mu 2009 pa Aug. 12-22 panyanja, ojambula asanu ndi atatu odziwika padziko lonse lapansi amachita nawo pulogalamu yosangalatsa yomwe ndi 80 peresenti mpaka 90 peresenti ya nyimbo zachikale. Chikondwererochi chikupeza mbiri pakati pa okonda nyimbo zachikale zofanana ndi za Napa's Festival del Sole ndi Tuscan Sun Festival ku Italy.
Kuphatikiza pa zisudzo zamadzulo ndi madzulo pabwalo pamwambowu, ma concert aulere aulere amachitikira padoko. Tili ku Cadiz, ku Spain, tinapita ku Castillo San Marcos ya m’zaka za m’ma 13, kumene Christopher Columbus ankakhala pamene ankakonzekera ulendo wake wopita ku America. Pambuyo pa cocktails ndi canapés m'bwalo, wotchuka German-Canada Mozart tenor Michael Schade anatiyimbira mu cloisters. Ku Majorca, Schade adalumikizana ndi soprano Andrea Rost mu konsati ndi Orquestra Clasica de Balears ku Teatro Principal. Pabwalo pambuyo pa chakudya chamadzulo, nyimbo zopepuka mu Clipper Bar zinali ndi nyimbo zachanteuse ngati Edith Piaf.
Europa siimangokhala paulendo wopita ku Europe. Chaka chamawa maulendo a zilankhulo ziwiri adzaitana ku South Pacific, Australia, China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Libya ndi Arab Emirates, kuwonjezera pa Baltics, Italy ndi Greece.
Popanda kuyendera madoko, okwera amasangalala ndi zinthu zambiri za sitimayo, kuphatikizapo spa, dziwe lamadzi amchere lomwe lili ndi denga lotsekeka, 21-course golf simulator yokhala ndi PGA pro pamaphunziro, komanso chipinda cholimbitsa thupi chomwe chimawonekera panyanja. Pamwamba pa denga, pamwamba pa ngalawayo, pali malo omwe sapezeka pa zombo za ku America: Sitima ya anthu omwe amasankha kuwotcha dzuwa mu maliseche - European style.
• Zambiri za nkhaniyi zidasonkhanitsidwa paulendo wofufuza wothandizidwa ndi Hapag-Lloyd Cruises.
Ngati mupita
Zambiri: Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, (877) 445-7447, www.hl-cruises.com
Mayendedwe ndi mtengo wake: Maulendo a zinenero ziwiri mu 2009 amakhala pamtengo ndi nthawi kuchokera paulendo wa masiku 10 kuchokera ku Barcelona kupita ku Canary Islands kuyambira pafupifupi $6,000 pa munthu aliyense mpaka ulendo wa masiku 18 kuchokera ku Tahiti kupita ku Australia kuyambira pafupifupi $9,900 pa munthu aliyense. Zosayembekezereka. Kuchotsera kwa 5 peresenti kumaperekedwa pakusungitsa koyambirira.
Kavalidwe: Zowoneka bwino kwambiri kuposa zombo zambiri zaku America, amuna amavala suti kapena jasi lamasewera madzulo ambiri komanso jekete la tuxedo kapena chakudya chamadzulo usiku.
Kudya: Kukhala pampando wotsegulira m’modzi pa chakudya chamadzulo. Zosungitsa zomwe zimatengedwa m'chipinda chodyeramo chokhazikika, komanso chofunikira (komanso chofunidwa kwambiri) m'malo odyera apadera awiri. Ngakhale sitima ya ku Germany, zakudya zimaphatikizapo zakudya zochokera padziko lonse lapansi.
