A cruising al'amari tuna

Lokacin hunturu a hukumance ya isa Disamba 21st, kuma tun daga wannan lokacin, guguwa mara tausayi da ke tashi da iskar arctic ta zubar da dusar ƙanƙara a kan Midwest da Kanada. Amma a nan a cikin Bahar Rum na rana, tatsuniya ta Ovid's Halcyon da alama duk gaskiya ce. Kalmar nan "Halcyon Days" ta fito ne daga imanin Girka na dā cewa kwanaki goma sha huɗu na kwanciyar hankali, yanayi mai haske ya zo wani lokaci a kusa da lokacin sanyi - wannan shine lokacin da tsuntsu mai sihiri ya kwantar da hankalin sararin samaniya don gidanta. Wane lokaci ne cikakke don bincika duniyar duniyar.

Tafiyar mu ta biyar a wannan shekara, mun zaɓi yin bikin bukukuwa a Jade na Norwegian (wanda aka fi sani da Pride of Hawaii). Abokinmu nagari kuma abokin aikinmu na balaguro Leslie Darga koyaushe yana magana sosai game da NCL, yana ambaton kyakkyawan suna don zaɓar hanyoyin tafiya tare da tashar jiragen ruwa masu ban sha'awa. Siffar da ta siyar da mu a jirgin ruwan biki a cikin Jade wani shiri ne na kwanaki 14 wanda ya hada da bukukuwan Kirsimeti da na sabuwar shekara, wanda ya dace da tsakanin semesters na jami'a. A matsayin duka malami da ɗalibin grad, lokaci yana da mahimmanci.

Amma damuwa game da girman kai na Hawaii da kyau a cikin hunturu Bahar Rum ya dace kuma an buga shi sosai akan Intanet. Bayan haka, an gina wannan jirgin ne a matsayin jirgin ruwa da ke tafiya a cikin ruwa mai zafi na Hawai, ba a matsayin mai dusar ƙanƙara mai ninki biyu ba, kamar fitaccen ɗan wasan Marco Polo, babban kamfanin NCL na ƴan uwan ​​​​da farko Orient Lines. Tabbas, canza sunan zuwa Jade ba daidai ba ne da dacewa da jirgin tare da rufin gilashin da za a iya janyewa a kan tafkin ko yin wasu gyare-gyare na sama-latitude.
Mun isa Barcelona akan EasyJet, ɗaya daga cikin manyan kamfanonin jiragen sama masu rahusa masu tashi daga Milan. Tare da Ryan Air, waɗannan kamfanonin jiragen sama shahararrun dillalai ne masu farashin siyar da ƙasa da kashi ɗaya. "Mai arha, arha, mai arha" ya faɗo halcyon - kuɗin kuɗin Kirsimeti ya kasance kawai Yuro 21 kowace hanya.

Filin jirgin saman Barcelona El Prat yana da kusan mintuna 20 daga Puerto Muelle Adosado, inda Jade ya tsaya. Tashar tashar jiragen ruwa B sabo ce, mai tsabta, kuma mai inganci. Ko da yake mitar tasi ɗinmu tana karanta Yuro 21.50, a lokacin da direban ya ƙara ƙarin kuɗin kaya, shiga filin jirgin sama, shiga tashar jiragen ruwa, da yuwuwar kuɗin “Ina jin kamshin yawon buɗe ido” na sabani, jimlar ta kai ko da Yuro 37.

Shiga ciki ya kasance mai ɗaukar hankali, kuma an gayyaci baƙi masu zuwa da wuri don jin daɗin wuraren jama'a na jirgin har sai dakunan sun shirya. Mun zaga cikin gidan cin abinci na Lambun Café kuma mun yi farin cikin ganin kyakkyawan abincin yara tare da ƙaramin teburi don masu ƙora. Wurin cin abinci mai yuwuwa shine mafi ƙanƙanta mafi ƙanƙanta da muka taɓa gani akan kowane jirgin ruwa mai kasuwa, amma yana da wadataccen abinci kuma yana da jita-jita iri-iri don faranta ran Amurkawa.

Cabin 5608, babban dakin kallon teku, yana da tsabta, wurin da yake tsakiyar jirgin ruwa, kuma yana da gado mai girman girman sarauniya. Bandakin ya kasance mai tsafta, tare da katafaren rumfar shawa a rufe da gilashin sirri. Wurin ɗakin bayan gida na matasa na iya haifar da matsala ga claustrophobics lokacin da ƙofar gilashin ta ke rufe. Spearmint yana ƙamshin gel ɗin ruwan shawa mai kaifi na Elemis, da sabulun ruwa na hannu - lavender na sama - ya yayyafa ɗakin mu da ƙamshi mai ɗanɗano kamar filayen furanni masu launin shunayya da ke girma daji a cikin Yorkshire Dales suna cikin jifa.

Duk da ainihin tura shi, Pride of Hawaii yana aiki sosai kamar Jade na Norwegian-seafing na hunturu. Masu zanen jirgin sun ƙera adadi mai yawa na sarrafa yanayi a cikin jirgin, don haka abin da aka yi niyya da farko don kiyaye zafi, yana aiki da kyau don kiyaye zafi a ciki.

Gaskiya ne, babu wani dome mai juyowa akan tafkin, amma hakan bai hana samari masu ƙarfi yin sa'o'i a kan zamewar ruwa ba. Yankin tafkin ba ya zama babban kaso na jama'a ta wata hanya, watakila saboda masu zanen kaya sun san cewa za a sami sha'awar sha'awa a kan rairayin bakin teku masu na Hawaii fiye da kusa da piscine maras kyau. (Yi afuwa ga Faransanci na.)

Da kaina, na gwammace kada in yi yawo ta wurin sauna mai cike da chlorine mai rufi akan hanyara ta zuwa wurin cin abinci. Numfashin sabo na ɗan lokaci ko biyu ba ya cutar da kowa. Wasu fasinjojin sun nuna rashin jin daɗi ga motsin Hawaii da ke fitowa a ko'ina daga kowane yanki (ukoleles, Aloha riguna, dabino na kwakwa, hibiscus da polloi na Polynesia sun fi ƙawata kowace bango), kuma masu korafin da aka ambata sun ji cewa NCL ko ta yaya ya wajaba ta canza taken da ke cikin jirgin don cika sabon sunan. Abin da suka kasa gane shi ne cewa babu wani kamfani da zai iya sake fasalin cikin gida duk lokacin da ya sake mayar da jirgin ruwa. Mafi mahimmanci, a matsayin ladabi na gama-gari, baƙon da aka gayyata bai kamata ya saɓa wa mai gidanta kayan ado ba.

Daraktan otal na Jade Dwen Binns ya ce "Jade ainihin jirgi ɗaya ne da Jewel, Gem, Pearl, Dawn, da Star, kuma yana iya yin balaguro a duk faɗin duniya." Ya kara da cewa, "Lu'u lu'u da Gem suna da wuraren wasan kwando inda sauran jiragen ruwa suka ajiye shagunansu na kyauta."

Balaguron balaguro na bakin teku zuwa Rome da Vatican ya fara ne a bakin tekun Civitavecchia, mai tazarar mil 50 daga arewa maso yammacin birnin Madawwami. A kan $259 ga kowane mutum, wannan shine yawon shakatawa mafi tsada, kuma har yanzu ina murmurewa daga firgita ta lasifika; amma an san cewa wasu abubuwa kaɗan a Italiya suna yin arha. Ziyarar da muka yi a gidan adana kayan tarihi na Vatican ta bayyana dubban taskokin Paparoma, ciki har da hoton Leonardo da Vinci na Saint Jerome, zane-zane da yawa na Caravaggio, da tarin ayyuka na maigidan Raphael. Tauraro mai haskakawa na tarin shine Sistine Chapel, inda shahararrun fale-falen Michelangelo tun daga "Halittar Adam" zuwa "Hukuncin Karshe" suna ƙawata rufi da bango. 'Yan ƙafa daga ƙofar gidan kayan gargajiya yana tsaye Basilica na Saint Peter, coci mafi girma a duniya. Ƙofar mai tsarki, wacce ake buɗewa sau ɗaya kawai a cikin shekaru 25, an rufe ta da siminti, bayan amfani da ita ta ƙarshe yayin bukukuwan shekara dubu. A cikin bangon tsattsarkan, The Pietà yana haskakawa a ƙarƙashin fitillu masu laushi, cikin aminci a bayan gilashin da ba za a iya jurewa harsashi ba, fiye da yadda mahaukatan masu tsattsauran ra'ayi ke amfani da guduma. Kabarin St. Bitrus yana ƙarƙashin babban bagadi. Jagoranmu, Mario, ya nuna gidajen da Paparoma Benedictus XVI yake da zama, da baranda wanda Sua Santità ta ba da taron Kirsimeti na tsakar dare. Ma'aikata suna hada gagarumin tsarin haihuwa a karkashin lullubin tatsuniyoyi har sai da aka fara bikin yuletide na musamman.

Bayan rangadinmu na Vatican, mun sake shiga Italiya don mu ga babban kambi na Imperial Rome: Flavian Amphitheater, wanda aka fi sani da Colosseum. A cikin 1749, Paparoma Benedict XIV ya ayyana Colosseum a matsayin wuri mai tsarki, yayin da Kiristoci na farko sun yi shahada a cikin ganuwarta. Dillalan kayan tarihi iri-iri sun kasance a hannun don haɓaka sha'awar alamar, yayin da ƴan wasan kwaikwayo sanye da riguna na centurion na Romawa cikin fara'a suka daɗe a tsakiyar don ɗaukar hoto.

Tashar tasharmu ta biyu ta kira, kyakkyawar Napoli, ta cika da masu siyayyar Kirsimeti suna zabar abubuwan buki don bikin Kirsimeti. A Italiya, Kirsimeti biki ne na addini, kuma yara suna jira har zuwa 6 ga Janairu don karɓar kayan wasan yara. Ta hanyar San Gregorio Armeno, wata ƴar ƴar ƴaƴan titin da ke ɗauke da shagunan Kirsimeti, ta nuna dubunnan tsararrun haihuwar haihuwa kama daga tawali'u zuwa maɗaukaki. Uba Diamund, a cikin shirye-shiryen taro na tsakar dare na jirgin, ya nemi wasu nau'o'in addini daga waɗannan masu shaguna don ba da yara masu halartar bikin. Bayan ya gano shi firist ne, dillalin na Napolitan ya ba da kyautar siffofi na Yesu na Jariri 500 ga reverend, wanda cikin farin ciki ya raba su da duk wanda ya halarci taro (an gaya mini kusan 500 sun halarta). Ba wanda zan rasa hutun kyawuna, na halarci St. Mattress of the Springs a wannan dare.

Al'adar da ta daɗe da shekaru aru-aru ta haihuwar Napolitan ta samo asali ne tun shekaru dubu. Mun ziyarci baje kolin nativity a Complesso Monumentale di San Severo al Pendino akan Via Duomo, wanda Associazione Italiana Amici del Presepio ya gabatar, wanda tarinsa ya baje kolin al'adu da tarihi na oeuvres d'art wanda fitattun masu sassaka na Italiya suka yi. A cewar Associazione, wani daftarin aiki yayi magana game da haihuwa a coci na Santa Maria del Presepe a shekara ta 1025. A cikin 1340, Sancia di Maiorca (Sarauniyar Robert d'Anjou) ta ba da haihuwa ga Order of Clarisse nuns bayan buɗe sabon su. coci. Mutum-mutumin Budurwa Maryamu (Vergine Puerperal) daga wannan haihuwar Angevin yanzu ana kiyaye shi a cikin gidan sufi na Certosa di San Martino.

An yi bikin ranar kirsimati a teku, a cikin jajayen Norwegian da aka yi wa ado da ban mamaki. Tare da ɗimbin bishiyoyin Kirsimeti masu kyalkyali, dubban fitulun Kirsimeti, da ƙyalli miliyan ɗaya a idanun yara masu farin ciki da ke ziyartar Jolly Old Elf, wurin shakatawa namu mai iyo ya zama wurin hutu. Abincin dare na Kirsimeti ya kasance mai ban sha'awa da ban sha'awa da cikawa, tare da kayan abinci masu daɗi. Wani biki na musamman a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Stardust ya nuna kade-kade na tsoho da sababbi, wanda matasa da ƙwararrun ƙwararrun mawaƙa da raye-raye suka yi, waɗanda saƙon farin ciki masu ƙarfafawa suka bazu cikin farin ciki da bege ga baƙi na jirgin, waɗanda adadinsu ya kai 2300 kuma ya fito daga 63 daban-daban. kasashe. Dama ce tamu don saka sabon haɗin gwiwar siliki na Charlie Brown da Snoopy, kuma mu tsaya a ɗaya daga cikin manyan saitunan daukar hoto don ɗaukar maraicen sihiri.

Tashar tasharmu ta uku, Alexandria, ta ba da damar ziyartar manyan dala na Giza. Motar bas din na tsawon sa'o'i biyu da rabi zuwa Alkahira, wanda Nasco Tours ya shirya, wata 'yar tsana ce kuma 'yar masarautar Masar mai suna Randa ta jagoranta. A matsayinsa na wanda ya kammala jami'a a fannin yawon bude ido, Randa ya kware sosai a fannin zane-zane, abubuwan al'ajabi na tsohuwar duniya, da al'adun Masar a cikin shekaru millennia. Ta yi Turanci kamar wata gimbiya Larabawa, kuma ta sa kayan ado masu kyau daga Miucci Prada. A lokacin balaguron sa'o'i 13 da muka yi, cikin alheri ta karya jadawalin hukuma sau biyu, don haka fasinjojin da ke cikin damuwa za su iya kai ziyarar gaggawa zuwa kantin magani na gida.

Wurin zama na gaba na kocin an kebe shi ne ga masu gadi dauke da makamai da ke raka kungiyar tun daga farko har karshe. A wannan rana, duk da haka, ya kasa fitowa aiki. Bayan isowar garin Giza, babu karancin ‘yan sandan yawon bude ido da ke dauke da bindigu a kowane abin tarihi na tarihi. Ba zato ba tsammani, biyu daga cikin ’yan sanda sanye da rigar rigar sun zo kusa da mu sa’ad da muke tsaye a gaban dala, suka nemi kyamararmu, suka ɗauki hotuna. Bayan ɗan gajeren ganawar, sun gaya mana cewa suna son kuɗi don "baksheesh" (tip). Ba wadanda za su yi gardama da kowa dauke da bindigogi ba, Marco ya ba kowannensu Yuro. Sai suka ce bai isa ba kuma suna son akalla Yuro biyu kowanne, don haka ya ba su wani yuro biyu kuma muka ci gaba da sauri.

Randa ya jaddada mahimmancin guje wa masu fasaha a dala. Ta ba da labarin wata badakalar da aka saba yi na gayyatar wani dan yawon bude ido da ba a ji ba, don yin hawan rakumi kyauta, inda ta dauki hotuna ga masu yawon bude ido yayin da suke zaune a kan dabbar mai tsawon kafa 8, amma daga baya ta sanar da cewa kudin da za a sauka daga rakumin ya kai dala 100.

Yayin da na nufi wajen kociyan bayan na ziyarci pyramids, ’yan sandan yawon bude ido da ke dauke da bindigogin sun zo wurina, suna son karin baksheesh. Na nuna wa Marco na ce, “Mun riga mun ba ka Yuro huɗu, ba ka tuna ba?” Amsarsa ita ce "Marco ya ba da baksheesh, amma ba ku yi ba."

Da na ji bacin rai da zagi, sai na amsa masa da cewa, “Ba ni da kudi,” sai na nufi kociyan na bijire, na mai da hankali kada in waiwaya.

Ron da Lisa Leininger, a halin yanzu suna zaune a sansanin NATO a Brussels, Belgium, sun ziyarci pyramids kuma sun ce: “Kai, da gaske sun gina wani muhimmin abu shekaru 4,000 da suka wuce. An cika mu da ma'anar tarihi a wuri ɗaya."

Bayan ziyartar pyramids, Nasco Tours ya kai mu wani katafaren fada mai kayatarwa da kafet na siliki. Manyan buffet guda huɗu sun ba da ɗimbin jita-jita; Hotuna masu zafi, giya, giya, da sodas an shirya su don palates na Amurka, amma kayan abinci masu arziki sun kasance waɗanda ba a sani ba, masu ban mamaki da ban sha'awa.

Wasu ƙungiyoyi sun zaɓi yawon shakatawa na "Pyramids and Nile in Style", ma'ana an ba da abincin rana a cikin jirgi, yana iyo a cikin kogin Nilu. A lokacin da na kasance a Alkahira, na ji warin da ke fitowa daga ƙazantar ruwan Nilu. Na kasa jajircewa da tunanin cin abincin rana yayin da nake shawagi akan ruwan najasa.

Debra Iantkow, wakiliyar balaguro daga Calgary, Alberta ta fi ni sha'awa sosai, don haka ita da danginta sun yi balaguron balaguron Nilu mai shahara. "Ba shi da wari kwata-kwata," in ji ta: "amma babu shakka ya yi duhu - mun ga mutane suna jefa ƙima a cikin ruwa. A kan hanyar zuwa tudun mun wuce mil da mil na magudanar ruwa daga Kogin Nilu, da jakunkunan shara, datti, kuma, a wani lokaci, akwai flotsam da yawa ya rufe magudanar ruwa daga banki zuwa banki, kuma ba za ku iya ba. "Ban ga ruwan da ke ƙasa ba."

Christopher, wani ma’aikacin asibiti daga Boerney, Texas ya ce: “Na yi tunanin Tijuana ba ta da kyau har sai na ga wannan wurin, amma wannan shine wuri mafi ƙazanta da na taɓa gani a rayuwata.”

Leininger ya ce game da tafiye-tafiyen kogin Nilu “Ya baiwa baƙi fahimtar abinci da raye-raye na Masarawa. Wani mutum sanye da Tutu kala-kala ya jujjuya kamar saman sama na tsawon mintuna 15. Kyakyawar budurwar ciki-tayi rawa ga ingantacciyar kidan Masar, wanda aka samar daga ganguna na bongo da na'urar sarrafa madanni."

Dangane da bayanin Leininger, na fassara cewa babu wani rera ko mitoci da za a iya gane su a cikin kiɗan, sai dai kamar ƙaho na ƙananan sautuna. "Yana da zafi," in ji shi, "Na yi farin ciki da bai daɗe ba."

Miles nesa, yawon shakatawa na na "de-Nile" ya kai mu zuwa Memphis na da da Saqqara, inda muka shiga kabarin wani tsohon minista mai shekaru 4600, kuma muka yaba da babban mutum-mutumi na farar ƙasa na Ramses II a Gidan Tarihi na Mit Rahina. Mahimman ilimin kimiya na kayan tarihi na waɗannan rukunin yanar gizon sun ɗauki sha'awar ilimin ɗan adam shekaru da yawa.

Tun lokacin da Jade na Norwegian ya tashi cikin dare a Alexandria, rana ta biyu ta ba da dama mai sauƙi don ziyartar ƙarin rukunin yanar gizo bisa ga bukatun mutum.

Dangane da taken Iyali Mai Tsarki, mun ziyarci Saints Sergius da Cocin Bacchus, wanda kuma aka sani da Abu Serga, a cikin 'yan Koftik Alkahira. An sadaukar da cocin ga Saints Sergius da Bacchus, waɗanda masoyan gay / sojoji ne suka yi shahada a ƙarni na huɗu a Siriya ta hannun Sarkin Roma Maximian. Wannan wurin da aka ɗaukaka ya nuna inda aka ce Maryamu, Yusufu da kuma jariri Yesu sun rayu a lokacin da suke tserewa zuwa Masar.

Mu yi magana Turkiyya. Tsofaffin ƙasashen Anatoliya sun kasance mafi girman abin mamakin mu na kwanaki 14 na odyssey na Bahar Rum. Yawon shakatawa na bakin teku, wanda Tura Turizm ke sarrafa, ya wuce duk abin da ake tsammani. Leyla Öner, mai shirya balaguron, ta zo cikin kocin kuma ta gabatar da kanta, tana yi mana fatan alheri zuwa Afisa, ta bar jaka mai kyau ga kowane baƙo cike da abubuwan tunawa guda goma sha biyu. Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan tunawa da karimci shine "Tunkun Ruwa Mai Tsarki," wanda ya zo tare da umarni "Wannan tukunyar da aka yi da hannu, an yi shi daga ƙasa mai laushi, an kera ta musamman don ku cika da ruwa mai tsarki daga maɓuɓɓugar da ke cikin Gidan Budurwa. Abubuwan da aka yi amfani da su a wannan fasahar fasaha suna da nufin nuna tukwane da Afisawa suka yi amfani da su a ƙarni na farko, AD. Muna fatan za ku ji daɗin wannan abin tunawa a matsayin abin tunawa daga ƙasa mai tsarki na Uwar Maryamu!"

Babban jagoranmu na wannan rana, Ercan Gürel, malami ne kuma mutumi. Lallai ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun jagororin balaguron balaguro da ya taɓa rako mu kan balaguron bakin teku, Ercan (John) ɗan littafin tarihin tafiya ne. Ɗaya daga cikin ikirari da ya yi na yin suna shi ne cewa ya yi aiki a wasu wuraren tono kayan tarihi a Afisa, kafin masana kimiyya su san ainihin abin da ke ƙarƙashin rufin ƙasa na ƙarni.

Ba kamar Masar ba, bakin tekun Turkiyya ba shi da tabo, kuma tashar jiragen ruwa na Izmir wani lu'u-lu'u na gaske na Adriatic. Duk inda muka je, masu sharhi na cikin gida sun banbanta al’ummarsu wadda galibinsu Musulmi ne: “Mu ba Larabawa ba ne. Turkawa da yawa suna da gashi mai farin gashi, idanuwa shudi da launin fata. Kasarmu tana wani bangare ne a nahiyar Turai, kuma mu kasa ce da ba ruwanmu da addini.”

Kwarin mai albarka da ke kaiwa zuwa tsohon birnin Afisa Lambun Adnin ne na peaches, apricots, ɓaure, lemu, zaituni da kuma filayen ganyayen ganyaye marasa iyaka.

A kambin tsaunin Koressos (Bülbül Daği) yana tsaye Gidan Budurwa Maryamu, tsarin bulo da aka danganta a matsayin gidan da Uwar Maryamu ta shafe shekarunta na ƙarshe. Masu binciken kayan tarihi sun rubuta tarihin ginin ginin har zuwa ƙarni na farko, kuma fafaroma uku sun ziyarci wurin, suna girmama al’adun addini.

A cikin Gidan Maryamu, wata mata mai suna ‘yar’uwa ta abokantaka ta ba mu lambobin azurfa a matsayin abin tunawa na dogon aikin hajjinmu. Zuwa gaban gidan, wata hanyar tafiya mai nisa ta kai ga maɓuɓɓugan ruwa da aka yi imanin cewa suna ɗauke da ruwa mai banmamaki. Ba wanda ya wuce wata mu'ujiza ta kyauta, Na yayyafa kaina a wasu lokuta, kawai don inshora na ethereal.

Bayan cin abinci mai daɗi, mun ziyarci makarantar kafet. Anan, ƴan koyo suna shafe watanni suna ɗaure igiyoyin siliki da hannu akan manyan lamuni don ƙirƙirar kyawawan ayyukan fasaha, suna siyarwa a ɗakin baje kolin katako akan Yuro dubu bakwai zuwa ashirin. An baje kolin kafet ɗin da ba su da tsada da aka yi daga ulu ko auduga, tare da ƙaƙƙarfan kafet ɗin ƙira waɗanda ke farawa a kusan Euro 300. Hannuna ya faɗi ƙasa lokacin da Ercan Gürel ya ba ni kyakkyawar kafet ɗin hannu, tare da takardar shaidar sahihanci, kuma ya bayyana cewa kyauta ce daga shi da makarantar kafet.

Kashegari, har yanzu muna cikin kaduwa daga kafet ɗin Turkiyya mai karimci, mun isa gaɓar tekun Girka. Idan da akwai isasshen lokaci, da farkon zaɓinmu shine ziyarci Jihar Monastic Mai Zaman Kanta ta Dutsen Mai Tsarki, Dutsen Athos. Bisa al’adar athonite, Maryamu ta tsaya a nan a kan hanyarta ta ziyartar Li’azaru. Ta yi tafiya a bakin gaci, kyan dutsen ya lullube shi, ta sa masa albarka, ta roki Ɗanta ya zama gonarta. [Idan Mama ba ta farin ciki, ba kowa ya yi farin ciki.] Tun daga wannan lokacin, dutsen ya keɓe a matsayin "Lambun Uwar Allah" kuma tun daga lokacin ya kasance daga kan iyaka ga sauran mata.

Oh, da kyau, Athens ta kasance "shirin B" mai kyau. Wata rana ce kafin Sabuwar Shekara, kuma kamar yadda aka saba wa Italiyawa, mun nemi siyan sabon kayan jajayen tufafi da za mu saka a ranar Sabuwar Shekara. Jajayen t-shirt mai zanen gwal na Acropolis ya cika lissafin. Athens ta kasance tana cike da hargitsi, kuma motocin bas ɗin yawon buɗe ido sun ƙware sosai wajen zirga-zirgar su don guje wa shaidar ɓarko ko lalata tarzoma. Lokacin da ake tambayar masu jagororin yawon buɗe ido game da tarzomar, a koyaushe suna nuna jahilci; antiphon da aka karanta da kyau koyaushe shine "Ban san komai game da shi ba."

Ba zai yuwu ba, kamar yadda hakan ke iya zama, an lura da ƙarancin baƙo a ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya. Wata maraice, Daraktan Jirgin Ruwa na Jade na Norwegian, Jason Bowen, MC'd "Wasan Ba-Sabuwar Aure" a cikin Gidan Spinnaker. Tambayar ta sa hannu "A ina ne wuri mafi ban mamaki da kuka taɓa yin wanda ya ba da amsa" ba ta haifar da martani na musamman ba, amma bayan wani miji da ya daɗe ya ce yana cikin babban ma'aikacin lemu, matarsa ​​​​ta yi haki "Oh, shi ne hakan. ku nake tare?"

Ba za a manta ba, ta hanyoyi da yawa, su ne sabbin abokai da muka hadu da su a wannan jirgin ruwa. Jama'a daga Cruise Critic sun shirya tarurruka guda biyu ga magoya bayan hukumar. Mun sadu da Brian Ferguson da Tony Spinosa na birnin Paris na Faransa, waɗanda suke bikin ritayar Brian da wuri daga Air France. Mun haɗu da Robbie Keir da ƙawarta, Jonathan Mayers, waɗanda suke hutu daga Aberdeen, Scotland. Ba zato ba tsammani, Jonathan ya zama majiɓincin Gerry Mayers, malamin da muka nufa, wanda ya bayyana tsoffin tarihin Masar, Turkiyya, da Girka.

Ɗaya daga cikin VIPs da ke cikin jirgin shine LLoyd Hara, Laftanar Kanal mai ritaya, kuma Mataimakin Shugaban Hukumar Tashar jiragen ruwa na yanzu a Seattle. LLoyd da Lizzie sun ce babban abin da ya fi daukar hankali a cikin balaguron balaguron da suka yi a The Palace Armory a Malta, daya daga cikin manyan tarin makamai na duniya da aka ajiye a cikin gine-ginensu na asali, wanda ke matsayi a cikin muhimman abubuwan tarihi na al'adun Turai. An kafa ta Knights na St John, matsananciyar jarumtakar jarumawa sufaye, Amoury ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin fitattun alamomin abubuwan ɗaukaka da suka gabata na Odar Soja ta Sovereign Hospitaller na Malta.

Na fi son sufaye na dan kadan a gefen kyawawa da chubby, zaune a kusa da tebura na fratini, suna raba curds da whey, suna wanke su da carafes na Asti Spumante. Ɗaya daga cikin irin wannan yanayi mai ban sha'awa an sake haifar da shi a cikin babban gidan cin abinci na Jade, Papa's Italiyanci Kitchen, wanda aka yi masa ado da kyau a matsayin gargajiya na Tuscan trattoria, tare da tebur na fratini da mattoni wani brickwork. Menu yana nuna jita-jita na gargajiya daga yankuna daban-daban na Italiya, tare da wasu fassarori na abin da Amirkawa ke tunanin Italiyanci suna ci, kamar alfredo sauce, spaghetti da aka yi amfani da su tare da kaza parmigiana (maimakon a matsayin primo piatto), salatin Kaisar, da pepperoni pizza. .

Mun ji daɗin abincin da ake yi a Jade. Muna son Tex-Mex fajitas da quesadillas a cikin Paniolo's. Gidan cin abinci na Alizar (wanda aka fi sani da Ali Baba's on the Pride of Hawaii) ya ba da menu iri ɗaya kamar Grand Pacific, amma ya ba da sabis da sauri. Blue Lagoon, gidan cin abinci na gajeren lokaci na sa'o'i 24 ya ba da abinci mai dadi, kamar chuck meatloaf, basil-cream-tomato sauce, strawberry shortcake, da cheesecake dripping tare da blueberries da gel mai dadi. Gelato na Italiyanci da sauran abubuwan jin daɗi sun kasance kawai kiran waya ne kawai, ana isar da su da sauri ta sabis ɗin ɗaki kyauta, kamar sihiri!

Kyautar Magi ita ce ma'aikaciyar ofishinmu, Ruth Hagger, wata 'yar Tyrolean fräulein wacce matashiya da farin ciki ta fito daga littafin labarin Heidi. Yabo daga wurin tseren tseren kankara na Kitzbühel na gasar cin kofin duniya, kyakkyawar lafazinta na Australiya ya yi kama da nagartattun mutane, masu son zuciya da ba su mutu ba a cikin "Sautin Kiɗa." Babu shakka ita kaɗai ce a cikin jirgin da za ta iya magance murguɗin harshen Tyrolean "Der Pfårrer vu Bschlåbs hat z'Pfingschte's Speckbsteck z'spat bstellt." Kamar dai Ruth ta san wani da ya san wani da zai iya samun dama a ko’ina a cikin ƙasa ko kuma cikin teku. Ko Jeep ne a Malta, ko samun dama ga jami'an zartarwa, Ruth 'yar Austriya ce mai ban mamaki tare da halin "iya-yi". Abin mamaki, a ranar farko ta jirgin ruwa ta zo wurinmu, ta gaishe mu da suna, kuma ta gabatar da kanta. Ba wai kawai ta haddace sunayenmu da fuskokinmu daga tsarin tsaro na jirgin ba, ta san daga ina muka fito da kuma wasu abubuwan da muke so (watakila daga balaguron balaguron da muka yi a baya?) Ban taɓa samun irin wannan sabis ɗin ba a kowane lokaci. jirgi a da, kuma ya zo a matsayin abin mamaki mai ban sha'awa mai ban sha'awa.

Tashar tashar mu ta debarkation, Barcelona, ​​ta kasance cikin raye-raye tare da ƴan kasuwa da ke siyar da kyautuka na ƙarshe na babbar rana, Epifania, Janairu 6. (s) Catalans suna bikin kakar tare da al'adun gargajiya guda biyu. Na farko shine Caganer, ɗan ƙaramin siffa mai kama da gnome tare da wandonsa ƙasa, yana ƙazanta a wani wuri a cikin yanayin haihuwar. Kamar ɗan ƙaramin ɗan ganga, Caganer yana ba da kyaututtukansa na musamman ga wurin haihuwar tun tsakiyar ƙarni na 18. Pa rum pum pum.

Caga Tió (tió yana nufin log in Catalan) itace Yule log, wanda aka yi masa fentin da fuskar murmushi kuma ana kulawa dashi daga bayan El Dia de Inmaculada (Disamba 8). Sa'an nan, a Kirsimeti, yara suna dukan log ɗin kuma suna rera waƙoƙin da ke motsa shi zuwa "$ h!t wasu kyaututtuka."

Mun kwana wani ɗan rami a cikin fansho na bango, Otal ɗin Continental, wanda ke kan The Ramblas a Plaça Catalunya - Barçalon daidai da Avenue des Champs-Élysées ya haɗu da Times Square. Wannan otal ɗin ba na kowa bane, musamman waɗanda ke cikin keken guragu, ko baƙo mai fa'ida don neman masauki. Amma a matsayin wurin da ya dace don yin faɗuwar dare, ɗakin mu na Yuro 78.50 ya zo da ɗimbin abubuwan more rayuwa kyauta, kamar ja da fari mara iyaka, ice cream, abubuwan sha masu laushi, ruwan lemu, ɗan ƙaramin salati, jita-jita shida masu zafi kamar gasasshen dankali. da shinkafa pilaf, hatsi, burodi, cashews, gyada da gyada. Hakanan kyauta ita ce kwamfuta ta Intanet da wi-fi mai ƙarfi sosai. Dakin baƙonmu ƙarami ne, amma yana da tsabta sosai, kuma yana da banɗaki mai zaman kansa tare da baho da ruwan sha mai ƙarfi yana kawo ruwan zafi da yawa da safe. Fuskar bangon waya tana da nau'in zane-zane na tatsuniya, yana fara kwasfa, kuma a bayyane ya tsufa. Ya yi daidai da hoda mara kunya da gadaje masu fu-fu da lacy lampshades, wani abu yayi daidai da ɗakin kwana a gidan grandma inda ta ajiye tsana na china.

Mun shafe yawancin kwanakinmu muna yawon shakatawa na Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, cocin Roman Katolika da har yanzu ake gini (tun 1882). Antoni Gaudí ne ya tsara shi, ana sa ran kammala aikin ƙarshe ta 2026 (kyakkyawar dalili na komawa Barcelona). Facade na gabas yana da ƙayyadaddun haihuwar haihuwa da aka sassaka da dutse, kyauta ga sunan haikalin “Ilimi Mai Tsarki.” A cikin crypt akwai kaburburan sarakunan Spain, ciki har da Sarauniya Constance na Sicily, Marie de Lusignan (mata ta uku na Sarki James II), da na kaka na 24th, Sarauniya Petronila ta Aragon.

Jirginmu na komawa gida Milano ya yi tafiyar awa daya da mintuna goma sha biyar. Mun isa ne muka iske dusar ƙanƙara ta lulluɓe birnin, wanda ke da nisan mil 30 kawai daga kan iyakar Switzerland. A nan arewacin Italiya, ana karɓar kyautar Kirsimeti a ranar 6 ga Janairu. Bisa ga al'ada, wata mayya ce mai suna Befana ta kawo kyautar. (Hakika, a matsayin Ba-Amurke, Ina samun sau biyu-dip da karɓar kyaututtuka daga Santa Claus a watan Disamba kuma!) An kwatanta Befana a matsayin tsohuwar hag mai banƙyama, tabbas Muguwar mayya na yammacin irin shrew. Yana jin kamar Halloween lokacin da na gan ta, amma zan dauki duk kyaututtukan da kowa ke so ya ba ni.

Ba a gama ba sai mace mai kitse ta yi waka. Italiyanci suna son wasan opera su, kuma ina son abubuwan da suka faru na kyauta a Teatro alla Scala. "Prima delle Prime" wani taron ne na yau da kullun kyauta ga jama'a wanda ke nuna wasan opera ko ballet mai zuwa. Taron ya haɗa da laccoci, bidiyo, samfurori masu rai, kuma ba shakka, damar da za a shigar da bangon La Scala mai tsarki, kyauta. Ba zan iya shiga jirgin Amurka ba har sai na ji aƙalla aria ɗaya na wani abu, kamar O mio babbino caro, ko Amami Alfredo. Ba a yi bankwana ba, amma ya isa Italiya a yanzu.

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