Ma'aikacin yana ɗaukar tiren azurfa tare da Champagne mai kyalli a cikin sarewa. Sanye yake da baƙar rigar wutsiya na ulu mara kyau yayin da yake hidimar wata kyakkyawar mace mai kyan gani cikin rigar ƙwallon satin ja.

Daren dare a kan Europa, jirgin ruwa mafi girma a duniya, yana farawa da cocktails a cikin wani bene mai hawa biyu inda wani dan wasan pianist na gargajiya ya yi a kan Steinway. Bayan haka, fasinjoji suna zama don cin abinci mai cin abinci mai rahusa guda biyar. Ana buga menu na a cikin Turanci, amma kusan duk fasinjojin da ke kusa da ni suna karanta zaɓin su a cikin yaren hukuma a cikin jirgin: Jamusanci.

Hapag-Lloyd, katafaren jirgin ruwa na Jamus, yana aiki da jiragen ruwa guda huɗu a sashin shakatawa na shakatawa kuma Europa ita ce tauraro a kambinsa. Jirgin ruwa daya tilo a duniya ya kima tauraro biyar da Littafi Mai Tsarki na masana'antar tafiye-tafiye, "Jagorar Berlitz don Cruising and Cruise Ships," yana ɗaukar aji da kansa. Ta rike wannan mukamin tun shekaru takwas da suka gabata.

Yawancin Amurkawa, har ma da tsoffin jiragen ruwa, ba su san Europa ba saboda Hapag-Lloyd bai tallata jiragensa a wannan gefen Tekun Atlantika ba. Hakan yana canzawa a hankali yayin da layin jirgin ruwa ke shiga cikin tafiye-tafiyen harsuna biyu. A kan waɗannan tafiye-tafiyen jiragen ruwa, fasinjoji masu magana da Ingilishi, ko Ba'amurke ne, Biritaniya ko Australiya, suna karɓar menus, shirye-shiryen yau da kullun, takaddun balaguro, gabatarwar bidiyo da iyakataccen adadin balaguron balaguron teku a cikin Ingilishi. Dukkanin ma'aikatan jirgin suna magana da Ingilishi, gami da wani mai kula da lafiyarsa wanda ya tambayi mijina ko yana zaben Obama ko McCain.

An tsara jiragen ruwa guda tara masu harsuna biyu a cikin 2009. Bugu da ƙari, idan fasinjoji 15 ko fiye da Ingilishi sun tanadi jirgin ruwa, ta atomatik ya zama harshe biyu tare da sanarwa da balaguron teku a cikin Turanci. A kan wasu tafiye-tafiyen jiragen ruwa, fasinjoji za su iya yin buƙatu a gaba don menu na Ingilishi da sauran bayanan da aka buga, kuma ma'aikatan jirgin za su shirya balaguron balaguro na kowane mutum cikin Ingilishi.

Europa na jawo ƙwararrun matafiya, ƙwararrun matafiya masu wadata da isashen wannan matakin sabis. Matsakaicin shekarun fasinjojin yana kusa da 65, in ji Manajan Daraktan Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, Sebastian Ahrens, kodayake yana raguwa a lokacin hutun makaranta lokacin da za a iya saukar da yara 42 a cikin jirgin.

Duk da farashin, kusan ko da yaushe Europa tana ba da cikakken rajista. Kasuwar jiragen ruwa na alfarma ba ta fama da koma bayan tattalin arziki sabanin sauran sassan masana'antar balaguro, in ji Ahrens. Masu kudi suna ci gaba da kashewa.

Menene ya sa Europa ya cancanci farashi, kuma ya cancanci matsayin tauraro biyar? A takaice: sarari da sabis.

Europa yana da mafi girman rabon sararin samaniya a cikin masana'antar jirgin ruwa, tare da manyan wuraren jama'a waɗanda ba su taɓa jin cunkoso ba. Masu zaman kansu kuma suna da ɗaki. Kowane ɗakin baƙo babban ɗaki ne, mafi ƙanƙanta yana auna ƙafafu 290, kuma kashi 80 cikin ɗari yana da baranda. Muƙamuƙina ya faɗo lokacin da na sa ido a kan ɗakin kwana, abin da ban gani ba ko da a cikin wasu jiragen ruwa na alfarma. Wurin ajiya galibi yana da matsewa, amma a cikin wannan ɗakin kwana ina da aljihuna da rataye don adanawa. Dakunan wanka a kan yawancin jiragen ruwa kuma ƙanana ne, amma waɗanda ke cikin Europa suna da baho da kuma shawa mai raba gilashin da ya isa ga ɗan wasan NFL. Wurin zama na suite ya ƙunshi kujera, gado mai gado, ƙaramin mashaya tare da giya kyauta, ruwan 'ya'yan itace da abubuwan sha. Tebu yana da madanni don samun damar asusun imel na kyauta ta amfani da allon TV, inda fasinjoji kuma za su iya kallon fina-finai da ake buƙata, shirye-shiryen allo da tashoshin talabijin a cikin Jamusanci da Ingilishi.

Jirgin, wanda aka kaddamar a shekarar 1999, kadan ne idan aka kwatanta da manyan jiragen ruwa masu daukar fasinjoji 6,000 da ake ginawa a yau. Ma'aikatan jirgin 280 suna ba da fasinjoji 400 kawai, mafi girman ma'aikata / fasinja na kowane jirgin ruwa. Wannan yana ba da damar sabis mai daraja.

"Ƙananan jiragen ruwa suna da kyau musamman ga ƙwararrun matafiya," in ji kwararre kan harkokin jiragen ruwa Douglas Ward, marubucin jagorar Berlitz. "Manyan jiragen ruwa na balaguro ba su da tarar ƙananan jiragen ruwa."

Membobin ƙungiyar suna da horo na shekaru a cikin kasuwancin otal a Turai kuma suna la'akari da matsayi a kan Europa wani motsi na ginin sana'a. Ward ya ce "Ma'aikatan jirgin ne suka fi muhimmanci a cikin jirgin." Ma'aikatan jirgin na Europa "suna da kyakkyawar fahimtar fasinja." A balaguron mako biyu, galibi suna tunawa da sunaye, fuskoki da buƙatun fasinjoji na musamman da buƙatunsu.

A saman babban sabis, Ward ya ce Europa yana samun taurarin sa a cikin hankalinsa ga cikakkun bayanai. Ana ba da darussan kifi da wukar kifi. Kofi yana zuwa da sukari iri uku, baya ga maye gurbin sukari. Doily a kan gilashin giya mai tushe yana kama ruwa. China da cutlery sune saman layi. A cikin gidan cin abinci na Gabas, ɗaya daga cikin gidajen cin abinci huɗu da ke cikin jirgin, faranti na china suna da nau'in kifi mai tashi da ba kasafai ba wanda aka kwafi daga ƙirar 1920s. Kowane faranti, idan za ku iya siyan sa dillali, zai kai Yuro 350 zuwa 400.

Abubuwan menu sun ƙunshi nau'ikan abinci iri-iri. Jirgin yana ba da kayan abinci 8,000, idan aka kwatanta da kusan 3,000 a yawancin balaguron balaguro, kuma yana ɗaukar kwalabe 17,000 na ruwan inabi da ke rufe giraben inabi daga manyan wuraren samar da giya a duniya.

Duk da haka, Europa ba cikakke ba ne. Fiye da sau ɗaya a cikin tafiye-tafiyenmu, kurakurai a lokacin ayyukan da aka jera akan shirye-shiryen bugu na yau da kullun sun ruɗe da takaicin fasinjoji. Duk wuƙaƙen kifin a duniya ba za su iya rama ba don balaguron balaguron tafiya ba saboda rashin sadarwa.

Kuma yayin da namu yana ɗaya daga cikin jiragen ruwa na harsuna biyu da aka tsara a cikin 2008, ba duk sanarwar da ke cikin jirgin an sake maimaita su cikin Turanci ba. Wannan abin takaici ne musamman domin jigon balaguron balaguron namu shine bikin Tekun Rana na shekara-shekara na jirgin, tare da wasan kwaikwayo na masu fasahar kiɗa na gargajiya. Tun da waƙar yare ce ta duniya, babu wani bambanci cewa fitaccen soprano da tenor sun rera aria a cikin Italiyanci ko Jamusanci, amma mun ji takaici lokacin da aka ba da gabatarwa ga kowane yanki cikin Jamusanci kawai. Duk da haka, tun da mu kaɗai ne Amirkawa a cikin ƴan tsirarun masu magana da Jamusanci a cikin jirgin, za mu iya fahimtar rashin son jin daɗi da yawa ga kaɗan.

A mafi yawan tafiye-tafiye, gasar ta Europa tana baje kolin aƙalla mawaƙa da mawaƙa da mawaƙa rabin dozin a cikin shirye-shiryen da suka haɗa da kusan kashi 60 na kiɗan gargajiya. A lokacin bikin Rana na Ocean, wanda za a sake ba da shi a cikin 2009 a kan jirgin ruwa na Agusta 12-22, masu fasaha takwas na duniya sun yi fice a cikin shirin nishaɗi wanda ya kai kashi 80 zuwa kashi 90 cikin XNUMX na kiɗa na gargajiya. Bikin yana samun suna a tsakanin masu sha'awar kade-kade na gargajiya irin na Napa's prestigious Festival del Sole da Tuscan Sun Festival na Italiya.

Baya ga wasan kwaikwayo na rana da maraice a cikin jirgin yayin bikin, ana gudanar da kide-kide masu zaman kansu kyauta a tashar jiragen ruwa. Sa’ad da muke Cadiz, Spain, mun yi tafiya zuwa Castillo San Marcos na ƙarni na 13, inda Christopher Columbus ya zauna sa’ad da yake shirin tafiyarsa zuwa Amirka. Bayan cocktails da canapés a cikin tsakar gida, fitaccen ɗan ƙasar Jamus-Kanada Mozart Tenor Michael Schade ya rera mana waƙa a cikin waƙa. A Majorca, Schade ya shiga soprano Andrea Rost a cikin wani kide kide tare da Orquestra Clasica de Balears a Teatro Principal. A cikin jirgin bayan abincin dare, farashin kida mai sauƙi a cikin Clipper Bar ya nuna waƙar waƙa a cikin salon Edith Piaf.

Turai ba ta keɓe kanta ga tafiye-tafiye a Turai ba. Tafiyar jiragen ruwa na yaruka biyu na shekara mai zuwa za su yi kira a kudancin Pacific, Australia, China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Libya da kuma Hadaddiyar Daular Larabawa, baya ga Baltic, Italiya da Girka.

Lokacin da ba a bincika tashar jiragen ruwa ba, fasinjoji suna jin daɗin abubuwan jin daɗi da yawa na jirgin, gami da wurin shakatawa, tafkin ruwan gishiri tare da rufin da za a iya dawo da su, na'urar kwaikwayo ta golf 21 tare da PGA pro a hannu don darasi, da ɗakin motsa jiki tare da kallon teku. Sama da ɗakin, a saman jirgin, wani yanki ne wanda ba a samo shi a kan jiragen ruwa na Amurka ba: Ƙaƙwalwa ga waɗanda suka zaɓi sunbathe a cikin tsirara - salon Turai.

• An tattara bayanai don wannan labarin akan balaguron bincike wanda Hapag-Lloyd Cruises ya ɗauki nauyinsa.

Idan kun tafi

Bayani: Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, (877) 445-7447, www.hl-cruises.com

Tafiya da farashi: Jirgin ruwa na harsuna biyu a cikin 2009 yana da farashi da tsawon lokaci daga balaguron kwanaki 10 daga Barcelona zuwa tsibirin Canary yana farawa da kusan $ 6,000 ga kowane mutum zuwa balaguron kwanaki 18 daga Tahiti zuwa Ostiraliya farawa a kusan $ 9,900 kowane mutum. Ba a tsammanin samun kyauta. Ana ba da rangwamen kashi 5 don yin rajista da wuri.

Tufafin Tufafi: Fiye da na yau da kullun fiye da na yawancin jiragen ruwa na Amurka, tare da maza waɗanda ke sanye da kwat da wando ko rigar wasanni mafi yawan maraice da tuxedo ko rigar abincin dare a dare.

Cin abinci: Buɗe wurin zama a zama ɗaya a abincin dare. An yi ajiyar wuri a cikin ɗakin cin abinci na yau da kullun, kuma wajibi ne (kuma ana nema da yawa) a cikin gidajen abinci na musamman guda biyu. Kodayake jirgin ruwa na Jamus, abinci ya haɗa da jita-jita daga ko'ina cikin duniya.