Chinhu chekufamba muchikepe chekurangarira

Nguva yechando yakasvika zviri pamutemo Zvita 21, uye kubvira ipapo, madutu asina tsitsi aivhuvhuta mhepo dzeArctic akarasa matani echando paMidwest neCanada. Asi pano muMediterranean ine zuva, ngano yaOvid's Halcyon inoita seyakanyanya kuitika. Chirevo che "Halcyon Days" chinobva muchitendero chekare chechiGiriki chokuti mazuva gumi nemana emamiriro ekunze akadzikama, anopenya anosvika pane imwe nguva munguva yechando - ndipo apo shiri yemashiripiti inonzi halcyon yakanyaradza pamusoro pegungwa nokuda kwedendere rayo. Inguva yakanaka yekuongorora nyika yekare.

Rwendo rwedu rwechishanu gore rino, takasarudza kupemberera zororo paNorwegian Jade (yaimbozivikanwa sePride yeHawaii). Shamwari yedu yakanaka uye mumiriri wekufambisa waanoshanda naye Leslie Darga anogara achitaura zvakanyanya nezveNCL, achitaura nezvemukurumbira wakasimba wekusarudza mafambiro ane zviteshi zvinofadza zvekufona. Chinhu chakatitengesa pazororo tichifamba nechikepe muJade chaive rwendo rwemazuva gumi nemana rwaisanganisira mhemberero dzeKisimusi neGore Idzva, iyo yainyatsoenderana pakati pemasemita ekuyunivhesiti. Semurairidzi uye mudzidzi wegiredhi, nguva yaive yakakosha.

Asi kunetseka pamusoro peKudada kweHawaii kufamba zvakanaka munguva yechando yeMedithera zvaive pamutemo uye zvakaiswa paInternet. Mushure mezvose, chikepe ichi chakatanga kuvakwa sechikepe chaifamba mumvura dzinopisa dzeHawaiian, kwete sechombo chinopwanya aizi kaviri, senge Marco Polo ane mukurumbira, mureza wekambani yeNCL yekare Orient Lines. Chokwadi, kushandura zita kuti Jade hakuna chinhu chakafanana nekukodzera chikepe nedenga regirazi rinodzorereka pamusoro pedziva kana kugadzira mamwe epamusoro-latitude magadzirirwo.
Takasvika muBarcelona paEasyJet, imwe yendege dzakawanda dzakadzikiswa dzinobva kuMilan. Pamwe chete naRyan Air, idzi ndege dzinotakura vanhu dzine mari dzekutengesa dzakaderera sezana rimwe chete. "Zvachipa, zvakachipa, zvakachipa" zvakarira halcyon - mutero wedu weKisimusi waingova maeuro makumi maviri nerimwe chete.

Barcelona El Prat airport inenge maminetsi makumi maviri kubva kuPuerto Muelle Adosado, uko Jade yakamiswa. Port Terminal B yaive nyowani, yakachena, uye inoshanda. Kunyangwe mita yetekisi yedu yainzi 20 euros, panguva iyo mutyairi akawedzera mari dzemikwende, kupinda panhandare yendege, kupinda pachiteshi, uye pamwe nemubhadharo wekuti “Ndinonzwa kunhuwa vashanyi vanoshama”, huwandu hwacho hwakasvika pamakumi matatu nemanomwe emaeuro.

Kupinda kwakanga kuri kwechimbi-chimbi, uye vaenzi vaikurumidza kusvika vakakokwa kuti vafarire nzvimbo dzavose dzengarava kusvikira makabhini agadzirwa. Takafamba nemuGarden Café buffet uye takafara kuona chikafu chevana chinoyevedza chine matafura madiki evaye. Nzvimbo yebuffet ingangove idiki diki yatisati tamboona pane chero ngarava inotengeswa nevakawanda, asi yaive yakazara uye yaive nemhando dzakawanda dzendiro dzekufadza American palate.

Kabhini 5608, imba yekutandarira yegungwa, yaive yakachena, yaiwanikwa zviri nyore pakati pechikepe, uye yaive nemubhedha wakaenzana nehukuru hwamambokadzi. Imba yekugezera yakanga yakachena, ine shawa hombe yakavharirwa negirazi rekuvanzika. Iyo teeny chimbuzi nzvimbo inogona kukonzera matambudziko kune claustrophobics kana gonhi regirazi ravharwa. Spearmint yakanhuwirira Elemis inopinza yekugezera gel, uye sipo yeruoko yemvura - oh-so-yedenga lavender - yakanhuwirira kabhini yedu nekunhuhwirira kwakajeka sekunge minda yeruva repepuru yakachenuruka inokura musango muYorkshire Dales yaive mukati mekukanda kwedombo.

Kunyangwe kutumirwa kwayo kwekutanga, Kudada kweHawaii inoshanda chaizvo seyechando-yegungwa yeNorwegian Jade. Vagadziri vengarava vakagadzira huwandu hwakakura hwekutonga kwemamiriro ekunze mungarava, saka izvo zvanga zvakagadzirirwa kudzivirira kupisa kunze, zvinoshandawo zvinoyevedza kuchengetedza kupisa mukati.

Chokwadi, hapana dome rinodzoreka pamusoro pedziva, asi izvozvo hazvina kumisa pwere dzakasimba kupedza maawa ari pamvura inoyerera. Nzvimbo yedhamu haiunze chikamu chikuru chenzvimbo yeruzhinji zvakadaro, pamwe nekuti vagadziri vaiziva kuti paizove nekufarira kukuru mukutandara pamahombekombe eHawaiian anoyevedza pane kutenderedza piscine isinganyanyi kukosha. (Ruregerero chiFrench changu.)

Ini pachangu, ndoda kusafamba-famba negirazi-yakavakirwa chlorine-yakazara sauna pandinoenda kune buffet. Kufema kwemweya mutsva kwechinguvana kana maviri hakumborwadzise munhu. Vamwe vafambi vakaratidza kusazvidza chimiro cheHawaiian chinogara chichibuda kubva kune imwe neimwe niche (ukuleles, Aloha hembe, mapando ekokonati, hibiscus nePolynesia polloi zvinoshongedza madziro ese), uye vanyunyuti vambotaurwa vakafunga kuti NCL yaisungirwa kushandura dingindira mungarava kuti rienderane nezita idzva. Chavakatadza kuziva ndechekuti hapana kambani inogona kudzokorora zvemukati pese painomisa ngarava. Zvinotonyanya kukosha, seruremekedzo rwakajairika, muenzi akakokwa haafanire kutsoropodza kuravira kwemugamuchiri wake mukushongedza.

Mukuru wehotera yeJade, Dwen Binns akati, "Jade ingarava yakafanana neJewel, Gem, Pearl, Dawn, uye Star, uye inogona kufamba pasi rose." Akawedzera kuti, "Pearl neGem vane migwagwa yeBowling uko dzimwe ngarava dzakawana zvitoro zvavo zvezvipo."

Rwendo rwedu rwemahombekombe rweRoma neVatican rwakatangira pachiteshi chegungwa cheCivitavecchia, anenge mamaira makumi mashanu kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweThe Eternal City. Pa $50 pamunhu, urwu rwakanga rwuri rwendo rwedu runodhura zvikuru, uye ndichiri kupora kubva pakuvhunduka kunonamirwa; asi zvinonyatsozivikanwa kuti zvinhu zvishoma muItaly zvinomhanya zvakachipa. Rwendo rwedu rweVatican Museum rwakaratidza zviuru zvehupfumi hwepapa, kusanganisira mufananidzo waLeonardo da Vinci weSaint Jerome, akati wandei akapendwa naCaravaggio, uye muunganidzwa wakakura wemabasa natenzi Raphael. Nyeredzi inopenya yemuunganidzwa iSistine Chapel, uko Michelangelo ane mukurumbira mapaneru kubva "Kusikwa kwaAdhamu" kusvika "Kutonga Kwekupedzisira" anoshongedza sirin'i nemadziro. Mamita mashoma kubva mumyuziyamu inobuda inomira Basilica yeSaint Peter, chechi hombe pasirese. Suo dzvene, iro rinovhurwa kamwe chete pamakore 259, rakavharwa nesemende, mushure mekushandiswa kwekupedzisira mukati memhemberero dzemireniyumu. Mukati memadziro matsvene, The Pietà inopenya zvinodziya pasi pemwenje yakapfava, zvakachengeteka seri kwegirazi rinodzivirira bara, zvisingasviki kune vanopenga vanopenga vakabata sando. Guva raSt. Peter riri pasi peatari yakakwirira. Mutungamiriri wedu, Mario, akanongedza dzimba dzinogara Pope Benedictus XVI, uye vharanda kubva uko Sua Santità anounzira Kisimusi pakati pehusiku misa. Vashandi vakanga vachiunganidza chivako chinoyevedza chekuzvarwa kwaJesu pasi pechifukidziro chematepi akakora kusvikira mutambo unokosha uyu watanga.

Mushure merwendo rwedu rweVatican, takapinda zvakare muItaly kuti tipupurire korona yeImperial Rome: Flavian Amphitheatre, inozivikanwa seColosseum. Muna 1749, Pope Benedict XIV akazivisa Colosseum senzvimbo tsvene, nepo vaKristu vapakuvamba vakanga vaurayirwa kutenda mukati memasvingo aro. Vatengesi vezviyeuchidzo zvakasiyana-siyana vaivepo kuti vawedzere kukwezva kwechiratidzo, ukuwo vatambi vakapfeka zvipfeko zvemukuru weuto reRoma vakamira nemufaro pakati pemafoto ops.

Chiteshi chedu chechipiri chekufona, Napoli yakanaka, yaityisa nevatengi veManheru eKisimusi vachisarudza zvinhu zvemabiko eKisimusi. MuItaly, Krisimisi imhemberero yechitendero, uye vana vanomirira kusvika January 6 kuti vagamuchire bonanza yavo yematoyi. Via San Gregorio Armeno, kanzira kadiki kakazara nezvitoro zveKisimusi, yairatidza zviuru zvemaseti ekuzvarwa kwaJesu kubva pakuzvininipisa kusvika kune yakanakisa. Baba Diamund, mukugadzirira misa yepakati pehusiku yengarava, vakatsvaga zvidhori zvechitendero kubva kune vatengesi vezvitoro kuti vape vana vaiuya kumhemberero. Mushure mekuona kuti aive muprista, mutengesi weNapolitan akapa 500 Mucheche Jesu zvidhori kuna Reverend, uyo akazvigovera nemufaro kumunhu wese aipinda misa (ndaudzwa kuti vangangoita mazana mashanu vaivepo). Hapana akapotsa kuzorora kwangu kwerunako, ndakaenda kuSt. Mattress yeThe Springs husiku ihwohwo.

Tsika yemazana emakore ekuzvarwa kwaNapolitan yakatanga makore ane chiuru kumashure. Takashanyira chiratidziro chekuzvarwa kwaJesu muComplesso Monumentale di San Severo al Pendino paVia Duomo, yakapihwa neAssociazione Italiana Amici del Presepio, ine muunganidzwa unoratidza tsika uye nhoroondo oeuvres d'art yakagadzirwa nevanozivikanwa vavezi vekuItaly. Maererano neAssociazione, gwaro rinotaura nezvekuzvarwa kwaJesu muchechi yeSanta Maria del Presepe muna 1025. Muna 1340, Sancia di Maiorca (mambokadzi waRobert d'Anjou) akapa kuzvarwa kuOrder of Clarisse nuns paakavhura mutsva wavo mutsva. chechi. Chifananidzo cheMhandara Maria (Vergine Puerperal) kubva pakuzvarwa kweAngevin ikozvino chakachengetedzwa muCertosa di San Martino Monastery.

Zuva reKisimusi raipembererwa pagungwa, mukati meNorwegian Jade yakashongedzwa zvinoshamisa. Nemiti yakawanda inopenya yeKisimusi, zviuru zvemwenje weKisimusi, uye miriyoni inopenya mumaziso evana vari kufara vachishanya neJolly Old Elf, nzvimbo yedu yekutandarira yakayangarara yakava nzvimbo yezororo. Chisvusvuro cheKisimusi chainakidza uye chichizadzwa zvine mutsindo, nendiro dzeumbozha dzemari dzinonaka. Imwe zororo rakasiyana nemamwe muStardust Theatre yairatidza nziyo dzekare nedzitsva, dzakaitwa nevadiki uye vakasimba vevaimbi nevatambi vane tarenda, vane mashoko anosimudzira emufaro akaparadzira mufaro netariro pakati pevaenzi vengarava, vanosvika mazana maviri nemazana matatu uye vachirumbidza kubva ku2300 vakasiyana. marudzi. Wakanga uri mukana wedu wekupfeka matai edu matsva eCharlie Brown neSnoopy silk, uye kumira pane imwe yemaseti mazhinji ekutora mifananidzo kutora manheru emashiripiti.

Chiteshi chedu chechitatu chekufona, Alexandria, chakapa mukana wekushanyira mapiramidhi anoshamisa eGiza. Kukwira bhazi kwemaawa maviri nehafu kuenda kuCairo, kwakarongwa neNasco Tours, kwakatungamirirwa nerunako rweErudite uye regal reEgypt rainzi Randa. Semunhu akapedza kudzidza kuyunivhesiti mukushanya, Randa ainyatsoziva hieroglyphics, zvishamiso zvenyika yekare, uye tsika dzeEgipita kuburikidza nemireniyamu. Aitaura Chirungu senge muchindakadzi weArabia, uye akapfeka classy couture kubva kuMiuccia Prada. Mukati merwendo rwedu rwemaawa 13, nenyasha akatyora purogiramu yepamutemo kaviri, kuitira kuti vafambi vakaora mwoyo vakwanise kushanyira zvitoro zvemishonga zvechimbichimbi.

Chigaro chepamberi chemurairidzi chakachengeterwa murindi ane zvombo anoperekedza boka kubva pakutanga kusvika pakupedzisira. Zvisinei, musi uyu akatadza kuuya kubasa. Pakusvika muGiza, makanga musina kushaikwa kwemapurisa evashanyi ane pfuti ane muchina pazviyeuchidzo zvose zvekare. Tisingakarirwi, mapurisa maviri akanga akapfeka yunifomu akauya kwatiri patakanga takamira pamberi pemapiramidhi, akakumbira kamera yedu, ndokutitora mapikicha. Mushure mekusangana kwenguva pfupi, vakatiudza kuti vaida mari ye "baksheesh" yavo (tip). Kwete avo vekukakavadzana nemunhu akatakura pfuti, Marco akavapa euro imwe neimwe. Vakabva vati hazvina kukwana uye vaida maeuro maviri ega ega, saka akavapa mamwe maeuro maviri uye takakurumidza kuenderera mberi.

Randa akasimbisa kukosha kwekudzivisa ma con artists pamapiramidhi. Akataura nezvehutsotsi hunogara huchiitwa hwekukoka mushanyi asingafungire kuti akwire ngamera mahara, achitora mifananidzo yevashanyi akagara pamusoro pemhuka yakareba mamita masere, ndokuzozivisa gare gare muripo wokuburuka pangamera waiva madhora zana.

Sezvandainanga kumukochi pashure pokushanyira mapiramidhi, mapurisa mamwe chetewo ane pfuti evashanyi akauya kwandiri, achida mamwe mabhaksheesh. Ndakanongedzera Marco ndokuti, “Tatokupa maEuro mana, haucharangarira here?” Mhinduro yake yaive "Marco akapa baksheesh, asi iwe hauna."

Ndichinzwa ndashatirwa uye ndatukwa, ndakapindura ndichipindura kuti “Handina kutakura mari ipi neipi,” ipapo ndakananga kumurairidzi wacho nokuzvidza, ndichingwarira kuti ndisacheuke.

Ron naLisa Leininger, parizvino vanogara panzvimbo yeNATO muBrussels, Belgium, vakashanyira mapiramidhi ndokuti: “Wow, ivo vakavaka chimwe chinhu chakakosha makore 4,000 apfuura. Takaremerwa nepfungwa yenhoroondo munzvimbo imwe chete. "

Pashure pokushanyira mapiramidhi, Nasco Tours yakatiendesa kumuzinda wakaisvonaka une mwenje unopenya uye makapeti esirika. Mabhafeti mana akakura akapa zviuru zvendiro; mabiko anopisa, doro, waini, uye masoda zvakagadzirirwa zveAmerica palates, asi madhirita akapfuma aive asina kujairika, anoshamisa uye anokwezva zvisingadzivisiki.

Mamwe mapoka akasarudza rwendo rwe "Pyramids and Nile in Style", zvichireva kuti kudya kwavo kwemasikati kwaipiwa vari muchikepe, chaiyangarara murwizi rweNire. Nguva yokupedzisira yandakanga ndiri muCairo, ndakasemburwa nokunhuwa kwaibuda mumvura dzine tsvina dzomuNairi. Ndakangozvishingisa kuti ndidye chikafu chemasikati ndichiyangarara pamusoro pemvura yesuweji.

Debra Iantkow, mumiriri wekufamba kubva kuCalgary, Alberta akanga ane ruzivo rwakanyanya kundipfuura, saka iye nemhuri yake vakatora rwendo rwakakurumbira rweNile. “Kwakanga kusingatombonhuhwi zvachose,” akadaro: “asi zvechokwadi kwakanga kwakasviba – takaona vanhu vachikanda marara mumvura. Tiri munzira kuenda kuchikepe takapfuura mamaira nemakiromita emigero yemvura kubva kuNairi, yakaraswa zvachose nemasaga emarara, marara, uye, pane imwe nguva, pakanga paine flotsam yakawanda kwazvo yakavhara mugero kubva kubhangi kuenda kubhangi, uye waigona. kunyange kuona mvura iri pasi.”

“Ndaifunga kuti Tijuana yakanga yakaipa kutozosvikira ndaona iyi nzvimbo,” akadaro Christopher, mushandi wepachipatara anobva kuBoerney, Texas, “asi iyi ndiyo nzvimbo ine tsvina yandati ndamboona muupenyu hwangu.”

Leininger akati nezve rwendo rweNile "Yakapa vaenzi pfungwa yakanaka yezvokudya zveEgypt uye kutamba. Murume akapfeka tutu ine mavara akamonereka setop kwemaminetsi gumi nemashanu. Mukadzi wechidiki akanaka akatamba dumbu kumimhanzi yechokwadi yekuEgypt, yakagadzirwa kubva kumangoma ebongo uye synthesizer yekhibhodi.

Kubva pane tsananguro yaLeininger, ini ndinodudzira pakange pasina tune inozivikanwa kana mita mumhanzi, asi zvakanyanya senge cacophony yemanzwi ekunze. “Zvairwadza,” akadaro, “ndinofara kuti hazvina kugara kwenguva refu.”

Maira kure, rwendo rwangu rwe "de-Nile" rwakatiendesa kuMemphis yekare neSaqqara, kwatakapinda muguva rine makore mazana mana nemakumi matanhatu emufundisi wekare, uye tikayemura chifananidzo chakakura cheraimestone chaRamses II paMit Rahina Museum. Kukosha kwekuchera matongo kwenzvimbo idzi kwakatora kufarira anthropological kwemakumi emakore.

Sezvo iyo Norwegian Jade yakamira husiku muAlexandria, zuva rechipiri rakapa mukana unochinjika wekushanyira dzimwe nzvimbo zvichienderana nezvido zvemunhu.

Mukufambirana nedingindira redu reMhuri Tsvene, takashanyira Chechi yeVatendi Sergius naBacchus, inozivikanwawo saAbu Serga, muCoptic Cairo. Chechi yakatsaurirwa kune Vatendi Sergius naBacchus, avo vaive ngochani vadi / varwi vakaurairwa kutenda muzana ramakore rechina muSyria naMambo weRoma Maximian. Iyi nzvimbo yakakwirira inoratidza apo Maria, Josefa uye mucheche Jesu vanonzi vakagara panguva yekupukunyuka kwavo kuEgipita.

Ngatikurukurei Turkey. Nyika dzekare dzeAnatolia dzaive chishamiso chikuru chemazuva gumi nemana eMediterranean odyssey. Rwendo rwedu rwekumahombekombe, rwaishandiswa naTura Turizm, rwakapfuura zvese zvaitarisirwa. Leyla Öner, murongi wekushanya, akapinda mukochi ndokuzvisuma, achitishuvira tose rwendo rwakanaka rwekuenda kuEfeso, achisiya bhegi regoodie kumuenzi wega wega akazadzwa nezviyeuchidzo gumi nemaviri. Imwe yezviyeuchidzo zverupo yaive "Hari yeMvura Tsvene," iyo yakauya nemirairo "Hari iyi yakagadzirwa nemaoko, inogadzirwa kubva muvhu revhu, yakanyatsogadzirirwa kuti iwe uzadze nemvura tsvene kubva mutsime riri muMhandara Maria's House. Zvinhu zvakashandiswa mumhizha iyi zvine chinangwa chekuratidzira midziyo yehari yakashandiswa nevaEfeso muzana remakore rokutanga, AD. Tinovimba unonakidzwa nechiyeuchidzo ichi sendangariro kubva kunyika tsvene yaAmai Maria!

Mutungamiriri wedu mukuru wezuva racho, Ercan Gürel, akanga ari nyanzvi uye ari munyoro. Zvamazvirokwazvo mumwe weakanakisisa evaperekedzi vevashanyi akambotiperekedza parwendo rwekumahombekombe, Ercan (John) yaive encyclopedia inofamba yenhoroondo yekare. Chimwe chezvaakataura kune mukurumbira ndechekuti akashanda pane mamwe ekuchera matongo kuEfeso, masayendisiti asati aziva chaizvo zvaive pasi pemazana emakore evhu.

Kusiyana neEgypt, mhenderekedzo yeTurkey yakanga isina ruvara, uye chiteshi chengarava cheIzmir parera rechokwadi reAdriatic. Kwose kwataienda, vatsinhiri vomunzvimbomo vaisiyanisa nyika yavo ine maMuslim akawanda: “Hatisi maArabu. Vazhinji veTurkey vane blond bvudzi, maziso ebhuruu uye ganda rakanaka. Nyika yedu iri muchikamu chenyika yeEurope, uye isu tiri rudzi rwenyika. "

Mupata wakaorera unoenda kuguta rekare reEfeso iBindu reEdheni remapichisi, maapricot, maonde, maranjisi, maorivhi uye minda isingaperi yemuriwo weshizha.

Pakorona yeGomo reKoressos (Bülbül Daği) panomira Imba yeMhandara Maria, chivakwa chezvidhinha chinonzi imba iyo Amai Maria vakapedza makore avo ekupedzisira. Vanochera matongo vakaratidza kuti hwaro hwechivako chacho ndehwemuzana remakore rokutanga, uye vanapapa vatatu vakashanyira nzvimbo yacho, vachiremekedza nhaka yayo yechitendero.

Mukati meImba yaMaria, mumwe sisita ane ushamwari akatipa menduru dzesirivha sezviyeuchidzo zvorwendo rwedu rwokunamata rurefu. Nechokumberi kwemba, nzira inotenderera inoenda kumatsime anotendwa kuti ane mvura inoshamisa. Hapana wekupfuura chishamiso chemahara, ndakazvimwaya kakati, nekuda kweinishuwarenzi ye ethereal.

Mushure mekudya kwemasikati kunofadza, takashanyira chikoro chemakapeti. Pano, vadzidzi vanopedza mwedzi yakawanda vachisunga tambo dzesirika pamachira makuru kuti vagadzire mabasa akanaka ehunyanzvi, vachitengesa muimba yeshoo yemapuranga nezviuru zvinomwe kusvika makumi maviri zveEuro. Makapeti asingadhure akagadzirwa kubva kumvere dzemakwai kana donje airatidzwa, aine akareruka nomadic dhizaini maragi anotangira pamadhora mazana matatu. Shaya dzangu dzakadonha pasi apo Ercan Gürel akanditambidza kapeti yakanaka, hombe yakarukwa nemaoko, ine chitupa chechokwadi, uye akaratidza kuti chaiva chipo chinobva kwaari uye chikoro chemakapeti.

Zuva rakatevera, tichiri mukukatyamadzwa nekapeti yorupo yeTurkey, takasvika takafara pamhenderekedzo dzeGreece. Dai pakanga paine nguva yakakwana, sarudzo yedu yekutanga ingadai iri yekushanyira Autonomous Monastic State yeGomo dzvene, Gomo reAthos. Maererano negamuchidzanwa rechiAthonite, Maria akamira pano achienda kunoshanyira Razaro. Akafamba achienda kumahombekombe uye, ashamiswa nokunaka uye kutsvinda kwegomo racho, akarikomborera ndokukumbira Mwanakomana wake kuti rive bindu rake. [Kana Amai vasingafari, hapana anofara.] Kubva panguva iyoyo, gomo rakanatswa se“Bindu raAmai vaMwari” uye rave risina kuganhurwa kune vamwe vakadzi vose kubvira ipapo.

Ah, zvakanaka, Atene yaive yakanaka "chirongwa B". Rakanga riri zuva risati rasvika Gore Idzva, uye setsika kuvanhu vokuItaly, takatsvaka kutenga mbatya tsvuku dzokupfeka paZuva Regore Idzva. T-shirt tsvuku ine embroidery yegoridhe yeAcropolis yakazadza bhiri. Athens yakanga ichibatikana mubasa, uye mabhazi evashanyi akanga ane ungwaru mukufamba kwawo kuti adzivise ufakazi hwokupambwa kwakashata kana kuti kuparadza kwakashata. Pavaibvunza vaperekedzi vevashanyi nezvemhirizhonga iyi, vaigara vachinyepedzera kusaziva; iyo antifoni yakadzidziswa yaigara "handina chandinoziva nezvazvo."

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