Yakati yasvika nguva yekujoinha murairidzi kuMontpellier toenda kuAnjodi, chikepe changu chehotera chakamira hafu yeawa paCanal du Midi mumusha mudiki wemvura weLe Somail. Ndakamboda kusara.
Ndakanga ndasvika muMontpellier musi woMugovera, zuva risati rakwira, uye ndakasarudza kuti ndaisazombobva muguta iroro rinofadza. Ndaitumira email kumba ndichiti handichadzoki. Hotera yangu yaingova pedyo nePlace de la Comedie, nzvimbo yemisangano yakafara yakaganhurwa neresitorendi inoyerera ichibuda munzira, uye ndaifanira kupedza zuva raitevera ndichiongorora migwagwa yekare uye ine vanhu vakawanda muguta racho, ndichinakidzwa nechisvusvuro munzvimbo ine mashizha, ndichidyira mune imwe. dzemaresitorendi akawanda anogovera, sezvaungatarisira, zvokudya zvakaisvonaka zvisingamboiti kuti zviitike. Ndakatora chikafu changu chemangwanani chekofi nemacroissants mangwanani akatevera muNzvimbo, ndichidzokera ikoko kuzodya masikati mushure mokumwe kuongorora. Bliss.
Asi batai murairidzi wandakaita nevamwe vakaroorana vatatu chete, vaviri vekuAustralia uye mumwe wekuUSA - Anjodi anotakura vanosvika masere, mumakamuri mana - uye munguva pfupi takange tichizorora negirazi rekugamuchira champagne padhishi muchirimo chezuva. , sezvo Julian kaputeni akatipinza muchirongwa chevhiki uye akatsanangura hupenyu hwemubhodhi.
Montpellier yakanga yatova munguva yakapfuura, sezvandakatarira zambuko rematombo rekare pamusoro pemugero kure nemayadhi mashomanene, ndine chivimbo chokuti Anjodi aisazombokwanisa kupfuura nomuberere rakatetepa iroro. Nguva pfupi yapfuura, vafambi vakanga vabata mweya yavo pamwe chete sezvatainanga kuarch uye chii chaizotiendesa kuguva rine mvura. Chiso chaJulian chakanga chisina kuzununguka sezvataipinda nechaimbonzi bepa pakati pedu nemadziro ematombo.
Uye ndizvo zvazvaizove kwevhiki, iyo yakabatanidza kuzorora kwakazara uye yakasarudzika gastronomy nekuongorora uye kufara, mazuva manomwe pamuti-mutsetse, unoyevedza, uye wenhoroondo canal, yakavakwa pakutanga muzana ramakore rechi 17 kwete seyekunakidzwa. iyo yakanga yava ikozvino yevashanyi vanobva kumativi ose enyika, asi zvikuru senzira yekutengeserana, nzira pfupi kubva kuChannel coast kusvika kuMediterranean, kudzivisa kufamba-refu kutenderera peninsula yeSpain nePortugal. Takabhururuka tichipfuura misha yekare; historic towns; waterside mansions; uye yakakura, minda yemizambiringa yemhuri (yakawanda yatakashanyira kuti titarise kunaka kwechigadzirwa chavo iwe unonzwisisa - iyi yaive mushure mekuda kutsvaga chokwadi), kazhinji tichiita dhadha sezvataitsvedza pasi pemabhiriji akamanikana, mazhinji akavakwa panguva kuvakwa kweCanal. Kuti tiite maekisesaizi, tingasveerera kune dzimwe nguva vagari vemo pamahombekombe egeji, kana kuti kana tainzwa chimwe chinhu chinonetesa chaidiwa, taigona kuburuka ndokufamba-famba munzira yokukweva, tichifambirana neAnjodi, kupindazve mungarava pakakiyiwa kana kuti zvimwe. nzvimbo yekumisa maira imwe kana maviri pedyo nemugero. Mabhasikoro mashoma aichengetwa padhishi kune avo vaida kuongorora zvimwe mumaruwa.
Anjodi, hongu, igwa repamhepo iro mukurumbira chef Rick Stein akaenda nechikepe mune yake yazvino mukurumbira BBC TV nhepfenyuro makore mashoma kumashure. Igwa regwara rengarava rakanga richingori diki sekuratidzwa kwaraiitwa neTV uye kunyange zvazvo murume wacho akanga asiri kutibikira, taiva naSarah, mubiki wepamusoro-soro waAnjodi mubhodhi uyo mamenu aiwanzova madiki.
Zvokudya zvakanaka zvatainakidzwa nazvo zuva rega rega zvaiperekedzwa newaini yaisarudzwa nakaputeni ainyatsoziva zvinhu zvake zve“viticultural” uyewo aiziva ukuru hwemaarch iwayo. Kudya kwemasikati kwaiwanzo dyirwa kutenderedza tafura padhizaini ukuwo kudya kwemanheru, nyaya refu ine makosi akati wandei, yaitorwa mu saloon huru ine fenicha iri pazasi. Apa taisangana kuhota tisati tagara takatenderedza tafura hombe, yakagadzikwa zvakanaka. Menus newaini zvakaunzwa nakaputeni kana kuti Lauren, anotarisira hurongwa hwe "hotera", kugarika kwevatakuri, kugadzirira kabhini, nezvimwewo, uye mufaro wavo waive wekupa machizi anogadzirwa munharaunda mushure mekudya kwemanheru. Pakanga pasina sarudzo yemenyu, kunyangwe munhu aigona kukumbira ndiro dzaanofarira kuti dzionekwe mukati mesvondo - taingodya chikafu chakanyatsogadzirwa, tichinakidzwa newaini yakasarudzwa naJulian kubva kuminda yemizambiringa yemunharaunda, yemhuri munzira.
Makabhini nedzimba dzekugezera zvine compact asi zvakashongedzwa zvakanaka, kunyangwe paine maonero anobwinya pakati pemabhangi ane muti uye zuva rechirimo richipenya nemumatavi, hapana mumwe wedu akapedza nguva ari mumakamuri edu kana muimba huru yekutandarira ine masofa nezvigaro zviri nyore, Kuda kurambira pa deki kana kufamba kumahombekombe.
Rwendo rwerwendo rwehusiku hutanhatu kubva kuLe Somail kuenda kuMarseillan, pagungwa guru remvura yemunyu yeLake Thau, ndiwo chaiwo waungatarisira. Mamwe mazuva kwaingomirawo pamusha une hope kuti tifambe tichipfuura nedzimba dzekare, dzaiita sedzaive dzisina kuchinja mumazana emakore. Mamwe mazuva aizova nerwendo rwokubuda nekombi yaAnjodi pachake, yaioneka zuva rimwe nerimwe sezvataisunga.
Mutaundi repurovhinzi rakabatikana reNarbonne, takatora kofi munzvimbo ine mashizha ndokuongorora musika wakabatikana. MuBezier takafamba nepakati pekare, takanyatsochengetedzwa nezvivakwa zvakawanda zvichiri dzimba dzevanhu, uye muMinerve, takatarisa pasi mumigero yeraimu yakatenderedza dhorobha semutyairi wedu wechiFrench uye mutungamiriri Laurent akatiudza nezvenhoroondo yeguta reropa, kukomba. , uye kupandukira kwakatangira makore anopfuura 700 zvichipfuura. Pane imwe nzvimbo inomira mumusha, taiona maPyrenees akafukidzwa nesinou nechekure.
Rwendo rwekuenda kuCarcassonne rwaingo shamisa - kubva chinhambwe mhiri kumaruwa, dhorobha rakakomberedzwa nemadziro rine turrets raro raiita sekunge rakaita kunge rakaonekwa pakavakwa guta rekare. Mukati memadziro uye pasinei nemakofi asingadzivisiki evashanyi nezvitoro, mhepo yakaramba iri yetaundi rakakomberedzwa, rine masvingo makuru ematombo aigona kunyange zvino kudzivisa kurwisa kupi nokupi.
Tiri pamusoro pengarava sezvataikukurwa mumvura ine runyararo, kazhinji ngarava shomanene dzaipfuura, vakwiri vaitaura uye Lauren akava nechokwadi chokuti tawana zvokudyira-dyira, kofi, zvimwe zvinwiwa, kana kuti tisati tadya masikati, girazi rewaini. Rimwe zuva, varoorani vedu vokuAustralia vakanzvera “nzvimbo dzokunze” dzechiFrench pamabhasikoro, uye pane rimwe, takamira kuti tione mabhiza omusango eCamargue. Tese tingadai takagara nguva yakareba.
Anjodi ndeimwe yezvikepe zveEuropean Waterways zvezvikepe zveumbozha zvinofamba munzizi nemigero yeFrance, Italy, Holland, neBelgium, ine nzendo dzeUK dzichitevedza Thames, Caledonian Canal, Scottish Highlands, uye rwizi rweIreland Shannon. Nemhaka yokuti anotakura vanhu vari pakati pe4 kusvika ku13 chete, akakodzera kuchaja nokuda kwemhemberero uye mazororo emhuri, uye zvinokwanisika kuti magwa maviri afambe pamwe chete nokuda kwemapoka makuru. Kubva kuUK kune mukana wemhepo kuenda kuMontpellier, Marseille, uye nendege diki dzeBeziers, Carcassonne, uye Tours, kana zororo rinogona kusanganiswa nekugara kwenguva refu kumaodzanyemba kweFrance nekubhururuka kuenda kuNice kana Lyon.
Kune akanaka njanji masevhisi anosanganisa Eurostar uye inoshanda kwazvo French yenyika njanji sevhisi kuenda kuAvignon uye zvichienda mberi kuMontpellier. Yese-inosanganisirwa, yerwendo-chete yekufamba muAnjodi, kusanganisira chikafu chese, waini, bhawa rakavhurika, uye nzendo dzese, inodhura kubva pa £2,250 pamunhu, zvichienderana nekugara kaviri. Ruzivo ruzere rwunowanikwa pa www.GoBarging.com kunyangwe mumiririri wako waunosarudza achizobata nemafambisirwo ese ekufamba nechikepe pamwe nemhepo/njanji/nzira yekufamba uye hurongwa hwekutamisa iwe.
