Weta anotakura tireyi yesirivha ine Champagne inopenya mukristaro nyere. Akapfeka bhachi dema remvere dzemakwai dzakashata sezvaanoshandira mumwe mukadzi anoyevedza anopenya akapfeka gauni dzvuku rebhora resatin.
Husiku hwakarongeka paEuropa, chikepe chepamusoro-soro chekufamba pasi rose, chinotanga nemajokero muatrium ine nhurikidzwa mbiri apo mutambi wepiyano wechinyakare anoridza paSteinway. Mushure mezvo, vafambi vanogara pasi kune shanu-kosi gourmet dinner. Menyu yangu yakadhindwa neChirungu, asi vanenge vese vafambi vakanditenderedza vanoverenga zvavakasarudza mumutauro wepamutemo vari mungarava: ChiGerman.
Hapag-Lloyd, hofori yengarava yeGerman, inoshandisa zvikepe zvina muchikamu chayo chekuzorora uye Europa ndiyo nyeredzi mukorona yayo. Chikepe chega chekufamba munyika chakayerwa nyeredzi shanu-pamwe nebhaibheri reindasitiri yekufamba nechikepe, iyo "Berlitz Guide kune Cruising and Cruise Ships," inogara kirasi yega. Yave nechigaro ichocho kwemakore masere apfuura.
Vazhinji vekuAmerica, kunyangwe veteran cruisers, havazive iyo Europa nekuti Hapag-Lloyd haina kushambadzira ngarava dzayo kune ino divi reAtlantic. Izvi zviri kuchinja zvishoma nezvishoma sezvo rwendo rwekufamba rwunopinda mumitauro miviri. Panzendo idzi, vafambi vanotaura Chirungu, vangave vekuAmerica, veBritish kana veAustralia, vanogashira menyu, zvirongwa zvezuva nezuva, magwaro ekufambisa, mavhidhiyo ekuratidzira uye nhamba shoma yekushanya kwemahombekombe muChirungu. Vashandi vese vanotaura Chirungu, kusanganisira murume wekuchengetedza uyo akabvunza murume wangu kana aivhotera Obama kana McCain.
Nzendo pfumbamwe dzakasarudzwa kuti dzive nemitauro miviri muna 2009. Pamusoro pezvo, kana vanhu vanotaura Chirungu vanosvika gumi nevashanu kana kupfuura vakachengeta rwendo rwechikepe, rinobva rava nemitauro miviri nezviziviso uye nzendo dzepamahombekombe muChirungu. Pane dzimwe rwendo rwechikepe, vafambi vanogona kukumbira kumberi kwemamenu echiRungu uye rumwe ruzivo rwakadhindwa, uye concierge ari muchikepe anoronga mafambiro emahombekombe emunhu muChirungu.
IEuropa inokwevera vane ruzivo, vafambi vane ruzivo vakapfuma zvakakwana kuti vakwanise kuwana iyi nhanho yebasa. Avhareji yezera revafambi inosvika makumi matanhatu neshanu, inofungidzira Hapag-Lloyd Cruises maneja director, Sebastian Ahrens, kunyangwe ichidonha panguva yezororo rechikoro apo vanosvika makumi mana nevaviri vana vanogona kugara mubhodhi.
Pasinei nemutengo, iyo Europa inenge inogara ichirongedza yakazara. Musika wemhando yepamusoro wekufamba nechikepe hautambudzike nekudzikira kwehupfumi kusiyana nezvimwe zvikamu zveindasitiri yekufambisa, anodaro Ahrens. Avo vane mari vanoramba vachiishandisa.
Chii chinoita kuti Europa ikoshese mutengo, uye yakakodzera shanu nyeredzi-pamwe chimiro? Muchidimbu: nzvimbo uye sevhisi.
IEuropa ine yepamusoro-soro nzvimbo yevatyairi muindasitiri yekufamba nechikepe, ine nzvimbo huru dzeveruzhinji dzisingambonzwa dzakazara. Nzvimbo dzepachivande dzinewo nzvimbo. Imba yega yega yevaenzi ine suite, iyo diki inoyera 290 square tsoka, uye 80 muzana ine mabhakoni. Rushaya rwangu rwakadonha pandakaisa maziso pawadhiropu yekufamba, chimwe chinhu chandisati ndaona kunyange pane dzimwe ngarava dzeumbozha. Nzvimbo yekuchengetera kazhinji yakaomeswa, asi mune iyi sutu ndaiva nemadhirowa nemahanger ekusachengeta. Dzimba dzekugezera pazvikepe zvakawanda zvakare madiki, asi ayo ari paEuropa ane tabhu yekugezera uye akapatsanurwa girazi-mushowa yekugezera yakaringana yeNFL lineman. Iyo suite yekugara ine chigaro, sofa mubhedha, mini-bar ine doro remahara, muto uye zvinwiwa zvinyoro. Dhipatimendi rine kiyibhodhi yekuwana e-mail account yemahara uchishandisa TV skrini, uko vafambi vanogonawo kuona mafirimu anodiwa, zvirongwa zvebhodhi rengarava uye zviteshi zveterevhizheni muGerman neChirungu.
Ngarava, yakatangwa muna 1999, idiki kana ichienzaniswa ne6,000-vafambi mega-ngarava dziri kuvakwa nhasi. Vashandi ve280 vanotakura vatakuri mazana mana chete, huwandu hwepamusoro hwevashandi / vatasvi pane chero chikepe chekufamba. Izvi zvinoita kuti basa repamusoro-soro rigoneke.
"Ngarava diki dzakanyanya kunaka kune vafambi vane ruzivo," anodaro nyanzvi yekufamba nechikepe Douglas Ward, munyori webhuku reBerlitz. “Ngarava hombe hadzina mari dzezvikepe zvidiki.
Nhengo dzevashandi vane makore ekudzidziswa mubhizinesi rehotera muEurope uye vanofunga chinzvimbo paEuropa sedanho rekuvaka basa. "Vashandi ndivo vanonyanya kukosha parwendo," anodaro Ward. Vashandi veEuropa "vane kuzivikanwa kwakanaka kwazvo kwevatyairi." Parwendo rwemavhiki maviri, vanowanzoyeuka mazita, zviso uye zvinodiwa nevafambi uye zvikumbiro.
Pamusoro pebasa rakakura, Ward anoti iyo Europa inowana nyeredzi mukutarisa kwayo kune zvakadzama. Makosi ehove anopiwa nebanga rehove. Kofi inouya nemhando nhatu dzeshuga, kuwedzera kune inotsiva shuga. Doily pagirazi redoro rine tsinga rinobata condensation. China uye cutlery zviri pamusoro pemutsara. Muresitorendi yekuMabvazuva, imwe yemaresitorendi mana ari mubhodhi, mahwendefa echina ane isingawanzo bhururuka yehove pateni yakadzokororwa kubva kuma1920s dhizaini. Ndiro yega yega, kana waikwanisa kuitenga retail, yaizodhura 350 kusvika 400 euros.
Menu zvinhu zvinofukidza zvakasiyana-siyana zvekudya. Ngarava inopa zviuru zvisere zvezvikafu, zvichienzaniswa neakapoteredza zviuru zvitatu pazvikepe zvakawanda, uye inotakura 8,000 mabhodhoro ewaini inovhara mazambiringa kubva kunzvimbo dzese dzepamusoro dzekugadzira waini.
Zvakadaro, iyo Europa haina kukwana. Kanopfuura kamwe chete parwendo rwedu, kukanganisa munguva yezviitwa zvakanyorwa pachirongwa chemazuva ese chakadhindwa chakavhiringika uye kuodzwa mwoyo vafambi. Mapanga ese ehove ari munyika haakwanise kutsiva kupotsa rwendo nekuda kwekutadza kutaurirana.
Uye nepo yedu yaive imwe yedzakarongwa nzendo dzemitauro mbiri dzakarongwa muna 2008, hazvisi zvese zvezviziviso muchikepe zvakadzokororwa muChirungu. Izvi zvainyanya kuodza moyo nekuti dingindira rerwendo rwedu raive rengarava repagore reOcean Sun Festival, nekuitwa kwevatambi vemimhanzi yemhando yepamusoro. Sezvo mumhanzi uri mutauro wepasi rose, hazvina kuita mutsauko kuti nziyo dze soprano ne tenor dzakaimba arias muchiItalian kana kuti chiGerman, asi takaodzwa mwoyo apo sumo dzechikamu chimwe nechimwe dzakapiwa muchiGerman bedzi. Zvakadaro, sezvo isu taiva isu chete maAmerica pakati pevashoma vaitaura vasiri veGerman vari muchikepe, taigona kunzwisisa kusada kuvhiringidza vazhinji kune vashoma.
Panzendo zhinji, iyo Europa inoratidza vangangoita hafu yegumi nevaviri vaimbi nevaimbi muzvirongwa zvinosanganisira 60 muzana yemimhanzi yekirasi. Munguva yeOcean Sun Festival, iyo ichapihwa zvakare muna 2009 muna Aug. 12-22 kufamba nechikepe, vasere vane mukurumbira pasi rose vanoita muchirongwa chevaraidzo icho chiri 80 muzana kusvika makumi mapfumbamwe muzana mumhanzi wekare. Mutambo uyu uri kuwana mukurumbira pakati pevateveri vemimhanzi yemhando yepamusoro yakafanana neiyo yeNapa's yakakurumbira Mutambo del Sole uye Italy Tuscan Zuva Mutambo.
Pamusoro pemitambo yemasikati neyemanheru pabhodhi panguva yemutambo, makonti emahara ega ega anoitwa pachiteshi. Tiri muCadiz, Spain, takaenda kuCastillo San Marcos yomuzana remakore rechi13, kwaigara Christopher Columbus paaironga rwendo rwake rwokuenda kuAmerica. Mushure mekubika cocktails nemacanapés muchivanze, ane mukurumbira wekuGerman-Canada Mozart tenor Michael Schade akatiimbira muma cloisters. MuMajorca, Schade akabatana nesoprano Andrea Rost mukonzati neOrquestra Clasica de Balears paTeatro Principal. Mubhodhi mushure mekudya kwemanheru, mumhanzi wakareruka muClipper Bar wairatidza kuimba kwechanteuse nenzira yaEdith Piaf.
IEuropa haingopindiri munzendo dzemuEurope. Gore rinouya nzendo dzemitauro miviri dzichadaidza muSouth Pacific, Australia, China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Libya neArab Emirates, kuwedzera kuBaltics, Italy neGreece.
Kana vasingatarise zviteshi, vafambi vanonakidzwa nezvakawanda zvemungarava, zvinosanganisira spa, dziva remvura yemunyu rine denga rinodzoreka, 21-course gorofu simulator ine PGA pro iripo pazvidzidzo, uye imba yekusimba ine maonero egungwa. Pamusoro pedenga repamusoro, pamusoro pechikepe, inzvimbo isingawanikwe pazvikepe zveAmerica: Deki kune avo vanosarudza kupisa zuva muhunyu - European style.
• Ruzivo rwechinyorwa ichi rwakaunganidzwa parwendo rwekutsvagisa rwakatsigirwa naHapag-Lloyd Cruises.
Kana iwe ukaenda
Ruzivo: Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, (877) 445-7447, www.hl-cruises.com
Nzira uye mutengo: Kufamba nemitauro miviri muna 2009 mumutengo uye nguva kubva parwendo rwemazuva gumi kubva kuBarcelona kuenda kuCanary Islands kutanga pamadhora zviuru zvitanhatu pamunhu kuenda kurwendo rwemazuva gumi nemasere kubva kuTahiti kuenda kuAustralia kutanga pamadhora zviuru zvipfumbamwe pamunhu. Gratuities isingatarisirwi. Zvikamu zvishanu kubva muzana zvinopihwa kuti utange kubhuka.
Kodhi yekupfeka: Yakanyanya kurongeka kupfuura ngarava zhinji dzekuAmerica, nevarume vakapfeka sutu kana jasi remitambo manheru mazhinji uye tuxedo kana bhachi rekudya kwemanheru husiku.
Kudya: Kuvhura zvigaro mune imwe yakagara pakudya kwemanheru. Kuchengetedzwa kunotorwa mukamuri yekudyira yepamutemo, uye inodiwa (uye yakawanda inotsvakwa) mumaresitorendi maviri akasarudzika. Kunyangwe chikepe cheGerman, chikafu chinosanganisira ndiro kubva pasirese.
