Sezvo mazuva akakwana anofamba, haauye zviri nani pane kubhururuka nemugoronga riri kumaodzanyemba kweFrance uye achinyevenutswa nerunako rune musoro wegunguo nenzwi redhivha. Iye, chero angave ani, akaerekana aoneka nepahwindo rechikepe chakamira paCanal du Midi ndokupa dudziro inomutsa yemhando yepamusoro "O Sole Mio."
Uye ipapo diva yakanga yaenda nekukurumidza sekuonekwa kwaakaita. Yakanga iri nyaya yekutaura kwemazuva sezvo chikepe chedu - Enchante - chakafamba zvinyoro nyoro chichitevedza mugero wemuti wendege, zvisingaite kusimudza ripple.
Rwendo rwedu rwakatangira kuBeziers, uko Enchante akamira pamutsetse kuti atore makiyi manomwe eFonseranes, aionekwa sechinhu chinoshamisa chehunyanzvi panguva iyoyo uye akaumbwa nemukuru weFrance, Pierre-Paul Riquet. Murume ane shungu, akaunganidza mari yakawanda yekuunganidza mitero, iyo yaakaisa zvachose mukuzadzikiswa kwechiroto chake uye chiitiko chikuru chehupenyu hwake - kuvaka Canal du Midi. Yakavakwa panguva yekutonga kwaLouis X1V uye yakaiswa mubasa muna 1681.
Canal - chikamu chenzira yemvura inobatanidza Atlantic Ocean neMediterranean - yakanzi inzvimbo yeWorld Heritage muna 1996 uye ine mitengo padivi pezvivakwa zvikuru zveFrance, seEiffel Tower nePalass 'Palas muAvignon.
Mumakore mashoma apfuura, kukura kwekushanya kwemukati memvura muFrance - uye kumwewo muEurope - kwave nekukurumidza zvinoshamisa. Makambani ekuhaya cruiser/barge akamiswa pamusoro pehurefu hwese kweCanal du Midi vakashandisa izvi zvizere. Ndima 10,000 XNUMX pagore kuburikidza nekiyi dzeFonseranes dzinoratidza ukuru hweiyi kushanya kusati kwamboitika.
Boat aficionados inokwezvwa nezuva, nzvimbo dzinoyevedza, uye chikafu chakanaka - chakagezwa pasi (nemwero, hongu) newaini inoyevedza kubva kuminda yemizambiringa yeLanguedoc-Roussillon.
Imwe yenzvimbo dzekutanga dzeEnchante - zvinoreva kuti "ndafara kusangana newe" - kushanya kunzvimbo yewaini pakati peBeziers neCapestang, iyo yanga iri yemhuri imwechete kwemakore anopfuura mazana mana. Apa ndipo patakadzidza kuti waini chena haina kufarirwa uye kuti Rose ari kudiwa zvakanyanya uye agara ari mufashoni kumaodzanyemba kweFrance.
Chikwata chemurume nemukadzi, Roger naLouisa Gronow, vakadzikisa imba yavo kuFrance kuti vatenge Enchante - igwa hombe uye nyowani yava kushanda pamuti wendege wakamisikidzwa Canal du Midi - nzira yakabatikana zvikuru yemvura muFrance.
Mushure mekutenga chikepe che65,000 euros, vaviri ava vakashandisa imwe 500,000 euros mukugadzirisa muBelgium, uko Enchante yakavakwa muna 1958 semutakuri wekutakura zvinhu. Kucheneswa kwacho kwakatora gore, sezvo mamita anopfuura mapfumbamwe aifanira kuchekwa kubva pakati pechikepe kuitira kuti apinde nepamakiyi emugero, kunyanya ayo ari pedyo neCanal du Midi.
Kubva parwendo rwake rwekutanga paCanal du Midi muna Nyamavhuvhu 2009, Enchante yave chinhu chinokwezva vagari venzvimbo iyi nevashanyi zvakafanana, kunyanya painosvina pasi pemabhiriji akamanikana achisiya vanotarisa vachifemeruka sezvo kazhinji kuchingove nemamilimita anoparadzanisa denga nemativi ebhaji. Asi kaputeni Roger ishasha pakufambisa chikepe munzvimbo dzakaoma, apedza makore akati wandei - achifambira mberi kubva paruoko kuenda kumutungamiriri - mungarava dzinoshanda pamigero yeFrance.
Enchante ine XNUMX air-conditioned double en-suite cabins, denga rezuva rine spa tub hombe, uye salon yakakura ine kicheni yekuratidzira, bhaa yakashama, komputa, uye DVD/TV. Kana iri onboard gastronomy, mubiki ari pabhodhi anopa chikafu chinonaka chekudya - kubva kuCassoulet yeCastelnaudary kuenda kuSete-style mussels, iwe uchabva pane imwe yakawanikwa uchienda kune imwe.
Kune vanyanyisi vasingade kushanya zuva nezuva mubhazi diki, vanogona kutora bhasikoro rinomhanya-mhanya 18 kubva mubhaji uye vokwira vachitevedza canal towpath - utiziro hunobudirira uye mukoto wemhuka dzesango kune dzakasiyana siyana dzemhuka. uye zvinomera. Iyo 240-kilomita towpath inobatanidza Toulouse muHaute Garonne neSete pamhenderekedzo yeMedithera uye inopfuura nemudzimwe nzvimbo dzeFrance dzinoyevedza uye dzine nhoroondo.
Zvakanakisa zvemazuva matanhatu (Svondo-Mugovera) rwendo kubva kuBeziers kuenda kuLe Somail zvinosanganisira:
- Kathedral yeSt. Nazair muBeziers ine nhare yezana ramakore rechigumi nemana kumadokero façade uye inoshamisa Baroque décor yakatenderedza atari nembiru dzayo nezvidhori.
-Kurembera pamusoro pegungwa uye nekuona Enchante sezvaanofamba zvishoma nezvishoma kubva pasi kuenda kumusoro kweFonseranes nomwe dzekuvhara ndege paBeziers isati yaenderera mberi neCanal du Midi kuenda kumugero wekare wepasi rose weMalpas.
- Guta rekare reNarbonne - iro rakave rakakosha zvakanyanya kuHumambo hweRoma - raive mharadzano pakati peVia Domitia neVia Aquitinia. Via Domitia yaibatanidza Roma neIberian Peninsula. Hannibal akatungamirira mauto ake (kusanganisira nzou dzake) mumugwagwa uyu kuti anorwisa Roma. Muna 1997, zvakasara zvemugwagwa wakavakwa muna 120 BC zvakawanikwa kunze kwepakati peguta.
-Kuongorora Minerve, 12th yezana-yechikomo-yepamusoro nhare, yakakwira pamusoro pemipata yenzizi mbiri dzinocheka nepakati penzvimbo yakakura, yakaoma. Yakarongwa seimwe yemisha yakanaka kwazvo yeFrance, gumi nemaviri emapako aimbogarwa uye akawanda ma dolmen (makuva) akaiswa munzvimbo iyi chiratidzo chekugara kwekare.
-Iyo inotyisa World Heritage-yakanyorwa guta reCarcassonne. Riri pamusoro pechikomo uye richidzokera kunguva yeGallo-Roman, ndiro guta rakashongedzwa rakakwana rekare riripo nhasi. Neshongwe dzayo 52 dzokurinda, portcullis, uye nhevedzano inokatyamadza yedziviriro, yakadzivisa mauto mazhinji akaedza kuiparadza.
- Imba ine rugare yeLe Somail, iyo yakachengetedza bhiriji rayo rehumpback rakakomberedzwa nechapel uye imba yevaeni inodzokera ku1773. Inozvirumbidzawo neMusee de la Chapellerie (musoro-dress museum) - heti nemadhirezi kubva kumativi ese enyika kubva pasirese. 1885 kusvika nhasi.
-Iyo inonyanya kubata ziso nguva - chakavanzika diva akabata mwoyo yemunhu wese ari muchikepe Enchante nevaya vaive kure nekunzwa nekuda kwekuita kwake kwekukurumidza.
John Newton akaronga rwendo rwake muEnchanté neOutdoor Travel yeBright, Australia.
Mari yekusimudzira yekufamba nechikepe muEnchanté muna 2010 i3,885 euros pamunhu anogovana kaviri kabhini. Mitengo yakaderedzwa inowanikwawo kune yakasarudzika charter yemabhaji ehotera.
Kuti uwane mamwe mashoko nemitengo, fonera European Waterways pa +44 (0) 1784 482439 kana shanya www.gobarging.com.
