Masiku otsiriza ku France...pafupi ndi La Rochelle, Sainte ndi St.Julien-en Born

Mosiyana ndi zolinga zathu, tinapita ku Autobahn lero kuti tichite 'njira' pang'ono. Maola angapo pambuyo pake timafika ku La Rochelle pamalo oimika magalimoto aulere (eya). Imadzaza ndi anthu aku France omwe amakhala m'misasa ndipo timapeza malo omaliza m'mphepete mwa nyanja. Thermometer imasonyeza 25 ° ndipo mlengalenga mulibe mitambo. Mutha kudziwa kuti tatsala pang'ono kumwera tsopano. Palinso cape yaying'ono yokhala ndi zotchingira zankhondo yapadziko lonse yachiwiri komanso kanjira koyenda m'mphepete mwa nyanja yomwe ndi yachiwiri kwa palibe. Madzulo timawotcha ma burgers ndipo Bojour wochezeka amamveka kuchokera kumakona onse. Timakhala omasuka ndipo 'tinafika' ku France wokongola komanso waubwenzi.

M'mawa wotsatira kulibe mafunde ndipo anthu osawerengeka okhala ndi zidebe ndi zikwanje amapita kugombe lopanda madzi kukatola oyster ndi mussels. Nyanja yazimiririka kutali m’chizimezime. Pambuyo pa milungu yambiri, izi zikutidabwitsabe. Tinaganiza zokhala ndikuyenda m'nyanja m'mawa wotsatira.

M'tawuni ya Sainte timayima ndikuguba popanda agalu kupyola m'tawuni yakale yokongola, ndikudabwa ndi tchalitchi chodabwitsa chomwe chiwalocho chikuseweredwa (mabumpu oyera) ndikuyatsa kandulo kwa bwenzi lakufa. Mtsinje wa Charente umadutsa mu mzindawu ndipo pali milatho yambiri yakale yoti muwoloke. Mzinda womwewo wafa. Mashopu ambiri atsekedwa koma sife openga ... tili ndi mzindawu tokha.

Ku 'Cognac' timagona usiku pamtsinje ndipo Kilian amathandiza alendo aku Germany omwe ali ndi bwato la nyumba kuti atsegule maloko pa ngalande ... nthawi zonse chiwonetsero chosangalatsa.

Timayendetsa mozungulira Bordeaux mowolowa manja (inde, ndikudziwa: "chifukwa chiyani?") .... chifukwa sitimangopita kumizinda ikuluikulu. Yopapatiza, mokweza kwambiri, yodzaza kwambiri! Timakonda kukhala m'chilengedwe ... ndipo kuyendera matauni ang'onoang'ono ndikokwanira kwa ife. Pamene tikuyenda m’kati mwa mtunda, timadutsa m’madera ambiri kumene amalimamo vinyo. Tidazolowera minda yamphesa kunyumba kwathu ku Lake Constance, koma izi sizikumveka. Mphesa zamphesa mpaka momwe diso limawonera ndipo malo opangira mphesa amodzi amatsata lotsatira. Malo okongola akulu okhala ndi nyumba zokongola zamwala komanso malo opangira ma distilleries atha kuwoneka.

Ku St.Julian timapeza malo omaliza maloto. Kwa ma euro 9 timayimitsa kumbuyo kwa dune lalikulu m'nkhalango ya spruce. Gombe ndi lokongola modabwitsa. Madzi ndi mchenga mpaka m'chizimezime ... mungapemphenso chiyani? Apa nyanja ya Atlantic imaponya mafunde abwino pagombe ndipo oyenda panyanja ambiri amakwera mafunde. Mudzi wawung'ono wa m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndiwongoganizira za osambira. Pali mipiringidzo yambiri, malo odyera ndi mashopu okhala ndi zinthu zamasewera. Popeza nyengo yatha, palibe zambiri zomwe zimasiyidwa. Koma zimenezo sizimatidetsa nkhawa. Timayenda pamphepete mwa nyanja, kukwera pamwamba pa milu ya mchenga yosatha ndikudutsa m'nkhalango zazikulu za spruce ndi pine. "Mtengo wa sitiroberi" umamera pano ndipo tsopano mu October zipatso zofiira zapsa. Amalawa mokoma ndipo amapezeka mosavuta kulikonse. Timadzaza mimba zathu tikamapita kokayenda.

Tilinso ndi anansi abwino. Timadziwana ndi Katharina ndi Lars ochokera ku Dortmund ndipo chifundo ndi nthawi yomweyo. Lars nayenso amasambira ndipo amalumphira m'mafunde tsiku lililonse. Zoipa kwambiri amayenera kunyamuka tsiku lotsatira. Koma kenako anthu ena abwino ochokera ku Zurich afika. Pedro ndi Eva nawonso ali paulendo wopita ku Portugal m’nyengo yozizira ndipo tikukhala pamodzi momasuka. Ndizodabwitsa kuchuluka kwa anthu osiyanasiyana omwe mumakumana nawo mukuyenda. Atsikana awiriwa Sonja ndi Daniela nawonso ali paulendo wopita ku Portugal ndi Mercedes Benz Düdo yawo yakale....tisinthane manambala nthawi yomweyo...mwina tidzakumananso? Timakhala masiku atatu pamalo okongolawa, omwenso adzakhala malo athu omaliza ku France. Mawa tipitilira kudutsa malire a Spain ndikutsanzikana ku France. Inu dziko lalikulu mwatipatsa masabata osangalatsa. Baguette yokoma yomwe ingagulidwe pamakona onse, malo osawerengeka oimika magalimoto m'mphepete mwa nyanja, gombe losauka komanso magombe amchenga osatha ndi anthu awo abwino zatilimbikitsa kwathunthu. Au Revoir....Spain tabwera....

Pa 14.10. tikuchoka ku France ... kachiwiri mumvula yamphamvu ...