Usuku eParis

Ukuya eParis bekuphezulu ohlwini lwami kulo nyaka. Ukujula nje kwetshe ngesitimela ukusuka eLondon, kuyenzeka kakhulu. Ngichitha iholide lami lasehlobo kulo nyaka e-Netherlands futhi ngacabanga kimina, ukuma kancane e-Paris kuzoba kuhle. Ngakho ngoLwesihlanu kusihlwa nge-Eurostar yokugcina lapho nangeSonto ekuseni ngqo ibheke eHarlingen. Usuku e-Paris, hhayi isikhathi esiningi sokukwazi kahle, kodwa isikhathi esanele sokuvakasha okuncane kokubuka indawo.

Umgomo wami wawuwukusebenzisa imali encane ngangokunokwenzeka. Kodwa njengoba amakamelo asehostela eParis abiza kakhulu (uma kuqhathaniswa) futhi ngangingafuni ukulala nabantu abayisikhombisa engingabazi ekamelweni elilodwa, ngazama ukuthola enye indlela ngabangane nomndeni. Ekugcineni ngathola indawo yokulala ngeSERVAS. "I-Servas iyinhlangano yomhlaba wonke yokuthula eyakha inethiwekhi yamazwe ngamazwe yabahambi nababungazi." Ngakho-ke ngokuyisisekelo uhlobo lwenhlangano ye-couchsurfing lapho uthola khona ukwazi izwe, isiko kanye nabantu ngendlela ehlukile, ngoba uthola ukwazi ababungazi ngokujulile futhi ukhuthazwa ukuba uchithe isikhathi nabo (ukudla kanye nemisebenzi ndawonye).

Okuhlangenwe nakho kwami kokuqala nayo kwakungekubi. Ngahlala nowesifazane oneminyaka engu-72 ubudala futhi ngaba nombhede wamahhala ubusuku obubili futhi ngathola isidlo sasekuseni nesidlo sakusihlwa ngoMgqibelo. NgoMgqibelo kusihlwa saxoxa ngohambo lwethu futhi sabheka izindawo ezihlukahlukene emabalazweni e-atlas.

Ngabe sengingedwa ngoMgqibelo ngakho ngakwazi ukuzinqumela engingathanda ukukubona nokukwenza. Kimina bekubalulekile ukuthi ngithathe kalula. Umgomo wawuwukuhamba ngezinyawo ukuya e-Eiffel Tower futhi uthathe okuningi ngangokunokwenzeka endleleni.

Ngaqala ngebhasi ukusuka lapho engangihlala khona ngiya ePantheon. I-Pantheon iyihholo lodumo kazwelonke laseFrance futhi iyindawo yokungcwaba abantu abadumile baseFrance. Njengazo zonke izinto ezikhangayo, ngibone le ngaphandle futhi angizange ngingene ngaphakathi.

Eduze kwayo nje kuneSaint Étienne du Mont. Isonto elingelinye lamapulangwe ezakhiwo zaseParis. Kuhle kakhulu ukukubuka ngaphandle futhi okukhethekile nakakhulu ngaphakathi:

Ungena futhi ngokushesha ukhangwe i-chancel, i-choir ne-rood screen. Ngebhadi angikwazanga ukukubhekisisa kahle ngoba ngingene esontweni sekusele inkonzo ngase ngiphuma. Kodwa izitebhisi ezinhle ezithandelayo nhlangothi zombili zazizinhle ngempela ukubukeka.

Isitho sibuye saziwa kakhulu. Icala laqala ngo-1631 futhi lidala kunawo wonke eParis.

Ngaqhubeka emigwaqweni nasezindaweni zokuhlala zaseParis. Izitolo ezincane ezinhle ezidlule kanye nama-patisseries.

Kuze kufike emakethe yamasonto onke eyayiphakathi nendawo, lapho nganginomuzwa wokubuka ukuphila kwabantu. Futhi yini okufanele uyithenge ngokuphelele? I-croissant yangempela yesiFulentshi!

Kwakumnandi lokho. Ithambile kakhulu, ibhotela ithambile futhi isafudumele kancane. Yile ndlela okufanele i-croissant inambitheke ngayo!

Saqhubekela esiqhingini saseSeine i-Île de la Cité, lapho kukhona khona i-Notre Dame Cathedral.

Ivaliwe kusukela kumlilo ngo-2019 futhi izungezwe indawo enkulu yokwakha, lesi sakhiwo singabukwa kuphela kude. Kwakukhona umbukiso omncane ocingweni lwesakhiwo ekwakhiweni kwesonto nokuhlala phambi kongaphambili lwasentshonalanga. Kodwa awukwazanga ukusondela kakhulu kunesithombe. Nokho, kwangihlaba umxhwele kakhulu ubukhulu nesitayela sesonto lombhishobhi.

Kimina yabe iqhubeka endaweni egcwele izimakethe zezitshalo. Bengingathanda ukuhamba nokunye, siye eLouvre.

Ngathatha nekhefu lami lesidlo sasemini eLouvre. Iqoqo lamasaladi nama-macaroni e-dessert. I-meringue yesiFulentshi ejwayelekile ngofulawa we-almond kanye nokugcwaliswa. Imnandi!

Ngahamba ngezinyawo ngaya eSeine ngidlula eJairdin des Tuileries, ingadi yesigodlo se-baroque eduze kwaseLouvre. Bese uhamba nge-Seine uye e-Eiffel Tower.

Lapho ngicwaninga ku-inthanethi, ngangifunde ukuthi i-Fluctuart iyithiphu yangaphakathi okufanele ibonwe. Ngokuyisisekelo, iyisikebhe esinegalari yobuciko yasemgwaqweni yamahhala, isitolo sezincwadi ezinetimu yobuciko kanye nekhefi phezulu esikebheni.

Ngakho ngakwazi ukujabulela isiko elithile endleleni.

Ngithole le nkundla yokudlala encane e-Seine. Ngivele ngacabanga ukuthi kuhle ukuthi idolobha liqeda kanjani amathuba alo futhi, ngokwesibonelo, lihlanganisa udonga olukhuphukayo endaweni engaphambili yebhuloho. Kwabancane kanye nabathandi bomqansa abakhulu.

Ngesinye isikhathi ngafika nase-Eiffel Tower. Ngeshwa, ungafinyelela kuyo ngokuqondile kuphela uma ukhokha imali yokungena. Kodwa noma kunjalo, isakhiwo sangihlaba umxhwele futhi sangihlaba umxhwele.

Indawo yami yokugcina ohambweni lwami kwakuyi-Hôtel des Invalides. Isakhiwo esikhulu sezempi. Yakhiwa iNkosi uLouis XIV. Bekuyikhaya lamasosha akhubazekile nakhubazekile futhi manje isiyikhaya lamamnyuziyamu amaningana.

Sekukonke, ngenza ukuvakasha kokutholwa cishe kwe-13km phakathi kwedolobha laseParis. Ngabona konke engangifuna ukukubona futhi ngabuyela endaweni yami ngikhathele futhi ngikhathele. Kunoma yikuphi, ngolunye usuku lwanele ukubona iParis "ngaphandle". Kodwa ukuze uthole imininingwane eyengeziwe kufanele ngibuyele emuva isikhashana.