ʻO ka moku holoholo nui loa o ka honua i kēia manawa ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ʻAmelika

Lawe ka waiter i kahi pā kālā me ka Champagne e ʻālohilohi ana i nā ʻohe aniani. Ua ʻaʻahu ʻo ia i kahi ʻeke huelo ʻeleʻele o ka hulu hipa ʻino maikaʻi ʻoiai ʻo ia e lawelawe ana i kahi lede nani i hoʻonani ʻia i loko o kahi ʻaʻahu kinipōpō satin ʻulaʻula.

ʻO ka pō maʻamau ma ka Europa, ka moku holo moku i helu ʻia ma ka honua, e hoʻomaka me ka cocktails i loko o kahi atrium ʻelua-papa kahi e hoʻokani ai kahi pianist ma kahi Steinway. Ma hope iho, noho ka poʻe kaʻa i kahi ʻaina ʻaina ʻelima mau papa. Ua paʻi ʻia kaʻu papa kuhikuhi ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, akā kokoke i nā poʻe holo kaʻa a puni iaʻu e heluhelu i kā lākou mau koho ma ka ʻōlelo kūhelu ma luna o ka moku: Kelemānia.

ʻO Hapag-Lloyd, ka moku lawe moku Kelemania, e lawelawe ana i ʻehā mau moku i loko o kāna mahele holo moku leʻaleʻa a ʻo ʻEulopa ka hōkū ma kona lei aliʻi. ʻO ka moku holo moku wale nō ma ka honua i helu ʻia i ʻelima mau hōkū-hoʻohui ʻia e ka Baibala o ka ʻoihana holo moku, ʻo ia ka "Berlitz Guide to Cruising and Cruise Ships," noho ʻo ia i kahi papa ponoʻī. Ua paʻa ia kūlana no nā makahiki ʻewalu i hala.

ʻAʻole ʻike ka hapa nui o ʻAmelika, ʻo ia hoʻi nā moku holo moku kahiko, i ka Europa no ka mea ʻaʻole kūʻai ʻo Hapag-Lloyd i kāna mau moku ma kēia ʻaoʻao o ka Atlantika. Ke hoʻololi mālie nei kēlā me ka holo ʻana o ka laina holo moku i nā holo moana ʻelua. Ma kēia mau moku holo moku, loaʻa i nā poʻe kaʻa ʻōlelo Pelekania, inā he ʻAmelika, Pelekane a Australia paha, nā menus, nā papahana o kēlā me kēia lā, nā palapala huakaʻi, nā hōʻike wikiō a me ka helu palena o nā huakaʻi kahakai ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania. ʻŌlelo Pelekania ka poʻe holoʻokoʻa, me kahi kanaka mālama mālama nāna i nīnau i kaʻu kāne inā e koho ana ʻo ia iā Obama a i ʻole McCain.

ʻEiwa mau moku holo moku i koho ʻia ma ka ʻōlelo ʻelua i ka makahiki 2009. Eia kekahi, inā he 15 a ʻoi aku ka poʻe holo kaʻa ʻōlelo Pelekania e mālama i kahi moku holo moana, lilo ia i ʻōlelo ʻelua me nā hoʻolaha a me nā huakaʻi kahakai ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania. Ma nā moku holo moku ʻē aʻe, hiki i ka poʻe holo kaʻa ke noi ma mua no nā menus English a me nā ʻike ʻē aʻe i paʻi ʻia, a na ka concierge ma luna o ka moku e hoʻonohonoho i nā huakaʻi kahakai ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania.

Huki ka Europa i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi akamai a me ka waiwai e hiki ai ke loaʻa kēia pae o ka lawelawe. ʻO ka awelika makahiki o nā poʻe holo kaʻa ma kahi o 65, manaʻo ʻo Hapag-Lloyd Cruises ka luna hoʻokele, ʻo Sebastian Ahrens, ʻoiai e hāʻule ana i ka wā hoʻomaha kula a hiki i ka 42 mau keiki ke hoʻokipa ʻia ma luna o ka moku.

ʻOiai ke kumu kūʻai, ʻaneʻane hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka Europa i nā puke piha. ʻAʻole ʻeha ka mākeke holo moana i nā hopena o ka hāʻule ʻana o ka ʻoihana e like me nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe o ka ʻoihana huakaʻi, wahi a Ahrens. Ke hoʻomau nei ka poʻe me ke kālā e hoʻolilo.

He aha ka mea e pono ai ka Europa i ke kumu kūʻai, a kūpono i ke kūlana hoku ʻelima? Ma kahi pōkole: wahi a me ka lawelawe.

ʻO ka Europa ka nui o ka nui o nā wahi kaʻa kaʻa ma ka ʻoihana holo moku, me nā wahi ākea nui ʻaʻole i manaʻo nui ʻia. He lumi nō hoʻi nā wahi pilikino. ʻO kēlā me kēia lumi hoʻokipa he suite, ʻo ka liʻiliʻi loa he 290 kapuaʻi square, a he 80 pakeneka he mau balconies. Ua hāʻule koʻu ʻāwae i koʻu nānā ʻana i ka lumi lumi lumi, kahi mea aʻu i ʻike ʻole ai ma nā moku waiwai ʻē aʻe. He paʻa loa ka nui o ka waiho ʻana, akā i loko o kēia suite ua loaʻa iaʻu nā mea huki a me nā mea kau e waiho ai. He liʻiliʻi nā lumi ʻauʻau ma ka hapa nui o nā moku, akā ʻo ka poʻe ma ʻEulopa he ʻauʻau ʻauʻau a hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i loko o ka ʻauʻau aniani i lawa no ka lineman NFL. Aia ka noho o ka suite i ka noho, ka moena sofa, ka mini-bar me ka pia manuahi, ka wai a me nā mea inu ʻoluʻolu. Aia ka pākaukau i kahi kīpē no ke komo ʻana i kahi moʻokāki leka uila manuahi me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pale TV, kahi e hiki ai i nā poʻe holo ke nānā aku i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni i makemake ʻia, nā papahana moku moku a me nā kīwī ma ka ʻōlelo Kelemānia a me ka ʻōlelo Pelekania.

ʻO ka moku, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i ka makahiki 1999, he liʻiliʻi ia i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i nā moku mega 6,000-passenger i kūkulu ʻia i kēia lā. He 280 ohua e lawelawe i 400 mau ohua wale no, ka lakene o na limahana a me na mea paahana kiekie loa o kekahi moku holo moku. ʻO kēia ka mea e hiki ai i ka lawelawe kiʻekiʻe.

"Maikaʻi nā moku liʻiliʻi no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻike," wahi a Douglas Ward, ka mea kākau o ka alakaʻi Berlitz. "ʻAʻole i loaʻa i nā moku holo moku nui ka maikaʻi o nā moku liʻiliʻi."

He mau makahiki o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana o ka poʻe Crew i ka ʻoihana hōkele ma ʻEulopa a noʻonoʻo i kahi kūlana ma ka Europa he neʻe ʻoihana. "ʻO ka hui ka mea nui loa o ka holo moana," wahi a Ward. Loaʻa i nā poʻe hui o ʻEulopa "ka ʻike kaʻa kaʻa maikaʻi loa." Ma ka huakaʻi ʻelua pule, hoʻomanaʻo pinepine lākou i nā inoa, nā helehelena a me nā pono kūikawā a me nā noi.

Ma luna o ka lawelawe nui, ʻōlelo ʻo Ward e loaʻa i ka Europa kāna mau hōkū i kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hāʻawi ʻia nā papa iʻa me ka pahi iʻa. Hele mai ke kofe me ʻekolu ʻano kō, ma waho aʻe o ke kō. Loaʻa ka condensation i kahi doily ma ke aniani pia. ʻO Kina a me nā mea ʻokiʻoki ka luna o ka laina. I loko o ka hale ʻaina Hikina, ʻo ia kekahi o nā hale ʻaina ʻehā ma luna o ka moku, loaʻa i nā papa china ke ʻano iʻa lele lele ʻole ʻia mai kahi hoʻolālā 1920s. ʻO kēlā me kēia pā, inā hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai aku ia mea kūʻai kūʻai, e kūʻai ʻia mai 350 a 400 euros.

Hoʻopili ʻia nā mea papa kuhikuhi i nā ʻano meaʻai. Hāʻawi ka moku i 8,000 mau meaʻai, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia ma kahi o 3,000 ma ka hapa nui o nā moku holo moana, a lawe i 17,000 mau hue waina e uhi ana i nā waina mai nā wahi kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua.

Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole kūpono ka Europa. ʻOi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi manawa ma kā mākou huakaʻi, nā hewa i ka manawa o nā hana i helu ʻia ma ka papahana paʻi ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā i huikau a hoʻonāukiuki i nā poʻe kaʻa. ʻAʻole hiki i nā pahi iʻa a pau o ka honua ke hoʻihoʻi i ka nalo ʻana i kahi huakaʻi ma muli o kahi kuhi hewa.

A ʻoiai ʻo kā mākou kekahi o nā huakaʻi ʻōlelo ʻelua i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i ka makahiki 2008, ʻaʻole i ʻōlelo hou ʻia nā hoʻolaha āpau ma luna o ka moku ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania. He mea hōʻeha loa kēia no ka mea ʻo ke kumumanaʻo o kā mākou holo moku ʻo ia ka makahiki o ka moku ʻo Ocean Sun Festival, me nā hana a nā mea pena mele kahiko. No ka mea he ʻōlelo holoʻokoʻa ka mele, ʻaʻohe mea ʻokoʻa i ka hīmeni ʻana o ka soprano a me ka tenor i hīmeni ʻia i ka Arias ma ka ʻōlelo ʻItalia a i ʻole Kelemānia, akā naʻe, nāwaliwali mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana o nā hoʻolauna i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana ma ka ʻōlelo Kelemānia wale nō. Eia nō naʻe, ʻoiai ʻo mākou wale nō ka poʻe ʻAmelika ma waena o kahi liʻiliʻi o ka poʻe ʻōlelo Kelemania ʻole ma luna o ka moku, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomaopopo i ka makemake ʻole e hoʻopilikia i nā mea he nui.

Ma ka nui o nā huakaʻi, hōʻike ʻo ʻEulopa ma kahi o ka hapalua o nā mea hoʻokani pila a me nā mea leo leo i nā papahana e loaʻa ana ma kahi o 60 pakeneka mau mele kahiko. I ka wā o ka Ocean Sun Festival, e hāʻawi hou ʻia ana i ka makahiki 2009 ma ka holo ʻana o ʻAukake 12-22, ʻewalu mau mea pena kiʻi i hoʻohanohano ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa e hoʻokani ana i kahi papahana leʻaleʻa he 80 pākēneka a 90 pākēneka mele kahiko. Ke kaulana nei ka ʻahaʻaina ma waena o ka poʻe pā mele kahiko e like me ko Napa's hanohano Festival del Sole a me Italia's Tuscan Sun Festival.

Ma waho aʻe o nā hana ahiahi a me ke ahiahi ma luna o ka moku i ka wā o ka ʻahaʻaina, mālama ʻia nā ʻaha mele kūʻokoʻa manuahi ma ke awa. Iā mākou ma Cadiz, Sepania, ua huakaʻi mākou i Castillo San Marcos o ke kenekulia 13, kahi i noho ai ʻo Christopher Columbus ʻoiai e hoʻolālā ana i kāna huakaʻi i ʻAmelika. Ma hope o ka cocktails a me nā canapés i loko o ka pā, ua hīmeni ʻo Michael Schade kaulana ʻo German-Canadian Mozart tenor Michael Schade no mākou i loko o nā hale lole. Ma Majorca, ua hui pū ʻo Schade i ka soprano Andrea Rost i kahi ʻaha mele me ka Orquestra Clasica de Balears ma ka Teatro Principal. Ma luna o ka moku ma hope o ka ʻaina ahiahi, ʻoi aku ka māmā o ka pāʻina mele ma ka Clipper Bar i hōʻike ʻia i kahi mele mele ma ke ʻano o Edith Piaf.

ʻAʻole pili ʻo ʻEulopa iā ia iho i nā huakaʻi ma ʻEulopa. E kipa ʻia nā huakaʻi holo ʻelua o ka makahiki aʻe ma ka Pākīpika Hema, Australia, Kina, Iapana, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Libya a me nā ʻEmira Arab, ma waho aʻe o nā Baltics, Italia a me Helene.

I ka ʻimi ʻole ʻana i nā awa, hauʻoli ka poʻe kaʻa i nā pono he nui o ka moku, me kahi spa, loko wai paʻakai me ka hale hoʻihoʻi ʻia, 21-papa kolepa simulator me ka PGA pro ma ka lima no nā haʻawina, a me kahi hale hoʻoikaika kino me ka nānā moana. Ma luna o ka loft, ma ka piko o ka moku, he wahi ʻaʻole i loaʻa ma nā moku ʻAmelika: He papa no ka poʻe e koho i ka sunbathe i ka ʻōlohelohe - ʻEulopa.

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Nā huakaʻi a me nā kumu kūʻai: ʻO nā huakaʻi holo ʻelua i ka makahiki 2009 e like me ke kumukūʻai a me ka lōʻihi mai kahi huakaʻi 10 lā mai Barcelona a i nā mokupuni ʻo Canary e hoʻomaka ana ma kahi o $6,000 i kēlā me kēia kanaka a i kahi huakaʻi 18 lā mai Tahiti a Australia e hoʻomaka ana ma kahi o $9,900 no kēlā me kēia kanaka. ʻAʻole i manaʻo ʻia nā makana. Hāʻawi ʻia kahi hoʻemi 5 pakeneka no ka hoʻopaʻa mua ʻana.

Kāhea lole: ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka hapa nui o nā moku ʻAmelika, me nā kāne e ʻaʻahu ana i ka ʻaʻahu a i ʻole nā ​​​​ʻaʻahu haʻuki i ka hapa nui o nā ahiahi a me ka ʻaʻahu a i ʻole ka ʻaʻahu ʻaina ahiahi i nā pō kūlana.

ʻAi: Wehe noho ma ka noho hoʻokahi i ka ʻaina ahiahi. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o ka lumi ʻaina maʻamau, a pono (a makemake nui ʻia) ma nā hale ʻaina kūikawā ʻelua. ʻOiai he moku Kelemania, ʻo ka meaʻai e pili ana i nā kīʻaha mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua.