ʻO kahi huakaʻi holoholo e hoʻomanaʻo

Ua hōʻea mua ʻia ka hoʻoilo i ka lā 21 o Dekemaba, a mai ia manawa mai, ua hoʻolei aku nā ʻino aloha ʻole i ka makani Arctic i nā tona hau ma ke komohana o Midwest a me Kanada. Akā ma ʻaneʻi i ka lā Mediterranean, ʻike maoli ʻia ka moʻolelo ʻo Halcyon a Ovid. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo "Halcyon Days" mai ka manaʻo Helene kahiko he ʻumikūmāhā mau lā o ka mālie a me ka ʻālohilohi e hiki mai i kekahi manawa a puni ka solstice hoʻoilo - ʻo ia ka manawa i hoʻomaha ai ka halcyon manu kupua i ka ʻili o ke kai no kona pūnana. He manawa kūpono e makaʻala i ka honua kahiko.

ʻO kā mākou holo moku ʻelima i kēia makahiki, ua koho mākou e hoʻolauleʻa i nā lā hoʻomaha ma ka Norwegian Jade (i kapa ʻia ma mua ʻo Pride of Hawaii). ʻO kā mākou hoaaloha maikaʻi a me kā mākou hoa huakaʻi huakaʻi ʻo Leslie Darga e ʻōlelo nui i ka NCL, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kahi inoa paʻa no ke koho ʻana i nā huakaʻi me nā awa o ke kelepona. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona i kūʻai aku iā mākou i ka holo hoʻomaha ma luna o ka Jade he huakaʻi holo 14 lā e komo pū ana me nā hoʻolauleʻa Kalikimaka a me ka Makahiki Hou, kahi i kūpono loa ma waena o nā kau kula kulanui. Ma ke ʻano he kumu aʻo a haumāna puka, he mea koʻikoʻi ka manawa.

Akā ʻo nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka Pride of Hawaii e holo maikaʻi ana i ka hoʻoilo Mediterranean ua kūpono a hoʻolaha nui ʻia ma ka Pūnaewele. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ua kūkulu mua ʻia kēia moku ma ke ʻano he moku e holo ana i nā kai o Hawaiʻi, ʻaʻole ma ke ʻano he moku hau kaulua, e like me ka Marco Polo kaao, ka hae o ka hui kaikuahine kahiko o NCL, ʻo Orient Lines. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole like ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka inoa iā Jade me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka moku me kahi hale aniani hiki ke hoʻihoʻi ʻia ma luna o ka loko wai a i ʻole ka hana ʻana i nā hoʻololi ʻē aʻe.
Ua hōʻea mākou i Barcelona ma EasyJet, kekahi o nā mokulele mokulele e haʻalele ana iā Milan. Me Ryan Air, ʻo kēia mau mokulele he mau mea lawe kaulana me nā kumukūʻai kūʻai ma lalo o hoʻokahi keneta. "Maikaʻi, ʻuʻuku, ʻuʻuku" i ʻōlelo ʻia i ka halcyon - ʻo kā mākou uku Kalikimaka he 21 euro wale nō kēlā me kēia ala.

ʻO ke kahua mokulele ʻo Barcelona El Prat ma kahi o 20 mau minuke mai Puerto Muelle Adosado, kahi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai ka Jade. He mea hou, maʻemaʻe, a maikaʻi hoʻi ka Port Terminal B. ʻOiai he 21.50 euros ka helu ʻana o kā mākou kaʻa kaʻa, i ka manawa i hoʻohui ai ka mea hoʻokele i nā uku uku no ka ukana, ke komo ʻana i ke kahua mokulele, ke komo ʻana i ke awa, a me ka uku ʻole "Honi au i kahi mākaʻikaʻi sucker", ua hiki ka huina i ka 37 euros.

He paʻakikī ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana, a ua kono ʻia nā malihini i hiki koke mai e leʻaleʻa i nā wahi ākea o ka moku a hiki i ka mākaukau ʻana o nā keʻena. Ua kaʻahele mākou i loko o ke kīʻaha ʻo Garden Café a hauʻoli mākou i ka ʻike ʻana i kahi kīʻaha keiki nani me nā papa liʻiliʻi no nā poʻe wee. ʻO ka ʻāpana buffet paha ka mea liʻiliʻi loa a mākou i ʻike ai ma nā moku kūʻai nui ʻia, akā ua lako pono a loaʻa i nā ʻano kīʻaha like ʻole e leʻaleʻa i ka ʻāʻī ʻAmelika.

ʻO Cabin 5608, kahi lumi hoʻonaʻauao e nānā i ka moana, maʻemaʻe, kūpono ma waena o ka moku, a he wahi moe mōʻīwahine maikaʻi kona. Maʻemaʻe ka lumi ʻauʻau, me kahi hale ʻauʻau nui i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ke aniani pilikino. Hiki i ka wahi ʻuʻuku liʻiliʻi ke hoʻopilikia i nā claustrophobics ke pani ʻia kona puka aniani. Ua ʻala ʻo Spearmint i ka Elemis sharp shower gel, a ʻo ke kopa lima wai - he lavender oh-so-lani - honi i ko mākou hale noho me kahi ʻala maʻalahi me he mea lā aia nā māla pua poni ʻeleʻele e ulu ana ma ka Yorkshire Dales i loko o kahi kiola pōhaku.

ʻOiai kona hoʻolaha mua ʻana, hana maikaʻi ʻo Pride of Hawaii e like me ka Jade Norwegian-seafaring. Ua hana nā mea hoʻolālā moku i ka nui o ka mālama ʻana i ke aniau i loko o ka moku, no laila ʻo ka mea i manaʻo mua ʻia e pale i ka wela, hana maikaʻi nō hoʻi e mālama i ka wela i loko.

ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻohe dome hiki ke hoʻihoʻi ʻia ma luna o ka loko, akā ʻaʻole ia i hoʻōki i nā ʻōpio ikaika mai ka hoʻolimalima ʻana i nā hola ma ka paheʻe wai. ʻAʻole ʻo ka loko wai i ka pākēneka nui o ka lehulehu, no ka mea, ua ʻike nā mea hoʻolālā e ʻoi aku ka hoihoi i ka leʻaleʻa ma nā kahakai ʻo Hawaiʻi idyllic ma mua o kahi piscine liʻiliʻi. (E kala mai i koʻu Farani.)

ʻO wau iho, ʻaʻole wau e hele wāwae i loko o kahi sauna chlorine-saturated i ke aniani ma koʻu ala i ka buffet. ʻO ka hanu o ka ea hou no hoʻokahi manawa a ʻelua paha e ʻeha ʻole i kekahi. Ua hoʻowahāwahā kekahi poʻe kaʻa i ke kumu Hawaiʻi e puka mai ana mai kēlā me kēia niche (ukulele, Aloha ʻO nā pālule, nā niu, ka hibiscus a me ka polloi Polenekia e hoʻonani i ka hapa nui o kēlā me kēia pā), a ua manaʻo ka poʻe hoʻopiʻi i ʻōlelo ʻia ma luna o ka NCL e hoʻololi i ke kumumanaʻo ma luna o ka moku e hoʻokō i ka inoa hou. ʻO ka mea a lākou i ʻike ʻole ai, ʻaʻole hiki i kahi hui ke hoʻoponopono hou i loko o kēlā me kēia manawa e hoʻonohonoho hou i kahi moku. ʻOi aku ka mea nui, e like me ka lokomaikaʻi maʻamau, ʻaʻole pono ka malihini i kono ʻia e hoʻopā i ka ʻono o kāna mea hoʻokipa i ka hoʻonaninani.

Ua ʻōlelo ka luna hokele o ka Jade ʻo Dwen Binns, "ʻO ka Jade ka moku like me ka Jewel, Gem, Pearl, Dawn, a me Star, a hiki ke holo i ka honua holoʻokoʻa." Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, "He mau ala kīwī ka Pearl a me Gem kahi i loaʻa ai i nā moku ʻē aʻe kā lākou mau hale kūʻai makana."

Ua hoʻomaka ko mākou huakaʻi kahakai i Roma a me ka Vatican ma ke awa kahakai ʻo Civitavecchia, ma kahi o 50 mau mile ma ke komohana ʻākau o The Eternal City. Ma ka $259 no kēlā me kēia kanaka, ʻo kēia kā mākou huakaʻi makaʻu nui loa, a ke hoʻōla nei au mai ka haʻalulu sticker; akā, ua ʻike ʻia he liʻiliʻi nā mea ma Italia e holo maʻalahi. ʻO kā mākou mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Vatican i hōʻike i nā tausani o nā waiwai pope, me ke kiʻi o Leonardo da Vinci o Saint Jerome, kekahi mau kiʻi pena a Caravaggio, a me kahi hōʻiliʻili nui o nā hana a ka haku Raphael. ʻO ka hōkū ʻālohilohi o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻo ia ka Sistine Chapel, kahi e hoʻonani ai nā panela kaulana o Michelangelo mai "Creation of Adam" a i "The Final Judgment" i ke kaupaku a me nā paia. He mau kapuaʻi mai ka puka hale hōʻikeʻike ke kū nei ka Basilica o Saint Peter, ka hale pule nui loa o ka honua. ʻO ka puka hoʻāno, i wehe ʻia i hoʻokahi wale nō ma 25 mau makahiki, ua pani ʻia, ma hope o kona hoʻohana hope ʻana i ka wā hoʻolauleʻa milenial. I loko o nā paia hoʻāno, ʻālohilohi ʻo The Pietà ma lalo o nā kukui palupalu, ma hope o ke aniani pale-poloka, ma waho aʻe o ka hiki ʻana o ka poʻe pupule e hoʻohana ana i nā hama. Aia ka lua kupapaʻu o Sana Petero ma lalo o ke kuahu kiʻekiʻe. Ua kuhikuhi ko mākou alakaʻi, ʻo Mario, i nā keʻena kahi e noho ai ʻo Pope Benedictus XVI, a me ka pā hale kahi e hāʻawi ai ʻo Sua Santità i ka ʻaha mele Kalikimaka i ke aumoe. E houluulu ana na kanaka hana i ka hale hanau nani ma lalo o ka uhi o na tarpa manoanoa a hiki i ka hoomaka ana o ka hoolaulea o ka yuletide.

Ma hope o kā mākou huakaʻi Vatican, ua komo hou mākou i Italia e ʻike i ka lei aliʻi o Imperial Rome: ka Flavian Amphitheatre, colloquially i kapa ʻia ʻo Colosseum. I ka makahiki 1749, ua hoʻolaha ʻo Pope Benedict XIV i ka Colosseum he kahua kapu, akā ua pepehi ʻia nā Karistiano mua i loko o kona mau pā. ʻO ka poʻe kālepa o nā ʻano mea hoʻomanaʻo like ʻole e hoʻonui i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o ka ʻāina, ʻoiai nā mea keaka e ʻaʻahu ana i nā ʻaʻahu centurion Roma me ka leʻaleʻa i waena no nā kiʻi kiʻi.

ʻO kā mākou awa ʻelua, ʻo Napoli nani, ua hauʻoli me nā mea kūʻai aku o ka Kalikimaka e koho ana i nā mea ʻoliʻoli no ka ʻahaʻaina Kalikimaka. Ma Italia, he hoʻolauleʻa hoʻomana ka Kalikimaka, a ke kali nei nā keiki a hiki i ka lā 6 o Ianuali e loaʻa ai kā lākou bonanza o nā mea pāʻani. Ma o San Gregorio Armeno, he ala haiki i piha i nā hale kūʻai Kalikimaka, ua hōʻike ʻia he mau kaukani o nā ʻano hana hānau mai ka haʻahaʻa a hiki i ka hanohano. Ua ʻimi ʻo Father Diamund, i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no ka ʻaha moku i ke aumoe, i nā mea hoʻomana liʻiliʻi mai kēia mau mea kūʻai aku e hāʻawi i nā keiki e hele ana i ka hoʻolauleʻa. Ma hope o ka ʻike ʻana he kahuna ʻo ia, hāʻawi ka mea kūʻai aku ʻo Napolitan i nā kiʻi kiʻi 500 Baby Jesus i ka reverend, nāna i hāʻawi ʻoliʻoli iā lākou me nā poʻe a pau e hele ana i ka nui (ua haʻi ʻia iaʻu ma kahi o 500). ʻAʻohe mea i poina i koʻu hoʻomaha nani, hele au i St. Mattress of The Springs i kēlā pō.

ʻO ka moʻomeheu kahiko o ka hānau ʻana o Napolitan mai hoʻokahi kaukani makahiki. Ua kipa mākou i ka hōʻikeʻike hānau hānau ma Complesso Monumentale di San Severo al Pendino ma Via Duomo, i hōʻike ʻia e ka Associazione Italiana Amici del Presepio, nona ka hōʻiliʻili e hōʻike ana i ka moʻomeheu a me ka mōʻaukala oeuvres d'art i hana ʻia e nā mea kālai Italia kaulana. Wahi a ka Associazione, ua ʻōlelo kekahi palapala e pili ana i ka hānau ʻana ma ka hale pule o Santa Maria del Presepe ma 1025. I ka makahiki 1340, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Sancia di Maiorca (ka mōʻī wahine o Robert d'Anjou) i hānau hānau ʻia i ka Order of Clarisse nuns ma ka wehe ʻana i kā lākou mea hou. halepule. Ua mālama ʻia ke kiʻi o ka Virgin Mary (Vergine Puerperal) mai kēlā hānau hānau ʻana o Angevin i ka hale pule ʻo Certosa di San Martino.

Ua hoʻolauleʻa ʻia ka lā Kalikimaka ma ke kai, ma luna o ka Norwegian Jade i hoʻonani ʻia. Me ka nui o nā kumulāʻau Kalikimaka ʻālohilohi, nā kaukani kukui Kalikimaka, a me hoʻokahi miliona mau ʻōlinolino i nā maka o nā keiki hauʻoli e kipa pū ana me ka Jolly Old Elf, ua lilo ko mākou wahi lana i wahi hoʻomaha. He ʻoliʻoli nui ka pāʻina Kalikimaka me ka hoʻopiha piha ʻana, me nā kīʻaha momona o ka ʻai ʻono. ʻO kahi hoʻomaha hoʻomaha hoʻomaha ma ka Stardust Theatre i hōʻike ʻia i nā mele kahiko a me nā mea hou, i hoʻokani ʻia e kahi ʻōpio a me ka ikaika o ka poʻe mele a me nā hula hula, nona nā ʻōlelo hoʻokiʻekiʻe o ka hauʻoli i hoʻolaha i ka hauʻoli a me ka manaʻolana i waena o nā malihini o ka moku, he 2300 a he 63 ʻē aʻe. aupuni. ʻO ko mākou manawa kūpono e ʻaʻahu i kā mākou mau kaula silika hou ʻo Charlie Brown a me Snoopy, a kū i kekahi o nā kiʻi kiʻi nui e hopu i ke ahiahi kilokilo.

ʻO kā mākou awa ʻekolu, ʻo Alexandria, i hāʻawi i ka manawa e kipa aku ai i nā pyramids nani o Giza. ʻO ka holo kaʻa kaʻa ʻelua a me ka hapa i Kairo, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e Nasco Tours, ua alakaʻi ʻia e kahi nani a me ka hanohano o ʻAigupita i kapa ʻia ʻo Randa. Ma ke ʻano he haumāna puka kulanui ma ka mākaʻikaʻi, ua ʻike maikaʻi ʻo Randa i nā hieroglyphics, nā mea kupanaha o ka honua kahiko, a me ka moʻomeheu ʻAigupita i nā millennia. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania e like me ke kamāliʻiwahine ʻArabia, a ua ʻaʻahu ʻo ia i ke kapa kila mai Miuccia Prada. I loko o kā mākou huakaʻi he 13 mau hola, ua uhaki ʻo ia i ka papa hana ʻelua, no laila hiki i nā poʻe kaʻa pilikia ke hana i nā kipa pilikia i nā lāʻau lapaʻau kūloko.

Ua mālama ʻia ka noho mua o ke kaʻa no ke kiaʻi pū i hele pū me ka hui mai ka hoʻomaka a i ka pau ʻana. I kēia lā naʻe, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hōʻike i ka hana. I ka hōʻea ʻana i Giza, ʻaʻohe hemahema o nā mākaʻi mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻolako ʻia i nā pū mīkini i kēlā me kēia monument o ka wā kahiko. Me ka manaʻo ʻole, ua hele mai ʻelua o nā mākaʻi ʻaʻahu ʻaʻahu ʻia iā mākou i ka wā e kū ana mākou i mua o nā pyramid, noi mai i kā mākou pahupaʻikiʻi, a paʻi i nā kiʻi o mākou. Ma hope o ka hālāwai pōkole, haʻi lākou iā mākou makemake lākou i ke kālā no kā lākou "baksheesh" (tip). ʻAʻole hoʻopaʻapaʻa me kekahi mea e lawe ana i nā pū mīkini, hāʻawi ʻo Marco iā lākou i ka euro. A laila ʻōlelo lākou ʻaʻole lawa a makemake lākou ma kahi o ʻelua euros i kēlā me kēia, no laila hāʻawi ʻo ia iā lākou i ʻelua euros a ua neʻe koke mākou.

Ua koʻikoʻi ʻo Randa i ke koʻikoʻi o ka pale ʻana i nā mea hana kiʻi ma nā pyramids. Ua haʻi ʻo ia e pili ana i kahi hoʻopunipuni pinepine o ke kono ʻana i kahi mākaʻikaʻi kānalua ʻole no ka holo kamelo manuahi, e kiʻi ana i nā kiʻi no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi i ka wā e noho ana ma luna o ka holoholona 8-kapuaʻi kiʻekiʻe, akā e hoʻolaha ma hope he $100 ka uku no ka hemo ʻana mai ke kāmelo.

I koʻu hele ʻana i ke kaʻa ma hope o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i nā pyramids, ua hele mai iaʻu nā mākaʻi mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻolako ʻia i ka pū mīkini me ka makemake i ka baksheesh hou aʻe. Kuhikuhi aku au iā Marco a ʻī akula, “Ua hāʻawi aku mākou iā ʻoe i ʻehā Euro, ʻaʻole anei ʻoe e hoʻomanaʻo?" ʻO kāna pane "Ua hāʻawi ʻo Marco i ka baksheesh, akā ʻaʻole ʻoe."

Me ka huhū a me ka hōʻino ʻia, pane akula wau i hope, “ʻAʻohe aʻu kālā,” a laila hele akula au i ke kaʻi i ka hoʻowahāwahā, me ke akahele ʻaʻole e nānā i hope.

Ua kipa aku ʻo Ron lāua ʻo Lisa Leininger, e noho nei ma kahi kahua NATO ma Brussels, Pelekiuma, i nā pyramid a ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "ʻAe, ua kūkulu maoli lāua i kahi mea nui i 4,000 mau makahiki i hala. Ua piha mākou i ka manaʻo o ka mōʻaukala ma kahi wahi. "

Ma hope o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i nā pyramids, ua lawe ʻo Nasco Tours iā mākou i kahi hale aliʻi nani me nā chandelier opulent a me nā ʻeke siliki. Hāʻawi ʻia nā kīʻaha nui ʻehā i nā kīʻaha lehulehu; Ua hoʻomākaukau maoli ʻia nā mea ʻai wela, nā pia, nā waina, a me nā sodas no nā ʻaleʻa ʻAmelika, akā ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia nā mea ʻono maikaʻi, exotic a me ka hoʻowalewale ʻole.

Ua koho kekahi mau hui i ka huakaʻi "Pyramids and Nile in Style", ʻo ia hoʻi, ua lawelawe ʻia kā lākou ʻaina awakea ma luna o ka moku, e lana ana i lalo o ka Nile. ʻO koʻu manawa hope loa i Kairo, ua hoʻopailua ʻia au e ka pilau mai ka wai haumia o ka Nile. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻaʻa i ka manaʻo o ka ʻai ʻana i ka ʻaina awakea me ka lana ʻana ma luna o ka wai ʻino.

ʻO Debra Iantkow, he mākaʻikaʻi huakaʻi mai Calgary, Alberta, ua ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku o ka hoʻomakeʻa ma mua oʻu, no laila ua lawe ʻo ia me kona ʻohana i ka huakaʻi kaulana ʻo Nile. "ʻAʻole ia he pilau loa," wahi āna: "akā, ua ʻāhuehu loa - ʻike mākou i ka poʻe e hoʻolei ana i ka ʻōpala i loko o ka wai. Ma ke ala e hiki ai i ka moku holo moku, ua hala aku makou i na mile a me na mile o na auwai mai ka Nile, i pau loa i ka opala me na eke opala, i ka lepo, a i kekahi manawa, ua nui loa na flotsam a ua uhi loa ia i ke auwai mai kahi kapa a hiki i ke kapa, a hiki ia oe ke hele. ʻaʻole ʻike i ka wai ma lalo.

"Ua manaʻo wau ua maikaʻi ʻole ʻo Tijuana a hiki i koʻu ʻike ʻana i kēia wahi," wahi a Christopher, he limahana no ka haukapila mai Boerney, Texas, "akā ʻo kēia kahi wahi haumia loa aʻu i ʻike ai i koʻu ola."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Leininger e pili ana i ka holo moana ʻo Nile "Ua hāʻawi i nā malihini i ka manaʻo maikaʻi o ka meaʻai a me ka hulahula o ʻAigupita. Ua wili ʻia ke kāne me ka tutu ʻulaʻula e like me ke poʻo no 15 mau minuke. He wahine ʻōpio maikaʻi i hulahula ʻia i nā mele ʻAigupita maoli, i hana ʻia mai nā pahu bongo a me ka synthesizer keyboard.

Ma muli o ka wehewehe ʻana a Leininger, wehewehe wau ʻaʻohe leo ʻike ʻia a i ʻole ka mika o ka mele, akā ʻoi aku ka like me ka cacophony o nā leo exotic. "He ʻeha ia," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "ʻoliʻoli wau ʻaʻole i lōʻihi loa."

ʻO kaʻu huakaʻi "de-Nile" i alakaʻi iā mākou i Memphis a me Saqqara kahiko, kahi i komo ai mākou i ka hale kupapaʻu 4600 makahiki o kahi kuhina kahiko, a mahalo i ke kiʻi pōhaku nui o Ramses II ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Mit Rahina. ʻO ke koʻikoʻi archaeological o kēia mau pūnaewele ua hopu i ka hoihoi anthropological no nā makahiki he mau makahiki.

Ma muli o ka hoʻokau ʻia ʻana o ka Norewai Jade ma Alexandria, ua loaʻa i ka lā ʻelua ka manawa kūpono e kipa ai i nā pūnaewele hou aʻe e like me ka makemake o kēlā me kēia.

E like me kā mākou ʻohana Holy theme, ua kipa mākou i ka Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, i ʻike ʻia ʻo Abu Serga, ma Coptic Cairo. Ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia ka halepule iā Saints Sergius a me Bacchus, he poʻe aloha kāne / koa i pepehi ʻia i ka makahiki ʻehā ma Suria e ka Emepera Roma Maximian. ʻO kēia kahua kiʻekiʻe kahi i ʻōlelo ʻia ai i noho ai ʻo Maria, ʻo Iosepa a me ke keiki ʻo Iesū i ko lākou holo ʻana i ʻAigupita.

E kamaʻilio kākou iā Tureke. ʻO nā ʻāina kahiko o Anatolia ka mea kupanaha loa o kā mākou 14-lā Mediterranean odyssey. ʻO kā mākou huakaʻi kahakai, hoʻokele ʻia e Tura Turizm, ʻoi aku ma mua o nā manaʻo āpau. Ua hele mai ʻo Leyla Öner, ka mea hoʻonohonoho huakaʻi, ma luna o ke kaʻaahi a hoʻolauna iā ia iho, me ka makemake e holo maikaʻi mākou a pau i ʻEpeso, me ka waiho ʻana i kahi ʻeke maikaʻi no kēlā me kēia malihini i hoʻopiha ʻia me nā mea hoʻomanaʻo he kakini. ʻO kekahi o nā mea hoʻomanaʻo maikaʻi ʻo "The Holy Water Pot," i hele mai me nā ʻōlelo kuhikuhi "ʻO kēia ipu hao lima, i hana ʻia mai ka lepo organik, ua hana kūikawā ʻia no ʻoe e hoʻopiha ai i ka wai laʻa mai ka pūnāwai i ka Hale ʻo Virgin Mary. ʻO ka mea i hoʻohana ʻia i loko o kēia hana noʻeau ke manaʻo e hōʻike i ka ipu lepo i hoʻohana ʻia e ka poʻe ʻEpeso i ke kenekulia mua, AD. Manaʻo mākou e hauʻoli ʻoe i kēia mea hoʻomanaʻo i mea hoʻomanaʻo mai ka ʻāina hoʻāno o Mother Mary!

ʻO kā mākou alakaʻi kiʻekiʻe no ia lā, ʻo Ercan Gürel, he haumāna a he keonimana. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻo kekahi o nā alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi maikaʻi loa e alakaʻi iā mākou i kahi huakaʻi kahakai, ʻo Ercan (John) he encyclopedia hele wāwae o ka mōʻaukala kahiko. ʻO kekahi o kāna mau ʻōlelo i kaulana ʻo ia ua hana maoli ʻo ia ma kekahi o nā ʻeli archaeological ma Epeso, ma mua o ka ʻike maoli ʻana o nā ʻepekema i ka mea i waiho ʻia ma lalo o nā kenekulia o ka uhi lepo.

ʻAʻole like me ʻAigupita, ʻaʻohe kina o ke kahakai Tureke, a ʻo ke awa ʻo Izmir he momi maoli o ka Adriatic. Ma nā wahi a pau a mākou i hele ai, hoʻokaʻawale ka poʻe haʻi ʻōlelo kūloko i ko lākou lāhui Muslim nui: "ʻAʻole mākou he Arab. Nui ka poʻe Tureke i ka lauoho ʻōniʻoniʻo, nā maka uliuli a me ka ʻili nani. Aia ko mākou ʻāina ma ka ʻāina ʻEulopa, a he lāhui honua mākou.

ʻO ke awāwa momona e alakaʻi ana i ke kūlanakauhale kahiko o ʻEpeso kahi Māla o ʻEdena o nā peach, nā apricots, nā fiku, nā ʻalani, nā ʻoliva a me nā māla pau ʻole o nā lau lau lau.

Ma ka lei aliʻi o ka mauna Koressos (Bülbül Daği) e kū nei ʻo The House of the Virgin Mary, kahi hale pōhaku i kapa ʻia ʻo ka home kahi i noho ai ʻo Māmā Mary i kona mau makahiki hope. Ua hoʻopaʻa ka poʻe kālaihonua i ka carbon-dated i ke kumu o ka hale i ke kenekulia mua, a ʻekolu pope i kipa aku i ka pūnaewele, e hoʻohanohano ana i kāna hoʻoilina hoʻomana.

I loko o ka Hale o Mary, ua hāʻawi mai kahi nun aloha iā mākou i nā mekala kālā i mea hoʻomanaʻo no kā mākou huakaʻi lōʻihi. Ma ke alo o ka hale, he ala ala hele a hiki i nā pūnāwai i manaʻo ʻia he wai kupanaha. ʻAʻohe mea e hāʻawi i kahi hana mana manuahi, kāpīpī wau iaʻu iho i kekahi mau manawa, no ka ʻinikua ethereal.

Ma hope o ka ʻaina awakea, ua kipa mākou i ke kula kāpeti. Ma ʻaneʻi, hoʻolimalima nā haumāna i mau mahina e hoʻopaʻa lima ai i nā kaula silika ma nā lom nunui e hana i nā hana kiʻi nani, e kūʻai aku ana i loko o ka lumi hōʻikeʻike lāʻau no ʻehiku a iwakālua tausani Euro. Ua hōʻike ʻia nā kāpeti liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi i hana ʻia mai ka hulu hipa a i ʻole ka pulupulu, me nā moena hoʻolālā nomadic maʻalahi e hoʻomaka ana ma kahi o euro300. Ua hāʻule koʻu mau ʻāʻī i ka papahele i ka wā i hāʻawi mai ai ʻo Ercan Gürel iaʻu i kahi ʻeke nani a nui i ulana lima ʻia, me ka palapala hōʻoia o ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, a ua hōʻike ʻia he makana ia na ia a me ke kula kapena.

I kekahi lā aʻe, me ka haʻalulu ʻana mai ka ʻeke ʻeke Tureke lokomaikaʻi, ua hōʻea mākou me ka hauʻoli i nā kahakai o Helene. Inā i lawa ka manawa, ʻo kā mākou koho mua e kipa aku i ka Autonomous Monastic State of the Holy Mountain, Mount Athos. Wahi a ka moʻomeheu athonite, ua kū ʻo Maria ma ʻaneʻi i kona hele ʻana e kipa iā Lazaro. Hele akula ʻo ia i uka a me ka puʻuhia i ka nani a me ka nani o ke kuahiwi, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo ia a noi aku i kāna Keiki i kīhāpai nona. [Inā ʻaʻole hauʻoli ʻo Māmā, ʻaʻole hauʻoli kekahi.] Mai ia manawa, ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia ka mauna ʻo “The Garden of the Mother of God” a ʻaʻohe palena o nā wahine ʻē aʻe mai ia manawa mai.

ʻAe, ʻo Athens he "plan B" maikaʻi. ʻO ia ka lā ma mua o ka Makahiki Hou, a e like me ka mea maʻamau i ka poʻe Italia, ua ʻimi mākou e kūʻai i kahi lole ʻulaʻula hou e komo ai i ka lā Makahiki Hou. Ua hoʻopiha ka pālule ʻulaʻula me ke kāhiko gula o ka Acropolis. ʻO Athens e pahū ana i ka hana, a ua akamai loa nā kaʻa kaʻaahi i ko lākou alahele e pale aku i nā hōʻike o ka ʻaihue haunaele a i ʻole ka luku ʻana. I ka ninau ana i na alakai kaapuni e pili ana i na haunaele, ua hoopunipuni mau lakou i ka naaupo; ʻO ka antifoni i hoʻomaʻamaʻa maikaʻi ʻia ʻo ia "ʻAʻole wau i ʻike no ia mea."

ʻAʻole paha ia, ua ʻike ʻia ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o ka malihini. I kekahi ahiahi, ua hoʻokele ʻo Norwegian Jade's Cruise Director, ʻo Jason Bowen, i ka "Not-So-Newlywed Game" ma ka Spinnaker Lounge. ʻO ka nīnau pūlima "ʻAuhea kahi ʻokoʻa loa āu i hana ai i ka whoopee" i loaʻa i nā pane ʻokoʻa, akā ma hope o ka haʻi ʻana o kahi kāne lōʻihi i ka moena o luna o kahi hale hoʻomoana ʻalani, haʻi maila kāna wahine "ʻAe, ʻo ia kēlā. ʻo ʻoe pū wau me?"

Poina ʻole, ma nā ʻano he nui, ʻo ia nā hoaaloha hou a mākou i hālāwai ai ma kēia moku holo moku. Ua hoʻonohonoho nā poʻe mai Cruise Critic i ʻelua hui-a-aloha no nā mea pā o ka papa. Ua hālāwai mākou me Brian Ferguson lāua ʻo Tony Spinosa o Paris, Farani, e hoʻolauleʻa ana i ko Brian hoʻomaha ʻana mai Air France. Ua hālāwai mākou me Robbie Keir a me kāna wahine ʻo Jonathan Mayers, e hoʻomaha ana mai Aberdeen, Scotland. I ka manawa like, ua lilo ʻo Jonathan i kahu o Gerry Mayers, ko mākou kumu aʻo huakaʻi, nāna i wehewehe i nā moʻolelo kahiko o ʻAigupita, Turkey, a me Helene.

ʻO kekahi o nā VIP ma luna o ka moku ʻo LLoyd Hara, ʻo Lt. Colonel i hoʻomaha, a me ka Hope Peresidena o ke Komisina Port ma Seattle i kēia manawa. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo LLoyd lāua ʻo Lizzie ʻo ka mea koʻikoʻi o kā lāua holo moana ʻo ko lāua huakaʻi ʻana i The Palace Armory ma Malta, kekahi o nā hōʻiliʻili lima nui o ka honua i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o ko lākou mau hale mua, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia i waena o nā monuments kaulana loa o ka moʻomeheu ʻEulopa. Hoʻokumu ʻia e Knights of St John, nā mōneka koa ikaika a weliweli, ʻo Amoury kekahi o nā hōʻailona koʻikoʻi a ʻike ʻia o nā hanohano i hala o ka Sovereign Hospitaller Military Order of Malta.

ʻOi aku koʻu makemake i kaʻu mau mōneka ma ka ʻaoʻao nani a puʻupuʻu, e noho ana a puni nā papa ʻaina fratini, e kaʻana like i kā lākou curd a me ka whey, e holoi ana iā lākou e nā carafes o Asti Spumante. Hoʻokumu hou ʻia kekahi ʻano leʻaleʻa maikaʻi ma luna o ka hale ʻaina premium o Jade, ʻo Papa's Italian Kitchen, i hoʻonani nani ʻia e like me kahi trattoria Tuscan kuʻuna, me nā papa fratini a me ka mattoni a vista brickwork. Hōʻike ka papa kuhikuhi i nā kīʻaha kuʻuna mai nā ʻāpana like ʻole o Italia, me nā wehewehe liʻiliʻi o ka manaʻo o ka poʻe ʻAmelika e ʻai ai, e like me ka alfredo sauce, spaghetti i hui pū ʻia me ka moa parmigiana (ma mua o ka primo piatto), Caesar salad, a me pepperoni pizza. .

Ua hauʻoli maoli mākou i ka meaʻai i lawelawe ʻia ma ka Jade. Ua makemake mākou i nā Tex-Mex fajitas a me nā quesadillas ma Paniolo. Hāʻawi ka hale ʻaina ʻo Alizar (i kapa ʻia ʻo Ali Baba's on the Pride of Hawaii) i ka papa kuhikuhi like me ka Grand Pacific, akā hāʻawi ʻo ia i ka lawelawe wikiwiki loa. ʻO ka Blue Lagoon, he hale ʻaina pōkole 24-hola i hāʻawi aku i nā meaʻai hōʻoluʻolu ʻono, e like me ka ʻiʻo chuck, basil-cream-tomato soup, strawberry shortcake, a me ka cheesecake e kahe ana me ka blueberries a me ka gel momona. ʻO ka gelato Italia a me nā mea ʻono ʻē aʻe he kelepona kelepona wale nō, hāʻawi koke ʻia e ka lawelawe lumi manuahi, e like me ke kilokilo!

ʻO ka makana ma luna o ka poʻe Magi, ʻo ia kā mākou concierge, ʻo Ruth Hagger, he Tyrolean fräulein effervescent nona kona ʻano ʻōpio a hauʻoli i puka pono mai kahi puke moʻolelo Heidi. No ka hale hoʻokūkū ski kīʻaha honua ʻo Kitzbühel, ua like kona leo ʻo Austrian e like me ka poʻe maikaʻi, puʻuwai puʻuwai i make ʻole i ka "The Sound of Music." ʻAʻole kānalua ʻo ia wale nō ka mea ma luna o ka moku i hiki ke hoʻopaʻa i ka ʻōlelo alelo Tyrolean "Der Pfårrer vu Bschlåbs hat z'Pfingschte's Speckbsteck z'spat bstellt." Me he mea lā ua ʻike ʻo Ruth i kekahi mea i ʻike i kahi mea hiki ke loaʻa kahi hoʻomaha ma nā wahi āpau ma ka ʻāina a i ke kai paha. Inā he Jeep ma Malta, a i ʻole ke komo ʻana i nā luna hoʻokele, ʻo Ruth kahi Austrian maikaʻi loa me kahi ʻano "hiki ke hana". ʻO ka mea kupanaha loa, i ka lā mua o ka moku holo moku, hele maila ʻo ia i o mākou nei, aloha mai iā mākou ma ka inoa, a hoʻolauna iā ia iho. ʻAʻole wale ʻo ia i hoʻopaʻanaʻau i ko mākou mau inoa a me nā helehelena mai ka ʻōnaehana palekana o ka moku, ua ʻike ʻo ia i hea mākou i hele mai ai a he aha kekahi o kā mākou makemake (mai kā mākou huakaʻi i kākau mua ʻia?) moku ma mua, a he mea kupanaha loa ia.

ʻO ko mākou awa o debarkation, ʻo Barcelona, ​​ua ola a hauʻoli me nā mea kālepa e kūʻai aku ana i nā makana hope loa no ka lā nui, ʻo Epifania, Ianuali 6. Hoʻolauleʻa nā (s) catalans i ke kau me ʻelua mau kuʻuna pili poo. ʻO ka mea mua ʻo Caganer, he kiʻi like me ka porcelain gnome-like me kona pume i lalo, e hoʻoheheʻe ana ma kahi o ka hanana hānau. E like me kahi keikikāne pahu pahu, ua hāʻawi ʻo Caganer i kāna mau makana kūʻokoʻa i ka hanana hānau mai ka waena o ke kenekulia 18. Pa rum pum pum pum.

ʻO Caga Tió (ʻo ia hoʻi ka log in Catalan) ʻo ia ka lāʻau Yule, pena ʻia me ka maka ʻakaʻaka a mālama ʻia ma hope o El Dia de Inmaculada (Dekemapa 8). A laila, i ka Kalikimaka, paʻi nā kamaliʻi i ka lāʻau a hīmeni i nā mele e hoʻoulu iā ia e "$h!t kekahi mau makana."

Ua hoʻomaha mākou i ka pō i kahi lua liʻiliʻi i loko o ka pensione pā, ka Continental Hotel, aia ma The Ramblas ma Plaça Catalunya - ʻo ka Barçalon e like me Avenue des Champs-Élysées e hui me Times Square. ʻAʻole kēia hōkele no nā mea a pau, ʻoi aku ka poʻe ma nā noho huila, a i ʻole ka malihini ʻike e ʻimi nei i nā hale hoʻokipa. Akā ma ke ʻano he wahi kūpono no ka pō, ua hele mai kā mākou lumi 78.50 euros me ka lehulehu o nā pono manuahi, e like me ka waina ʻulaʻula a me ke keʻokeʻo palena ʻole, ice cream, nā mea inu ʻoluʻolu, ka wai ʻalani, kahi pā saladi liʻiliʻi, ʻeono mau kīʻaha wela e like me ka ʻuala. a me ka raiki pilaf, cereals, berena, cashews, peanuts and walnuts. He manuahi pū kekahi kamepiula pūnaewele a me ka wi-fi ikaika loa. He liʻiliʻi ko mākou lumi hoʻokipa, akā maʻemaʻe loa, a he hale ʻauʻau pilikino me ka ʻauʻau a me ke kahe wai ikaika e lawe mai i ka wai wela i ke kakahiaka. He ʻano hoʻolālā fairy-tale ka pepa kiʻi pepa, e hoʻomaka ana e ʻili, a maopopo ka ʻelemakule. Ua kūlike ia me ka ʻulaʻula ʻulaʻula a me ka fu-fu moena a me nā pale kukui lacy, kahi mea e like me ke keʻena moe kaʻawale ma ka hale o ke kupuna wahine kahi āna i mālama ai i kāna mau kīpē Kina.

Ua hoʻohana mākou i ka hapa nui o ko mākou lā i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i ka Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, kahi hale pule Katolika Roma i kūkulu ʻia (mai ka makahiki 1882). Hoʻolālā ʻia e Antoni Gaudí, e hoʻopau ʻia ka papahana hope loa e 2026 (kahi kumu maikaʻi e hoʻi ai i Barcelona). Hōʻike ka ʻaoʻao hikina i kahi hānau hānau nani i kālai ʻia i loko o ka pōhaku, kahi hoʻohanohano i ka inoa o ka luakini "Holy Family." Aia i loko o ka lua nā hale kupapaʻu o nā aliʻi Sepania, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Queen Constance o Sicily, ʻo Marie de Lusignan (ka wahine ʻekolu a King James II), a me koʻu kupuna wahine 24th, Queen Petronila o Aragon.

Hoʻokahi hola wale nō me ʻumikūmālima minuke ka lōʻihi o kā mākou lele hoʻi ʻana i Milano. Ua hōʻea mākou e ʻike i ka hau e uhi ana i ke kūlanakauhale, ʻo ia wale nō 30 mau mile mai ka palena Swiss. Maʻaneʻi ma ka'ākau o Italia, loaʻa kā mākou mau makana Kalikimaka ma Ianuali 6. Wahi a ka moʻomeheu, lawe ʻia nā makana e kahi kilokilo i kapa ʻia ʻo Befana. (ʻOiaʻiʻo, ma ke ʻano he ʻAmelika, loaʻa iaʻu nā makana mai Santa Claus i Dekemaba pū kekahi!) Ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Befana ma ke ʻano he hag kahiko ʻino, ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ka Wicked Witch o ke Komohana ʻano shrew. Ua like ia me ka Halloween ke ʻike au iā ia, akā e lawe wau i nā makana a pau e makemake ai e hāʻawi mai iaʻu.

ʻAʻole i pau a hīmeni ka wahine momona. Makemake ka poʻe Italia i kā lākou opera, a makemake wau i nā hanana manuahi ma Teatro alla Scala. ʻO "Prima delle Prime" kahi hanana maʻamau i ka lehulehu e hōʻike ana i kahi opera a i ʻole ballet e hiki mai ana. Aia ka hanana i nā haʻi'ōlelo, nā wikiō, nā laʻana ola, a ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi, ka manawa kūpono e komo i nā pā laʻa o La Scala, manuahi. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke kau ma ka mokulele i ʻAmelika a lohe au i hoʻokahi aria o kekahi mea, e like me O mio babbino caro, a i ʻole Amami Alfredo. ʻAʻole maikaʻi, akā ua hōʻea ʻo Italia i kēia manawa.

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