ʻO ka meaʻai Serene ma kahi hōkele hōkele waiwai

I ka manawa e hui pū ai me ke kaʻi ma Montpellier a hele i Anjodi, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia koʻu moku hōkele i ka hapalua hola ma ka Canal du Midi ma ke kauhale wai liʻiliʻi o Le Somail. Ua hoʻowalewale ʻia au e noho ma hope.

Ua hōʻea au i Montpellier i ka Pōʻaono, i ka lā ma mua o ka holo ʻana i ka moku, a ua hoʻoholo wau ʻaʻole loa e haʻalele i kēlā kūlanakauhale ʻoliʻoli. E hoʻouna au i leka uila i ka home e ʻōlelo ʻaʻole au e hoʻi mai. Aia koʻu hōkele ma kahi o Place de la Comedie, he wahi hālāwai ākea e pili ana i nā hale ʻaina e kahe ana i waho o nā alapiʻi, a e hoʻolimalima wau i kekahi lā aʻe e makaʻala i nā alanui kahiko a paʻa i ke kūlanakauhale, e ʻoliʻoli ana i ka ʻaina ahiahi ma kahi pā lau, e ʻai ai i kahi. ʻO ka nui o nā hale ʻaina e lawelawe ana, e like me kāu e manaʻo ai, nā meaʻai nani loa ma nā kumukūʻai kūpono ʻole. Lawe au i kaʻu ʻaina kakahiaka o ka kofe a me nā croissants i ke kakahiaka aʻe ma Place, e hoʻi ana i laila no ka ʻaina awakea ma hope o ka ʻimi hou ʻana. Pōmaikaʻi.

Akā e hopu i ke kaʻi aʻu i hana ai me ʻekolu mau kāne ʻē aʻe, ʻelua mai Australia a hoʻokahi mai ʻAmelika - ʻo Anjodi ka nui o ʻewalu, i loko o ʻehā mau keʻena - a ma hope koke iho ua hoʻomaha mākou me ke aniani o ka champagne hoʻokipa ma ka papa i ka lā o ka puna. , ʻoiai ʻo Julian ke kāpena i lawe iā mākou i ka papahana o ka pule a wehewehe i ke ola ma luna o ka moku.

Aia ʻo Montpellier i ka wā ma mua, i koʻu nānā ʻana i ke alahaka pōhaku kahiko ma luna o ke kahawai he mau iwilei ka mamao, me ka manaʻoʻiʻo ʻaʻole hiki iā Anjodi ke komo i kēlā ʻākea ololi. Ma hope koke iho, ua paʻa ka hanu o ka poʻe kaʻa i ko mākou hele ʻana i ka pio a he aha ka mea e lawe ai iā mākou i kahi lua wai. ʻAʻole i hoʻoneʻe ʻia ka helehelena o Julian i ko mākou hele ʻana me ka mea i kapa ʻia he pepa fag ma waena o mākou a me nā pā pōhaku.

A ʻo ia ke ʻano no hoʻokahi pule, kahi i hui pū ai i ka hoʻomaha hoʻomaha a me ka gastronomy kūʻokoʻa me ka ʻimi a me ka hauʻoli, ʻehiku lā ma ke kahawai lāʻau, nani, a me ka mōʻaukala, i kūkulu ʻia ma ke kenekulia 17 ʻaʻole ia he mea hoʻokipa leʻaleʻa. ka mea i lilo i keia manawa no na malihini mai na wahi a puni o ka honua, aka, ma ke ano he alanui kalepa, he oki pokole mai ke kapakai Channel a hiki i ke Kaiwaenahonua, e pale aku ai i ka holo loihi a puni ka peninsula o Sepania a me Pukiki. Holo mākou ma mua o nā kauhale kahiko; nā kūlanakauhale mōʻaukala; hale pili wai; a me nā māla waina nui a ka ʻohana (ʻo kekahi o nā mea a mākou i kipa aku ai e holo i ka nānā ʻana i ka maikaʻi o kā lākou huahana āu i hoʻomaopopo ai - ʻo ia ma hope o ka ʻimi ʻimi ʻike ʻoiaʻiʻo), heʻe pinepine i ko mākou heʻe ʻana ma lalo o nā alahaka haiki, nui nā mea i kūkulu ʻia i ka manawa o ke kukulu ana o ka Canal. No ka hoʻoikaika kino, hiki iā mākou ke nalu i nā kamaʻāina i kekahi manawa ma ke kahawai, a i ʻole inā manaʻo mākou ua koi ʻia kekahi mea ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī, hiki iā mākou ke iho a kaʻahele ma ke ala kaʻa, me ka maʻalahi me Anjodi, e hui hou i ka moku ma kahi laka a i ʻole kekahi. kahi kū hoʻokahi mile a ʻelua paha ma ke kahawai. Ua mālama ʻia kekahi mau kaʻa kaʻa ma luna o ka papa no ka poʻe i makemake e makaʻala hou aku i ke kuaʻāina.

ʻO Anjodi, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka moku kahi i holo ai ka chef kaulana ʻo Rick Stein i kāna moʻolelo TV BBC kaulana i kēia mau makahiki i hala. Ua like ka liʻiliʻi o ke kaʻa e like me ka hōʻike ʻana o ke kīwī a ʻoiai ʻaʻole ke kanaka ponoʻī e kuke no mākou, ua loaʻa iā mākou ʻo Sarah, ʻo Anjodi ka mea kuke kiʻekiʻe ponoʻī ma luna o ka moku nona nā menus he mau mea hana liʻiliʻi.

ʻO ka meaʻai maikaʻi a mākou e hauʻoli ai i kēlā me kēia lā, ua hui pū ʻia me nā waina i koho ʻia e kahi kāpena i ʻike maopopo i kāna mau mea "viticultural" a ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻike i ka nui o kēlā mau pā. Hāʻawi ʻia ka ʻaina awakea a puni ka papaʻaina ma luna o ka papa ʻaina a ʻo ka ʻaina ahiahi, kahi hana lōʻihi me nā papa he nui, e lawe ʻia i loko o ka salon nui i hoʻolako ʻia ma lalo. Ma ʻaneʻi mākou e hui ai no ka cocktails ma mua o ka noho ʻana a puni i kahi papaʻaina nui i waiho ʻia me ka nani. Ua hoʻolauna ʻia nā menus a me nā waina e ke kāpena a i ʻole Lauren, nāna i mālama i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana o ka "hotel", nā ʻoluʻolu o ka poʻe kaʻa, ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i ka hale kaʻa, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, a ʻo kāna mea ʻoliʻoli nui ʻo ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā cheeses i hana ʻia ma hope o ka ʻaina ahiahi. ʻAʻohe koho papa inoa, ʻoiai hiki i kekahi ke noi i nā kīʻaha punahele e puka mai i loko o ka pule - ua ʻai wale mākou i nā meaʻai i hana ʻia me ke akahele, me ka leʻaleʻa iā lākou me nā waina i koho ʻia e Julian mai nā māla waina ʻohana ma ke ala.

ʻO nā keʻena a me nā lumi ʻauʻau he paʻakikī akā ua hoʻolako ʻia me ka ʻoluʻolu, ʻoiai me nā hiʻohiʻona nani ma waena o nā kapa lāʻau a me ka lā o ka pūnāwai e ʻālohilohi ana i nā lālā, ʻaʻohe o mākou i hoʻolimalima manawa i loko o kā mākou keʻena a i ʻole ka lumi hoʻokipa nui me nā sofa a me nā noho maʻalahi. makemake e molowa ma luna o ka papa a hele i uka.

ʻO ka huakaʻi ma luna o ka holo moana ʻeono pō mai Le Somail a i Marseillan, ma ka wai paʻakai nui o uka o Lake Thau, ʻo ia ka hui āu e manaʻo ai. I kekahi mau lā he mau wahi maʻalahi ma kahi kauhale hiamoe e kaʻahele ma mua o nā hale kahiko, me he mea lā ʻaʻole i loli i loko o nā haneli mau makahiki. ʻO nā lā ʻē aʻe e hōʻike ana i kahi huakaʻi e ka minibus ponoʻī o Anjodi, i ʻike ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā i ko mākou nakinaki ʻana.

Ma ke kaona panalāʻau o Narbonne, lawe mākou i ka kofe ma kahi ākea lau a laila mākaʻikaʻi i ka mākeke paʻa. Ma Bezier ua hele mākou ma waena o ke kikowaena kahiko, mālama pono ʻia me nā hale he nui i mau hale kūʻokoʻa, a ma Minerve, nānā mākou i lalo i loko o nā awāwa limestone hohonu e hoʻopuni ana i ke kūlanakauhale e like me kā mākou mea hoʻokele Farani a alakaʻi ʻo Laurent i haʻi mai iā mākou i ka mōʻaukala koko koko o ke kūlanakauhale, ua hoʻopilikia ʻia. , a me nā kipi i hala ma mua o 700 makahiki a ʻoi aku. Ma kahi kū o ke kauhale, ʻike mākou i nā Pyrenees i uhi ʻia i ka hau ma kahi mamao.
ʻO ka huakaʻi i Carcassonne he mea kupaianaha wale nō - mai kahi mamao aku ma ke kua'āina, ua like ke kūlanakauhale i paʻa i ka pā me kona mau turrets e like me ka mea iʻikeʻia i ka wā i kūkuluʻia ai ke kūlanakauhale kahiko. I loko o nā pā a ʻoiai nā hale kūʻai mākaʻikaʻi a me nā hale kūʻai hiki ʻole, ua mau ka lewa o kahi kūlanakauhale paʻa, nona nā pā pōhaku nui e hiki ke pale aku i nā hoʻouka kaua.
Ma luna o ka papa ʻaina i ko mākou ʻauheʻe ʻana i loko o ka wai mālie, ʻo ka mea maʻamau me nā moku ʻē aʻe e kaʻahele ana, kamaʻilio nā poʻe holo a hoʻomaopopo ʻo Lauren e loaʻa iā mākou nā mea inu, kofe paha, nā mea inu ʻoluʻolu, a ma mua o ka ʻaina awakea, he kīʻaha waina. I kekahi lā, ua mākaʻikaʻi kekahi o ko mākou mau hoa Australia i ka "waho" Farani ma luna o nā kaʻa, a ma kekahi, kū mākou e ʻike i nā lio hihiu o ka Camargue. Hiki iā mākou a pau ke noho lōʻihi.

ʻO Anjodi kekahi o nā ʻauwaʻa ʻEulopa o nā moku nani e holo ana ma nā muliwai a me nā kahawai o Farani, Italia, Holani, a me Pelekiuma, me nā huakaʻi UK ma Thames, ka Canal Caledonian, Scottish Highlands, a me ka muliwai ʻo ʻIlani ʻo Shannon. No ka mea, lawe lākou ma waena o 4 a me 13 wale nō ka poʻe holo, kūpono lākou no ka hoʻolimalima ʻana no nā hoʻolauleʻa a me nā lā hoʻomaha ʻohana, a hiki i nā moku ʻelua ke holo pū no nā hui nui. Mai UK mai ka ea ea a hiki i Montpellier, Marseille, a me nā mokulele liʻiliʻi o Beziers, Carcassonne, a me Tours, a i ʻole hiki ke hoʻohui ʻia ka lā hoʻomaha me ka noho lōʻihi ma ka hema o Farani ma ka lele ʻana i Nice a i ʻole Lyon.

Aia nā lawelawe kaʻaahi maikaʻi e hui pū ana i ka Eurostar a me ka lawelawe kaʻaahi aupuni Farani maikaʻi loa i Avignon a hiki i Montpellier. ʻO kahi holo moku holo moana wale nō ma luna o Anjodi, me nā meaʻai a pau, nā waina, kahi pā ākea, a me nā huakaʻi hele a pau, nā kumukūʻai mai £2,250 no kēlā me kēia kanaka, ma muli o ka noho pālua. Loaʻa nā kikoʻī piha ma www.GoBarging.com ʻoiai ʻo kāu ʻelele makemake e mālama pono i nā puke holo moku a me nā huakaʻi ea/ala/alanui a me nā hoʻonohonoho hoʻololi no ʻoe.