Ku Topapi kunyumba yachifumu ndi akazi omwe adachitikira m'gawo lake kumapeto kwa Julayi 2013, pamodzi ndi mnzake ndi abwenzi. Anawulukira ku Ukraine. Poyamba anadabwa ndi ntchito yamakono. Tikiti kwa Topkapi Palace yolipirira 25 Turkish Lira (inali yofanana ndi 100 hryvnias, kapena madola 13). Dongosololi ndi losangalatsa: Mumagulitsa tikiti kunyumba yachifumu ku khomo, mumapita ku Sustay, osadziwa, ngati ochita zinthu zakale athandiza), kenako nkudza ndi kusangalala. Gawoli ndi lalikulu ndipo tsiku lina nkovuta kusamalira. Msungwana wanga Julia adakonda kujambulidwa, pafupifupi chilichonse, kotero tidayenera kukaona nyumba yachifumu kawiri. Zowona, kuwombera sikuloledwa m'chipinda chilichonse. Ndiwonjezera za "mwala pansi pamadzi". Tinapita kwa maola awiri masana: ku Istanbul m'mawa pang'ono pang'ono. Julia pa chisangalalo adayamba kujambulidwa. Pakadali pano adafika ku Hamrem (ndipo adayikidwa mu topapi, ndikofunikira kulipira payekha, kapena 60 UAH., Kapena pafupifupi $ 8), ndipo matikiti amagulitsidwa mpaka 5 pm. Julia ananena kuti, osawonapo Hamu, sadzauluka kunyumba. Tsiku lotsatira, tinabwera ndi matikiti dzulo ndipo tinayesa kufotokozera antchito a Museum yomwe tinali ku Topapy dzulo, timangofuna, osangotenga ndalama pakhomo. Koma ogwira ntchito za zikhalidwe ndi chikhalidwe chawo amadziwa bizinesi yawo: Talipiranso maulendo 25 kuti tikafike kunyumba yachifumu. Koma nthawi ino, pokumbukira cholakwika cha dzulo, nthawi yomweyo adathamangira kunyumba ndikugula tikiti. Iwo anali m'dera la zovuta mpaka maora atatu, ocheperako. Mwa njira, adapeza laibulale ya Sultan, yomwe sinatengere chidwi kale. Ndikukhulupirira kuti ndikapeza chatsopano tsiku lachitatu.
Tinatimenya nyumba zolemera kwambiri, zojambula za zida, zojambula, penti yapamwamba pamakoma ndi zomangamanga. Pakadali pano, kanema wonena za jrooxnera, ndipo tikuwoneka kuti tikusunthika zaka zapakati. Nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ili mumtima wa Istanbul, ku Sumanahmet. Tinkakhala ku hotelo yapafupi, ndipo chifukwa chake anayenda wapansi. Zinadabwitsidwa kuti ochepa a Russia, ambiri akunja (anakumana ndi mkazi wochokera ku Canada) ndi okalamba. Sitinayitanitse kalozera, adadzigwirira, koma alendo ambiri amapita kumitumbo kuti amvere malembawo.
M'dera lachikhalidwe chodabwitsa. Pali malo ogulitsira ndi chakudya ndi zilengedwe, ma caf ang'ono. Chifukwa chake simuyenera kudya nanu chakudya, ngakhale tinali kuyenda ndi mapaketi ang'onoang'ono omwe madzi ndi chokoleti adayikidwa. Tidatitola popanda mavuto. Adadabwitsabe malo ogulitsa mabuku. Ndidawona mabuku a Turkey (mwa njira, wotsika mtengo kwambiri kuposa pa eyapoti), za malo osungirako zinthu zakale. Zizindikiro zauzimu zambiri ndi chithunzi cha roxonero. Ogwira ntchito amalankhula Chingerezi mwangwiro, koma palibe amene amamvetsetsa ku Russia.
Ndimakondanso mtundu wabwino kwambiri, utoto ndi amadyera. Gulani, ngati watopa. Chimbudzi, komabe, osati choyera kwambiri, koma chovomerezeka. Palibe amene akupita kwa inu ndipo sakuwona kuti mumakhudza. Zizindikiro kuwonetsa onse ku Turkey ndi Chingerezi.
Inde, kuti tiyendere malo oterowo ndi okwera mtengo. Pokumbukira ndidagula buku lonena za Hamm ndi topkapi ku Chingerezi. Ndingakulangizeni kuti mupite ku zovuta zazomwezi kwa anthu omwe amadziwa kukhala aluso, koma osati kwa ana. Sadzakhala osangalatsa ngati atsikana ndi anthu a m'badwo wakalamba.
