Mu 2018, ine ndi mwamuna wanga tinaika kutchuthi ku Soci. Julayi inali dzuwa mokwanira, kotero ife, tinakulungidwa ndi kusima thupi. Kulikonse kovuta kwambiri ku Russia, kumakumana nafe ochezeka, kukhazikika ku hotelo. Nyumbazo ndi zoyera, zowongolera mpweya zimagwira ntchito moyenera, ntchitoyi inali pamlingo wapamwamba. Magombe ndi oyera, okonzeka ndi chilichonse chofunikira, motero anali bwino kucheza m'mphepete mwa nyanja.
Ena onse anali okwanira, zoona, aliyense amayesetsa kuyendera madzi mu Julayi, ndipo mikhalidwe yake ndi yabwino. Tinafuna makamaka kudzuwa, koma iwo adatha kuwotcha, kupindula kwa kirimu kuchokera ku Tanulo. Kudzipenda pano kuposa, kuyenda m'mphepete mwa nyanja, kukwera m'mabwato, kunamvetsera kulira kwa machara ndi phokoso la mafunde, kotero kuti mulankhule. Mapaki okongola okhala ndi zotsekemera komanso zotsekemera wamba ndizabwino chabe, pano mutha kuyenda kwa maola ambiri ndipo simudzatopa. Anali m'paki yamadzi, tinali ndi mwayi wochezera ndi malo amodzi otere, koma zosangalatsa, zinali zosangalatsa kwa ma ruble 1,500 kwa awiri. Zipilala zambiri zoseketsa, akasupe, makamaka chosangalatsa chili pafupi ndi kasupe woyimba. Kanyumba ka Stalin, inde, nyumba zodzichepetsa kwambiri za oyang'anira zamakono, koma ndizosangalatsabe kuwona komwe dziko la dziko lili ndi milandu yachitsulo limachokera. Tikakhala paulendowu, tiyenera kupita kumadera opatulika, nthawi ino inali pakachisi wamkulu wa Yesu Mpulumutsi, wokongola ndi luso lamakono la kachisi. Ndikosangalatsa kwambiri, pomwe adagula, mwamunayo adasankha ma vinyo, mtengo womwe udayamba kuchokera ku 300 mpaka 2500 ruble, ndidachita chidwi ndi mitundu yonse yazodzikongoletsera, koma sizinachitike mu gawo la Zogulitsa kuchokera pa 18 mpaka 1800 rubles. Zonunkhira sizingakhale zothandiza kunyumba, tili osagwirizana ndi mnzanu, mitengo yamitengo idalipo 18 mpaka 400 kutengera kulemera ndi mitundu. Njala idayamba kutchinga, nthawi ina idayendera lesitilanti. Chakudya cham'mawa chamasana chimadzetsa masikono 400, ndipo chakudya chamadzulo ndi mowa chimatha 2500 ma rubles athu. Sindinkafuna kuchokapo, nthawi inali kusungunuka mwachangu, panalibe chidwi chobwereranso ku mavuto abanja. Zimawononga chaka chathunthu kuti zizigwira ntchito kuti nthawi yachilimwe ndikofunikira kubalanda m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndikusangalala ndi mphepo, dzuwa ndi madzi.
