MuTopkapi Palace uye neHarem hostory pamucheto wayo pakupera kwaChikunguru 2013, pamwe neshamwari yake uye shamwari. Akabhururuka achibva kuUkraine. Pakutanga vakashamisika nebasa razvino. Tiketi kune Topkapi Palace Mutengo 25 Turkish Lira (yakaenzana ne100 hryvnias, kana madhora gumi nemashanu). Iyo sisitimu inonakidza: Unotengesa tikiti kumuzinda uri pamusuwo, iwe enda kune subway, scan (kana usingazive kuti, saka vashandi vevashandi vachabatsira), vobva vauya kuzokwanisa. Ndima yakakura uye rimwe zuva zvakaoma kubata. Musikana wangu Julia aifarira kutorwa mifananidzo, anenge zvese chinhu, saka taifanira kushanyira imba yamambo kaviri. Chokwadi, kupfura hakubvumirwe mumakamuri ese. Ini ndichawedzera nezve "dombo remvura". Takaenda kushanya kwemaawa maviri masikati: muIstanbul mangwanani anotyisa fry. Julia paiye mufaro akatanga kutorwa mifananidzo. Kusvika pakasvika muHarem (uye inoiswa muTopkapi, zvinodikanwa kubhadhara mazwi gumi nemashanu zvakasiyana, kana 60 UAH., Kana anenge madhora masere), zvakazoitika kuti zvatotora 5.30 pm, uye matikiti anotengesa kusvika 5 pm. Julia akadaro, asina kuona rusuwa, haazoku kubhururuka kumba. Zuva rakatevera racho, takauya nematizi ezuro uye takaedza kutsanangurira vashandi veMyuziyamu Commyx kuti isu tanga tiri muTopkapy nezuro, isu tinongoda kusungwa, vanoti, usatore mari yekupinda. Asi vashandi vetsika dzechikamu vanoziva bhizinesi ravo: Isu takabhadhara 25 lira zvakare kusvika kuimba yamambo. Asi panguva ino, kutora hanya nezuro chikanganiso, pakarepo ndokumhanyira kumukova wehushe uye akatengwa ipapo tikiti. Ivo vaive munharaunda yeiyo yakaoma zvakare maawa matatu, pasina zvishoma. Nenzira, vakawana raibhurari yeSultani, iyo isina kuteerera pakutanga. Ndine chokwadi chekuti ndaizowana chimwe chinhu chitsva pazuva rechitatu.
Isu takatirova iyo dzimba dzakapfuma, muunganidzwa wezvombo, pendi, kupenda zvine hunyanzvi pamadziro uye kuvharidzira kunoshamisa. Panguva ino chete, iyo bhaisikopo pamusoro peRoxolane yakaenda, uye taiita sekunge ndisingazive kuti tendepiko kuMiddle Ages. Iyo yemumuseum yakaoma inowanikwa mumoyo yeiyo yekare Istanbul, mu Sultanahmet. Taigara muhotera padyo, uye saka vakafamba netsoka. Zvakashamisika kuti vashoma vekuRussia veRussia, vazhinji vatorwa (vakasangana nemumwe mukadzi anobva kuCanada) nevakuru. Hatina kuraira chinongedzo, vakaenda ivo pachavo, asi vatorwa vazhinji vakapinda mumisoro huru uye vakateerera iwo mavara ezvipfuyo.
Padunhu remamiriro ezvinhu akaomarara zvishamiso. Kune zvitoro nezvokudya uye zvikafu, zvidiki zvidiki. Saka haufanirwe kutora chikafu newe, kunyange tafamba nemapakeji madiki umo mvura uye mbariro dzakachengetedzwa. Takatipotsa isu tisina chero matambudziko. Ndichiri kushamisika nebhuku remabhuku. Ndakaona mabhuku anenge aTurkey (nenzira, zvakanyanya zvakachipa kupfuura kuairport), nezveMuseum pachayo. Akawanda manyorerwo nemufananidzo weRoxolane. Vashandi vanotaura muChirungu zvakakwana, asi hapana anonzwisisa muRussia.
Ndainakidzwawo hunhu hwakanaka, mavara mazhinji uye ma greens. Shopu, kana waneta. Chimbudzi, zvisinei, kwete chakanakisa, asi zvinogamuchirika. Hapana munhu anokuwana iwe uye haatarise kuti iwe unobata. Zviratidzo kuratidzira zvese muTurkey neChirungu.
Ehezve, kushanyira nzvimbo yakadai kunodhura. Mukurangarira ndakatenga bhuku nezve harem uye topkapi muChirungu. Ini ndaizokupa zano kuti ndishanyire museum yakaoma kune vanhu vanoziva pfungwa muhunyanzvi, asi kwete kuvana. Ivo havazove vanonakidza sevasikana uye vanhu veboka rakura.
