Uhambo oluya eVenice luye ngokungalindelekanga. Abazali abaqhelekileyo banike ukhenketho, kwaye bacebisana kwaye bazibandakanya nathi. Sasifumana inzuzo ye-visa, nayo yonke enye into yacwangciswa ngokukhawuleza. Siye sasusa ezona zine iiholide kwesona sixeko sothando sehlabathi - iVenice. Ngeli xesha kulo nyaka unemvula apha, kwaye kuyo yonke indawo kukho ubushushu obuya kukhawuleza ukuqhubela phambili. Kodwa sasinethamsanqa, kwaye laliphantse lahlala lilanga, liphelile kabini ithontsi lemvula encinci. Izinto zazifudumele nazo, ke, zinxibe ngokufudumeleyo kwaye zibambe iambrela, saya ehlole iziko ledolophu.
Uza kuqala phi? Ewe, ukusuka kwiSan Marco Square - Intliziyo yesixeko. Into yokuqala ebalekayo emehlweni ngamafu amajuba. Ukuba baqala ukondla, babhabha kuwe, bahlale emahlombe kunye nempahla, kwaye emva koko bazame ukuzisusa. Ijuba yincwadana yemigaqo. Kummandla womjikelo wonke apho kukho izakhiwo zembali. Asizanga kwibhotwe kunye necawa ye-Sn Mark, kwaye basithanda ubuchule boYilo esitratweni, baqhuba ikofu eneenqaba ezinqwenelekayo kwisikwere. Apha, ityhefu nganye ithwala imemori yembali yeentsuku zakudala.
Izitrato zenza ilabhusi kwaye ngaphandle kwekhadi azifumani apho ukhoyo, kwaye awuyifiki yonke yonke into ngonyawo, kuba isixeko sisemanzini. Ukubona ibhulorho ye-ridge kunye ne-rialto bridge, iqeshiwe i-gondola kunye ne-nyem. I-canal ayizange ichukumiseke. Inuka ngathi ingathandekiyo kuye, amanzi athambile, kodwa balibale ngokukhawuleza ngayo, njengoko phazanyiswa bubuhle. Imangalisa indlela abantu abakwazi ngayo ukwakha isixeko emanzini ngezakhiwo ezinjalo, ngelixa bebambelela kwaye bahlawule iminyaka emininzi.
Iivenkile ze-souverir zininzi, kodwa sasinomdla kwiimaski, kuba zibayalela njengezilondolozo, njengamaqhekeza ama-5, kwaye kufuneka ndizithenge into. Ukusuka kwilinge lokuqala, yonke into yathengwa.
Sasijonga icawe yeNtombi enyulu enguMary, eyayakhiwe ngo-1681 ngokuzukiswa komzi wesixeko esivela kwisibetho. Umnyango wabakhenkethi simahla, ke baninzi abantu abakhoyo, kwaye sagqiba kwelokuba singazithambisi kuyo.
Ngorhatya, axhonywe kwiindawo zokutyela apho bekunokwenzeka, akaphilanga kuphela, umculo wase-Italiya, kodwa ukudanisa.
Olu hambo luthanda kakhulu, kwaye umoya weVeveice wahlala kwimiphefumlo yethu. Ewe kunjalo, kungcono ukuya apha ngexesha lofudumeleyo, kodwa alikho ngokusisiseko. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, eyona nto iphambili ukuze ubone izinto kwaye uzive uziva thando lweVenice.