Ukuhambahamba ngentaba yePetershin, mna nomyeni wam saya kwimonki. Kwavela ukuba le yeyona nto indala yasePrague yimoniya yetragov. Indawo inomdla kakhulu. Iindonga ezimhlophe kunye neediliya zasendle, intendelezo ethe cwaka ngemithi yakudala. Igadi ye monastery iqala ukusuka kwinduli kwaye ineqonga elijongelayo eligcina iPrague degrees. Iivenkile ezininzi kwintsimi, kukho apho kufuneka uphumle khona. Umnyango simahla. Kodwa izindlu zangasese ziyahlawulwa. Ukwenza i-monastery. Kodwa iimonki ndibone kuphela kwizifundo zokuboniswa, mhlawumbi kukho kancinci apho.
Ndikhumbula ukuba ndifuna ukubona ithala leencwadi lamakhombeko. Sihlawule izithsaba ezili-140 ngetikiti nganye (malunga ne-ruble emalunga nama-400). Uhambo oluhamba ngeRussia hayi, ungathatha ikhadi kunye nenkcazo yemiboniso. Ukucaciswa kweziphose iincwadi, ndinomdla kakhulu.
Indawo ebekiweyo, nangona kunjalo, ayikhululekanga kakhulu: kwipaseji, phambi kweengcango zamathala eencwadi. Isithuba simxinwa, kuya kufuneka utyelele kubo. Ithala leencwadi ngokwalo liyiyo, kunjalo, intle kakhulu.
Yimfesane enandipha ubuhle buvela emnyango. Igumbi ngokwalo alivumelekanga. Ukufota nokuba ayivumelekanga. Ndaphoxeka. Ii-ruble ezingama-400, umbono ovela kwi-phyhole ubonisiwe. Musa ukuchitha imali, ayifanelekanga. EPrague, imirhumo emininzi enemifanekiso ebalaseleyo yokupeyinta kunye nokungena simahla.
Ngokwahlukeneyo, ndifuna ukuxela ngendawo yokutyela yebhiya ebekwe kumhlaba wemoniya. Qiniseka ukuba uye. Kukho ibhiya elimangalisayo. Amaxabiso athile kunye nesiqingatha amaxesha aphezulu kunebhiya eqhelekileyo, kodwa kufanelekile. Inxalenye inkulu, yanele enye yaya ezimbini. Indawo yokutyela ngexesha lokufudumeza ivulekile iveranda. Sasingo-Okthobha, wayesasebenza.
Ndwendwela i-monastery ye-trihov, le yindawo yosapho lonke. Mna nomyeni wam ndiyakhumbula iPrague, sicinga ngale ndawo imangalisayo ngokufudumala okhethekileyo. Qiniseka ukuba ubuyela apho.