Kwi-Topkapi Palace kwaye i-harem yayibambelele kwintsimi yayo ekupheleni kukaJulayi ngo-2013, kunye nomhlobo wakhe kunye nomhlobo wakhe. Wabhabha eUkraine. Ekuqaleni bamangaliswa yinkonzo yanamhlanje. Itikiti lokuya kwi-Treatkace Palace ixabisa i-25 Turkish Lira (ilingana ne-100 hryvnias, okanye i-13 yeedola). Inkqubo inomdla: uthumela itikiti kwibhotwe ekungeneni ekungeneni, uya kwindawo engaphantsi, uhamba njani (ukuba awazi ukuba uyonwabele njani), emva koko uye wonwabe. Intsimi inkulu kwaye ngamini-nye kunzima ukuphatha. Intombi yam uJulia ithanda ukufotwa, phantse yonke into, ngoko ke kuye kwafuneka sityelele ibhotwe kabini. Kuyinyani, ukudubula akuvunyelwa kuwo onke amagumbi. Ndiya kongeza malunga nelitye "elincinci lamanzi". Siye sahamba ngeenyawo iiyure ezimbini emva kwemini: e-Istanbul ekuseni i-fry enkulu. I-Julia yovuyo yaqala ukufotwa. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ufike kwi-harem (kwaye ibekwe eTopkapi, kuyafuneka ukuhlawula i-15 i-lirly ngokwahlukeneyo, okanye i-60 yoare. UJulia wathi, ngaphandle kokubona i-harem, ayizukubhabha. Ngemini elandelayo, seza ngamatikiti izolo kwaye sazama ukuchaza abaqeshwa bemyuziyam i-Strict Ukuba besikwi-topkapy izolo, sifuna kuphela i-harem, bathi, musa ukuthatha imali yokungena. Kodwa abasebenzi bezizwe zenkcubeko bayazi ishishini labo: Sahlawula i-25 Lira kwakhona ukuya kwibhotwe. Kodwa ngeli xesha, kuthathelwa ingqalelo impazamo izolo, ngokukhawuleza uye emnyango kwi-harem kwaye uthenge apho itikiti. Babekwintsimi yentsomi iiyure ezintathu, kungaphantsi. Ngendlela, bafumana ithala leencwadi laseSultan, elingazange linikele ingqalelo ngaphambili. Ndiqinisekile ukuba ndiza kufumana into entsha ngomhla wesithathu.
Siye sasibetha amagumbi esityebi, ingqokelela yezixhobo, iipeyinti, ukupeyinta okungathandekiyo ezindongeni kunye noyilo olumangalisayo. Ngeli xesha ngeli xesha, imuvi malunga neRoxolane yaya, kwaye sabonakala ngathi singathandabuzekisi kwiXesha Eliqhelekileyo. I-Coundoum Marands ikwintliziyo ye-Istanbul yakudala, kwi-Sultanahmet. Sasihlala kwihotele esikufuphi, kwaye ke bahamba ngeenyawo. Yamangaliswa kukuba bambalwa kakhulu abantu baseRussia, uninzi lwangaphandle (bafumana ibhinqa elivela eCanada) kunye nabantu abadala. Asizange si-odola isikhokelo, bazisebenze, kodwa uninzi lwabaphambukeli luye kwi-headsets kwaye lwaphulaphula isicatshulwa sololongo.
Kwintsimi yendalo enzima. Kukho iivenkile zokutya kunye nezilwanyana, iikhefe ezincinci. Ke akufuneki uthathe ukutya nawe, nangona sihamba ngeephakheji ezincinci apho amanzi netshokholethi abekwe khona. Sasikhumbula ngaphandle kweengxaki. Isamangalisa ivenkile yencwadi. Ndabona iincwadi ezimalunga neTurkey (ngendlela, iphantsi kakhulu kunakwisikhululo seenqwelomoya), malunga nemyuziyam ngokwayo. Zininzi izikhumbuzo ezinomfanekiso weRoxolane. Abasebenzi bathetha ngesiNgesi ngokugqibeleleyo, kodwa akukho mntu uqonda ngesiRashiya.
Ndikwayithanda indalo entle, imibala emininzi kunye nemifuno. Ivenkile, ukuba udiniwe. Indlu yangasese, nangona kunjalo, ayicocekanga kakhulu, yamkelekile. Akukho mntu uhamba kuwe kwaye akabukeli ukuba uchukumise. Iimpawu zokubonisa zombini kwiTurkey nesiNgesi.
Ewe kunjalo, ukutyelela indawo enjalo kuyabiza. Kwinkumbulo ndithenge incwadi malunga ne-harem kunye ne-topkapi ngesiNgesi. Ndingakucebisa ukuba utyelele iMyuziyam Marim Masters kubantu abayaziyo imvakalelo kubugcisa, kodwa hayi ebantwaneni. Abayi kuba banomdla njengamantombazana kunye nabantu beqela leminyaka elikhulayo.
