Njengoko ikhabhathi icotha ukumisa, ndikrwela ezinye zezinto ezenziwe nguJack Frost ngefestile kwaye ndikhangela kubunzulu bobusuku obumhlophe. Sikufutshane nemizuzu eli-15 ukusuka embindini weHelsinki, ukanti oomatshini abashinyeneyo behlathi basingqongile.
Uqinisekile ukuba oku kulungile? Ndibuza umqhubi, ndibile ukujonga umhlobo wam uSophie ophakamisa amashiya akhe ukuphendula.
Le yidilesi ondinika yona, utsho ecofa iqhosha lemitha.
Ndijonge uSophie kwakhona kwaye ndinikezela ngokunyusa iigusha. Yayingumbono wam ukuphuma IKauruna Sauna , isiseko esirhabaxa, eshushu sokhuni eHelsinki's ihlathi lase-Old Meilahti. Ndichithe ixesha elingcono lemini ndijonga indawo yenqanawa yoluntu yaseFinland, ndisampula umphunga kwiindawo ezahlukeneyo zeedolophu. Kodwa kwinto endiyifundileyo, uKaurilan wathembisa amava anyanisekileyo. Ngexesha lesidlo sangokuhlwa kufutshane neHelsinki Harbour ndiye ndaqinisekisa uSophie ukuba andijoyine.
Ngokwe-Finnish Sauna Society, eyasekwa kwiminyaka ye-1930 yokugcina inkcubeko ye-sauna yelizwe, kukho ngaphezulu kwe-3 yezigidi zeesauna eFinland - enye inye kubantu ababini. Emuva emini, ii-sauna kwabelwana ngazo phakathi kwabemi bendawo enye okanye indawo yokuhlala, kodwa amanzi afumanekayo ashushu afumanekayo abangela ukuba ezi ndawo zikawonke-wonke ziphelelwe lixesha. Kutshanje, nangona kunjalo, umdla ohlaziyiweyo wokwabelana ngesitimu nabantu ongabaziyo ukhuthaze uhlobo lokuvuselelwa kwe-sauna eHelsinki. Bendikumsebenzi wokuphonononga uninzi lwabo kangangoko ndinako.
Ukuhla kwikhareji sisiya emaphandleni nekhephu sihamba sisiya kwindlu efama enobubele-intuthuzelo yempucuko phakathi kobumnyama obungaqhelekanga. Ngasekhohlo kwethu ikhabhathi ebambekayo ithe ngcu emaphepheni, ukukhotha ilangatye lekhandlela kubonakala ngefestile ebilayo.
Oko kufanelekile, utshilo uSophie, kwaye sinyuka kwizinyuko zekhabini kwaye sivule umnyango. Ukuqhushumba komoya onqabileyo kusiqhubela phambili singene kwigumbi lokuqala elalikhanya kulayiti lomlilo. Sityhale ucango ngokukhawuleza ukuze sigweme ukubanda, sihlazekile ngumbonakalo owenziwe kukufika kwethu. Amabhinqa amabini asongele isinxibo se-maxi ngeetawuli ezinde, ezinemibala yeflakisi zihlala kwitafile yefama ehlala indawo entle yegumbi, amakhandlela kunye neiglasi zamanzi etafileni ephambi kwazo, isonka esirhabaxa sesonka esimdaka ibhodi yokusika elinde ukusikwa.
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