Ukuthi i-VSOE, ephethwe kwaye iqhutywa yinkampani yehotele iBelmond (ngaphambili eyayibizwa ngokuba yi-Orient-Express Hotels) ukusukela ngo-1982, inexesha elidlulileyo elibekiweyo.

Uloliwe wenza uhambo lwayo lobuntombi ukusuka eParis ukuya eVienna ngo-1883, xa oololiwe beendawo zokutyela ezineevenkile zokutyela, iimoto zokulala, ukufudumeza embindini, amanzi ashushu kunye nombane wegesi- ndingasathethi ke ngeebhekile zekristale, iikhethini zevelvet, kunye neepaneli zomthi - yayiyinto entsha eYurophu. Yaziwa njengokumkani woololiwe kunye noololiwe bookumkani, yayihlala ithwele oomongameli, amalungu osapho lwasebukhosini, abezopolitiko kunye neentlola ngexesha lokudlamka kwayo ngo-1920s no-1930.

Njengenye yezinto zokugqibela zobudala begolide yokuhamba, iinqwelomoya zayo ezintle zeediliya kunye nenkonzo eyindumasi iyaqhubeka nokutsala i-glitterati yamanye amazwe-nkqu nabakhangele phambili U-Elon Musk , osandula ukuphazamisa umsebenzi wakhe we-suborbital mission ukubhiyozela umhla wokuzalwa ebhodini, kunye nabahlobo abali-13. Badanisa ubusuku bonke, baba neseshoni yeyoga ngentsimbi yesi-7, emva koko balala imini yonke, umphathi kaloliwe, uMarco Girotto, wandixelela.

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Ubusuku obunye iVSOE London ukuya IVenice Inkonzo, leyo besiyithatha noAdam, yaqala ukwenziwa ngo-1889, ngololiwe waseBritane uPullman egubungela umlenze wokuqala wohambo. Uloliwe, ngoku ophethwe nguBelmond, usabathatha abakhweli kwisikhululo saseVictoria saseLondon usise eFolkestone eKent, phambi kokuba umqeqeshi obutofotofo abathuthe bawele umjelo kuloliwe waseEurostar bakhwele iVenice Simplon-Orient-Express eCalais, France.

I-Pullman, eyayisoloko isetyenziswa yiBritish Family Family, inezithuthi zayo eziqaqambileyo zobugcisa kwaye iyinto entle njengololiwe wayo, iVSOE. Umngcamli wethu, uBobby, wasiphakela i-bellinis elandelwa kukutshaya isalmon kunye namaqanda aqhekezayo nge-caviar njengoko sasiwela i-Thames ngesantya esiphantsi. Abagibeli bancume ngokubanzi kwaye baphakamisa ii-iPhones zabo ukuze bathathe iifoto xa sidlula.

Yaziswa njengeVenice Simplon-Orient-Express ngo-1982 xa yayiqala ukuthatha i-Simplon Tunnel eyi-12 yeemayile, uloliwe ohamba ngoku uhamba phakathi kweLondon, eParis, naseVenice ukusuka ngoMatshi ukuya kuNovemba, kwaye wenza uhambo oluya eParis-to-Istanbul kanye unyaka, ngo-Agasti okanye ngo-Septemba. U-Agatha Christie, umbhali wenoveli ofundwa kakhulu embalini, waqala ngololiwe ngo-1928 emva kokuqhawula umtshato nomyeni wakhe, kwaye wayekhe wakhweliswa enqanaweni iiyure ezingama-24 ngenxa yezikhukula.

Yayingamava ke la, ukuva ukuba i-VSOE kunye nabakhweli babebanjiswe yi-blizzard eTurkey kangangeentsuku ezintandathu ngo-1929, nto leyo eyamkhuthazayo ukuba abhale ukubulala kwi-Orient Express ngo-1934. Ukubulala kwenzeka ezinzulwini zobusuku, kwaye Iqela labarhanelwa- sisidwangube, umthunywa wevangeli, unjingalwazi, kunye nohambo, phakathi kwabanye - babambeke kuloliwe emva kwethambeka kunye nomcuphi waseBelgium uHercule Poirot. Kukho into malunga ne-tangle yabantu abangabazi ecinezelweyo kunye kangangeentsuku kungekho nto idibeneyo kodwa isidingo sokuhamba usiya kwenye indawo kwaye ungaze uphinde ubonane kwakhona, uChristie wabhala.

Kule mihla, umntu uthatha iVenice Simplon-Orient-Express ngokuchanekileyo yohambo, kunokuba asuke ku-A aye ku-B. Abakhweli babhiyozela isikhumbuzo somtshato, imihla yokuzalwa, kwaye, ngokukaGirotto, uqhawulo-mtshato, apha endleleni. Kodwa nokuba siyintoni na isizathu sokuba nilapha, nicinezelwe kunye nonke. Olu ayilohambo lokungenisa izethulo: ukunxulumana nabanye yeyona nto iphambili kumava.

Sasiqale uhambo lwethu phantsi kwesibhakabhaka esingwevu, esiqhubeka kwizitiya ze-apile zaseKent nakumantla eFransi kude kube sebusuku. Njengoko sidlula kwi-inky esempuma yeFrance kunye nomdlali wepiyano ongene ku-Elton John, ukwaziswa kwesibini kwesidlo sangokuhlwa. Nditshintshile (ii-intshi ezine ze-stilettos ngumceli mngeni kuloliwe ohambayo) ndaya kwimoto yokutyela yaseLalique, ebizwa ngokuba ziipaneli zeglasi zeArt Nouveau ezindongeni zayo, apho mna noAdam besonwabela isidlo esimnandi esiphekwe ekhitshini kungekho sikhulu kunasinye- Igumbi lokulala laseManhattan. I-lobster ene-cauliflower velouté kunye ne-caviar, ifillet ephekwe kancinci yenkomo yenkomo eyosiweyo ene-truffles, itshizi kunye neepasile zepastile zetshokholethi zonke zazisiwe kwi-china ene-edged.

Ngexesha lokuthatha umhlala-phantsi kwikomkhulu lethu ngeeyure zokuqala, sasinabahlobo abali-12 abatsha abebefana nabalinganiswa bakaChristie, kubandakanya umongikazi waseCanada, umfama weegusha waseYorkshire kunye nentombi yakhe, igosa lezomkhosi elihonjiswe kakhulu, kunye Umxhasi wezezimali waseSwitzerland. Abanye babegcinele ipaseji yobusuku obunye ubomi babo bonke; abanye, kubandakanya omnye wabaqokeleli abathathu baka-Aston Martin esidibene nabo, babekohambo lwabo lwesithathu okanye lwesine lwe-VSOE.

Nokuba bakweliphi inqanaba lamava, elowo wayesazi uloliwe ngaphakathi nangaphandle. Ndifuna ukuxelela umphathi wam ukuba akadingi kundibonisa i-chrome light switch okanye utshixe ucango lwekhabhathi, utshilo umongikazi wokuqala, etyibilika isitshizi se-cocktail kwi-kilt sporran yakhe. Ndizibukele iividiyo ze-You Tube izihlandlo ezilikhulu!

Iindaba zokuba iisuti ezintathu ezinkulu zabucala ezinamagumbi okulala, iishawa (iikhabhathi kungoku nje zinendawo zokuhlambela; izindlu zangasese zabiwa), kwaye iindawo zokuhlala ziya kongezwa ngo-Matshi 2018 zaxoxwa ngomdlandla omkhulu, ngaphandle kwexabiso le- $ 6,160 ngomntu ngamnye.

Emva kokulala kamnandi phantsi kwamashiti amhlophe amhlophe kunye neengubo ezingqindilili zeebhaskiti zethu (kunye nabantwana ababini abangaphantsi kwesithathu ubusuku obungenakuphazanyiswa yinto enqabileyo nexabisekileyo) savuka saya kubusuku obuluhlaza kwiiAlps zaseSwitzerland. Imincili, ikhephu kunye nokugungqa ngobunono kwekhabhathi yethu yayiyeyona nto ilungileyo kwiintloko zethu ezibuhlungu. Igosa lethu, uRiccardo, wasihambisela isidlo sakusasa samakhekhe, isaladi yeziqhamo, kunye nekofu emnyama eyomeleleyo kwitreyi yesilivere. Sihleli apho intsasa yonke, sithinjwa ngumbono, ngaphambi kokujoyina abahlobo bethu abatsha.

Ukutyhilwa okukhulu kwimoto yokutyela i-L'Oriental 4095 yayikukuba omnye umntu odumileyo owayekhwele ebhodini, ongumlingisi wethu owalupheleyo kunye nempendulo ku-Agatha Christie kaCaroline Hubbard, u-AKA Linda Arden, wayebangele ukuxhalaba ekhitshini ngokucela isalmon ye-vegan ngesidlo sasemini. Ayisiyo yokuba abasebenzi beVSOE abasetyenziswanga kwizicelo zokutya ezingekho kwimenyu: UJohn Travolta ukhe wacela oko IsiFrentshi Qhotsa ngelixa ukhwele nosapho, kwaye ngaphandle komngcipheko womlilo, banyanzelekile.

Ilake Lugano yase-Italiya inikezele ngasemva kwisidlo sethu, enye into efanelekileyo ye-Michelin yenkwenkwezi ye-scallops kwi-inki ye-squid, inkukhu enamakhowe e-shitake, kunye ne-tangerine cheesecake eyayihamba ngokukhawuleza ngexesha kunye neenqwelo ezihamba phambili. Njengesiqhelo, inkonzo evela kubalungiseleli abanxibe iimpahla ezimhlophe, uninzi lwabo baqeqeshwe kwihotele yaseSwitzerland iGstaad Palace, yayichanekile ngaphandle kokunyanzelwa: iiglasi zamanzi zagcwaliswa kwaye iiroli ze-brioche zazaliswa ngaphandle kokuqaphela kwethu.

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Siwele iVenetian Lagoon saza saya kwisikhululo saseSanta Lucia kanye xa ilanga lalitshona, satshintsha iinkcukacha zemithombo yeendaba nabantu esasihamba nabo, kwaye, sizisola kakhulu, savalelisa uRiccardo, owayesithambisile, ukusebenzisa amazwi kaChristie, njenge panda zoo. IVenice iSimplon-Orient-Express yayinokungaphezulu kokuhlala kumgangatho wayo njengohambo lukaloliwe oluqaqambileyo emhlabeni.

Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva, ndibukele ukuvavanywa kokubulala okutsha kwi-Orient Express. UKenneth Branagh uyalela neenkwenkwezi njengo Hercule Poirot, ezemidlalo iindevu ezinamandla ezigoqana ezidleleni zakhe njengemisila yamawele (uChristie, owachaza ifanitshala yobuso bukaPoirot njengezona madevu zibalaseleyo eNgilani ngokuqinisekileyo zaziza kuvuma). Umboniso bhanyabhanya unobunzima bokubonakalayo kunye neemvakalelo obuye basilela kwezinye iimveliso, kunye nokunye ukusebenza kweenkwenkwezi. UMichelle Pfeiffer wandishukumisela ukuba ndilile njengoCaroline Hubbard kwaye wenza intsebenzo kaLauren Bacall kwimveliso kaSidney Lumet yowe-1974, ungoyiki ndiyitsho, kunokuba inqaku elinye.

Okwangoku, xa ndishiya indawo yemidlalo yeqonga, andizange ndikwazi ukuzibamba ndizisola ngokuba i-cast zange ifumane amava okwenyani, kuba imovie yaveliswa kwigumbi lokufundela elikufutshane neLondon. Ukuma koololiwe kujongeka kuyakholisa kwaye kuntle ngokwaneleyo, kodwa akukho seti inokuphinda ivelise ngokuchanekileyo isingqisho okanye ukukhanya okutshintshayo kweekhareji zamaplanga zembali njengoko bethoba amachibi adlulileyo kwaye beba mnyama emathunjini; i-chink yeekristale zeglasi ezinzima kunye nesilivere yakudala kwiimoto zokudlela; ukuvutha kwamalahle asasebenza njengobushushu obuphakathi. Kwaye, imovie malunga nokubulala ayinakuze ithathe uvuyo olunyulu lwabakhweli abali-180 benxibe ii-nines kubomi babo. Ngenxa yoko, kuya kufuneka ubhukishe itikiti ngokwakho.

Kwaye, nceda, ushiye iidenim yakho ekhaya.

Ukubhukisha indawo yokuhlala eVenice Simplon-Orient-Express, ndwendwela belmond.com . Ukuya eLondon ukuya eVenice kuqala ukusuka kwi- $ 3,102.