1 - Ukuhamba kwethu kwe-Champs-Elysees Ukuqala e-Arc de Triomphe
I-Avenue des Champs-Élysées kanye neGuil Tuileries eParis, eFrance yizindawo ezihamba ngamamitha angu-2 257 (indlela eyodwa) njengoba sihamba ukusuka e-Arc de Triomphe l'Étoile entshonalanga kuya eMyuziyamu Museum ngasempumalanga. Ungase ufune ukwenza amanye ama-side detours noma upheqa izitolo nezitidi endleleni. Siqala futhi siqede ezindaweni ezinokumiswa kweMetro, ngakho-ke unganquma ukuhamba uhambo oluhamba ngezinyawo noma usebenzise ukuthutha ukuya endaweni elandelayo eParis.
I-Arc de Triomphe iyindawo enkulu yokuqala yokuhamba kwakho. Kuphezu kwentaba, ngakho-ke ukuhamba kwethu kuyoba ikakhulukazi ukwehla kusuka lapha.
Izithuthuthu ze-Traffic ezungeze i-Arc de Triomphe, ngakho-ke hlalani uphephile futhi usebenzise umhubhe ohamba ngezinyawo ukusuka ku-Avenue de la Grande Armee noma i-Wagram ephuma kuMetro ukuze ufike nase-Arc ngokwayo.
Lena ihabhu lokuthutha. Ungakwazi ukufinyelela e-Arc de Triomphe yiMetro (imigqa 1, 2, no-6 imisa uCharles-de-Gaulle-Etoile), ngebhasi, noma njengendlela yokumisa emgwaqweni wokuhamba ngebhasi.
Uma ufuna umbono omkhulu weParis kusukela phezulu kwe-Arc, ungakhokha imali yokungena futhi ugibele izinyathelo ezilukhuni ezingu-280 phezulu.
Uma kungenjalo, ujabulele imidwebo e-Arc, eguqa ukunqoba kukaNapoleon kanye nesiko lezempi laseFrance ngokujwayelekile.
2 - Ibhomu lamasosha engaziwa - iArc de Triomphe - eParis
Ibhomu laseFrance lomSolwazi engaziwa libhekene ne-Champs-Élysées. I-flame engunaphakade iyashisa. Lesi yisikhumbuzo sokuqala esinjalo, esasungulwa kanye neBrithani eWestminster Abbey ngoNovemba 11, 1920 (i-Armistice Day), emva kweMpi Yezwe I. Ilangabi livuselelwa njalo kusihlwa ngo-6: 30 ntambama.
UJacqueline Kennedy waphefumulelwa yilangabi lomlilo ukubeka ilangabi laphakade emathuneni omyeni wakhe, uMengameli John F. Kennedy, e-Arlington National Cemetery.
Ungase uthande ukuthatha isikhashana ucabange ngomlando okhungathekile wempi eFrance naseYurophu.
Ukuze siqhubeke nokuhamba kwethu ngaphansi kwe-Champs-Élysées, sebenzisa umhubhe wokuhamba ngezinyawo nomjikelezo ukuya e-Champs-Élysées. Siseduze ukuya kwelinye lamakethe amakhulu ezitolo zezwe.
3 - I-Cobblestones ye-Champs-Élysées
Njengoba uhamba engxenyeni engamakhilomitha amahlanu e-Champs-Élysées, umgwaqo ugcwele izitolo zomhlaba wonke, amathilomu anezikhala zokuhlala, ngisho noMcDonald's. Izindlela zomgwaqo zibanzi kodwa ngokuvamile zigcwele izakhamuzi ezivela emhlabeni jikelele. Ungalindeli ukuthi uzokwazi ukuhamba ungaphenduliwe noma ngesivinini esigcwele.
Ukuhamba ngalolu daba neqoqo elincane, sithatha ihora eliphelele ukuhamba ngaphansi kwemayela, ngaphandle kokuyeka ikhofi! Qaphela ukunyathela kwakho, njengoba kunomgudu phakathi kwendlela yomgwaqo kanye nabahleli bomuthi abanezimpande eziphakanyisiwe.
Njengomshayeli womncintiswano webhayisikili weTour de France, nganginesithakazelo ebusweni be-Champs-Elysées ngokwayo. Ekupheleni kukaJulayi unyaka ngamunye, ukugijima kwebhayisikili-amasonto amaningi kuphelela ngamasimu e-Champs-Elysées. Ama-cobblestones agqoke kahle kodwa akuyona indawo ehamba phambili yokuhamba ngebhayisikili. Abakwa-Savvy bazama ukusebenzisa ukukhanya okulula okuyi-gutter njengoba bekulwela inkazimulo enkulu yezwe lokugibela ibhayisikili - ukunqoba i-sprint yokugcina e-Champs-Elysées.
Kwabahambahambayo, kukhona ukuhamba ngezinyawo ze-Champs-Elysées ukuze uthole ukusuka kolunye uhlangothi kuya kolunye. Kodwa umgwaqo omkhulu futhi uhamba kahle kakhulu ohlangothini ngalunye nge-crossing minimal.
4 - Imigwaqo Ethiwa Ngomuthi Ehlangene Ne-Champs-Élysées
Ngemuva kwesigaba sokuqala samahhafu sezitolo kanye ne-bistros, ufika nxazonke lapho i-Avenue Franklin Roosevelt ne-Avenue Montaigne bewela khona i-Champs-Élysées. Sebenzisa ukuhamba ngezinyawo futhi ungene endaweni eningi yepaki, indawo enezihlahla. Ikhilomitha elilandelayo eduze ne-Champs-Élysées ikunika ithuba lokubalekela umsindo womgwaqo futhi uhlale isikhashana ebhentshini lepaki. Uzophinde ubone izindawo zokuphumula zomphakathi endleleni.
Izihlahla ziyi-chestnuts yamahhashi. Ungakwazi ukunamathela emgwaqeni ovulekile eduze nomgwaqo, noma uthathe umzila ohlangothini olwabeleni olukhanyayo ngokusebenzisa ukulungiselelwa kwepaki kuya eTheyâtre Marigny.
5 - Umthombo iThââtre Marigny
Eduze emakhilomitha angu-1 ukusuka ku-Arc de Triomphe kuya eLouvre, insiza emigwaqeni yamagravel isisondeza kulo mthombo omuhle ngaphandle kweTheyâtre Marigny.
Ngasenyakatho kwe-Avenue de Marigny yiNdlu ka-Élysée, "i-White House" yaseFrance, nezitolo zabathengisi bezitembu. ENingizimu, ngaphesheya kwe-Champs-Élysées, yiPalais enkulu.
Njengoba uqhubeka uhamba waya eLouvre, hamba i-Avenue Marigny ngezindlela ezihamba phambili futhi ujabulele ukuhamba ngezinyawo emgwaqeni noma emigwaqweni yamatshe.
6 - i-Obelisk yeLuxor endaweni yase-Concorde
I-Avenue des Champs-Élysées isuka e-Place de la Concorde empumalanga kuya e-Arc de Triomphe entshonalanga, engaphezu kweyhilomitha elilodwa futhi ngaphansi kwamakhilomitha amabili. Dlulela ngokucophelela ngezindlela zokuhamba ngezinyawo eziya e-oval okhonini ye-Place de la Concorde.
Lesi sikwele sasisayithi le-guillotine elabulawa yiNkosi Louis XVI, i-Queen Marie Antoinette, nabanye abaningi ngesikhathi se-Revolution yesiFulentshi.
I-Obelisk yaseLuxor yayisipho eFrance evela kubabusi base-Ottoman yaseGibhithe ngo-1829, yathuthela kuleli sayithi ngo-1839. Ekuqaleni i-obelisk eyayineminyaka engu-3300 yayisemnyango wethempeli laseLuxor eGibhithe futhi likhumbula ukubusa kukaRamses II .
Kusukela kuleli phuzu, ungabona i-Eiffel Tower entshonalanga kanye nezakhiwo zamatshe ze-French Naval Ministry kanye ne-Hôtel de Crillon enyakatho.
7 - I-Tuileries Gard Gardens-Lined Way
Njengoba siyaqhubeka empumalanga ukusuka e-Place de la Concorde, manje singakwazi ukuhamba emigwaqweni ehlanganiswe izihlahla zemikhumbi emiGudini yaseTuileries. Lokhu kuyisiphephelo esithulile emsindweni wesigcawu sothenga ngasentshonalanga ku-Champs-Élysées. Ungakwazi ukuma isikhashana kunoma yikuphi amabhentshi amaningi futhi uhlale emthunzini futhi ubuke wonke umuntu adlule. Lesi sigaba ngezihlahla zezindiza zifinyelela cishe ingxenye yesigamu se-kilomitha noma isigamu sekhilomitha.
8 - Izindwangu Zama-Tuileries Grand Carré - Imibhede Yombala
Manje sifike ekupheleni okuvulekile kwempumalanga yeTuerieseries Gardens, i-Grand Carré. Lapha ungakwazi ukujabulela imibhede yemifula ehlelekile futhi ubone ukuthi ekuqaleni kwakuhlelwe kanjani njengezivande zikaCatherine de Medici maphakathi nawo-1500.
Ekuhambeleni kwami, ukufaka okwesikhashana ukudweba ubuciko kufaka ithubhu elimhlophe elimhlophe. Lokhu kwakuyizithombe zesikhashana "Inkondlo Yezizwe Zomhlaba," ngo-Adrián Villar Rojas.
Ngasemaphethelweni asempumalanga ye-square, ngihambe amakhilomitha amabili ukusuka e-Arc de Triomphe.
9 - I-Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel
Sifinyelela ekupheleni kwempumalanga yamagquma aseTuileries futhi sibone omunye umncintiswano wokunqoba kukaNapoleon, iArc de Triomphe du Carrousel. Izindonga zakha ishidi elibheke entshonalanga.
Ngihambe ngaphesheya kwamamayela amabili ukusuka e-Arc de Triomphe futhi ngiwela emgwaqweni owodwa ukuze ngifike lapho ngiya khona, i-Louvre Museum.
10 - I-Pyramid ye-Louvre Museum
Manje sesihambe amakhilomitha angu-2.25 noma cishe amakhilomitha amane ukusuka e-Arc de Triomphe, phansi kwe-Champs-Elysees nakumaJudiya eTuileries kuya ePhiramidi yaseMouvre Museum.
I-Louvre Museum ingenye yeminyuziyamu emikhulu yezobuciko emhlabeni, ikhaya le-Mona Lisa, i-Winged Victory, i-Venus de Milo nama-Vermeers amabili. Lapha sigcina ukuhamba kwethu kokufaneleka futhi kufanele sishintshe ekuvinjeni "kwe-museum shuffle" uma ufuna ukuvakasha ngaphakathi.
Uma ufaka ngomnyango wePiramidi, uzophuma esikrinini sokuphepha ngaphambi kokuhlaselwa ukuthenga amathikithi nokuvakashela izitolo (nezindawo zokungena mahhala.)
Uma ufuna ukuthatha isikhashana bese uthenga, sebenzisa ikhofi ku-Starbucks uphinde ungene ngemvume ku-Wi Fi mahhala esitolo se-Apple, faka kusuka e-Rue de Rivoli kuya esigodini sesitolo seCarrousel du Louvre. Ungaphinde ufinyelele i-Metro kule ndawo ukuze ubuyele emuva e-Arc de Triomphe noma kwezinye izindawo zaseParis uma ungafuni ukubuyisela izinyathelo zakho.