Iflethi eqeshisayo e-E-Greater London
4.87 kumlinganiselo ongumyinge weziyi-5, kwizimvo eziyi-1664.87 (166)Iflethi entle yeSoho | Ibhedi eyi-2 yale mihla | I-Terrace
Yenza amaxesha amnandi kule flethi ekumgangatho ophezulu enamagumbi okulala ayi-2 ebekwe kakuhle embindini weSoho. Ukonwabela indawo enomona kwisitrato esidumileyo saseOld Compton, yonwabela zonke izinto ezifumaneka kwiWest End yaseLondon – ukhuselekile xa usazi ukuba ikhaya likude ukuba ungathanda ukubuyela ekuhlaziyeni okanye ekuphumleni.
Qala usuku lwakho nge-espresso kwibhalkhoni yakho yabucala, ejonge iyadi yecawa yaseNgilani ezolileyo, njengoko usonwabela izandi zeKomkhulu ziqalisa ukuvuselela. Ubunewunewu obunqabileyo kwindawo esembindini, kodwa uzolile ngokumangalisayo, bukela indawo itshintsha njengoko kufika ingokuhlwa neenkwenkwezi.
Ngaphakathi, le flethi yindawo entle yale mihla, enobuhle bale mihla obenza indawo efudumeleyo nepholileyo. Zonwabise ngobuhle bale ndawo yokuhlala ihlaziyiweyo – apho kucingwe kwaye kuhoywe ngakumbi ukuze kubekho idizayini ekhethekileyo, enamagumbi okulala amabini amakhulu ale flethi. Ngeematrasi ezinzulu, ezintle zamathambo namashiti amhlophe, unokuxolelwa ngokucinga ukuba uhlala kwihotele ekumgangatho ophezulu.
Zonke iifestile zinokukhanya okuphindwe kabini nee-blinds ezimnyama ukuze kungabikho izibane zedolophu nengxolo, nokuba wedwa nokufudumala, ukuze ukwazi ukulala uze uphinde usebenze, ulungele olunye usuku ubuka iSoho. Intliziyo yeflethi ligumbi lokuhlala nelokutyela elivulekileyo, apho iindawo zokuhlala zakudala namalaphu afudumeleyo ahluke kwikhitshi elihle nelinento yonke. Yonke into oyidingayo ukuze uhlale ixesha elide inikezelwe – ukususela kwi-hob, ifriji kunye neoveni ye-microwave, ukuya kumatshini wokwenza i-espresso kunye neeglasi zewayini, ngoxa ukuhlala abantu abathandathu kuthetha ukuba awuzithetheleli ukonwabisa iindwendwe uze uzivumele zonwabele iflethi nazo. Hlala ujonge ingqokelela yemizobo ehonjiswe ngodonga, apho izinto ezinesibindi ezivela kumagcisa asekuhlaleni zixubana neefilimu zakudala. Le flethi inamagumbi okulala amabini, yeyona ndawo ifanelekileyo yokubaleka kwisixeko esiphithizelayo okanye wenze ipati yakho encinci. Uza kukwazi ukungena kwiflethi okanye indlu ekwicomplex ngokukhethekileyo.
Ukubhalisa xa ufika kulula ibe kubhetyebhetye ngenxa yesitshixo (esikufutshane, iinkcukacha ezifakiweyo ngaphambi kokufika), nto leyo ethetha ukuba awushiywanga ulinde ababuki zindwendwe ukuba badibane nawe ibe ungalisebenzisa kakuhle ixesha lakho eLondon.
Le flethi yenza kube lula ukungena kubomi basekuhlaleni, ibe kukho izinto ezininzi zokuthenga nezokutyela emnyango wakho-yonke into ukususela kwi-pub-casual ukuya ekubhiyozeleni okukhethekileyo. Ukuba sembindini we-Soho kukunika ukhetho lweevenkile zokutyela ezininzi ezidumileyo emhlabeni wonke okanye ukukhetha ukufumana ii-bistros ezincinci ezintle kwiindlela ezingatyelelwanga kangako. Mhlawumbi qala usuku lwakho lokubuka indawo ngesidlo sakusasa esincinci eCovent Garden (imizuzu eyi-5 xa uhamba ngeenyawo), apho ungafumani kunqongophala iivenkile zokubhaka neevenkile zokutyela ezimnandi e-piazza. Emva koko, sebenzisa yonke into ekhoyo kwiKomkhulu – ulahleke kwiGalari Yelizwe (imizuzu eyi-5 uhamba ngeenyawo), fumana iivenkile ezintle kwisitrato saseOxford (imizuzu eyi-7 xa uhamba ngeenyawo) okanye into ekhetheke ngakumbi kwiCarnaby Street (imizuzu eyi-5), uyiswe komnye umhlaba eChinatown (imizuzu eyi-2), okanye ubuke umboniso kwisithili semidlalo yeqonga (imizuzu eyi-3 ukuya kweyi-10).
Ngeentsuku ezinelanga, hamba uye eSt Anne 's Courtyard unencwadi okanye ujoyine isixeko esiseleyo kwindawo enamagqabi eGreen Park (imizuzu eyi-15) -kwaye kutheni ungaqhubeki uye eBuckingham Palace, ekupheleni kweHyde Park, ukuze ubone ukutshintsha koonogada? Kodwa ke, xa ilanga litshona, nasemva kokutshintsha kweewardrobe, ungalibali ukubuka inkcubeko etyebileyo kunye nobomi basebusuku iSoho edume ngayo uze udanise ubusuku bonke kwesona sixeko sikhulu emhlabeni. Nceda uqaphele ukuba iflethi okanye indlu ekwicomplex – njengabaninzi eLondon – ayinayo ilifti okanye ilifti. Ibekwe kumgangatho wesithathu, kodwa izitepsi ezimalunga neziyi-35 azibonakali kakhulu ibe zenza umthambo omncinci ukuze ulungise ezinye zezinto zokupheka ezinokusetyenziswa nguSoho! Okunye ekufuneka kuphawulwe kukuba, ngokungafaniyo nezinye iicawa ezininzi eNgilani, iSt Anne 's Church ayivumi ubusuku bonke, nto leyo ethetha ukuba unokuxhamla ebuthongweni obungaphazamisekanga!
*Nceda uqaphele ukuba, ngenxa yeendwendwe ezingenantlonelo ezothusayo ezenza iipati, ngoku sisebenzisa i-software yokujonga izinga lengxolo (iMinut). Oku akuziphulaphuli iindwendwe, kuba izinto zakho eziyimfihlo zibaluleke kakhulu kuthi; sisazisa nje ukuba izinga lengxolo lifikelela kumanqanaba angenakudityaniswa.
