Njalo ngoMeyi, umhlolokazi kaGerald Durrell, u-Lee, ubuyela eCorfu. Ujoyinwe ziingcali zendalo, izazinzulu ngezityalo, iingcali ngezinambuzane kunye noDurrell, kwaye bachitha iveki belandelela umkhondo womyeni wakhe ongasekhoyo: ukupopola echibini leenyibiba, ukuphonononga idolophu yaseCorfu nokuhlola iintyatyambo kunye nezilwanyana zesiqithi.
Isiqithi saseGrisi esabekwa nguGerald kwimephu sitshintshe kakhulu okoko yapapashwa kwimemo yakhe yoSapho lwam kunye nezinye iZilwanyana ngo-1956, kwaye wayesazi ukuba unetyala kuye.
UGerry kunye nenkosikazi yakhe yokuqala babuyela eCorfu kwiminyaka yama-70s, ukhumbula uLee, kwaye wayekhalaza ngamandla malunga nendlela ezokhenketho ezitshintsha ngayo indawo. Umntu othile wathi: ‘Ityala lakho, Gerry. Ubhale incwadi edume ngoluhlobo malunga neCorfu. ’Wayebulewe, kunjalo.
Kubomi bamva uGerald waziwa njengomsasazi weenkqubo zasendle zeTV, kodwa wamazi uCorfu ngokuhlala apho nosapho (kubandakanya nomntakwabo otshatileyo uLawrence, owathi kamva wabhala iAlexandria Quartet) ukusukela ngo-1935 ukuya ku-1939.
UMilo Parker njengoGerald omncinci kulungelelwaniso lwe-ITV
Ukusukela kwiminyaka elishumi, ukufika kukaGerald kunye nosapho lwakhe kwesi siqithi, waba nomdla omkhulu kwizityalo zasekhaya nakwizilwanyana zasendle. Ukuthandana kwakhe nale ndawo yayiyeyobomi bonke kwaye kulula ukubona ukuba kutheni. Isiqithi, njengoko sibonwa kumdlalo weqonga we-ITV iDurrells, sikhangeleka siyinto entle - ukusuka kuLwandlekazi lweIonia olucwecwe ngumkhenkce nakwimithi yeminquma ebhakwe lilanga ukuya kwizilwanyana zasendle ezihamba-hamba kuyo yonke indawo. UGerry wayesoloko esithi ukuba unesipho sikaMerlin, uya kunika wonke umntwana uhlobo lobuntwana ayenabo eCorfu, utshilo uLee.
- Thelekisa iiphakheji yokubhabha kunye nehotele eCorfu
- Fumana iinqwelomoya ngexabiso eliphantsi eCorfu
- Landela ekhondweni le-The Durrells kwaye ufumanise unxweme lweCorfu olungafakwanga kumantla mpuma
Njengomlawuli ohloniphekileyo we-Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust ukusukela oko kwasweleka uGerald ngo-1995, uLee wenza uhambo lonyaka kuba kusenokwenzeka ukuba abaleke abakhenkethi beepakethe ze afumane isiqithi iGerald esikhunjulwayo kwitrilogy yakhe yeCorfu. Ixesha awuthandayo lonyaka yintwasahlobo, xa iintyatyambo zasendle zikhaphe iinduli: Ukuba kukho uthotho lwesibini, ndiyathemba ukuba bayakwazi ukudubula entwasahlobo kuba andizange ndibone iintyatyambo zasendle zintle.
Umyezo wooThixo (isihloko sencwadi yokugqibela ye-trilogy) sinetyala labo baseVenetians. Baye balawula ukusuka nge-14 ukuya ngasekupheleni-kwenkulungwane ye-18 kwaye batyala imithi yeminquma esavelisa iziqhamo nanamhlanje. (I-Bhritane yalawula esi siqithi ukusuka ngo-1815 ukuya ku-1864, yiyo loo nto iiCorfiots zidlala iqakamba kwaye zitya ikalikuni ngeKrisimesi.)
Kule mihla, unxweme olusemantla luzaliswe ziihotele, kodwa entwasahlobo usenokufumana iinyibiba zentlabathi ezikhuthaze uGerald oselula ukuba ahlaziye indawo eyintandokazi yokuthwebula i-Durrells, iLake Antiniotissa kunxweme lweAgios Spyridon, ichibi leenyibiba. U-Lee uhlala ezifuna. Sinomnyhadala omncinci apho sonke siqokelela ezinye zeembewu zabo siziphose elwandle, ngethemba lokuba bazokunceda ekumiseni kwakhona ezi ntlobo zisengozini.
UGerald noLee Durrell kunye noSpook isikhova sebarn
Kodwa ukuba ufuna ngenene ukuziva ukuba wena kunye nezicikilishe nineCorfu kuni, hambani niqubhe iimayile ezine ukusuka eAgios Stephanos ukuya eAvlaki emantla mpuma esiqithi - enye yeendawo ezimbalwa ezisele zonxweme ezingaphuhliswanga.
U-Lee ukwacebisa ukuba ujonge intaba engaphakathi, efana nesiqithi esahlukileyo kwixesha elahlukileyo. Iinduli kunye neentlambo ezixineneyo ngemisipresi emantla eBarbati yayiyindawo yokudlala kaGerald kwaye izilwanyana zabo zithandwa kakhulu ngeendlela zakudala. Kubomi bamva, wazanelisa nge-drive entle kunye ne-tipple efihlakeleyo. Wayengathandi ukuhamba umgama omde kangangokuba sasiqhuba siye ngqo ezintabeni kwaye siye kwiithavernas ezincinci.
Iindawo ezintathu zokuhlala zaseVenetian ezaziqeshwe lusapho lakwaDurrell ngeminyaka yoo-1930 zazingaphandle kwedolophu yaseCorfu. I-Strawberry-Pink Villa yatshitshiswa kwiminyaka ye-50s (indawo engenanto inombala ongafaniyo nombala wayo), usomashishini waseAthene ungumnini we-Snow-White Villa, ngelixa iDaffodil-Yellow Villa isengowosapho olunye lwaseCorfiot. U-Lee uthatha ipati yakhe sasemini kwi-taverna egqwesileyo e-White House kwilali engaphambi kwe Kalami. Le ndlu yayisakuba ngumlobi kulapho uLawrence kunye nenkosikazi yakhe uNancy (abangakhankanywanga kwi-My Family nakwezinye izilwanyana) nalapho wabhala incwadi yakhe yemibongo malunga neCorfu, iProspero's Cell.
Akukho tyelelo kwisiqithi saseDurrells luya kugqitywa ngaphandle kosuku lokuhambahamba ujikeleze idolophu yaseCorfu. Ngokuqinisekileyo sesona sixeko sihle eGrisi, iziko eliyimbali ngokwenene yiVenetian kunye nendawo yeLifa leMveli ye-Unesco. Gcina iso kwi-Mon Repos emaphethelweni asezantsi-le ndlu intle yayiyindawo yokuzalwa yeNkosana uPhilip, yiyo loo nto uninzi lweCorfiots lubizwa ngokuba nguPhilip okanye uPhilippina. Kule mihla yindawo yokugcina izinto zakudala kwaye ine-cameo kulungelelwaniso lwe-ITV njengekhaya likaLeslie Caron okhohlakeleyo u-Countess Mavrodaki.
Idolophu yaseCorfu
Njengoko ulahleka kwimizila yedolophu yemizila emxinwa egangathiweyo, jonga indlu endala yomcebisi kaGerald kunye nomhlobo uTheo, ephawulwe nge-plaque. Ngokudabukisayo ibhar encinci apho umntakwabo Gerald, uLawrence, noTheo babedla ngokubuyisela iiglasi ze-ouzo kudala zihamba, kodwa kukho iitabernas ezinomthunzi kunye neevenkile ezikwiimarike.
Ngo-2006, ipaki esecaleni kwenqaba yakudala (enikezela ngeembono zepanoramic ukusuka kwiinqaba zayo) yathiywa igama kwathiwa yiBosketto Durrell kwaye likhaya leebhasi zaseLawrence naseGerald. Umyeni kaLee ongasekhoyo ngewayenze ntoni ngerhafu? Wayeyindoda ethobeke kakhulu, utsho, ethobekile kwaye enentloni- ndicinga ukuba angavuya njengayo nantoni na.
Eli nqaku lapapashwa okokuqala ngo-Epreli ka-2016. Ukufumana ulwazi malunga neVeki yeGerald Durrell, yiya ku: ikumk8 .
- Ukubhabha ngexabiso eliphantsi kunye neepakethi zehotele eCorfu
- Thelekisa iinqwelomoya kwiCorfu
- Fumanisa unxweme olungasentla lwasempuma lweCorfu