Ke kāhea nei ke kūlanakauhale kaulana ʻo Light, a ʻo ka manawa kēia e pane ai… E hauʻoli i kahi ʻike poina ʻole ʻo Parisian ma ke ʻano he huakaʻi kaʻawale, he kāne a he hui paha, a e ʻimi i kahi noho kūpono no kou noho ʻana.
Mai kahi lumi hoʻokipa kokoke i ka Louvre a i kahi pālahalaha nui e kū pono ana i ka hale kiaʻi ʻo Eiffel, ke kali nei ka hale kūpono iā ʻoe. ʻO nā mea a pau āu e hana ai, ʻo ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i ka nui o nā hale noho i hāʻawi ʻia waena o Parisa.
ʻO ke koho ʻana i waena o Paris ma ke ʻano he kumu e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke komo i nā ʻāina hōʻailona nui o ke kapikala. ʻO ia hoʻi ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana iā ʻoe iho i kahi lewa a me ke aloha e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe…
ʻO ka noho ʻana i loko o ka puʻuwai o Paris, ʻo ʻoe kokoke i nā monuments mōʻaukala, nā wahi moʻomeheu a me nā mea hoʻokipa kaulana. Mai ka hale kiaʻi ʻo Eiffel a hiki i ka hale pule ʻo Notre-Dame, mai ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Louvre a i nā kapa o ka Seine, e hoʻopiha i kou mau maka i nā mea kupanaha o Parisa, hoʻokahi kiola pōhaku mai kāu hoʻolimalima!
E noʻonoʻo ʻoe iā ʻoe iho i kāu airbnb me ka ʻike o ka hale kiaʻi eiffel…
Ke hele mai ʻoe i Palika, ʻo ia hoʻi e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i ka lewa kūʻokoʻa a ʻike i ke ʻano o ke ola Parisian.
ʻO ia hoʻi, no ka laʻana, ka ʻono ʻana i kahi croissant ma kahi pā hale cafe ma mua o ka hele ʻana i nā hale kūʻai puke. A i ʻole ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lole laha ʻole i loko o kahi hale kūʻai hoʻolālā, a ukali ʻia e ka kipa ʻana i ka Center Pompidou. A i ʻole e nalowale ana ma nā ala ala nani o Montmartre, e mahalo ana i nā hiʻohiʻona ma luna o nā hale… Ua hiki ke hana ʻia nā hiʻohiʻona āpau e kou noho ʻana ma ke kikowaena o Paris!
ʻO ke kolu o ka pono o ka hoʻolimalima ma waena o Paris, ʻo ia ke komo ʻana i ke kapikala nui a ʻupena halihali paʻa ! I loko o nā minuke liʻiliʻi, hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻea i ka arrondissement a i ʻole apana āu e koho ai ma ka metro, kaʻa a i ʻole ka tram.
He mea hou paha ʻoe i Paris a ʻaʻole maopopo i ka moku hea e koho ai no kāu hoʻolimalima? Eia kahi koho o nā wahi nani loa.
ʻO kekahi o nā moku kahiko loa ma Paris, ka Marais ʻokoʻa ʻia e kona lewa hou a mōʻaukala. Maanei hiki iā ʻoe ke nalo iā ʻoe iho ma nā alanui chic i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me nā hale kūʻokoʻa kaulana a inu i ka cocktail i loko o kekahi o nā kaola maʻamau. ʻAʻole poina, ʻoiaʻiʻo, nā hale kūʻai hoʻolālā he nui a me nā hale kūʻai lua-lima kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke wela i kāu kāleka hōʻaiʻē!
No ka ʻike Parisian i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka nani, koho Saint Germain des Pres. Maanei hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻimi i nā wahi moʻomeheu kaulana a me ka mōʻaukala, me ka hale pule o Saint-Germain-des-Près, a i ʻole e hanu i ka ea hou ma ka Jardin du Luxembourg. He home nō hoʻi ia i nā hale kūʻai palapala kaulana e like me ka Café de Flore a me nā Deux-Magots.
E hoʻonoho i kāu mau ʻeke ma kahi ʻāpana ʻōpio a olaola: ka ʻĀpana Kūlana. Ma kēia wahi haumāna hoihoi, hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i ka lewa o nā ʻāina ola a ʻike i nā wahi neoneo Roma. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i waho i ka ʻāina ma kekahi o kāna mau māla nani, a i ʻole e ʻoliʻoli i ka meaʻai kuʻuna ma kahi bistro maʻamau o Parisian.
E ʻimi i kahi pā hale nani e hoʻolimalima ai ma ka Apana Opera, kahi o ka lealea a me ka lealea ka olelo kiai. Hiki i nā poʻe aloha o ke kahua ke leʻaleʻa i ka opera nani a i ʻole ka ballet nani ma ka Palais Garnier kaulana. ʻO ia hoʻi kahi e lilo ai no nā fashionistas, me nā hale kūʻai nui e like me Galeries Lafayette a me Printemps!
No ka hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻana i kou noho ʻana, e hahai i kēia mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e kākau i kāu hoʻolimalima ma ke kikowaena o Paris!
Inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻopaʻa i kahi paʻa lumi ʻelua lumi moe a i ʻole kahi papa nani, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi puke ma mua. Manaʻo mākou e kākau ʻoe ma waena o ʻelua a ʻekolu mahina ma mua o kou noho ʻana e hoʻohana i nā makana maikaʻi loa ma nā wahi nani loa o ke kūlanakauhale.
No ka huli ʻana i ka hale hoʻolimalima o kāu mau moeʻuhane, he manaʻo maikaʻi ia hoʻohālikelike i nā waiwai like ʻole i loaʻa. E noʻonoʻo i nā pono like ʻole a me nā pono o kēlā me kēia hale noho a hoʻoholo i ka mea i kūpono i kāu mau manaʻo! Inā he hale Parisian me ka māla a i ʻole kahi airbnb spa pilikino ma Palika, hiki wale no.
ʻAʻohe mea e like me nā loiloi hōʻoia mai nā kamaʻāina mua e hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi manaʻo maikaʻi o kahi noho! No laila e nānā i ka manaʻo ma kēlā me kēia waiwai e hana i ka koho maikaʻi loa a e hōʻoia i ka maikaʻi o ka lawelawe.
ʻAʻole maopopo i ka mea e hana ai ma Paris? Eia ʻekolu mau hana āu e makemake ʻole e poina!
ʻO ka Venus de Milo, ka lanakila o Samothrace, ka Raft o ka Medusa a me Mona Lisa ponoʻī e kali iā ʻoe i ka moʻolelo. Musée du Louvre ! E ʻike ma luna o 30,000 mau hana noʻeau a hoʻoheheʻe iā ʻoe iho i ka mōʻaukala waiwai o ka hana. ʻO nā mea a pau āu e hana ai, e koho i kahi hoʻolimalima airbnb kokoke i ka Louvre.
No nā hiʻohiʻona maʻamau o Paris nani, e hele i ka kapa o ka Seine kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻike i nā bouquinistes a hoʻoheheʻe iā ʻoe iho i kahi ea mehana, bohemian. A laila e ʻike i ka hale pule nani Notre-Dame-de-Paris a me kona hoʻolālā ʻano Gothic.
Moʻomeheu, ʻano a me… gastronomy ! He kūlanakauhale ʻai maikaʻi ʻo Paris, kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka meaʻai Farani ma nā bistros olaola a i ʻole nā hale ʻaina Michelin-starred. ʻAʻole pau ka papa kuhikuhi: aia iā ʻoe ke koho i kahi ʻike ʻono. E hoʻi hou ana mākou!