"Ek het nie aan julle geskryf omtrent my plan om na Griekeland te gaan nie, want ek was bang dat julle nie sou saamstem nie, ter wille van my gesondheid, maar die reis het my baie goed gedoen, en ek is gelukkig hier
"I hadn't written to you about my plans to travel to Greece, because I was afraid that you would have not approved out of concern about my health. But the journey did me very well, and I am happy to be here.