I loved every minute of it and never was I in better health.
If I only could have known that you knew that I was all right, but instead you were worrying.

The nights were bright moonlight, and the days were beautiful; full of strange people and animals, birds and views.

We three sat in the little bridge of the tinpot boat, and smoked pipes and watched the great muddy river rushing between wonderful banks.

There was the Danish Captain, an Italian officer and the engineer was from Finland.

The Italian spoke French and the two others English, and I acted as interpreter!! Can you imagine it?
I am now really a daring French linguist.