Abafundi Abathandekayo Bonke bamukelekile! Bengilinde lapho ngibhala khona isibuyekezo, ukuhlanganyela nawe ngemizwa yakho nomusa wakho osindile enhliziyweni yami ngemuva kwalokhu kuhamba. Ngikusho lokho ngeqiniso lokuthi kwenzeka ngempela kimi ngokungazelelwe. EGrisi, ngiphumula kaningi, ikakhulukazi eChalkidiki. Kulokhu nginqume ukukhipha ikhefu kukho konke, iya olwandle kanye neSunbathe. Ebhishi, ngezwa kumuntu omaziyo omusha ukuthi wayehamba ngesikebhe saya e-Athos, wayengitshela ngebhanoyi lentombi, lapha ngakhumbula izindaba zikaGida Alexandra nesithembiso sakhe sokucabanga ngohambo. Kusihlwa ngiveze kahle ukuthi "yebo." Futhi ngaqala ukulungiselela i-Pilgrimage, i-aegis yohambo yayinjalo. Ekuseni kube nebhasi, sathuthela e-Ormos Panagiyas, sahamba imizuzu engaba ngu-30 futhi konke kwaya emkhunjini, ngenkathi umhlahlandlela wethu usitshele ngaleso sikhathi ngokubaluleka kohambo futhi ngangiqonda kakhulu. Sahlala emkhunjini, futhi isikejana saqala. Ngenkathi bezungeza ulwandle. Sasatshalaliswa ekuqopheni kwamagama ama-ATHOs aseSanta, ngakhumbula wonke umuntu ngakho-ke yonke into yacatshangwa ngemininingwane emincane kakhulu.
Ngemuva kwalokho saqala ukusondela ezindlini zezindela futhi salalela imininingwane ngomlando wabo nangempilo yansuku zonke. Futhi-ke injabulo enjalo yamiswa - izindela ze-athos ezinezindlu zezindela zasendlini zafakwa emkhunjini, zasiletha isahluko esithembekile sePantesteryamon, amathebudi omfela omkhulu uMarina, kanye ne-desna kaGeorge okunqobayo.
Ngemuva kwalokho sasisemgqeni silinde umzuzu wokukhulekelwa, futhi uyazi, kufanele ngivume ukuthi lokhu kungenye yezikhathi zokuhlukumeza kakhulu empilweni yami, wonke umuntu wayekhunjulwa futhi ngacela intando yathandazela konke. Ngaphezu kwalokho izindela zabusiswa futhi sabanika izinto zethu ukungcwelisa, ngentando, abasenqamula, abayizithonjana ezikhona. Okufanayo kwangenziwa okunye, lapho kwalethwa khona isidumbu sentombi, umama wakhe uMaria u-Otrates, noboya bakaCamel nesithonjana baletha umninindlu.
Imizwelo ayivezi amagama! Mina nomngane wami sasingagodli izinyembezi njengoba abantu bemi eduze, bacele yonke into, ngoba ngacabanga ngokusondele kakhulu futhi ngikhanyise konke kuvela enhliziyweni. Futhi kwabonakala kithina lapho kungumkhuleko onyaweni lwe-afnanna ngqo esibhakabhakeni. Lokhu kunguhambo lwami. Ngenxa ye-opharetha yakho oyithandayo yokutholakele okusha nokusha! Injabulo enkulu emsebenzini wakho.
