submitted by Julie

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: In learning to know other things and other minds we become more intimately acquainted with ourselves and to ourselves better worth knowing. Phillip G. Hamilton

Today started the last week here in Greece. Breakfast was at eight, and at 9:30 we all ventured off to school. Now that Margo and Nicole are no longer here, Val has switched schools and is teaching with Tony, Patricia and Eileen. She has now not only squeezed herself a spot in the fabulous four, but gets to ride on the fancy bus as well.

After yet another long day of teaching, Barbara, Elizabeth and I took a taxi into Gazi which ended up being very unsuccessful—I wasn’t able to exchange money at the bank and Elizabeth had no luck finding Eileen’s lost belongings. We all met back at the hotel where we enjoyed our sandwiches that Sam had made us. Thank god for peanut butter!

Most of us left after lunch to catch and bus and go to the aquarium, which ended up being amazing and well worth the long bus rides. Elizabeth stayed behind and had another lesson with Ersi. Patricia spent the day with her family in a village called Bali. When we returned to Iraklion, we all went our own ways. Val shopped around, Tony and Barbara went straight to the bus, and Eileen and I went on our own on a little adventure – an unintentional one.

After buying our bus tickets, we turned around to realize we were on our own. It took a couple of questions and wrong turns, but we finally found our way. We all made it back to the hotel in one piece and relaxed until dinner and our meeting at 8 PM.

For dinner we had pastisio, a team favorite, and of course salad and fruit. After dinner, ideas were thrown out for the remainder of the week, which by now we all know will end up being changed a few times before we set an actual plan. It’s 10pm and everyone has gone off to their rooms to get a good night’s sleep, other than myself who is getting the amount of humor out of watching Val trying to make origami, an unsuccessful octopus at that.