My last day in Greece

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Suddenly, it was my last full day in Crete and my last day teaching at the summer camp. At school, the kids and I spent the first period playing bingo. Then, for the last three periods, the whole school had one gigantic and chaotic recess. A little bit of Greek Scooby Doo and more bingo. The older kids all staged a huge water fight, soaking pretty much everyone on the school grounds, before starting a full-scale game of dodge ball. My kids being a bit younger ended up hanging out back in the classroom with me, where there was even more bingo and just general goofing around. I gave one of my classroom interpreters my camera, and she took a ton of pictures for me. I was forbidden from looking at the chalkboard (a half dozen grimy little hands covered my face to make sure I couldn't peak) while they drew me a picture -- they took a photo of it and then told me I couldn't look at it until I was home in America. They also wrote me a little note that they said I couldn't open till I got home either. Eh, what they don't know won't hurt them...I looked at the photo and read the note on the bus ride home to the hotel. :-) I'm attaching a photo of their chalkboard artwork...too cute!

After many hugs and goodbyes, my two weeks of teaching class were over. Luckily, we had an organized winery tour scheduled for the afternoon -- the perfect distraction. The countryside was gorgeous and the wine was delicious. We had one last group dinner and then, in the morning, I headed off to Scotland. I must admit, after two weeks of 98 degree plus temperatures I was ready for cool and rainy weather. If there is a heat wave while I'm in there, I'm going to be ticked.

PS I have added photos to my last three blogs, if you are interested in checking them out!