It was our last day and we had decided to be leisurely about things. Clearly the locals felt the same because they offered us ice cream in place of yogurt because they were out of yogurt and so we had ice cream on our fruit except for those who had scrambled eggs with local cheese, tomatoes and meat. While there, we met Sandra's parents who retired to the island 14 years ago after lives in the United States and took the usual photos

After a period of malaise, we headed back to Aghia Markela where we had liked both the restaurant and the beach (and it wasn't far) and had some cheese balls Greek salad saganacki tsitsiki and water which kept Sarah Ed Ben Suzanne and me happy even as we started our bread and curious (and apparently tasty) lamb chops where we thought we had ordered something else.

After lunch, we swam at the beach that we liked

and I recorded Ben as he emerged

and then there was more swimming

before Ed and Sarah emerged

and Sarah made her way back

under a nice blue sky until she got to her towel

while meanwhile Suzanne continued one last swim. Gentle viewer, you might think of this as the end of a jazz concert where everyone gets their solo and their applause from the viewing audience

Back at the hotel, we posed the family with Garyfalia ad the Bulgarian waitress and then Suzanne Ben Ed Sarah and I got ready for a feast starting with water bread with various toppings wine from this bottle a Greek salad vegetables from the grill more Greek salads (maybe we asked for too many?) which made my plate look like this and then many chicken filets followed by an after dinner drink that we all toasted together before the watermelon and other fruits arrived. Suzanne seemed happy with the meal and the vacation as did Ed and Ben (who might also have been happy to not have to pose for any more photos) and we took our boxed breakfast of eggs and toast from the waiters and with Ben leading the way through the darkness of a failed photographic experiment

went back to our kitchen to process the breakfast which made sense once opened, to change the battery for the camera and to record one last item in our villa. Good bye Chios and Pyrgos Villages, thanks for everything!!