It was our last day at Water Island and thoughts of having to head north to the cold were very much with us as we had our morning milk ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240145 saw the ship that had come in ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240146 ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240147 and observed Suzanne in a scene with many special effects ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240148 even as a rainbow appeared to point the way towards home ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240149 as our ship stood still ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240150 while cereal was eaten ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240151 and bags were loaded on to the truck ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240152 so that the women could pose ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240153 ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240154 before we went down the hill and took the obligatory phone booth picture with the Justs ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240155 followed by a photo of the post office ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240156 and the welcome sign ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240157 as people assembled ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240158 for a photo of the 3 men on the trip ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240159 ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240160 ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240161 ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240162 as the Justs decided to take a picture ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240163 Peter, Seva and Suzanne gathered on the dock ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240164 and Sara set things up ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240165 so that Peter could take pictures ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240166 that looked like these of the Justs on Water Island ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240167 ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240168 ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240169 after which the ferry came in ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240170 and prepared to be boarded ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240171 so that Suzanne, Seva and Peter ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240172 Steven, Sara and I ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240173 could look back on Water Island and the house that was ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240174 ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240175 before we came abeam the big ship ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240176 and took one final picture of Villa AquaBella. ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240177

Once back on land, we took a taxi driven by this friendly gentleman ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240178 to the airport ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240179 and after the duty free shop went to this gift shop ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240180 and this cafeteria ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240181 to have a meal of Johnny cakes and veggie burgers ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240182 ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240183 ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240184 until the plane arrived ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240185 and we could board while watching the Kramers in line ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240186 and once on the plane ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240187 could enjoy drinks ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240188 and the sandwich we packed ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240189 as I finished my book. ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240190 ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240191 Back at JFK, the escalator was not moving this fast ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240192 but it did bring Peter ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240193 Seva ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240194 and Suzanne forward ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240195 so that we could be welcomed back ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240196 and after a long ride, Jeff and Ben ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240197 were there to welcome Suzanne and me home from a wonderful trip. All of us a little better for the wear. ../../../Sabbat/2009/01.08-15.09WaterIsland//P1240198