We've made it to the gate!

This is a testing post because for some reason our link was not working earlier....eeeek! Doreen and I just sat down to have dinner at Vino Volo in the Newark Airport. Our flight leaves in a couple of hours! Athens first, then Chania--here we come!
To update you quick on something else, I have a lovely high school friend who is currently living in Rethymno (town over from Chania in Crete) who has been nothing but kind and helpful with emailing us the "must knows" about the island. She has a cousin who teaches English in a public school in Rethymno who has graciously offered to have us come in and tour his school! AWESOME! Although the students are no longer there, the teachers are there grading exams and it will be great to make a few teaching connections. Looking very forward to that meeting which is set to take place on Friday. Stay tuned!!

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