The boys go home

On Monday afternoon we anchored off Moni, but it was quite crowded and exposed, with the wind going all round, so after a swim we tried the bay at Profitis Ilias, only to find that the bay was buoyed off for swimmers, so we went to anchor of the beach by Aegina town. Overnight the wind went round north and we were pitching quite heavily. Sue and Steve headed for the quay and we followed soon after, finding a good space at the north end.
We spent most of Tuesday resting. Lin cleaned and dressed Andrew's wound,

 and we had a beer (or a few or, in Sue's case, a lot) with Sue and Steve, before we went to the Navsiki beach for a swim in the later afternoon. When we got back, Kai, Charlie and Andrew went for a ride in a horse and cart.

We went to a taverna for Andrew's first meal out since he had arrived, but everyone was very tired and Charlie accidentally elbowed Andrew in his wound, so we went back and Lin checked the wound, which was OK.
We had planned to hire a car and go round the island on Wednesday, but Kai wanted to go to the internet cafe and we decided instead slowly to get cleared up and packed, with a short trip to the beach in the afternoon.
In the evening we went to a very nice restaurant in town. Soon after we arrived Paul popped his head in, looking for Kai (they had been on the quay and had just lifted out at Asprakis yard in the north of Aegina), and soon Paul, Angela and Abbie arrived to eat there, the boys moving over to their table. Kai and Abbie were very pleased to see each other and had a great evening.
On Thursday morning it was time to go.

Simon took Andrew, Kai and Charlie on the ferry,

while Sue, Steve and Lin waved goodbye

On the ferry we were followed by dozens of seagulls,

which Kai tried to feed with his sausage roll.

We also saw a school of young dolphins, though, as usual, they hid when they saw the camera.
In Piraeus there were three enormous cruise ships. We all agreed that a cruise on one of those would be a voyage from hell. Kai grabbed a taxi and the boys headed for the airport, while Simon headed back to Aegina, passing Sue and Steve on the way as they headed for Sounion.