Our Departure

On Friday June 2, 2007 at approximately 3am, Nahid and I said our final "see you later" to Haifa. The past week and especially final day was an emotional time for both of us, more for Nahid than myself as she had spent 3 years in the Holy Land.

Our flight was at 7am and we were definitely looking forward to it as we had a overnight lay over in Athens, Greece. On the way we saw some of our friends; in Tel Aviv at Ben Gurion we ran in to Nadim Yazdani and in the airport in Athens we ran into Shingo, Amelia and Shiori. Accompanying us to Toronto via Greece was Bonnie Ellis who was also finishing her services at the Baha'i World Centre. We spent the day in Athens and visited the Acropolis, where the famous Parthenon is situated. Nahid is an avid shot glass collector and so we also went to the Hardrock Cafe where we purchased one to add to her collection.










Our hotel was in a very nice location right beside the beach. In the evening, Nahid and I ate dinner and walked along the shoreline... it was gorgeous.


Our flight to Toronto was the next morning at 9am and it was exciting, because our arrival in Toronto was going to be a big suprise for my parents and friends!