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Culture Shock: Nobody Tells You This

Culture Shock: Nobody Tells You This

Culture Shock: Nobody Tells You This

Travel and Adventure Books to Add to Your List

Travel and Adventure Books to Add to Your List

Travel and Adventure Books to Add to Your List

A Warm Welcome to You, Reader!

A Warm Welcome to You, Reader!

A Warm Welcome to You, Reader!

Diplomat & Traveler Gift Guide

Diplomat & Traveler Gift Guide

Diplomat & Traveler Gift Guide

Being Away From Loved Ones During Holidays

Being Away From Loved Ones During Holidays

Being Away From Loved Ones During Holidays

The Journey to Gaining Independence Overseas

The Journey to Gaining Independence Overseas

The Journey to Gaining Independence Overseas

Adventures in DC Between Tours

Adventures in DC Between Tours

Adventures in DC Between Tours

Coming to Abuja? Here are our Recommendations

Coming to Abuja? Here are our Recommendations

Coming to Abuja? Here are our Recommendations

Things We'll Remember About Nigeria

Things We'll Remember About Nigeria

Things We'll Remember About Nigeria

Second Tour Announced!

Second Tour Announced!

Second Tour Announced!

Hiking in Abuja

Hiking in Abuja

Hiking in Abuja

Fun Places to Visit in Abuja

Fun Places to Visit in Abuja

Fun Places to Visit in Abuja

Abuja Cafes and Restaurants to Visit

Abuja Cafes and Restaurants to Visit

Abuja Cafes and Restaurants to Visit

Food Challenges After Arriving in Nigeria

Food Challenges After Arriving in Nigeria

Food Challenges After Arriving in Nigeria

Happy Holidays From Nigeria!

Happy Holidays From Nigeria!

Happy Holidays From Nigeria!

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Greek summer let’s go 🌊🤸✨☕️

📍Beach in Athens - paralia kokkino limanaki

#greeksummer #athens #bythewater #seaglass

Greek summer let’s go 🌊🤸✨☕️

📍Beach in Athens - paralia kokkino limanaki

#greeksummer #athens #bythewater #seaglass

30 min from Athens is a coastline of coves not many people know about. If you’re taking a ferry to the islands from rafina, it’s a 3 minute drive.

📍Paralia Kokkino Limanaki

I love when there are steps down to a beach because it usually means there is a cliff involved!

Coming from the states, our beaches are usually flat and long. Small, hidden coves under a cliff wall are now my favorite treat 🤍

Further down this beach is another rocky inlet that I climbed over to find a second small cove. From there we hung out and called our family back home. Of course I found seaglass along the way 🍾

Do you prefer long flat sandy beaches or ones that are more adventurous? Because you’re by the water, there is no wrong answer 🌊

#greece #athens #rafina #greekbeaches #greecetravel #greecetraveltips #athensthingstodo

30 min from Athens is a coastline of coves not many people know about. If you’re taking a ferry to the islands from rafina, it’s a 3 minute drive.

📍Paralia Kokkino Limanaki

I love when there are steps down to a beach because it usually means there is a cliff involved!

Coming from the states, our beaches are usually flat and long. Small, hidden coves under a cliff wall are now my favorite treat 🤍

Further down this beach is another rocky inlet that I climbed over to find a second small cove. From there we hung out and called our family back home. Of course I found seaglass along the way 🍾

Do you prefer long flat sandy beaches or ones that are more adventurous? Because you’re by the water, there is no wrong answer 🌊

#greece #athens #rafina #greekbeaches #greecetravel #greecetraveltips #athensthingstodo

Send to someone who loves the sea as much as you 🌊

📍photos are from my favorite spots around Athens

#greece #earthday #service #greekculture #athens #culturelove #helpingtogether

Send to someone who loves the sea as much as you 🌊

📍photos are from my favorite spots around Athens

#greece #earthday #service #greekculture #athens #culturelove #helpingtogether

Greeks when you start speaking their language:

“YOU JUST SAID ONE WORD IN OUR LANGUAGE? THAT’S IT - YOU’RE FAMILY NOW!”

I’ll never forget Greek hospitality 🥹 They feed me souvlaki & don’t care when I mess up the Greek words - they encourage me, give me a smile, and help me try again, usually with a new phrase to learn.

That’s how I learned κάθε αρχή και δύσκολη (every new beginning is tough!)

📍Naxos

Tell me your favorite Greek story & follow for more life in Greece 🤍

#americanexpat #greeks #greekculture #travelgreece #filoxenia

Greeks when you start speaking their language:

“YOU JUST SAID ONE WORD IN OUR LANGUAGE? THAT’S IT - YOU’RE FAMILY NOW!”

I’ll never forget Greek hospitality 🥹 They feed me souvlaki & don’t care when I mess up the Greek words - they encourage me, give me a smile, and help me try again, usually with a new phrase to learn.

That’s how I learned κάθε αρχή και δύσκολη (every new beginning is tough!)

📍Naxos

Tell me your favorite Greek story & follow for more life in Greece 🤍

#americanexpat #greeks #greekculture #travelgreece #filoxenia

When you find a place that fills you with wonder - maybe it’s the scenery, the culture, the people - it’s time to slow down and dive deeper.

Embrace slow travel! Trust me, you don’t need to visit 5 islands. One or two is plenty.

Instead of racing to the next thing, spend whatever days you have in one place and just start noticing.

In Naxos, you’ll start to have a better feel for the island. How these goats travel with their herder every single morning in front of Agios Georgos beach. How they make cheese that is renowned in all of Greece and help the island be self-sufficient and not reliant on tourism. How the hotel has been family-run for generations and while his grandfather once dreamed of visiting America, now the Americans travel to him.

Slow travel opens so many doors to get to know a place.

As we’re now making summer plans, I’m trying to keep this in mind 🕊️ Will you?

Which island could you spend all of your time?

#greecetravel #greekislands #naxos #mediterranean #cyclades #slowtravel

When you find a place that fills you with wonder - maybe it’s the scenery, the culture, the people - it’s time to slow down and dive deeper.

Embrace slow travel! Trust me, you don’t need to visit 5 islands. One or two is plenty.

Instead of racing to the next thing, spend whatever days you have in one place and just start noticing.

In Naxos, you’ll start to have a better feel for the island. How these goats travel with their herder every single morning in front of Agios Georgos beach. How they make cheese that is renowned in all of Greece and help the island be self-sufficient and not reliant on tourism. How the hotel has been family-run for generations and while his grandfather once dreamed of visiting America, now the Americans travel to him.

Slow travel opens so many doors to get to know a place.

As we’re now making summer plans, I’m trying to keep this in mind 🕊️ Will you?

Which island could you spend all of your time?

#greecetravel #greekislands #naxos #mediterranean #cyclades #slowtravel

Learn the language. Visit the place. Listen to the people. Grow. 🌍✈️🧳

I always had this weird feeling that I was meant to know another language. I always thought it would be Spanish (I’m half Cuban), but my parents didn’t teach me. In law school, I thought it would be French and I’d move to francophone Africa, but surprise! We moved to Nigeria - not French, and we could get by with just English.

Then surprise again when we learned we’d be moving to Greece and would need to learn Greek first. This language is HARD, but it’s opened doors in my heart I didn’t know existed. Greek lets you explain the world with more colors on the palette. Also the movies are right, Greek is EVERYWHERE.

And I’m so grateful to know enough to have conversations with the kindest people in small villages in places I never knew I would visit.

I never expected life to go this way, and I have no idea what’s next, but if you feel that tug too I hope you listen 🫶

#americanabroad #traveltheworld #greekculture #greeklanguage #languagelearning #culturalunderstanding

Learn the language. Visit the place. Listen to the people. Grow. 🌍✈️🧳

I always had this weird feeling that I was meant to know another language. I always thought it would be Spanish (I’m half Cuban), but my parents didn’t teach me. In law school, I thought it would be French and I’d move to francophone Africa, but surprise! We moved to Nigeria - not French, and we could get by with just English.

Then surprise again when we learned we’d be moving to Greece and would need to learn Greek first. This language is HARD, but it’s opened doors in my heart I didn’t know existed. Greek lets you explain the world with more colors on the palette. Also the movies are right, Greek is EVERYWHERE.

And I’m so grateful to know enough to have conversations with the kindest people in small villages in places I never knew I would visit.

I never expected life to go this way, and I have no idea what’s next, but if you feel that tug too I hope you listen 🫶

#americanabroad #traveltheworld #greekculture #greeklanguage #languagelearning #culturalunderstanding

A little honesty because I know so many of you get it 🕊️

It’s a constant pendulum between adventure, daily (sometimes boring) life, and homesickness.

Also thanks for letting me experiment with new content styles. This page always looks different, which kind of matches my life 😂 It’s shaped by where I’m living and what challenge or dream I’m living through at that moment. Thanks for evolving with me and sharing pieces of your journey too 🤍

#americanabroad #movingabroad #expat #immigrant #overseas

A little honesty because I know so many of you get it 🕊️

It’s a constant pendulum between adventure, daily (sometimes boring) life, and homesickness.

Also thanks for letting me experiment with new content styles. This page always looks different, which kind of matches my life 😂 It’s shaped by where I’m living and what challenge or dream I’m living through at that moment. Thanks for evolving with me and sharing pieces of your journey too 🤍

#americanabroad #movingabroad #expat #immigrant #overseas

You can leave me here forever 🌊

Favorite beaches on the Athens riviera:
Glyfada
Varkiza
Lomvarda
Alkyonides

#athens #greece #slowtravel #summer #inspiration #sealover #pisces #mediterranean

You can leave me here forever 🌊

Favorite beaches on the Athens riviera:
Glyfada
Varkiza
Lomvarda
Alkyonides

#athens #greece #slowtravel #summer #inspiration #sealover #pisces #mediterranean

I live for exploring Greek harbors. Nowhere to be, just walking on the docks, watching the fishermen do their thing, seeing a glimpse into the different lives going on all around ✨

…but I also love the mountains. In Greece, they are always nearby. I’ve found the sweetest villages in those mountains, filled with kind faces who work extra hard to bring groceries from far away or just grow it themselves.

Two simpler worlds 🤍

No edits or audio - this moment was perfect as is.

📍Hydra - you can view my last few posts for a mini Hydra guide or follow for more Greece travel tips 🤍

#greecetravel #greekislands #hydra #greekculture #europeancities

I live for exploring Greek harbors. Nowhere to be, just walking on the docks, watching the fishermen do their thing, seeing a glimpse into the different lives going on all around ✨

…but I also love the mountains. In Greece, they are always nearby. I’ve found the sweetest villages in those mountains, filled with kind faces who work extra hard to bring groceries from far away or just grow it themselves.

Two simpler worlds 🤍

No edits or audio - this moment was perfect as is.

📍Hydra - you can view my last few posts for a mini Hydra guide or follow for more Greece travel tips 🤍

#greecetravel #greekislands #hydra #greekculture #europeancities

Hydra, an artist’s haven:

Leonard Cohen wrote poetry & songs here (hello So Long, Marianne)

Sophia Loren starred in Boy on a Dolphin (1957), filmed on Hydra’s shores while they dove for lost treasure

Writers like Charmian Clift & George Johnston built a bohemian haven for international writers

Giorgos Seferis, my favorite Greek poet, won a Nobel prize after being inspired by the island’s natural beauty - you can see some in my stories :)

Send to someone you want to runaway here with 🤍

#greecetravel #greekislands #greecetraveltips #hydra #artistsanctuary

Hydra, an artist’s haven:

Leonard Cohen wrote poetry & songs here (hello So Long, Marianne)

Sophia Loren starred in Boy on a Dolphin (1957), filmed on Hydra’s shores while they dove for lost treasure

Writers like Charmian Clift & George Johnston built a bohemian haven for international writers

Giorgos Seferis, my favorite Greek poet, won a Nobel prize after being inspired by the island’s natural beauty - you can see some in my stories :)

Send to someone you want to runaway here with 🤍

#greecetravel #greekislands #greecetraveltips #hydra #artistsanctuary

Also the EASIEST Greek island to visit ⬇️

Mini HYDRA guide:

Easy to get to - 2 hr ferry from Athens.
It’s so small, you don’t need exact plans.

Instead, wander through the cobble streets, do photography, and climb the stairs to the top of the island for an awesome view down below.

On another day, Hike towards sunset restaurant and just keep going to see the beaches, the coastline, and the villages beyond.

Best restaurants for sunset: sunset, omilos, techne. One night we also bought a bottle of wine from the grocery and enjoyed it on the stone terrace in between these restaurants to watch the sunset on our own 🍾

🏷️ Save this post for later and follow for more island tips!

#greecetraveltips #visitgreece #greekislands #hydra #hydragreece #mediterranean

Also the EASIEST Greek island to visit ⬇️

Mini HYDRA guide:

Easy to get to - 2 hr ferry from Athens.
It’s so small, you don’t need exact plans.

Instead, wander through the cobble streets, do photography, and climb the stairs to the top of the island for an awesome view down below.

On another day, Hike towards sunset restaurant and just keep going to see the beaches, the coastline, and the villages beyond.

Best restaurants for sunset: sunset, omilos, techne. One night we also bought a bottle of wine from the grocery and enjoyed it on the stone terrace in between these restaurants to watch the sunset on our own 🍾

🏷️ Save this post for later and follow for more island tips!

#greecetraveltips #visitgreece #greekislands #hydra #hydragreece #mediterranean

Anyone else? 🤸🚪✨

Can you guess what country these are all from?

#travelgirls #travelphotography #doors

Anyone else? 🤸🚪✨

Can you guess what country these are all from?

#travelgirls #travelphotography #doors

Anyone else? 🙋🏼‍♀️

For me I think doors are a reminder that real life is going on behind them and it may look different from what I’m used to!

These are all in GREECE. Anyone recognize any? My favorite Greek places to wander and find pretty doors:

📍Anafiotika in Athens
📍Monemvasia in the Peloponnese
📍Naxos Chora and apiranthos village
📍Paros naossa and lefkes

Save for later and tell me where your favorite doors are!!

#travelphotography #travelgirls #doorlover #greece

Anyone else? 🙋🏼‍♀️

For me I think doors are a reminder that real life is going on behind them and it may look different from what I’m used to!

These are all in GREECE. Anyone recognize any? My favorite Greek places to wander and find pretty doors:

📍Anafiotika in Athens
📍Monemvasia in the Peloponnese
📍Naxos Chora and apiranthos village
📍Paros naossa and lefkes

Save for later and tell me where your favorite doors are!!

#travelphotography #travelgirls #doorlover #greece

Athens in spring is 🤸🌊🫒🕊️🐢

Save for later or send to a friend your visiting with!

#athens #athensthingstodo #visitgreece #springineurope

Athens in spring is 🤸🌊🫒🕊️🐢

Save for later or send to a friend your visiting with!

#athens #athensthingstodo #visitgreece #springineurope

Did you know US and European daylight savings times are different?

For us in Europe, it’s tomorrow! Why is it a few weeks late from the U.S.?

In 2007, America started DST a few weeks earlier because they saw people were using less energy indoors and spending more time outside and doing activities that supported the economy. Basically, the economy (and my happiness level) benefits from longer days.

As an American abroad, this time change difference means it’s always a fun puzzle determining how many hours apart I am from the U.S. to see if it’s too early to call my family/friends back home. :)

Did you know this?

More importantly, would you rather know it’s DST and that you’re losing an hour of sleep or wake up not knowing with an extra hour of daylight ☀️🤔

#americanculture #europeanculture #daylightsavingstime #culturalfacts #summer #goodthingsarecoming

Did you know US and European daylight savings times are different?

For us in Europe, it’s tomorrow! Why is it a few weeks late from the U.S.?

In 2007, America started DST a few weeks earlier because they saw people were using less energy indoors and spending more time outside and doing activities that supported the economy. Basically, the economy (and my happiness level) benefits from longer days.

As an American abroad, this time change difference means it’s always a fun puzzle determining how many hours apart I am from the U.S. to see if it’s too early to call my family/friends back home. :)

Did you know this?

More importantly, would you rather know it’s DST and that you’re losing an hour of sleep or wake up not knowing with an extra hour of daylight ☀️🤔

#americanculture #europeanculture #daylightsavingstime #culturalfacts #summer #goodthingsarecoming

Ways to treat Greece with respect while visiting:

🇬🇷 Learn some basic Greek! Don’t be afraid to make mistakes - they laugh and are enchanted by your attempt:
Kalimera - good morning
Yasas - hello and goodbye
Efkaristo - thank you
Mou aresie Ellatha poli - I’m really liking Greece!

🌊 Be careful to leave *nothing* on the beaches. Not even a straw. Instead, you can stroll the waterline and look for colored seaglass while collecting any plastic you see to throw away.

💸 Tipping a lot isn’t required, but is appreciated! 10% will be a really nice gesture. 20% will have them really appreciating Americans :)

🍾 Greek tavernas usually give you a complimentary ouzo shot or dessert. It’s polite to take a sip or a bite to try it even if it’s not your thing. In Crete, it’s considered rude to turn down these beautiful pieces of hospitality!

🤝 Strike up a conversation with every greek you meet. Use your intro words above and then switch to english, asking where they are from and what it was like to grow up there. You will get some GREAT stories and sometimes things will escalate. Like that time I ended up bottle feeding a baby goat.

I promise being a little mindful will enrich your visit while respecting Greeks and their culture :)

Save for later, share with someone visiting, and follow along for more about magical Greece 🇬🇷

#greeksummer #visitgreece #greekhospitality #filoxenia

Ways to treat Greece with respect while visiting:

🇬🇷 Learn some basic Greek! Don’t be afraid to make mistakes - they laugh and are enchanted by your attempt:
Kalimera - good morning
Yasas - hello and goodbye
Efkaristo - thank you
Mou aresie Ellatha poli - I’m really liking Greece!

🌊 Be careful to leave *nothing* on the beaches. Not even a straw. Instead, you can stroll the waterline and look for colored seaglass while collecting any plastic you see to throw away.

💸 Tipping a lot isn’t required, but is appreciated! 10% will be a really nice gesture. 20% will have them really appreciating Americans :)

🍾 Greek tavernas usually give you a complimentary ouzo shot or dessert. It’s polite to take a sip or a bite to try it even if it’s not your thing. In Crete, it’s considered rude to turn down these beautiful pieces of hospitality!

🤝 Strike up a conversation with every greek you meet. Use your intro words above and then switch to english, asking where they are from and what it was like to grow up there. You will get some GREAT stories and sometimes things will escalate. Like that time I ended up bottle feeding a baby goat.

I promise being a little mindful will enrich your visit while respecting Greeks and their culture :)

Save for later, share with someone visiting, and follow along for more about magical Greece 🇬🇷

#greeksummer #visitgreece #greekhospitality #filoxenia

Deinfluencing life abroad 🏡

We’ve been REALLY lucky with great neighbors that have felt like family, but sometimes it’s tiring always living in someone else’s space.

Sometimes I just want to be back home, with my yard, a place that’s all my own, where I can be as loud as I want, plant a lemon tree and some geraniums, and do a project in my backyard. Home Depot and a project list sounds great too!

Not to mention our neighbors back home are also so great. They built a bar in their garage and always lure us over for chats with blue moon (my favorite beer) and I bring their son some shark teeth 🥹

Eternally grateful for this life, but there are so many small reasons we also miss home 🏠

Just me? If so that’s okay 🙃

#lifeabroad #expectationsvsreality #americanfamily #homesick

Deinfluencing life abroad 🏡

We’ve been REALLY lucky with great neighbors that have felt like family, but sometimes it’s tiring always living in someone else’s space.

Sometimes I just want to be back home, with my yard, a place that’s all my own, where I can be as loud as I want, plant a lemon tree and some geraniums, and do a project in my backyard. Home Depot and a project list sounds great too!

Not to mention our neighbors back home are also so great. They built a bar in their garage and always lure us over for chats with blue moon (my favorite beer) and I bring their son some shark teeth 🥹

Eternally grateful for this life, but there are so many small reasons we also miss home 🏠

Just me? If so that’s okay 🙃

#lifeabroad #expectationsvsreality #americanfamily #homesick

Re: reusable bags

🌿You have to pay for every plastic bag you use
🌿You get a lot of judgement here if you don’t use the reusable ones
🌿Sometimes I put my meat in the small vegetable plastic ones so they don’t leak and I feel guilty 😅
🌿When checking out, you must act like a ninja with your reusable bags to keep up with the register

#expat #lifeingreece #culturaldifferences

Re: reusable bags

🌿You have to pay for every plastic bag you use
🌿You get a lot of judgement here if you don’t use the reusable ones
🌿Sometimes I put my meat in the small vegetable plastic ones so they don’t leak and I feel guilty 😅
🌿When checking out, you must act like a ninja with your reusable bags to keep up with the register

#expat #lifeingreece #culturaldifferences

Not pictured: kidnapping our friends for a surprise moving away party, dancing hand in hand through the whole restaurant, stacks of paper napkins thrown everywhere, leaving at 2 AM 🥗

To recreate this, visit📍Steki Andreas Taverna at 9 PM and have a fun night out in Chalandri, a buzzing neighborhood in Athens

How will I eat a normal dinner again?

Sooo send to a friend you want to visit Greece with🇬🇷

#visitgreece #athensgreece #athensrestaurants #greekculture #greekfood #taverna

Not pictured: kidnapping our friends for a surprise moving away party, dancing hand in hand through the whole restaurant, stacks of paper napkins thrown everywhere, leaving at 2 AM 🥗

To recreate this, visit📍Steki Andreas Taverna at 9 PM and have a fun night out in Chalandri, a buzzing neighborhood in Athens

How will I eat a normal dinner again?

Sooo send to a friend you want to visit Greece with🇬🇷

#visitgreece #athensgreece #athensrestaurants #greekculture #greekfood #taverna

Points if you guess the country 🧐

Maybe languages fascinate us as Americans because we don’t usually learn many back home. When I hear Greek, Spanish, French spoken around me, I’m enchanted 🥰

Summer plans currently involve exploring new corners of Greece with fam & friends, but Vietnam is also calling my name?? Perks of having friends that live all over the world… you must visit them!

Tell me your favorite language you feel you were destined to learn 👇🏼

#travelabroad #summertravel #travelwithfriends #culturalimmersion #girlstrip #languagelover

Points if you guess the country 🧐

Maybe languages fascinate us as Americans because we don’t usually learn many back home. When I hear Greek, Spanish, French spoken around me, I’m enchanted 🥰

Summer plans currently involve exploring new corners of Greece with fam & friends, but Vietnam is also calling my name?? Perks of having friends that live all over the world… you must visit them!

Tell me your favorite language you feel you were destined to learn 👇🏼

#travelabroad #summertravel #travelwithfriends #culturalimmersion #girlstrip #languagelover

What aisle excites you most: wine, cheese, seafood, eggs, or the foreign candy??

Some things I’ve noticed in groceries *outside* the U.S:
- Less processed & “ready to go” foods
- More “ingredients” so I end up cooking more
- I think the rest of the world doesn’t refrigerate eggs. This is a whole thing to research if it triggers you. I wash my eggs right before using them + my hands really well to prevent salmonella, but you do you!
- Good wine doesn’t have to be expensive!

PS: if I had to choose I’m still choosing Publix every time 🫶

What do you love about foreign groceries?? Do these things apply where you’ve been?

🌍 Follow for more about what it’s like to live abroad :)

#travelabroad #expat #foreigngroceries #cultureshock #culturaldifferences

What aisle excites you most: wine, cheese, seafood, eggs, or the foreign candy??

Some things I’ve noticed in groceries *outside* the U.S:
- Less processed & “ready to go” foods
- More “ingredients” so I end up cooking more
- I think the rest of the world doesn’t refrigerate eggs. This is a whole thing to research if it triggers you. I wash my eggs right before using them + my hands really well to prevent salmonella, but you do you!
- Good wine doesn’t have to be expensive!

PS: if I had to choose I’m still choosing Publix every time 🫶

What do you love about foreign groceries?? Do these things apply where you’ve been?

🌍 Follow for more about what it’s like to live abroad :)

#travelabroad #expat #foreigngroceries #cultureshock #culturaldifferences

That feeling of walking down the docks in the salty air, sailboats rocking, the fisherman pulling in their catch 🌊

The islands have many quaint little harbors, but remember you can find some lovely ones right here in Athens. For example, in Palea Fokea, Glyfada, or in closeby Porto Rafti.

🏷️ Save this list for later - I have so many fishing village recs. Should I post more?

#greecetravel #europesummer #fishingvillages #mediterranean #athens #milos #monemvasia #slowtravel

That feeling of walking down the docks in the salty air, sailboats rocking, the fisherman pulling in their catch 🌊

The islands have many quaint little harbors, but remember you can find some lovely ones right here in Athens. For example, in Palea Fokea, Glyfada, or in closeby Porto Rafti.

🏷️ Save this list for later - I have so many fishing village recs. Should I post more?

#greecetravel #europesummer #fishingvillages #mediterranean #athens #milos #monemvasia #slowtravel

Greek poetry by Nikiforos Vrettakos 🕊️

I seek a shoreline where using canes
or trees I’ll fence one piece of the horizon
where, gathering infinity, I may get the sense
that machines don’t exist or only a few do
that soldiers don’t exist or only a few do
that weapons don’t exist or only a few do
that lead to the exit of the forest with the wolves
where there aren’t any merchants or only a few
in remote places of the earth where
paved roads haven’t yet been laid

I found the book which has both Greek and English translations from a little bookstore called Captain Books in Naxos. For those who asked, I think it’s online too 🤍

#greece #athens #greekpoetry #thesea #mediterranean

Greek poetry by Nikiforos Vrettakos 🕊️

I seek a shoreline where using canes
or trees I’ll fence one piece of the horizon
where, gathering infinity, I may get the sense
that machines don’t exist or only a few do
that soldiers don’t exist or only a few do
that weapons don’t exist or only a few do
that lead to the exit of the forest with the wolves
where there aren’t any merchants or only a few
in remote places of the earth where
paved roads haven’t yet been laid

I found the book which has both Greek and English translations from a little bookstore called Captain Books in Naxos. For those who asked, I think it’s online too 🤍

#greece #athens #greekpoetry #thesea #mediterranean

What Athens in spring feels like 🌷🌸🕊️

Neighborhood spotlight: Neo Psychiko. I love walking through these back roads near sunset. If I have time I’ll stop at the charming kokofoinikas flower hut to see what colorful blooms they have that day 🌸 and end with drinks or a bite to eat at casa mexicana, el jiron, or maison colette

#athensgreece #springflowers #athensthingstodo #athensphotography #europeancities #neopsychiko

What Athens in spring feels like 🌷🌸🕊️

Neighborhood spotlight: Neo Psychiko. I love walking through these back roads near sunset. If I have time I’ll stop at the charming kokofoinikas flower hut to see what colorful blooms they have that day 🌸 and end with drinks or a bite to eat at casa mexicana, el jiron, or maison colette

#athensgreece #springflowers #athensthingstodo #athensphotography #europeancities #neopsychiko

Cue Toto and my Nigeria nostalgia 🤍

Let me know a favorite travel memory below 🌍

#travelmemories #lifeabroad #celebratingcultures #culturaldifferences #westafrica #nigeria

Cue Toto and my Nigeria nostalgia 🤍

Let me know a favorite travel memory below 🌍

#travelmemories #lifeabroad #celebratingcultures #culturaldifferences #westafrica #nigeria

Med winter is softer. A time to slow down and think. I took a break from traveling so much and found the magic around me right at home in Athens.

Being present in our lifestyle is truly difficult as we’re eternally torn between two places with a third always on the horizon. These lessons in finding the joy in the present were exactly what I needed.

And now that we’ve thanked winter, we welcome spring and the chance to bloom again! 🌿

Tell me your plans for spring! I’ll be spending a lot of time working on short films for families and artists and hopefully with my toes in the water 🌊📸

#slowwinter #mediterranean #slowtravel #greece

Med winter is softer. A time to slow down and think. I took a break from traveling so much and found the magic around me right at home in Athens.

Being present in our lifestyle is truly difficult as we’re eternally torn between two places with a third always on the horizon. These lessons in finding the joy in the present were exactly what I needed.

And now that we’ve thanked winter, we welcome spring and the chance to bloom again! 🌿

Tell me your plans for spring! I’ll be spending a lot of time working on short films for families and artists and hopefully with my toes in the water 🌊📸

#slowwinter #mediterranean #slowtravel #greece

My Athens favorites list after living here for a year and a half:

🤍 $3 gyros I can hardly finish
🤍 The best coffee
🤍 Simplest metro I’ve ever used that’s $1
🤍 Walkable downtown with fruit trees on sidewalk
🤍 An entire riviera that no one knows about
🤍 Friendly kitty cats
🤍 Stumbling on ancient ruins on the way to the supermarket

Some of my favorite things to do:

🏛️ Walk around Plaka and monastiraki in the early morning. Find Anafiotika and do photography in the beautiful textured stone alleys

🖼️ Browse through museums. @cycladic_museum and Basil and Elise are recent favorites

🌊 Head to the riviera - always @alkyonides.varkiza for coffee first and then varkiza and lomvarda beaches

Tell me your favorite Athens activities or save this for a future visit 🤍

#athens #greece #europeancities #athensthingstodo

My Athens favorites list after living here for a year and a half:

🤍 $3 gyros I can hardly finish
🤍 The best coffee
🤍 Simplest metro I’ve ever used that’s $1
🤍 Walkable downtown with fruit trees on sidewalk
🤍 An entire riviera that no one knows about
🤍 Friendly kitty cats
🤍 Stumbling on ancient ruins on the way to the supermarket

Some of my favorite things to do:

🏛️ Walk around Plaka and monastiraki in the early morning. Find Anafiotika and do photography in the beautiful textured stone alleys

🖼️ Browse through museums. @cycladic_museum and Basil and Elise are recent favorites

🌊 Head to the riviera - always @alkyonides.varkiza for coffee first and then varkiza and lomvarda beaches

Tell me your favorite Athens activities or save this for a future visit 🤍

#athens #greece #europeancities #athensthingstodo

Painted pottery at a Greek ceramics studio and it was theee most fun girls night. We all went with blues - can’t wait to see them glazed! 🇬🇷🌊💙🤍

Anyone else wanting to take classes?

#girlsnight #ceramics #pottery #greekart #crafting

Painted pottery at a Greek ceramics studio and it was theee most fun girls night. We all went with blues - can’t wait to see them glazed! 🇬🇷🌊💙🤍

Anyone else wanting to take classes?

#girlsnight #ceramics #pottery #greekart #crafting

The things they don’t tell you when you move to Greece 🐛

All across the Mediterranean there are poisonous caterpillars that come out of pine and other trees in Spring. They eject their hairs when threatened. I have welts all over from them floating around in the air, but they are deadly to dogs that eat them.

We are SOOO careful because they are all over our neighborhood right now! No shoes in the house, paw wash after every walk, etc.

Somehow one still ended up in the house and I found Havana chomping down on it?!

This was the protocol:

Washed her mouth out with water using the shower wand (a lot of European showers have the hand held wand)

Rushed to the vet within a few minutes to get a cortisone shot asap.

I assumed they would charge me an arm and a leg for an emergency visit, but they instead rushed out to the waiting room, gave her the $20 shot, and now we hope it’s all good. 🤞🏼 I really didn’t want to bring her in but it was so quick and easy that I’m really glad I did and will now have less anxiety if it happens again…

Ok back to having a happy Friday & looking forward to a tequila 😅

#expat #lifeingreece #traveltransparency #mediterranean

The things they don’t tell you when you move to Greece 🐛

All across the Mediterranean there are poisonous caterpillars that come out of pine and other trees in Spring. They eject their hairs when threatened. I have welts all over from them floating around in the air, but they are deadly to dogs that eat them.

We are SOOO careful because they are all over our neighborhood right now! No shoes in the house, paw wash after every walk, etc.

Somehow one still ended up in the house and I found Havana chomping down on it?!

This was the protocol:

Washed her mouth out with water using the shower wand (a lot of European showers have the hand held wand)

Rushed to the vet within a few minutes to get a cortisone shot asap.

I assumed they would charge me an arm and a leg for an emergency visit, but they instead rushed out to the waiting room, gave her the $20 shot, and now we hope it’s all good. 🤞🏼 I really didn’t want to bring her in but it was so quick and easy that I’m really glad I did and will now have less anxiety if it happens again…

Ok back to having a happy Friday & looking forward to a tequila 😅

#expat #lifeingreece #traveltransparency #mediterranean

So much going on, but there’s always small reasons to be happy. Here are some of mine
🇬🇷🐟🌶️🐛✈️🍪🩺🇺🇸

I’d love to hear one of yours 🤍

#lifeingreece #americanexpat

So much going on, but there’s always small reasons to be happy. Here are some of mine
🇬🇷🐟🌶️🐛✈️🍪🩺🇺🇸

I’d love to hear one of yours 🤍

#lifeingreece #americanexpat

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