‘The furthest distance in life is between what it is and what you thought it would be’ – The Only Living Boy in New York. I couldn’t agree more, especially when it comes to relationships. I don’t fly across the world just for anybody. I do that when there’s a connection, when we have chemistry, […]
Read MoreCheers to being single (mom)
Being a single mom is not easy. The house owner where you want to rent turns you down, just because you have a kid. The guy you thought you could actually have something beautiful with turns you down, just because you have a kid. Yes, I do, and I love her to infinity and back […]
Read MoreThe grateful girl
Beaches and friends. That’s what Alderney gave me and that is why I treasure my life on the island so much. Kristina would dare to disagree. All she heard was me complaining about the fog and the rain. You know, the best weather one can ask for come summer or winter… She heard all about […]
Read MoreThe cheated girl
My mom gave him that nickname. ‘He looks like a real eye candy boy’, – she said as soon as she saw him the first time. Before my mom got to come and visit me, a lot had happened. After the night where I got to dance with him at the bunker party for the […]
Read MoreThe party girl
‘What’s your name?’ – asked the guy who had jumped out of a battered up pick up truck and stopped me in the middle of the road. It was a sunny Sunday morning and I was just walking through the cobbled streets of Alderney enjoying my day off. And then boom – this happened. It […]
Read MoreThe new girl
‘I heard you were making out with the eye candy boy last night’ – my friend told me. And that basically sums up the island of Alderney – everybody knew everything, in most cases even before it happened. Don’t get me wrong, it was a very special place to me, and very dear to my […]
Read MoreIn and out of harbor
I didn’t go back to Greece. One time was enough, I decided, and I couldn’t really bear to think of another summer full of shouting. And no matter how much I missed him, I was not the girl for him. A few years later I found out he got married to another girl from my […]
Read MoreIt’s all Greek to me
Remember the skinny guy who picked me up on the morning I arrived to Parga? He was one of the twins. The manager. The other twin was the chef. While their mother Nafsika would sit at the restaurant every night and smile at the customers, the twins would yell at the staff. They yelled at […]
Read MoreYes to Grease, yes to Greece
One day my fiance told me that we should watch ‘Grease‘. I thought he was talking about Greece, and I wasn’t too keen. Greece? The country in Europe? No, thank you, too close to home… But I did watch the movie, and I did come to Greece. It was one summer in Parga. Athens had […]
Read MoreZoo York state of mind
The other day I came across this pearl of wisdom: It got me thinking. What is it that I want and look for? Well, in no particular order: a lifelong partner, a.k.a the last boyfriend an awesome job loads of money, enough to bathe in! a place that feels like home But in reality, do […]
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