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Life Lessons from Greece
We all felt short-changed that we were only able to spend three weeks in Greece instead of the full month because we had plans to meet Leo’s family in India. We could have spent months if not years exploring...
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Panathenaic Stadium, Athens
On the morning of our last day in Greece, we took a brisk walk from our Airbnb to the Panathenaic Stadium. It was a glorious morning with the sun rising into a perfect blue sky.  The first Panathenaic...
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Syntagma Square, Athens
When we lived in Shanghai, if we couldn’t agree on where to go for dinner, we could always agree on Korean BBQ. It had been more than four months since we had Korean BBQ and we were all missing our favorite...
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Flisvos Park, Athens
We arrived back in Athens via overnight ferry on a chilly weekday morning. It was only 6 am when our van exited the ferry in the same system of organized chaos that is required when hundreds of cars, motorcycles...
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Palace of Phaistos
Based on the recommendation of the curator that we met at the Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, we decided to end our stay in Crete with a visit to the Palace of Phaistos, one hour drive southwest of...