i just got back from my vacation in greece. two and half weeks in limnos, four days in mykonos and two days in athens.
i know exactly what you’re thinking…not enough time. maybe in mykonos. but overall, i could’ve done another week in limnos, maybe a few more nights in athens. there’s just so much to see, do and time to be had to relax. why was i in such a rush to get back to this life of online courses for the next few weeks? well, truth is, the family booked the tickets together and so we went and left together.
it was good though. i got to see family, friends, foes, that i haven’t seen in more than seven years. eight to be exact. no foes, i kid. i swam in beautiful beaches, i ate delicious souvlaki, i smoked my brains out with cigarettes to maintain the mediterranean lifestyle, i partied on the craziest island in all of the motherland, and i got a crazy tan to enhance my olive tone.
how could i complain? i’m not! i’d do it all over again in a heartbeat and then some.
but when? before this trip it had been eight long years since i last visited. will it be another eight? i hope not. there’s people i want to see there, there’s people i want to take there. eight is too long. but with so much other beauty and mystery to see in this world, how could i fall into that trap that so many greek american’s fall into of going back year after year and then never see another coast, mountain, sunset, monument on this earth?
it’s sad that some of these people never get to see another part of this world because year after year they spend their summers in greece. visiting their grandma, grandpa, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. but wait is that sad? or is the fact that i hadn’t seen the people that love me and care for me in such a long time, sad?
you give and you take. life is about moderation and balance. of course it’s beautiful to see the world and experience different cultures, but you must not lose touch with your own. especially when that culture is so rich and beautiful and full of life.
so maybe again next summer i’ll take a trip out to greece for a couple of weeks. but then am i holding myself back from seeing other beautiful parts of this world?
of course not, there’s the EURO RAIL!
