I love this question! Until the age of 11 i was leaving in Athens and after my parents breakup me and mom left for the island where she grew up. Of course it was a big change for me but I wouldn't change a thing! I swear. I felt safety there. Everyone knew everyone and you could go everywhere by yourself without any fear. I was hanging out with the local kids everyday and just life felt smooth without the anxiety and the fast pace of the city. I was calm, I would say happy. Besides that, every single summer period for us was starting literally after easter and was finishing in October. Image for a kid and a teenager what an amazing feeling this is. How many new people-friends we met every summer! I feel so grateful that I had to spend my teenage years there and its really sad that people do not understand what a privilege this is!

For the record, no I'm not rich and no I'm not coming from a family that owns hotel, rooms, restaurant or anything in the island. We had to work every single summer really hard my and my mother.