FAMILY IN GREECE

Moving to Greece With Children: The Origin

The Story of a Magical Encounter

Damasta, the starting point of our adventure — Photo by author

I fell in love with Greece the first time I went there. Since then, I have been dreaming about living in Greece, especially in Crete.

It was ten years ago.

Now, we made it, with the whole family! I’m going to tell you about the adventure from the beginning.

Let’s start with the one who made it possible.

Her name is Evangelia. We knew her name the second time we saw her — when we decided to go and visit her again five years later.

This woman gave birth to this project.

The first time we met her was on the first day of our first stay in Crete when we arrived in Damasta, her village.

July 1, 2013: the encounter

A large Eucalyptus tree at the entrance to the village and here we are, in the beautiful village of Damasta. It’s in the mountains, 30 km west of Heraklion.

We arrived by car, and through our windscreen, already blackened by the dust from the road, I saw an old lady dressed all in black crossing the road.