Tag: Greece
Lakka, Paxos, Greece
“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” – Unknown The Journey After an amazing few days in Athens, our plan was to visit Paxos. We had to wake up super early, drive five hours to Igoumenitsa, then take a boat to the island. Our bodies felt like lead, but our eyes […]
Athens: Beach. Acropolis. Theater.
“It takes a lifetime for someone to discover Greece, but it only takes an instant to fall in love with her.” – Henry Miller Before I visited Greece, my sister, Dina and her daughter, Joanna asked me what I wanted to do during my visit. I told them my main focus was to spend time […]
Greece: Return to the Motherland
““Families are like branches on a tree. We grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one.” Last summer, I went to Greece to see my family. I flew for two days, with a stopover in London and a connection in Madrid. I was happy when I finally landed in Athens. When I was […]
10 Things You May or May Not Know about Me
1. With the name Gina Pacelli, people assume I am 100 percent Italian. However, I was born in Greece and adopted at the age of two. My adoptive dad is Italian and my adoptive mother is Greek, but by blood I am 100 percent Greek. Greek was my first language, but I know my second […]