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Love Notes

Eat, Pray, Love Notes

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Graffiti In Athens

Gonna be honest, I’m kinda disappointed I haven’t found any murals or graffiti in the area of North Carolina we’re staying in. But then again, I guess that can’t be a bad thing at all. In my eyes, it’s both good and bad, but I really shouldn’t complain. They got a nice thing happening here on the eastern side of NC. They take care of their city.

In the meantime, I really still have much more graffiti photos from Greece, so that’ll keep this Love Notes section busy until I gather enough photos from other locations.

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Entertainment List

Family Doppelgängers

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When I was in Greece, I couldn’t help but take advantage by asking family about stories from my parent’s youth. Accompanied with the stories were old photo albums that were loaded with photos I’ve never seen before. I’ve only seen my dad’s baby photo and his army photo when he was in his early twenties. Those two and that’s it, so it was a treat to see more than just those two photos.

Of course, there were a few gems that stood out that made me think “he/she looks like [insert name]” and I created little collages since I got a kick out of it.
It’s not very hard to entertain me.

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Current Events

Final Greek Contemplation

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After being in Europe for three months, I have grown to appreciate American culture a little more. Europe is a place everyone wants to escape to, be it vacations or daydreaming of living in a cottage in the country by the sea with no distractions and the quiet subtle rumbling of the oceans hitting the rocks. Pretty elaborate visual, but I’m sure we’ve all had a daydream or two like that.

Being away from my normal everyday environment, submerged in a different culture, made me miss what I know. And for that, I’m sure I won’t make a permanent move out of America any time soon. Believe me, I strongly considered it. I didn’t want to talk about it until I was sure, but this trip to Greece was half a test to see if I could find a way to live there. After graduating, I was frustrated with the pressure and the feeling of having to put my life together, find a job, move out, and live like an adult. Things didn’t work out as I hoped, made a lot of physical moves and my mentality kinda took a dive. I thought “maybe all of this isn’t for me” – American living, that is.

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Travel

The Fortezza

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Fortezza of Rethymno

Not too far from the city center of Rethymno in Crete is and old castle that protected the city against attacks from the water. To get to the castle was quite an uphill battle, which was the worst in the beaming sun.

It was pretty much open land with a few structures which were still mostly intact. They were probably restored as a couple of the buildings were being used as “art galleries”, or so that’s what it seemed like.
Obviously the Fortezza was right above the water. Standing at the castle, there’s a stunning view of the city underneath and a view of the water which was amazing.

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Travel

More Streets Of Chania

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Streets of Chania, Crete

It’s kinda strange revisiting all of these pictures now since I’ve been home for a week. I’m back in the American grind and thinking about Greece feels foreign to me again. I didn’t think I’d adjust so fast, but when you’re home, you’re home. Home becomes all you know again.

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Love Notes

Love Notes, Actually

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Graffiti in Greece

Looking back at all the photos I took from my long trip, I have a boatload of graffiti photos. It’s kinda crazy to think about how a country known to be so beautiful has quite a juxtaposition happening. You can defend how that occurs in every country and city, but it’s one thing to hear it and another to see it up close and personal.

As much as it is technically defacing buildings and other surfaces, I enjoy coming across bright, colorful, and detailed graffiti. It’s the vulgar language that I loathe seeing because it ruins the artistic aspect of graffiti. And this is why we can’t have nice things. 👎

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Travel

Old Town, Chania, Crete, Greece, Europe, Earth

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Streets of Chania, Crete

Crete is Greece’s largest island, and is said to be a 12 hour drive from one end to the other. That’s about where I am in New York to the tip of South Carolina. Equivalent to a road trip down a good chunk of the east coast.
When I arrived by boat I just didn’t know what to expect at all. I pictured tiny villages in mountains filled with goats and donkeys. I was excited to see how wrong I was! It’s a very developed island which has areas just as hopping’ as Athens.

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Travel

Vacation Unexpectations

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Streets of Chania, Crete

Finally have a chance to check in. I have to admit, looking at previous posts while being in Greece, it didn’t hit me until now how much I’ve done the past nine months. I made my big move to the west coast almost a year ago, and even though I’ve moved back home since then, I really haven’t been in New York much. I began the year in Portland, with a week in Louisiana a few months later, and now two months in Greece. Even though this was definitely not how I imagined things would play out, I was lucky to get out and explore this year because if I was still in Portland, none of these trips would have happened. Life would be so different, so I’m becoming appreciative for this free time.

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Love Notes

Crazy, Stupid, Love Notes

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Graffiti In Athens, Greece

I’m just having fun with the titles at this point. I decided from now on I’m going to stay away from numbering the post titles because it gets a bit boring. I just hope y’all get the references.

Anywho, here’s another batch of some graffiti I’ve found across Athens, plus a gif of highway art for your viewing pleasure!

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