Living in Greece
A practical guide to moving, living, working & traveling in Greece, plus musing and misadventures from an American in AthensPlaces I’ve Lived or Experienced
I am fortunate and grateful to have traveled and lived in these beautiful places, which required making personal sacrifices and sometimes working 80 hours a week to pay for these dreams and journeys myself. Worth every penny.
All travel and relocation were done alone, except Egypt, Jordan and India where I joined a group of independent travelers for safety or logistical reasons; and Saudi Arabia, which required me to register with an organized tour for visa issuance.
My style is to travel off season, alone and without apps, devices or guidebooks, learning only practical information and the basics of the local language to meet residents and take it all in. It has rewarded me with powerful stories, life lessons and amazing friends.
*Places I’ve lived are underlined.
In Greece
Mainland: Agrinio, Aidipsos, Alexandroupoli, Arachova, Athens (center, east Attica, northern & southern suburbs), Chalkidiki, Corinth, Delphi, Halkida, Hanioti, Kalamata, Kalambaka, Kavala, Lagonissi, Larissa, Marathon, Meteora, Nafplio, Olympia, Patra, Mt. Parnassos, Pyrgos, Sounio, Thessaloniki, Trikala, Tripoli
Islands: Aegina, Andros, Angistri, Chios, Crete, Evia, Hydra, Ios, Karpathos, Kefallonia, Kos, Naxos, Paros, Poros, Rhodes, Salamina, Samos, Symi, Syros and Zakynthos
In the World
Austria – Innsbruck, Linz, Salzberg, Vienna
Bahamas
Belgium – Antwerp, Brugge, Brussels, Ghent, Liege
Belize
Bulgaria – Varna
Canada – Niagara Falls, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Whistler
China – Hong Kong
Croatia – Dubrovnik, Split
Czech Republic – Brno, Karlovy Vary, Prague
Denmark – Copenhagen
Egypt – Abu Simbel (Ramses Temple), Aswan, Cairo, Giza (Pyramids), Karnak, Luxor (Valley of the Kings & Queens), Mt. Sinai, Red Sea
Estonia – Tallinn
Finland – Helsinki, Lapland
France – Bordeaux, Carcassonne, Dijon, Limoges, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Paris, Perpignan, Toulouse
French Polynesia – Bora Bora, Maiao, Moorea, Raiatea, Tahiti
Germany – Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Munich, Soltau
Great Britain – Birmingham, Brighton, Essex, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester
Hungary – Baradla Caves in Aggtelek Karst, Budapest, Eger
Iceland – Keflavik, Reykjavik
India – Agra, Alleppey, Bikaner, Delhi, Fatehpur Sikri, Gajner, Goa, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Kerala backwaters, Kochin, Kumarakom, Lucknow, Madurai, Mandawa, Margao, Mumbai, Munnar, Mysore, Periyar, Pondicherry, Ranakpur, Shekhawati, Trivandrum, Udaipur, Varanasi, Varkala
Indonesia – Jakarta
Italy – Bologna, Florence, Milan, Naples, Palermo (Sicily), Pisa, Rome, Turin, Vatican City, Venice
Ireland – Cliffs of Moher, Cork, Dublin, Fethard on Sea, Galway, Kildare, Killarney, Limerick, New Ross, Rosslare, Waterford, Wexford
Japan – Fukuoka, Hakata, Hakone, Himeji, Hiroshima, Kamakura, Kyoto, Miyajima, Mt. Fuji, Nara, Osaka, Sasaguri, Tokyo, Tottori, Yokohama
Jordan – Amman, Aqaba, Dead Sea, Kerak, Madaba, Mt. Nebo, Nuweiba, Petra, Wadi Musa, Wadi Rum
Luxembourg
Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur, Penang
Mexico – Acapulco, Akumal, Cancun, Chichen Itza, Coba, Cozumel, Ensenada, Los Cabos, Merida, Mexico City, Oaxaca, Paamul, Playa del Carmen, Puerto Morelos, Puerto Vallarta, Tijuana, Tulum, Xcaret, Xel-Ha
Montenegro – Bar, Podgorica
Morocco – Casablanca, Chefchaouen, Essaouira, Fez, Marrakech, Meknes, Tangier, Volubis
Nepal – Bhaktapur, Himalayas, Kathmandu, Lalitpur,
The Netherlands – Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht
Norway – Oslo
Portugal – The Azores, Baleal, Batalha, Carcavelos, Cascais, Coimbra, Conímbriga, Estoril, Lisbon, Obidos, Ovar, Peniche, Porto, Sesimbra, Sintra, Torreira
Qatar – Doha
Republic of North Macedonia
Saudi Arabia – Jeddah, Riyadh
Scotland – Edinburgh, Glasgow, the Highlands, Loch Ness
Serbia – Belgrade
Serbia and Montenegro (now dissolved)
Singapore
Slovakia – Bratislava, Carpathian Mountains, Kosice
South Africa – Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, Fish Hoek, Mossel Bay, Paarl, Port Elizabeth, Sedgefield, Simon’s Town, Somerset West, Stellenbosch
Spain – Barcelona, Bilbao, Fuerteventura, Girona, Gran Canaria, Granada, Jaen, Lanzarote, Madrid, Pamplona, Santander, Sevilla, Toledo, Valencia
Sri Lanka – Colombo, Weligama
Sweden – Borås, Göteburg, Grebo, Helsingborg, Linköping, Lund, Malmo, Stockholm, Upplands Vasby, Uppsala, Västerås
Switzerland – Arosa, Bern, Geneve, Zurich
Thailand – Ayutthaya, Bangkok
Turkey – Istanbul
United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi, Dubai
United States – Alabama, Arizona, California (in its entirety), Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Milwaukee, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (during 9/11), North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., Wisconsin, Wyoming
Still on the List
Anguilla
Australia
Brazil
Cambodia
China
Galapagos Islands
India – Amritsar, Bangalore, Dharamasala, Mysore
Iran
Lebanon
Madagascar
Russia
St. Thomas
Vietnam
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