His wife is from Lesvos, his favourite island. Whenever I return to Greece, no matter how long I have not seen my friends here, it's like we are picking up the conversation where we left off the night before. Anyone can love Greece on the surface. It's so beautiful. Not only because the food is good or the atmosphere is beautiful, but because people love to talk and to say what they feel.
Conversations get passionate in Greece.
I love having to get the attention of the waiter for more wine or another order of paidakia. In the States I miss waking up in the morning and going to a cafe in Plaka and getting a coffee and the Athens News. It is really a less foreign country then they imagine. Over the years he has been running his website, Barrett says he has noticed the trend where it is chiefly American women who want to travel to Greece and have to work at convincing their husbands to book the tickets. Greece's enemy is greed and corruption.