A good friend of mine invited me to his home in Greece for a week in August, to see the sea, to go fishing, to meet his parents, to drink. Ivory houses were layered on the hills overlooking the Mediterranean. Sailboats would be sparkled on the sea, dinging and chiming. We laughed into the breeze, strolled around the town, watched his people bake bread and push carts. Old Opas and Omas and wide-open arms and Ouzo, the licorice-sweet liquor of the Southern Greeks. We took a boat from island to island, looking at the architecture. The column looks were amazing, the facades of homes so non-American it was startling. Garage doors, however, were surprisingly the same! I guess even Greeks need automatic garage door openers.
We went to a beach house, and everything was blue and white and flapped in the wind. Every morning we woke up and made frappe, a foamy cold coffee drink, got on that little power boat, and headed out to find islands. We saw lots of trash in the sea, unfortunately, and ate lots of fish I would never have considered eating; I learned to love anchovies, of all things. I learned that Greeks like putting lemon on everything, which was fine, because lemon is my favorite flavor. We basked in the sun, hopped in and out of the boat, did backflips.
There is almost nothing better than Greece in the summer, and you can evoke that feeling in a home with clever use of paint, drapery, front door style, and garage door façade. It might not work in a place where it snows during the winter- those who live in southern California have the best shot at it. The weather of the two places is surprisingly similar, with Greece perhaps being a bit warmer in the summer.
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