When I was getting ready to move to Greece, I was looking on google for information about living here – turns out, I should have been looking on Facebook. There’s a group for nearly everything… Read More »Acquiring Furniture, Adopting Cats, and the Lifesaver that are Facebook Groups
It’s been a hot minute since I’ve updated this blog! Yesterday I had a friend asking me about how I found an apartment though, so I was reminded that I should post about my experience!… Read More »Finding An Apartment
REFLECTIONS ON BEING A FOREIGNER AND REMEMBERING BEING A FOREIGNER The first time I traveled to Greece, everything was reminding me of Albania. The little store fronts selling brightly colored plastic goods, the local bakeries,… Read More »Lost Yet Found
I’m not exactly sure what the equivalent of a “tax number” is in the US – it doesn’t seem as serious as a SSN, but you still need it for just about everything. Getting a… Read More »Getting a Tax Number
I wish I’d taken pictures of all my bags piled onto the luggage carts at the airport, or even stacked up in the car, but I was too stressed to think about any of that. Plus, I was still recovering from what I suspect was the flu. I was waking up so congested that I barely felt like eating, and add to that the weird stomach feelings that come with anxiety…
Step one: get a visa. This should be a simple process, really. Since I’m going as a student, and surely Greece wants students to be paying their schools for international programs, as long as I… Read More »Getting a Visa