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Continue reading →: Random days in NovemberI’ve started and abandoned writing a post several times in the last week. Everything has just been a lot. There was an election, I got my period, Olya was moving and is now gone (cries). You can expect an outdated post about going out to the city for karaoke someday…
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Continue reading →: Hedgehogs, Wine, and AdventuresFirst things first: A couple weeks ago Felix called me from his dog walk to tell me his most exciting news- he saw a hedgehog! I was not at all jealous because the only hedgehogs I’ve seen so far have been dead on the high way. Not even a little…
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Continue reading →: So much Halloween, not enough sleepFriends, I have Halloween’d so hard this week that the devil himself has asked me to lay off and take a break today. I am currently wearing my absolute favorite costume, pajamas, which he said is fine. However, I attended three Halloween parties this week, wearing three different costumes, and…
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Continue reading →: Creating ComfortWhen life gives you a big juicy potato dumper, you make soup. That’s how the old saying goes, right? When I saw another expat posting in groups about when and where he’d have fresh loaves of sour dough, I knew I wanted some and that I needed something tasty to…
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Continue reading →: Unpacking my past lifeIf we’re friends on social media, you already know this, but MY SHIT IS HERE!!! Here it is mostly consolidated to one room, which would not have been my preference as it was hard to get to things and organize them, but I was not here to supervise box placement…
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Continue reading →: My shoes are tiredCong is looking into the future, friends, and it is bright! Our things we shipped from America are supposed to get here this coming week. They recently arrived in Athens and will be loaded up on a boat and come directly to our house. It’s only taken five months! We…
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Continue reading →: Oops, I disappearedApparently it’s October now?! WT actual F?! Last week really got away from me somehow. I ended up having to go to town almost every day, which made the week feel exceptionally busy, even if I didn’t really accomplish that much. I did accomplish getting Cong neutered and a scooter…
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Continue reading →: Adorable ChaosOur new orange flavored son splits his time between sleeping (like 50% at least), being adorable, and being an absolute menace to society (maybe 20%). This is him being adorable on some clean laundry I had to run out and bring in when it started to rain. Our ankles are…
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Continue reading →: It rained!Ya’ll this is what the hill behind my house looked like last night at 10:30 pm. The moon was so bright that it almost looked like some sort of weird twilight day time. It rained yesterday. Like really rained for the first time since we got here (excluding a quick…
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Continue reading →: Art Night on Simona’s RoofI was not so bad about taking pictures this time, but a few of these photos may or may not have been stolen from the group chat, including this one! Julia’s house is high up on a hill in Aptera, and the wind made it not an ideal location for…
Hello,
I’m Ashley
Come get lost with me on the island of Crete in Greece! My family moved here in May of 2024, and I wanted to share our adventures and misadventures as well as information on our moving process.
Ashley Gets Lost 