In 2006, after breaking up with my boyfriend of six years, I desperately wanted to get out of Chicago. One night, I scoured Craigslist for jobs anywhere but there. I eventually made my way to Craigslist Greece and found an ad that said, “Come bartend on a Greek island and listen to Willie Nelson till the sun comes up and the smell of warm bread fills the bakeries.” Without hesitation, I instantly replied, “I saw your ad. Please hire me.”
Two weeks later, I was on a plane to Athens and then a boat to Sifnos Island, where I landed at Old Captain Bar and lived in the room above it for three months.
I returned the second summer and worked at an internet café across from Old Captain.
Since working there, I have been back a number of times, and each time, I am reassured that so much is still the same. The same shop owners are all there and have seemingly not aged. it has become the place I most feel at home, and I’m so grateful to have found it.
In 2023 I brought my family of four for one month. these are the images from that magical trip.
