VISITING MY DADS VILLAGE IN CRETE 🇬🇷
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- It meant a lot to me to finally see my 93 year old auntie who is still so strong and positive, it just goes to show that a simple life, the sunshine and zero stress really does do wonders for your health. I hadn't seen her for years so naturally I was quite emotional we were re united and it meant the world to me that she was able to meet Achillea. I hope you enjoyed this video, thanks so much for your support on this channel. Stick around for singing at 9:16 onwards! (lots of you have requested I get back into it!)
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I am not Greek or connected with anyone in this video but I felt a great sense of family and community from this video. Thank you to your family for allowing us to meet your dad's family and going back in time. That is the great thing about family, is doesn't matter where you come from or what you have but just that we love and are loved!
Didn't you just wish that you could be right there with them? I sure did!
I loved it! It brought tears to my eyes especially Achillea’s reaction: “...we’re not doing this generation justice.”
English family goes to Greece and sings Sweet Home Alabama. Love it! You are so multi-cultural
It is in the greek culture and dna to learn about all the culture i love soul music .disco .pop. any kind of music i enjoy speacking with any people.even i'm greek i'm just a World citizen.greatings yassas
Oh Lia, What a heartwarming and touching video. I actually cried when you were with your dear auntie. All of us can learn so much from our grandparents' generation. I am grateful that my Grandmother lived with my family as I was growing up. It's so sad to see that this is not common in modern society. You are truly blessed to have had this opportunity to visit your Dad's village. Thanks for sharing this personal moment with us. As always, take care and Happy Travels! ♥️🛫🗺🇺🇸🇬🇧
Lia and brother on guitar and singing-fantastic! Love seeing Greek culture and small village living! Great family. Admire tight family ties togetherness. So so blessed you are. Thank God and never take it for granted. Achillea's epiphany -heartwarming. Auntie with heart of gold. Authentic dad in his element happy to share. Quite a character. Much enjoyed. Thank you for sharing this Lia!
Your Auntie is so so adorable! 😍 Her eyes just light up with joy.
You are SO SO fortunate to have such a proud, resilient and beautiful heritage! This is my favorite video of yours, so far! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Paula, I was nervous to share but I’m glad I did xx
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Oh darling, being Greek is the best think about you.
The more I see your boyfriend, the more I like him! He's not just beautiful outside, he's beautiful inside! xoxo
I was so surprised when I found his footage as he’s usually only ever showing his jokey side on camera. This is the real Ach that I know and love. The jokes are the icing on top 💛👌🏼
Your Greek Auntie ❤️❤️❤️ - I teared up when she saw you! She looks like she gives though great hugs too. The ones you’ll remember forever! Thanks again for sharing your family with us xoxo
Lia, you out did yourself on this one! Brought tears to my eyes. Thanks for bringing us along on the trip to meet family and neighbors, they warmed my heart.
“Dad was the Greek Harry Potter.” Lol so cute!
Oh Lia, I am 5 minutes in and have to stop to tell you how magical this is, just beautiful!! 👍🙋♀️💕💕💕🥂
There was so much that made me smile. I loved your auntie grandma! She reminded me of some of my great-aunts in the Appalachians of the US. My dad used to take us everywhere locally (outside of Atlanta) where he was born and raised and then to the Appalachians where his dad was born and raised. Dad called it his "stomping grounds". Also, it was so neat hearing you sing "Sweet Home Alabama" in Greece!!! Thank you for sharing!
Very emotional and happy for you that you got to see your dads village. Really lovely 😊 video.
I'm a Georgia Peach...Georgia born and Alabama raised. I absolutely LOVED that y'all sang "Sweet Home Alabama ", that was so awesome, thank you! I enjoyed 'meeting' your family, especially your 93 year old auntie. What a wonderful lady!
Aw, I had tears in my eyes when you and your aunt saw each other and were hugging! She's beautiful - such a joy! Gotta love a woman of her age telling her grown son to leave her business to her! Ha! Lia, your aunt had so much love in her eyes when she was sitting next you and watching you play the guitar.💕Thank you for sharing your visit with us.
Roots. So many people have " lost " there Roots! It was good to see yours, your Nana is a treasure! My cousin, Mona Jean, has traced our family tree back to 1531 in Germany. My dad had 8 brothers & sisters, so I have cousins all over the place. We just had a family reunion last month, it was great to see everyone! Peace & Love Lia ❤🤗🥀
Loved this! I died laughing when y’all started singing, “Sweet Home Alabama “ I live in Alabama!
My tears came when you and your Auntie greeted each other! Lovely video Lia, so many wonderful moments! You could tell your Auntie really appreciated Ach! Hehe! She's so strong and feisty! I'm glad you were able to see your Dad's village, appreciate where he came from and make these memories. Family is everything!
Thanks Nancy 💛💛💛
This is my favorite one of your videos! It was very touching. I love when our older generations are treated the way they should be, with love, caring and understanding.
I'm choking back sobs. How wonderful! I'm in awe and also a tiny bit jealous. I do my family tree research and I see my ancestry, but there is nothing left to visit. Not really. Graves, but no homes. Everything is gone. Cherish your family and your roots! Thank you SO much for sharing!
This is so emotional and humbling.
Thank you for saring your wonderful Greek family.
I am crying. So beautiful! You have great genes for a long life! The president of ice cream is a good man. You both are lucky! Love 💘you!
Thank you so much for sharing your lovely family with all of us ♥️ so beautiful!
Your Auntie/Grandma was precious and Ach was so touching he melted my heart ❤
Thank you for sharing your family with us I so enjoyed this video 💕💕
Oh and we need more of you playing and singing 💕
She reminded me of my German American grandma. She looked a lot like her.
How wonderful. I wish i still had elderly family around. But hey, I'm next i guess cause I'm 63! Lol
First generation Greek on my father's side here. My greatest regret is I never sat down with my dad and talked to him about his life in Greece before he emigrated.
The only reference I found to his were immigration records that probably misspelled the village name because it does not exist today.
I had to shorten my full name from Psilopoulos because in the U.S. because everybody was trying to pronounce the "P"🙄
I did pass my dads middle name Demetrius down to my son and then he did the honor of passing it down to one of my grandchildren. Thanks for the emotional tour of the home country.
I feel the same way....family history isn't very interesting when you're young and then it's too late.
By far my favorite video you've posted. Your auntie is so precious!! It is so heartwarming to see and feel the emotions with you. I'm so happy you got to see her again.
Such a beautiful tribute to your auntie and dad's family. A few teary moments indeed.
I think this is the best video I have ever seen on UA-cam!!!!
Awww thank you Donald! That means a lot xx
Greece definitely on my bucket list. Beautiful family.
Travel with a Greek.
Thank you for sharing your family with us, Lia. You come from such a warm, lovely group of people....no wonder you are such a special person. And Achy was right...there's something about living life a bit slower, away from all the noise and commotion that is very special.
SO beautiful, Lia! This video is gold! Your aunt is a gem. Seeing how our elders live their lives is always so inspiring and it reminds you what's really important in life. Greece seems so peaceful. It feels like a place you can escape to to center yourself and try to figure it all out.
This is by far my fav video on this channel. It's just so full of love it's overwhelming. Can't imagine how amazing of an experience it was for you and your fam.
Lia Your auntie is amazing ,your tour of the village that your dad came from ,and sharing a meal with your family ,and restocking your aunties market,I am glad you got to go back to see your extended family. You seem to have really enjoyed your trip.Your auntie was adorable and so sweet.
It’s so beautiful how you are so open to sharing your ethnic background to us 🤗❤️
Sadly it’s very difficult nowadays due to racism and discrimination problems 😔 so some of us like myself, are too scared to share our ethnic or religious backgrounds, to protect our Personal safety :(
So thank you Lia for being so brave in doing this, and showing love for who you really are 🤗❤️ It helped motivate me to not be scared or shamed of who I really am :)
That is really nice feedback, thank you xx
I'm already crying watching you meet your Auntie☆☆♡♡♡♡
This was so touching!!! I loved this it reminds me of my family!!!❤️
Absolutely love!! You are blessed indeed. Family is our treasure
:). So excellent. You are so kind to share your life with us. We really appreciate you all so much. Hope you don’t get tired of us saying that. We want to encourage kind people like you - and you are tough as well :). A good combo.
I wept as soon as you saw the first lady in the village it brought back lovely memories of visiting my parents small village as well. Such a beautiful simple, clean & healthy life. Thank you, for sharing. 🦢❌⭕️
Thanks Signé, really appreciate your comment x
What a beautiful trip you had. What am emotional time and you probably never wanted to leave. It is good that your boyfriend met your family and understands where you come from.
You hit the nail on the head, Bridget. Lots of emotions xx
What a beautiful journey, your aunt is precious overload! Thanks for sharing your family reunion.
LOVE LOVE LOVE this series... Im American but I grew up in an all Greek neighborhood, everyone was Greek but us.. me my grandmother and great grandmother... it was so amazing... I would go to church with my little friends, the old Yayas taught my great granny how to make greek bread, they treated me like family.... I remember helping my best friend with her homework and she would share her greek school homework with me trying to teach me Greek... it was a wonderful experience.
I don't usually comment, but I have to tell you that this beautiful sharing of your experience brought me to tears!
Ach had great insights, your whole family was adorable and I really enjoyed listening to the music.
Thanks for sharing!
What a sweet family reunion 💗 You are so blessed! Your family sounds wonderful and I’m so glad you got to see them and where your dad grew up. You on the guitar, yes! Your Auntie is such a powerhouse and sweetheart, I think you take after her a bit 😊
Loved how you shared the spaces that were common place in history but feel like time capsules uncovered now. Your Auntie melted our hearts. Enjoyed your sweet family.
So glad you got to give your Auntie big hugs...such a delightful family blessing to reunite💕🤗! Thank you for inviting us, Lia xoxos
Dear Lia, I loved every second. When you and your Auntie hugged I broke out in tears from joy. I saw that you are good playing guitar. Can't wait for more. As always I keep you & Ach & Joel in my thoughts & prayers.
I've just added Greece to my bucket list one day! I'd actually love to travel all of Europe, but am now more interested in Greece than I was before. I'm so happy you got to visit family! I treasure mine more than life itself!
This is Amy, Lia your Auntie is so precious. Thank you for sharing your Auntie and your family with us
Thanks for your lovely comment Amy x
Thank u for sharing this video! This soo warmed my heart!! What a beautiful family!!! So beautiful!! This made me testy eyed! Ur aunt is such a lovely woman!! Wow she is a powerhouse!! So active and looks so young! ❤️❤️❤️
How sweet is your Auntie. I would be emotional too. I did Ancestry & found out I am 5% Greek. 😊
God Bless your Thea Katina. She is adorable
Loved this so much , made me cry thinking of my 90 year old grandma who has just started to have trouble remembering people, it also reminds me of my grandmother Ellis who has passed away but was famous for her amazing meals. Such a rich family history you have . You are very lucky.
Omg what a beautiful video Lia!! Loved seeing the strong family bond you’re so blessed to have. Thank you for bringing us along
Your auntie was so adorable and reminded me of my grandmother so much. Your auntie like my grandmother seems to have something special in their blood and heart that make them amazing people no matter the circumstances. Your brother is talented like you and loved the song.
Thank you Donnie that’s such a lovely comment xx
I absolutely loved what you wrote!
Thanks JW. It was like Lia heartfelt. My grandmother lived to be 105.
That was so special. Your Auntie was so happy to see you all 💕 Loved the singing with your brother. So glad you had this amazing visit!
Be still my heart, your Auntie is precious!
Precious time with far away family, can't beat it! Lovely village and special visit. Thank you for sharing!
What an unbelievable collection of beautiful moments, thank you so much for bringing us along, such an honor
I love your Auntie/Grandma. She has such a simple, kind heart.
Loved this video, Lia. Your auntie is precious. Reminded me of my grandma, who lived to 94. Spent a month on Crete, way back in 1970! It was wonderful, and doesn't seem to have changed much since then. So glad you were able to connect with the people and places important to your family. BTW - Achillea is a keeper. You two are very much in synch.
This was so touching Lia! I'm so glad you did this! When I visit family in Italy I have the same sort of experience. It's truly worth it, isn't iit? Such a lovely video and you are fantastic! Thanks! L&C 👍 ♥️😘 🇬🇧
Thank you so much for sharing this heartwarming video. Your Auntie is precious! What a wonderful gift you have in her and its obvious that you love and appreciate her. You captured beautifully on camera the feeling and sense of the village that Ach so accurately described. What a lucky girl you are, Lia, with your wonderful family and a lovely boyfriend. You are truly blessed!
Absolutely incredible! Thank you so much for sharing this very special time with us. 💕
Such a heartwarming video. Lia- you have such a big loving heart. I love that it touched you and ATCH. ATCH IS AMAZING. SO SO true how busy our crazy life is. You both have treasures waiting for you in Heaven for the big loving hearts you guys have. Brother included... What an amazing video.
I can't get over how sweet and kind you all are to your auntie/Nana. 😭 I'm not crying, you're crying. My favorite video ever!
Great visit get her stories you will wish you had.
Precious! Cherish her she is adorable!
Loved, love this. Brought back so many memories of when I went to my grandfather's village in Slovakia. Nothing better than walking in their footsteps.
Such a sweet family and a wonderful Auntie you have Lia! 💜
Very cool and heartwarming. Loved the simplicity of life there in Crete, the people seem so warm.
This is such a lovely, amazing vlog, Lia. Actually, it's so much more than a "vlog" - rather, more like a documentation of a family's heritage. How wonderful to visit the homeland of your ancestry and connect with blood relatives and family history. Absolutely beautiful!!
I know you had to edit your footage for UA-cam content - but please, try to ensure that none of your footage is ever lost. Family records are so, so important - no matter what media format.
p.s. - I didn't know you had such musical talents, Lia - looking and sounding great there!! :)
What a lovely, rich heritage you have! 😃🇺🇸💕
such a beautiful family you have Lia! thank you for sharing these special moments with us :)
Fantastic vid. Thank you for including Ach's impressive ear trick. Laughing out loud gave me a break from all the "omg, this is so moving" tears.
Absolutely Beautiful Lia ! Thank you for bringing us along. I love your Auntie and your family. What a blessing! 🐝😊💕 xx
This video really transported me to a different place...what a special trip. I enjoyed Achillea's comments too. I've often had similar ideas when visiting family in the old country:)
This was a very precious video. You are so lucky to visit your father's village and meet family and people he knew.
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Awww, you’re so lucky to have such a close family that can still remember and share so much of your family history with you! Those old family photos are golden!😉
Very heartwarming. Thank you for sharing this beautiful slice of life. 😃 🤗
Thank you Sven x
And Lia singing again!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
@lia I’m in the States My Father is From Crete as well and my mother is from Puerto Rico. Every time we go to the village it’s amazing to see how simple life is and how they need so little to be satisfied
I love this! So sweet. Thank you for sharing this amazing visit.
What a lovely, touching video, Lia. I know these memories are so precious to you. How special to see this lovely village where your Dad came from. Your Auntie is adorable and I love that your family supports her by stocking her coffee shop. It is clear that you and Ach are perfect for each other. He's a real keeper! And loved hearing you and your brother sing Sweet Home Alabama! Thanks so much for this.
Thanks Cathy, xx
I absolutely love your family! Your auntie is adorable!
This was amazing! Love that you millennials have such a strong appreciation for the simplicity of the village. I know your Thia LOVED Ach. Your voice is amazing! It kind of has a Norah Jones quality to it. Your outro (sp?) was a repeat of my favorite scene. Norah Jones covering Skynard? Brilliant!
Beautiful moments. It’s so wonderful to see your boyfriend with your family. Very heartwarming. We can tell you guys are very much in love. From the outside look like match made in heaven! God bless you both. It’s so nice to find someone who blends into your family so seamlessly. It’s great that you both share Greek culture. Very nice.
Pure Gold! I want to talk about all of it. Your Auntie reminds me so much of my Grandad and Great Aunts who lived into their middle 90s living simply and the strongest grip and hugs. Your dad’s tour into his past and Ach’s emotional response were everything. Love and hugs to you all. Thanks Papa Hatzakis for sharing your hometown.
Awww Lia! So beautiful! It's like that too in the village where my grandfather grew up in Puerto Rico. Makes you count your blessings.
Thanks for taking us along on your trip, Lia. Your 93 yr. old auntie is precious, and so full of life. What wonderful memories that trip created.
Nice to make those family connections. The Greeks from the homeland are a special and warm people. Everyone wants to claim you and feed you.
The joy on your Auntie's face speaks volumes. An amazing trip to see family.
Lia! This is completely “legend”ary! I LOVED this video. I (a Brit) am married to a Greek (American) and we go to Nisyros (next to Kos) where his family is from every summer (from the States). This so reminds me of the times we have there. I so relate to everything! My Greek is pretty good now but I am making a bigger effort this year with the Duolingo app.
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing that xx
My Greek gets better with confidence and when practising speaking. My reading and writing is pretty good xx
What a wonderful vlog. Great family
This is amazing and beautiful. Thank you for sharing your family with us. ❤️♥️❤️PS You’re Auntie is an inspiration! I strive to be that full of love and life!!
How heartwarming!!! I should have paid more attention when my Dad would show me around Skopelos.
Absolutely Michael, we have to cherish those precious moments
I’m getting emotional watching you describe and show your family. It’s beautiful!!
Aww Annalisa
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Just lovely