In August of 2023, I packed my bags and met one of my best friends and travel buddies in Corfu, a Greek Island in the Ionian Sea.

We called this the Tzatziki Tour 2023 and basically ate as much tzatziki as we could. We stayed at an Airbnb that had a rooftop where we could sit and drink wine and talk about life. I had just started dating a nice guy and was trying to navigate dating after a long break, so there were plenty of chats and advice since she had been in the same boat when she started dating her partner a few years ago.

Corfu was pretty easy to navigate, and we even took a day trip to an Albanian beach to enjoy sunshine and a really amazing dinner. We don’t get to catch up a lot, and this was the perfect weekend away to do what we both love. It was the perfect calm before the storm of what my life would become just a few weeks later.