Why Lefkada?

Recently I was asked why I chose Lefkada to become the home of Serenity Retreat.

• Could it be the magnificent award winning beaches?
  
• The ridiculously 'have they digitally enhanced it?' turquoise blue sea of the West Coast?
  
• The delicious Mediterranean food - all that fruit and veg that would have been spurned by the supermarkets over here for being unattractive but it tastes oooh soo good? (Is there a lesson in there somewhere....?)
  
• The amazing hospitality of the Greeks? I mean come on, economic crisis or not, the Greeks are just born hosts and the small matter of looming national bankruptcy can do little to dampen their energy and enthusiasm when it comes to making you feel at home.

Well, yes, of course in part it was all of these things. But really the things that truly grabbed me are beyond words.

You know when you're in a place and you see a view and it feels like your whole body just relaxes all in one out breath because of its sheer beauty?

When you suddenly catch yourself stopping and just 'being' because all of a sudden you realise that you have just this moment and how glorious it is to be in it?

When you gaze into the middle distance as you're lying on a beach reading your book and realising that it's fine just to do that. Just to stop. Just to wander off and daydream about nothing and everything?

That precious moment when you get an insight to peace?

The joy of being. A remembrance of how truly liberating it is to enjoy a simple life. A reconnecting to who you REALLY are.

These are the things that made me settle on bringing Serenity Retreat to Lefkada....

I felt completely At Home and I want you to know that feeling too.

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