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From the East Coast
of the United States
to the north coast
of Crete, Alexandra
Manousakis followed
her love of the Cretan
lifestyle home to
Chania, chronicling
her journey across
the ocean and across
Born and raised in Washing-
cultures through ton DC, at 23, Alexandra Manousakis had a
her art—ceramics, degree from NYU and a successful marketing
career in Manhattan, and everything seemed
paintings and fine to be on track. Except it all felt a little bit
dull. A monochrome life for a girl who dreamt
Cretan vintages in colour. It was time for a change, and she
that tell a story of knew exactly where she needed to be.
Like many second-generation children who
exploration, discovery spend holidays visiting their parental home-
and belonging. lands, Alexandra had spent her childhood
summers in Chania, which she describes as
“an incredibly inspiring town”. Situated on
LIFE IN COLOUR PHOTO: VICKY TSATSAMPA Crete’s idyllic north coast between the Ae-
gean Sea and the foothills of the Lefka Ori
mountain range, Chania is a place of fasci-
nating heritage—Minoan, Roman, Byzantine,
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