Gazing at my Feet

<p>Gazing at my Feet is a portrait of Greece as seen through the eyes of a transplanted Greek-American. Joan Demakis has lived in Athens Greece for fifty years and has seen as she herself says everything.</p><p>Joan describes the difficulties that she encountered and the loneliness and melancholy that she felt during her first years living in Athens a long adjustment period. In the process of making those wrenching adjustments however she began to fall in love with her new adopted country.</p><p>Her memoir is an ode to Greece which she now calls home - to Greece's stunning and breathtaking beauty its history and its ancient and modern cultures its language and religion and to the warm and hospitable Greeks with their joie de vivre and sense of humor.</p><p>This is a must-read for everyone but especially for anyone who is planning to go to Greece to visit or to live.</p><p><br></p><p>When you finish reading Gazing at my Feet you will want to travel to Greece with Joan Demakis as your guide. (Fred T. Golder Attorney at Law Boston Massachusetts USA)</p><p><br></p><p>A completely Alternative Guide to know and deeply understand Greece. For readers who are trying to understand and adapt to a new homeland... (Panayiota Liarou Ex Consul of the Greek Foreign Ministry in Rio de Janeiro Brazil & Houston Texas USA)</p><p><br></p><p>Joan successfully paints a picture of modern Greece bringing this fascinating and complex country vividly to life. (Carolyn Goutis Principal - School of Foreign Languages Pyrgos Ilias Greece)</p><p><br></p><p>...the wonderful things that can happen when a person is brave enough to leave his or her comfort zone. (Vinette DiGregorio Product Design Manager New Hampshire USA)</p>