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Welcome Everyone!

My name is Elaine Sarantakos and I believe our world is too beautiful to just stay put in one place! That’s why I believe in “Living on a Permanent Vacation”. Below are some of my travel experiences!

In 2011, I created a reality where I worked 3 weeks a month, and the last week of every month I went on vacation! This was a dream reality I wanted to do a few years back. Through my You Tube Videos you can experience my authentic travel adventures.

2011 Travels:

Jan: Havana
Feb: New Orleans
Mar: London
Apr: Paris
May: New York City
Jun: Madrid
Jul: Toronto
Aug: Hawaii
Sep: Panama City
Oct: Montreal
Nov: Montego Bay
Dec: Ouebec City

The core of me besides ” LOVE” is a passion for travel. To live and create authentic travel experiences is me! My life so far has included many travel experiences which is exactly how I intend to live the rest of my life! I know, it’s out of the box, but that’s how creatives are!

Now when I say authentic local travel experiences, I am talking about a very unique experience in which I have been able to experience the essence of a place and its people far more than any other travel holiday I have ever taken. I have been fortunate enough to immerse myself in the land and experience the sights and sounds first-hand. Venturing off the beaten touristic paths and diving deeper into an authentic travel experience of people, language, food, history and life in itself! My authentic local travel experiences have enriched my life in way never imagined. Each time I embrace a new experience, new eyes are enriched, renewed, and refreshed, allowing a change to last forever.

I am living( and sometimes I slip) in the present moment as best as I can. By living consciously, I am totally aware of myself and choices taken. Sometimes my inner critic likes to speak to me with fear to prevent me from positive things I really desire. Perhaps you have heard your inner critic. It tells you how you won’t succeed, how it’s impossible, risky and tries to feed many more deceiving thoughts. When this critic comes, I simply acknowledge it and nicely say goodbye! Instead, I choose to listen to my best-self who speaks with love and hope. Sometimes it is difficult, as it likes to come back. As I practice this technique of letting go of fear it becomes much easier. The more I listen to myself, the more I realize I have the power of my thoughts and choices in my life. I choose what I want to experience and let go of the rest.

Fabulous Travel experiences have included:

-Being raised on the coast of Melbourne, Australia for all of my early childhood and elementary school adventures until 1992. (G’day mate, how ya going?)

-Experiencing my teenage years in Toronto, Canada which is where I was born until 2001. (I’m from Toronto and yes it’s the center of Canada!)

-Taking part in an educational exchange program to Monterrey, Mexico for three months in grade 11. (Living with a Mexican family, learning Spanish, attending high school, meeting new friends, dancing and eating tacos).

-Studying Hotel Management in Athens, Greece for three years from 2001 – 2004 (Learning to drink coffee effortlessly as a past time… Opa! Connecting with my Greek culture. Meeting new friends from all over the world. Traveling to France, Sweden, Switzerland & Turkey)

-Living and working at a summer in a resort off the coast of Halkidiki, Greece in 2002. (Sun, Aegean sea, glorious sunsets, coffee, swimming, friendships created, meeting fabulous people who offered me jobs all over the world)

-Living on the Island of Rhodes, Greece for 5 months in 2004. (Sun, sea, swimming, coffee, going to bed at 7:00 a.m. every morning, riding on the back of a motorcycle cruising along the coast and Greek men ohhh yeah!)

-Living and working one year in the Sunny Cayman Islands as a beach girl serving piña coladas, barefoot up and down the beach from 2005 – 2006 (Sun, pristine white sandy beaches, turquoise sea , swimming, being a part of a Beach Girl Team, Appleton Rum, Bob Marley, dancing reggae, jerk chicken and living with a Jamaican household).

-Taking part in an Au-Pair program just outside of Madrid, Spain from July – October of 2009! I was inspired to be an Au-Pair in Spain after watching Vicky Cristina Barcelona with Javier Bardem. If you watch the movie there were no babies in the movie! LOL lot’s of learning!!! Au-Pair Nightmare!

Countries Visited:

* Australia
* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Colombia
* Cuba
* England
* France
* Greece
* Mexico
* Panama
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* United States of America

Countries Lived:

* Australia
* Canada
* Cayman Islands
* Greece
* Mexico
* Spain

Not everyone loves to travel which is ok. As long as you are living your life how you want to and in integrity with who you are, then that is all that matters! ( Although I am a big advocate of living life through travel!!!!!!)

So what is next?

Whatever my fabulous heart desires! It is extremely liberating to know I can do what I want at any given time and know it will always turn out because it is my intention. Now, there are things I would like to do and there seems to be a ever ending abundance of ideas in this creative mind of mine. However, I do not want to be caught up in planning because then I would only be living in and for the future. By being future oriented the present moment would be lost as well as the journey. The only true moment which exists is right NOW.
At the end of the day, as Frank Sinatra sings it, I will always be able to say I did it my way!

Give yourself permission to live your fabulous life now!
Your life is waiting for you!