Amber Charmei

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Grew up in the art world of TriBeCa and SoHo, then studied Art History at Smith College and Architectural History at the University of Hamburg and the City University of New York.

After running a record label for Hardcore, Punk, and Noise in NYC, she moved to Greece, where she lives by the sea and writes on art, culture, and destinations with a strong historical context and a fresh, vivid approach.

Destination expert, a frequent contributor to the Doring Kindersley DK Eyewitness Guides and Top 10 guides, as well as to Lonely Planet ‘Experience Greece.’

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Aerial view of Thessaloniki's White Tower
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Greece’s true beauty is in everyday life

I moved to Thessaloniki because it has the same urban vibrancy I grew up with in lower Manhattan, plus bounty, beauty, and all those extra centuries of culture, including the culture thriving right now.