I took my daughter to Greece — and saw the world through a 17-year-old's eyes
After a difficult few years, Tracey took her 17-year-old twin daughter Lola to Kos off-season — thermal beaches, Hippocrates' plane tree, and the first proper adult-to-adult conversations of their relationship.
For The Guardian's Family holidays section, Tracey took her 17-year-old twin daughter Lola to Kos over Easter — a one-on-one trip after a run of tough years (separation, twin daughters through post-Covid anxiety). Third-largest of the Dodecanese, closer to Turkey than Athens, warm even in April. They flip-flopped between Thermes' mineral sea pools and Kefalos' clear water, ate their body weight in souvlaki and chips, and had the proper adult conversations — politics, Taylor Swift, boys, college — that stop happening when you travel with the whole family. Highlight: Lola offered complimentary ouzo. "Go on, Mum — I'm nearly 18."