Susie Pugh - Tasios has had a history of almost 30 years with Ithaki. She is a well rooted Lefki local who sees her Lefki home as a place of healing and serenity, something she well requires with her busy professional life as a Producer in Film and Television. Susies' relationship with Ithaki started in 1976 while on the island for a holiday. She met her husband Zikos Tasios, a school teacher at the time, at the Frikes Panighiri and remembers he was very different in his approach to other 'kamakis' at that time. He simply said 'Hello, do you mind if I sit down and speak with you'. From that time on, Ithaki was in her blood. Back then Susie was a Director for the BBC, she returned to London after her Ithaki holiday and when faced with a job she wasn't too keen on, took up Zikos offer to come back to Ithaca. Susie loaded up her Renault, packed it with her books and things and took a year off to try life on Ithaca. She and Zikos started the first cinema club and Art Club on the island, which she utterly enjoyed. She remembers the years before tourism, and the challenges of fitting into a lifestyle unknown to her, with fondness. Over the years Susie and Zikos have built their Lefki home with love, in between pioneering and working in the very high