Danielle Grant, along with her husband Russell and their daughter, left their home in Essex to move to Greece in November 2024. And now she's realised why she'll never come back11:46, 29 May 2026Updated 11:47, 29 May 2026A woman who ditched the UK for Greece has revealed five things about her old life in Britain which she doesn't miss. Danielle Grant, along with her husband Russell and their daughter, who was just three months old at the time, moved from Essex to Crete in November 2024 after becoming "sick" of life in the UK.‌Danielle and Russell had previously been on holiday to Crete, and spent their honeymoon there in 2023. It was then that they started house-hunting on the island, finally making the move the following year.‌Now Danielle, who has more than 7,600 followers on Instagram, where she regularly shares looks into her new life, has revealed five things about the UK she doesn't miss. In the post she wrote: "Five things I DON'T miss about the UK and why I think Greece does it better."‌She began: "In London it takes one hour to move three miles... and somehow everyone accepts this as normal behaviour. Meanwhile in Greece, traffic is so rare that if there's six cars at a junction people start apologising for the 'rush hour'."But some people in the comments said this is not true across the whole of Greece, with traffic in large cities like Athens far worse than it is on the islands. One said: "Traffic in Athens, which would be the accurate comparison with London, is insane."Content cannot be displayed without consent‌Danielle continued: "UK coffee tastes like overpriced bean water. £6 for a latte that emotionally disappoints you. Meanwhile Greece gave us the freddo espresso... which might actually be one of humanity's greatest inventions."Freddo espresso, despite its name, has nothing to do with the frog-shaped chocolate treat. It is actually a form of iced coffee made with freshly-brewed espresso.Danielle's next point was an obvious one. "The UK gets about three weeks of sunshine a year and everyone loses their minds immediately," she said. "I can't do the grey skies at 2pm any more! Greece gets around 260 days of sunshine a year and honestly? My nervous system says thank you daily."‌She continued: "The UK feels like: work, stress, traffic, repeat. In Greece people actually LIVE. Long dinners, family time, slow mornings, coffee with friends, kids playing outside at 10pm in the summer. Nobody acting like life is a race... They understand life is supposed to be felt... not just survived."Her final point related to food. "In the UK you need a small business loan to buy decent organic meat," she said. "Here in Greece fresh food is everywhere. Local meat, local eggs, local olive oil, real ingredients. And because island life is more connected to the land, food actually tastes like FOOD. Funny how eating real food and seeing the sun changes your entire mood."Article continues belowConcluding, Danielle said: "Moving to Greece didn't just change my location... it changed my nervous system, my health, my happiness, and the way I experience life."Turns out... slower mornings, sunshine, good food, and actually living life outside does heal parts of you you didn't even realise were exhausted. I didn't need 'more'. I just needed different."Danielle and Russell have previously revealed how they are paying £300 a month less for a three-bedroom villa with a pool in their new home than they were for a one-bedroom flat back home. "We want to give our daughter the best quality of life possible and whatever country that takes us to, that's where we'll end up," Danielle said.