We are both Italians and we love Greece. During the last 25 years we have visited a lot of the islands and we consider Greece the country of freedom. The best you can have is to have a slow ferry and pass from an island to another in a summer afternoon with a little of breeze on your face.
It's an incredible place for the seaside, the people and the surroundings. You can use it both as a vacation place and a "normal" place. From the first moment you arrive there you feel at home.
The light crossing from any angle, the sea view and the spaces. The proximity to anything you need is an incredible thing together with the quietness of the surroundings.