Ekaterini “Katerina” Karnarou, considered to be the oldest woman in Greece, celebrated the milestone of her 114th birthday among family and friends.
Her life, which spans the entirety of Greece’s modern history, was not an easy “I went through a lot of difficulties, but I was in company of good people,”.
“We had an amazing marriage; but he died young though, and I was left alone to raise our children,” she says, noting that her husband’s family finally did accept her.