Maybe it’s her yiayia’s Greek coffee that Helen Maroulis says (via Instagram) smiles back at her.

When yia-yia makes the coffee so good, it smiles back at you ☺☕ #greekgrandmaskills #greek #coffee #myfavorite #home

A photo posted by Helen Maroulis (@helen_maroulis) on Sep 23, 2015 at 10:04am PDT

Maybe it’s just the allure of “returning home” to the country of her ancestry.

Following her upset Gold Medal win over Japanese legendary wrestler Saori Yoshida— an undefeated 13-time world champion and triple Olympic medalist, she told Fox 5 News Channel’s Laura Evans that she planning for a trip to Greece.