5 Culture Shocks in Greece | The Greek Culture

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Another great piece of advice thank you.

So glad to see a new video from you!

These are all very good tips. If you know in advance it's not a big deal. Do your research before staying in Greece. Still the best place to visit!!!

Very nice video setup 🙂

Good to see you uploading again, I found your channel while preparing for an extended trip to Greece and I've found your videos very helpful for learning cultural nuances and useful phrases. I'll be staying a bit longer than the average tourist but I won't be there (I think) for more than a few months so I was wondering about a few things I've heard and also wanted to ask about appropriate ways to deal with certain situations. 1. I don't use social media, sans YouTube, so if I want to keep in contact with anyone I might make friends with what would be the best way to go about that? I've heard Viber is a popular messaging service but I'm not sure if that's still the case or if it's limited to a certain segment of the population. 2. To what extent is φιλότιμο expected/appreciated from foreigners? I've found the concept more than a little familiar and it's interesting to have a word for what was otherwise just a way of life for me but will this come off inauthentic or in some way be miscommunicated? Should I "cut loose", so to speak, or will my own self-cultivated integrity serve me well in interacting with locals? 3. In the same vein as above, what is the socially appropriate way of dealing with unscrupulous people? If an apartment I lease hasn't been cleaned, is missing things, or is generally inconsistent with what was described how do I go about remedying that, if at all? Should it be expected that people will cut corners if possible and must be coaxed into providing what was promised to the letter, or can I trust people to give me what I'm paying for/what was agreed to me? 4. If one were to start dating a Greek woman what are social expectations one should be aware of beforehand? What is someone getting themselves into if it were to progress, and what is the cultural climate of dating non-Greeks? Please feel free to disregard this, I know it's quite a bit, but your videos have been most helpful so this fresh upload a week before my trip seems quite serendipitous and I hoped to take advantage of it if I could. Ευχαριστώ

The similarities between Egypt and Greece in all those points are scary and comforting at the same time. I’m planning to move to Greece in a few years

Do you do Greek lessons on line

You: this is a good thing: people share meals Me: wow, that's weird and not hygienic, I can't even imagine sharing my meal with someone else, maybe with family but definitely not friends 🙃

I'm planning a trip to Athens in October, I'm really hoping there are no strikes then that will affect flights? Is October a big strike month?