I love watching your grocery videos because I like to pause and read the tags and the labels on the food to practice reading Greek and to learn some more vocab. If you could pause on some of the signs in future videos so that they're clearer, I'd really appreciate it! 🙏♥️
lidl has much better prices, than other greek super markets, you can tell that by seeing almost everywhere in Greece this chain. About the tap water you mentioned. It is indeed true, nobody buys bottles of water, unless they want carbonated, and the reason behind that is that our water is really clean, not only in athens but other cities aswell. Just use filter and you are ready to drink from your tap water. :)
Yes they have good prices. Even so, my aunt shops at AB because she thinks all the products from Lidl come from Germany or other places. If you look at my video, you can see they label the products from Greece with a Greek flag next to the price on the shelf. There are a lot of products from Greece there.
Idiot food. German food industrie is frankenstein. In littel villec is beter qualitiv. Chep chip chep , wenn you most go to the hospitel, is chep very expensive
When I lived in Greece I shopped at Lidl on occasion, I liked it! I noticed from your video they have a lot more Greek products now, more than they did back then. It’s much better than Aldis here in the US.
The Gin is cheap in comparison to the other shops.I am new in europe!! I shopped at A&b supermarkets in athens!Until I discovered lidl!! Much cheaper in most groceries! Love it!
London and Paris have excellent drinking water. In fact most of Europe's capitals have good drinking water. No idea where this idea that Athens is the only European capital to have drinking water. The water pressure in Athens is very low.
That is what my Greek relative told me. I have to say that Greek water is the best water I have tasted from the tap. Even better than New York City which is know to have very good water from a reservoir upstate.
@@ToGoIsToKnow it's a shame Greece can't sort out their plumbing though. They have great tap water, but we can't flush paper down the toilets. Placing shit soaked toilet paper in a bin next to the toilet is not very hygienic.
Quite the same prices in my town in Italy, a little more expensive, once it was the contrary, Italy was more expensive than Greece. Tap water is good also in Rome and many other towns, but not in mine, too hard.
@@ToGoIsToKnow it dipends from where you go, the best cheaper chains in Italy for me are Eurospin and Md. Then Ins and Dipiu'. All italian. They make 25/30% discount on a lot of products every 10 days and their prices are locked in all italian towns, from Rome to the latest village in Italy. If you' ll have a trip back again in Italy, remember this and also to buy only 100% italian grain pasta made by "al bronzo" way. The same for oil, not european mixed oils, but only 100% extra virgin italian olive oil. The quality is very, very higher for few cents for pasta and few euros for oil more. Vegetables and fruit instead are always better in the local markets.
@@giovaneitalia8312Μικτά λάδια είναι τα Ιταλικά από Ελλάδα Ισπανία και Μαρόκο ρωτά να μαθεις οι Ιταλοί περνούν τόνους χύμα λάδι από την Ελλάδα και το πωλούν για ιταλικο
Informative i wonder how the Lidl compares on the island of Crete i'm buying a place there, be interesting to compare prices i guess being an island they will be a little more.
It's uncomparably cheaper on Crete. All supermarkets (Lidl, AB, Xalkidiakis, Synka etc.) However there are some differences even on Crete. The cheapes place is by far Heraklion, where avarage prices are about 30 - 50% cheaper than in Agios Nikolaos and Chania.
Woow.. lidl is expensive than a motherfucker in Greece.. I mean a bittle of jonny walker is like 14 euros in germany.. and in Greece 24..crazy.. I saw some shampoo that I buy over here for like 2 euros and over there it costs 5.. crazy expensive
I think you can get residency pretty easily, but a few things to remember. After staying for 6 months they will want you to pay taxes as a resident and you will still be required to file taxes in the US as well. That problem alone makes me not want to stay for more than six months.
Yes. You will owe taxes in Greece as a resident and you will still have to file a US tax return. There are treaties if you work in Greece, around $100k is exempt from US taxes. Unearned income like interest and dividends is not included in the treaty I believe.
you pay taxes in both countries but you will not be overtaxed - what you pay in US will be deducted from what you will pay in Greece. or vise versa. Ask a greek accountant for details
I get panoroid when i fly to America and never buy shower gel shampoo etc in case it opens in the bag must you think you go and find a cheap shop and it stills feels like your get rippeoff 14 bucks for shower gel and shampoo it's so expensive even in th e back streets
Liquids always leak out of travel jars. I now just carry a small bar of hotel soap in case I need it before I can find a place to buy shower gel in my new location.
Athens water is "drinkable", but it depends upon where in Athens you live. Many other European capitals have better water. Prague, for example, has some of the best drinking water in Europe.
No it doesn't matter where you live in Athens bc the tap water comes from the same water board. Its very clean and with a filter you'll never need a bottle.
@@prague394 πειραιας its not Athens lol. Also if you live in the suburbs of Πειραιας you don't get city water you get it from a pump in your property so yes in this case you do.
I always try to buy first press extra virgin olive oil. Even so, the high end olive oil in Greece is cheaper than the same quality in many other countries.
Of course. I just noted that for tourists that might visit Greece and buy that cheap oil without knowing it isn't really olive oil. That kind of oil is generally used for soaps.
@@ToGoIsToKnow Nice video ♥. The bad quality olive oil is called pirineleo (πυρηνέλαιο). It is easily distinguished. It is used for soap and not for consumption. In Greece olive oil is cheaper. However most of us do not usually buy it from supermarkets, as we produce our own or we purchase it from local producers.
Yes spicialy the rent 200 to 300 can get you nice appt but people in Greece are more nice .I use to live there in 1978 .thinking to switch from Turkey to Greece again
That's what I noticed immediately. "Peaches are 0.95 Euro a kilo, which is about 1.06 a pound" is so face palmy. But what can we expect from an American who pronounces Lidle as L-y-dle? I stopped watching right there.
Dont think its true with the water... i live in Prague Czech Republic and coming from Small Town in Czech and we do have drinkable tap water in all😊 btw thank you for the video was really helpfull.🙌🏻
Thank you. I think a few other people mentioned other places in Europe with good drinking water. NYC is know for having very good drinking water and I think it does also, but I think Athens water tastes very good. Being locked down for the virus makes me think that a city with drinkable tap water is very important because if you can not go outside often and have to carry lots of water home, that could be a problem.
I love watching your grocery videos because I like to pause and read the tags and the labels on the food to practice reading Greek and to learn some more vocab.
If you could pause on some of the signs in future videos so that they're clearer, I'd really appreciate it! 🙏♥️
Thank you. I might do another Greek grocery soon.
lidl has much better prices, than other greek super markets, you can tell that by seeing almost everywhere in Greece this chain. About the tap water you mentioned. It is indeed true, nobody buys bottles of water, unless they want carbonated, and the reason behind that is that our water is really clean, not only in athens but other cities aswell. Just use filter and you are ready to drink from your tap water. :)
Yes they have good prices. Even so, my aunt shops at AB because she thinks all the products from Lidl come from Germany or other places. If you look at my video, you can see they label the products from Greece with a Greek flag next to the price on the shelf. There are a lot of products from Greece there.
Idiot food.
German food industrie is frankenstein.
In littel villec is beter qualitiv.
Chep chip chep , wenn you most go to the hospitel, is chep very expensive
Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland, has got the best tap water as it’s so clean and very drinkable.
I would like to visit Iceland.
Yeah, it's interesting... Like this video!
When I lived in Greece I shopped at Lidl on occasion, I liked it! I noticed from your video they have a lot more Greek products now, more than they did back then. It’s much better than Aldis here in the US.
I agree. I shop at Aldi in the US. I like it a lot, but I think Lidl in Greece had a better selection and some good Greek and German products.
Aldi sucks...some of their products quality is below par...
In the netherlands you can also drink tap water!
I did that once, I got it in a bottle called Amstel - strange water....?!
Land of the Gods...Greece Baby!.. another excellent upload brother. 🙂👍👍
Thanks Mike!
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Lidi is now opening many stores in the USA.
The have had them for some years already. Aldi is where I shop in Florida.
The Gin is cheap in comparison to the other shops.I am new in europe!! I shopped at A&b supermarkets in athens!Until I discovered lidl!! Much cheaper in most groceries! Love it!
Lidl doesn't have everything, but they have decent prices and decent quality I think.
@@ToGoIsToKnow Their cheeses are much cheaper ......
London and Paris have excellent drinking water. In fact most of Europe's capitals have good drinking water. No idea where this idea that Athens is the only European capital to have drinking water. The water pressure in Athens is very low.
That is what my Greek relative told me. I have to say that Greek water is the best water I have tasted from the tap. Even better than New York City which is know to have very good water from a reservoir upstate.
@@ToGoIsToKnow it's a shame Greece can't sort out their plumbing though. They have great tap water, but we can't flush paper down the toilets. Placing shit soaked toilet paper in a bin next to the toilet is not very hygienic.
Lidi is now in almost all European countries. They just opened in Bosnia.
Quite the same prices in my town in Italy, a little more expensive, once it was the contrary, Italy was more expensive than Greece. Tap water is good also in Rome and many other towns, but not in mine, too hard.
The prices in the supermarkets in Rome seemed pretty good to me.
@@ToGoIsToKnow it dipends from where you go, the best cheaper chains in Italy for me are Eurospin and Md. Then Ins and Dipiu'. All italian. They make 25/30% discount on a lot of products every 10 days and their prices are locked in all italian towns, from Rome to the latest village in Italy. If you' ll have a trip back again in Italy, remember this and also to buy only 100% italian grain pasta made by "al bronzo" way. The same for oil, not european mixed oils, but only 100% extra virgin italian olive oil. The quality is very, very higher for few cents for pasta and few euros for oil more. Vegetables and fruit instead are always better in the local markets.
@@giovaneitalia8312Μικτά λάδια είναι τα Ιταλικά από Ελλάδα Ισπανία και Μαρόκο ρωτά να μαθεις οι Ιταλοί περνούν τόνους χύμα λάδι από την Ελλάδα και το πωλούν για ιταλικο
Informative i wonder how the Lidl compares on the island of Crete i'm buying a place there, be interesting to compare prices i guess being an island they will be a little more.
Cool. I'm sure it will be more expensive because it is on an island, but it will still probably be one of the lower cost supermarkets.
It's uncomparably cheaper on Crete. All supermarkets (Lidl, AB, Xalkidiakis, Synka etc.)
However there are some differences even on Crete. The cheapes place is by far Heraklion, where avarage prices are about 30 - 50% cheaper than in Agios Nikolaos and Chania.
Good quality and cheap
Yes, a good place to shop.
I messaged Greece so much
Woow.. lidl is expensive than a motherfucker in Greece.. I mean a bittle of jonny walker is like 14 euros in germany.. and in Greece 24..crazy.. I saw some shampoo that I buy over here for like 2 euros and over there it costs 5.. crazy expensive
Wow, I'm surprised you said that. It seemed pretty cheap to me except maybe the imported brands.
@@ToGoIsToKnow compared to germany its expensive in Greece.. maybe because its a german market
1:10 you mean 1,06$ for a kilo, not a pound! ;-)
Yes, you are correct.
Does Greece accept American retirees to move to Greece and live there on their American pension?
I think you can get residency pretty easily, but a few things to remember. After staying for 6 months they will want you to pay taxes as a resident and you will still be required to file taxes in the US as well. That problem alone makes me not want to stay for more than six months.
@@ToGoIsToKnow But if you do not have official work in US?
Yes. You will owe taxes in Greece as a resident and you will still have to file a US tax return. There are treaties if you work in Greece, around $100k is exempt from US taxes. Unearned income like interest and dividends is not included in the treaty I believe.
you pay taxes in both countries but you will not be overtaxed - what you pay in US will be deducted from what you will pay in Greece. or vise versa. Ask a greek accountant for details
In Germany the lidl is much cheaper than in greece
because its germany super market btw
Great prices for an american salary I would say. As for other european countries they are just normal I guess.
I get panoroid when i fly to America and never buy shower gel shampoo etc in case it opens in the bag must you think you go and find a cheap shop and it stills feels like your get rippeoff 14 bucks for shower gel and shampoo it's so expensive even in th e back streets
Liquids always leak out of travel jars. I now just carry a small bar of hotel soap in case I need it before I can find a place to buy shower gel in my new location.
@@ToGoIsToKnow Good thinking
Athens water is "drinkable", but it depends upon where in Athens you live. Many other European capitals have better water. Prague, for example, has some of the best drinking water in Europe.
Thanks for the info on Prague. I really like Prague and hope to go back soon.
No it doesn't matter where you live in Athens bc the tap water comes from the same water board.
Its very clean and with a filter you'll never need a bottle.
@@sachsgs2509 I dated a girl living in Piraeus - her tap water was brown ... not very clean ... not at all filtered ... yes, we needed bottled water.
@@prague394 πειραιας its not Athens lol.
Also if you live in the suburbs of Πειραιας you don't get city water you get it from a pump in your property so yes in this case you do.
@@sachsgs2509 Okay, I stand corrected.
The cheapest "olive oil" isn't really olive oil, its made from the stones of the olives.
I always try to buy first press extra virgin olive oil. Even so, the high end olive oil in Greece is cheaper than the same quality in many other countries.
Of course. I just noted that for tourists that might visit Greece and buy that cheap oil without knowing it isn't really olive oil. That kind of oil is generally used for soaps.
You are saying the cheapest kind of olive oil is made from olive pits?
Exactly!
@@ToGoIsToKnow Nice video ♥. The bad quality olive oil is called pirineleo (πυρηνέλαιο). It is easily distinguished. It is used for soap and not for consumption. In Greece olive oil is cheaper. However most of us do not usually buy it from supermarkets, as we produce our own or we purchase it from local producers.
In turkey way cheaper .almost half of this price
Wow, I did not know Turkey was cheaper.
Yes spicialy the rent 200 to 300 can get you nice appt but people in Greece are more nice .I use to live there in 1978 .thinking to switch from Turkey to Greece again
Kilo is 2.2lbs.. Very cheap!
Yes, they had pretty good prices compared to other supermarkets in Athens.
That's what I noticed immediately. "Peaches are 0.95 Euro a kilo, which is about 1.06 a pound" is so face palmy. But what can we expect from an American who pronounces Lidle as L-y-dle? I stopped watching right there.
Dont think its true with the water... i live in Prague Czech Republic and coming from Small Town in Czech and we do have drinkable tap water in all😊 btw thank you for the video was really helpfull.🙌🏻
Thank you. I think a few other people mentioned other places in Europe with good drinking water. NYC is know for having very good drinking water and I think it does also, but I think Athens water tastes very good. Being locked down for the virus makes me think that a city with drinkable tap water is very important because if you can not go outside often and have to carry lots of water home, that could be a problem.
@@ToGoIsToKnow the tap water in Athens its very clean.
Lidl not greek super market... its germany super market :D
Yes, it is German. I shop at Aldi in the US. Also German.
You do realize that a kilo is 2.2 pounds?
Yes I am aware
This dude conversions are hilarious. I dont think he knows what a kilo is. Also let me smack my lips and suck down spit every 10 seconds.
It's not Lydl it's Lidl
This guy needs to brush up on his conversion
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