🇬🇷 American Couple Reacts "Geography Now! GREECE"
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Greeks do enjoy staying and vacationing inside Greece a lot, that's the good thing when you have as you guys said so many islands that you can visit and i believe the mediterranean is like the best sea for swimming. Usually in the summer most Greeks who live in the mainland travel to the islands. During the winter tho the islands are kinda tough to live in, especially the smaller ones.
On northern Greece there is Chalkidiki. It is destination for Balkan and German tourists.
We aren't not friends with Turkey. The situation is complicated. With US we are very close. With Italy and Spain we are friends,same goes with Serbia and Armenia. Cyprus is our best friend mainly because they are also speaking Greek and they are also Greeks
Greece isn't close with the US at all
Just some more info about Cyprus. Cyprus has been Hellenised a long long time ago. The cypriots with greek origin used to want unification with Greece but the cypriots with turkish origin didn't (bc of the history between Greece and Turkey) that led to tension in the 60s-70s which escalated when the Greek junta decided to overthrow the president of Cyprus which led to the Turkish invasion in 1974. We still love Greece and we still consider our national identity to be greek but Cyprus has been a mixture of both greeks and turks for time immemorial
@@MW_Asura Depends... Which side of the coin you talk about 😉
@@MW_Asura Actually, as a Greek that lives in the US and goes back from time to time, Greece and the USA have been getting really close the past couple of years (primarily because of Turkey’s increased belligerence in the Aegean and Syria). There are few, I admit, that hate the US, but I’ve noticed them being more quiet about the US.
@@murican3004 Most of us in Greece does not think highly of US. I know I and most people in Lakonia don't
Amazing video! The only 2 things i want to correct is, yes we do celebrate our name days but we do our birthdays as well like everybody. And joining the army for minimum of 9 months is mandatory but not from 16 years old. Its 18 and you can postpone it for school etc. or never do it if you have a medical or psychological condition
Transportation in Greece is considered great. Most people rely on buses, trains, and ferry's to get around. Greece is also a very car friendly country with great highways. However, once you get to the major cities, the roads become very crowded so most people prefer to use buses or trains to navigate the cities.
no bro, transportation sucks balls in Greece you really don't want to rely on car bus or train, specially in the cursed region of Tempe, every year we have 4000 deaths from accidents on the road half of them are children
Bro hell nah. Our transportation system is shit. In cities yhings are decent except the fact of busy streets. But rural areas and towns suffer from the lack of means of public transport
you're joking right?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Renting a car in greece is the best way to see the country if you are outside Athens or Thessaloniki. The mountain roads can be quite scary but they are well paved and usually plenty wide. You guys need to visit the greek islands. They are the most magical places on earth!
The epicenter of Western civilization. So many things started from that scattered sliver of lands in the Balkans
To me, the greatest Greek of modern times was Dr G. Papanikolaou, the gynecologist, who invented the Pap test and saved millions of women around the world!
Thank you American brothers for uploading this video.62 years Creek and 42 years American and both myself!!!! Visit Greece you gonna love it !!! There are a lot of Americans , millions , visiting every year . It's like America just abit different!!! Most of the locals speak passable English and they will help !!! Thanks again,fair well ❤❤❤❤!!!
Cremations are not allowed in the greek orthodox church. We bury the dead and on rare occasions exhume the body after 5 years. mostly in monasteries (the photo they used I'm pretty sure it's from a monastery, I have never seen this in person) ) or in cities like Athens where the space is limited. even then you can buy the grave or keep renting it as long as you want. Most families have a family grave somewhere.
I agree for sure...
Cremations are practiced since 2019, despite the church's efforts. Last year I attended a service at Ritsona cremation center.
In Athens the bodies are exhumed after 3 years. Many dead people in line to get buried somewhere. If they are not fully decomposed by then they allow an extra year. It is weird and not for the faint hearted but it is a solution.
Yes but not from the church .....@@noother964
We don't really travel and visit the islands so much currently cause most of us are broke as F! 😂
Ξέχασε κάτι πολύ σημαντικό. Το πρώτο constitution του ελληνικού κράτους μετά τον αγώνα ανεξαρτησίας αναφέρει ρητά τη μη ύπαρξη διαφορών στους ανθρώπους κάθε χρώματος κ καταγωγής κ στα ίσα δικαιώματα των ανθρώπων αρκεί να υπάρχει σεβασμός. Για αυτό το πρώτο κράτος που αναγνώρισε την σύγχρονη Ελλάδα ήταν η Αϊτή κράτος από απελευθερωμένους σκλάβους!!!! Please translate
About the cremation question. It is not really done much in Greece because of religion reasons and if you do get cremated then your ashes get buried in a spesial cemetery. They are not allowed in all the other cemeteries. I hope I answered the question.
Cremation is an option, however it is not often done. It is likely that some considered cremation a paganistic ritual of the Ancient Greeks still alive today.
You should definitely check out our mythology and history when you get the chance. Also, we don't call our country Greece. Greece is the western name for it. We call it Hellas and have forever!
Well transportation in Greece is both friendly to people choose to use cars and to people preferring mass transportation
Most of the mainland is connected by rail and you can also use busses, all the islands are connected although on the big ones you might want to rent a car
There are also islands that do not allow cars but honestly those islands are really small, like a village in the middle of the sea or something 😉
13:42 We bury the dead for at least 5 years but can pay to Municipality to extend the period for a year or pay per year been burried till there is a demand . After that the remains are stored in walls inside the cemetary with the tombstone on. They are not public displayed unless there are the remains of a Holy man or sth .This works on cities with large population.On Villages once you burried you aint go out till Apocalypse hehe :)
Cremation is a sin for the orthodoxs
The archeological sides in Turkey are all Greek because Asia Minor was inhabited mostly by Greeks .The Turks were nomads who came from Asia and by killing ,expelling or converting the locals became what it is today Turkey .Peter Kariolis .
My cousin who is not greek, lived there for a couple of years on an island and most of them used scooters!
Literally I can't think of someone eho doesn't own a yamaha crypton x type scooter In my town...and when you grow a lil like at 19 20 you get a super moto like 800 1000 cc...we are a motorcycle enthusiast nation
CYPRITOTS DO HAVE A FUNNY ACCENT, BUT THEY SPEAK MORE ANCIENT GREEK IN THEIR DIALECT. MY FAMILY MEMBERS ALSO COME FROM PONTIAN ANOTHE BRANCH OF CRETE WHO ALSO SPEAK ANCIENT GREEK WITHIN THE MODERN GREEK
Cypriots using the Arcadian Ancient Greek dialect from the time of Trojan war ,no details now .
In 1957 and 1959, the Greek economist Professor Xenofon Zolotas, Governor of the bank of Greece and Governor of the Funds for Greece, delivered two speeches in English using Greek words only.
As Prof. Zolotas said:
"`I always wished to address this Assembly in Greek, but I realized that it would have been indeed Greek to all present in this room. I found out, however, that I could make my address in Greek which would still be English to everybody. With your permission, Mr. Chairman, I shall do it now, using with the exception of articles and prepositions only Greek words".
Due to the Greek Orthodox church cremation wasn't a thing up until a few years ago and even now priests won't do the rites as they consider it a sin to be cremated. My father in law was actually cremated as per his wishes in 2020. We take out the dead because the space in the cities cemeteries are extremely limited due to the high population in urban centers. We can buy a big plot for a family grave so everyone will be in there for ever but the cost is too high. So basically we rent the plot and we take them out after 3 years (unless they haven't decomposed in which case they are entombed again or put in a mass plot dedicated for that purpose) we wash the bones in wine as per custom and either ossuary box and in smaller space or they go to the mass grave. It also takes time to find a plot here in Athens. The 3rd cemetery is the most crowded cemetery in Greece. It took 5 days to find space for my mother last March. Also not everything that's been said in the video is true. For example the conscription age is 18 unless the guy is studying in which case it'll be postponed if he wants(my husband preferred to do it at 18 and be done with it) and the time also has fluctuated throughout the years. In my fathers age was 18 months in the army and now it's 9 months. We don't celebrate mostly name days we celebrate both name day and birthday. Kapodistrias that he said was the Leader of the Revolution actually was the first Governor of Greece after the revolution. Us and Turkey is politicaly extremely complicated matter but we've come close to an all out war few times.
famous greeks or half greeks worldwide he forgot to mention :
Billy Zane, Maria Menounos, Zach Galifianakis , Jennifer Aniston, Nia Vardalos, Tracy Spiridakos, Michael Konstantin, Melina Kanakarides, Vangelis, Nikos Aliagas, Basil Polydouris, Rita Wilson ,Tina Fey , George Stroumpoulpoulos ,Mario Frangoulis ,George Cabosos, Michael Dukakis, Alexander Payne, Kelly Clarkson, Olympia Dukakis
And manny more
And don't forget all the archeological in turkey is greek
About the dead... This is a thing only in some monasteries. The common practice is the burial.
Cremation is not allowed in Orthodox church because the Church rejects the end of the human body and the violent treatment against a person's body because he's/she's valuable and loved by his family. Burning a loved one like garbage is not acceptable. It's desecration and unacceptable.
I'm not sure how that guy came up with that ludicrous percentage of female population! In reality, it's just a tiny bit above 50%, while the male population is a bit more than 49%.
For comparison, the female population in the States is a bit above 51%.
A lot of the statues,paintings a.t.c(im not sure pls correct if wrong 😅) are naked because they symbolise a lot of meanings-for example-if we take the male statues you will see that they are mostly naked with a great physique since it highlights that physical training was a very important daily routine and you will also notice that their external organs on the lower body is small since it was believed that the smaller it is the smarter the brain and theres also a lot more reasons which i cant fully explain so yeah
Greeks are hard working people and very underpaid at the same time. We work about 40 to 70 hours per week and minimum wage is about 790 euros which are along way from the European average. So to answer your question about whether we visit or not our 200 plus islands we don't. Some people do some don't. Mainly because of how the transition to and from the islands is located solely in Athens. Northern Greece has beaches within an hour drive so no need to spend a month's salary in tickets for the islands and in hotel fees.
First think first... there is no greek salad or yogurt! The first named like this for the turists and the second has to do with the history of Danone company... the one who made it was a Juew from Thessaloniki. Second... Orthodox do not cremate their deads... that you saw at the video it's not a museum... you can't visit it and is in evry semetery... third... exept Athens and Thessaloniki you need car... you can go from a place to an other with train or bus... but not for your daily life... as we Greeks say... if you go out of the Balcans... you can go everywhere😂 I hope i was useful!
Islands are getting more and more expensive for Greeks. I famously bought tickets for Poland and back for 51€. That would’ve gotten me a modest dinner and a glass of wine in Mykonos. Middle to working class people usually go to seaside towns on the mainland which are way more affordable and with less tourists some times
Nope turkey is not our friends 😂😂😂
Commiting suicide is considered a major sin.Priests will not bless the dead body of someone who commited suicide.Cremation is also considered a sin,because according to the Bible,with the second coming of Jesus (the book of revelation as mentioned),the dead will be resurrected and everyone will be judged.This is why destroying the body is a taboo in Christianity.Ofc we know that the body is completely dissolved in less than half a century,unless you do some kind of preservation tactic(which as mentioned in the video,they attempt to do to holy people or saints)
So many islands and so different. You won’t find a Greek that’s been to all of them. I live in the US now and I get so frustrated bc everyone only knows/goes to Myconos and Santorini. While those are gorgeous, they’ve become so ridiculously expensive, the is NO reason. Hundreds of other places, equally- if not more- beautiful, for a fraction of the price. But you’ll eat amazing food wherever you go
Well Kudos for the video. I do enjoy it as a native Greek. If you plan to visit Greece keep in mind that the transportation is average. However all parts of country are accessible by car or ferries and of course plane. You gonna love how much we appreciate to call us Hellines and the country Hellas (land of sun). Also, keep in mind that the Republic of Greece gained its independence 200 hundred years ago, so Greece has a diverse and interesting modern history. As for our friends, we have some disputes with Turkey (as you will see from the military presence in some islands) but in the hour of need we are very close to each other like the earthquake that occurred in Turkey.
09:42 I'm no expert, but I think transportation in Greece happens when it happens....
not exactly when you need it
I die laughing with every word and name and
yes i ma from greece
14:10 ironically yes, they used to cremate the dead, with the added bonus of puting two gold coins in the dead's eyes, which according to mythology was to pay the underworld's boatmen, Charon, and let their sould's crossing through the river Styx
17:00 saying we are friends with Turkey made me cry
I wish...it's not even a liltlle thing happening...we engage frequently in gunfights at the evros region...all my relatives and me have been in active combat eith turkey...I am 22 and I am the first to not be in a war with Turkey...even tho at 2020 when I was conscripted I witnessed 2 deaths...one of a turkish soldier...there is real hate between bordering countries in Europe...and we drive everywhere...we are a very very motor vehicle friendly country
people don't have problems.
States are not people.
Sad thing is we dont have the money to visit the islands anymore :P..dont count on transportation though
Yes Alexander the Great is Greek and Macedonia it’s Greek also for manny thousand of years and the language is Greek ,please don’t get confused,some people at north without history language history and culture and civilisation they try to establish themselves,I feel very sorry for them,slaves they not Macedonians they are Slavic Yugoslavians ,this a political game by some people who are interested to cause a problem in between deferred people. Greece is beautiful ,great transportation, great subway,taxis ,cars ,ferries,air lines to the islands,for the couple that Greece sounds complicated to you maybe the Caribbean islands it will be much easier,have a nice time!
I don't think Grecce is friend of turkey nor turkey is if we see politics wise .Best friend of grecce is ofcourse cyprus and in Cyprus the greek Cypriots are best friends not Turkish Cypriots
The only place in Greece without vehicles or motorbikes is the island of Hydra near Athens. They have only donkeys and sea taxi's. Locals just walk alot but not so much that exaggerate and end up dead tired as the island is small
Probably the book was not the History of Greece as it would have to be so huge that would take forever to read but Greek Mythology as something similar to it circulates from time to time in Greece.
The religion for those who believe does not permit the bodies to be cremated because when the day of reckoning comes the believers will be resurrected.
min 4:00 it's not corfu, it's Tropea, a city in Calabria (a region of Italy)
Everything in Greece is man-sized.. That's why it is friendly 😊
Only in ydra is no cars horses mule is transportation bu in Maine greece is subway busses tram train metro and ferry boat
The thing with the dead people in Greece is not correct. We have funerals like every other Christian ,we don't dig out the dead people 😅, that thing with the skull is an ancient habit of the monasterys because they didn't have enough space. Nowadays though even the monks are stay in the ground!
Greetings from Greece.
I’m Greek and the creepy part with the bones its only in small villages where they don’t have that much land space but if you get berried in Athens for example you would stay for eternity 🇬🇷
Maybe if you re rich , i live in thessaloniki and most graveyards have a limit of 3 years after that youre going to an ossuary
DONKEYS ARE IN RURAL AREAS MORE ON ISLANDS
Greece
not entirely true about the skulls. what i know is that they do that only to important religious people like priests, saints, archbishop etc, not to the ordinary people.
And even that is very rare, you'll find the skulls in very old monasteries, not everywhere
What about worldwide famous Greek debt?
WE ARE NOT CATHOLIC, CREMATION IS NOT AN OPTION IN OUR FAITH
I don't think he said anything about that greece invented democracy like greece did that
"the more you know" , right ...
Cremation is not allowed in our religion we are made of dirt so we return to dirt ..
For greater context on why there was so much drama everytime he mentioned Alexander the Great, I recommend checking out the episode on North Macedonia 🇲🇰. Just be aware that that episode is slightly out of date, as it refers to the country as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia throughout the episode, for reasons that are explained in said episode.
13:25 guuys that sh*t ain’t legit! That might be a tradition is some places (i obv don’t know) but has nothing tondo with the greek traditions. A greek for over 29 years. The rest that the video says is original
YOU HAVE TO MELT THAT WAY, AND ITS NOT A MUSEAM. WE ARE GOING INTO THE GROUND JUST AS WE WERE FORMED. READ YOUR BIBLES!!!!
98% is ☦️🇬🇷
Just cremate me 😂