What to Know Before you Go I Greece

From the gestures to the swearing to the childbearing hips... Alexandra and I team up to talk about the Greek culture, specifically the dating culture in the country. Warning: Family is a huge deal.

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CREW:
Jason Tojeiro (video/editing)
Alexandra (co-writer/co-host)

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[robertblue]

Greek women can be incredibly attractive and scary at the same time.

[sjmcoarch]

Greeks seem to be very fun people to communicate with. I enjoyed the vid very much. Love from Iran.

[matildebelli]

I love the Greek culture❤️love from Italy🇮🇹

[Gytu]

I learned "Malaka" from the taxi drivers in GTA IV.

[camita]

I'm a Korean woman marrying a Greek man. The family part is oh so true but hilarious.

[Polynoe]

Finally another video about us, thanks!! My thoughts:
1) never use the word Malaka to people you DONT KNOW (or people that are not your closest friends).
2) Mothers are the Queens in the house
3)Just because someone is catcalling you, it doesn't mean that the guy is bad. It's more likely he will apologize and ask you for your name and a date
4) don't talk bad about his family and his MOTHER
5) don't be mad at yiayias asking you for a grandchild
6) August of 15th is very important to Orthodox Christians. It's more likely that he wants to spend that day with his family. Respect that.
7) Note about yiayias: again, be kind to them. Don't talk shit about their black clothing. Their are widows.

[alexiszorba]

Greeks are adorable people and their country is beautiful ! I have a distant Greek ancestor in my family and I always feel like I’m coming back home in a certain way when I go to visit Greece, even if I don’t speak a word of that beautiful language - except the very basic ones : like hello, thank you, please, it was very good, etc. The video was funny ! I really like your channel : we learn to laugh about clichés, which is very pleasant. Thank you very much for the great work you do, Marina (and all the rest of your crew) !

[legendaryhuntertutorialsti]

"Where you from"

"America!"

*raises news paper and continues reading*

[azzazz]

There are some Greek women in Birmingham UK and they look like the healthiest girls around

[sarikaya]

Im turkish and i always loved greeks. i have lots of friend from greece. we have so much in common with them. love from turkey

[thearkpearl]

As a latin guy living in Europe I have to say that my Greeks friends here are so sociable and friendly (most of them). All the time they find a way to do or plan an activity that gives me a refreshing sensation. And by the way, Alexandra is just very cute !!! Regards from NL :D !!!

[samhainborn]

I love greek culture, language and people very much🇬🇷🤗 I'm russian🇷🇺 Αγάπη από τη Ρωσία❤ (I hope I typed it correctly😅)

[baileyc.]

Yeah absolutely, Greeks are lovely people to communicate with! I was there for three months.

[mdina]

Are they talking about Greece or Italy ? Una faccia una razza :D

[katherinek]

Greece seems to be a beautiful place! I would like to communicate with Greek people some time! Love from Korea 🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷💓

[lucasquattrucci]

Sono PARTENOPEO👍 greek italians brothers and same blood 🇬🇷🇮🇹

[christosvelentzas]

If you are dating a greek girl the best way to be more easily accepted by her family is....





To be greek lol

[crazyoung]

I gagged so much with this video and the similarities between Greeks and Portugueses, especially when he asked "what do you want?" and she did that gesture. We are almost equal! Family structure and habits, parents asking the same kind of questions, grandmother worried about grandchildren, huge families. Great video!

PS: there was a famous Portuguese writer, Eça de Queirós, who wrote in 1872, for a magazine called "As Farpas" (or The Barbs): "We [Portugal] are in a comparable state, correlative to Greece: the same poverty, the same political indignity, even the lowering of characters, the same public thievery, the same moneylending, the same decadence of spirit, the same grotesque administration of sloppiness and confusion. In foreign books, in magazines, when you want to talk about a Catholic country and that by its progressive decay may be scratched from the map - Greece and Portugal are mentioned at the same time. However we do not have such a glorious history as Greece, the honor of having created a religion, a universal model of literature, and the human museum of the beauty of art."

[Dave-In-Greece]

Awesome Video!
I'm Puerto Rican and I moved PERMANENTLY to Greece 2 years ago...
ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT ❤

[TimonKaiPumpa]

"Malaka" is exactly like "Cavron" in spanish.