Living in Greece ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท - 7 Things I Wish I Knew Before Moving to Greece

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TLDRIn this insightful video, the creator shares seven essential lessons learned after 14 years of living in Greece as a foreigner. Key points include the emotional toll of being away from family, the importance of learning Greek for effective communication, the tough job market, especially for newcomers, and the impact of seasonality on local businesses. The creator also discusses the limited access to services outside major cities and the complexities of bureaucracy in Greece. Despite these challenges, the creator passionately advocates for the beauty and positive aspects of Greek life, encouraging others considering relocation to embrace the journey.

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  • ๐Ÿ–๏ธ Beautiful landscapes await in Greece.
  • ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ Being away from family can be challenging.
  • ๐Ÿ“š Learning Greek is crucial for integration.
  • ๐Ÿ’ผ High unemployment may pose job challenges.
  • ๐Ÿ”„ Greece operates seasonally; winter differs greatly.
  • ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Access to services can be limited in rural areas.
  • ๐Ÿ“‹ Bureaucracy is a significant aspect of living here.
  • โค๏ธ Despite challenges, love for Greece is strong.

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    The speaker shares personal insights after 14 years of living in Greece, starting with the challenges of being away from family and the emotional toll of remaining distant from oneโ€™s culture, especially during significant life events like births and deaths.

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    Speaking Greek is emphasized as crucial for successful integration in Greece; while many Greeks speak English, the language barrier can create communication difficulties. The speaker argues it is essential to immerse oneself in the language to truly experience Greek life.

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    The hardships of finding employment are acknowledged, alongside personal anecdotes about running a cafe in Greece that led to significant financial loss. The speaker emphasizes the importance of having a plan and being entrepreneurial in adapting to life in Greece.

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    The discussion then shifts to broader societal issues including selective racism, seasonality in job availability, limited access to services and products compared to larger cities, and the complexities of navigating Greek bureaucracy, illustrating these points with personal experiences.

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  • What are some common challenges of relocating to Greece?

    Common challenges include language barriers, high unemployment, seasonal business closures, and bureaucratic hurdles.

  • Is it necessary to learn Greek to live in Greece?

    Yes, speaking Greek significantly enhances communication and cultural integration.

  • What is the employment situation like in Greece?

    Greece has a high unemployment rate, making job searching challenging for newcomers.

  • How does life differ in Greece during the winter?

    Many businesses close down in the winter, affecting access to services and community life.

  • What should new expats be aware of regarding bureaucracy in Greece?

    Bureaucracy can be complicated and overwhelming, particularly for those used to less red tape.

  • Are Greeks generally welcoming towards foreigners?

    Greeks are generally welcoming, but experiences may vary based on cultural background.

  • What advice does the creator give regarding employment before moving to Greece?

    Research job opportunities and prepare to adapt to local employment conditions.

  • How does the creator feel about living in Greece?

    The creator expresses a profound love for Greece despite its challenges.

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    that's a beautiful
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    place okay this is a secret Beach over
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    here in the path from nafo all the way
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    to karatha
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    beach now this video is for you if
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    you're a foreigner that is thinking
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    about relocating here to Greece and
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    these are seven things that I wish I
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    knew when I first moved here to Greece
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    now this is not going to be a negative
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    video but these are just things that I
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    have learned after living here for 14
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    years and counting as a foreigner here
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    in Greece now number one this might seem
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    an obvious one but being away from
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    family and your culture your your
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    country Okay so I've moved away many
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    many years ago I left my hometown my
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    home country uh 20 years ago or so say
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    I'm recording this my grandmother is 96
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    years old okay uh but my grandmother for
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    example hasn't met my my two beautiful
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    daughters right when you live abroad
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    that's the reality of it you know it
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    it's such a hard thing even though we
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    travel and even though my mother has
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    come and visit and I have seen uh my
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    family uh the truth of the matter is
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    that when you live in a foreign country
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    you know uh life is happening over there
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    uh in your hometown in your home country
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    people are getting old people are being
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    born and people as well are dying okay I
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    have experienced those two things my
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    friend I grew up in Venezuela so
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    Venezuela is quite far away from Greece
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    right and but if you're if you're
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    English and you're around here in Europe
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    obviously distances are much much uh
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    closer they're not so far away like say
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    South America or Australia for that
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    matter okay number two speaking the
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    language if you don't speak Greek you're
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    going to have a very hard time hearing
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    Greece do not believe the hype of all
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    these people that are telling you that
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    everybody speaks English here in
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    Greece I mean it is true that most
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    people speak English but you'll be
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    surprised that once you live here if you
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    do not speak the language you're going
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    to have a very hard time communicating
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    if you have just relocated here to
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    Greece you just moved to Greece and
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    you've been here for a couple of month
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    of course nobody expects you to speak
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    Greek but if you've been living here for
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    an extended period of time and if you're
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    planning to be here in Greece you
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    certainly should be studying Greek right
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    now I get a lot of comments here on the
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    Channel people asking me how did I learn
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    Greek and the answer is the same way
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    that anybody learns a language you just
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    need to immerse yourself in the language
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    there's no shortcut get a book uh learn
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    how to write you need to watch TV listen
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    to radio movies in Greek talk to a Greek
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    I mean do whatever it takes in order to
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    immerse yourself in the language I was
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    speaking yesterday to a friend of mine
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    who lives abroad he's from Venezuela too
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    and he's been living for six years now
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    in
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    Hungary and his son who just turned 11
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    actually he speaks Hungarian very well
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    you know kids adapt very very quickly
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    very very fast but my friend does not
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    speak any Hungarian and I told him what
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    the hell are you doing you know he even
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    you know he has no intention of living
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    from Hungary he's a Hungarian citizen
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    right from
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    Venezuela and I said you're you're not
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    planning to go anywhere else that's
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    where you live right you have your kid
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    there goes to school you have a a life
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    in Hungary why you're not learning the
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    language it's very hard of course it's
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    hard all languages are hard for anybody
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    that does not speak the language it is
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    very very hard to master a language but
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    do not be mistaken that you could be
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    here in Greece and just speak English
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    okay even if you're in a place where
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    you're full of expats and you're full of
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    foreigners that they have created their
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    own Community that's not a great way to
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    be here in Greece you're actually
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    missing out big time so so don't do that
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    you know I mean if I was going to move
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    tomorrow to Japan everybody in Japan
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    speaks English but am I not going to be
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    able to learn Japanese I will make it my
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    life's mission to learn Japanese if I am
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    moving to Japan you know yes of course I
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    will get by with English here and there
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    go to a shop and speak in English but
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    come on man you you want to see what the
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    whole life is about in that foreign
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    country in that language so don't don't
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    don't be fooled by this idea that you're
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    going to be living here in Greece and
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    yes you could get by with just English
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    but I am I'm telling you here that at
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    one point I did not speak any Greek
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    whatsoever I was like
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    you okay and I can tell you here right
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    now that I know many people from England
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    who speak Greek and they learned the
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    Hardway which is just by living here and
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    interacting with people and just you
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    know there's no shortcut so make sure
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    that you do your homework I'm still
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    learning Greek you know my daughter
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    makes fun of me the way I speak Greek I
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    get compliments from some of the Greeks
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    here but my daughter my 14-year-old
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    daughter she says to me like you know
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    what you just don't don't speak right
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    right so I'm still learning I'm still
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    trying to get better at Greek and it's
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    something that we as foreigners have to
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    come to terms with and and and and do
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    the work do the homework okay another
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    thing that you need to take taking
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    consideration when coming to Greece is
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    one of the the downsides of coming to
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    live to Greece as a foreigner is high
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    unemployment okay but then again in
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    every country
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    unemployment is a big problem the
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    biggest question is like what are you
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    going to do for a living right when I
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    relocated from the UK here to Greece our
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    master plan was to work in a cafo so my
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    in-laws had a cafo for many many years
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    and and our plan was to like relocate
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    from London from the UK all the way here
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    to Greece and and work in the cafo this
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    was excellent because I did not have to
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    go to to find a job and that way I could
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    learn the language I could be in the
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    system I could earn a living to support
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    my family and it was a great plan you
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    know so that was the idea what happened
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    is that that did not work well that did
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    not go well at all we lost all our our
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    life savings that we brought from the UK
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    here to Greece we invested all that
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    money in that cafo and I became became
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    all of a sudden someone who had to run a
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    cafo and I had no idea about the Greek
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    culture and what the cafo culture is I
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    was baptized by fire for those of you
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    who are Greek leave in the comment
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    section and let everybody else know what
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    a cafo is so you have to imagine this
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    Foreigner that is learning Greek coming
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    from London all the way to Alina and
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    work in a cafo with papes who want to be
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    serve am right and and here I am saying
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    like hey this is how this cafo is going
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    to be run from this point on I worked so
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    little in that cafo that I did not
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    qualify for unemployment benefit I
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    became a stay-at-home dad immediately I
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    was in the system somehow as an employed
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    but without any any compensation
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    whatsoever and you know it it was just a
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    bad deal so from that point on what
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    happened is that I started to work
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    online and that's the birth of my
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    entrepreneurial a journey as someone who
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    works online uh in fact from from that
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    point on this is all I do I just work
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    online and I had to take stock of all of
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    the skills and my abilities and my
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    talents and and make something uh of it
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    online so I am very grateful for that
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    experience I am very very grateful for
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    for everything that happened with that
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    cafo so you know from there I I turn you
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    know all of that into an online business
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    really because I was just unemployed I
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    was unemployed in a foreign country and
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    and I had no idea what I was going to do
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    and in terms of employment it was really
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    really hard for me uh to get work so my
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    wife became the main bread winner and
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    that's how I became a stay-at-home dad
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    because it was easier for my wife as as
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    someone who is Greek to go into the
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    workforce and get a job so that's
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    exactly what we did but you know when I
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    get comments from Greeks fellow Greeks
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    that say to me that I'm living the Greek
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    dream or the Greek lifestyle and I and I
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    haven't paid the price in order to to
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    serve this you know they don't know my
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    whole story and I'm going to dedicate a
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    whole video about this uh the cafo years
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    and and what happened you know because
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    it was really tough man it was a really
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    really dark time so if you're relocating
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    to Greece you have to think very very
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    carefully of what you're going to be
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    doing in terms of earning money and how
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    you're going to support yourself I'm a
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    big believer in entrepreneurship I am a
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    big believer in working for yourself and
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    you know I am a big believer of the
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    online space so I am forever grateful
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    that I went through that hardship
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    because today I work completely remote I
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    I I work 100% online in fact all of my
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    income is in US dollars but that's a
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    story for another video and I'm going to
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    certainly do a video about how I earned
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    a living here in Greece but it's all
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    thanks to the cafo so thanks to a cafo
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    story where I had a secure job here in
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    Greece that did not go very well okay
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    another topic I wasn't sure if I wanted
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    to bring this up here on this video
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    about selective racism okay as someone
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    who comes from Venezuela I understand
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    this very well on this side of the world
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    when I say that I am from Venezuela
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    people seem to receive me and welcome me
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    very very well because somehow I am
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    exotic I am from South America and and
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    people just welcome me however here in
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    Greece like in any other country there
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    is selective racism so depending on what
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    country you're coming from and depending
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    on the color of your skin you will be
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    welcome in a certain way I'm not trying
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    to be negative here about the Greek
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    culture and the Greeks because Greeks
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    are very very welcoming when it comes
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    down to kenos okay when it comes down to
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    foreigners but you have to understand
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    that certain things apply the same way
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    that it will apply in your country so
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    when I was living in the states for
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    example and I will say hey I'm coming
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    from Venezuela it will be perceived
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    differently the first thing that they
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    will think of is someone who has just
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    you know you're from down there right
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    and I don't want to get political or or
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    you know this this channel is not about
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    that okay but you have to be aware of
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    certain things when it comes down to
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    coming to Greece you know uh depending
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    on your background and where you come
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    from you're going to be perceive in a
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    different way and somebody's going to
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    give you a label so I I hope I make
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    myself clear here with this uh a message
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    and I'm not trying to to paint a
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    negative uh a picture here of Greece but
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    this applies to any kind country for
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    that matter okay another thing to
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    consider if you're thinking about
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    relocating to Greece is that Greece
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    Works in Seasons okay most businesses
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    operate in the summer everything is
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    seasonal so if you're thinking about
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    moving to a Greek island I invite you to
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    go and live in that Greek Island in the
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    winter things are completely different
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    here in the winter time so you have to
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    be aware of that so things shut down
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    completely in the winter uh it's hard to
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    understand if you've never been to
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    Greece in the winter time if you have
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    never lived here for a whole calendar
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    year and see the whole thing unfold but
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    I really invite you to do your homework
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    uh here in Nao life is very different in
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    the winter in fact in too which is very
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    close to nafo it's pretty much a ghost
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    town in the winter time and people live
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    there I know people that live there
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    there's schools you know but everything
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    is shut down and this of course brings
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    me to the next topic which is limited
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    access to services and products right
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    when I was living in London I had access
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    to everything concerts big bookshops you
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    know I'm a sucker for a big Bookshop you
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    know just walking into a bookstore and
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    buy five books and then you know take
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    them home um I it's something that I
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    love to do when I was living in London
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    okay I had access to all of these
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    concerts museums malls Foods services
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    products you know you can just buy stuff
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    whenever you feel like it here in Greece
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    is a little bit different yes of course
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    if you live in Athens you will have
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    access to most things because is the
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    capital same goes with any other big
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    city here in Greece thessalonique is the
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    same however I live in the countryside
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    and I live in a very small community so
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    I don't have an Apple store for example
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    I don't have a mall there's just one
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    movie theater it's a very small one but
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    it's lovely I love it like that I don't
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    need 25 movie theaters I don't need to
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    have access to all the museums the same
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    way that I had access in London that's
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    the lifestyle I live that's the
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    lifestyle that I'm living right now
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    today and that's a sacrifice that I'm
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    willing to to do in order to have this
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    at my
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    doorsteps it's something to consider
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    though you know because if you want to
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    have access to services and products the
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    same way that you have it in England for
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    example if you live in a city like
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    London which is where I was living
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    before I relocated here to Greece then
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    you have to be mindful of that and be
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    aware of it so you know if you want to
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    buy something that is you know that you
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    probably take for granted now because
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    you live in London you can just walk
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    into the store and buy it you know it's
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    not going to to happen when you live in
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    a place like this so you have to be
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    mindful of that and finally bureaucracy
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    as someone who grew up in Venezuela I
  • 00:13:36
    can tell you right now that I am very
  • 00:13:37
    familiarized with bureaucracy anybody
  • 00:13:40
    from Latin America that is watching this
  • 00:13:42
    if you're from Latin America and you're
  • 00:13:44
    watching this video you understand
  • 00:13:45
    bureaucracy very well if you're from
  • 00:13:48
    South America and you move here to
  • 00:13:51
    Greece you'll have no problem dealing
  • 00:13:53
    with
  • 00:13:53
    bureaucracy you know for the rest of you
  • 00:13:56
    who are coming from England America
  • 00:13:58
    Canada Australia anybody who comes from
  • 00:14:01
    from this type of countries where things
  • 00:14:03
    seem to work better or seem to not have
  • 00:14:07
    so much red tape then you're going to
  • 00:14:09
    have a big culture shock again for me
  • 00:14:12
    I'm all right with it I don't endorse it
  • 00:14:15
    not one bit uh but I don't suffer as
  • 00:14:18
    much as someone who has never dealt with
  • 00:14:20
    so much bureaucracy and so much red tape
  • 00:14:23
    you know I mean here is a big problem in
  • 00:14:26
    Greece when it comes down to red tape
  • 00:14:27
    and and bureaucracy there's no secret
  • 00:14:30
    about it Greeks know this very well I
  • 00:14:32
    know it I've been living here for many
  • 00:14:34
    many years and I have experienced many
  • 00:14:36
    things that will will come as a shock
  • 00:14:39
    for you as a Latino who lives here in
  • 00:14:42
    Greece I still get shocked by certain
  • 00:14:45
    things the term faki is something that
  • 00:14:49
    it was foreign to me if you're Greek
  • 00:14:51
    please leave in the comment section and
  • 00:14:54
    let everybody else know what a filaki is
  • 00:14:57
    there is a lot of red tape for very very
  • 00:14:59
    basic things and it's just part of the
  • 00:15:00
    culture you just have to deal with it
  • 00:15:03
    you just have to embrace it uh dive deep
  • 00:15:06
    navigate but there is uh the other side
  • 00:15:10
    okay I'm here to tell you that there is
  • 00:15:11
    another side and and you will manage to
  • 00:15:14
    navigate it the same way that I did and
  • 00:15:15
    the same way that others have done it
  • 00:15:17
    okay but it's something that you really
  • 00:15:19
    have to be aware of I'm going to do a
  • 00:15:21
    future video about what do I do for a
  • 00:15:24
    living I want to really tell the story
  • 00:15:26
    of the cafo a little bit more in detail
  • 00:15:29
    so I can explain my background in how
  • 00:15:31
    did I arrive here in Greece in 2010 in
  • 00:15:34
    the midst of the Greek crisis and I
  • 00:15:36
    lived the whole thing man 2010 11 12 13
  • 00:15:40
    when the conversations about grexit were
  • 00:15:44
    Happening Here Capital control and stuff
  • 00:15:47
    you know it was crazy I was terrified so
  • 00:15:50
    I lived through all of those years and
  • 00:15:53
    you know here we are today living still
  • 00:15:55
    in this beautiful country I'm doing my
  • 00:15:57
    bit for Greece this video is not a
  • 00:15:59
    negative video this is a positive video
  • 00:16:02
    and if you have been following me here
  • 00:16:04
    on the channel you know that I love
  • 00:16:05
    Greece with all my heart this is the
  • 00:16:08
    place where I will
  • 00:16:10
    die I can tell you this right now Dr up
  • 00:16:13
    in the comment section as well if you
  • 00:16:14
    would like me to talk more about how I
  • 00:16:17
    relocated here to
  • 00:16:19
    Greece what exactly I had to
  • 00:16:22
    do you know it's an interesting story
  • 00:16:25
    like anybody who who quits their life
  • 00:16:29
    especially with a newborn child pack
  • 00:16:31
    their back quit their jobs and relocate
  • 00:16:33
    to another country it's a story that
  • 00:16:36
    needs to be
  • 00:16:37
    told that's for sure
  • 00:16:41
    so I have shared
  • 00:16:44
    this with anybody that is interested in
  • 00:16:48
    my story in fact I know
  • 00:16:50
    many many Brits who live
  • 00:16:53
    here who have done exactly what what I
  • 00:16:56
    have done so my story is not not
  • 00:17:01
    unique and there certainly
  • 00:17:04
    people who have done what I have done
  • 00:17:06
    and they're living right now here in
  • 00:17:08
    Greece still families you know a good
  • 00:17:11
    friend of mine and a friend of my my
  • 00:17:15
    wife three lovely kids she's British
  • 00:17:18
    married to a Greek and she's been here
  • 00:17:21
    kind of like the same amount of time
  • 00:17:23
    that we've been living here you know and
  • 00:17:26
    it's somebody that I can relate to
  • 00:17:29
    you
  • 00:17:31
    know and it's beautiful to just connect
  • 00:17:33
    with other people and that's one of the
  • 00:17:35
    purposes of this channel is to connect
  • 00:17:38
    with with other people not only that
  • 00:17:40
    want to come to Greece that want to
  • 00:17:42
    relocate to Greece but as well
  • 00:17:44
    with with other foreigners who are
  • 00:17:46
    living here whether you call yourself an
  • 00:17:48
    expat an immigrant or whatever doesn't
  • 00:17:50
    really
  • 00:17:51
    matter I've been told multiple times
  • 00:17:53
    here on the channel That an expat is is
  • 00:17:57
    a weird term for somebody like like me
  • 00:18:00
    whatever you know I use the word expat
  • 00:18:01
    in order for me to uh reach out to a
  • 00:18:04
    bigger audience yes I'm an immigrant
  • 00:18:07
    because I live here and I have no
  • 00:18:08
    intentions of of going anywhere this is
  • 00:18:11
    where I
  • 00:18:12
    live uh but I know a lot of people that
  • 00:18:17
    you
  • 00:18:18
    know consider themselves expats they
  • 00:18:20
    don't consider themselves expats it
  • 00:18:21
    really depends it's just a
  • 00:18:23
    terminology uh that we use in order to
  • 00:18:26
    to explain our situations uh I told as
  • 00:18:29
    well that that I am Greek already
  • 00:18:32
    because I live here for such a long time
  • 00:18:35
    uh but the truth of the matter is that
  • 00:18:37
    even if I become Greek which I am in the
  • 00:18:40
    process of applying for Greek
  • 00:18:41
    citizenship and that's just a formality
  • 00:18:43
    really I I don't need
  • 00:18:46
    it and it's not because I'm married to a
  • 00:18:48
    Greek by the way it's just because I am
  • 00:18:50
    a British Citizen and I moved here
  • 00:18:51
    before brexit that's the reality I
  • 00:18:55
    haven't had the need to use the fact
  • 00:18:57
    that I'm married to a Greek in order to
  • 00:18:59
    become a citizen of Greece uh but yes I
  • 00:19:02
    am very happy to be a foreigner here in
  • 00:19:03
    Greece I'm very happy that I can do this
  • 00:19:06
    videos in fact this videos will be very
  • 00:19:08
    different if I was a Greek right it
  • 00:19:11
    wouldn't have that that thing you know
  • 00:19:16
    because it's different right it's very
  • 00:19:17
    easy to be from your own country and
  • 00:19:19
    talk good about your country it's very
  • 00:19:21
    it's kind of like bias right you're from
  • 00:19:23
    here right but but I choose to be here
  • 00:19:26
    with all the negatives with every
  • 00:19:28
    everything that I'm talking about in in
  • 00:19:30
    my video I I choose to to be here with
  • 00:19:34
    all the difficulties people think that I
  • 00:19:35
    moved here because there's job
  • 00:19:37
    opportunities because the economy is
  • 00:19:40
    great I moved here because I love it I
  • 00:19:43
    fell in love with this country I mean I
  • 00:19:45
    don't know how much more simple I can
  • 00:19:47
    put it and I'll take the whole pack with
  • 00:19:50
    everything negative that I can say about
  • 00:19:52
    GRE which you
  • 00:19:54
    know I think I've earned that right uh
  • 00:19:57
    but I will never talk bad about Greece
  • 00:20:00
    ever and if you've been following me
  • 00:20:02
    here you know that I only speak about
  • 00:20:05
    the positive things of Greece actually I
  • 00:20:07
    defend Greece from the Greeks some
  • 00:20:11
    Greeks are very negative and there's
  • 00:20:13
    Greeks out there creating content
  • 00:20:15
    telling Greeks to go abroad Greece is
  • 00:20:18
    already a very small country man
  • 00:20:20
    population is very very small you have
  • 00:20:23
    Greek young Greeks who have gone to
  • 00:20:25
    foreign countries to start a new life
  • 00:20:28
    which is completely understandable
  • 00:20:30
    because that's exactly what I did when I
  • 00:20:32
    left
  • 00:20:33
    Venezuela and I just happened to do it
  • 00:20:37
    to Greece in fact I moved from the UK
  • 00:20:40
    from a more developed country quote
  • 00:20:42
    unquote where things are better and
  • 00:20:45
    everybody was telling us what the hell
  • 00:20:47
    are you doing moving from the UK to
  • 00:20:49
    London to Greece absolutely everybody
  • 00:20:52
    told us that and here we are man 14
  • 00:20:55
    years later I'm doing a video about
  • 00:20:58
    telling you you why you should consider
  • 00:21:01
    coming to Greece if that's something
  • 00:21:03
    that you've been thinking about and the
  • 00:21:05
    content that really resonates with with
  • 00:21:07
    a lot of people especially Greeks living
  • 00:21:09
    abroad and when I get these messages in
  • 00:21:11
    the comments and the emails like hey I'm
  • 00:21:13
    a Greek American or Greek Australian and
  • 00:21:16
    I'm thinking about going back to my
  • 00:21:18
    hometown like right you know like my
  • 00:21:20
    family left Greece in search of a better
  • 00:21:23
    life in Australia in America and now
  • 00:21:26
    I've been thinking about going back to
  • 00:21:27
    Greece because I saw one of your videos
  • 00:21:31
    I never thought that I will inspire a
  • 00:21:32
    Greek a second generation Greek living
  • 00:21:34
    in Australia that means the world to me
  • 00:21:37
    right you know even though I'm not Greek
  • 00:21:39
    it's a pleasure and I embrace the whole
  • 00:21:40
    thing that Greece has become my
  • 00:21:44
    home and has adopted me in that way so
  • 00:21:47
    if that means that I have to do videos
  • 00:21:49
    like this ones and talk about the good
  • 00:21:51
    and the bad and and at the same time say
  • 00:21:54
    like hey everywhere's the same you know
  • 00:21:57
    I have lived in Venezuela I was grow I
  • 00:22:00
    grew up in Venezuela I lived in Canada
  • 00:22:02
    the states England and now I'm here in
  • 00:22:04
    Greece and of all these countries I
  • 00:22:06
    chose Greece and I always say to people
  • 00:22:09
    even if you gave me a million quid I
  • 00:22:11
    will never go back to either England
  • 00:22:13
    America Canada or
  • 00:22:16
    Venezuela maybe Venezuela because
  • 00:22:19
    Venezuela it still hurts because it's
  • 00:22:22
    where I grew up right but now that I'm
  • 00:22:25
    here Greece has become my country and
  • 00:22:28
    has become my my home okay but that
  • 00:22:32
    doesn't mean that I don't miss where I
  • 00:22:34
    come from if that makes any sense right
  • 00:22:36
    yes there's certain things that I miss
  • 00:22:38
    about the states there's certain things
  • 00:22:39
    that I miss about England of course uh
  • 00:22:41
    England has a very special place in my
  • 00:22:43
    heart because that's where I met my wife
  • 00:22:45
    that's where I was born that's where my
  • 00:22:47
    eldest daughter was born it's a very
  • 00:22:50
    very special place you know London has a
  • 00:22:53
    very special place in my heart it will
  • 00:22:54
    always have but I choose to live here in
  • 00:22:56
    Greece and I want to do a good job with
  • 00:23:00
    this videos to promote the positive of
  • 00:23:04
    what Greece has and if I can be a a
  • 00:23:07
    vehicle for that with this videos and
  • 00:23:10
    and document my journey right like I'm
  • 00:23:12
    just literally going for a walk I
  • 00:23:14
    decided to record a video now I'm going
  • 00:23:16
    home and do some
  • 00:23:19
    work you know get excited about life and
  • 00:23:22
    hopefully you
  • 00:23:24
    know this will translate in these videos
  • 00:23:27
    man you know I know life could be very
  • 00:23:29
    very different for me as I'm recording
  • 00:23:31
    this is a Friday morning I could be
  • 00:23:32
    commuting right now to go to work
  • 00:23:34
    instead I'm here you know I don't take
  • 00:23:36
    this for granted not for one bit was it
  • 00:23:39
    hand down to me no I work for this I
  • 00:23:43
    work for this moment I've been on a
  • 00:23:45
    Friday morning
  • 00:23:46
    walking right and shooting a YouTube
  • 00:23:49
    video and now going home and doing some
  • 00:23:52
    work I'll edit this video later on and I
  • 00:23:54
    will upload it you know and I want to
  • 00:23:57
    inspire other people to to do something
  • 00:23:59
    similar whatever it is your journey
  • 00:24:01
    might be different than mine you know
  • 00:24:03
    your journey is completely different we
  • 00:24:04
    all have our own path to walk I'm just
  • 00:24:07
    walking mine and sharing it here with
  • 00:24:09
    you
  • 00:24:11
    anyways I love you very very much thank
  • 00:24:14
    you so much for watching this video I'll
  • 00:24:16
    see you in another video my friend
  • 00:24:21
    [Music]
ๆ ‡็ญพ
  • Greece
  • Relocation
  • Expat Life
  • Culture Shock
  • Employment
  • Language Barriers
  • Seasonality
  • Bureaucracy
  • Adaptation
  • Online Business