How Greek Is Your Love?

So it's Valentine's day... The day of lurrrve! 

Well, it's no news to you by now that Greeks invented everything, so of course they are also the masters of love too. Obviously. Think Aphrodite - Goddess of Love and her son Eros (which is come from the Greek word "Erota" which is mean "love"). There are some that believe it marks the celebration of Zeus and Hera's marriage too! I'm telling you, whatever you believe the origin of something is, the Greeks will say they got there first...


Enough of the history, let's talk real life. For the Greek couples on Valentines day it's probably more like this: The man will walk home from a long day's work at the restaurant and ask his wife when dinner is ready. She will ask him flat out where her flowers are. This will not go down well as the man will think it's enough that he works all day providing for the family and she wants bloody flowers too?! 

Or if the wife is really lucky, her man will have gone hunting and skinned a hare especially for her (to cook). 

As for the singletons, don't think they have it any easier. Oh no. As if there isn't enough pressure from family pushing them to find a spouse every day since they were 5, they now have added pressure from the rest of the world reminding them to do the very same thing on this day. You would think the family would at least take this day off from nagging as it is sensitive enough, but no, Greeks being the crafty people they are will use this as leverage to further pressurise and wear them down into submission to be introduced to that creepy weirdo they keep talking about...


OK, ok, so it's not all doom and gloom... The Greeks are extremely romantic and chivalrous when they want to be - I repeat, when they want to be. Greeks are stubborn people and don't like to be told when to do something, that includes being mushy! They do it when they want to and very well I might add! 

P.S. If you don't have a Valentine, don't sweat it. Get down and dirty with that feta kai psomi...

The Typical Greek Girl

The typical Greek girl... so what is she like? Not to generalise and stereotype (you know I would never do that...!) but here are some of my observations of the typical Greek girl! Feel free to add your own in the comments below.


First of all, they're gorgeous of course; it's in the genes! The thing is, they most likely know it which oozes a flair of arrogance (pretty much no difference to the guys then!). 


Also like the Greek men, they too are covered in thick dark hair, hence why their chosen career path is most likely a beautician (oh sorry, they like to be called "beauty therapist") or a hairdresser; it's not their fault, they need to control all that hair! They can talk all day about their hair and nails and will apply so much hairspray to their wild manes they could be strong contenders for the number one cause for ozone layer damage... 

They apply mountains of makeup as they are masters in beauty - but is it worth applying it all just to go to the gym? I suppose it doesn't matter as they don't usually work out anyway; they like to just pose and eye up the man candy (although they never admit it!).

On a night out, it's easy to spot a typical Greek girl as they most likely have a big head of hair and are wearing very revealing clothing. Well, they spent all that time waxing their legs they want to show them off! It's a shame they don't cover up a bit though as watching them shivering in the winter time outside the bar/club just to get their cigarette fix is quite amusing!

Most Greek girls have excellent rhythm though and can dance really well; the favourite move being the typical hip wiggles and wrist twisting!

Having said all this, there are some really sensible Greek girls out there too of course (not that typical Greek girls aren't nice!), but you don't see them as much as they're probably being locked up by their fathers...! Any other typical Greek girl traits you can think of?

καλή χρονιά - Happy New Year!

Happy 2012 Typical Greeks!


Hope you all had an amazing start to the new year by devouring a massive feast; start as you mean to go on, and all that!


One of the biggest traditions Typical Greeks do at new years is a cake called "Vasilopita" named after Agios Vaslis; the saint who founded the Greek Orthodox Church. His name day is celebrated on 1st January so everyone has a feast in his name (any excuse, right!)


This cake contains a gold coin (it's wrapped in foil so don't worry health and safety inspectors, we Greek, we know what we doing...) and once the cake has been cut, the one who finds the coin in their slice will get luck for the rest of the year!

You're not allowed to spend this coin though or else you will lose your luck, so keep it in a safe place! If you've seen quite a few new years go by now, you may even have a little box where you keep them all hidden, awww bless!

Whether you win the coin or not, I wish you all a happy new year and bless you with all the luck in the world! Happy 2012!