Greek countryside?

[LC]

When talking with family last week someone asked what life was like in the Greek countryside....you know where people have a garden, chickens and maybe a few goats.

I've searched here and the best I found was Jonas Parkers thread on bank runs but that didn't really address this issue.

Does anyone have 2nd person or friend of a friend type reports on the rural areas?

TIA
LC

[Satanta]

I cannot imagine Greece having any countryside...been populated for thousands of years so I'd think they were full-up.

[Marthanoir]

I cannot imagine Greece having any countryside...been populated for thousands of years so I'd think they were full-up.

there's only a population of 11 million spread through all the islands, lots of terraces growing Olives fruit, nuts & veg, chickens & lambs are popular too,

lamb marinated in yoghurt & spices, lots of chilli

[Satanta]

there's only a population of 11 million spread through all the islands, lots of terraces growing Olives fruit, nuts & veg, chickens & lambs are popular too,

lamb marinated in yoghurt & spices, lots of chilli

olives...

No wonder they are so messed up.

[LC]

Sat, while I am sure they don't have countryside as a Texas views countryside <grin>, Marthanoir is correct.

LC

[blueridge]

there's only a population of 11 million spread through all the islands, lots of terraces growing Olives fruit, nuts & veg, chickens & lambs are popular too,

lamb marinated in yoghurt & spices, lots of chilli

...and hummus & pita...and baklava
Yummm

[Melodi]

We have a family friend who moved to rural Greece just before it fell apart with her Welsh husband and little boy. She inherited the family homestead in a breath taking mountain village by the sea and had spent every Summer there as a child. She is native to the area and is a Greek National, and had planned to renovate the villa as a B and B.

Her most recent facebook post was something like "ah, life in a rural village: fridge full of cherries, many jars of apricot jam and several jars of grape, all from the neighbors."

She has been posted updates on the hardships in Athens, but things are not as harsh where she is because people have gardens and small holdings, even if there is little outside work and tourism is down to pretty much zero.

Of course, because she is married to a UK national, if things did get violent or just too harsh to feed themselves; she and her family would be allowed to live in the UK even under the proposed "border controls" if Greece self-destructs the UK is talking about putting in place.

I know there are areas of the country side that are not doing so well, especially urban towns and small ports that relied on tourists that show no sign of coming this year. But the villages, for now, seem the best place to be; at least until the majority of the populations of the cities flees towards them.

This really is starting to resemble the last days of the Roman Empire in a lot of ways (and I don't just mean in Greece).

[TerryK]

When I was in the Navy, instead of always being off the coast of a country, we had a chance to cut right through a part of Greece, throught the Corinth Canal. We had about 12 ft clearance on each side of the over 400 ft long ship.
Here is also a view from the top.(not exactly country, but not citified either. Get out of the towns and most of the country is this way.

[LC]

Thanks DC. That's the kind of info I'm looking for.

LC