Living in Greece as an Expat 🇻🇪🇬🇷
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- 🧿In this heartfelt video, I share my journey of living in Greece and how it has reshaped my understanding of what "home" truly means. After leaving Venezuela over 25 years ago, I never imagined that Greece would become my sanctuary and inspire a newfound sense of belonging. From the warmth of the Greek community to the serene landscapes and rich cultural heritage, Greece has offered me a unique perspective on life, happiness, and identity.
🧿What You'll Learn in This Video:
1. My personal experiences and challenges of moving from Venezuela to Greece.
2. How living abroad can alter your perception of your homeland.
3. Insights into the Greek lifestyle, culture, and why it stands out.
4. The impact of the Greek community on my journey and content creation.
5. Reflections on happiness, purpose, and making peace with the past.
🧿Key Topics:
1. Transitioning from Venezuela to Greece: My story
2. Embracing Greek culture and community
3. Overcoming challenges and finding joy in a new country
4. Creating content that resonates with both Greeks and foreigners
5. The ongoing journey of personal growth and contribution
Whether you're an expat, a traveler, or someone curious about life in Greece, this video offers a deep dive into the emotional and practical aspects of living abroad. Join me as I explore how Greece changed my life and helped me find a place I can truly call home.
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I'm Daniel, a British/Venezuelan composer who traded London for the sun-drenched shores of Greece back in 2010. Join me as I share the ins and outs of my life from beautiful Nafplio.
Whether you're planning your next holiday trip to Greece or dreaming of making it your new home, I'm here to guide you every step of the way. From exploring hidden gems to savoring local foods, I'm here to guide you on how to experience Greece like a true local.
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Cheers from Bulgaria! We all love Greece for either vacation or quality of life!
Montreal Canada! 1st generation Canadian born to Greek immigrants. It's been 30 years since I last visited and your videos have me wanting to go back so badly! We are planning our trip in a few years once we pay off our house! Can't wait! The tzitzikia the sea and the sun are calling me lol
Watching from Sydney Australia here, born to Greek immigrant parents and travel regularly to Greece. Will be in Nafplio in mid October and looking forward to doing the walk to Karathonas. Never knew it existed until I saw your videos. Thank you Daniel.
Cheers from Macedonia
I am Greek 1st generation born and raised in the 🇺🇸 USA. I'm just about to turn 60. After several vacations to Greece, I made the decision to move there on a trip in my early 30's. When I made that decision, I was making the most money I ever made and life was great in the USA. But, Greece is something special. It's like a candle 🕯️ lit and when you get on that plane to go back home to the USA, it's like a candle blowing out when you can't see the outline of Greece anymore from the plane ✈️ window
Wow , that was so beautiful it touched my heart I just want to cry when I read your words , a flood memories, emotions, love of greece . Thank you ❤
Like you I’m bored in the USA first generation Greek don’t get me wrong. I love the US but when I go to Greece, it feels like I’m going home. My fondest memories are the two years I live there between high school and college and since 1992 I haven’t missed but one summer until Covid and then I missed 2020. My dream is to one day hopefully soon retire there.
Daniel, we like you because you love Greece and you embraced us and we are giving back, you know us well enough by now 😊
I also watch your channel even though I am Greek (in the collateral target group) because I like your perspective in what you value in life, what makes a good life, it’s very refreshing in this consumerist era to find a voice like yours that appreciates a blue view more than economic security, leading by example not just theorizing. There is something poetic about it, poetic as in fundamentally true. You are rare and your message is worth spreading and supporting.
from the US. We came here from Greece when I was 5; when I retire next year, I am coming back to Greece. Not only has my connection to Greece never wavered, but I know the cost of living in California is only getting worse. Thanks again for another wonderful video!!
Wow, thanks for sharing Taki and thanks for supporting the channel!
I'm a 26 year old man from Athens, I've lived here all my life and watching your videos and perspective on life in Greece is refreshing and a powerful reminder of how lucky I am to be born in this beautiful country 💙
I am Greek, living in the UK for the last 10 years. I'm not very sure why us Greeks enjoy your content, but I think you're right there's a deeper reason why we do! Maybe it's because we are not sure of our related choice (no matter what that might be), and hope to gain some perspective that we're missing. I'm a bit younger than you (40 that doesn't feel like 40 :P) but I can see myself starting to look for different meaning than I used to and I can feel the weight of priorities change, perhaps towards what you're describing for yourself. Now, my case is probably not the most typical, I am single and usually manage to visit often, spending about 3 months a year in Greece, as work allows. I find the change of environment between the two countries refreshing and stimulating. Obviously if I had a family it would be impossible to maintain that (I'm not sure I'd be prepared to lose this sort of freedom to be honest, when/if that time comes and I am forced to make a choice between the two countries, it will be a tough one). But yes, I think there is something intriguing to many Greeks about seeing someone from another country chose to come and make home in Greece. A mixture of admiration and surprise, with some disbelief and perhaps envy in the mixture. It causes questions such as "Why does this guy seem able to appreciate life in Greece more than us? What are we missing?" but also "what this guy did seems so hard to me, why could I not have done the same if I really wasn't happy here? Is it complacency, insecurity or lack of skill that stops me?". "Is it too late now?" Different questions to different people. It's not just your choice and life journey, it's the fact that you have the faith and confidence that you can turn things to be fine wherever you choose to go, that I think most people lack. And to be fair, I live in a small-ish town in the northeast of England, which I find beautiful in its own way, but many times it feels I can appreciate it more than some of the people who actually grew up here. How many times I got asked "why on earth did you choose to come here of all places rather than stay in Greece!". And when I'm in Greece some people ask "how can I come live in England?". Last time actually I was told by a girl working in a locksmith shop that I went a few times "ah you live abroad, no wonder you always smile and look cheerful!" The grass does seem greener on the other side even to me that is between the two places all the time, after a few weeks in one place I start romanticizing the good things of the other :) Anyway, that was my ramble, I love your content and feel proud to see people like you make their home in Greece and accepting its shortcomings with positivity, να' σαι καλά!
I appreciate your videos because not only do you provide an objective point of view of life in Greece, but the content is current, which is of particular interest to me.
I am half-Greek by heritage (my Mom) and I had the privilege of two wonderful trips during my youth in 1974, and 1982. Watching your videos satisfies my curiosity about Greece today!
God bless you and your family. Keep up the great work. Blessings from Canada. 🙂🙏
Keep it up with the great content! A lot of people get your message.
I've never missed any of your clips, I am so glad UA-cam recommended me your channel just from the first video!
Maybe because through your life us Greeks can live a dream. A dream of a better life in Greece. Greetings from London
My life dream is to relocate to Greece. I’m all about the Mediterranean life style already being an Israeli. sailing , growing olives and other local food is my everyday. I’m into social & family life and I believe that Greece is a perfect place for my family. For now, my wife is not ready to let go of Israel yet but every day brings us closer….i do wonder if there are Israelis leaving in Nafplio already. I’d really like to contact them and get some insights
Heads up. A Scout from the British show "A Place in the Sun" was looking for a contact in Nafplio. I believe they will be taping a show of a couple looking to relocate there. Your name was posted as someone that can be interviewed as a reference to the couple making the move. I hope they touch base. Cheers!
You are doing amazing job!
Thank you very much.
I love you chanel.
Thanks for showing up!
keep up the good work daniel
Am Greek from Greece, and besides being very curious about your opinion about everyday life I kinda feel obligated to help with questions people from aboard have about everyday things 😉
As I mentioned under another of your videos, there must be "something in the water" in the Greek region that makes one a philosopher. First the great ones in a few thousand years ago, now you...
A lot wrong with where I'm living. In USA. NY suburbs. Awful. Been here all my life.
Couldn't make one decent friend.
Peers were not very nice to me. They shut me out of everything.
I had older friends and my parents and grandparents.
But they're all deceased.
I'm Greek-American but I speak, read, and write the language Fluenty.
However, I have no family there, but a good friend in Athens.
I know of relatives there but they don't know I exist.
I found their names on FaceBook, they didn't know me or about me, as many generations had passed. I tried to contact them on FB, they couldn't place me. I don't blame them.
I'm a stranger. They were not interested in communicating with me. I stopped. But, I feel very empty.
I have found people who are middle aged and above are already set in their ways,their life,their friends and so forth that they don't have the inclination to add more people to their circle. I have at least 30 second cousins in Athens and in all my year there how many were interested in getting to know me? About 6. The rest couldn't be bothered. Even some of my dad's first cousins never made an effort to visit him. It was always my dad making the effort. Always us visiting them,never the other way around. Don't forget their mentality is different to ours and it's takes a long time to understand how they think or why they do things their particular way. 28 years in Athens and I understood how things worked. Now that I left again to return home for family reasons I am sure I will require time to acclimatize again.
@@passionatesingle oh that’s so sad. I do agree that sometimes it’s hard with your cousins and your family in Greece but then you make such wonderful friends. I don’t know. I actually feel like the island I come from is very very friendly and I’ve never had an issue when I go to Greece, I have very few first cousins there. I do have second and third, but I also have a lot of friends who are actually closer to me than blood relatives. But I can see how it could be more difficult than Athens. I mean, this is the same in the United States when you live in a big city.
I live in UK i bought a property in greece im just trying to sort online work so probably in 2 years ill move. we go every 2 or so month in greece but i bought the house in thessaloniki, just outside, i am from athens though but lived abroad for over 25 years. i hate living in uk and cant wait to live tbh. i am a type of person that i cango anywhere alone and come out with 20 friends. so if you want a friend brother and your in greece hook me up will meet up
Φίλε θα στο γράψω στα Ελληνικά (πες στην σύζυγο να σε βοηθήσει) , προσωπικά με ενδιαφέρει πάρα πολύ η ματιά σου στον τόπο αυτό, θα στο εξηγήσω παρακάτω, και εκτιμώ την τόσο ευγενική φυσιογνωμία σου. Γνωρίζω ότι δεν θέλεις να εμπλέκεσαι σε πιο βαθιές οπτικές γωνίες, ως προς την πολιτική και να είσαι πιο αναλυτικός, όμως η σχέση που έχεις αναπτύξει με τον τόπο και ο τρόπος που αναλύεις την καθημερινότητα σου με βοηθάει να θυμηθώ ή να κατανοήσω καλύτερα εμάς τους Έλληνες, εσύ έχεις μια πρώτη επαφή με την κουλτούρα μας ενώ εγώ έχω κατά κάποιο τρόπο "κουραστεί" , άρα με βοηθάς να συντονιστώ ξανά. Η Ελλάδα είναι μια από τις πιο φιλόξενες αφιλόξενες χώρες , δηλαδή και εδώ να έχεις γεννηθεί μπορεί και να μην νοιώθεις δικό σου τον τόπο αυτό, με κάποιον τρόπο ταυτίζομαι με εσένα όταν αναλύεις την καθημερινότητα σου γιατί μου μοιάζεις. Έχω ζήσει στο εξωτερικό και καταλαβαίνω τι σημαίνει απο την άλλη να μην είσαι στον τόπο σου και να αγαπήσεις έναν άλλο τόπο, για αυτό και σε συμπαθώ ακόμα πιο πολύ γιατί ξέρω πόσο δύσκολο είναι και είσαι πολύ γενναιόδωρος μαζί μας. Πολύ συνοπτικά αυτά.
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Πολύ ωραίο βίντεο Δανιέλ!
Hey Daniel, I am coming for vacations in Nafplio late August with my partner. We 'd love to sit for a coffee with you and share stories.
For the first time I will say something publicly as a Greek who knows the psychology of his compatriots very well. Generally after the revolution and the liberation from the Turkish tyranny, the Greeks did not trust the Greeks to rule them, because maybe they did not have the experience for something like that. So they invited a Greek who grew up abroad and was educated in Western Europe to rule them. Before he could implement his policy, he was assassinated... Then they decided that a foreign king would be ideal for them, and the West sent the German prince Otto. Then the word "xenomania" was created, which means that anything non-Greek is better. Unfortunately, this ideology entered our DNA and continues to this day. Almost no one is trying hard to improve the country, instead they find the easy solution of running away. Of course, there were times of great population emigration, due to poverty and desolation after the 2nd World War (2,000,000 dead and then a 4 year civil war). Nevertheless, Greece managed to stand on its own two feet, even though it was cut off from the West for almost 50 years, due to its border with all the communist countries. When this became possible, for 20 years the Greeks were happy... Then the money-hungry politicians came and abused the public money to get votes. Next came the executioners of the foreign central banks with the support of the German capitalists, who considered Greece their shop and ransacked it, leaving the Greek people without public enterprises (they were sold for a piece of bread), without work, without hope. Again, the country managed to stand up and I believe it will succeed. So these are the reasons for "xenomania" and not the beauty and history of the country. But few stand for beauty, if they cannot have a family and xenomania is cultivated and... exported.
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Πρώτη φορά θα πω κάτι δημόσια ως Έλληνας που γνωρίζει άριστα την ψυχολογία των συμπατριωτών του. Γενικά μετά την επανάσταση και την απελευθέρωση από την τουρκική τυραννία, οι Έλληνες δεν εμπιστεύονταν τους Έλληνες για να τους κυβερνήσουν, επειδή ίσως δεν είχαν την πείρα για κάτι ανάλογο. Έτσι κάλεσαν έναν Έλληνα που μεγάλωσε στο εξωτερικό και ήταν μορφωμένος στην Δυτική Ευρώπη για να τους κυβερνήσει. Πριν προλάβει να εφαρμόσει την πολιτική του, τον δολοφόνησαν...Τότε αποφάσισαν πως ένας ξένος βασιλιάς θα ήταν ο ιδανικός για αυτούς και η Δύση έστειλε τον Γερμανό πρίγκηπα Όθωνα. Τότε δημιουργήθηκε και η λέξη «ξενομανία» που σημαίνει πως οτιδήποτε μη ελληνικό είναι καλύτερο. Δυστυχώς αυτή η ιδεολογία μπήκε στο DNA μας και κρατάει έως σήμερα. Κανείς σχεδόν δεν προσπαθεί σκληρά να βελτιωθεί η χώρα, παρά βρήσκουν την εύκολη λύση της φυγής. Βέβαια υπήρξαν εποχές πολύ μεγάλης ματανάστευσεως του πληθυσμού , λόγω της φτώχιας και της ερήμωσης μετά τον 2ο Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο (2.000.000 νεκροί και μετά 4χρονος εμφύλιος). Παρόλα αυτά η Ελλάδα κατάφερε να σταθεί στα πόδια της, παρότι ήταν αποκομένη από τη Δύση για σχεδόν 50 χρόνια, λόγω του ότι συνόρευε με όλες τις κομμουνιστικές χώρες. Όταν αυτό έγινε δυνατό, για 20 χρόνια οι Έλληνες ήταν ευτυχισμένοι...'Επειτα ήρθαν οι αχόρταγοι για χρήματα πολιτικοί και καταχράστηκαν το δημόσιο χρήμα για να παίρνουν ψήφους. Ακολούθησαν οι δήμιοι των ξένων κεντρικών τραπεζών με την υποστήριξη των Γερμανών κεφαλαιοκρατών, οι οποίοι θεώρησαν την Ελλάδα μαγαζί τους και το καταλήστεψαν, αφήνοντας τον ελληνικό λαό χωρίς δημόσιες επιχειρήσεις (πουλήθηκαν για ένα κομμάτι ψωμί), χωρίς εργασία, χωρίς ελπίδα. Και πάλι, η χώρα τα κατάφερε να σταθεί όρθια και πιστεύω πως θα επιτύχει. Αυτοί λοιπόν είναι οι λόγοι της «ξενομανίας» και όχι η ομορφιά και η ιστορία της χώρας. Όμως λίγοι στέκονται στην ομορφιά, αν δεν μπορούν να κάνουν οικογένεια και η ξενομανία καλλιεργείται και... εξάγεται.
Ha, in this story you can replace Greece with Bulgaria and it will be still true. Including the import of a German king!
Only we didn't go through a classical civil war, but instead we had 45 years of socialism/communism (and USSR ruling).
The same substitution is valid for most of Daniel's thoughts and conclusions. Maybe it's a Balkan thing, not Greek or Bulgarian, he-he.
Otto's rule wasn't a Greek decision
After a 2 year Civil War the "great powers" pretty much placed Otto in power
That's why he was facing constant revolts ect
@@user-kp3qx5fu3sthe " great powers" ( GB, France and Russia) pretty much demanded Otto to become the king of Greece
After Otto was forced out of power, George was the second choice ( the parliament wanted was Eduard from England) but yes in general it's a very Balkan thing since thanks to the ottomans everything from industrial goods to " excepts" had to be imported
When the original Greek government was formed, they realized that they didn't had any experts at all not a single person knowing how to fix a clock 😏
7:55 Or more likely, I would add, there is probably something wrong with yourself. Some people just move because they are not happy and they thing that moving to a different place is the cure. It might help not staying in the same sad situation but sometimes old wounds, fears and grievances resurface and that no longer has anything to do with the new place and calls for a more objective look at things.
Good point, running away from what bother you it's only a temporary solution
Whatever you are running from eventually will Catch up with you
Θα ήταν ενδιαφέρον εάν εφτιαχνες τουλάχιστον ένα playlist με videos μιλώντας ισπανικά αντί αγγλικά, μιας και αυτή είναι η μητρική σου γλώσσα.
Si Daniel, videos en español para tus fans en Latam. Saludos desde Mexico
There is a phrase that we say in Greek that describes the sentiment you’re describing in this video, and that is:
«Όπου γης και πατρίς»… (Opou yee’s ke patris)
σημαίνει ότι πατρίδα του καθενός μπορεί να είναι ή να γίνει ο τόπος που ζει, ακόμα και αν κατάγεται από αλλού.
"Where one lives and one's homeland"... means that one's homeland can be or become the place one lives in, even if one comes from somewhere else.
“Ubi bene, ibi patria”. Where it is well with me, there is my country. The phrase "where it is well with me, there is my country" comes from a verse by the Latin poet Marcus Pacuvius (born 220 BC, Brundisium [modern Brindisi, Italy] which means "where you have a good time, there is also your homeland".
Πατρίδα του δηλαδή μπορεί να είναι ο τόπος που γεννήθηκε ή ο τόπος στον οποίο εγκαταστάθηκε και ρίζωσε. Σημαίνει επίσης ότι ο άνθρωπος μπορεί να ζήσει οπουδήποτε και ν’ αγαπήσει τον τόπο που ζει (ή θα ζήσει) σα να είναι αυτός ο τόπος της καταγωγής του.
That is, his homeland can be the place where he was born or the place where he settled and took root. It also means that a person can live anywhere and love the place where he lives (or will live) as if this were his place of origin.
maybe some of those in your greek audience also have the experience of living abroad or know someone who does thats why they are interested .the greek diaspora is not in only one place (the word itself explains that lol) and people come back home ,have relatives abroad.in short i think it is in our dna to travel abroad as well.i was born in germany but havent lived much there.my parents came back for me to go to school here.i like your thoughtfulness and the way you express things whether good or bad .cheers from Volos
Daniel I’m coming to Nafplio to visit in August with my family and my koumbari. Recommendations for Ταβέρνες and Beaches? Would love to catch up with you for a καφέ?
Νick
Daniel, can you comment in one of your daily videos about the increased amount of graffiti that I see on buildings?
Hi Daniel. I like your content and watch regularly from USA. Can you show us some cultural things like how to make Greek coffee, salad or what you would eat on a normal day? It would be nice to show us the music store in Napflio or wherever you go. I’m a musician also so I’m sure there has to be one you go to or recommend.
8:51 It looks fine. I wouldn't know it was black before if you hadn't mentioned it. It looks better in grey, anyway, than it would look if it were black.
Worn things look better than new stuff. Greeks do not like old stuff and they will throw them away without a thought just because they look old or worn or out of fashion. But old, worn things carry a history and have the marks of individuality - new things all look the same and don't remind us of anything.
Daniel what exactly do you mean when you say that you are pretty happy with being from Venezuela?.
I think that a lot of Greeks (including me) watch your videos has something to do with you are coming from Venezuela. We are curious about how other people see us of course, as all people all over the world. But if you were let's say German or Dutch or something similar, I would not watch your videos. I know that Greeks and the people from Latin America have a relatively similar culture/perspective in life, our family is very important and we understand each other easily. We can connect faster. Obviously I find your videos interesting but this has to do with your background also. Good job man.
🎉Jan