kimon07 wrote:cyprusgrump wrote:GreekIslandGirl wrote:I don't know any Greeks who are not supplementing their incomes, directly or indirectly with a number of extras like olive oil production, eggs, beans, shops, restaurants and crops galore. Even an Athenian consultant surgeon acquaintance of mine has his parents producing all his food needs on the home farm he will eventually inherit and retire to in order to produce essentials for his 4 kids which all go to private schools and are heading for high-flying university studies and posts.
All other countries would have crumbled by now given the same mess Greece has been dealt. Greece is the vanguard of strength, resilience and the continued civilised world order.
Greece is a strange mix of the intellectual and the peasant (Cyprus mirrors this). And I LOVE it so!
I suppose with more than 25% of the workforce (58% of the 15 to 24 age group) unemployed they have little choice but to do so....
Believe it or not, this crisis may prove to be a blessing from the point of view that the young, due to the unemployment, are forced to return to their villages
and start working on their fields again. Modern methods of agriculture and farming are being developed and applied and the Greek countryside, which had been largely abandoned for decades, is gradually reviving again. Just hope this trend will continue and increase.
Well yes, with little chance of getting a job I guess your only choice is to return to the farm if you have one...
