What are typical meals in Greece?
Breakfast for kids is usually milk and cereals, or bread with butter and honey or marmalade. For adults, is a coffee with a cheese pie or a "koulouri" (sesame bread roll). Lunch is pasta, meat or fish with vegetables (potatoes etc), or pulse soups, or stuffed vegetables with rice (gemista) or other various Greek recipes (each area in Greece has its traditional recipes) and usually with the meal there is salad (Greek salad, cabbage or lettuce salad). Usually kids eat the same for dinner (leftovers) and/or something quick, like an omelet or a sandwich and adults will eat a salad or a toast. Greeks will have a souvlaki once a week or so either for lunch or dinner.
Of course they do. They are an ancient culture. Some customs may be different, so find out what local customs are before you go there.
No. Greece and the U.K. are both independent countries. Greece is in SE Europe and the U.K. is in NW Europe, so they are not even close to one another. They have different forms of goverment, different languages and different currencies.
What kind of government allows citizens to make political decisions in Greece?
Direct Democracy, as practiced in Ancient Athens, allowed citizens to make political decisions.
Is there passport control on ferry between Italy and Greece?
Since Italy and Greece are both members of the European Union, you can travel freely between those two countries without a passport.
What sea is Skopelos Island situated?
Skopelos island is a part of North Sporades Archipelago in the Aegean Sea.
How did the Greeks deal with over population?
Surplus populations were shipped to sites around the Mediterranean and Black Seas to seize land and establish new city-states for themselves.
The other solution was waging endless wars with each other, the casualties reducing the numbers of people. However they were such great breeders in a pre-TV age that the first option had to be resorted to sooner or later, resulting in over 2,000 city-states being established.
What is the Cypriot Greek word for Hello?
Greek-Cypriots speak greek so hello in greek is "Γεια σου" which is pronounced YIA SOU
In the Cyprian dialect you can say 'sheretume'
I assume you mean Roman Catholic. If so, then:
No, Greece is largely Greek Orthodox.
As an anglo-catholic I believe that Orthodox Christians are members of a valid branch of the one, holy catholic and apostolic church. But they are not roman catholic.
What is the Latin name of the kava kava shrub?
Piper methysticum and belongs to the pepper family (Piperaceae).
How many buddhists live in Greece?
Buddhism is barely practiced in Greece. While there are no official numbers, it is scarcely more than 10,000 people.
What geographic factors shaped Greek life?
Sparta because they ravaged the countryside with their army, forcing the Athenians to hide within their city walls.
Why was The Phoenician alphabetic writing system was a great gift to Greece?
the Greeks used some of the Phoenician symbols and formed their first true alphabet and it led to widespread literacy, it was used for economic purposes or preserving oral poetic epics
How long before it expires can you renew a Greek passport?
If you are in Greece 1 week, if you are outside 3 months if you have the correct papers. If you don't have one it could be 6- 9 months. They take their time!
Is Athens an overrated travel destination?
Not if you want to see the Parthenon, the National Museum, as well as enjoy the vibrant local culture of the districts of Plaka (for dining) and Monastiraki (for its quaint shops). And Athens' port city, Piraeus, will be the origin of wonderful cruises to the Greek islands.
I'm not sure what you are asking, but Greece and England have nothing to do with each other.
I think the person that asked this question is looking for the similarities between Greece and England. Well they are both in Europe, EU, and NATO. Both countries have the colour white in their flags and a cross on both flags. Both countries have good food.
...Well, I ship it.
Which greek mathematician was killed by a roman soldier?
Archimedes was killed on the beach by a soldier. The quote "Do not disturb my circles!" is given as his last words, though it is debated whether or not he actually said this.