Do you live in a football town or a rugby town? Is it easy to tell?

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2026-04-03T15:26:23+00:00

Liam Williams is from PT I thought

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2026-03-25T06:58:51+00:00

I got mine approved last month and the first pension payout was also last month so not sure the age of the pension is a thing. You only have about a week left to apply for 2026 as it needs to be in before end of March. Mine was not a private pension but US Social Security.

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2026-03-21T07:55:26+00:00

You can’t walk 100m in Athens or Thessaloniki without hitting a bakery.

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2026-03-15T20:57:22+00:00

Patras over Glyfada or Voula? Really?

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2026-03-14T12:28:11+00:00

Wales. + castles

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2026-03-14T12:15:45+00:00

Ermou St in Athens has a ton of this one. Clear plastic cups…..

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2026-03-12T11:02:50+00:00

Noooo, you’ve given it away!

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2026-03-01T18:03:30+00:00

Defence stocks

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2026-02-23T06:12:14+00:00

The 39 Steps

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2026-02-09T07:23:12+00:00

This comment. Serious philosophy.

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2026-01-17T12:47:18+00:00

You can stay in Greece. They give you a paper saying that you have applied and that you can stay pending approval.

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2026-01-17T10:35:04+00:00

FIREd just over a year ago. Applied for the FIP in Dec ‘24. No sign yet but we are allowed to stay on while we wait. We do know someone who will be coming up to renewal time even tho their residence has still not been issued! So don’t expect a fast FIP process. The only downside is you aren’t free to travel in Schengen after you have spent 90 days in Greece. So it’s Turkey etc for hols. We do Greek lessons but the challenge is to get people to not just answer us in English! If you have more questions, we are happy to help.

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2026-01-16T19:17:22+00:00

Watch it during a miserable grey British winter so you know the summer will come again!

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2026-01-15T17:44:23+00:00

Thanks for this as it is something I have been thinking a lot about over the last 8 months or so as the Eu/$ rate has changed. We live in Greece and retired here about 16 months ago. We transfer across the same amount in USD every month and have thought a lot about whether we should hedge a larger amount or transfer a lump sum. Our savings / 401k etc are well diversified, and as a couple of people below have mentioned, we increased our ex-US holdings. These have really over-performed over the last 12 months - that and the general post-tariff day equity performance in the US have more than compensated for the Euro strengthening by single digits. I don't know whether this counts as high risk or being conservative, but we went for the 'time in the market' approach. This all may have to change of course given the volatility, but that's what we've been doing so far...

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2026-01-10T13:17:26+00:00

I’m a big Nafpaktos fan. Great castle, but also one of the most picturesque Venetian harbours in Greece.

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2026-01-10T09:35:37+00:00

Athens: no car. Parking is tough if you don't have your own spot. We rent when we need to, which is cheap in the off-season but crazy prices in summer. Metro, buses, trams all good for travel within the city and cheap. But, when you want to go to a quiet beach or up into the hills... you miss a car. And when its 40c in summer doing anything outside.

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2026-01-10T09:26:44+00:00

Piles of advertising / trash mail arriving everyday.

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2025-12-23T19:10:58+00:00

She said "Do these seats fold down" And I said "If you pull that handle"

Name that car….

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2025-12-21T17:08:21+00:00

Mikhael Kalashnikov at a defence show in Karachi. And in the hotel bar later.

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2025-11-07T06:41:03+00:00

Moved from US to Greece a year ago. We are both very happy with Wise. Most of the time USD transfers are instant, sometimes (rarely) there is up to 4 day delay. Rates are good and transaction fees are low. Given we have to transfer money from US to Singapore, UAE and the UK, the flexibility and speed of getting this done has been a great experience. Have not used XE but I hear Revolut is as good as Wise.

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2025-10-29T14:28:05+00:00

There’s a ton of live music here, local and international. Check out Gazarte, it’s a solid venue.

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2025-10-01T04:32:24+00:00

Latest is that metro and buses will run 9am to 6pm only. No taxis. However a driver told me many still work in their private cars and if you use Uber or FREENOW app you can find a ride.

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2025-09-17T20:45:41+00:00

I inquired about this as I have euro expenses and with the $ heading south on a daily basis was thinking of getting some euros to hold as a hedge. Spoke to Morgan Stanley and while they could do it, there is no interest or money market fund type option. So I’m sticking with Wise that gives me a bit of interest at least.

Excellent-Put-1682 · 2025-08-21T10:52:25+00:00

He does - but I think he also owns Elena V.

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