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Mainly Athens, but I was on Lesvos a few months ago in the countryside miles from anywhere. A young goat started following me (!)…eventually I found a goatherd and started talking to him in rather broken Greek - whereupon he answered in English. At that moment I did reflect on why I was...

I honestly don’t get this idea that you don’t need to learn the lingo if most people speak English. I’m learning Greek at the mo, and it’s fascinating - if challenging!! I agree that it’s difficult to find Greeks who don’t speak English, but you get a totally different reaction if you try to...