New members of the Greece forum, introduce yourselves here - 2022

Hi, my name is Penny and my husband and I are going to hopefully retire to Greece next year. I have a million and one questions but for now would just like to say hi and meet others who have already moved to Greece.

Hello Penny and welcome!
I don't live in Greece, but intend to do so in a few years.

However, all my holidays for the last 15 years have been spent there, so I have a pretty good feel for all the greek "things". If we can help you with some advice we will be happy to do so.

Hi Penny,

My family and I moved to Greece from New York last August, you will love it here! If I can help let me know. Good Luck!

Hello Penny, i am here since forever so i will be glad to help you by answering any question you  have. Welcome!

Hello from Crete !
Im going to claim i'm the only Cambodian in Greece!
LOL Im only joking as there will be loads around (probably) just not all communicating in the same place like here. But will defo be a small community once we all connect.
So gonna keep the crown until another one of my fellow country people sign up !
Have a great day !
Sereyrath

Hi my name is Gem.
My husband and I live in Canada but plan to split our time 50/50 in Greece when we retire.
We're well on our way to organizing our accommodation and the next step is shipping our car. I find it's really challenging to find information online about the process for complying with Greek regulations.
I'm hoping you're all willing to share your advice!

Thankyou for your reply  and offering advice.  I am sure in the months to come I will be asking for lots of that.   

We have booked 3 trips to Greece this year to see what the different areas are like and if they are right for us.  We are starting with Tolo in March.  It is hard to know where to start when thinking of moving to a new Country but I think if we can find the area we want to be in first we can go from there.   Where about do you live?   

Penny

Hello,
I am also looking at all kind of residential properties for sale  in Peloponnes and Crete
Maybe you would like to check out this site:

https://en.spitogatos.gr/for_sale-homes … 000/page_5

It’s a Greek site and I found it very helpful to get an idea on what is currently on the market in terms of furnished accommodation
It offers a good variety of properties for sale, of course depending on your personal circumstances,  size and the price
I hope this helps,

Oh ok. I am looking at both options as buying is prohibitively expensive in the Cyclades, for example. Looks like the Greeks are keeping  those islands exclusively for the high end buyers
There is a rent button on the spitogatos.gr as well, on the upper right corner. Just know that the choice of rentals is limited due to what I heard is people turning their properties into Airbnb rentals for a higher profit

One tip: do it the Greek way, asking personally at the chosen location and word of mouth, have a great day

My name is sreejith balakrishnan nair.am from india,kerala.am married.now am working as a security guard in united arab emirates.i would like to do job and live in greece.

Julien wrote:

Hi all,

Newbie on the Greece forum? Don't know how to start?
This thread is for you

We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country,
or to tell us more on your expat projects in Greece if you are planning to move there.

It will enable us to help you better but above all to wish you a warm welcome.

Welcome on board!

Hi I’m new here.  My name is Pip and I am from England.
Not exactly an expat. I spent many years coming to Athens to visit my birth father after I was lucky enough to find him. I adored him and sadly he passed away 10 years ago next month.
I inherited his flat and since  2012 I have been helped by many people 🤣 at great cost. Enough is enough I need to do things for myself and hopefully I may find information  hints and tips here and perhaps even strike up a friendship.
It’s nice to meet you all.

Hello, Julien, and all of you around the world.  my middle names are Jane Stevens; my first and last are not shared for privacy reasons.

I've been in western europe several times over the last decade, sometimes driving, sometimes riding trains, buses, underground metro and city taxis.  I'm fortunate I have a minor background in church latin as it lets me read a portion of the signs in spite of my inability to conjugate verbs in french, spanish, portuguese, or italian.  currently, after two years in lock down in north america, I'm sort of competent with the greek alphabet  -  decent pronunciation but mostly not a clue as to what I read.  laughing.

I'm way over the hill.  still active and contrary.  more interested in ideas than in gossip about celebrities.  spend time reading and doing research.  I've dug more deeply into the sicilian, calabrian, macedonian, greek, and albanian side of my heritage than the anglo saxon.

so, as part of an introduction  -  if we can ever travel freely in the future  -  I am interested in small cities or towns in and along the mediterannean.  I miss living in a marine climate.  I miss being able to walk to salt water.   I can no longer afford housing on the pacific coast of north america.  so, I'm looking closely at state department websites for different countries, noting each countriy's requirements for long stay visas, retired resident visas (my phrase - you probably won't find it on online)  way of life and cost of living. 

it should be noted that few of us have the economic wherewithal to purchase a passport.  not sure I would be comfortable if those people were my only neighbors.  what I am interested in is daily language lessons in small towns, housing lease for one to three years, purchase of very simple housing, and  figuring out what day to day living actually means in a variety of smaller places. 

I can get a "walk in" schengen visa for ninety days.  that's enough to park my bones in one spot, start buying groceries every morning, learning to talk to whomever makes my coffee, and checking in with the local people to see if they want anything more from me than "money on legs."

so, people, talk to me!  who are you?  why are you where you are?  an what are you going to do about it?  thank you for reading.  jane

Hi
I have booked my flight and accommodation to Crete for Mid September.  I would love to meet up with any English living in Kalyves permanently.  I am hoping to move to Crete within the next year or so and would really appreciate any tips/help with making my dream become reality.

Hi all,

My husband and I (we are French) are now living in Nafplio (Argolida) since a few months. Despite the extreme kindness of Greek people, due to the barrier of language, it is not obvious to link contacts. Then we are looking for people preferably french speaking (as my husband does not speak english...) living in the area ? We also have english friends, hence english speaking people are welcome to meet up...Thanks !!! Naste kala ! Francoise and Sylvain.

@Julien  My name is Michele and  currently living in Trinidad for the past 22 years. I am an American but moved here for my husbands career..He has passed away and love Greece ( extended family members are Greek) and want to re-locate.. I am gathering all info to make this move... Thank you so much!

@dowlingtk Hello there! Yes sure I will be glad to help you with anything I can. Just send me a message . Hope everything goes well for you!

@kirby1978 Hi,just to say ask if you are able to move here after we had Brexit,do you and your partner have European status?

@kirby1978 Does that mean surely that you can only stay 90 days in every 180 days?

@Sereyrath are u still in Greece

My wife are l presently reside in Reading UK, but we hope to retire to Greece within the next two years all going well.