[longtermmemmory]

The afternoon siesta is not just norm, it is the LAW. Within municipal limits stores are requied to be closed between 1:30 and 5 three weekdays and closed completly after 2:00 the other two days. (esentially saturday hours)
It does vary very slightly by business. Supermarkets, restaurants, and newspaper kiosks for example.

The country has a passion for cafe debates. (kind of a low tech FR.)

[the FLY]

Greece is just another european country where the population would rather believe that the Americans are the cause of their ills and not the incompetent socialists running the country currently.(doesn't this describe most of europe?) I have been to Greece many times, and every year it gets worse. Don't blame them too harshly, they are victims of the corruption of the PASOK a$$holes.