Posted on 07/02/2015 8:45:33 PM PDT by Kartographer
Newlyweds Valasia Limnioti and Konstantinos Patronis' long-planned "dream trip" to America ended in New York City, where their three-week honeymoon quickly turned into a nightmare: Their Greek-issued credit and debit cards were suddenly declined and they were left penniless.
"We were hungry, and I cried for two days," Limnioti said. "I felt homeless in New York."
The couple skipped a few meals before spending their last dollars on dinner at McDonald's. Strangers from two Greek Orthodox churches in the city's Queens borough came to the rescue, giving them survival cash until their flight home to Greece on Friday.
Their financial woes won't be over once they get home.
With banks closed, Greece faces a deep financial crisis. Greeks will vote Sunday in a referendum on whether to back more spending cuts, more tax increases and more negotiations with European creditors. A rejection of such draconian measures could trigger a Greek exit from the Eurozone.
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I sense a GoFundMe campaign and new theme for Nigerian scam emails shortly.
It’s hard not to feel sympathetic for a couple in this situation. Just try to verify the story before sending any cash. Some Greeks won’t even received the kindness of strangers.
Coming to an America near you soon.
For some of us, it already started years ago.
I assume you saw Dylann Roof’s sister’s ridiculous GoFundMe campaign for herself. A family of sociopaths.
Huge Manatee!!
You mean they will just have to go home and be like everybody else in Greece? Where is the Amnesty, the Humanitarian Assistance? What will the UN say? If anything rises to a humanitarian disaster, this does.
i agree but a little foresight may have been in order.
All Greeks worth anything should abandon their country!
By and large, Greeks are far more valuable as Greek-whatevers than as Greeks.
Unfortunately for Limnioti and Patronis, you have to plan ahead if you want to be a Greek-whatever as opposed to a miserable Greek!
This is what consulates are for.
For her wedding, I believe.
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