- "at 5 (minutes) to (the hour)" is a Greek idiom, equivalent to "at the last minute".
- In Greece, the most common food served after funerals is fish soup, followed by coffee, cognac, or ouzo.
- The Scorpion fish (Scorpionfish or Scorpaena) is a genus of large fish, which live in warm and temperate seas, including the eastern Mediterranean Sea. But it is unrelated to the zodiac sign of Scorpio!
- Greece won the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, with singer Helena Paparizou. The year after, the contest was held in Athens, and Paparizou sang a new song called "Gigolo" without being a contestant.
- Dimitris Avramopoulos used to be mayor of Athens. In 1997, he had a "Christmas tree" constructed in Athens, which was almost 40m tall and had up to 180.000 lights. Its height got it into the Guinness book of records. However, it was just an iron construction and didn't resemble a tree at all, so it attracted a lot of criticism and negative comments.
- Greece has only state universities, and there are not many. The exams to enter the university are common for all students nationwide, and they are very difficult. Especially if one targets a popular course (eg. medicine, engineering school, law school).
- The village of Achladochori, where Zouboulia is supposed to come from, is very close to the Bulgarian border (around 10Kms away).
- Mountza is the most traditional gesture of insult among Greeks. It consists of extending and spreading all fingers of the hand and presenting the palm towards the face of the person to be insulted with a forward motion.
- "Kseri" is a Greek card game, for 2 or 4 players. The total number of points per game is 25, plus 10 points for each "kseri" that a player achieves (if any). Zouboulia counts her own points first (3), so she knows that Anna's points are 22 plus an extra 10 points for her one "kseri".
All rights belong to their rightful owners. This video is for educational purposes only: to help learners of Modern Greek and also help non-Greek people understand the Greek culture. This is a fan translation, as no official professional translation of the show exists.
- In Greece, the most common food served after funerals is fish soup, followed by coffee, cognac, or ouzo.
- The Scorpion fish (Scorpionfish or Scorpaena) is a genus of large fish, which live in warm and temperate seas, including the eastern Mediterranean Sea. But it is unrelated to the zodiac sign of Scorpio!
- Greece won the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, with singer Helena Paparizou. The year after, the contest was held in Athens, and Paparizou sang a new song called "Gigolo" without being a contestant.
- Dimitris Avramopoulos used to be mayor of Athens. In 1997, he had a "Christmas tree" constructed in Athens, which was almost 40m tall and had up to 180.000 lights. Its height got it into the Guinness book of records. However, it was just an iron construction and didn't resemble a tree at all, so it attracted a lot of criticism and negative comments.
- Greece has only state universities, and there are not many. The exams to enter the university are common for all students nationwide, and they are very difficult. Especially if one targets a popular course (eg. medicine, engineering school, law school).
- The village of Achladochori, where Zouboulia is supposed to come from, is very close to the Bulgarian border (around 10Kms away).
- Mountza is the most traditional gesture of insult among Greeks. It consists of extending and spreading all fingers of the hand and presenting the palm towards the face of the person to be insulted with a forward motion.
- "Kseri" is a Greek card game, for 2 or 4 players. The total number of points per game is 25, plus 10 points for each "kseri" that a player achieves (if any). Zouboulia counts her own points first (3), so she knows that Anna's points are 22 plus an extra 10 points for her one "kseri".
All rights belong to their rightful owners. This video is for educational purposes only: to help learners of Modern Greek and also help non-Greek people understand the Greek culture. This is a fan translation, as no official professional translation of the show exists.
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