r/AskBalkans

dont they incorporate the Mediterranean diet in their daily life?

genuine question...

Even though I‘m a Nolan fan, so far the trailers look very disappointing. I love aegean/mediterranen culture & lifestyle. The Odyssey is supposed to take place in what is known today as Greece, Turkey, Malta, Italy & North Africa. Yet, nothing about it feels like that specific atmosphere. Looks like a viking movie that takes place in scandinavia.

I‘m not going into the casting controversy. Since greek mythology films are usually by americans/brits. Even though I can understand greeks if they are pissed. Western europeans/anglo-saxons often occupy and claim greek history & mythology

In Greece, in cases of extreme anger, we may say things like "f my virgin mary" or "f your christ". It's frowned upon but it's way more common than we'd like to think. Does this exist in your country?

I love the name Aydin for boy but trying to find resources for the meaning of the name.

Is this a common boy Turkish name????

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We have such a wonderful and profound cultural history, not to mention landscapes and forests that are truly worth highlighting through a more aggressive approach and metal music. Why isn't folk metal more popular within the scene? I realize that death, black, and thrash metal subgenres tend to dominate, but I’m just curious. I know some bands like Voloh, Stribog, Radagast, Gavranovi etc.

if you know some other good folk bands of balkan regions please write me in the comments

Is it a new place you never visited before, or is it somewhere you go back to every year?

Out of all the countries I’ve been to in the Balkans (all except Slovenia and Bulgaria as of now), Romania has had the most aggressive strays that chase people around and are much more aggressive than the dogs in literally any other Balkan country I’ve been to.

Does anyone agree?

I'm planning/thinking of a Balkans trip in August. The problem is, I don't want to buy a tour package and will kinda freestyle, I'll have 7 to 10 days for it. While not wanting to spend all of it in buses and trains, I def wanna use the daytime Belgrade-Bar railway. Lake Ohrid is also a must. So after the train the most logical route seems to be Montenegro, Albania and then Macedonia. But I'll need the specifics of border-crossing public transports. I don't trust ai and I don't rent/drive a car.

for end of july/start of august we are trying to plan a trip. we wanna go somewhere we can swim, jet ski and also somewhere that has a good nightlife! any recommendations?

I ask because I wonder if the average person in Greece or Cyprus would be able to read a Latinized version of their language or is it better to write in the Greek alphabet?