Survive and Thrive in Greece: A Traveler's Greek Phrasebook from an Athenian

You will not learn Greek. You will learn exactly enough.Enough to order what you actually want. Enough that a waiter in Athens stops speaking English to you - which is the highest compliment this country offers. This is not a language course. It is 140 words and phrases, written by an Athenian, spelled the way they actually sound. No grammar tables. No verb conjugations. No pretending you'll study on the plane.Inside: - 140 essential words and phrases with pronunciation you can read at a glance - Fifteen chapters covering arrival, food, hotels, ferries, beaches, shopping, emergencies and flirting - The gestures that will get you in trouble, and the one that will get you fed - Why you should never type Greek into a translation app in front of a Greek - A closing chapter on how to make Greeks genuinely like you - which is easier than you thinkIf you want Greece to open up to you and you don't speak a word of Greek, this is the shortcut.