a common Greek (Athens?) brew when I spent a lot of time there in the early 80's, post aviation life, was "Fix", a good "Carlsberg like" drink...
There was an english speaking crew that used to meet up at this junction of 5 roads for a nights entertainment, it would start with securing tables for the empties, which we would not allow to be collected until a table was filled, attempting to fill a glass with as much froth as possible without spilling anything (loser paid) and "hoser-head" practice usually meant I won and had a cheap evening) and then the floor-show...
The Greeks are a trifle unpatient as drivers and the lights went straight from green to red, resulting in lots of horn blowing and irate road rage drivers - at least once every 15 minutes there would be an accident of some sort, almost always minor, but some spectacular collisions would occur from time-to-time...