Tourists in Greece: 'Don't tell the cook we're German'

Relations between Greek and German politicians may be tense amid the economic crisis, but empathy is easy to find on the streets of both countries

In the cafe outside the palace of Knossos in Crete, a family of tourists are wary of revealing where they're from. According to legend, Theseus once slew the Minotaur in the ruins next door, and should the truth out itself, the Bayer family perhaps fear a repeat.

"Maybe we should pretend we are from Spain," says Candy Bayer, before admitting to the Greek waiter that they are, in fact, from Germany. "Oh, don't worry," laughs the waiter, Alex. "Politics is not for us. It would be like if I had a problem with someone's dad, and I blamed his children."

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