i gotta say, i did enjoy astoria because i didn't pay for shit the whole time i was there, this is how every conversation went:

RANDOM GREEK: havent seen you before, you from around here?
ME: no, i'm from athens
RANDOM GREEK: yeah ok arent we all, but where you from here, astoria? bay ridge?
ME: no, i'm from athens, i'm on holiday here for two weeks
RANDOM GREEK: wait? you mean you live in athens??
ME: um yeah
RANDOM GREEK: brother!!! coffee's on me!! hey george, this guy's over here visiting from the motherland.
OTHER RANDOM GREEK: hey maria, bring this boy some baklava on me...

i got fat and i had the jitters from all the coffee

oh and the inevitable "i've got a cousin in athens called spyro, he works in a pizza joint, you know him?" questions always cracked me up.