Yes! You shall now be referred to as "awesome!anon!"!
I do love that time period just because, like you said, it's sort of that "will to survive" and starting over and over
Plus, I'm not going to lie, most Greek men are pretty hot in my opinion
I like the Balkans for the same reason too and I've gotten really into Turkish culture just because Muslim traditions are fascinating to a Catholic but Greek culture just really stuck to me