is that what you greek people do?

a darling friend informed me yesterday morning that she was ill and staying home from work until end of the week. i asked her to recount the medicine the doctor had given her, ordered a eucalyptus bath and bedrest or i'd spank her, and said i was going to be over at her house that night or the next morning. this morning i was over. i didn't stay much - just long enough to make her some tea, tidy the kitchen, make her eat some fruit with her medicine, cook some soup for lunch, make her some more tea and see that she sips it while entertaining her with descriptions my latest sex dreams, tuck her snuggly on the sofa with books and more tea... when it was time to go i got up, hugged her and kissed her forehead, not without ordering another eucalyptus bath before bed. she stopped me halfway to the door. -so, is that the greek thing to do when people are sick? -what like, bust into their house at 9 in the morning and make them drink tea until it squirts out their ears? -no, you know, come to their house and take care of them? is that what greek people do? i really did have to think about this for a moment. was i trespassing cultural limits here? was i intruding? it didnt even cross my mind to ask whether it was ok to go by. i just stated it as a fact. was this too much? i mean, although she did catch a lung infection, she wasn't exactly dying. -i'm not sure as to which upbringing is responsible for it - i think that's what friends do. oh, i'll get the trash on my way out.