by Auntie Bulgaria | Oct 15, 2010 | Bulgarian life
Excuse me, coming through. Driving in Bulgaria is a life-affirming experience: that is, you’re always thankful to make it out of the car alive. Bulgarians drive fast and overtaking is common. There are, to add to the fun, horses and carts sharing the road....
by Auntie Bulgaria | Oct 15, 2010 | Bulgarian life
It was very lovely once we got up there… Before we head back to Sofia to start the paperwork, we spend a couple of days exploring the area around the village. This afternoon we visited a monastery, perched almost at the top of a mountain up a long, windy...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Oct 14, 2010 | House & renovations
After three visits, a full and detailed structural appraisal (!) by Nachko Nachko man, and two days of deliberation, we are ready to make an offer on our beautiful pink house. The asking price is €13,500 – a snip you would think but it is €3,000 more than we...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Oct 14, 2010 | Bulgarian life, House & renovations
A quick tour of the village that, we hope, will become our new home… We had already taken a brief drive through when first viewing the house but, after seeing off Nachko Nachko Man and the-one-who-doesn’t speak, we decide to take a long stroll through the...
by Auntie Bulgaria | Oct 14, 2010 | House & renovations
Eeesh. So today we meet Nachko the builder. He speaks no English so our estate agent’s assistant translates for us. We want Nachko to give the house the once over and particularly look at a couple of cracks in the internal walls before we make an offer. Nachko...
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