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Forum: Europe
Mar 20th 2017, 8:01 am
Replies: 42
Views: 14,933
Posted By scot47

Re: Bulgaria and Brits

Doing it long distance will be your problem.
Forum: Europe
Oct 28th 2016, 6:59 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 14,933
Posted By scot47

Re: Bulgaria and Brits

Pulaski is HORRID and I HATES him
Forum: Europe
Oct 28th 2016, 6:37 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 14,933
Posted By scot47

Re: Bulgaria and Brits

You can live in Bulgaria on quite a modest income. The Cyrillic Alphabet is no great hurdle. I went to Bulgaria to live and work in 1991. I had no knowledge of alphabet or language but tackled both...
Forum: Europe
Sep 22nd 2016, 7:43 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 14,933
Posted By scot47

Re: Bulgaria and Brits

That EHIC is only for VISITORS. If you have retired to Bulgaria and get the UK State Retiremenet Pension you can get medical treatment on the same basis as a Bulgarian who is covered by BG State...
Forum: Europe
Sep 22nd 2016, 7:07 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 14,933
Posted By scot47

Re: Bulgaria and Brits

There is an excellent book based on the diary of the wife of an Irish Officer in the British Army. She accompanied her husband and wrote extensively about her experiences in Bulgaria - then part of...
Forum: Europe
Sep 22nd 2016, 5:49 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 14,933
Posted By scot47

Re: Bulgaria and Brits

Burgas is a nicer city than Varna. Both are visited by Brits in summer and have resident British populations. You can still use your European Health insurance Treatment Card (EHIC) for health cover...
Forum: Europe
Sep 18th 2016, 10:52 am
Replies: 42
Views: 14,933
Posted By scot47

Re: Bulgaria and Brits

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Twice-Stranger-Expulsion-Forged-Modern/dp/1862079242/ref=pd_rhf_dp_s_cp_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=Q7KJGCKKEXPX3Z0Y5CRD


Some more material that can help us understand modern...
Forum: Europe
Sep 17th 2016, 5:03 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 14,933
Posted By scot47

Re: Bulgaria and Brits

Try also anything by Mark Mazower. I liked especially his book on Salonika.

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Forum: Europe
Sep 16th 2016, 7:01 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 14,933
Posted By scot47

Re: Bulgaria and Brits

Orthodox Christianity played a role so too did our own dear Mr Gladstone. Like others in the Party he vehemently denounced the Turks for the atrocities in the 1870s. ave a look at the role of the...
Forum: Europe
Sep 16th 2016, 6:11 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 14,933
Posted By scot47

Re: Bulgaria and Brits

360i I think you might not like Bulgaria. It is full of foreigners.
Forum: Europe
Sep 4th 2016, 3:32 pm
Replies: 42
Views: 14,933
Posted By scot47

Re: Bulgaria and Brits

"Each against all". Look at an ethnic or linguistic map of the Balkans and you will see it is a patchwork of different identities. Their history is one of struggling against their neighbours and an...
Forum: Europe
Sep 2nd 2016, 8:39 am
Replies: 42
Views: 14,933
Posted By scot47

Re: Bulgaria and Brits

Elhovo near Yambol had an enterprising Estate Agent who long ago spotted that Brits would pay £15,000 or more for a house he could buy for £3,000. As a result there are quite a few Brits in that...
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