Moving to England
it just hit me.
Don't have a place to move into as of yet, but I have had some success in contacting people with vacant rooms in the past few days. Plan to head down to Liverpool on later this week for a few days and do some viewing (tried remotely but no one has pictures). Have to admit, it's pretty exciting, moving into a house in a foreign land. Not necessarily as thrilling as a bothy in the middle of nowhere lacking all basic comforts, but exciting in it's own right.
Let's talk Bulgaria. What a country. Annie and I had a week in Sunny Beach Resort, just outside of Bourgas. It's an 8km stretch of the most scenic beach I've been too. We had seven days of sun, with temperatures never dipping below the high 20's. The Black Sea was like bath water, but with waves :) We went into 'historic' Nessebar for a day (Messembria in ancient times), which is the oldest settlement in Europe. It was fantastic. Narrow cobble stone streets and fig trees providing shade in the courtyards. Felt like we were in another time. Wednesday night we witnessed some Bulgarian entertainment at the famous Khan's Tent in the surrounding hills. Dinner and a show, you can't go wrong. Met another couple from Newcastle and went out afterwards with them around the resort. They showed us 'their side' after we took them to a cocktail bar on 'our side' called Mexico's, which featured 2 for 1 cocktails with names like 'leg opener', 'no knickers', 'wet pussy' and so forth. What a bar. They even remembered Annie and I from a few nights back and handed us some free shots.
All in all, one hell of a trip... but be warned, the Bulgarian language and its Slavic origin is a mouthful for those primarily speaking English. I prefer languages whose basic utterances like please and thanks are one syllable. Well... please was ok being molya, but blagodarya for thanks? It's well worth the effort to speak Bulgarian as it results in smiles and the occasional laugh from the locals.
On a personal note, not being around Annie has taken some getting used to. It'll be quite a switch from spending every waking hour with someone for the better part of 9 months to only seeing them every few weeks. We're confident things will work, and looking for a joint visit home to Canada during the Christmas break.
cheers
Don't have a place to move into as of yet, but I have had some success in contacting people with vacant rooms in the past few days. Plan to head down to Liverpool on later this week for a few days and do some viewing (tried remotely but no one has pictures). Have to admit, it's pretty exciting, moving into a house in a foreign land. Not necessarily as thrilling as a bothy in the middle of nowhere lacking all basic comforts, but exciting in it's own right.
Let's talk Bulgaria. What a country. Annie and I had a week in Sunny Beach Resort, just outside of Bourgas. It's an 8km stretch of the most scenic beach I've been too. We had seven days of sun, with temperatures never dipping below the high 20's. The Black Sea was like bath water, but with waves :) We went into 'historic' Nessebar for a day (Messembria in ancient times), which is the oldest settlement in Europe. It was fantastic. Narrow cobble stone streets and fig trees providing shade in the courtyards. Felt like we were in another time. Wednesday night we witnessed some Bulgarian entertainment at the famous Khan's Tent in the surrounding hills. Dinner and a show, you can't go wrong. Met another couple from Newcastle and went out afterwards with them around the resort. They showed us 'their side' after we took them to a cocktail bar on 'our side' called Mexico's, which featured 2 for 1 cocktails with names like 'leg opener', 'no knickers', 'wet pussy' and so forth. What a bar. They even remembered Annie and I from a few nights back and handed us some free shots.
All in all, one hell of a trip... but be warned, the Bulgarian language and its Slavic origin is a mouthful for those primarily speaking English. I prefer languages whose basic utterances like please and thanks are one syllable. Well... please was ok being molya, but blagodarya for thanks? It's well worth the effort to speak Bulgarian as it results in smiles and the occasional laugh from the locals.
On a personal note, not being around Annie has taken some getting used to. It'll be quite a switch from spending every waking hour with someone for the better part of 9 months to only seeing them every few weeks. We're confident things will work, and looking for a joint visit home to Canada during the Christmas break.
cheers
posted by Ian at 4:01 PM
1 Comments:
Glad the Bulgarian trip was good. I'll have to mention the towns to my Bulgarian buddy - see if he recognizes them. You might have a place to stay if you go back - during the second world war he got booted off his property thru his political beliefs - although he still has to pay taxes on it!!! So maybe it's still there....
Don't envy you looking for a place to stay - my least favourite time waster. When do classes start if you're still "on vacation" at this late date?
Cheers and enjoy - keep us up to date.
Garry
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