Blogs from Varna, Varna Province, Bulgaria, Europe - page 4

Well I am typing this in the comfort of my dining room.Still not letting me have boyana in locations so greg it has to stay at moment.Finding the mouse equiv hard to handle otherwise very pleased with set up.Using wireless connection via M-Tel card.Works anywhere a mobile works. V. convenient partic given country nature of village.From the 5/9 I will have my residency permission confirmed and have my I.D. card.Satellite and new dvd/video are working so it's becoming tech. heaven.Neighbours continue friendly and slight diff of opinion over pament for work done by georg resolved nicely and in my favour I feel confident that things will go much smoother and of course with other house having tv i can now get peace (and private sunbathing any time I want..Working presently at all over tan.However despite drawbacks ... read more

Finally got to Varna! thank god, the sky cleared up today and its perfect for the beach! The night before was alright as well. Went to the hostel, and great people there!! A traveller works temp. there and he is cool!! He brings the guest to all these nice fun places in town! First we went Go-Karting!!! haaa.. 8 of us had a 15min. competition! I started in 4th place for test lap.. and then when the real thing came...AHHH..This guy without a drivers licence created this big car crash and then my place just dropped dramatically!!! AHHHHH So mad!! I was originally in the lead ma!! ahhhhhhhh __" Anyways, it was great fun and then we went to the beach to this bar....it was nice sitting on the beach and all that,.. This morning went ... read more

Today I got up from the bunk and my leg went from under me in excruciating pain. Reminiscent of the start of original ankle problem.Have tried to work out why now and think it was probablyn as a result of shoeing builder round property walking through the stick soil after the most effective night rains on Weds. Unfortunstely all extra medicines and strappings were removed from the van on Weds so I shall have to wait till tomorrow when I check out and go up to the house. Today I signed the 2nd contract and discussed the begining of work on the 1st house. Yesterday, as expected , I found that the fridge/freezer was smelling dreadfull and not cooling so it will go as well.Tomorrow on way to house (having checked out) I intend calling in ... read more

As U might guess from the title I now own my house in Boyana(2) and hopefuly I complete on original house on Thurs. So glad I had a represent. with me as otherwise the red tape would be scary(even translated it still sounds long-winded and repetitive). I went there yesterday and started to unpack the van helped by 3 locals. They were very helpful but they also wanted a nose round inside and see if any pickings might br forthcoming. At the end of the day you'd have thought it was Xmas for them and there is a guarntee that all the rest were antikas(rubbish).There will be more to come as the matresses need to go,a wood burning stove (for Fatimay), and probably a large electric oven/hobs when I replace them with a gas cooker. It ... read more

2 decisions - that despite the fact that I keep doing silly things like loosing passports I apppear to be able to rise above such inconveniences and that despite a torrential downpour on/off beach (12th) me and my new bulgarian phone are unstoppable even when edging towards the wet T shirt brigade (along with half Varna populous). 2 Rakias and a cheese -filled pancake helped a treat. Made the (free) hostel pickup and on way home visited a deli/butcher, coming away with 1and half kilo piece of pork for £3.50!! Yes please life is good and today I move banks, pickup my passport letter for Sofia (consulate) and visit my house in conjunction with Katia hopefully.This will be the first time she has seen it.We also will see the other property of Kapitals in that village ... read more