2019-11-12 19:58
Every year during the end of October to December the air around Bulgaria is filled with the distinctive smell of rakia. I don't need reminding as I've been waiting patiently for this time of… Read More
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A view from a British expatriate who is now living and working from within the Bulgarian community.
2019-04-18 17:53
It was a case of fully intending to keep fit, maintain a healthy diet and live beyond the date of receipt of my UK state pension at the age of 66 when returning to Bulgaria. However, t… Read More
2019-03-12 09:15
Yambol Bucket YoghurtYoghurt one of the foods that you cannot live without, especially here in Bulgaria. Bulgarian is famed for being the only country in the world where the bacteria can be… Read More
2019-01-13 09:17
Well it has been nearly two years since moving into our apartment in Yambol and things have settled down well. Galia is due to start work this month and I have a set routine of various fitne… Read More
2018-11-21 19:53
When we were in the UK Galia's favourite beer was John Smiths. Made in Tadcaster and comes in a green can, there is more reason than you think to why it is here favourite beer in the UK. If… Read More
2018-03-06 19:21
It has taken a few months, but at long last the project has been completed. My 25 year old Raleigh Kalahari bicycle which started its long journey in Huddersfield now resided actively in Yam… Read More
2018-02-19 14:05
In recent years there has been a big push for smoking to be banned in public places. Starting off in Western Europe and being forced into place in Eastern Europe in more recent years. There… Read More
2018-01-25 20:06
NOTE:Before you read this I must point out that there is the use of a rude word, so if you feel you would be offended please stop here. (Done in all innocence I might add.)Sometimes people s… Read More
2018-01-05 14:47
Guests Enter HereIt was a relative short lead up to Christmas in Bulgaria which really started at the beginning of December. Albeit foreign and global based companies tried desperately… Read More
2017-12-15 20:14
A simple trip to a hairdresser in Yambol evokes such a conundrum of incidents since I have been living in Bulgaria. Each time there is a story to tell, this one has a funny ending or in a st… Read More
2017-12-07 13:12
Seeing people of my own age around me draws me to compare health. Of course you can't tell how healthy a person is just by looking at them. however you can see how they walk, posture and gen… Read More
2017-11-30 19:40
Every year during the end of October to December the air around Bulgaria is filled with the distinctive smell of rakia although I don't need reminding as I've been waiting patiently for this… Read More
2017-11-21 16:43
As many people know I am a keen cyclist and have been since giving up smoking around 1992. , mountainIt was in 1992 I bought a Mountain Bike from Halfords in Huddersfield and that was the ye… Read More
2017-11-14 15:45
It has been six months now since I gave up drinking coffee with caffeine and gave up tea. This was done partly because caffeine made me hyper and didn't help at all with getting sleep, somet… Read More
2017-11-09 08:42
It has been said that moving to Bulgaria and having loads of free time due to retirement can lead to becoming an alcoholic. Many expatriates could quite easily fall into that trap with… Read More
2017-11-07 09:27
Swept Under the Carpet for YearsRetiring early is something that I could only achieve with relative comfort in Bulgaria. Due to small pension I receive I have to live like most Bulgarians he… Read More
2017-09-16 14:39
Just like old times in my Farmhouse in Skalitsa, where surplus supplies at harvest time are prepared for the coming Winter. Today was one of the many reasons I am here in Bulgaria.We only de… Read More
2017-09-03 07:50
This weekend we decided to go the the Black Sea. We didn't decide on this plan of action until just after midday on Friday. We arrived at our newly booked apartment in a place called Pomorie… Read More
2017-09-02 07:10
The Safe Streets of YambolWell it was April this year we we arrived in Bulgaria now four months into the life here. Getting used to Bulgarian ways didn't take long as we had basically been l… Read More
2017-08-22 16:17
The return to Bulgaria has finally happened. It has been painful wait for us, the full story will unfold in due course.One of the last pictures of us in London March 2017In a nutshell, unple… Read More
2015-11-07 19:29
We have decided to go to Malta for 12 days. The UK is getting too much for us and the pressure was beginning to affect our health. This choice of destination was not chosen lightly, We… Read More
2015-10-25 19:27
Today, we went to Hyde Park. Galia now has her free travel pass from TFL, she has been without it for the past 5 months due to my change of work. We traveled by tube and went to a Bulgarian… Read More
2015-10-21 19:45
It has been just over six weeks since my bicycle accident and is something that plagues me on a daily basis.Still with pain in my right knee which is due to be scanned in a couple of weeks… Read More
2015-10-19 18:15
Well it's October and the season of Autumn has gripped nature well and truly with vibrant colours galore - that is if you can find trees between Edgware and Willeseden!The reminder of Bulgar… Read More
2015-10-14 17:33
Travelling to and from work with my personal HiFi blaring out in my ears to block the bellowing voices from other foreign travellers is the most relaxing part of the day.During the travel ti… Read More
2015-09-29 18:59
Everyday I live and work in London and see things that should shock but don't.Cycling to work one day. I see someone lying in the middle of the road, I think he was dead. Drivers were drivin… Read More
2015-09-25 18:57
Well, being off sick for a week with a cycling accident, gives time to reflect on what has happened over the last few years. I have missed keeping blogs up to date tremendously! Now I feel i… Read More
2015-09-25 16:11
It is quite funny how sometime you can overlook such blatantly obvious things whilst getting caught up in an idea.After joining new work Union with my new job and one of the benefits was to… Read More
2015-09-21 18:58
Well since I have been in the UK I have had a variety of work over the last 6 years. Let me recall....Ah yes. The first job was as a postal sorter in Hatfield. This was a temporary post to c… Read More
2015-09-20 09:19
Simple Treasures in Bulgaria - By Martin Miller-YianniPaperback: £11.95 - Download: £3.75 Most, if not all travel books about Bulgaria cover well-trodden tourist resorts and unde… Read More
2015-09-19 20:12
Well, having now been in the UK for a few years with a few brief trips back to our home in Yambol, each day that goes by makes it clearer and clearer why we shouldn't be here.There are thing… Read More
2015-09-15 15:32
It has been quite few years now back in the UK working, but that's all I do here. The question as to why I came back is something that is quite difficult to answer, although many may suspect… Read More
2010-09-10 20:49
It really has been quite an eventful few months here and to be quite honest a struggle. Not much time as usual for the things I want to do, namely cycling and blogging, but that is just down… Read More
2010-07-26 18:49
Just to let people know that things are still very much in the fast lane here in Bulgaria. I have also changed this site back to a blogspot domain , (http://bulgarianslivatree.blogspot.com)… Read More
2010-03-09 18:32
Just a quick to say that I am off sick with a stitched up finger and busy trying to get well enough to start earning again. With the snow around again not much I can do on the land even if I… Read More
2010-02-21 18:06
It was a relieved man who turned up for work and found that he still had work, albeit in a reduced capacity. Bulgaria leads the way in Europe in the recession for cutting back hours and pay… Read More
2010-01-31 16:50
Probable unemployment tomorrow aside, we have had some serious weather here, but things just plough on as normal. It takes longer to do things and some things you can’t do with extreme… Read More
2010-01-27 18:40
Having just got back to work after being laid off with a bad back, it was seemingly back to normal albeit in freezing temperatures and a frozen up Lada that wouldn’t move. Taxi fares t… Read More
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