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@nathandean4

Hi welcome and good luck with your venture if you have any queries please ask or send a pm.

Rgds, Ozzy

Hi My name is Lee I'm 54. My partner is Ewa 55. We are planning to get our DVisa and move to Bulgaria either by the end of the year or beginning of next year.

We would like to be close within reason to Varna. Sunny beach but in a village or town with everything we need.

Can anyone help us with information.

Thankyou

@nathandean4

Hi Nathan

My husband Martin and I are doing exactly the same thing. I'm on a pension,and have to sponsor my younger husband in. We should be moving over around May too

Good luck all we have brought near vt but not moving over for about 10 years yet waiting till we laid off English house so it will be a retirement fund along with pensions

I hope the big move goes well for everyone! Exciting times!

@nathandean4

Best of luck with the move mate. Sounds like you have a solid plan to be successful.

To everyone else moving...

Good luck to you too 馃檹

@Skinnerlee

I Recently visited Neese bar or something named similar, one town below Sunny beach. Has all the amenities, and historic areas, close to the beach park area, tons of apartments and likely to have houses on the outskirts. Has amazing restaurants. Might be worth a look see. 馃憤

Nessebar.

@nathandean4

Congratulations on taking the plunge and disowning the UK!聽 I've been advising people to get out of the UK, for the past couple of years, whether they move to Bulgaria, or another country, the UK really is a horrible country to be in right now.

I moved in August 2020, now live in Varna, married to a Bulgarian lady and loving it here.

I recently posted on Facebook, 33 reasons why I left the UK.

I wish you and your wife all the best, Nathan and hope your move goes smoothly.

Ian

@nathandean4

I don't know if your in-laws have a strange sense of humour when it comes to naming children or if Freud was right about the subconscious, but my suspicion is that your life in BG might be neither long nor happy if your wife ever finds out that you call her "Louse" on social media.... 馃榿

@JimJ

oh bugger! you might be right!

@JimJ

Also they do say that as long as you get the first and last letter correct most peoples brains don't read the letters in-between. Lets hope that the case here 馃槀

Doing the same in June. Waiting for my son to finish his GCSEs then we will be VT bound. My biggest concern is driving there, I鈥檝e never driven longer than 4hrs in a day and can鈥檛 imagine 10hrs/day for 3 days. Would be grateful for any long distance driving tips.

@dencreiss

lol just try to stay wake, lots of coffee and breaks I鈥檝e done it a few times now. Plan the route carefully, keep to speed limits and ensure your lights are on in the day time as well as night in Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. Ensure you have the usual with you i.e. break down cover, phone HV vests, spare bulbs, light deflectors, breathalyser kit, warning triangle and an in date fire extinguisher, and all documents for the car including the v5, insurance and mot docs. Try to keep your tank no less than half full as I recall fuel stations get a bit less the further east you go.

Have fun. Rgds Ozzy

@dencreiss

These long journeys can seem a bit intimidating, but It's much easier than you think... especially when you take plenty of breaks (as @Ozzy183a advises).

When you're just driving (i.e. not working, not sightseeing) it's actually pretty easy to do 10 hours in 24. And you don't need to do it in 3 days: taking an extra day or two doesn't make a huge difference to the overall cost, and allows for a much more leisurely drive. I have done it in 3 days (2 nights), with an early morning start in the UK (and late arrival in Bulgaria). But it's far more relaxing when I take 4 days (3 nights) with a later start and an earlier finish.

It's also mostly motorway all the way, which is pretty easy (although boring) compared to more general driving, and you can often go much faster than the Google Maps average of 60mph.

I rarely drive for 4 hours. I typically stop for a break (coffee, stretch my legs, go to the loo, fill up the tank) every couple of hours. And I have a break for lunch when I see a decent services. I like to stay in a cheap hotel / b&b, it's much more relaxing than sleeping in the car. These days, it's pretty easy to scan Booking (if you have roaming on your phone) for what's available near you (usually plenty of very decent places for 30-40 euros), when you start getting tired in the afternoon/evening. This means no pre-arranged stops, and you drive as much (or as little) as you feel like. Sometimes, even with the hotel stays, I'll get tired after 5 or 6 hours, so I'll put my seat back and have a nap for an hour or so in one of the services.

@Ozzy183a

Gosh, thank you. Hadn鈥檛 actually realised I needed those extras in the car but makes sense.

@gwynj

Thank you. I鈥檓 going to take your advice and do it over 4/5 days and prioritise comfort. Love that it鈥檚 mostly motorway, for this first trip at least.

@dencreiss

The requirements vary from country to country, but a lot of these things are compulsory, depending which countries you travel through. This is the best list I've found :

@janemulberry

Amazon has a bunch of Europe car travel kits which have pretty much everything required. They're about 30 quid, and most come with a decent storage bag (with Velcro so it sticks to the side of your boot). Mine's been in there for 8 years, and I'm yet to use it (or be checked to see if I have it). :-)

That would definitely be the simplest way to get what's needed.

Also be aware that you will need to buy vignettes for certain countries. Just do an internet search for the vignette needs along your route

@nathandean4

I wish you all the best. Me and hubby are moving to Bulgaria in May too. We're well over 40 and plan to be self sufficient. This Bulgarian language is hard to learn,but I've mastered the basics

@Skinnerlee

I have a studio flat in an apart complex in a small town of Aheloy some 10 minutes by car from Nessebar and maybe 15 from Sunny Beach. It's very quite quiet and peaceful although a lot of such resorts are placed near the coast. Definitely check it out. It also has a small community of expats living there whole-year round in my complex (Chateau Aheloy) and a bigger one 2 minutes by foot called Marina Cape. Takes the same to get to the sea. The location is a gem really, I described it a bit more in my ad for the studio.聽

We are also in Aheloy, in a complex named Famagusta. Would be very interested in meeting up with any fellow expats living nearby.

@RexTechGuy

Cool, I think i went to the gym in that shortly while living there. If I manage to find the time to go there over the summer I'll send you a message to see if you're there.