JimJ

Do you mean Byzantium founded by the Greeks, then occupied by Romans, then conquered by Ottomans? - @Boris-Gleb Nobody knows who founded Byzantium - there are various theories/legends about it, but they're all post hoc...😎 Read More

I'm still wondering how the Ottoman Empire ruled for ~6 centuries, selling only that single furniture item. - @Aidan in HCMC And nowadays they have the cheek to lay claim to the Döner kebab, which everyone knows is the national dish of ... Read More

Rule No 1: if you buy through an agency, you basically have no comeback on any mis-selling.Rule No 2: buying through an agency involves either commission or a mark-up; you may well not see it or be told about it, but it'll be buried in the asking ... Read More

@cyberescue1 I'm retired and The Boss still works, despite her medical problems - she's determined to draw the pension she's been paying into for decades. We haven't been to a restaurant since COVID, apart from one ill-advised foray to a local ... Read More

According to my AI buddy:The water company that supplies General Toshevo, Bulgaria, is "Водоснабдяване и ... Read More

@gwynj Had to start a company in order to buy a house here, so unfortunately not a multinational 🙂 Thank you gwynj for the info on self-bookkeeping, I will look into that, much appreciated! 🤝👍 - @MountainLife If it's only for ... Read More

@JimJ The last account I heard about the interview (oral part) was that the candidate introduced themselves in Bulgarian and had a basic conversation, but when they started to struggle the interviewer switched to English to ask further questions ... Read More

@JimJ Well it's multiple choice and all the answers are in the paragraph or two of text shown. I tried a sample paper online and nearly just passed (and I really don't know the language, just enough useful words to be able to guess the answer. Just ... Read More

Sofia was where my girlfriend (now wife) was working, so it was an easy choice - especially when I worked out that it was quicker and cheaper to commute between Sofia and London than it was from where my house was in England. I bought an apartment ... Read More

Next step is citizenship....(well for those that are EU citizens or married to Bulgarian citizens etc. otherwise you have to give up your current passport to get the Bulgarian one). - @Zooldrool There's a pretty stiff Bulgarian exam if you want to ... Read More

@JimJ I did! Most items I order from Amazon.de are free delivery over the minimum 40 odd euro mark, but it seems, not this particular coffee. - @Jules999 You are clearly a person of exotic (and no doubt good) taste! 😎 Read More

My experience with red tape in a number of countries has taught me one very important lesson: take all even marginally relevant documents, but NEVER volunteer any information or document(s) that you don't have to. Handing some petty bureaucrat a ... Read More

@SimCityAT As much as I wholeheartedly agree with your comparison , unfortunately my other half will not touch any other coffee than Nescafe even if its half the price !! As far as I am concerned , coffee is just that , coffee . - @sammut115 Hmmm, ... Read More

@SimCityAT A jar of 200gr Nescafe classic coffee granules which we buy for between 4.99 to 5.99 Euros in Malta costs roughly twice as much in BG . Tetley tea bags , as far as my eyes can see , non existent . We were astonished at how high food ... Read More