I posted some replies or alike before. we had Alanya (Turkey), Batumi (Georgia) and Burgas (Bulgaria) in mind. The choice and we signed the contract for Alanya.
Also I think I mentioned in a few posts that Hungary is getting more and more expensive (repairs. Gardeners etc). Going very quickly in the direction of Western Europe. You might think we (me) are decadent which is fine, still apart from hapiness and health money remains important (being able to go to restaurants, buy cigarettes, alcohol, bed linen, pots and pans, spices, vegs.... _
I do not know how I will die, straight forward heart attack or lung cancer (Lung cancer is fine, I will drink, smoke, forget my cholesterol pills, but eg Alzheimer can be a real challenge for the partner (I have seen it happen (even for undre 60s))
Hungary has been great to us, friendly, good neighbours. me as a chesspplayer received like a hero.
However, we can just not pay for it all in the way things are going (perhaps for 5 or 10 more years and then?) We have been extremely fortunate to sell our property (looking back it could have been 30 K more I think)
WIth the differential between selling and buying I think we can live comfortably for 4 years in Turkey. Yes, there is a shitload of things coming on to us, admittedly we only moved within the EU so far, but still a bit of experience (for me, Netherlands to Lux and back to Netherlands, then with my wife from Netherlands to the UK to Luxembourg, to Hungary and now to Turkey.
Indeed I have little experience for living in Turkey, but the same applies for Hungary and the UK (and we lived there happily)
Of course you can not buy happiness with money but a good dentist helps, so do good spices and lamb,....
In a way I am modest, in another way I am not.
Drinking coffee in the early morning with my wife on the terrace, Going for lunch and/or dinner, etc (combined with getting older does not sound too bad).
Bloody thing getting older and being confronted with it,
We just have to accept it I suppose, BUT just a few years
back , all was good , all were healthy (at a certain stage of the video below we had 6 cats (not featured) and 2 dogs.
Now only two friendly cats.
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