I've just met a couple who have a nearly finished house near to Borovets and they are getting a Jaccuzi and a sauna in their basement thrown in for 4000leva , sounds not bad to me ! Chau , Tim .

Hi Gushter , I'd love to think that you're wrong , but it certainly wouldn't be the first place that the Brits have f***** up . I don't suppose that the Bulgarian powers that be are likely to enforce public rights of way even if they do exist , so no doubt the fences will go up all over the place an...

Hi , I'm also with Nationwide (Visa) and now FIB . When I withdraw from the ATM's over here I've been getting 2.91-2.92 leva to the pound , no charges and they give me my balance in leva . I guess you can be unlucky and get ripped off , but surely it should be insured and you can claim it back in En...

Hi Gillette , Iwent to view an old winery in Draganovo , looked alright in the pics but was actually semi-derilect . Nice river , the rest seemed very sleepy , chau , Tim .

You're right about France where wild mushrooms are very poular particularly Cepes that grow around oaks . In Italy they are known as Funghi Porcini and here in Bulgaria as Manataca . They grow in abundance in Bulgaria but rarely appear on restaurant menus . I was fortunate enough to eat loads of the...

Hi all , I plan to open a small hotel bar/restaurant probably not till 2008 due to major conversion works but I might get the bar open next summer . Count me in for the small business thread , it's got to be good to exchange our know how and experience . My impression is that a lot of regulations wi...

Hi Slaphead , shame about the guitar and the crayfish , i don't suppose we could train carrier pidgeons to deliver them could we ?

Where is your lake ? I plan to open a hotel bar/restaurant 30km east of VT in 2008 (it"ll take that long for renovations) so if it's not too far away I might like to buy some crayfish off you then . Chau , Tim .