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Originally Posted by RallyellowRS
That's pretty Cool! What made you move to Bulgaria?
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My wife is Bulgarian and we found out we were pregnant before we decided to move here. I thought it would be good to move here because she has a large family and it would be good to have some support. Also...It is one of the poorest countries in the EU and American dollars go a long way here. We bought an apartment and settled down in the middle of the city near the presidency on a pedestrian boulevard. The people are nice and the food is amazing. The countryside reminds me a lot of the Shenandoah valley in VA but, it looks like that from one side of the country to the other. Lots of mountains, lakes, streams, valleys, etc. It is about as big as VA although the population is smaller. The mountain chains span the length of the country and end up dipping into the Black Sea. It is beautiful. They have a very old and deep culture and moral system which, unfortunately, is being eroded by "western" values since the fall of socialism. Her family is good though
They grew up in a time of social and economic turmoil but, did very well as a family unit given both parents were well educated and had good jobs at the time. They had milk, cheese, bread, etc. when others went without. I don't mean to make it sound like a third world country....it isn't. Bulgaria has a tumultuous past and the people are very strong.