Britons initially saw in Bulgaria an opportunity to make money by “snapping up bargain-priced properties on the Black Sea and in the ski resorts, to rent or to sell on,” The Guardian reported.
Recently an increasing number of Britons, “young people wanting to get on the property ladder, retirees hoping to stretch their pension and parents who want a better quality of life for their children” were choosing to stay temporary in the country, the report said.
The number of UK citizens who moved to Bulgaria had doubled in the past two years, according to the newspaper.
Pensioners lived ‘like kings’ with their pension in Bulgaria.
Unlike holiday-makers who prefer summer and winter resorts, the ‘new settlers’ headed towards small villages.
Some villages have even been named ‘English villages,’ one of them had even taken it as an official name, The Guardian reported.
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 | good article about ex pats of britain, coming to a brilliant country to live me for one and my family wished we had been born here, its a more relaxed life people are brilliant and friendly, culture is better, and also we have more friends ,and its a dam site safer, also i am proud to say our daughter was the first english student to be to be teached bulgarian which we are very proud of at a school in nessebar ,ruben kalavelov, which now she does traditional folk dancing and just been chosen to sing traditional folk songs and she is just 10 years old.keep up the good work the sofia echo is a good paper. |  |
Comments by pat leiper - 16:04 29 Jan 2007 |
| "British Pensioners live like kings" your report stated. This is typical journalese. It's true that a British pension will go further here but many British pensioners would be entitled to state benefits in the UK, such as a Heating Allowance or Attendance Allowance
I believe most British, while coming to Bulgaria initially for the cheaper property and lower cost of living, stay because they like the lifestyle and the Bulgarian people.
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