Bulgarian View

Hi all, just a quick word on Bulgaria!!! LOL!!! I know Bulgaria has had a few bad press reports over the last few months, due to over development, crime etc, and I just have to say in it's defence, from a communist country trying very hard to meet E.U. rules it's doing none to bad.

My parents first introduced me to Bulgaria in 1980 and oh what a culture shock!!! I was 8 years old at the time and believe me to be met at the airport by guards carrying machine GUNS was to say the least terrifying!!! It’s not quite as bad as that now though!!!
My older sister and I were not the skinniest of kids in fact we were quite tubby in comparison to the Bulgarian Children, to the extent that we were being poked and prodded to see if we were real!!! No joke!!! (More on this later) But despite this we were amazed at the overall friendliness of the people and the beauty of the country!!!! Bulgarian Views
I have returned numerous times over the years to visit friends that we made, as well as visiting neighbouring Romania and Turkey, but there is no comparison when it comes to the Bulgarian people who I have met. The majority of them are very poor but they would give you their last as I discovered on my most recent trip over. I had decided that I loved the country so much I had to buy a plot (now that we can) and when looking at a plot an old Bulgarian lady emerged from a small property and although my Bulgarian is very limited with the help of our Bulgarian friend I was able to understand what she was saying. She offered us to join her in her home to get out of the heat and to quench our thirst with her homemade juice from her winter store. Delicious!!!! She made us feel very welcome and at the end of our visit she held my cheeks and kissed me!!!!! This brought a tear to my eye!!! She was not trying to sell anything but she made me aware as to why older Bulgarians are now trying to sell their properties. Most have family who have moved to the cities, some have lost their loved ones and no longer have the ability to stay in Rural Villages. They are now being offered new houses with heating and insulation in the near by cities through the Governments Improvement Scheme. Therefore they are desperate to sell their properties to move closer to their families and as you can imagine this can be a very trying time for an older person trying to maintain their land and their home and in the end if it does not sell they will abandon their property, which is just terrible after all those years tending their land and home to have to leave it must be heart wrenching. I knew I had to help. I set up my company Bulgarian Investment Solutions Ltd to do just that and the majority of our properties are in Rural Villages. I now feel we are making a difference. You can visit us at http://www.bis-perth.co.uk/ for further information and soon you will be able to visit us in person at our visitors centre in my home town of Perth, Scotland, where you can purchase plots of land and properties from under £5000 and when our facility is in place, donate to a Bulgarian Charity. Contact shirley@bis-perth.co.uk with any enquires.