Oh, powerful property experts of MSE i need advice!

moneyistooshorttomention

Vigilianza = translation of "pay off the M*fia" then??

Admits I wouldn't pay anything like that on principle - I'd hate the thought I was helping to pay for the bread a criminal wanted to eat...

Depends whether OP is of the School of Thought that might be called "pragmatic" on the one hand or the alternative one of "If I was quite quite clear someone was a criminal I could quite calmly pick up a gun and shoot them and wouldn't have any sleepless nights about it...".

G_M

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Vigilianza = translation of "pay off the M*fia" then??

Admits I wouldn't pay anything like that on principle - I'd hate the thought I was helping to pay for the bread a criminal wanted to eat...

Depends whether OP is of the School of Thought that might be called "pragmatic" on the one hand or the alternative one of "If I was quite quite clear someone was a criminal I could quite calmly pick up a gun and shoot them and wouldn't have any sleepless nights about it...".

That's the point. Such a 'British' reaction.

But living abroad you have to stop being quite so 'British' and integrate. And integration varies hugely from place to place....

The same problem of course applies over here, where immigrants fail to learn English or adapt to 'our' way of living/cultural attitudes.

(I hasten to add I am not saying this applies to ALL immigrants, just that many of our race relations problems arise from those who don't integrate)

ruggedtoast

DaftyDuck wrote: »

Bulgarian would be more useful to the OP.

Reminds me of the genius of Richard Feynman, learning a language fluently for a lecture tour, only to find out he'd learned the wrong one....

Thank you I hadn't heard of Richard Feynman but that piqued my interest enough to order a couple of his books.

Widelats

Thanks for the great advices everyone, i will keep this option up my sleeve but i have another few ideas too which i need to make seperate threads for. The british expat forum person is not me, but if i did go to Bulgaria i hope theres lots brits around speaking English

Thanks.

moneyistooshorttomention

G_M wrote: »

That's the point. Such a 'British' reaction.

But living abroad you have to stop being quite so 'British' and integrate. And integration varies hugely from place to place....

The same problem of course applies over here, where immigrants fail to learn English or adapt to 'our' way of living/cultural attitudes.

(I hasten to add I am not saying this applies to ALL immigrants, just that many of our race relations problems arise from those who don't integrate)

I agree that immigrants should integrate - whether it be us Brits in a foreign country or foreigners in Britain - but breaking the law doesn't quite "fit my bill" as "integration" I must admit....:rotfl:

jamie11

I don't know if this still applies but it used to be that you had to own a Bulgarian company in order to buy there (or part own).

This led to people having to take a Bulgarian partner in the ownership of the property. The partner may have been a director in hundreds of these companies.

A friend owned half a mountainside there about ten years back, it was finally sold but he never saw a penny of the money due to fees that had to be paid.

ViolaLass

Widelats wrote: »

if i did go to Bulgaria i hope theres lots brits around speaking English

Thanks.

That is such a disappointing attitude. If you move abroad, please respect the local people enough to learn their language rather than create an English-speaking-only enclave.

moneyistooshorttomention

Personally, I don't think its very practical for the person concerned to try and stick to an English-speaking enclave.

Even elsewhere in Britain I find its the case that other English people will "be in the same boat" on having moved to Wales/Scotland/Ireland. So - we are in the same country and its an individual decision as to whether to learn the language or no, as English is still the main language (if not the only language in more "welsh" Wales). That does lead to a level of understanding of the position of other British people having moved to a different part of Britain - so I can imagine the effect being multiplied for those of us who move to a different country with a different language.

However, its as well to have friends amongst both other British people (in the case of Wales - then other English people) but to make friends more widely than that. Also, in another country, you must expect that things will be written in their language and not yours (if its a country outside Britain).

In Wales I can (and do) ask for things to be put in English as well - for the odd thing someone has forgotten to put it in English instead or as well. But, in a foreign country, then it would not be advisable to do that.