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Oh those hungry gays!
Bulgaria still doesn’t have one. *sigh*
It's time they also put it to a vote
idk about the general population but i met too many homo bulgarians in my time living there
damage from the bogomil maybe?
There are some as everywhere.
I don’t watch tv so I don’t care 🤷♂️
Plus you can argue Netflix is 24h LGBTQ program anyway.
especially in the inner city area of sofia
IMO Bulgarian gays are not so flashy and in your face like in other countries.
yeah, this is true. it's not generally socially acceptable regardless of what the media or government says. same as it was generally not popular to get the jab or wear masks. i holed up in bulgaria for a large part of the covid period for this reason. almost none of the small shops insisted on masking either. there was even graffitos in central-western sofia "<somename> sells masks"
yeah i'm watching all this and after spending a day wandering around Zagreb i can see there is gonna be decay here in croatia too. i'm thinking i might prefer to move back to bosnia or maybe go to montenegro in the not too distant future. after living in rural areas in portugal and now croatia for 2.5 years i don't want to be in a big city much anywhere.
“Песъка продава маски”? 🤣
yeah that's the one. i forgot what the name was. pesak as in sand
the story i heard from my friends was that this pesak guy was a snitch
i asked claude about religion and political alignments and nationalism in the region and basically everything south and east of croatia is difficult to budge from its positions. the logic it gave was that during the ottoman occupation, religious/national identity was tightly coupled through turkish oppression. everything north and west was more the vienna enlightenment secularism. EU hasn't caught on or accession been permitted to happen in this region because it's politically unpopular. hungary is nominally catholic but factually agnostic.
Well it’s a fictional character. Pesak means Sand. It’s a nickname for someone who’s allegedly a snitch to the police. But it’s more of an urban character than a real person.
Yup, nearly 5 centuries of slavery can be enough to make the population sceptical to everything that comes from the authorities. Not to mention the 45 years of communism that followed shortly after the Ottomans.
ah, interesting. so it's actually like the english "john" meaning client of a prostitute or boyfriend that has pissed a woman off (as in a "dear john" letter).
Yeah, he stated off as a snitch (Pesuka is an Ear), but over time it evolved to all kinds of nonsensical and funny combinations like the one with the masks or Pesaka bathes grandmas for money. 😂 there are infinite variations across the walls of Sofia.
oh, ear. but not uha/ushi
The more I follow this conversation the more I love Bulgaria 😁
Come and visit, you’ll love it even more 😁
You know I had planned on avoiding travelling to the EU in the foreseeable future but for Bulgaria I may make an exception
technically outside of the EU yet is bosnia, serbia, montenegro, they are also very cool places. the rivers edge in novi sad is particularly awesome. sarajevo's white fortress is also pretty cool as is that whole area up into the mountain
Thsnk you brother 🤝 Let's see what we have here
Bro is this all Bulgaria? Man to say it's beautiful would be an understatement! You have definitely sold me on a visit despite my EU aversions 🤝🫡
Definitely going to be places I intend to checkout before 2030 😁
It’s 💯 and that’s not even half of the cool places 😁
Where else can I see more? Especially the countryside with its lakes and mountains and the amazing nature. 🙌🏻🙌🏻
If you don’t mind the politics in the EU there is no much good stuff to experience!
People, food, landscape - would recommend!
i just have to pipe up and mention that although bulgarian food is pretty good, next door in serbia and the north of bosnia is another order of magnitude even better. you won't find hardly any beef in bulgaria but you can get bbq with blends of beef and pork and sometimes lamb almost everywhere in those two countries. and kaimak... and ljutenica don't forget that. make sure to go to the places with "cumur" in the title those cook it over charcoal. southern bosnia they have great chickens cooked this way also in these funny little pavillions.
one thing that is definitely the top of europe though is bulgarian trains. oh i know they are kinda crappy and old but the vibes are the best and the scenery is amazing.
How well would you do with only English and what would be the best place to stay as an expat?
nah. the best hasn't had accession yet. bosnia, serbia, montenegro. if eu then bullcrap.
Yeah, ruining food was one of the “benefits” of joining the EU. Fortunately some of the local farms still produce high end vegetables, dairy products and pork. But you have to know where to look. Even most Bulgarians have no idea. You need to go to remote places to experience authentic cuisine. Serbia and Macedonia benefit from the lack of EU slop and forced imports. Yet they still want to join the EU, the poor fools.
About the trains… you enjoyed riding a rail toilet from the soviet era? Really?
According to other expats, Bansko is the best place. If you ask me, and you’re working remotely, you’ll fit almost everywhere. The entire country has excellent internet connectivity, including in the mountains. You’ll get by with English almost everywhere, since most young people speak it. Older folks rarely do. You can buy almost anything online and get it delivered to your door or nearby office unless you’re in the deep province. So my advice is come, explore for a couple of months and then decide if and where do you want to settle.
Thanks
@Tauri, I am considering uprooting my self from a very bureaucratic, expensive and cold north/west Europe within the next couple of years and I can see that I don't necessarily have travel that far to find a perl.
This is a personal favourite promotional video of the country.
Indeed. Europe is not just the Western part. I think you’ll find the Balkans surprisingly nice.
i stumbled into bulgaria due to a connection i had to the psychedelic community spiritplants back in the 00s one guy in it located in sofia, and had the opportunity present itself to go there and check it out. everything tauri says was exactly my experience. sofia itself has an extremely fascinating street culture as well that you can see painted on the walls everywhere, there was a strong cyberpunk/psychedelic scene going on in the background as well. in 2022 i saw many graffitos around varna about the scamdemic too, and during that period it was only in large shopping centers where the psyop was being done, small shops hardly any of them demanded you mask to enter.
yeah, soviet era rail toilets, with overnight trains at 1am in the morning from sofia to varna. very nice.gif i one time bumped into a dude on another occasion who shared a j with me in one that was a nice spice along the road. i mean, yes, the shorter trips are better but yeah, first time i went to belgrade it was train all the way, soviet toilet. i read crime and punishment from end to end on the trip. was awesome.
the lack of beef in the bulgarian kitchen is crappy though. that's very wrong. you have perfectly good land for cows. not raising the steers and slaughtering them to make nasty pink veal meat instead is a crime against cowdom. there is also a moderate lack of properly matured cow meat and cow fat also in former yugo but at least beef is still in the mince of the national dishes.
* „so“ not „no“
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