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in bulgaria

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matso · 28/02/2008 13:36

hello i am a scottish mum living in bulgaria with my bulgarian husband and twin girls, any others on mumsnet in bulgaria? would be good to hear from you and experiences!

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chloeb2002 · 29/02/2008 05:27

hello, afraid i dont live in bulgaria but my dad does! he has been there for over 15 years now. he is responsible for the development of teh phone company mobikom. I guess we saw it in the rawest sense.. before maccas! Pirate cd's that mu brother used to ship back to the uk and the horrid bread. thank god tescos is there now. I havent been over for a while and it could be a while yet as we are living in australia now! Last time we went we had a great skiing trip to pamporovo. (spelling?) loved it tho. love the feta cheese, peppers and shopska salad. dad lives in an awesome house that is in the hills above sofia. cant see him moving back to the uk, he has a place in hove but only for doctprs etc..... how the other half live!

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matso · 29/02/2008 07:35

hello chloeb2002 sounds like your dad is doing ok here! Nice where he lives i was originally here in 1994 for 2 years so i also know what it was in the past but i still like it! I love the food too but yearn for home still at times...we will probably go back to UK next year see how it goes, Australia is a far cry from here and i am sure a wee bit different!

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WelliesAndPyjamas · 01/03/2008 13:00

Hi Matso
I am quite sure that there is another MNetter in Bulgaria although I can't remember her name. Keep bumping this thread and hopefully she'll see it eventually.

ShellySara · 01/03/2008 18:10

Hi Matso,

I lived in Bulgaria for a part of last year, over in Rousse way! Where abouts are you?

Got to admit I came home though to have my baby, but I am planning on heading back there later in the year! (Had some problems with the language, was learning, but not enough to cope with hospitals and things!)

I do miss the food as well.

WelliesAndPyjamas · 01/03/2008 19:14

Ah, nice to see my memory is still in working order!

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matso · 03/03/2008 17:19

I am in Vidin sensible to go home to have your baby! What you doing in Rousse! I know it but never been! Language is difficult but i am ok now although my girls are bilingual and speak better than me!
And thanks WelliesandPyjamas for posting a message!

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ShellySara · 03/03/2008 19:07

Vidin is in the top left corner of the country? Rousse is in on the edge of the Danube too, but right the way along, where the bridge is with Romania.

I bought a couple of places near Rousse, but I fell in love with the place, and so when my contract came to an end, I decided to spend some time there, trying to get accoustomed to the lifestyle!

I was thinking of having baby go to school in Bulgaria, but she wont learn the language enough before school age I dont think, so not sure what to do there as I hope to give her a little understanding of multiple languages as she gets older. How old are your girls? and how do they cope with the two languages?

How are you enjoyig it? How long have you been over there now? Are you able to work?

Take care
Shell

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matso · 04/03/2008 14:58

Hi Shell
My girls are 3 in April and they are coping well with 2 languages! They can go from english to bulgarian very easily as I speak english to them and everyone else ofcourse bulgarian! I have books, videos etc in both languages and that has helped them develop their language skills. I like it here but have found it difficult with children as I worry more about health etc here than if in the UK. I have been here for over 2 years now but worked here for 2 years 94-96! So i am well aquainted with Bulgaria and ofcourse my husband is bulgarian! I don't work as i am a paediatric nurse and my language ability is not good enough to practice here for all the professional reasons you can think of!!I am trying to get some consultancy work with various charities at the moment but nothing as yet!
I also have cared for them onmy own which has led them to become quite isolated but hoping to chnage that soon and try the kindergarten here!
What did you do here then? Could you work again if you came back?
Thanks for replying

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WelliesAndPyjamas · 05/03/2008 08:03

Hi again! Did you both go back to the UK to have your babies? Was it fairly easy to go back in to the NHS again? I'm nosing because I want to do similar. I'm also living in E Europe but for various reasons don't want to have my baby over here. I've got a thread going over
here about it (with my previous name though!).

Matso - our DS (4.7 yrs) started nursery school here a year ago and absolutely loves it. It really brought him out of himself, made him so much more sociable, and he now speaks his third language almost fluently.

WelliesAndPyjamas · 05/03/2008 08:05

(sorry, didn't finish writing)

...so hopefully you'll find it is good for your girls too! There are no children where we live so it has been great for him to have that interaction every day.

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matso · 05/03/2008 13:08

hello welliesandpyjamas no i had my babies first in London where i was working first then i moved here when they were 4 months but i had no problem with NHS when i went back last year for a health concern my first twin had infact it was easy went to my mums GP and she was great!
Good idea to have baby if poss at home though for the language issues especially!Good to hear nursery going well i am hoping my girls will become more sociable too!!

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ShellySara · 05/03/2008 17:25

Hi Matso, Oh dear, I can imagine that being a paediatric nurse job would be difficult over there - there are all the specialist terms to learn, never mind the usual day-to-day language. I got to admit I had struggled so much with the language. The poor doc I saw spooke some English but there were definitely translation errors. Lovely man though. So what do you do in the meantime to keep you out of trouble? I work in computers, and although I can understand the tech speak, I couldnt understand the rest of the conversation, so I didnt work. I was just taking time out between contracts really, and just enjoying life!

Wellies, I am due to pop next month, apart from understanding the healthcare (I am sure you will have no problems with the NHS), there is also the added advantage of registerig your baby in English!!! That one thought gave me nightmares!!!! It took me two days to get a car registered in a queue, how long would it take to register a baby, think of the translation mistakes possible!! Scary, scary thought!!!

To the pair of you, I really got to say I am impressed by your multi-lingual kiddies, I hope mine comes out just as brainy and can cope with all kinds of new languages. Well done (even if you cant quite understand them at times!!!!)

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matso · 06/03/2008 07:56

Hello Shelly

Had to laugh! Yes at times i don't understand them so i just say in "English Please!!" They have learnt their language skills because we have spoken to them from the start in both so their little brains have just adjusted to both its not about being very clever honest!Although they are quite clever and have good development for premature babies and are ahead of markers but hey they didn't walk until 15 months so its here and there every child is unique! Not long for you now! soon yiu will have your own little treasure!!

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ShellySara · 06/03/2008 17:27

You just need to watch out til they realise that you are struggling to understand them - then they will be scheming and plotting away!!

Oh dear, now I am scaring myself!!!

rumpleteaser · 18/11/2009 16:34

Hi I know this is an old thread but I've only just joined Mumsnet as only just expecting my first baby - in Bulgaria!

Are you guys still around?!

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