My wife Irena and I have always moved around a great deal due to my job as a teacher – including short stays in countries as far flung as Kenya, the UAE, Qatar, and China.
We moved back to the UK in 2003, and were horrified to discover how expensive house prices were and what life had become. We had several debates about where to live – France was initially a contender, but French people have woken up to the fact that lots of Brits will pay crazy prices for rundown properties in France, so it was too pricey.
We saw a piece about Bulgaria on A Place in the Sun, the TV series about Brits…