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Sunny Beach is a dedicated resort. It isn't really a place for locals. Pretty much all of it is hotels or holiday apartments. To shop like a local you'd probably have to go further away from the resort. I'm not sure this sort of stuff will be there though. It isn't available near our house. We've never seen it at least so I think its mainly only available in resorts like Sunny Beach.

Yes I think most of them require you to be at least 130 cm tall.

Thanks that’s very kind of you.

Je to jen asi 10 minut chůze na pláž v Ravdě. Není moc daleko.

I don’t know about rent as we don’t rent in either places plus it’s just too broad across the whole of the UK and Bulgaria to compare, same with house prices. London would be very high in the UK but smaller towns would be much cheaper. Sofia or a small Bulgarian town vs a rural village would also be very different. Utilities are generally cheaper in Bulgaria. It’s one of the lowest in the EU for energy prices. The UK is very high but is consistent and generally works all the time. In BG we constantly get charged for air instead of water because of useless management by the water company so that sort of offsets it a bit. I’ve seen quite a lot of Bulgarian produce in Lidl. I think Bulgaria produces a lot of things like mouthwash too which I’ve even seen in the UK from Bulgaria. Fruit and veg seems to be mainly from Bulgaria too except outside of non seasonal stuff and bananas etc. Meat is also from BG mainly like most countries. T Market doesn’t really seem much different to me either. A mix of products from Bulgaria and EU countries. Lidl and Kaufland are just way more conveniently located for us. I’ve also never been as impressed by quality in T market personally. Transportation is hard to compare too as the UK would have better overall transportation for trains etc but this can vary where you are. London is great of course but somewhere rural in the North East is going to be badly served. Buses/trains in BG will be cheaper of course but less connected than in the UK. I’m sure UK prices will be higher too for transport but it’s faster and better connected. Fuel prices are higher in UK too.

Thanks very much. That’s a good question. I think you can smoke in most outside areas and on your balcony but not in the rooms or inside areas.

Děkujeme za milý komentář k našemu videu. Pláž v Ravdě není příliš daleko. 10 minut chůze řekl bych. Je to velmi blízko a jsou zde také obchody se suvenýry a další.

Thanks very much. It was a nice trip on the boat. One of our favourites.

That is sad to hear. I didn’t realise she was being retired. She does hold a special place in my heart too. I used to work on the Brittany Ferries web sites and used to see her name all the time. It’s only years later that I actually got to travel on her. I’m glad I managed it before it was too late.

@@emzfamily I believe her last ever crossing is November 3rd & I will try to make that crossing to say goodbye to her, I’m not sure if she will be deployed elsewhere in the Brittany Ferries fleet but I’m guessing she will be sold on due to her age 🥲

@@sdsferrodee yes more than likely sold on I guess. I have often looked up ships that I’ve seen on old documentaries etc as it’s fascinating to see what happened to them. Sometimes they are just living a new life. Sometimes they have been dismantled unfortunately. Hopefully the Bretagne will live on.

@@emzfamily I think she has a few more years in her with new owners probably in the Mediterranean like alot of our ships, I’m the same I like to see where ships have ended up & some I’ve even travelled on in their new lives, a lot of them have hardly changed inside just the new owners livery on the outside 😊

@@sdsferrodee yeah it’s fascinating really. Hopefully she ends up in the Mediterranean as you’ve said. It would be a nice sort of retirement for her.

Yeah she was a bit miserable.

@@emzfamily I do appreciate all clips you guys are making. Me and my family will be going to Aqua Nevis on the 19th of August. These clips are really helpfull. Thank you and enjoy your holiday further.

Thanks very much. Hope you enjoy your time at Aqua Nevis.

I didn’t haggle but I did see others doing it so I don’t think it’s out of the question.

Yeah haggling is common NEVER pay what they ask 😊

I think it looks pricey to a savvy shopper like me!

@@user-bp9wq6ll4i I'm sure you can haggle with them.

Yes there are checks on the French border, Romanian and Bulgarian borders.

Thanks very much. Glad you enjoyed it.

Oh yes it was just this place. Most places we’ve stayed in Romania have been excellent. One of our favourite countries to travel through.

Thanks very much. You’re not too far from us actually. We’re near to Opaka so other side of Popovo from you I guess.

Ideally we would but you can’t get prices easily online for Lidl. Maybe some items but not all. We took the view of comparing what we actually do ourselves. We shop in Tesco in the UK as they deliver but in Bulgaria we have to go to the shop so we go to Lidl. Tesco has lots of prices which match Aldi who are generally considered the cheapest in the UK so I think Tesco does compare well.

@@emzfamily are you in Bulgaria?

@@andycale8831 yes we are in Bulgaria.

@@emzfamily and me 10 years now

Yeah we’ve been doing that since this video.

@emzfamily You can park in neighbourhood Vazrajdane (Възраждане) - very close to both the city park and the city center, and take a nice walk from there. Just park it around or next to the apartment buildings. It is free there. No need to park at such boring and gray places like the parking lots of Praktiker and Kaufland.

Yeah it was a very nice ship and the crew were very friendly too.

yeah very similar to Croatia I think. We were in Zagreb earlier this year. Lovely city. We really enjoyed it there.

Yes, I'm guessing that in Bulgaria a lot of people eat what is in season from the garden and in the winter they have stocks of preserved food like pickles.

People in villages do but people in the cities live similar lives to people in most cities.

@@emzfamily If that were true, there wouldn't be large amounts of gypsy women streethawking veg in Sofia.

@@FlatDerrick there’s always people trying to make money on the streets. You see that in a lot of places.

@@emzfamily There are, but in developed countries they don't usually influence supermarket veg prices.

Yeah more looking at the cheapest option in both countries rather than exact like for like. Cheapest steak available really.

There must be a lot of rich people in BG as it always seems pretty busy to me with Bulgarians. Always found the quality to be lower in CBA. Not sure the prices were much different either to be honest. Tesco in the UK completes on price with Aldi which is generally considered the cheapest place to shop so I chose mainly Aldi price matched items to put that up against Lidl who we find to be generally the cheapest in BG that has good quality food.

@@emzfamily maybe it is area specific then - where I live in a small town near Varna, the Lidl is always quiet and is considered the pricey place to shop. The small CBA in the centre of town on the other hand is always busy and definitely cheaper - a more limited range of products perhaps but I haven’t had an issue with quality - so maybe it is a regional thing 🤷‍♀️

@@writerlass5924 yeah could be quite regional. CBA isn’t as accessible either where we are.

Sounds like a good option. We shall keep this in mind thanks.

Yes they had lots of different types of bread at breakfast. They also had pancakes and croissants.

Yeah luckily this didn’t happen. We have overstayed there before and nothing happened but I wouldn’t rely on it. We tend to park on the road next to Kaufland now. Which everyone has started doing since they brought in these rules. Pointless if you ask me.

I don’t think so but thanks for the comment lol

Thanks very much.

What month did youse go

@@davidowens1572 I think this one was end of August into September but we also have a video of when we stayed at the same resort at the Palace hotel which was June into July.

@@emzfamily which one would you recommend pal the palace or the mare

@@davidowens1572 I would go for the Palace if you can. You get an extra pool and the food seemed a little better overall.

No we don’t live in Opaka. We just visited the pool there which is great. It’s considered a town but does have quite a village feel to it. There are more shops and restaurants there though than a typical village so it’s a pretty good place to choose to live.

I think it depends when you go. If you go at the beginning of the season and the weather is not quite hot enough it could feel a little cold initially when you first get in the water but I wouldn’t say it’s really cold or anything like that. We didn’t have any issues and we did go quite early on at least one visit. If you want heated pools though you might be better looking at our Sol Nesebar videos as their pools seemed to be heated and a bit warmer but Aqua Paradise had the big Aqua Park so you would lose that as the slides at Sol Nesebar are good but obviously not on the same scale as Aqua Paradise.

The beginning of the season you think start of June or start of July?

@@marketasoukupova3470 I’d say the start is June and should be pretty hot come July.

Yeah she does put up with that to keep Chloe entertained.

From memory they weren’t salty. They seemed quite fresh and not too chlorinated. Just right I’d say.

Yeah they also delayed us getting on the ferry really. We only started boarding once they seemed to have finished. In other ports the lorries just drove off and we boarded quickly but I guess the boat must be smaller or this is a budget option of some kind. Very interesting to watch the guys swivel round and drive either way. Very cool.

Thanks very much. Yes taking care of all three children lol. Good luck with your family.

It’s more of a face tuck for us as it has less premium features than our e70 did. Like no moonroof. Not to mention the leak through the aerial that we had to bodge up. However it does seem to drive much better and smoother than the e70 did. It’s also much cheaper on tax and fuel than the old one or the L322 was. Maybe not on oil though lol. I think there are a few new features in this one too that we didn’t have on the e70 and the idrive is much better and even the newer aftermarket android screens seem really high quality these days although that’s not really relevant. Overall I feel it’s a big improvement over the last one.

It depends what your after. This is softer than a e70 . Its easier to drive and more forgiving over bumps and so on. The e70 especially the lci ones are proper beemers where you get what you get. This shape was designed for a bigger audiance to suit all

I don’t know I’ve been driving BMWs most of my life and it feels very much like a BMW to me.

The f15 doesnt drive nothing like previous bmw's..

We’re not really sure what we’re doing this year. We don’t have anything booked yet. I expect if we do go somewhere we’ll try somewhere new. We went to aqua paradise maybe three or four times in a row. It’s a really cool place and I’m not sure we’ve found anywhere that has all the same facilities but we will probably try somewhere new. Hopefully we haven’t left it too late to find somewhere.

We still have it as we were so worried this car wouldn’t work out and break down on the trip we held on to it rather than have to buy another car again. The jury is still out on the X5 but if it does survive the summer then we will sell the L322.

We just wanted to go a different route to what we've done before really. We've been the the main route more times than we can count. We also had never been to Slovenia or Croatia before so that was also a big draw.

Thanks very much that’s nice to hear. We try to spend as long as we can really but it varies every year for one reason or another. Good luck with the move. I’m sure you’ll love living in BG. If you haven’t bought a place yet just make sure to research the village carefully if you are moving to a village that is. Check with other people in the same village, local Facebook groups etc what the water and electric supply is like especially. We have had issues with water in recent years unfortunately.

@emzfamily I've just bought a house in a village but I think I've been lucky I checked with others I found 1 person who lives there she loves it and says its a fantastic village and a few others who live close by have said the same so hopefully it works out OK it's about 20mins drive from VT so maybe see you guys there in the near future 😊

@@amandamegarry2061 excellent I hope all goes well. I’m sure it will all be fine. Yes we’re not too far from VT. Closer to Ruse but we do like to take trips to VT as it’s a really nice little city with great sights and restaurants.

@emzfamily Hopefully I'll get a we trip to Ruse as well looks a lovely place from watching your videos just can't wait to get over alot to get sorted here first .Well I will let u go looking forward to your next video .Amanda.

@@amandamegarry2061 we just drove over so I will start editing the videos tonight and hopefully new ones will be up soon.

Thanks very much that’s nice to hear. There will definitely be bars showing big matches such as the FA cup final but probably the best bet is sunny beach rather than nessebar but there may still be places there too. Probably not in the hotel though although they may screen the euros so you never know. The other option is a fire tv stick with a VPN app such as expressvpn and just watch it via iPlayer.

Thanks very much. The Osmo Pocket 3 does a pretty good job.

We had a great time on the boat. It’s a relaxing experience really compared with driving down to the channel tunnel and the bigger queues there. We did end up paying quite a bit but I think this is because we booked it unwittingly during school holidays. We loved the buffet at both dinner and breakfast. Found the basic 4 berth cabin to be ideal and a decent size for us too. We’d definitely do it again.

Yeah we had a similar experience to yours regards to tailgating lol. Even in the north of Italy. We had a really bad time to be honest but we think there was some kind of holiday on at the time and all the roads were jammed and we got stuck many times when we weren’t being tailgated, beeped at, undertaken etc lol. We will be going back through Italy again shortly so we’re hoping it’s a better experience this time. Switzerland was great though and we really wished we could have spent a little longer there but actually what we did get was a nice surprise for us.

@@emzfamily thanks for the reply. I find that going through Switzerland in the summer as a means to enter Italy is chaotic as there are so many holiday seekers that are travelling south into Italy and there is always massive queues of traffic as the Gotthard tunnel is always busy. We have sat in traffic for 2-3 hours some years. The top tip is to try and plan your trip so you do this stretch of driving either very early morning or late at night as opposed to during the day when there are more motorists on the road.

I think we did show all the costs as we were going along but might be better next time to show a summary at the end with the complete cost.

Thanks very much. We didn’t pay for the bowling actually. It was free on one of the days of our stay. I expect the same is still true now. Yes there are beaches very nearby in Ravda. 5 mins walk away. Ice cream and slushies are all part of the all inclusive.

Thanks very much

you're welcome@@emzfamily