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  • Опубликовано: 28 дек 2019
  • The truth about living in Bulgaria | An American's point of view (funny)
    American reacts to life in Bulgaria.
    A U.S. foreigner's view on living in Bulgaria (Bulgarian food, culture, lifestyle, language, first impressions, etc.) Living in Bulgaria vs living in the USA.
    Comment below things you love about life in Bulgaria (Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, Ruse, Stara Zagora, Pleven, Sliven, Dobrich, Shumen, etc.)!
    Download the Lifey app to watch tons of travel vlogs about Bulgaria!

Комментарии • 82

  • @funforvictoria4229
    @funforvictoria4229 4 года назад +705

    Each person has 3 names. Almost like every American. But instead of a second random name, we get the name of our fathers.

  • @braziliaan
    @braziliaan 4 года назад +501

    I actually like the Bulgarian language and it doesn’t sound harsh. It is softer than Spanish. I think it is a beautiful language.

  • @rickymc4271
    @rickymc4271 4 года назад +383

    This dude went to some crazy ass village ma boi😂 Sofia is chill don't worry

  • @metalstorm7506
    @metalstorm7506 4 года назад +483

    Two small corrections- The alphabet is indeed cyrilic but not Russian. It’s a BULGARIAN alphabet, invented here in the 9th century, and the Russians have adopted it from us several centuries afterwards. And second - we have freed from the Ottoman Empire in 1878, long before the WW I started.
    This is an awesome video!
    Duuude, this was funny 😄 I have always wondered how a foreigner would experience the taste of the boza. It’s not as green as it is brown/grey, and that’s the thing - hard to define what the hell is this. We even have it as an expression, that’s how we refer everything unsatisfying - “How was the movie/event/birthday party/or whatever? - Oh, It was a complete boza, I’m glad I had to leave!” You can use the boza comparison in a wide range of situations. My point is that we have an insight about it, haha ! Our feelings towards it are ambivalent though- gross and swampy thing, but our gross and swampy thing. As a literal beverage we’ve been exposed to it since early childhood so it’s not weird at all for us and we predominantly like it.. the way one loves his very very very stupid dog, for example. But I can only imagine how troubled an innocent foreigner might feel upon first trying.
    I don’t know how much time you’ve spent around here but the way you explained the additional negatives and the way they are expressed in Bulgarian, reveals deep understanding of our mindset and language. I would say - disturbingly deep understanding. Like you have been trained and prepared for years to infiltrate among us by your intelligence. So I congratulate you for that, I didn’t see it coming and I am amazed. Наздраве 😉
    Brilliant video, I love it !

  • @nadiadyulgerova568
    @nadiadyulgerova568 4 года назад +173

    The dads name goes as a middle name, not last name

  • @svetlanikolova7673
    @svetlanikolova7673 4 года назад +226

    Svetla my name
    Ivanova - fathers first name
    Nikolova - fathers last name
    Anyway, GOD BLESS BULGARIA

  • @stoimendimitrov
    @stoimendimitrov 3 года назад +72

    Oh boy! I was laughing so hard while listening to him. I found his POV so funny. Definitely some culture shock for him there.

  • @blacktee9292
    @blacktee9292 4 года назад +69

    The moment you run through your capital sofia in the late summer and smell the burned papricas....
    Thats home!

  • @MariaKotseva
    @MariaKotseva 4 года назад +110

    It's been intereresting to get to know about your view of my country. All the weird things to you are completely normal to me ;-) Cheers!

  • @spntageous5249
    @spntageous5249 4 года назад +105

    Also - we didnt get free after WW1. It was in 1878 actually

  • @k0pera
    @k0pera 3 года назад +47

    Only a grandma born in 1920s would say, eat hot with hot in summer and cold with cold in winter.

  • @iliannachev2882
    @iliannachev2882 4 года назад +77

    It’s cool to hear someone from the Western world share their view about Bulgaria! I as a Bulgarian who has spent almost half of his life abroad, completely understand your point of view, even though I believe that you are still a bit confused about some of the things you explained in this video... For example, we do not like hot things in the summer when it is hot outside. The not drinking our beverages with a full glass of ice is a rather European thing and not just common to Bulgaria. Parents, especially mothers, would try to discourage their kids from cold drinks or ice cream in the winter, for fear of their children getting a cold, but not really in the summer. Of course, there could be some over caring mothers out there, but it is not a common thing. Now, when it comes to Boza, Airyan and Tarator, you either love it or hate it from the first try... If you were born and raised in Bulgaria, then you are in the minority if you do not love these things. Other than that, I heard you mention something we use against hangover... The most common of those is Tripe soup! However, we have also discovered that one of the very few things that one’s stomach can tolerate when hung over is Yoghurt! Anyway, I had fun watching your video and will give it thumbs up!

  • @thatfishdude789
    @thatfishdude789 4 года назад +105

    "...And during the winter,if you drink hot chocolate...you'll probably die."
    LMAOO HAHAHA

  • @pete_the_king3308
    @pete_the_king3308 3 года назад +15

    This guy looks just like the bee from bee movie

  • @gamer4ever149
    @gamer4ever149 4 года назад +59

    Съвсем различно е

  • @E3gamefreak123
    @E3gamefreak123 4 года назад +53

    My neighbor Miroslav is Bulgarian and he always tells me interesting stories from his childhood. He always gives my family food he makes when he has extra. I’ve already had his cucumber soup and tripe soup. Tripe soup was a little hard to swallow but I ate all of it. Good taste but it’s got a very squishy texture

  • @vkusnosalbena
    @vkusnosalbena 3 года назад +68

    I definitely disagree with the statement that people in Bulgaria are drinking cold drinks in the winter and hot during the summer! I wonder which year were you in Bulgaria? Cause it sounds to me like you were there maybe 10 years ago? 🤣 Boza is definitely not for everyone, however Bulgarian cuisine is just so much more than Banitsa, boza and Kiselo mliako! If you sit on the cold floor or whatever most likely the grandmas are gonna come tell you to get up but the young people won’t care at all! And shopska salad is the most traditional Bulgarian salad and it’s way more than just cucumbers and every one from overseas loves it!

  • @GeneralOfTheArmchair
    @GeneralOfTheArmchair 3 года назад +27

    It's amazing to compare how different people have different perceptions. I'm aware of everything he is talking about yet I have probably drank Juice from Kiselo Zele twice in my life. But I gotta say he definitely was around some elderly people from the way he was speaking about things :)

  • @user-oh7ho2jn1x
    @user-oh7ho2jn1x 4 года назад +51

    I had an american friend living in my hometown and he gave cool names to foods like: salty-balls (milinki), chocolete-Milk (boza), banica-bread and so much others 😆 It was fun time, I miss him a lot.

  • @archangele1
    @archangele1 Год назад +9

    It isn' t Russian writing. Bulgaria is where the
    Cyrillic writing was originally
    created. The thing of a surname being
    a "son of" type of name is also common in Poland.
    The thing I find difficult with the Bulgarian language
    is that not only do you need to learn to speak
    and understand it, you need to learn
    the Bulgarian cyrillic alphabet as well.
    I also was told that the Bulgarians invented yogurt.
    Not sure on that one but I have heard the yogurt
    thing a few times. As for ice in a drink I find
    that people do not put ice in drinks
    in Hungary, Romania, Poland and Bulgaria.
    The language is a slavic language and not
    real easy to learn, but it is nowhere near as difficult
    as Hungarian. I like the sound of Slavic
    languages since I heard Polish a lot as a kid
    as well as some Hungarian (Which is
    NOT a Slavic language)

  • @zazanova7327
    @zazanova7327 4 года назад +36

    How is this so difficult to understand there is a basic rule we have always only 3 names: 1 Svetlana (own name) 2 Georgieva (father’s Georgi + female ending) Georgieva (family name + female ending) + pls. Never ever say „russian“ alphabet It’s Cyrillic alphabet (ordered by the Bulgarian zar and created by Greek schollers and brothers Cyril and Methodii, it even has its own celebration day 24th of may)

  • @user-pm5kh8mx9l
    @user-pm5kh8mx9l 5 месяцев назад +2

    Ha ha ha! Funny, isn`t it? I laughed a lot!
    Be happy and healthy, American boy! You made me laugh!❤

  • @boycotte
    @boycotte 4 года назад +42

    I assume you had a gf living somewhere in the countryside?

  • @focsempty7505
    @focsempty7505 4 года назад +19

    We have a saying that if the month has and R in its gotta be cold

  • @thecowofficialgaming6614
    @thecowofficialgaming6614 4 года назад +11

    I personaly don't reverse "yes" and "no"

  • @DentistSaad
    @DentistSaad 4 года назад +9

    Hahah love this video 😂😂😂😂 ive been here for 3 years and can relate to some of these 😂😂

  • @bobibest89
    @bobibest89 Год назад +6

    Ha ha. As a Bulgarian, I agree with most of the things he said... The weather is pretty nice actually. We have distinct 4 seasons. There are many sunny days between October and March. Also, some of the superstitions that he mentioned are usually said by old grandmas, not younger people.

  • @slim2178
    @slim2178 4 года назад +9

    Thanks for sharing your experience! Wondering if you were in peace corp? It's seems that you had spent time in the country sites?

  • @cynthialee4691
    @cynthialee4691 Год назад

    This was the most interesting and informative video on Bulgaria I’ve come across yet. Thanks for all the tips! Looking forward to my upcoming trip :)

  • @magdalenapetrova2480
    @magdalenapetrova2480 4 года назад +11

    Varna is my city❤🌍🏖

  • @freshtouch1
    @freshtouch1 Год назад +4

    I am actually bulgarian and i never heard someone shouldn't sit on the cement floor, or not having ice in summer. Later is actually insane. Everyone has ice in their drinks in summer and we don't usually have tea in summer.
    We do eat ice creams in the summer as well as cold beer. We drink wine and rakia in winter. I had never seen someone eating ice cream in winter before i come to live in UK. You should consider going in another part of Bulgaria and meet "normal" people. Otherwise interesting point of view.

  • @rame_mar
    @rame_mar 2 года назад +3

    I'm bulgarian and i don't do the whole reverse head nodding thing

  • @ada7180
    @ada7180 2 года назад +5

    Who made you drink green boza!? There's no such thing :-D

  • @alexxandrakonstantin
    @alexxandrakonstantin 3 года назад +24

    BOZA IS AMAZING! ESPECIALLY WITH BANITSA!

  • @tinkerbelle143
    @tinkerbelle143 4 года назад +4

    Where did you stay for accomadations in bulgaria? Why were you there and did you speak the language or Did most speak English? Thank you for sharing your experiences.

  • @k9cobra728
    @k9cobra728 3 года назад +15

    My father told me that Bulgaria is one of the best places to retire to because of how cheap and easy it is to live there

  • @GonG108
    @GonG108 4 года назад +70

    during the socialist time there was no shortage for drugs , the health system was very good

  • @dollylove3430
    @dollylove3430 4 года назад

    Thank you💕

  • @spntageous5249
    @spntageous5249 4 года назад +31

    The "getting sick thing" is not really true tho... idk I've never heard it, except from old people /who were alive during the communism/

  • @purpleldv966
    @purpleldv966 4 года назад +8

    Pink florescent drink... :)) Did you get super powers from it?

  • @jareddetty8608
    @jareddetty8608 2 года назад +2

    this was so funny to me as an American who has been to BG quite a few times :D

  • @IvanIvanov-zp3pw
    @IvanIvanov-zp3pw 3 года назад +15

    Well, it's so funny to see yourself through someone else's eyes. Thanks gringo, you're great 😂👍

  • @ajivkovmetz1
    @ajivkovmetz1 4 года назад +8

    the pronunciation kills me! lol

  • @l_p_hvideos899
    @l_p_hvideos899 4 года назад

    Good to see you man

  • @neuroniuans
    @neuroniuans Год назад

    It's not a cultural thing - it is true that it's easier to get a cold when eating/drinking something of an entirely different temperature than your surroundings. I've never had problems with my thorat after eating ice cream in winter, but I did when doing this in a warm season :)

  • @christin6791
    @christin6791 3 года назад +5

    Ohh I can’t stop laughing 😂

  • @dizzyfilmz
    @dizzyfilmz 4 года назад +15

    Actually, the boza is made out of flour

  • @gigachad3004
    @gigachad3004 8 месяцев назад +1

    The cyrylic alphabet was invented in Bulgaria in 9th century

  • @iskrasaneva
    @iskrasaneva 2 года назад +1

    Very funny. Interesting to hear an outsider perspective.

  • @radoslavrangelov5592
    @radoslavrangelov5592 4 года назад +3

    Wo I'm From bulgariya 🇧🇬

  • @dimitarvezenkov4786
    @dimitarvezenkov4786 Год назад

    Which cities did you visit?

  • @enc897
    @enc897 7 месяцев назад

    Lovely insights. Thank you! 🇧🇬🩷

  • @kirstinstrand6292
    @kirstinstrand6292 2 года назад +1

    The Bulgarians must have longevity; my mother lived to 107 with a similar diet. LOL...American style, though!

  • @Greenvandals
    @Greenvandals 4 года назад +8

    🇧🇬👊👊🇧🇬

  • @fireinthesky3379
    @fireinthesky3379 Год назад

    I am a few years late, but as a bulgarian, i have to ask you, did you drink rakia?

  • @user-po6nw6ds9r
    @user-po6nw6ds9r Год назад

    I am from Bulgaria

  • @TEWMUCH
    @TEWMUCH Год назад

    Lol omg, the social stuff is crazy!😂
    Your take is alot different than other you tubers.
    I like what they did for the Jews tho.

  • @kaiyoIswrong
    @kaiyoIswrong 6 месяцев назад

    Why is this kinda true.... bro

  • @jarhead4403
    @jarhead4403 2 года назад

    Hello

  • @luisramosorellana3766
    @luisramosorellana3766 4 года назад +1

    Kind cool..
    Yes
    No...

  • @bakadoge5565
    @bakadoge5565 4 года назад +6

    🇺🇸❤️🇧🇬

  • @swinterco4691
    @swinterco4691 Год назад

    He just couldn't find a good boza but its not that bad most of the time

  • @JJ-rq1me
    @JJ-rq1me 2 года назад +2

    *Every person in the country has 1 of 6 names* that is hilarious because it is kinda true :D

  • @augustbrante8117
    @augustbrante8117 3 года назад

    Thanks for honest evaluation! Nomad here in Medellin for 3 years looking for new adventure. I think I will pass on this for the time being!

  • @bacepesho
    @bacepesho Год назад +1

    Say just bulgarian

  • @radoslavrangelov5592
    @radoslavrangelov5592 4 года назад +2

    And i now bulgariya is nat bad I'm telen you

  • @user-fo8wb8qt4n
    @user-fo8wb8qt4n 4 года назад +4

    🇧🇬 🇺🇸 Bros 👊

  • @boyan.guitar
    @boyan.guitar 3 года назад

    This is spot on!

  • @bacepesho
    @bacepesho Год назад +3

    If you say russian bulgarian writings like that here you are dead

  • @mememan7005
    @mememan7005 4 года назад +1

    THIS IS BULGARIA

  • @poohshmoo9892
    @poohshmoo9892 3 года назад +7

    Im Bulgarian and i can say dude is 100% right ! bulgarians may not like his version but it is the reality

  • @antonarset
    @antonarset 4 года назад +1

    One of the most realistic point of views.

  • @metronomefitnessINC
    @metronomefitnessINC 4 года назад +12

    Baklava is TURKISH food

  • @sugarfalls1
    @sugarfalls1 3 года назад +2

    Your eyes are so green! Mousaka is Greek!

  • @thewindywindandtherainyrai2996

    Uuuuuuh,Bulgaria is not a place to be.

  • @mariomihaylov2950
    @mariomihaylov2950 Год назад

    You come and see what's going on in Pernik not Sofia hahaha