Mar 14, 2019 | Home, Leisure, World
It was with a great deal of excitement, and not a little anxiety, that I woke the next morning. I was so looking forward to seeing our house again, and really excited to spend our first night in it! But also, as a parent responsible for keeping 3 children warm and...
Mar 14, 2019 | Leisure, World
Most of our flight to Bulgaria was obscured by thick cloud over the bulk of Europe. But gradually, as we flew over Serbia, the clouds cleared and we could see land. This video is all the stills we took, including some close-ups, plus video footage of some of the...
Mar 13, 2019 | Home, Leisure, World
The journey up to Gatwick was uneventful but we were very unimpressed with the ‘official’ taxi booth there. Booking a taxi through them to get to our Travelodge cost £15, so when we did the return trip back to Gatwick at 4am the following morning, we...
Mar 10, 2019 | Home, Leisure, World
Back home again on the Isle of Wight, and we were keen to get another trip booked as soon as we could! This time we also wanted to take the two older boys to show them the house and give them another foreign holiday too. We hadn’t taken them last time as...
Oct 9, 2018 | Home, Leisure, World
The next morning, we woke with a lot of excitement as today was the day we had been waiting for since July and we’d finally be getting to see what we’d bought with our credit card money! There was also a bit of trepidation, after building it up so much in...
Oct 8, 2018 | Home, Leisure, World
After winning the eBay auction, the seller sent us an invoice, which included the winning price, the tax and the legal expenses: 1 Bulgarian Smallholding For sale Farm House :Â 6800.00 2 Notary and legal fees : 441.00 3 State tax (5% of purchase price) : 340.00 TOTAL...