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scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Have a holiday in Bulgaria. Sofia, Plovdiv and Veliko Turnovo are the obvious places.You can get to all of these places by train from Sirkeci. Get the sleeper at 10pm. Or a bus.

Get off the beaten track. Come to our place

www.skavivascot.hit.bg

Opening page is at the moment in Bulgarian. Look for the button top left that says EN

Click on that and you will get the pages in English.

My pic is not here but you will see Mrs scot47 and our chateau.

Sheikh Inal Ovar · Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 1208 Location: Melo Drama School

It's good to see some Saudi oil money being well-spent ...

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

I can't open the link. I'll try later. Best of luck though.(Any discounts for fellow Scots? Mr. Green

mongrelcat · Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 232

question

if one say, wanted to go by bus to Sofia from Ist
and one's res. permit was expired, would said person be able to get there without a hassle?

curious

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Another possibility

look at

www.holidaystobulgaria.com

We are there too, under the heading 'rural'. We live in the village of Madara.

Best way from Istanbul ? Sleeper from Sirkeci. Choose Sofia, Plovdiv, Veliko Turnovo or Rousse. The last two on the route to Bucharest. Thew first to on the route to Sofia/Belgrade,

tararu · Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 494

"question

if one say, wanted to go by bus to Sofia from Ist
and one's res. permit was expired, would said person be able to get there without a hassle?

curious"

I think the said person should sort out a new permit before crossing any borders. However, if you are a personable chap, you may not have any problems at the border.
I know a couple of blokes who over stayed their visas by a few months. They just paid their fine, stayed in Greece for a night and then came back in the next day. It's all about luck really.

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

The hassle would be paying the fine.

tararu · Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 494

No. The hassle would be being stuck at the border for ten hours while the border police play mind games with you.

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

Why does your employer not arrange a work permit?

tararu · Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 494

My employers are figuring out some way to get it here, but it doesn't bother me that much as I have had an ikamet for about four and a half years. I used to just catch the train over to Greece for an hour and come back before l got my ikamet, but the border police aren't reallg big on letting people do that anymore.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

get the service bus from metro just off the Square. It takes you to the station at Alibeykoy and on to the Bulgarian border. Jump off the bus and wait for one coming in the opposite direction- just a few mınutes and it brings you back to Istanbul. You can do this trip during the day or overnight.

mongrelcat · Joined: 12 Mar 2004 Posts: 232

employer arranged the residence/work permit for me....but either one or both of us was working too hard and neglected to notice when said permit expired.

employer is now trying to sort it out.

employee hopes it gets straightened out before July. Cool

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

So all you TEFLers in IST are illegal immigrants ? Isn't that scary ?

yaramaz · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 6:26 am Post subject:

No, we aren't. Everyone where I work (uni) is legal, and almost everyone where I used to work (dersane) is legal. I suppose it varies.

sandyhoney2 · Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 189