I had similar mismatches, when I was living in the UK. My name is Vladimir - for short Vlado. I was called Vlad the Impailor by my some of my workmates, and Ladu {an Indian sweet} by others. But at the end of the day who cares...

Welcome! Nice Zuk! Love the colour.

I was born in England, on the south coast (Shoreham) but my Grandfather was from the Czech Republic. He was hunted by Nazi's so Lady Rowntree smuggled him out of Europe (for those who're curious, yes, the same Lady Rowntree of Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles fame - she ran an "underground railroad&...

dan_2k_uk wrote:Borrovets. Should be a nice little break.

Wish you a lovely time in Borovets!

Anton wrote:Ah, you're an ex-expat...

And where does the name Anton come from It is popular in our region - Bulgaria, Serbia, Macedonia. Not to sure about Russia.

Anton wrote:Just curious, but are you an expat? Your English is a bit too good...

Thanks for the compliment, Anton. I am a native Bulgarian. Used to live in UK for 13 years. Ten years ago moved back to Bulgaria.

dan_2k_uk wrote: Hopefully it stays that cold for my snowboarding trip there next month!

Lets hope so. Trouble is the council here does not bother cleaning the small streets. You can come ice skating on them .
Whereabouts are you going - Borovets, Pamporovo, Bansko?

dan_2k_uk wrote:Welcome. Funky looking Zook.

Thanks Dan! She needs a bit more work, but for now is doing fine as a daily drive. Starts up first time - here in BG the temperature is between 15 and 18 below zero...

Thanks to all!

ROBBIE wrote:Hi to the club. Like the interior

Cheers!