Montenegro to Bulgaria via Serbia (Europe Expat Travel 2021)

We continue our journey of travel and exploration to see what it's like to live in a country, and examine its cost of living and affordability. We leave Montenegro in this video and travel to freshly re-opened Bulgaria where we plan to spend close to two months.

Do you want to live abroad as an Expat? Are you looking for affordable and viable options? We are exploring the world to see what it's like to live in a country, and also discover if Residency is an option.

We began our retirement in March of 2020 with the intent to travel the world, spending 1-3 months in a country or location. We want to see what it's like to live there and not simply visit, and we want to share these experiences and the costs with whoever wishes to follow along.

If your looking for a place in Europe to live or retire one of the countries we visit may be an option, stay tuned and follow along.

We bought our home in Kotor Montenegro in 2016, we were enchanted by this medieval city from first sight. With the low cost of living, Mediterranean climate, UNESCO Heritage designation, and it's popularity as a tourist destination for Eastern Europeans and the British it made perfect sense to buy there. As we travel Europe over the next 5 to 10 years we will be using our home in Montenegro as our home base, rest assured our journey is not ending.

We have used AirBnb to rent out our home in the past, we have decided that we are going to be more selective about who stays in our home going forward. While we are away traveling we will rent our home to our viewers anticipating there will be more respect and care when staying in our home. We will rent the home in month long blocks, if you are staying less time you can still stay but you would be renting for the month.

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Music: YouTube Library
Music: Montenegro Street Performer background noise
Music: Bulgaria Street Performer background noise

[shootayibyukhrabaytak]

Beautiful scenery and beautiful people - thank you for Serbia and Montenegro.

[obsidianstang]

"It's worth the trip, just to take the trip." Nice words that apply to life in general. Nice video.

[martindepoorest]

I really find the natural and unpolished way you present your videos genuinely informative but also relaxing. The tone of your work makes it more authentic if that makes any sense? Get so tired of presenters with aritificially hyper-energy shilling wherever they are as the best thing until the next week when wherever they are is even "awesomer". Subbed earlier today and following eagerly as Bulgaria seems an intriguing place for a base for retirement right on the doorstep of the Schengen area. Thanks for doing this!

[jaynebuck]

What a fantastic Place to stay! The food!! Looks like you were in Northern Idaho. Love your hearts, we often are moving too fast through life to appreciate our surroundings.

[MTravelVlog]

I really enjoyed your video. Great channel. 💕⭐️
Greetings from Albania. 👋🏼🇦🇱

[lcastilloart]

We appreciate the hard work and the helpful information !!! 👍

[TravelingisFREEDOM]

This seems to be a very charming city, I hope I can visit sometime in the future when all this is over. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much!

[jgm]

Great video. The dogs enjoy the trip too 😀

[AprilBrand]

Great video! I look forward to your new videos. Y'all inspire my upcoming travels!

[costat]

Cannot wait for Bulgaria...is really a gem there! Will you travel in Greece too?!?

[goransukovic]

I've been driving back n' fort to Montenegro and Bulgaria countless times, but can't recognize route you choose .
Have nice stay in Bulgaria.

[nataliehowell]

We have a friend who lives near Sofia. Looking forward to learning a lot more about Bulgaria.
Price of rentals. Ease of using English. Bringing dogs. Residency. Etc.
thanks for your excellent videos.

[louiseluster]

It's called a Lepeyre stair. Just ask your Architect friend.

[lydiatanner]

First of all, love your videos. I only have one suggestion, check your audio. Some of the videos the sound is not good/very weak. Sorry.
But other than that great videos😊

[rubytuesday]

Did you also have salmon and chicken at the Sofia restaurant? I don't really care, but that's what the receipt said.

[krakataukrakatau]

Too bad you didn't show a road itself a little bit.

[pg]

I'm not sure why you say it's Orthodox Easter which was a couple of weeks ago, 3 weeks after Western Easter, and it is held at night not during the day.