We've been in Sofia Bulgaria for one month now and today we're going to share
with you exactly how much it does cost to live here
Hey guys I'm Ross and I'm Bek!
We quit our jobs in Australia and rented out our
home started working online and well we've decided that we're going to travel
the world full-time so we go from city to city one month at a time and we try
and share as much as we can with you we love food and all the different things
that you can do in these cities so if you haven't checked out our videos check them out!
To share our cost of living for a one-month period we have eight
categories we think they're the most important they're the areas that we
spend our money on
so we're staying in an airbnb and it's an awesome location
right in the center of Sofia there's a lot of buzz happening in this area we
near the Vitosha Boulevard which is the big shopping street here our apartments
really simple it's spacious we have separate rooms have a big bedroom a big
living area and a nice kitchen it's an old building but a really really good
value and all the little amenities that you need as well total cost is 974 Lev
so on your travels if you want to use airbnb like we use it whether a
short-term or long-term check out down below there's a discount for you just
waiting all you have to do is click on the link and make your first booking
you'll get a discount and it helps us on our travels to
now being located right in the center of the city is awesome for transport
because you can catch little trains and trams to any specific spot that you want
but to be honest like we just walk everywhere and we use it as a chance to
get some exercise and get around the city and so fears not the vast spread
out and you can get from one side of the city to the other quite easily on foot
so yeah very often we didn't even have to pay for anything we just kind of
walked from one spot to the other but the trams and trains are very cheap our
only other cost is the taxi that we got from the airport to our Airbnb and it's
about 15 Lev total cost for transport was the 35 live for the month
now if you're staying for a short period of time just go out and eat all the
traditional foods the pastries and everything for breakfast and for lunch
it's delicious we being here for a month had a mix of you know you starting a day
pretty healthy in our apartment with some cereal or fruit and then we might
duck out for something to eat for lunch really yummy different foods are coming
from Greece previously yeah it's just a different cuisine there's a lot of
influences that are similar but yeah probably a little bit more heavy if
anything than some of the Greek food total cost for one month was 316 LEV
dinner we've all got away we all have to eat
and well in case you don't know you Bek and I we're really passionate about
hunting down all the best local traditional foods that any city has to
offer so we always spend a little bit more here every night we're trying to
get out and find you know and uncover those gems right across the city so
Bulgarian food is meat and vegetables and lots of different variations of that
it is really yummy quite heavy but yummy our total cost for the month was 739 LEV
Bills is always the best topic everyone loves bills we are a lot of
questions on Bill's travel insurance is one of our biggest ones and we protect
ourselves but also equipment that we have
A big one guys is a VPN we use a VPN to help change the location of our
computers or our mobile phones so that we can get around Geographic
restrictions things like banking or Netflix or you know just security and
privacy as well so if you're interested in using a VPN check it out below
because there is a special discount that you can get with the one that we use now
Bulgaria is a cheap place to become an alcoholic for 1.50 LEV maybe up to 2 LEV
You can get a big pint can of any beer that you want really any good
European beer from kind of anywhere in Europe delicious beer you can go out to
some of the pubs and maybe pay three to four LEV for that beer and but yeah
off the shelf really really good value on the pint cans wines maybe up to 10 LEV
Maybe a 15 LEV if you want a really good bottle and but yeah again
really affordable so we didn't find ourselves kind of getting into a bit of
a rhythm with booze this month and our total cost was a 130 LEV
the water because we're right near this Vitosha Mountain they have natural
spring water I guess it is that just comes in and they actually have
fountains right across the city where locals are filling up their bottles the
water here is delicious just straight out the tap so it doesn't cost you anything really!
Coffees all very very cheap couple of levy to 2.50 Lev for a coffee!
really well done, Barista made coffee yummy we quite often
though would just buy in from the supermarket and the best brand coffee
that they do here and we've got a coffee machine in the Airbnb that we use and
yeah it works out a treat so total cost of a 32 LEV.
so the final category is
Every good budget needs an other category and this is like
household stuff health stuff many haircuts and you know other little
top-up bits, might buy some clothes or little things like that it's really
cheap here for all of those things our total cost was 71 LEV.
total cost for
the whole month in Sofia a 30 day period was....drumroll!
2,559 LEV now we think that's pretty good
some people who travel on a budget might do it for less than that
some might do it for more but we have lived really comfortably here we haven't
gone without anything overall it's a bloody good city and I have to say it's
such a beautiful city if you go for a walk such big strong buildings and
beautiful architecture right across the city the people are so lovely if you're
interested in hearing more about Sofia we're going to drop a video on our
honest opinion and a bit of a city guide of Sofia be sure to check it out and if
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and we will see you very soon