Today we have the pleasure to talk with an excellent friend of Foreigner BG Adrien Bongrand, he cames from France but already has been in Bulgaria for almost ten years.
Name and nationality:
Adrien, French
Why and when did you come to Bulgaria?
Came on september 2009, to Varna in order to complete a master degree in marketing/communication with a european program
What do you like about your country?
Infrastructures, culture, cheeses.
What differences do you see in your country and Bulgaria?
– productivity. Bulgarians usually do not know how to sell themselves (business/products) and they are extremely slow to accomplish a task than Frenchs can handle in no time.
– Cleanliness or more generally pollution. I get more & more pissed off about people driving shitty cars that smell worst than shit. Some EU laws should be more respected relative to the age of cars. Cleanliness is different. I know that cleaning is a sport for rich people/countries and that Bulgaria is not the worst so far in EU, but this is something different VS. France
– No respect of laws, especially people who drives
What do you like about Bulgaria?
The paradox. We can find all the worst words to describe many things in Bulgaria, but once you are integrated and part of it. Everything appears clearer, simpler and even better sometimes.
I like the language and the fact that bulgarian is still a living language like french is, with new words or language expressions popping out occasionally, thanks to the hip hop/ rap music that they do too, and actually quite OK.
And to walk in the street and see beautiful women every 2 steps, I like sirene po shopska and the bulgarian cuisine in general, that I adapt to a french style (less fat), I like the real story about communism that they completely delete from our educational program in Western Europe. I like when Bulgarians tell me : ‘’You speak really good bulgarian’’. I like beers at 2 levs.
Mention one important experience you’ve had in Bulgaria :
Buried my father in law in Bulgaria, and I experienced the entire process in a village, not in town.
Do you speak other languages?
English, Bulgarian, German(basics)
have you visited other countries?
Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, UK, USA, Canada, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech republic, Poland, Serbia, Bosnia, MAcedonia, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Ukraine, Turkey,
