It started in the summer of 2006. I was on holiday with my girlfriend on the Black Sea coast in Bulgaria, her native country. As a young girl she used to spend her summer holiday's there and she was telling me how drastically it had all changed in recent years.

"Still, it would be nice to buy a small apartment here," she commented.

Less than six months later that passing remark had become a reality. We planned to use the property ourselves but also to rent it out, if we could. Given my software development skills, it was a natural step to set up a website which we could use to advertise the apartment.

That web site is bulgariaseaview.com. If you are after a more in-depth introduction, have a look at my first entry.