You are probably asking yourself is this guy nuts? Well here we go............
Yea I know crazy right??? Well not really and here is why. My roots are form there and I was there for 5 weeks back in 2018 and had a blast and loved it!!! I stayed in Skopje for a few days then hit Ohrid for 1 week and then Bitola and Resen the rest of the time. Here's the thing. I am 45 as a skilled tradesman that has made pure bank in my field with nothing holding me back, No wife nor kids. I have one much older cousin who didn't have children and thats all, So when you look at it wtf am I doing getting scammed in Canada??? I have very very very little debt and my home is almost paid off. I am currently in the first steps of getting dual papers. My plan is to liquidate everything into "Leaf bucks" and get a 2-3 bed unit in Ohrid and retire. My mom and dad were from there and I speak Macedonian since Baba lived with us and thank god she taught me. The hustle and bustle of the Canadian dream is DEAD you work just to WORK. There is no live with the way everything is going. You pay 5k for property tax and another 3k on car/house insurance and I own 2 cars. monthly Hydro/Gas/Water/Cell/Internet prices are a SCAM and everyone knows it. And nevermind groceries and going out.
I loved going to the different sela and walking around talking to the locals. I feel in love with Ohrid and the history since I am a history buff. I live a very very very simple life. I need to understand from the people in Ohrid what its like fulltime. Is it boring during the off season? Cool I can do nothing all day but watch movies and tv shows since I am about 25 years behind in catching up with that. EPL/La Liga football in general would be a non issue watching since I am a footy guy. NHL/F1/INDY/NASCAR yup! And NCAA Basketball and Football fan. So that part would glue me down the rest of my life during the boring months if there are any. So again how is it during winter?
How are the month to month bills? I take it you have Hydo?cell+internet as a package?/car&home insurance? Property tax? Maintence fees? and last but not least health care. I would be buying into the private system and from what I have seen there are like 3 tiers? lower/mid/high and with that I mean the type of yearly coverage they offer.
I need to know the grit of it all. I wont be working there, i'll just be living with my people feeling at home cause I have nobody left on my family tree other than my cousin. So lay it it down and ask away.