In Ljubljana spreken ze… Nederlands?

Nog even en ik begin aan mijn taallessen Sloveens. Vanaf augustus blok ik onder meer op de zes naamvallen van het Sloveens en de tweevoud. Het zal niet meevallen. Ik heb me, tijdens de uitzendingen van de Tour de France op de Sloveense televisie, enkele etappes lang zitten afvragen wie toch die Rumena Majica is… Continue reading In Ljubljana spreken ze… Nederlands?

The Slovenian Wildlife

,,Look’’, my friend Primoz said as he pointed towards the woods where we were driving through. ,,Here you can meet a bear anytime. Really. People go all the way to Alaska for that but we have it here in Slovenia as well.’’I looked around in the 4x4 we were driving and noted with much satisfaction… Continue reading The Slovenian Wildlife

Patriot

The biggest patriots live abroad. Two weeks of living in Slovenia already led me to this conviction. In my homecountry, The Netherlands, you could never spot me wearing anything orange. Queensday, matches of the Dutch soccerteam i experienced it all, dressed in casual anything-but-orange.I never understood my countrymen abroad celebrating Dutch festivities more vigorously than… Continue reading Patriot