In 1996 I visited my sick aunt in Slovenija (Koroska Bela) for ten days. The whole town was excited to see me and I visited at least 6 households every day. By the third or fourth visit, I could no longer even see food let alone eat any of it, so I started declining what was offered. People complained to my aunt, who told my mother, who in turn was super worried I wasn't eating. Not to go too much into my youth but this was not an unfounded concern. However by the end of my stay, I gained so much weight that I couldn't button my pants, only holding them up with my belt. After returning to Canada, my mother saw my chubby face and said in relief, "Oh thank God. You ate." Yes you will be fed.
An old Croat once told me, recalling the Slovenians in the Yugoslav army in the 1950's. "Slovenci su zajebani". Slovenians only cared about Slovenians.
We had our vacations in Slovenia 2 years ago. Seven amazing days with non-stop sightseeing, drinking, and having fun. What an amazing country this is! Yes they almost all speak English, are fanatic with their natural landscape, and have very good road network. We loved every minute there. Greetings from Athens!
My wife's parents came to Canada from Slovenia so we have visited a number of times. And absolutely, food and alcohol are always put in front of you when visiting family and friends there. And potatoes? On the first day of our most recent visit this summer we helped our cousin, & her whole family, harvest potatoes. Shoes off, toes in the mud, we helped gather hundreds of pounds of potatoes. The beautiful, friendly people are the most memorable thing about this wonderful country.
I went to Slovenia a year ago, September 2022. Visited Bled, Maribor, Koper and Ljubljana. It was an amazing experience, and yes it is an outdoor paradise. I did learn to order Kava and most important; pivo, prosim. I only scratched the surface so I see another visit in the future. Thank you for all your content.
I have been looking for a channel like yours forever!! My great-grandparents were from Slovenia but fell under the pressure to "assimilate" into America, so only snippets of our heritage survived (thankfully living in Cleveland helped with this a bit), but I'm always seeking ways to connect with tradition, culture, etc. SO grateful for all your shares!
We intended to go on holidays to Slovenia for the first time this year (mid August) to then shortly before arriving (by car from an intermediate stay-over in Germany) receive a cancellation request by the resort due to the extreme rain and the inundiations that this caused. Despite the impact and devastation caused by the bad weather we received a prompt refund and recently even received the cancellation fee as initially promised (well insuranced I guess). We will definitely give it another try on one of the next occasions! I hope nobody lost their lives and that the region will fully recover from this disaster! We offered to help the resort clean up and prepare the remaining accomodation but the situation was developing quickly and became too dangerous and we did not want to burden the emergency services with our presence.
My boyfriend and I (Americans) went to Slovenia last year for 2 weeks and loved it so much we are heading back there in a week! Such an amazing place for people that love spending time in nature and enjoying wonderful food and wine.
I clicked on the like button as soon as the video started, as I knew it would be good fun and i would learn something. But by the end of the video I missed something extra, like an applause button. RUclips should definitely have an applause button for videos like this. You have just increased my desire to visit Slovenia. ¡Saludos from Spain!
After 100 + years of only having our father's (actual) name on his birth certificate (Vremsak) I found his family in Slovenia in 2013. My brother and I have been to visit 3 times. We fell in love with Slovenia the first visit, and have only fallen even more in love with it since. Our family has been very hospitable and warm, in spite of (I presume) their initial skepticism about "the American relatives with a different surname. While trying to understand their caution about Americans (we don't have the best reputation in some places because of American corporate greed and other forms of imperialism), they are welcoming and we always feel very very welcome in Slovenia. Not just our family, but Slovenes in general are very warm and genuinely hospitable, glad to share their beautiful country with any and all who treat their precious earth with respect and love. GO to visit, enjoy the warmth of the Slovene people. !!
Thank you, You are wellcome in Slovenia ❤🎉😊 I Love America USA Los Angeles Hollywood, Las Vegas Nevada Hawaii Florida New York...I visit all.... PEOPLE on the streets were cometing my shoes and blouse.... Ooo you have a beautiful shoes, you have a beautiful blouse..... That never happend in SLOVENIJA ❤🎉😊😂😂😂😂 But WE have BEAUTIFUL Green landscape a lot of rorest....and sera and lakes.....
My wife from Medvode makes the coffee on our stovetop. My friend's and I always called this campfire coffee because we make it this way when hunting in the mountains
Poz iz Rhode Islanda! Croatian-American here with roots in Istra and Kvarner. Visited Ljubljana for the first time about a month ago and your video is spot on 😂😂😂 Made a new follower out of me 🤘
Thanks so much Barbara! ❤ I believe THIS is the new standard work for visitors to Slovenia. Gratitude after seeing you for the first time! Cheers from Germany, Stefan
Slovenian landscapes are like walking in a fairytale. I loved visiting Slovenia. It is such a beautiful place! And the people were very nice. I will say that when I visited, I was in a rural area outside of Zuzemberk, and many of the locals did not speak English, especially older people. I learned enough Slovenian to get by but I struggled, and I'm sure the locals found it difficult to understand me, but they were very patient.
I'm sorry to tell you but in bigger Slovenian city you will hardly find any Slovenians most people are Albanians or Bosnians you can hardly hear Slovenian language 😢😢
The people that I spoke to were indeed Slovenian, but it was a very rural area, with lots of farmland. They were older people, though. They spoke Slovene to me, and they were very kind.@@bernie5951
No the thing is that a lot of older people doesn't speak other languages, but all of them speak serbo-croatian, a kind of universal language for whole balkan...
Greetinga from Poland Barbara! I've never been to Slovenia but your description of homeland makes me wanna visit fellow slavic country. Maybe a honeymoon trip in near future :) Some thoughts about expression on Your face and tone of voice: We have literally the same situation in Poland ;D Everybody I pass by on the street has a depressed look by Western standards. It can be troubling for many visitors who are used to seeing happy people saying hello when met during a walk. Most people (like 99% of population) also use soft, monotonous voice or sound very tired. Imho it's a strange quirk that came in 1945 with communism. Basically an Eastern Bloc thing that can be fixed with alcohol and good food on the table among friends and loved ones. Contrary to most I tend to smile a lot without a reason and draw attention with my ginger hair resulting in many Poles thinking I am a tourist from Scandinavia or Ireland. I do not know really why I am in that smiling 1% that breaks the depressing impression but I try everyday to make someone smile or make their day better by being polite, small talk or simple gestures like a helping hand with carrying stuff in my job or holding a door for someone. Anyway I urge You to visit Poland someday, it's a beautiful country with colorful history and culture. Contrary to most EU countries we suffered no terrorist attacks ( we love our zeros), there are no "nogo zones", public transport and streets are safe and clean. Much love from Poland !!!
I moved away from Slo when i was like 18-19 and i came back like 10 yrs later. your videos are helping me heal my relationship with Slovenia. I hope that makes sense xD Love your content
This video was AMAZING! You are hilarious and your sarcasm and subtle innuendos are awesome, especially since English is not your native language (I think anyway). You have definately mastered the English language. I'm traveling to your country in about 6 weeks and am very excited. Thanks for this fantastic video.
Omg I started watching you because I wanted to learn more about my heritage! Oh you deliver and soooo much more! Thank you! My grandparents came here from Slovenia and today you explained so much lol! People think I’m Italian cus I’m always cooking and feeding them! Lol! We enjoy our beverages lol now I know it’s in my blood😂
@@aldxpachecovillalon132 i know that, since i‘m german. He could pull off a Perfect Austrian dialect (including vocab That’s only used in Austria) as well as perfect standard „Hochdeutsch“
This video made me laugh, love your sense of humor 😂 being from Norway, another country with small population, we actually have quite a lot of similarities I learned.
No Starbucks sounds good. Last cup of coffee I bought from them was probably five years ago and that was to see if they were still as horrible as they were in the past.
People of Slovenië are not only friendly but well educated , polite and modest too. I go to Austria and Slovenia this summer. Thank you for the nice video 👍🤗
I absolutely LOVED this video! My grandmother and her parents moved to Eveleth, MN from Logatec during World War I because my great-grandfather wanted to avoid conscription. It’s interesting to see how these facts have survived to this day in my family (we make potica for Christmas and Easter still following the original recipe they brought with them). One day I’d love to go back there to meet all the family that stayed there because it’s such a beautiful country and I think I’d fit right in because as these facts are SO true even here with my family in the US! Najlepša Hvala!
Dear Barbara, You would be fantastic in a comedy movie, but not à la Steve Martin, Jim Carrey, Woody Allen, or other well known comedians, but one that would be one with your unique sense of humor that is unexpected, light, and cute as a two month pup. Your facial expressions is an incredible asset that would make you a Hollywood star in an instant! Please don't disappoint us...
Everytime I go there for a day I feel like I could find a wife there I could live there , everybody is pretty nice and welcoming. Alright now I’ll watch the rest of your video just wanted to comment before I start
Živjo Barbara!!! 👋 Greetings from yet another Slovenian soul “lost” in a foreign land. I love your videos. They make me miss Slovenia ❤️ but they also make me laugh and I can only nod to what you’ve been saying. Really nice job!
When I visited Slovenia in 2018 and asked for where I should visit the coast, everybody told me "Croatia". Last week I visited Piran and was a little bit disappointed by the people in 2018 who told me to go to Croatia.
We also have a monument dedicated to the potato in Šenčur, and kids enjoy a one-week school holiday at the end of October, known as "potato holidays". 🥔😀
Great videos just learned my closest relative was from Slovenia Dolge Njive 600 BC. how awesome is that now I'm learning all i can. so now ill have to make a pilgrimage and thank those ancestors.
I loved this!! I'm American.. But my grandparents are from Slovenia they came here in there's 20s. Everything you said is so true! I laughed so hard..love it!
That was fun to listen to so thank you for that! I liked your spirit and genuine advice! We are in France and looking to moving to Slovenia although still figuring out logistics and so on. We would like to seek a life where there is no Starbucks in sight! Or anything of that nature in fact!
Gee what a lovely looking place is Slovenia and the people sound amazing....and you do look slightly annoyed with a bit of depression, but that's not the case, you being the warm hearted funny person I know from your videos, which always give me a smile and a nice feeling. Now in Australia we speak in a very nasal way hardly opening our mouth because an open mouth means swallowing a fly, we are always waving our hands shewing flies away so much it's called the Australian salute....that's our national look and feel.
Barbara Horvat. You are very entertaing, and I had many good laughs watching this video. Going back for my 4th trip in 1,5 years. Absolute love Slovenia )so far :-) ) I go to Radovljica, which has been my base earlier. this weekend rgere is a chocolate festival. i have been to Kranska Gora, Planica, Bled, Bohinj, Lesce, Brezje, Jesenice, Mojstrana, Zelesniki, Kropa, Skofja Loka to mention some. Tandem paragliding from Vogel and been bitten by a dog in Ratece (self inflicted ) :-) :-) Hvala lepa
@rajjzen, you should not only 'think' that Slovenians and Slovaks are similar; they are the same people, speaking different dialects. Many of the towns in both countries have the same names. Lately, many Slovak programs have been popping up on my RUclips channel. I have to read the headlines several times to determine whether I am dealing with a Slovak or Slovenian program. (Greetings - living in Canada since 1952).
What you say is true, and I love every bit of Slovenia. Luckily, I speak Czech, so I was always able to get by and actually conduct tours for Americans. Slovenians love their Nation, and I do not blame them. After a 1000 years of foreign domination, every man from 16 to 70 went to defend their freedom in 1991. Roasted potatoes with goat cheese is fantastic.
Love your videos, your sense of irony is brilliantly portrayed, comic timing to perfection. I am learning Slovenian, because yes, I fell in love when I visited. Every time I ordered a drink, meal, or asked directions, I tried my best to talk in Slovenian. People were really great about the way I butchered your language which is beautifully complicated. Not giving up! Learning 1st and 4th Sklon, love declensions, irregular verbs, etc. Have subscribed to your channel, keep the videos coming 🤗
I am a macedonian guy and I first visited Slovenia in 2017 it was so cool and definetly the cleanest country I have ever been with the most polite people.I fell in love with the country at first site.
You forgot to say that Slovenians regularly visit Croatian coast at summer time. Besides doing same outdoor sporting activities, they also do that on the sea.
I'm going back to europe next summer and always been intrigued by slovenia...especially since I learned about that park with the beer fontains. And you're making a convincing argument to go visit indeed. I've been following your volleyball team at the moment who are killing it in the vnl even with Rok Možič injured
I definitely want to go. I know that I have cousins on both grandparents sides. I have studied the language and I am researching immigration records and birth certificates. It is a matter of money. I do not drink coffee so I might have a problem, but on the other hand I can eat an amazing amount of food at one sitting. Luckily I was raised by second generation immigrants who kept a lot of their Slovene ways. The personality thing is something that even goes for my family. We are all assumed to be upset or sad while we’re just enjoying a little quiet time inside our heads.
Barbara! Tell me something that I don't already know: I've been married to my Slovenian husband for 50 years! Love, love, love your view of the world! Born and raised in New York City... Somehow we made it work! (Am I using too many exclamation points?!). We watch your videos together and you make us laugh! Thank you!!
Hi Barbara, I just wanted to say that I enjoyed your presentation style and learning about the many beautiful traits of the Slovenian people. I had the chance to visit Ljubljana and swim in the stunning Lake Bled 13 years ago, and I was genuinely amazed by the beauty of your country. I regret not having enough time to interact with the locals, but I could see their genuine joy and warmth. I'm considering studying abroad or doing a placement in Slovenia during my undergraduate course, so I'd love to hear any tips or advice you may have. I appreciate any help you can provide.
Looks all totaly fine to me. In Switzerland we also have a roasted potato only dish, it's called "Rösti" and we even have different regional variants of it, e.g. with cheese on top. Another typical Swiss dish would be "Gschwelti", where the main characters are boiled potatoes, often served with pickels and melted slices of cheese. So, except for the language I would probably feel right at home.
4:01 I'm reminded of the Lucky Luke recipe of coffee. Take a pound of coffee. Add a few drops of water. Boil for half an hour. Add a horseshoe. If the horseshoe doesn't float, add _more_ coffee.
Love your videos Barbs, especially your sarcastic humour which i can relate too. Thank you for doing such a good publicity for our country... Like that we need even more crowd around Bled and Bohinj lake 🙄. Anyway, proud of you and keep up the great work. Oh yeah, 'support local'... Awesome mantra 👍.
I started watching you because of your energy and quirkiness, and now I watch to learn about Slovenia. Curses! Now I'm tricked into learning new things! LOL
#7 Can confirm! I went to Metaldays in 2017, and it was glorious! 30 plus celsius outside, and the rivers at the festival site average 8 degrees and 3 degrees celsius respectively. Taking the plunge is initially like puberty in reverse with the sudden shock... There were many inflatable unicorns, swans and other things. We had a (Rock, or in this case Metal) lobster 😃
When 4yo I was in Liliana in a house of lady, who had a parrot. Parrot seat on my sholder and told me: "Daj lubiczku" (or how you spell it in Slovenian?) and I did. The bird painfully pecked my lip and I ended up crying.
I would love to visit, but I will have to settle for some authentic potato recipes. By the way, I support potatoes as a standalone food! Thanks for all your advice...
2:19 "fun" fact: Manner Neapolitaner have their first written mention in a document from 1898. And back then the hazelnuts came from Napoli (Neapel in german). (At a time where slovenes would have considered the place these delicious things come from, as the main capitol of their country) From all the athletes you mentioned i only knew the two ski ladies. There are famous slovene ski jumpers too that you didn't mention but i don't remember their name. And you got one of biggest fmaous ski jumping hills too in Planica.
Nice job! I’m a huge cycling fan and watching Tadej win the Giro got me thinking about a cycling vacation. He seems like such a great guy. Your video reinforced that although I was fooled into worrying about what you were going to present initially. Thanks for your advice. I am definitely going to plan a trip!
You have just described every visit I have ever had in Southern Ukraine - tell your friends to never empty a plate of food, because if you do a grandmother will immmediately fill it to overflowing.
holy crap Slovenia looks like a great place to go, the roast potatoes was the sealer, and I'm not taking the piss. it looks like an awesome place ..... very cool .
What I heard on a few occasions is that Slovenians, just like us Czechs, are pretty liberal, especially when it comes to nudity. People from more prudish countries seem to be shocked by the relaxed attitude we've got to what must be hidden... Is that correct? I personally have a funny story from Lago di Garda, where some people scolded me for changing into my swimming speedos behind the tent. There was pretty much nobody in sight and I was perfectly well obscured by the tent and some bushes... And yet, I apparently caused a minor uproar just because I bared my ass for a couple of seconds... Something that would not raise a single eyebrow on any Czech river bank or lake beach is apparently just utterly unacceptable for---of all nations!---Italians... :-)
I wish one day that I can come to Slovenia for vacation😊 For Sportspeople you forgot the footballer Jan Oblak. And a rising star is Benjamin Sesko. I'm from Sweden. If you didn't know, the Swedish Pop and Dance singer September (her artist name) is half Slovenian.
Slovenians in my opinion have kept both good stuff from eastern as well as western Europe traditions and values. From professionalism, sports, government, values and personality its like a Scandinavian nation with slavic twist, a western type of democracy with strong firm base of socialism (equality for all). I was not born in Slovenia, but i kept visiting my relatives all my childhood and saw it as a wonderland in comparison to war torn Serbia. I moved to Slovenia as soon as i was old enough so my parents would let me live with my Grandmother at 14 years age. After 16 years its still wonderland for me and maybe even more so as i traveled around the world and saw how bad things look like everywhere else. USA and western Europe is consumed by greed, Asia is overcrowded and dirty, the rest of the world poor and unstable by war and crisis. Here we complain a lot, yeah salary is not as good as western Europe, but in reality i think we have the highest living standard and i have to agree with some Arab prince who visited Slovenia saying its the worlds biggest Oasis.
Some older relatives went to Slovenia in the 1960s to see where our ancestors came from (a village near Cerknica), and they were told by people they met not to go there because “that’s where the witches are.” I hope to go there before I die…
You can also see witch Ursula every year at carneval in time of Pust - in the end of februar or first half of march. It is awsome and crazy. And Cerknica is one of interesting place in that time in Slovenia. 🙂
In 1996 I visited my sick aunt in Slovenija (Koroska Bela) for ten days. The whole town was excited to see me and I visited at least 6 households every day. By the third or fourth visit, I could no longer even see food let alone eat any of it, so I started declining what was offered. People complained to my aunt, who told my mother, who in turn was super worried I wasn't eating. Not to go too much into my youth but this was not an unfounded concern. However by the end of my stay, I gained so much weight that I couldn't button my pants, only holding them up with my belt. After returning to Canada, my mother saw my chubby face and said in relief, "Oh thank God. You ate." Yes you will be fed.
Hahahha that's amazing!
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Yes, that's exactly how it is😂😂😂
Ha! Reminds me of what happens when I visit my many relatives in Ireland!
That goes in Poland as well. "Don't you dare to refuse food from granny" LOL
Slovenians are friendly and helpful people! I always have a great time when I am there. Big hug from your Croatian neighbor!
An old Croat once told me, recalling the Slovenians in the Yugoslav army in the 1950's. "Slovenci su zajebani". Slovenians only cared about Slovenians.
@@vih-qq9pmnije to. Pa svi smo se pomalo grupisali po nacionalnosti.
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We had our vacations in Slovenia 2 years ago. Seven amazing days with non-stop sightseeing, drinking, and having fun. What an amazing country this is! Yes they almost all speak English, are fanatic with their natural landscape, and have very good road network. We loved every minute there. Greetings from Athens!
Hello from Slovenija
You are lying about road network 🥲
@@ChickenNugger178@ChickenNugger178, you have not driven in rural Greece...
@@nikpist1030 yup, you are right about that. It all depends on what time of the day you are on the road...
you are an inspiration for all American men
My wife's parents came to Canada from Slovenia so we have visited a number of times. And absolutely, food and alcohol are always put in front of you when visiting family and friends there. And potatoes? On the first day of our most recent visit this summer we helped our cousin, & her whole family, harvest potatoes. Shoes off, toes in the mud, we helped gather hundreds of pounds of potatoes. The beautiful, friendly people are the most memorable thing about this wonderful country.
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@@zdenkarahne3398 We just love Slovenia and the people!
I went to Slovenia a year ago, September 2022. Visited Bled, Maribor, Koper and Ljubljana. It was an amazing experience, and yes it is an outdoor paradise. I did learn to order Kava and most important; pivo, prosim. I only scratched the surface so I see another visit in the future. Thank you for all your content.
I have been looking for a channel like yours forever!! My great-grandparents were from Slovenia but fell under the pressure to "assimilate" into America, so only snippets of our heritage survived (thankfully living in Cleveland helped with this a bit), but I'm always seeking ways to connect with tradition, culture, etc. SO grateful for all your shares!
Hello! Very pleasant and funny presentation of Slovenia,a country I hope to visit in the near future
We intended to go on holidays to Slovenia for the first time this year (mid August) to then shortly before arriving (by car from an intermediate stay-over in Germany) receive a cancellation request by the resort due to the extreme rain and the inundiations that this caused.
Despite the impact and devastation caused by the bad weather we received a prompt refund and recently even received the cancellation fee as initially promised (well insuranced I guess).
We will definitely give it another try on one of the next occasions!
I hope nobody lost their lives and that the region will fully recover from this disaster! We offered to help the resort clean up and prepare the remaining accomodation but the situation was developing quickly and became too dangerous and we did not want to burden the emergency services with our presence.
Slovenians bordered my heart ❤ You have a beautiful country ❤ Love the fact you do not have Starbucks 🎉
My boyfriend and I (Americans) went to Slovenia last year for 2 weeks and loved it so much we are heading back there in a week! Such an amazing place for people that love spending time in nature and enjoying wonderful food and wine.
Wellcome to Slovenija ❤️💓❤️💓
I clicked on the like button as soon as the video started, as I knew it would be good fun and i would learn something.
But by the end of the video I missed something extra, like an applause button.
RUclips should definitely have an applause button for videos like this.
You have just increased my desire to visit Slovenia.
¡Saludos from Spain!
OH MY GOSH, that's so sweet. I gotta recommend "applause button" to RUclips 😂
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After 100 + years of only having our father's (actual) name on his birth certificate (Vremsak) I found his family in Slovenia in 2013. My brother and I have been to visit 3 times. We fell in love with Slovenia the first visit, and have only fallen even more in love with it since. Our family has been very hospitable and warm, in spite of (I presume) their initial skepticism about "the American relatives with a different surname. While trying to understand their caution about Americans (we don't have the best reputation in some places because of American corporate greed and other forms of imperialism), they are welcoming and we always feel very very welcome in Slovenia. Not just our family, but Slovenes in general are very warm and genuinely hospitable, glad to share their beautiful country with any and all who treat their precious earth with respect and love.
GO to visit, enjoy the warmth of the Slovene people. !!
What a life story! Glad you found your fam! And glad you found Slovenia a great place to return to!
Thank you, You are wellcome in Slovenia ❤🎉😊
I Love America USA Los Angeles Hollywood, Las Vegas Nevada Hawaii Florida New York...I visit all.... PEOPLE on the streets were cometing my shoes and blouse.... Ooo you have a beautiful shoes, you have a beautiful blouse..... That never happend in SLOVENIJA ❤🎉😊😂😂😂😂
But WE have BEAUTIFUL Green landscape a lot of rorest....and sera and lakes.....
Forest, sea, lakes
@@aljaklapsicmonroeso are you thirsty for attention?😅
bravo barbara. odličan video. pozdrav iz dalmacije. subscribed and liked.
My wife from Medvode makes the coffee on our stovetop. My friend's and I always called this campfire coffee because we make it this way when hunting in the mountains
Poz iz Rhode Islanda! Croatian-American here with roots in Istra and Kvarner. Visited Ljubljana for the first time about a month ago and your video is spot on 😂😂😂 Made a new follower out of me 🤘
Thanks so much Barbara! ❤
I believe THIS is the new standard work for visitors to Slovenia.
Gratitude after seeing you for the first time!
Cheers from Germany, Stefan
Slovenian landscapes are like walking in a fairytale. I loved visiting Slovenia. It is such a beautiful place! And the people were very nice. I will say that when I visited, I was in a rural area outside of Zuzemberk, and many of the locals did not speak English, especially older people. I learned enough Slovenian to get by but I struggled, and I'm sure the locals found it difficult to understand me, but they were very patient.
I'm sorry to tell you but in bigger Slovenian city you will hardly find any Slovenians most people are Albanians or Bosnians you can hardly hear Slovenian language 😢😢
The people that I spoke to were indeed Slovenian, but it was a very rural area, with lots of farmland. They were older people, though. They spoke Slovene to me, and they were very kind.@@bernie5951
@jonathanjars yea, true.
No the thing is that a lot of older people doesn't speak other languages, but all of them speak serbo-croatian, a kind of universal language for whole balkan...
11:45 Does it count that I visited Graz in 1986?
Yes, I know, there is a frontier, but Steiermark has two languages ...
I never knew how much I wanted to visit Slovenia until today.
Oh boy,i have a 3 month work trip to slovenia(then again im croatian so not too far) coming up,that landscape is gonna be a joy to explore!
Absolutely correct. I am Austrian living near the border and having many colleagues at work are from Slovenia I can only confirm your info.
Greetinga from Poland Barbara!
I've never been to Slovenia but your description of homeland makes me wanna visit fellow slavic country.
Maybe a honeymoon trip in near future :)
Some thoughts about expression on Your face and tone of voice:
We have literally the same situation in Poland ;D Everybody I pass by on the street has a depressed look by Western standards. It can be troubling for many visitors who are used to seeing happy people saying hello when met during a walk.
Most people (like 99% of population) also use soft, monotonous voice or sound very tired. Imho it's a strange quirk that came in 1945 with communism. Basically an Eastern Bloc thing that can be fixed with alcohol and good food on the table among friends and loved ones.
Contrary to most I tend to smile a lot without a reason and draw attention with my ginger hair resulting in many Poles thinking I am a tourist from Scandinavia or Ireland.
I do not know really why I am in that smiling 1% that breaks the depressing impression but I try everyday to make someone smile or make their day better by being polite, small talk or simple gestures like a helping hand with carrying stuff in my job or holding a door for someone.
Anyway I urge You to visit Poland someday, it's a beautiful country with colorful history and culture. Contrary to most EU countries we suffered no terrorist attacks ( we love our zeros), there are no "nogo zones", public transport and streets are safe and clean.
Much love from Poland !!!
LOL…. This is great! Loved it! So accurate
I moved away from Slo when i was like 18-19 and i came back like 10 yrs later. your videos are helping me heal my relationship with Slovenia. I hope that makes sense xD Love your content
I'm from Macedonia and my dad lives in Bohinj Slovenia. I'm planning to visit him soon
Hey Barbara! I love your humour! My parents are from Primorska. I can’t wait to visit my relatives again. 😊
Živjo Barbara! Kmalu se selim v Slovenijo. Slovenia is a wonderful country, every time I go there I am totally fascinated by nature.
Welp...I already went there so it's a bit late for that haha. I had a fantastic time, love the country.
This video was AMAZING! You are hilarious and your sarcasm and subtle innuendos are awesome, especially since English is not your native language (I think anyway). You have definately mastered the English language. I'm traveling to your country in about 6 weeks and am very excited. Thanks for this fantastic video.
Omg I started watching you because I wanted to learn more about my heritage! Oh you deliver and soooo much more! Thank you! My grandparents came here from Slovenia and today you explained so much lol! People think I’m Italian cus I’m always cooking and feeding them! Lol! We enjoy our beverages lol now I know it’s in my blood😂
Come wisit SLOVENIJA ❤️
I was blown away our Slowenian waiter actually spoke german AND Austrian.😅 (He demonstrated it) you are a very multilingual nation.
My wife from Medvode speaks 7 languages and son 16 years old speaks 5
Austrians speak German, there's no austrian language.
@@aldxpachecovillalon132 i know that, since i‘m german. He could pull off a Perfect Austrian dialect (including vocab That’s only used in Austria) as well as perfect standard „Hochdeutsch“
Love your sense of humor, thanks for making my day a little brighter!!
Barbs make me not only wanna move to Slovenia but BE Slovenian!
We ARE the cool kids 😂
Most amazing video on a country... Will apply for the visa coming week, and meet Barbara😂
This video made me laugh, love your sense of humor 😂 being from Norway, another country with small population, we actually have quite a lot of similarities I learned.
No Starbucks sounds good. Last cup of coffee I bought from them was probably five years ago and that was to see if they were still as horrible as they were in the past.
They're not that good. I like their cold brew nitro but anything else is a miss I think :')
People of Slovenië are not only friendly but well educated , polite and modest too. I go to Austria and Slovenia this summer. Thank you for the nice video 👍🤗
You can go to avstria in Vintar you will be soooooo happpy
@@Hi-jl1co thank you for the advice i've looked at vintar images beautiful nature with the waterfall 👍 u wish you a nice evening 🙂
@@didierbaudot thank you you are beautiful person I see from your words so plessss follow your dreams
@@Hi-jl1co thank you for your kind words 👍 🙂
I absolutely LOVED this video! My grandmother and her parents moved to Eveleth, MN from Logatec during World War I because my great-grandfather wanted to avoid conscription. It’s interesting to see how these facts have survived to this day in my family (we make potica for Christmas and Easter still following the original recipe they brought with them). One day I’d love to go back there to meet all the family that stayed there because it’s such a beautiful country and I think I’d fit right in because as these facts are SO true even here with my family in the US! Najlepša Hvala!
Dear Barbara, You would be fantastic in a comedy movie, but not à la Steve Martin, Jim Carrey, Woody Allen, or other well known comedians, but one that would be one with your unique sense of humor that is unexpected, light, and cute as a two month pup. Your facial expressions is an incredible asset that would make you a Hollywood star in an instant! Please don't disappoint us...
I was trying to figure out how I found your channel. You were touring the USA when I signed up. So I guess it’s my turn to come to your country.
you're hilarious!! thank you for this!
Everytime I go there for a day I feel like I could find a wife there I could live there , everybody is pretty nice and welcoming. Alright now I’ll watch the rest of your video just wanted to comment before I start
Živjo Barbara!!! 👋 Greetings from yet another Slovenian soul “lost” in a foreign land. I love your videos. They make me miss Slovenia ❤️ but they also make me laugh and I can only nod to what you’ve been saying. Really nice job!
"WE DON'T HAVE STARBUCKS and you are gonna get more food and drinks than you can get", That's the heaven to me 😍
That’s what a cesp people thinks.
Wellcome to Slovenija 🎉❤🎉😊
@@aljaklapsicmonroe thank you a lot 😎👍🍻🎉🥳
No Starbucks.....Is this Heaven?
No, it's Slovenia!!!
If you have local coffee shops and they have comfortable couches and chairs that feel like couches I have a reason to go!
When I visited Slovenia in 2018 and asked for where I should visit the coast, everybody told me "Croatia". Last week I visited Piran and was a little bit disappointed by the people in 2018 who told me to go to Croatia.
Piran is nice, but you can not compare Croatian coast and islands with our short coast.
And I am Slovenian 100%.
@@boyan64Tako je! The most Slovenians dont like her mini beton coast haha!
We also have a monument dedicated to the potato in Šenčur, and kids enjoy a one-week school holiday at the end of October, known as "potato holidays". 🥔😀
I know you guys you are my country logo
Oj a veš da so ble Voglje pod občino Šenčur razglašene za krompirjevo vas
bro what i want to live there
It is called potato holidays because kids got school off to work on the fields and harvest potatoes. It was the same in Germany and other countries. 😅
@@slomuzikaofficial in za krompirjevo vas je razglašena vas Voglje kjer živi moja mama oziroma babica
We've spent over 20 holidays in Slovenia. I fel in love at first sight and it still continues. With love from Czechia.
Great videos just learned my closest relative was from Slovenia Dolge Njive 600 BC. how awesome is that now I'm learning all i can. so now ill have to make a pilgrimage and thank those ancestors.
I loved this!! I'm American.. But my grandparents are from Slovenia they came here in there's 20s. Everything you said is so true! I laughed so hard..love it!
That was fun to listen to so thank you for that! I liked your spirit and genuine advice!
We are in France and looking to moving to Slovenia although still figuring out logistics and so on. We would like to seek a life where there is no Starbucks in sight! Or anything of that nature in fact!
Great humour (and info)
Thanks for the warnings.
Sounds like I will be planning a visit on my next trip to Europe.
Gee what a lovely looking place is Slovenia and the people sound amazing....and you do look slightly annoyed with a bit of depression, but that's not the case, you being the warm hearted funny person I know from your videos, which always give me a smile and a nice feeling. Now in Australia we speak in a very nasal way hardly opening our mouth because an open mouth means swallowing a fly, we are always waving our hands shewing flies away so much it's called the Australian salute....that's our national look and feel.
Barbara Horvat. You are very entertaing, and I had many good laughs watching this video. Going back for my 4th trip in 1,5 years. Absolute love Slovenia )so far :-) ) I go to Radovljica, which has been my base earlier. this weekend rgere is a chocolate festival. i have been to Kranska Gora, Planica, Bled, Bohinj, Lesce, Brezje, Jesenice, Mojstrana, Zelesniki, Kropa, Skofja Loka to mention some. Tandem paragliding from Vogel and been bitten by a dog in Ratece (self inflicted ) :-) :-) Hvala lepa
It's almost as if you're talking about Croatia. The only difference is that you're calmer than us and we don't like cold water 😊
If you don't have a fatal heart attack after drinking your coffee, then it wasn't Slovenian.
Jedino što ne volim kod odlaska u Sloveniju je što moram da vozim 4h kroz Hrvatsku. Bilo bi mnogo lakše da ste bliže. 😆
Greetings from Slovakia :) . I watched the whole video and i think we are very similar nations.
Yea , actually you are.Both of you are ethnic Croats !
@rajjzen, you should not only 'think' that Slovenians and Slovaks are similar; they are the same people, speaking different dialects. Many of the towns in both countries have the same names. Lately, many Slovak programs have been popping up on my RUclips channel. I have to read the headlines several times to determine whether I am dealing with a Slovak or Slovenian program. (Greetings - living in Canada since 1952).
What you say is true, and I love every bit of Slovenia. Luckily, I speak Czech, so I was
always able to get by and actually conduct tours for Americans. Slovenians love their
Nation, and I do not blame them. After a 1000 years of foreign domination, every
man from 16 to 70 went to defend their freedom in 1991. Roasted potatoes with
goat cheese is fantastic.
Love your videos, your sense of irony is brilliantly portrayed, comic timing to perfection. I am learning Slovenian, because yes, I fell in love when I visited. Every time I ordered a drink, meal, or asked directions, I tried my best to talk in Slovenian. People were really great about the way I butchered your language which is beautifully complicated. Not giving up! Learning 1st and 4th Sklon, love declensions, irregular verbs, etc. Have subscribed to your channel, keep the videos coming 🤗
I am a macedonian guy and I first visited Slovenia in 2017 it was so cool and definetly the cleanest country I have ever been with the most polite people.I fell in love with the country at first site.
Great post! Added to my must visit list!
You forgot to say that Slovenians regularly visit Croatian coast at summer time. Besides doing same outdoor sporting activities, they also do that on the sea.
Just have to say- this one had me laughing, always appreciate ypur creativity, but this was you on the top of your game. Loved it.
Very entertaining. You have great comic timing.
Your homeland is definitely on my bucket list Barb. The landscapes look so beautiful. Ansell Adams would’ve loved it there ❤
Very excited for two weeks of bikepacking through your country starting in the next few days.
I'm going back to europe next summer and always been intrigued by slovenia...especially since I learned about that park with the beer fontains. And you're making a convincing argument to go visit indeed. I've been following your volleyball team at the moment who are killing it in the vnl even with Rok Možič injured
I definitely want to go. I know that I have cousins on both grandparents sides. I have studied the language and I am researching immigration records and birth certificates. It is a matter of money.
I do not drink coffee so I might have a problem, but on the other hand I can eat an amazing amount of food at one sitting. Luckily I was raised by second generation immigrants who kept a lot of their Slovene ways.
The personality thing is something that even goes for my family. We are all assumed to be upset or sad while we’re just enjoying a little quiet time inside our heads.
Barbara! Tell me something that I don't already know: I've been married to my Slovenian husband for 50 years! Love, love, love your view of the world! Born and raised in New York City... Somehow we made it work! (Am I using too many exclamation points?!). We watch your videos together and you make us laugh! Thank you!!
Hi Barbara,
I just wanted to say that I enjoyed your presentation style and learning about the many beautiful traits of the Slovenian people. I had the chance to visit Ljubljana and swim in the stunning Lake Bled 13 years ago, and I was genuinely amazed by the beauty of your country. I regret not having enough time to interact with the locals, but I could see their genuine joy and warmth. I'm considering studying abroad or doing a placement in Slovenia during my undergraduate course, so I'd love to hear any tips or advice you may have. I appreciate any help you can provide.
'You learn to love those if you are a tortured artist.' 😆 Took me a while to find this channel Barbara. So glad I did.
If only I could. Sounds like a good time. Imagine actually meeting the humans responsible for Barbara's presence on this planet.
One day you might!!
You dont want to meet her father ;)
Best ambassador around…. Just gotta love this lady and her vids!
Thanks!! We might go to Slovenia this summer... !
Looks all totaly fine to me. In Switzerland we also have a roasted potato only dish, it's called "Rösti" and we even have different regional variants of it, e.g. with cheese on top. Another typical Swiss dish would be "Gschwelti", where the main characters are boiled potatoes, often served with pickels and melted slices of cheese. So, except for the language I would probably feel right at home.
4:01 I'm reminded of the Lucky Luke recipe of coffee.
Take a pound of coffee.
Add a few drops of water.
Boil for half an hour.
Add a horseshoe.
If the horseshoe doesn't float, add _more_ coffee.
Love your videos Barbs, especially your sarcastic humour which i can relate too. Thank you for doing such a good publicity for our country... Like that we need even more crowd around Bled and Bohinj lake 🙄. Anyway, proud of you and keep up the great work. Oh yeah, 'support local'... Awesome mantra 👍.
I started watching you because of your energy and quirkiness, and now I watch to learn about Slovenia. Curses! Now I'm tricked into learning new things! LOL
#7 Can confirm! I went to Metaldays in 2017, and it was glorious!
30 plus celsius outside, and the rivers at the festival site average 8 degrees and 3 degrees celsius respectively. Taking the plunge is initially like puberty in reverse with the sudden shock...
There were many inflatable unicorns, swans and other things. We had a (Rock, or in this case Metal) lobster 😃
Punk rock, you say?! I now have a life goal: attend Punk Rock Holiday in Slovenia!!
When 4yo I was in Liliana in a house of lady, who had a parrot. Parrot seat on my sholder and told me: "Daj lubiczku" (or how you spell it in Slovenian?) and I did. The bird painfully pecked my lip and I ended up crying.
I would love to visit, but I will have to settle for some authentic potato recipes. By the way, I support potatoes as a standalone food! Thanks for all your advice...
Let me know if you follow the official recipe!
In a Slovenian town Šenčur there is also a monument dedicated to a potato.
@@TheBarbaraHorvatcan i get to know you you beautiful?
2:19 "fun" fact: Manner Neapolitaner have their first written mention in a document from 1898.
And back then the hazelnuts came from Napoli (Neapel in german).
(At a time where slovenes would have considered the place these delicious things come from, as the main capitol of their country)
From all the athletes you mentioned i only knew the two ski ladies.
There are famous slovene ski jumpers too that you didn't mention but i don't remember their name.
And you got one of biggest fmaous ski jumping hills too in Planica.
As always love your informative, amusing video. Your manner is so engaging, I'd probably watch you read the back of a cereal box. 2 thumbs up
Pozdravljena, Dobr predstavljaš tipične značilnosti Slovencev, res dobro, samo tako naprej, dobra predstavitev, Marko iz Bele krajine-Slo.
Nice job! I’m a huge cycling fan and watching Tadej win the Giro got me thinking about a cycling vacation. He seems like such a great guy. Your video reinforced that although I was fooled into worrying about what you were going to present initially. Thanks for your advice. I am definitely going to plan a trip!
lol I love listening to your stories.....
I love Slovenia, so many nice people and i half-understand slovenian❤
Nice?? Potem me še nisi srečal!! 🤪
You have just described every visit I have ever had in Southern Ukraine - tell your friends to never empty a plate of food, because if you do a grandmother will immmediately fill it to overflowing.
That festival looks like fun!
holy crap Slovenia looks like a great place to go, the roast potatoes was the sealer, and I'm not taking the piss. it looks like an awesome place ..... very cool .
roasted potatoes are lifeeeeee
What I heard on a few occasions is that Slovenians, just like us Czechs, are pretty liberal, especially when it comes to nudity. People from more prudish countries seem to be shocked by the relaxed attitude we've got to what must be hidden... Is that correct?
I personally have a funny story from Lago di Garda, where some people scolded me for changing into my swimming speedos behind the tent. There was pretty much nobody in sight and I was perfectly well obscured by the tent and some bushes... And yet, I apparently caused a minor uproar just because I bared my ass for a couple of seconds... Something that would not raise a single eyebrow on any Czech river bank or lake beach is apparently just utterly unacceptable for---of all nations!---Italians... :-)
Italians, Spaniards and others still have the Catholic prudery in them unlike those affected by Socialist or Capitalist mores.
I wish one day that I can come to Slovenia for vacation😊
For Sportspeople you forgot the footballer Jan Oblak. And a rising star is Benjamin Sesko.
I'm from Sweden. If you didn't know, the Swedish Pop and Dance singer September (her artist name) is half Slovenian.
Really good job. Entertaining. Lived in Slovenia from 2011 to 2012. Wonderful people and country
Very informative.....and you make me laugh. Thank's Barbara.....i'm hoping to visit your country this year. David.
Slovenians in my opinion have kept both good stuff from eastern as well as western Europe traditions and values. From professionalism, sports, government, values and personality its like a Scandinavian nation with slavic twist, a western type of democracy with strong firm base of socialism (equality for all). I was not born in Slovenia, but i kept visiting my relatives all my childhood and saw it as a wonderland in comparison to war torn Serbia. I moved to Slovenia as soon as i was old enough so my parents would let me live with my Grandmother at 14 years age. After 16 years its still wonderland for me and maybe even more so as i traveled around the world and saw how bad things look like everywhere else. USA and western Europe is consumed by greed, Asia is overcrowded and dirty, the rest of the world poor and unstable by war and crisis. Here we complain a lot, yeah salary is not as good as western Europe, but in reality i think we have the highest living standard and i have to agree with some Arab prince who visited Slovenia saying its the worlds biggest Oasis.
Hungary is just as good
Love your presentation,😂 really wanna visit Slovenia after watching your video
Some older relatives went to Slovenia in the 1960s to see where our ancestors came from (a village near Cerknica), and they were told by people they met not to go there because “that’s where the witches are.” I hope to go there before I die…
You can also see witch Ursula every year at carneval in time of Pust - in the end of februar or first half of march. It is awsome and crazy. And Cerknica is one of interesting place in that time in Slovenia. 🙂
Is the village Selšček? Cause that’s where my family is from and I’ve been told there’s witches around 😂
100% true. The witches gather at the top of mount Slivnica. Been there. It’s very magical.
You are hilarious! Loved it