The SUB(standard) WAY

Today I had my first Subway meal in nearly three years,…well almost.
Almost, because it failed to reach my expectations, no, the actual standards that I, and every Subway-munching fan hold dear and it is most unfortunate that it is happening in Ljubljana, Slovenia that is a new and emerging market for this product. This is [...]

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Faith of our fathers, what faith?

Recently I’ve been talking to many people and we talk about many different things. Naturally they want to talk about where I come from, what brings me here to their small country etc, and I want to know about them, their country and culture.
Conversations sometimes also turn to faith and I’ve been amazed at the [...]

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It’s the end of the world as we know it, I see signs

Slovenia might have more billboards then population, it sure seems that way some times. It’s just amazing the “creativity” in which billboards are mounted on any surface possible here.
Ugly concrete walls, construction barriers and overpasses are a great uses of space. Hayracks are innovative, though in some places are just adding to the over-crowed feeling [...]

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Art, Wine and Videotape

Today I went out to try to shoot footage for a video-blog report on Ljubljana’s “Kolizej”.
Kolizej is an old building that is in Ljubljana that is more then two hundred years old, but might be knocked down for to put up a modern shopping and cinema complex.
I won’t elaborate on it now as that is [...]

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St. Martin’s vines

After descending the mountain and a celebrity drink back at the bottom we were back on the road for a drive to Šempetar to stay the night with a friend of A.J.’s. Being that November 12th is here a Catholic appointed day of St. Martin and it also falling on a Sunday this year [...]

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Falling in line with IR-17

Today I had the opportunity to participate in the 9th Krn lake dedication. What was better is I had the privilege to be embedded in the IR-17 re-enactment group, giving me the opportunity to cover this event for XYZone in a unique and original way. This was not my original intention when setting out on [...]

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Rivers, Hills, and Nature Thrills

I went on a trip today to the Slovenian Lake Krn. On the way there we drove through much of Slovenia’s North-Western countryside, alongside the Julian Alps and through the upper and lower Soča valleys.
It’s just amazing and like so much of Slovenia if you’re not restrained by being on the express way you are [...]

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