Living in Slovenia as an American // First Impressions, Culture Shocks, Slovene Food, etc

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  • @Jasmian
    @Jasmian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +465

    I live my entire life in Slovenia and I've never heard women should wear stockings in the summer or my eggs would freeze.

    • @Jasmian
      @Jasmian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Forests 60 %, not 80. :)
      Other than that - it was nice to hear your experience.

    • @ninamacek8533
      @ninamacek8533 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Forest in Slovenia is 71 procent

    • @snowymane4350
      @snowymane4350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      "boš vouka u rit dobu"

    • @Ela-mu1xq
      @Ela-mu1xq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      sameee lol, but it's true that on many other ocasions people say that, for example staying in wet swimming suits, sitting on very cold surfaces... it certainly is an obsession

    • @techn0oO
      @techn0oO 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      So do i. 35 years in slovenia. born and raised and never heard of the thing with stockings or that girls cant sit on the ground hahaha

  • @lojspodkrinko7386
    @lojspodkrinko7386 4 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    I've never seen anyone open the door naked and I've lived here for my whole life

    • @miska5251
      @miska5251 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Maybe she meant shirtless? Like grandpas do that sometimes, not really anyone else

    • @zoraninvesnazupevec6496
      @zoraninvesnazupevec6496 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Maybe for her underwear is considered naked....

    • @abetter5740
      @abetter5740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I mean if she means naked by shirtless sure but no completely

    • @DefenetlynotNik
      @DefenetlynotNik 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hvala enako

    • @altergreenhorn
      @altergreenhorn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@miska5251 She mean shirtless for sure it is common in the Slo not so in the US

  • @marusafreyavoglar8702
    @marusafreyavoglar8702 4 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    She confused the egg freeze thing with 'prehladiti si jajčnike' which means 'to catch a cold on ur ovaries' which is a real concern not a myth

  • @zivajarh8271
    @zivajarh8271 4 ปีที่แล้ว +135

    Never heard the egg freezing thing before and i have been living in Slovenija for my whole life
    ☹️😂

    • @petervajda1864
      @petervajda1864 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Kaj ta zenska sploh govori o nekih zmrznjenih jajcih pa nudistih

    • @ratkomilutinovic829
      @ratkomilutinovic829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Tota je fukiče jedla ziher!!! 😂😂😂

    • @altergreenhorn
      @altergreenhorn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You are too young to know, it is indeed an old saying but she mismatch it a little.

    • @nikamiklavcic4632
      @nikamiklavcic4632 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ker si ocitno se premlada da bi vedla da mas jajcnike in si jih lahko zelo u izi prehladis

    • @andrejamalensek3699
      @andrejamalensek3699 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@petervajda1864 misnla je ženske jajcnike in je dobesedni prevod eggs🤦🏻‍♀️😂

  • @lojspodkrinko7386
    @lojspodkrinko7386 4 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Out food is a mixture of Balkan, Italian, Hungarian and German food, because we are surounded by these cultures.

    • @altergreenhorn
      @altergreenhorn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So we don't have our own food ?

    • @vansen5425
      @vansen5425 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@altergreenhorn Aperently not. Slovenians are too lazy to put up fast food business with Slovenian food. Only thing they do is artisan hamburgers. I saw one Prleška potica in center of Ptuj and one prekmurska gibanica Brunček Maribor run by Slovenians. Other than that I can't think of any.

    • @imbeluga6681
      @imbeluga6681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@vansen5425 You really didn't explore Slovenia well. There is a lot of Slovenian food.

    • @vansen5425
      @vansen5425 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@imbeluga6681 Slovenian food or food in Slovenia? Those are not same things

    • @imbeluga6681
      @imbeluga6681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@vansen5425 Slovenian food

  • @RajkoK
    @RajkoK 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    OMG I totally forgot about the not sitting on the ground thing. I remember my mother yelling at me as a kid if I sat on the ground without a blanket LOL. Now as far as the egg freezing thing, that is a too literal translation of the phrase 'prehladiti si jajčnike' as noted below b. It is a phrase meaning be careful or you'll catch a cold and it's not meant to be taken literally but I get her confusion LOL. I've called Canada my home for 45 years now but I still miss Slovenija.

    • @altergreenhorn
      @altergreenhorn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, it is indeed an old saying but she mismatch it a little.

    • @sharonbarclays7820
      @sharonbarclays7820 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you from Slovenia??

    • @RajkoK
      @RajkoK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sharonbarclays7820 I was born in Jesenice (Koroska Bela) Slovenia and moved to Canada when I was eight. I have been back many times. My father is from Bosnia but I identify more with the Slovenian culture of my mother.

    • @sharonbarclays7820
      @sharonbarclays7820 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RajkoK oh okay. Thought you live right there in Slovenia, I will like to visit someday

  • @MrBezagreen
    @MrBezagreen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    You can see from the comments how peaceful Slovenia is. Wonderful. Also thank you for Zizek. That contribution will excuse you for Melania. XD

  • @thatoneslovenian9442
    @thatoneslovenian9442 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I live in Slovenia and nobody ever told me to wear stockings in the summer or I won't have children.

  • @ines.miklav
    @ines.miklav 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    my cute life is seeing the sunset every night and living on a hill and seeing forests all around my house . i love in our country slovenia and im not even rich i just live on a hill

  • @mwngw
    @mwngw ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love Avsenik Oberkrainer glasba! So many talented musicians and performers.❤🇸🇮

  • @sjoormen1
    @sjoormen1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    You may sit on the ground on months with no r in them:-)

  • @martia9176
    @martia9176 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Ive lived in slovenia my whole life and no one has ever told me that I’m not going to have children if I don’t wear stockings

    • @martia9176
      @martia9176 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@saltaire8733 ok?

  • @tjasavajda7651
    @tjasavajda7651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    People should also know that Slovenia is very small but very different from place to place (we have regions) by that I mean😂: If you live in mountains or by the sea or in the east part of a country, culture is different....even if you go within the same region from one village to the other you can hear different pronunciations, different habits...it’s like comparing someone who lives in California with someone who lives in Texas...I believe it’s quite a difference 😁

  • @blackswan479
    @blackswan479 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I'm a Slovenian. Ive never heard my eggs might freeze and neither did anyone ever open their door for me while NAKED. So confusing. And I'm sorry she had to experience that.

  • @jungleGSC
    @jungleGSC 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That first girl's smile is amazing

  • @unknown_ofc
    @unknown_ofc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Umm what do you mean kinda naked people i have never seen one naked person in my hole life in Slovenia

  • @billbob4243
    @billbob4243 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes! A women exiting the market ahead of me was told that her eggs will freeze.
    I immediately covered my groceries with my jacket.

  • @ana3081
    @ana3081 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Slovenia is shortend SLO btw. Love the video.

    • @bremCZ
      @bremCZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That confused me too. I had to scroll back to check the flag. I'm so used to seeing Slovakia.

    • @leonpernovsek8317
      @leonpernovsek8317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      shortly for slovenia is officialy SVN

    • @DefenetlynotNik
      @DefenetlynotNik 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not in slovenia bro

    • @tadejsadar7033
      @tadejsadar7033 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Official abbreviation of the country is SVN.

  • @aljaklapsicmonroe
    @aljaklapsicmonroe 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for sharing your story ❤🎉😊🎉❤❤🎉😊😊😊

  • @badboy066
    @badboy066 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love Slovenia 🇸🇮 much love to slovinien people from Algeria 🇩🇿 ❤❤

    • @luxvincitCAN
      @luxvincitCAN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They won't give you asylum, so shut up

    • @MultiGoban
      @MultiGoban 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@luxvincitCAN phhahahahahhaha your comment is gold. Also yes, we really don't want to.

  • @matejakovacic6169
    @matejakovacic6169 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’m from SLOVENIA AND I’M SUBSCRIBED

  • @PinchOfLuck
    @PinchOfLuck 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Never heard that about the eggs ever, and I live here for 47 years. :D
    Must be just micro regional thing if you ended up in some village.

  • @teodoravuckovic2550
    @teodoravuckovic2550 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Who's telling you about the stockings...
    In which part of Slovenia ware you?

    • @kajacafuta6642
      @kajacafuta6642 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Everyone says that near Ptuj, Maribor especially😅

    • @RandomPerson-xp6og
      @RandomPerson-xp6og 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kajacafuta6642 i have lived in maribor my whole life and i have never heard of that. Exept that when if you sit on the ground you will never have children

    • @kajacafuta6642
      @kajacafuta6642 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RandomPerson-xp6og reallyyy well its quite common in my family and people close to me, to each their own as they say 🙂

    • @altergreenhorn
      @altergreenhorn 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are too young to know or just an immigrant acording to the name to know that it is indeed an old saying but she mismatch it a little.

  • @EVtripper
    @EVtripper ปีที่แล้ว

    Sounds like paradise!

  • @lilitrtnik4988
    @lilitrtnik4988 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I live in slovenia
    Nice video😊

  • @alekss.5901
    @alekss.5901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thx

  • @hainiken81
    @hainiken81 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I AM SLOVENIAN THANK YOU

  • @emasilar1103
    @emasilar1103 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just wanted to say that is not SVN but SLO or SI

    • @tidid5572
      @tidid5572 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@IcyMonstrosity slovakia is sk and not slo. So no, it cannot mean slovakia as well.

    • @tadejsadar7033
      @tadejsadar7033 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Official abbreviation of the country is SVN. SI is used for domains. SLO is also used of course but it is not official.

  • @abetter5740
    @abetter5740 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've lived here for my whole life and I never gave a frick about where our food originates from, how we accept foreigners, etc. The thing is that most of the slovenes dont really think about the culture because we've been here all the time. But nice video though.

  • @gungamimng3987
    @gungamimng3987 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm Slovenian btw I was born in slovenia

  • @bremCZ
    @bremCZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Czech Republic has more castles per capital than Slovenia and it is probably somewhere like Malta that has most per capita.
    Slovenia isn't close to 80% forest and Finland is the most forested country in Europe with 70 something %.
    I think they were just screwing with you about the stockings thing.

    • @lojspodkrinko7386
      @lojspodkrinko7386 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We have 60% forest and about eggs freezing... my grandmum said that you would get cold if u sat on cold ground, nothing about eggs tho.

    • @evaprebil4396
      @evaprebil4396 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Like they say that ur bot Will freeze and you Will get a cold like no thing abaut eggs

  • @Slim0y550
    @Slim0y550 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    thanks for this vid im a slovenian and so happy

  • @Felicia594
    @Felicia594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lol. A man opening the door naked. That happens to me as a child with other children waiting for the school bus. We just thought he was a pervert and had the police sent to his house. That is illegal in the Us

  • @jasminababic6069
    @jasminababic6069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm live in slovenia😎😎😎😎🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮

  • @beccalisgard6118
    @beccalisgard6118 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is cool for the fact I am a Canadian and slobenian citizen so like qorlds be colliding. Haha

  • @dolmee.dolmee
    @dolmee.dolmee 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Slovenia girl is pretty

  • @mercmer....
    @mercmer.... 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    SLOVENIJA ❤️🇸🇮👍👏

  • @JernejRavbarTrgovec
    @JernejRavbarTrgovec 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jou slovenčki 👋Novo mesto tle hahah

  • @_blaz_
    @_blaz_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm from Slovenia

  • @anongnartkaha1887
    @anongnartkaha1887 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Im living in Črna. Its like 4 culture in the same time hahaha..

  • @verstrahlt1907
    @verstrahlt1907 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you should come to Ptuj.

  • @robust9505
    @robust9505 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    am from sloevnia

  • @thesloveniaboy123
    @thesloveniaboy123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    About stockings... I'm sure one Slovenian trolled her...

  • @janjabojanc824
    @janjabojanc824 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im from Slovenia

  • @gregoryxx3053
    @gregoryxx3053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lol the eggs thing is real :-) I´m a man and even I heard that a lot. It´s "prehladila si bos jajcnike" it means you will get a cold in your ovaries, which can lead to bladder infection. I heard that a lot on the beach or pools. My mother always wipes her private parts aggressively when she gets out of the water, so she doesn´t get a cold. And everytime we drive and see a teenage girl with a skirt, she just shakes her head and goes "she will freeze her eggs". But the biggest health risk in Slovenia is called PREPIH, a wind draft, when you open windows and doors and it blows a bit. Everyone will go "zapri dol, prepih je" (close the window, there´s a draft). Every real Slovenian is terrified of this.

  • @420deez1
    @420deez1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in slovenija

  • @primozpodobnik7361
    @primozpodobnik7361 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Slovenija

  • @anabelaraenovic5215
    @anabelaraenovic5215 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in slovenija owsem

  • @jokapa244
    @jokapa244 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Od kdaj v sloveniji hodjo naokol nagi

  • @andrejfoxo
    @andrejfoxo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i am slovene and whhaaaaaa.....

  • @rokgrabnar
    @rokgrabnar 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Regarding stockings. People were just making a joke on you :D

  • @suzanapeterle1464
    @suzanapeterle1464 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    In from slovenija

  • @SerendipityMultimediaArts
    @SerendipityMultimediaArts 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Some pay good money to freeze eggs, lol

  • @spawsh498
    @spawsh498 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ejjj jaz sem iz Slovenije!

    • @mandarina42
      @mandarina42 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kva nj ti dam zdej 100e

  • @brankoknap4438
    @brankoknap4438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Vem za dve osebi ki.....eden vedno hodi bos čez celo leto....drugi pa ima neko bolezen ko ne čuti mraza.

  • @sinek300l5
    @sinek300l5 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Pazi da nebos volka v rit dobo:)

  • @shadow-pr8ph
    @shadow-pr8ph 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude go to Serbia or montenegro see how peaceful there is

  • @Ninotchka14
    @Ninotchka14 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm laughing so hard! That is so true, we have this supperstition about getting a cold. "Prepih" (Duft) is a very serious thing! We are barely two milions after all, so women should defenitely look after their eggs! 😂😂

  • @Die-sel13136
    @Die-sel13136 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    U r cute!! Fancy a handy capo?
    That.a me o o o!! I do fancy u u u !! A lotto!! 2 times morro o o!! Hapo o o!? Say yepo o o!! Now u understand what they do to U guys there, with foodo o o!? Where?? In Usao o! U c the difo o o!??

  • @gigajure
    @gigajure 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Narobe

  • @leonpernovsek8317
    @leonpernovsek8317 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    nismo kjut

  • @taasch2505
    @taasch2505 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm American and have a two friends from the Balkans. One swears I'd find my love in Slovenia. She says I'd be very compatible with the women over there LOL. She lives in Croatia atm but also has Bosnian citizenship. It's so funny though she says I'm the type of guy the women over there appreciate. Not sure why as I know very little of Slovenia. Is it like really Christian or something? She says I'm a gentlemen and not a "chauvinistic pig"...whatever that means XD

  • @920tom
    @920tom 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very view vegans are there!

  • @matejkmatejk3951
    @matejkmatejk3951 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    K-bob lol

  • @papadabbyjr8071
    @papadabbyjr8071 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    And then bosnians came lol

  • @lukatrlin5039
    @lukatrlin5039 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Baba blesava kdu ti rjku da ti bojo jajca zmrznla...bože sačuvaj

  • @metafurar8632
    @metafurar8632 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Slovenia have inicials SLO not SVN

  • @frankanderson3503
    @frankanderson3503 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a load of rubbish

  • @amelbegulic772
    @amelbegulic772 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in slovenia

  • @linplays4551
    @linplays4551 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I live in Slovenia