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

Living in Slovenia as an American // First Impressions, Culture Shocks, Slovene Food, etc.
Living in Slovenia vs living in the United States. American reacts to Slovenian lifestyle, culture, food, etc.
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[@Jasmian]

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]

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

[@ninamacek8533]

Forest in Slovenia is 71 procent

[@snowymane4350]

"boš vouka u rit dobu"

[@Ela-mu1xq]

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]

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]

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

[@miska5251]

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

[@zoraninvesnazupevec6496]

Maybe for her underwear is considered naked....

[@abetter5740]

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

[@nikmiklavec3593]

Hvala enako

[@altergreenhorn]

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

[@marusafreyavoglar8702]

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]

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

[@petervajda1864]

Kaj ta zenska sploh govori o nekih zmrznjenih jajcih pa nudistih

[@ratkomilutinovic829]

Tota je fukiče jedla ziher!!! 😂😂😂

[@altergreenhorn]

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

[@nikamiklavcic4632]

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

[@andrejamalensek3699]

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

[@lojspodkrinko7386]

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

[@altergreenhorn]

So we don't have our own food ?

[@vansen5425]

@@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]

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

[@vansen5425]

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

[@imbeluga6681]

@@vansen5425 Slovenian food

[@thatoneslovenian9442]

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

[@RajkoK]

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]

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

[@sharonbarclays7820]

Are you from Slovenia??

[@RajkoK]

@@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]

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

[@mwngw]

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

[@ines.miklav]

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

[@martia9176]

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]

@@saltaire8733 ok?

[@MrBezagreen]

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

[@sjoormen1]

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

[@averagekiwiconsumer9977]

@@saltaire8733 tf je ta reklama

[@tjasavajda7651]

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 😁

[@jungleGSC]

That first girl's smile is amazing

[@aljaklapsicmonroe]

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

[@blackswan479]

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.

[@unknown_ofc]

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

[@lilitrtnik4988]

I live in slovenia Nice video😊

[@billbob4243]

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

[@EVtripper]

Sounds like paradise!

[@matejakovacic6169]

I’m from SLOVENIA AND I’M SUBSCRIBED

[@alekss.5901]

Thx

[@verstrahlt1907]

you should come to Ptuj.

[@beccalisgard6118]

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

[@anongnartkaha1887]

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

[@JernejRavbarTrgovec]

Jou slovenčki 👋Novo mesto tle hahah

[@Slim0y550]

thanks for this vid im a slovenian and so happy

[@retireorbust]

I can't decide between Slovenia, Montenegro, or Croatia.

[@ana3081]

Slovenia is shortend SLO btw. Love the video.

[@bremCZ]

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

[@leonpernovsek8317]

shortly for slovenia is officialy SVN

[@nikmiklavec3593]

Not in slovenia bro

[@tadejsadar7033]

Official abbreviation of the country is SVN.

[@robust9505]

am from sloevnia

[@badboy066]

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

[@luxvincitCAN]

They won't give you asylum, so shut up

[@MultiGoban]

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

[@gungamimng3987]

I'm Slovenian btw I was born in slovenia

[@teodoravuckovic2550]

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

[@kajacafuta6642]

Everyone says that near Ptuj, Maribor especially😅

[@RandomPerson-xp6og]

@@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]

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

[@altergreenhorn]

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.

[@janjabojanc824]

Im from Slovenia

[@_blaz_]

I'm from Slovenia

[@hainiken81]

I AM SLOVENIAN THANK YOU

[@abetter5740]

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.

[@linplays4551]

I live in Slovenia

[@amelbegulic772]

I live in slovenia

[@Felicia594]

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

[@jokapa244]

Od kdaj v sloveniji hodjo naokol nagi

[@thesloveniaboy123]

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

[@SerendipityMultimediaArts]

Some pay good money to freeze eggs, lol

[@anabelaraenovic5215]

I live in slovenija owsem

[@mercmer....]

SLOVENIJA ❤️🇸🇮👍👏

[@suzanapeterle1464]

In from slovenija

[@jasminababic6069]

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

[@altergreenhorn]

in?

[@andrej4495]

i am slovene and whhaaaaaa.....

[@bremCZ]

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]

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]

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

[@spawsh498]

Ejjj jaz sem iz Slovenije!

[@mandarina42]

Kva nj ti dam zdej 100e

[@emasilar1103]

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

[@tidid5572]

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

[@tadejsadar7033]

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

[@primozpodobnik7361]

Slovenija

[@brankoknap4438]

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

[@sinek300l5]

Pazi da nebos volka v rit dobo:)

[@rokgrabnar]

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

[@gregoryxx3053]

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.

[@Ninotchka14]

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! 😂😂

[@leonpernovsek8317]

nismo kjut

[@matejkmatejk3951]

K-bob lol

[@shadow-pr8ph]

Dude go to Serbia or montenegro see how peaceful there is

[@gigajure]

Narobe

[@taasch2505]

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]

Very view vegans are there!

[@metafurar8632]

Slovenia have inicials SLO not SVN

[@zerozero7even]

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!??

[@lukatrlin5039]

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

[@frankanderson3503]

This is a load of rubbish

[@papadabbyjr8071]

And then bosnians came lol

[@420deez1]

I live in slovenija