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Slika 1: Sunrise in the Julian Alps.
was that I always wanted to try living in the capital, no matter the country. Ok, deal. I am going to Ljubljana.
ERASMUS IN LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA
At the beginning of Autumn 2019, I packed my old car (it is scrapped now) with all the things I needed: two bikes, a cycling trainer, cross-country skis, that I didn’t use for the whole Erasmus stay, and other weird stuff and headed from Czechia towards a new experience. The first days were certainly not easy. It took a while to find friends and meet other foreign students. But I must say that I got lucky with my roommates. I couldn’t have wished for
At the beginning of 2019, at my home Masaryk University in Brno (Czechia), I decided that I would like to take a break from the daily recurring set of duties and do something unusual, at least for a while. That’s why I decided to try to apply for Erasmus. It was possible to choose from several cities in several European countries, but I was interested in two - Spain and Slovenia. Although Spain had key positive points due to the warm and sunny weather, Slovenia still won in the end. Why? To tell you the truth, as a geography/cartography student (although the real geographer should probably know it already), I began to actively look at a map of Slovenia to find out exactly where Ljubljana lies, how far the Alps are, how can I get there, how far the sea is, what is interesting in the area around, what are those things that Slovenia is well known for ... and I was simply amazed by the diversity of this country. The second reason
Slika 2: One of our Erasmus 5th floor dinners.
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