Will Dave really loose his best friend at work? He is not happy that Milena has decided to DATI ODPOVED – TO RESIGN or QUIT, but he did learn some new words: ZAUPATI means TO TRUST, MEJA is BORDER, USTREZATI means FITS, TRGATEV is GRAPE HARVEST, VINOGRAD is VINEYARD, NAREZEK is MEAT PLATE, OSNOVNA ŠOLA – PRIMARY SCHOOL, POGUMNO means BRAVE, LASTNIK is OWNER, NEUČAKAN is IMPATIENT, DELAVNIK – WORKING DAY and KOSTANJI are CHESTNUTS. VSO SREČO – GOOD LUCK, Milena!

What an experience for Dave. A little fan atmosphere and there are already a bunch of new words here: NAPETA TEKMA - TENSE MATCH, OGREVATI – TO WARM UP, PETI – TO SING, PESEM - SONG, ZAPLETENO - COMPLICATED, ČAST – HONOR. SAMO EN means ONLY ONE, NAPOVEDATI is TO PREDICT, VEDEŽEVALEC is a FORTUNE TELLER, and REVEŽ means a POOR MAN.

A KLOPOTEC or WIND RATTLE is a symbol of Styria. Of course, Slovenes are known for their strange records, some even made it into the GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS or GINESOVA KNJIGA REKORDOV as we supposedly have the highest “klopotec” in the world. The size of its BLADES or KRIL is said to be 18 meters. As Dave pointed out, they don’t have wind rattles in Ireland, and there´s also another thing you don’t find in Ireland, it’s a SNAKE or KAČA…

There is nothing like a good chat with a friend over a drink… This time Dave was the teacher, as he explained a few of the Irish PHRASES - IZRAZI he commonly uses. BLIMEY means to express SURPRISE - PRESENEČENJE. JANEY MACK has the same meaning and is short for JESUS, MARY and JOSEPH - JEZUS, MARIJA in JOŽEF. When you want to GO TO THE TOILET – ITI NA STRANIŠČE/WC, in Ireland you say “YOU GOTTA HIT THE JACKS”. And perhaps the most often used Irish word is SLÁINTE or NA ZDRAVJE!

So, after watching their… or maybe Fani's favourite TV show, it appears that Dave has SOMETHING IN THE EYE - NEKAJ V OKO but he insists that it's not SOLZE - TEARS. Fani definitely got GOOSEBUMPS – KURJA POLT after that episode. Dave should stretch a little bit more. He started the evening with pins and needles… and ended it with a CRAMP - KRČ. Maybe he should see the Valley Doctor about that.

Dave really can be a bit silly sometimes, but his Fani loves him just the way he is… Although he makes her mad from time to time… And she also loves his Slovene… Today for example he learned DUCK is RACA, MUST is MOŠT, PASTA TATTERS are MLINCI, and CABAGGE is ZELJE… RDEČE – RED zelje must be on the table on ST. MARTIN'S DAY – MARTINOVO. He also learned the WINE STORE is VINOTEKA and that a BIG BOUQUET OF FLOWERS – VELIK ŠOPEK ROŽ can fix almost anything…

Today Dave had his first experience in playing the CARD GAME or IGRA S KARTAMI “Tarok”. He learned that Tarok isn’t used to tell fortune from cards. Instead, you play a new game each ROUND, or as Pero said RUNDA. He also learned that the Slovene saying: “SREČA V KARTAH, NESREČA V LJUBEZNI" or “LUCKY AT CARDS, UNLUCKY IN LOVE” can also be true…

Slovenes and their WINE - VINO. Today Dave has learned that the ST. MARTIN'S DAY FESTIVAL is called “MARTINOVANJE”. CHEERS means NA ZDRAVJE, a BIG CROWD is called VELIKA GNEČA, a RUNDA means a ROUND OF DRINKS, and if you’ve had too much to drink, you’ll end up with a HANGOVER or MAČEK…

Dave has found out that going back to study isn’t easy… but he also found out that he likes sour cabbage… Now he knows that ZELJE is CABBAGE, KISLO is SOUR, and ZAJEC is RABBIT. EXHAUSTED is IZMUČEN, DINNER is VEČERJA, LUNCH is KOSILO, and as he loves sour cabbage he’s lucky Fani made a CEL LONEC – WHOLE POT of it.

“VEČ SREČE PRIHODNJIČ” or “BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME” as our couple failed to win the LOTTERY JACKPOT or GLAVNI LOTERIJSKI DOBITEK. In fact, they only got 1 out of 7 NUMBERS - ŠTEVILKE right in the LOTTERY DRAW – ŽREB LOTERIJE. Guess Dave really used up all the famous luck of the Irish by getting Fani…