So Dave met Maribor's MOSQUITOS – KOMARJE today. While enjoying the ISTRIAN WINE – ISTRSKO VINO, which tastes DELICIOUS – OKUSNO, HE GOT BITTEN BY MOSQUITOS - SO GA POPIKALI KOMARJI… They are really WILD – DIVJI here BY THE DRAVA RIVER - OB REKI DRAVI. Well, he now at least he knows he’s NOT ALLERGIC – NI ALERGIČEN to wine, so he and Fani can enjoy it again tomorrow on the BALCONY – NA BALKONU, with MOSQUITO SPRAY – Z RAZPRŠILOM PROTI KOMARJEM, while watching the SUNSET – SONČNI ZAHOD.

Dave returns home after a nice day out FISHING or RIBARJENJE with his friends at the local FISH POND - RIBNIK. It was his first fishing experience in Slovenia and he found out he still hasn’t forgotten how to use a FISHING ROD - RIBIŠKA PALICA. And with the right BAIT - VABA and a perfectly set FLOATER - PLOVEC he caught a pretty CARP - KRAP into his FISHING NET - PODMETALKA. Well, about the size of the fish… you know how fishermen are, right…

Dave´s Slovene is improving; he was able to get things done without his Fani. He managed to call the CUSTOMER SERVICE - POMOČ UPORABNIKOM and he will now be able to pick up the SHIPMENT - POŠILJKA, more precisely the BRACELET – ZAPESTNICA, he bought for Fani at the PROVIDER'S STORE - POSLOVNICA in Maribor. That’s if he remembers to bring his ID and receipt with the ŠTEVILKA NAROČILA or ORDER NUMBER.

Luckily Dave has found the KEYS TO THE APARTMENT - KLJUČE OD STANOVANJA. It seems they weren’t in Fani´s PURSE - TORBICA, but that he left them in the car, so he didn’t have to drive all the way to Fani´s sister to get the SPARE KEYS - REZERVNE KLJUČE. Fani suggested that he put them on the KEYCHAIN - OBESEK of the car keys, so that this awkward situation would not happen again…

Dave’s right! Most weather adjectives in Slovenia do end with a “NO”. Today we mentioned SončNO – Sunny, OblačNO – Cloudy, DeževNO – Rainy, SnežNO – Snowy, MegleNo – Foggy, and NevihtNO – Stormy. We also have JasNO – Clear and VlažNO – Humid… So now, not only is Dave still a YOUNG MAN - MLADENIČ, now he can also strike a conversation about the weather, in Slovene…

Today Dave visited Ptuj for the first time although he didn't see much of the town. However, his friend Declan did teach him a few useful new words. GRAD - CASTLE, REKA - RIVER, JEZERO - LAKE, MOST - BRIDGE, CERKEV - CHURCH, KAPELA - CHAPEL, ZVON - BELL, and PAS - BELT. Dave also got a quick introduction to plurals in Slovenian. MOSTOVI - BRIDGES, ZVONOVI - BELLS, PASOVI - BELTS... and, while we're talking about plurals, if Dave and Declan order 'še ena runda', they're going to have to answer to Fani!

Today Dave visited Bled… and learned that LAKE is JEZERO and BOAT is ČOLN. He ROWED - je VESLAL, and took care for some ROMANCE – ROMANTIKA. Dave also learned STEPS are STOPNICE and on Bled Island there is 99 – DEVETINDEVETDESET of them. And the GROOM is ŽENIN, BRIDE is NEVESTA, SECRET is SKRIVNOST and HAPPY MARRIAGE is SREČEN ZAKON.

So, despite all the nonsense, Dave learned some new Slovenian words today… BIRDS are?PTIČKI, FRESH AIR is SVEŽ ZRAK and they really should go for a WALK – SPREHOD, MORE OFTEN – BOLJ POGOSTO. MORNING is JUTRO, TOILET is STRANIŠČE, RAIN is DEŽ and in Maribor, funny, they say “nea seri”, which means “ne govori”…

It's hard to convince our Dave to trust the star signs too much. But he learned new Slovene words: VERJETI means BELIEVE, ŠKORPIJON is SCORPIO, DEVICA – VIRGO but also VIRGIN, VODNAR – AQUARIUS, OVEN is ARIES, BIVŠI FANT means EX-BOYFRIEND, NEPRIČAKOVANO is UNEXPECTED, SODELAVCI are CO-WORKERS and GROZNO is TERRIBLE. And you? Have you already read the horoscope today?

What a day for Dave… He‘s becoming a real help for Fani in the apartment. From today he has some new friends: PRALNI STROJ – WASHING MACHINE and DRYER – SUŠILNI STROJ… He learned some important words: PRAZEN - EMPTY, BOMBAŽ - COTTON, OBČUTLJIVO - SENSITIVE, VOLNA - WOOL, POSTELJNINA - BEDDING, MEČKATI SE - WRINKLE, OČISTITI - TO CLEAN… And never apply MEHČALEC – SOFTENER in your dryer! :)