What a mess! Dave just got into a lot of trouble for mispronouncing one word. In fact, he only got one letter wrong! Instead of OKUSIL – to TASTE, he said OKUŽIL – to INFECT! Dave would've been better off using POSKUSITI – TO TRY. »Rad bi poskusil torto« means «I'd like to try the cake«. »Rad bi okusil torto« means »I'd like to taste the cake«. But »Rad bi okužil torto« means »I'd like to infect the cake«. So now, Dave has to prove to everyone that he's not ILL – BOLAN, but ZDRAV – HEALTHY!

Today Dave learned that SMRDIŠ means YOU SMELL, although we're not quite sure he got the true meaning of that one. He also learned that IGRIŠČE is a PLAYGROUND, NEČAKINJA is NIECE and... well, maybe it's better if he doesn't know what 'cepec' really means! Ignorance is bliss sometimes!

Little did Dave know by then that “kopališče” and “pokopališče” are two very different things. A KOPALIŠČE is a SWIMMING POOL, but a POKOPALIŠČE is the CEMETERY, the place where we bury our dead.

So, remember, if you're with someone, and YOU LOVE EACH OTHER – SE IMATE RADI, always choose to go to the kopališče, and never to the pokopališče. Peace be with you ;)

So, that’s the way our young couple ended their conversation about them becoming vegetarians. Anyway, Dave learned some new Slovenian words: ŽIVALI – ANIMALS, ZDRAVJE – HEALTH, ZELENJAVA – VEGETABLES, SADJE – FRUIT, OREŠČKI – NUTS, OREHI – WALNUTS, ARAŠIDI – PEANUTS and INDIJSKI OREŠČKI – CASHEWS.

Today Dave learned some more new words: PALAČINKE - PANCAKES, RECEPT - RECIPE, MOKA - FLOUR, POSNETO MLEKO - SKIM MILK, SOL - SALT, POPER - PEPPER, VILICA - FORK and NOŽ - KNIFE. Dober tek – bon appetit … if you also made your Boxty :)

Dave is making great progress – this time he learned the new words ... DANES - TODAY, VROČE - HOT, JEZEN/JEZNA - ANGRY, SLADOLED - ICE CREAM, OKUS - FLAVOUR, MALINA - RASPBERRY, ČOKOLADA - CHOCOLATE, LIMONA - LEMON, BOROVNICA - BLUEBERRY, JAGODA - STRAWBERRY, KEPICA - SCOOP, LEŠNIK - HAZELNUT... and LEDENA KAVA - ICED COFFEE.

Dave’s first visit to the Zoo in Ljubljana was a lot of fun and he learned some new words… ŽIVALSKI VRT - ZOO, MIŠ or MIŠKA - MOUSE, NAČRT - PLAN, OPICA - MONKEY, KRAVA – COW, TJULENJ – SEAL, LEV - LION, DOLGI VRAT - LONG NECK, BITI PODOBEN – TO RESEMBLE/LOOK LIKE, SVIZEC - MARMOT, SLON - ELEPHANT, PAPIGA - PARROT, LAČEN - HUNGRY and Dave is often ŽEJEN – THIRSTY :)

Dave obviously knows how to take care of good neigbourly relations very well. He learned some new words today… DANES - TODAY, CRKNJEN or MRTEV - DEAD, POZABITI – TO FORGET, ROJSTNI DAN - BIRTHDAY, VABILO - INVITATION, DARILO - A GIFT, MOŽ - HUSBAND, ROŽE - FLOWERS, SLADKO - SWEET, PAMETNO – SMART, VESEL - HAPPY and PLES – DANCE :)

Well, it does happen. You can get lost, and in this case Dave and Fani did definitely GET LOST, or in Slovene, STA SE IZGUBILA. And so Dave didn’t find the house he was looking for, but he did find out that DESNO is RIGHT and LEVO is LEFT. That a CROSSROAD is a KRIŽIŠČE, that a ROUNDABOUT is a KROŽIŠČE, that when you make a TURN you ZAVIJEŠ, that an EXIT is an IZHOD, and that when you PASS something, like a hotel, you go MIMO hotela...

Today, Dave found out that JUICE is SOK, PIE is PITA and he learnt a very important lesson... Kaki (Persimmon) is a fruit. It doesn't smell too bad and it tastes SLASTNO - DELICIOUS!