Well, the cake is ruined, but Dave is ready to sing Špela the sorry song… And he also knows some new words... TO BE LATE – BITI POZEN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY – VSE NAJBOLJŠE, SINGING - PETJE, MUSIC - GLASBA, SONG - PESEM and SURPRISE - PRESENEČENJE. He will surprise Špela with another PRESENT – DARILO in a BOX – v ŠKATLI. ROUND is OKROGLO, COLOURFUL is PISANO and SWEET is SLADKO. And the most important thing he will say: SORRY – OPROSTI to Špela.

Today Dave learned what the UPRAVNA ENOTA – ADMINISTRATION OFFICE is all about. He also found out that you have to visit more than one OKENCE – COUNTER (WINDOW), and how to WAIT - ČAKATI to get the job done... And how to renew his ID CARD – OSEBNA IZKAZNICA! Fani is PONOSNA – PROUD of Dave.

Dave apparently has a shot at his first job in Slovenia. Today he practiced new Slovenian words… NATAKAR - BARTENDER, BI KAJ SPIL - WOULD YOU LIKE SOMETHING TO DRINK, POGREŠATI - TO MISS SOMETHING, SE UČIM - I AM LEARNING, ENOSTAVNO - EASY, POVEJ - TELL ME, PRIČAKOVANJE - EXPECTATION, PLAČILO – PAYMENT, and Dave will get his first 6 euro NA URO – PER HOUR starting tomorrow :)

Dave almost blew his first chance to find a job. But he practiced Slovene words again… ZAPRTO - CLOSED, ČISTILKA - CLEANER, ŠEF - BOSS, SLUŽBA - JOB, SEDI - SIT DOWN, ČAKAJ – WAIT, POL ŠTIRIH - HALF PAST THREE, PREPOZEN - TOO LATE, JEZEN - ANGRY, STAVITI - LET’S BET, VSO SREČO - GOOD LUCK… We will soon learn how successful Dave was in the interview…

Slovenians are “krasni ljudje”, or wonderful, splendid people, who do like to have their little talks or CHATS, known as KLEPETI. Because, when you do have these CONVERSATIONS – POGOVORI, or as Fani described them – “little pogovori”, you find out things about other people, and their NEIGHBOUR - SOSED, GRADMOTHER - BABICA, GRANDFATHER – DEDEK, SON – SIN, DAUGHTER – HČERKA, BROTHER – BRAT, SISTER – SESTRA, COUSIN – BRATRANEC for a male or SESTRIČNA for a female cousin, their NEPHEW – NEČAK or NEČAKINJA, AUNT - TETA, and UNCLE - STRIC. And need we stress again, they’re all “krasni ljudje”.

Spring gives Dave new energy. Also for learning Slovenian. Today he learned that VELIKA NOČ means EASTER, KOKOŠJA JAJCA are CHICKEN EGGS, BARVATI is TO PAINT, POMLAD is SPRING, JAGNJETINA is LAMB, PREKAJENA ŠUNKA – SMOKED HAM, MESAR is BUTCHER, HLEB is LOAF, KRUŠNA PEČ is BREAD OVEN, HREN is HORSE RADISH, OBLAČILA are CLOTHES, ŽEGEN is EASTER BLESSING… and Dave can hardly wait for the end of LENT – POSTNI ČAS :)

Today Dave learned some new words: ŽIVAL means ANIMAL, GOZD is FOREST, LISICA is FOX, MEDVED is BEAR, VEVERICA is SQUIRREL, VOLK is WOLF, ZAJEC is RABBIT, and DIVJA SVINJA is WILD PIG (WILD BOAR). There’s no end in view for Dave’s challenge… :)

And that was Dave’s first sight-seeing trip to Ljubljana with his LOVED ONE - his LJUBLJENA. Fani showed him the TROMOSTOVJE - the TRIPLE BRIDGE, the LJUBLJANSKI GRAD - LJUBLJANA CASTLE, and Dave did enjoy being around the inhabitants of Slovenia’s capital, the LJUBLJANČANI, and their prettier half, the LJUBLJANČANKE.

Today Dave learned some new words – WAITER is NATAKAR, JOB is DELO, PIVNICA is BAR, CV is ŽIVLJENJEPIS, RAZGOVOR ZA DELO is JOB INTERVIEW, KAVA is COFFEE and SLADKOR is SUGAR. He still needs some more Slovene words, but he’ll get there…

Fani and Dave won’t eat potica today because Dave didn’t learn the ingredients, but he learned some new words... CHRISTMAS is BOŽIČ, EASTER is VELIKA NOČ, DOUGH is TESTO and STUFFING is NADEV. He also learned FLOUR is MOKA, YEAST is KVAS, WALNUTS are OREHI and POPPY is MAK.