Slovenia
At the beginning of this project, we knew virtually nothing about the film's namesake country. Now we know a whole lot!
The Republic of Slovenia is a small democratic middle european country wedged in between Italy to the west, Austria to the north and Croatia to the south. It also has a substantial border with Hungary. It has a population of 2 million people.
One of its claims to fame is that it was the first ex-Yugoslavian state to become independent after a short ten-day war in 1991.
Their currency is the Tolar - one New Zealand dollar is worth about 132 Slovenian tolars. They love their football, and they call themselves 'the sunny side of the Alps'.
Links
Interested in finding out more about Slovenia? Check out these links below:
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/si.html -CIA world factbook about Slovenia
http://www.slovenia.info/?_ctg_video=7&play=1&f=3862 -Slovenian promotional video which was displayed on CNN
http://www.maribor-tourism.si/ang/danes.asp -Slovenian second largest town Maribor
http://www.portoroz.si/EN/default.asp?id=447 -Portorož (one of Slovenian most popular tourist destinations, modern coastal town with many hotels)
http://www.bled.si/en/ -Bled (Slovenian most popular tourist destination, an alpine lake with a small island and a church)
http://www.ljubljana.si/en/ -Slovenian capital city Ljubljana
http://www.postojnskajama.si/?lang=en&PHPSESSID=a4bd1febfc78adbe1c8735474cf5d1a5 - The largest Slovenian cave, called Postonjska jama
http://www.feri.uni-mb.si/datoteke/ECTS%20Information%20Package%202005%20final.pdf -useful information for any students who would like to study in Slovenia, pages 251-263 (part three) contain pretty accurate information about costs of living in Slovenia, accomodation, healthcare, etc. so this is very useful data not just for future students, but also for tourists
http://www.slo-zeleznice.si/en/ -Slovenian railways (timetable with prices) - generally, trains are climatized, accurate and comfortable
Thank you to Matjaz Lojen for the links.
Partnerships
This project has raised awareness of both countries, Slovenia and New Zealand, to each other. Thank you to all the correspondents who have taken the time to get in touch with us to wish us well and also enquire about our project.
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