So today I moved out of the Pri Mraku hotel into the Dijaške Dom Poljane, my new home for the next four weeks. But first mass at the baroque church down the block (sv. Jakob.) I didn’t understand a word. The teacher is really going to have her work cut out for her. I then checked out the sunday antique market. There are merchants all up and down the Ljubljanica peddling “stuff” (some interesting, some not so interesting.)
The dormatory is about a 15 minute walk from the town center. As one would expect with a dormatory, it is spartan but also clean and adequate. I checked in, unpacked, took a short rest and then went down to dinner. Unfortunately there is no internet connection at the dorm. (Or perhaps fortunately there isn’t one!)
The students are of all ages and from all over the world: Germany, Austria, France, Macedonia, Sweden, The Netherlands, Australia, Finland, England, USA etc. After a light supper a couple of us decided to go back into town to get to know one another. People are taking this course for many different reasons, some for job opportunities, others are married to Slovenes and many (especially those from North American) are here to learn a bit about their roots. Everybody I met has been very pleasant. After a few beers it felt like we had all known one another for a long time. I am looking forward to class!