Some Little Tid Bits of Info for Anyone Wondering...

I've been receiving multiple questions since my return to the states, many of them along the lines of, "Slovenia??"  I've been doing some very helpful research and I thought I'd just share some of what I found with everyone, since I have a couple hours in the Denver airport anyway :)  Now, I'm not a Slovenian expert or anything, so don't get your hopes up, but I'll inform you of the little bit I do know.  My RA from Freshman year went there for Youth in Mission two summers ago, so some of these pictures are hers; she has been more than helpful (Thanks SB!). 

Before World War II, it was known as Yugoslavia.  Around 1950, it became The Socialist Republic of Slovenia, and in 1990 was reformed yet again to become The Republic of Slovenia.  It is a very beautiful country with some amazing sights to see (possibly even Venice, ah!), located directly south of Austria and east of Italy, right in the middle of the Alps (can anyone say mountain climbing???).  They have a rather small population, about 2 million is what we were told, but do speak English as well as Slovene, so the language barrier should be minimal.  

Some random culture things, apparently they are big coffee drinkers and also eat horse burgers (that should be interesting...).  They also don't use air conditioning or fans very much, but the random rain and moderate weather should keep that from being too much of a problem.  Well before I bore everyone with more details, I'm going to grab a bite to eat at this airport.  Our flight for Germany leaves in about an hour and a half and will take about ten hours.  From there, we'll have a short hour and fifteen minute flight to Ljubljana, Slovenia!

I can't wait to get some pictures up of my own, and I thank you all for all of your prayers, text messages, facebook notes, and blog comments of encouragement that have kept me going.  I really needed all of them.  Love you all and hope summer is going well for all of you.