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Hello, I\u2019m Salvador. You could recognize me because I used to walk around the town saying Dober dan, Zdravo<\/em> \u2013and other sentences with doubtful accent\u2014 to everybody. Since the first day, everyone in Idrija answers me in a kindly way, so why not continue, I feel homy doing it. When I try to communicate, It\u00b4s nice to see how the people that already know about my existence answer me smiling with something that I perceive between laugh and mercy. In my mind feels like they are saying \u201cWell, you tried it kiddo\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Language barrier apart, I came here to speak about Idrija, but I don\u00b4t really feel like just describing you the places where I went or you can go; cause if you don\u2019t know them, you can discover them and create your own view. So, I’ll tell you a bit of my history and how I feel here \u2013It\u00b4s practical for me and maybe funnier for the reader\u2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the first things that I remember when I arrived \u2013April 2021\u2014 is that I spend some weeks trying to understand the difference between rake, kobila and the wild lake. Let me explain one thing to contextualize; I came from big cities, urban atmospheres; there you won\u00b4t find nothing more than buildings, concrete, and a smoked rubber smell wherever you go. All it\u00b4s a kind of the same grey tonality. For that reason, here I got shocked. Everything was green, beautiful, fresh, clear; not even my spring allergy deprives me of enjoying the environment. In fact, the first time that I went out to hike, my goal was the wild lake. Easy, right? Well, I don\u2019t even found the entrance of Rake. I remember myself saying \u201cthis must be the wild lake\u201d, \u201cno, it\u00b4s here\u201d, \u201cWait no, is this place for sure\u201d. You can guess the next, it wasn’t any of those places and I was lost \u2013and a bit scared of the possible bears around\u2014. Somehow, I went downhill and I found the town again. What I want to say with this is that there\u00b4s some points famous where you can go, of course, but all the surroundings of Idrija deserve being explored. What I truly discover that day and the next ones is that several small spots are waiting for you with some magic. By the way, don\u2019t worry; after some days Maja took me to the real Divje jezero.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyways, not everything it\u00b4s the environment here around. I always say that the places are the people that live there, and Idrija it\u00b4s the one that can prove it. I met a lot of people here, I met -epic music sounds- the locals<\/em>. It\u00b4s hard to explain how comfortable I can feel here with people that I saw maybe one or two times. It seems that the calm of the city is somehow integrated into the behaviour of the inhabitants. It doesn\u00b4t matter the place, Mladinski center, Swenak, Galerija, Bela or wherever I go, they are not just around watching me as the Spanish guy, they always welcome me with good vibes, some topic to discuss about and, why not say it, some snap \u2013Tip: watch out for those little bastards\u2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now food \u2013draga hrana\u2013. One of the questions that I eared the most is if I miss the food of my country, and the answer it\u00b4s always the same: No. There are a lot of different things here to try and I can\u00b4t say no to new food and less when everything is okusno. The sirov burek<\/em> makes me crazy, \u010cebap\u010di\u010di<\/em> it\u00b4s perfect as a fatty sin, all the products of Vitamin\u010dk and the local market (cheese, honey, vegetables, etc), the homemade yogurt that I’m addicted to from of Mercator, I really need to learn how to bake potica<\/em> and, of course, the jewel of the Idrija crown in pasta shape. You should know what I\u2019m talking about and I want you to understand my point. When I went to the scout camp in P\u0161enk, the kids explained to me that they have a kind of tradition where they marry two people there, and then they tried to search someone for me. I told them in that moment that I wouldn\u00b4t marry no one there, but that if I could I would get marry with the \u017elikrofi<\/em>. That\u00b4s the level, what an ambrosia I discover here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A brief paragraph must be dedicated to the beer as well, it\u00b4s amazing the production of different breweries that Slovenia has around. I tried some of them and the quality is pretty high, maybe for the clean water of the country or the love that the people put into craft it, I don\u00b4t know. Pivovarna Zajc it\u00b4s near here and it\u00b4s an example of what I\u2019m talking about: good people making good beer. According the cheap ones \u2013even if they are the same\u2014 I\u00b4ll say that I\u2019m team La\u0161ko, sorry Union people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think I\u2019ve been lucky coming here and now. I enjoy a than beautiful as hot summer swimming in Bela and kobila, I lived \u010cipkarija and the \u017elikrofi \u2013bless them again\u2014 festival, the concerts in Mejca and Swenak. I\u2019m approximately 4 months and half here around and the time pass fast, I can perceive the reality changing by the landscape of my window, the mist that emerges from the ground of the mountains and merges with the clouds in the mornings, the ten minutes rains, the huge thunderstorms that appears from nowhere. –Ok, the weather could be a bit crazy\u2014 some days ago I was missing those rains and now I\u2019m wondering if the sun will comeback in some moment after this short summer. Anyways don\u00b4t get me wrong, dark or green, warmer or wet, the beauty of the city endures over all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t know how to finish this text as I don\u00b4t want to think in my departure. Idrija and his people are hugging me since I\u00b4m here and I know it\u00b4ll continue being like that until my last days around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to this, I\u2019m always up to meet new people, so if you would like to meet up for a coffee or ask me whatever, feel free to tell me \u017eivjio<\/em> on Facebook: <\/a>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/consdesoto\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To je to, se vidimo kmalu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salvador.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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