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The Sunny Side of
This is a blog I started as a way to document my journey to Slovenia, The Sunny
Side of the Alps. My boyfriend (now husband), who is Slovenian, proposed after
a couple of years of being in a long distance relationship. At the beginning, I
wrote about more wedding/LDR things and as I started to settle into life in
Slovenia I was desperate to explore this beautiful country that now I call
home. At the same time, I started getting emails of people asking me
about travel in Slovenia or Mexico and alas, my "serious" blogging
began. Now The Sunny Side of This is a travel/expat blog about all my
adventures (and mis-adventures) of my life in Slovenia and abroad.
What is your
hometown Hermosillo, Mexico like?
The polar
opposite of Slovenia, actually. It is the capital of Sonora, a state part of
the Sonora-Arizona desert. So yes, it is full of cacti and desert life! The
coolest perk is that it has a beach less than 100km away (that is still part of
our city), that has warm water all year round (Thank you, Gulf of California!).
The weather is pretty extreme and it is hot mostly all year, but the people are
the nicest. Even though it is a "capital" (the 16th biggest in Mexico
to be exact with over 800k inhabitants), you still get to have a simple kind of
like where you know everybody and you always feel at home.
You are now
living in Slovenia. How did you end up moving to Europe?
I fell in love
with a Slovenian :) I lived in Europe before for my exchange semester, and I
sore that I would never fall in love with a foreigner, but well.. here I am.
Now I am finishing up my masters and have a job at an online business
publication, things really went according to plan and better! I'm really happy
I took the leap and followed my heart.
Where in
Slovenia would you recommend for a first time traveler?
I would actually
recommend people to stay for a week in Slovenia. People usually spend half a
day in Ljubljana after being in Bled. Now, don't get me wrong, Bled IS a
fairytale and Ljubljana is a cozy and beautiful European capital. But there is
so much more to Slovenia that will leave you breathless. I would say visit
Logarska Dolina, and the Soca Valley. Those places are like something out of a
movie set.
What is the
biggest cultural barrier you’ve come across since living in Slovenia?
Well people are
much quieter and reserved here than in Mexico. They are very warm and welcoming
though but I'm naturally talkative and giggly person, so often hard for me to
understand if they are just being polite when they are being serious or if they
just don't like me. It is usually that they are just being polite (I hope!).
If you could
do one holiday destination over again (good or bad), what would it be and why?
I don't know if
it is good or bad, but I wish I would've traveled within Mexico more. I mean it
is a huge country anyway, it is not like I would've been able to explore the
whole place. But I would've liked to go to Oaxaca and La Huesteca Potosina
before I moved to Europe. I will make it work somehow though, those places are
on TOP of my bucket list.
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