Last week, an AIESECer from Argentina called Ana came to visit Slovenia as a tourist. It is just one of the great things that AIESEC members are priviliged to have. You go to another country, contact AIESEC in that country, and they will show you around. I did that when i went to Japan and Korea, and its was so much better experience for me to have this opportunity. You will not only be a typical tourist and see the great places, but also meet the nice people from the country you visit, and get a cultural experience.
Ana is right now on CEED (Cultural Envoy for Exchange Development) programme in Germany, which means that she went to AIESEC in Germany for some time to work in their AIESEC local committee. It is just one of the ways that AIESEC is using to promote inter-cultural exchange. During her time she decided to visit Slovenia, a country where her grandfather was born. She herself did now know much about Slovenia, but we made sure, that she knows a lot now. We even taught her how to say some of the most difficult Slovenian words like 'hvala' and 'živjo' :) Especially that Ž and DŽ sounds seem to be a big challenge for spanish speaking people :)
Through showing her around i also learned a lot about my country. Slovenians are not really good when it comes to knowledge about their own country, but this was really a great opportunity for me to get to know some new details. One interesting detail is how expansive our country is for tourists. And the other sad thing i realized is that the public transportation to the most visited tourist sites in Slovenia is incredibly bad. On one hand our tourist organization of Slovenia is spending millions for a TV commercial on CNN, but on the other hand there is no real tourist transport infrastructure. How to go from Postojna Caves to Predjama Castle without a car remains a mistery. The same goes for Ljubljana to Bled and Vintgar Gorge and Bohinj and Savica Waterfall. You can do it all in one day, but not with the public or tourist transportation infrastructure in Slovenia.
But for an AIESEC member, nothing really seems to be a problem. In AIESEC there are no 'problems' anyway, there are only some 'issues'! :) We just took our own cars and took our argentinian AIESEC family member to those beautiful places. On the video there are some pictures from our 5 days trip around Slovenia. Besides getting to know Slovenia a bit better, the trip has also been a nice break from a hard MC work for me, and a nice opportunity to get closer to some of our new members. And of course, a great chance to meet and get close to a new argentinian friend Ana. Enjoy our video memories compilation by pressing the play button below the videoclip.
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Poblic transporttaion from Ljubljana to Bled does exist if you take the bus you have a direct route and it takes you a little more than an hour. The other option is to take a train and change it for a bus in the Lesce-Bled station. You shouldn't have any problems getting to bled without the car. As far as Vintagr gorge you can take the bus to Spodnje Gorje (every hour) and then walk for about 1 km to the gorge. For more information about Bled you can check this site out http://www.bledinfo.com
i agree, slovenia is not a desert. public transport does exist, my point was that its not very good. maybe i should correct myself and say it is not very effective if you have little time and want to see a lot :) in a way its understandable, since we are not a very tourist country, but its still pain in the ass for a visitor. no offence dr. goodman :) i stick to my point :)
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