Slovenia

Before I came to Europe I didn't even know that Slovenia existed. Slovenia is now part of the European Union, so that means that the country has less trade restrictions and has the same currency as much of the rest of Europe.

Slovenia is a small country and is located south of Austria, west of Hungary, east of the top of Italy, and north of Croatia. It has 47 kilometers of coast, along the top of the Adriatic. The biggest city is 300,000 people, Ljubljana, the capital. Slovenia is really hilly and has lots of forests. There are also many natural areas like national parks, and many thermal spas.

Some of the specialty foods are: Boreks (flaky pastry with meat or cheese), palascintas (pancakes ith chocolate sauce or nuts), and in the grocery store there are rows and rows of sausages.

The people spoke a surprising amount of English and were mostly really nice. There were alot of tourists there, mostly Germans. I liked Slovenia alot for being invisible to me before I came to Central Europe.