Already when we arrived by train, there was a lot of sand on the sidewalk. It seemed weird to me why there was so much sand, “they never sweep the sidewalk,” I wondered. I soon found out that the snow melted during the day and froze in the evening and sprinkled a lot of sand because salt is not effective enough in such an amount of ice. Everywhere we went there was a lot of sand outside on the roads and sidewalks, I was very annoyed because the suitcase didn’t ride nicely on wheels.

The traffic also seems a bit calmer than in Slovenia. People stick to speed limits and at the traffic light, everyone stops nicely slowly when the red light comes on. People are much more reserved and do not talk to each other as much as we Slovenes. Even when students come to class at school, despite being late, they do not say anything, but if you ask them something, they are very shy and answer briefly and concisely.

For me, the weather here is very favorable, in the morning the thermometers show up to -8 ° C, but the feeling is not like that because there is not so much moisture in the air and it does not blow, so it feels much warmer. During the day when the sun is shining, it warms up to about 10 ° C, and the snow starts to melt quite well, and in the evening, when it freezes again, there is an ice rink on many sidewalks if it is not sprinkled with sand.

I’ve also noticed that they have very fatty foods, from certain things the oil just drips, but it’s still good to eat. When we went to the kebab it was on the bottom for about 2 tablespoons of oil.