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Old 03-08-2011, 05:43 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Default Re: Saw my Grammpa's hometown in Slovenia

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Originally Posted by Patty in Wisc View Post
We have educational tv here called PBS & for 2 days gave a tour of places in Slovenia, Montenegro & Bosnia. My Grandfather is from Ljubljana, Slovenia. What a beautiful city it is! They showed Dubrovnik (in Montenegro) & called it "the pearl of the Adriatic.
LOL, Ante's gonna eat you.
Dubrovnik is in Croatia.
Regarding Ljubljana... worth seeing for real. Much nicer than London, Brussels...


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After the kids were grown, my Gramma moved here- to Milwaukee.
I have copies of when they came here by boat -- about 1 yr apart. It shows the date & even the name of ship they came in on.
Yeah, northern USA is full of Slavs. Not only Slovenians. There are only 2 more countries like that in the world: Argentina and Southern Brazil.
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