Saw my Grammpa's hometown in Slovenia
 

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. Also showed Bosnia & still damage from the war. It is mostly Muslim there.
I would love to go to Slovenia some day... I have relatives there. My Gramma grew up about 20 miles from my Grammpa - a town called Igg(?). Funny that they grew up so close but really met in Duluth, Minnesota. Lots of Slovenians there!
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.

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Nice Patty!
BTW Dubrovnik is still in Croatia :)
Dubrovnik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
:nanadrink:

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Yes Ante, (was hoping you'd see this :)) I know you are in Croatia & Dubrovnik is South of you (Makarska) on Coast. Slovenia is the farthest north. I have a old map but, they showed a map of Yugoslavia with - I think split to 5 different countries now. Of 2 tv shows I saw, one was about Slovenia & one was mostly about coastal cities. Beautiful country there.

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Oh, and thanks for the link! It shows some places I saw on tv. The pic of rooftops... they said most are new because during war in 90's, they got blown up. One guy said they fixed his house & said he could see the sky from living area.
I think it was 60's, my gramma went to visit her hometown & said it was sad to see the poverty there. She packed boxes of clothes she collected & shipped them. She did this for several yrs.

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:waving: Hey Patty! My paternal Grandmother was from Yugoslavia. Ante told me that there are still people there inland with her maiden name.

~JaNan

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I ll guide U on round trip whan U get here :).

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That's really great, Patty! I do hope you get to visit someday!

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LOL, Ante's gonna eat you. :D
Dubrovnik is in Croatia. :D
Regarding Ljubljana... worth seeing for real. Much nicer than London, Brussels...


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. :bananas_b

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They must be the SMART ones....to move somewhere that's warm LOL.

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Yeah, that was the more life appreciative, chance seeking group. That's also the reason why south of Brasil is so much more developed in compared to the north. :08:

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Naah, it was totaly different back then. Most of them didnt even know where they were going. They were only interested to get in "America". States, Brazil, Chile,..., was all the same.

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Ou contraire. ;)
They were headed in precise directions. :08:

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O yes.
To America.

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Very cool Patty! I think I may have seen those same shows and saw Croatia and Slovakia as well so made sure and watch those for obvious reasons ( to make fun of friends abroad!:ha:). Was it Rick Steve's Europe? I think that's the one that was on here on PBS..... and of course they were asking for donations while making a 2 hour show out of a 1 hour program!!!:ha:

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I doubt that our countries were in one show alongside each other. There's only one such document - about 1st world war. ;) You meant to write Slovenia, Bob, ay? ;) :bananas_b

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For instance, majority of Croats headed to Argentina. :) Majority of Slovaks to USA, majority of Poles to southern Brazil. :08:

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Almost correct Jack but there are about 1 800 000 Poles in Brazil and 10 600 000 in USA :03:
Yehhhh... Pulaski Day... PC Style...:08:

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Yes Bob, it was Rick Steve's Europe.
My grandparents knew exactly where they wanted to go. We have a lot of polish ppl here too. And Germans, and Italians.... nevermind.
Seweryn, I'm also almost half Polish. A park across the street from me is called Pulaski Playground. This was predominantly Polish for many yrs.
Also, in your 2nd link (pc) shows St. Stanislaus church where I made my 1st communion & also went to the grAdeschool little while. That is on the south side of Milwaukee.

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I'm on a roll now LOL. My mother's parents came here from Poland but I don't know where in Poland. They settled on the south side here & slovenians went to northern Minnesota for some reason.