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September 30, 2004

Functional Illiterateracy?

Illiterate Slovenes? The latest survey of Slovenia’s adult population, which was conducted in 1998 as part of International Adult Literacy Survey, indicated that 74 % of Slovenes, between the ages of 16 and 64, are not functionally literate. This means...

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Posted by Tinkara on September 30, 2004 10:09 PM
Category: Slovenia

The road to Stockholm

8:30 am, Wed 22nd Sept. Alarm goes off. Time to hit the road! As I've been packing the previous day, I wake up next to a pile of luggage and a list things that still need to be packed. Before...

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Posted by Tinkara on September 30, 2004 09:30 PM
Category: Trips

Uggh ... Home and problems with my blog!

I'm home! I was planning to be such a good girl and update my blog daily. I couldn't! I had constant problems with my blog and couldn't access it from any cyber cafe I was at. So bummed ... But...

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Posted by Tinkara on September 30, 2004 08:30 PM
Category: Trips

September 20, 2004

Elections

Music and Beauty to Woo Voters These will be the fourth parliamentary elections since Slovenia’s independence. The parties were all expecting the chosen date and the ruling coalition and the opposition parties had already started to prepare themselves for the...

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Posted by Tinkara on September 20, 2004 01:26 PM
Category: Slovenia

Land of Workaholics

Hardworking Slovenes The latest survey by the European Statistics Office has shown that Slovenes are a nation of workaholics compared to the nine other European countries included in the Eurostat survey. They spend an average of eight hours a day...

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Posted by Tinkara on September 20, 2004 01:16 PM
Category: Slovenia

Luggage

2 days before the trip .. I'm currently struggling to keep the luggage under 15 kilos. What airline gives only 15 kilos allowance?! I don't want to spend money on laundry, so I need to take a lot of clothes...

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Posted by Tinkara on September 20, 2004 01:04 PM
Category: Trips

September 19, 2004

Itineary Stockholm-London, Sept '04

This is my itineary for the upcoming trip to Stockholm and London. Sept. 22nd Flight to London. Change planes for Stockholm. Arrive in the hostel. Sleep. Sept. 23rd Stockholm. Walk around Södermalm. See some sights. Sept. 24th Stockholm. See some...

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Posted by Tinkara on September 19, 2004 12:55 PM
Category: Trips

Post Nr. 1

This is the first post in my new TravelBlog. Let's see if I can pull this off :) So, this is me. I am days away from my next trip which will take me to Stockholm and London over a...

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Posted by Tinkara on September 19, 2004 12:29 PM
Category: About Me

Bio

My name is Tinkara and I have a little confession to make .. I hate writing bios. :) But let's give it a go. I live in a green patch of land nested between the Alps, Adriatic sea and Panonic...

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Posted by Tinkara on September 19, 2004 11:44 AM
Category: About Me
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