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Your experience of culture shock in Slovenia

Christine

Hi,

Living in a foreign country implies to discover its culture, to learn and master the cultural codes.

How did you deal with that? Share with us your culture shock stories where you experienced a funny or awkward moment in Slovenia.

What is your advice regarding the don聮ts and what would you recommend to avoid any mistake?

Thank you in advance for sharing your stories,

Christine

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Living in Slovenia: the expat guide
tara 1234

Moderated by Christine 10 years ago
Reason : Off topic + avoid generalise
Eurojeremy

Slovenia is a great country to visit for a weekend.

The beautiful Soca river and scenic countryside make it an interesting place to visit. Working there is another story.

Be prepared to pay, pay, pay. Every little thing costs money. You need to pay for health insurance, an accountant, and rent EVERY MONTH!

My total was about 800 euros per month. Health insurance was 300, rent 300 and accountant 100 plus other misc. items.

How the heck I had to pay an accountant 100 euros per month was insane to me. You can get cheaper ones, but be prepared for a nightmare of paperwork you鈥檒l have to do. The amount of paperwork needed to stay in the country is an all out crime.

Everything from an FBI criminal background check with the appropriate apostille to the confusing bureaucracy which will leave your head spinning once you鈥檝e gone to 5 different departments all telling you they aren鈥檛 who you鈥檙e looking for. Stamp here and a stamp there, pay here, pay there, wait here, stamp here, pay here, stamp, pay, wait, stamp, pay. After a while you start thinking to yourself, 鈥淚s this place worth it?鈥

Then six months later you鈥檒l be hit with some surprise tax or form that needs to be filled out, so you go to your accountant, pay, wait, stamp. By then, it鈥檚 been almost a year and you can start all over again.

Registering a car is a whole other story with a similar plot. 鈥淲hy in the name of all that is good am I here?鈥 you ask yourself.

The people are nice, but to be honest, they鈥檙e boring. They can be full of themselves as they were the 鈥減rincess of the ball鈥 of Yugoslavia and I think they think they鈥檙e something extra special.

After having spent time in Poland, UK, Czech Republic, and Thailand, I can assure you, the only culture shock you鈥檒l experience is just how dull their lives are.

They brag how they can speak 6 languages, but what can you expect from a country that is literally the size of a few counties in the US?

They have 500 different dialects all claiming to be so masterfully different from each other, but in my opinion, it was the same thing with different slang. I鈥檓 not bitter, just felt I should share the facts and prevent someone else from choosing this mediocre, overly bureaucratic place.

Go to Russia, Poland, Czech Republic, or even Serbia and have an experience of a lifetime.

I鈥檓 sure the bureaucratic b.s. is the same, but you鈥檒l be in a country where there鈥檚 something interesting happening.

Slovenia is a place where you鈥檇 go if you were 65 years old and retired.