Joyce and I have had the incredible good fortune to have met a wonderful Slovenian man, Janez Cerar, while we were looking for someone to be our advocate and coordinator in Slovenia.
Here Janez is pictured with his wife Meta and their daughter Daša, on Daša's wedding day last fall.
Janez has worked tirelessly and patiently with us to help us understand the Slovenian bureaucracies surrounding our issues of heritage, inheritance and agricultural real estate. He has been generous with his time as well as patient and kind when we didn't understand! He has translated all kinds of documents for us, searched for court records, coordinated meetings, hearings and assessments, and generally been "Our Man in Slovenia"!
Early in our discussions with Janez, we discovered that he may also be an Urbas relative! We are looking forward to comparing notes and finding just how related we are! Wouldn't Andy & Louise be pleased and proud to hear that one of their countrymen came forward like this to help us finally complete our project?
Janez and Meta have offered to be my hosts during my stay in Slovenia, and Janez also plans to accompany and guide me through the process of re-registering (and possibly selling) our forest property, as well as showing me around his beautiful country!
What a great time I am going to have, and what a great friend we have found!
Great stuff Kim...all very interesting with promise to
ReplyDeletebecome much moreso. Your previous "journals" have made it seem like being there. Looking very forward to this next
chapter in your adventures....Cheryl