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We
received this letter from Latvija
Zivio!
Pri
hajam iz Latvia! We are from Engure Secondary school students
of 7a. class. Engure is a small fishermen's village on the
coast of the Baltic
sea. That is about 100 km from Latvian capital city Riga. We
take part in
project "Spring Day in Europe". Our chosen country
is Slovenia. We know
quite a lot already, but we have some questions. We hope that
You can help us. We would like have pictures and information
of: 1)Slovenian national costume.
2)Pictures about stalactide caves.
3)The highest mountin Triglava.
4)Some recipe of nationaly food.
Prosim pomoc! Hvala! Na svidenje!
Students
- Ieva, Raita,Simona,Vineta.
Facts
about Slovenia
Location
in Europe: Slovenia is in Central Europe - Mediterranean
Europe. It's are is 20.273 km2. It's highest peak is Triglav
(2864). It has 46.6 km of Adriatic coastline. It has a
population of about 2.000.000 people. It borders with
Austria, Croatia, Hungary and Italy.
Protected areas are Ttriglav National Park Skocjan
Caves and Logarska Velly
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Our
climate is Alpine in north-west Slovenia,
continental in central Slovenia and sub-Mediterranean
in south-west Slovenia (coastline)
Slovenian anthem is Preseren's Zdravljica. (France Prešeren
is poet(1800-49)).Here is its translation
God's
blessing on all nations,
who long and work for that bright day
when o'er earth's habitations
no war, no strife shall hold its sway;
Who long to see
that all men free
no more shall foes, neighbours be.
Our currency is SIT - Slovenian Tolar ( ~ 230 SIT = 1
EURO)
Here
you can find some more information about our country with
photos and descriptions.
The
highest mountin
Triglav
About
stalactide caves
Some
recipes of nationaly food.
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