Comments on: About New Zealand http://goodbye-slovenia.com/archives/3 David Lednik (red_mamba) migrating to New Zealand Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:14:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8-bleeding-edge hourly 1 By: Ann http://goodbye-slovenia.com/archives/3/comment-page-1#comment-350 Ann Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:11:07 +0000 http://goodbye-slovenia.com/?p=3#comment-350 Ha ha, a bucket of coffee it is then. I am rather fond of coffee myself. In fact my favourite coffee is the Barcaffe everyone drinks in Slovenia. I think thats because that is where I started my coffee habit. The pretty pink packet is nice too! I remember one time I was given coffee at a relatives that we were visiting in Slovenia. I asked for the suger and wondered why this cousin of Jozes looked at me strangely. When I tasted my coffee it was soooo sweet! I discovered that all coffee is sweetened before it is given to you. Seems this was normal there. I warn you that here if you are given coffee at someones house here in NZ they will always ask if you want milk and you usually sweeten your own. And just pray you don't visit someone who gives you instant coffee!!! You will hate it! Unfortunately it is the norm in most households here. In fact 'real' coffee is only a relatively new thing here, and while it is widely available in cafes, many people still drink instant at home. Just so you know we pay between $3-4NZ for a small coffee in a cafe here. Thats about 1.5 - 2 Euro I think. How does that compare to Slovenia? Ha ha, a bucket of coffee it is then. I am rather fond of coffee myself. In fact my favourite coffee is the Barcaffe everyone drinks in Slovenia. I think thats because that is where I started my coffee habit. The pretty pink packet is nice too! I remember one time I was given coffee at a relatives that we were visiting in Slovenia. I asked for the suger and wondered why this cousin of Jozes looked at me strangely. When I tasted my coffee it was soooo sweet! I discovered that all coffee is sweetened before it is given to you. Seems this was normal there. I warn you that here if you are given coffee at someones house here in NZ they will always ask if you want milk and you usually sweeten your own. And just pray you don’t visit someone who gives you instant coffee!!! You will hate it! Unfortunately it is the norm in most households here. In fact ‘real’ coffee is only a relatively new thing here, and while it is widely available in cafes, many people still drink instant at home.
Just so you know we pay between $3-4NZ for a small coffee in a cafe here. Thats about 1.5 -
2 Euro I think. How does that compare to Slovenia?

]]> By: admin http://goodbye-slovenia.com/archives/3/comment-page-1#comment-347 admin Tue, 17 Feb 2009 12:44:07 +0000 http://goodbye-slovenia.com/?p=3#comment-347 Last years prices per m2 were higher in Ljubljana than in center of London, figure that :D People were buying houses/apartments and giving them away for rent. At the moment there are a lot of real estates empty because there are no buyers, prices are falling. Will see what the future brings :) I don't expect to move in the next 5 years, but we are definitely visiting NZ when before we move there. Our plan is to travel from North to South island in one month or month and a half :D I have to warn you that I'm a big coffee drinker and you'll have to make a bucket of coffee :D Last years prices per m2 were higher in Ljubljana than in center of London, figure that :D People were buying houses/apartments and giving them away for rent. At the moment there are a lot of real estates empty because there are no buyers, prices are falling.

Will see what the future brings :) I don’t expect to move in the next 5 years, but we are definitely visiting NZ when before we move there. Our plan is to travel from North to South island in one month or month and a half :D

I have to warn you that I’m a big coffee drinker and you’ll have to make a bucket of coffee :D

]]> By: Ann http://goodbye-slovenia.com/archives/3/comment-page-1#comment-344 Ann Tue, 17 Feb 2009 08:12:36 +0000 http://goodbye-slovenia.com/?p=3#comment-344 Thanks for the link to compare prices. Yeah, I believe you that things would be tough in Slovenia too. I've been looking at a few Real Estate websites and can't believe how expensive the houses there are! Especially near Ljubljana where Joze is from. I thought NZ had the most expensive houses. Apparently Auckland has some of the most expensive real estate, on a par with some of the bigger cities like London etc. Anway, truth is we can't afford to shift countries now so might just have to save up and buy a big photo of Bled to stick on the wall! Do you have any firm plans as to when you will come? Chances are we'll probably still be here when you do, so get in touch and come for coffee or dinner. Lep Pozdrav, Ann You can contact me at annoliver@xtra.co.nz Thanks for the link to compare prices. Yeah, I believe you that things would be tough in Slovenia too. I’ve been looking at a few Real Estate websites and can’t believe how expensive the houses there are! Especially near Ljubljana where Joze is from. I thought NZ had the most expensive houses. Apparently Auckland has some of the most expensive real estate, on a par with some of the bigger cities like London etc. Anway, truth is we can’t afford to shift countries now so might just have to save up and buy a big photo of Bled to stick on the wall!
Do you have any firm plans as to when you will come?
Chances are we’ll probably still be here when you do, so get in touch and come for coffee or dinner.
Lep Pozdrav,
Ann

You can contact me at annoliver@xtra.co.nz

]]> By: admin http://goodbye-slovenia.com/archives/3/comment-page-1#comment-331 admin Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:32:26 +0000 http://goodbye-slovenia.com/?p=3#comment-331 Hi Ann! Lep pozdrav iz sedaj že malo manj zasnežene in hladne Slovenije :D Well if you're really considering moving to Slovenia you picked the right time. Currently the real estate prices are dropping so that they are equal to the prices some 10 years ago. 6 Months ago you couldn't find anything below 3000€/m2. Today prices are below 2000€/m2 and there still is no bottom on the horizon :) I'll be interested in web site. After all I am a software developer :) Well if you return to Slovenia you should expect that both of you are going to have to work 7 days a week and you will still not have enough to support the family. I have a decent pay, my girl friend has minimum vague. We have a dog, live in a rented appartment (400€ rent + 200€ expences + 200-300€ food /month) and we barely manage . It sucks! At least the real estate prices are dropping. <a href="http://nepremicnine.si21.com/" rel="nofollow">Here if you wan't to compare prices.</a> :D Hi Ann!

Lep pozdrav iz sedaj že malo manj zasnežene in hladne Slovenije :D

Well if you’re really considering moving to Slovenia you picked the right time. Currently the real estate prices are dropping so that they are equal to the prices some 10 years ago. 6 Months ago you couldn’t find anything below 3000€/m2. Today prices are below 2000€/m2 and there still is no bottom on the horizon :)

I’ll be interested in web site. After all I am a software developer :)

Well if you return to Slovenia you should expect that both of you are going to have to work 7 days a week and you will still not have enough to support the family. I have a decent pay, my girl friend has minimum vague. We have a dog, live in a rented appartment (400€ rent + 200€ expences + 200-300€ food /month) and we barely manage . It sucks!

At least the real estate prices are dropping. Here if you wan’t to compare prices. :D

]]> By: Ann http://goodbye-slovenia.com/archives/3/comment-page-1#comment-330 Ann Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:56:46 +0000 http://goodbye-slovenia.com/?p=3#comment-330 Hi David, I am a New Zealander married to a Slovene. He has been here in NZ about 15yrs and is really homesick for Slovenia. We are considering moving back to Slovenia and I reckon in many ways the standard of living is similar in both countries.(I lived there for 18 months in 1994). NZ is great in many ways but no-where is perfect. Joze (husband) is appalled at the standard of house that most kiwis live in (compared to Slovenia). He calls them wooden Baraks. Cold and damp in winter and too hot in summer. We pay about 400Euros per week for our mortgage 4 bdrm house in a poorer suburb of Auckland. He has to work seven days a week to support our family. I am a stay at home Mum with 5 daughters. Food costs us about $250Euros per week and we never eat in restaurants! Anyway a friend of ours is planning to set up a website connecting Slovenes living in NZ (there are only a couple of hundred I believe - we know about 10 in Auckland so far) so if you want to connect with any of us let me know and I'll give you my email address. Good luck. Ann Hi David, I am a New Zealander married to a Slovene. He has been here in NZ about 15yrs and is really homesick for Slovenia. We are considering moving back to Slovenia and I reckon in many ways the standard of living is similar in both countries.(I lived there for 18 months in 1994). NZ is great in many ways but no-where is perfect. Joze (husband) is appalled at the standard of house that most kiwis live in (compared to Slovenia). He calls them wooden Baraks. Cold and damp in winter and too hot in summer. We pay about 400Euros per week for our mortgage 4 bdrm house in a poorer suburb of Auckland. He has to work seven days a week to support our family. I am a stay at home Mum with 5 daughters. Food costs us about $250Euros per week and we never eat in restaurants! Anyway a friend of ours is planning to set up a website connecting Slovenes living in NZ (there are only a couple of hundred I believe - we know about 10 in Auckland so far) so if you want to connect with any of us let me know and I’ll give you my email address. Good luck. Ann

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