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A few years ago, I went on holiday by bike. I cycled across a large part of rural Slovenia, armed with a sleeping bag, a map and plenty of good humour.
It was in those uncertain months when the world slowed down, when empty streets spoke louder than the TV news and when we had to learn to be separate from each other.
When I close my eyes and recall my memories, images of those special days - carnival days - come back to me again and again.
Sometimes all it takes is one note, one song, one teacher who believes in you, even before you know where your talent is taking you.
Few who walk through Slovenske Konjice today, between the smell of freshly baked bread in the bakery on the old square and the sound of the church bells of St George's Church, would think that these places once held a real treasure of amateur theatre.
I didn't have one kindergarten as a child. I was in between. A little bit with my grandma and grandpa in Slovenska Bistrica, and a little bit with my mum in Slovenske Konjice.
A healthy person has a thousand desires, while a sick person has only one, goes a thought that reminds us that health is not a given.
In 2023, the special story of Karmen Žura, a woman with long, slightly curly hair, began to be written.
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