Since the beginning of the year I have been finding myself waking up, going to work, going home and sleeping. Then, I start all-over. But, this past week for once things have changed. I managed to wake up early to a kitchen filled of strangers, who now I love and will miss. I got to experience a week in Slovenia…
WHEN TRBOVLJE BECOMES YOUR ALMOST HOME After spending some time somewhere, even though you are not a local and you will never be, you start having some feelings for the place, since you are slowly getting to know it and its inhabitants, buildings, hills more and more… And since you are slowly getting to know it, you start feeling a…
On a sunny and peaceful Slovenian week from the 20th till the 24th of November a group of youth workers and theater professionals from Great Britain, Poland, Italy, Ireland, and Russia took a part in the exciting journey together into learning new tools and techniques for using theatre for in their work, under the title of the training: “Theatre…
That’s me! I am Ann-Christin and I left a town near Hamburg to spend the next nine months in Trbovlje. For all who have no idea where Trbovlje is it is a town in the middle of Slovenia. For now I am here since nearly three weeks and what should I say. It is a very small country which I…
One of the best practices an individual can do for them self is to practice observing. Observe your surroundings, ways of communicating, spaces around you, relationships, become a »shadow« that observes. That is exactly what I did in a seven day project of »Job shadowing« in the organization Associazione Teatro Giovani Teatro Pirata, known as ATGTP. Job shadowing is an…
If your answer is “yes” then I don’t have to encourage you anymore, I can only invite you to Zasavje and other regions to explore it even more. If your answer is “no” then you have no other choice than to go and reserve a table in a good restaurant and try what this beautiful country has to offer.
While trying to learn more about the city that I’m currently living in – Trbovlje – I’ve stumbled upon a local legend about a dwarf – named Perkmandeljc – that lives in the mines.
What is your first thought when you think about Trbovlje? Your home or friends? For some people it is something different, it is a challenge. They are fearless and would do anything to feel the thrill.
A self-introduction is always hard. Basically I’m a 22 year old girl from Trbovlje. I eat a plant-based diet and am a proud momma of three cats. I’m pretty good at different languages, I like to travel and explore new places. I love to create and am passionate about changing the world for the better.
You know … I’m not a writer, painter, actor, dancer nor a singer, but during the week of the Artopia exchange, I could be anything.