The 5 Best Things About Living In Slovakia As A Foreigner
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- čas přidán 21. 04. 2022
- Skip To 03:15 to skip the driving bit.
In this video I visit my favorite place in Slovakia (so far), The Liptovska Mara dam. This dam is very special to me as it was the first place other than our house that I visited when I first visited Slovakia about 13 or so years ago and it has remained very close to my heart. I also go over the 5 best things about living in Slovakia as a foreigner (in my opinion). This is my first video so I apologize about my awkwardness.
Oh and the soup I was talking about is called držkovú polievku
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I am actually amazed you moved here.I wish all the best :)
It took a little while to get used to everything but I love it now. Thank you for your well wishes.
Hey Jono, wish you all the best in Slovakia. I love your attitude and with that I have no doubt you will succeed wherever you go. Wish Slovakia would have more foreigners like you. 👍
Reason why is is water low, could be - preparing for autumn rains/spring snow melting. While Liptovská Mara is a power plant, they need to run turbines time to time (Hydropower is used for balancing grid mostly)
And - in slovak scale, that is a sea :D
My Partner is slovak so we go maybe 3 times a year. It's an amazing place with amazing people
Lovely video. It is beautiful to see that a person born in South Africa is able to adapt to Slovak way of living with such enthusiasm and love for this country. It is evident you love your family, exploring nature and new places in Slovakia. Well done for moving to Slovakia with your partner and persevering. You have lovely kids. Just enjoy living in my homeland. Brilliant.
Thank you Jana, I will do.
I love your way too sorry my english🤭
Love the video.
Hi Jono, and we (Slovaks) are happy, that you are happy! :-) Take care and enjoy family, nature and all the soups you love :-)
Thank you mate I will!
Came here from Andres video as well. So happy that you enjoy yourself here in Slovakia. Liked the video and keep it up. Looking forward to the next videos. If you need any help, just write me. Have a great day 😊
Thank you so much.
I haven't been in my hometown (Ružomberok) for months now as i study abroad. I first didn't recognize your village - Lisková, but the moment i did nostalgia hit hard.
Thanks your suggestions.
What a humble way of looking at life. Very refreshing to hear the warm welcomes you received from Slovaks. I agree with the laid back attitude and ability to enjoy life, my partner who is from Poland always points this out when we visit my homeland. Best of luck living in Slovakia!
Im glad that people who are visiting or staying in our country also visit different places then main cities, there is a lot to see, but still most foreigners that are staying or moving here just go to Bratislava which is fine i guess if you want job and get into things quickly but i think it's good to see other places around middle or east of Slovakia where are a lot of beautiful places worth visiting.
Love your video mate! They usually keep the water level low so the dam can cope with melting snow from the mountains after the winter. At least that's how it was explained to me.
Yeah I think you're 100% right, it's almost filled to "normal", level now.
Nice video👍 Looking forward to next one✌️ Welcome to Slovakia and feel yourself at home brother🙏
Saw your comment under Andres video and come to watch your video :) giving sub and good luck to next videos ... sorry for my english 😅
Thank you so much. Really means alot 👍
I’ve just came across your channel Jono and it’s amazing to see your daily life in Slovakia. It must have taken lots of courage to move to a quite different country than the UK and South Africa is so it’s quite amazing to see all your experiences. I am a Slovak living and studying Scotland and loving Scotland so much for all the opportunities it offered me but I miss Slovakia at the same time so much exactly for these things, for the nature, people, food and just the way of life. Love your videos and all the best in everything you do and wishing you many happy years in SVK! 🇸🇰💪
I'm so happy getting to see this video before travelling to slovakia and a big thank you because this is super helpful..
No worries glad it helped, when are you travelling to Slovakia and from where?
3:37 water like glass 😮
Lovelly video, Jono! You are a nice person. I hope you have already found "step" family here in Slovakia and you are happy to live here! Cross fingers for you and your family!
Great video. Authentic and kind.
Slovak food is very hearty. Good for working labour
Great videos, thank you for showing us Slovakia!!!! This is great, im a new subscriber. Keep it going!
Thank you and I will do.
Cool video,, all the best to you from my country👏👍
All the best buddy, I'm glad you like our little place :)
Hi, just saw your old video and couldnt agree more. The people, at least the person from there that i know, is the most hard worker person i ever know. And the lake is as beautiful as what i heard. Thankyou, from your video i can see what i heard about it from my friend there.
I guess you live in same place with my friend. Hope you enjoy living there 😊
I appreciate the video and all the information! I'm currently living in Illinois in the US and just learned about the 3 generation citizenship law just passed in slovakia, hoping to relocate there soon!
That's awesome. Where are you thinking of relocating to area wise?
@@JonoGraham Still in the process of figuring that out, but my immediate thought is Bratislava for the size and convenience of city life
Amazing, great videos and content .... take care mate :)
Thank you
I can feel your sorry for language. But the time, we still have it, right?! Teším sa, až nám zablahoželáš k vianociam a budeš mať z toho a hlavne zo seba, príjemný pocit. I admire it. Wish you all best.
I am happy you are enjoying life in my country and making videos about life in vilages etc. its really nice people can see also this side of the country not just "Bratislava experience"...good luck to you and your family :) Your video made me miss home a lot,
Hey mate. Thanks for the nice video and good luck. I know that place. I come from the town just across the dam - Liptovsky Mikulas and I used to fly sailplanes out of Liskova - the RK Aeroklub. I am happy, that you like it there and that you found good people around you. As for the food, give a chance to the Bryndzove halusky. Don't be discouraged by the looks - the food looks like eaten twice already. But it's just small potato dumplings (potatos and flour), sheep cheese and baked pork bits.
Hey there, thank you. I plan on trying to make halusky for a video, I love that stuff. I am heading to Mikulas on Friday as there is a hardware store there that we like. Mikulas is a great town!
What a beautiful place
bryndzove halusky is my favorite food. Mom is slovak and so was my dad. I still have relatives there from Martin and Bratislava. I need to go back and visit
I'm so glad I found your channel! my wife is from there so I look forward to watching more of your videos!
Awesome,what area is she from? And thank you,I have a lot more to come
she is from Banská Bystrica. and all my in-laws are over there in Slovakia. our kids are Bilingual and she is trying to help me learn but I'm not doing a good job of it.
@@dhand0178 it's really hard but people are pretty helpful and understanding. I'm getting more confident now asking for things in Slovak at the shops etc
I like your videos. I am happy you like Slovakia. I used to live in London for 3 years and worked as an au pair. You are very welcome in Slovakia and hope you will be happy with your family here.👍👏🌲🌞
Thank you. Did you enjoy London? So far so good here, I love it and so do my children
@@JonoGraham Yes, I did enjoy London. It has been my best years. But living in London is very expensive. I just saw your videos about struggeling to learn Slovak language. Dont worry, just take a time, its not easy, but you will manage. There is also a youtuber called Andre Traveller. Its a guy from the UK living in Czech Republik. Its also interessting to watch. Anyway, I wish you good luck and looking for yor new videos. 👍👏
Liptovska Mara
Nice one. I've just found your videos and they hit close to home. I'm a kiwi living here for two years with my Slovak wife after many years in London but so nice to hear your take as it's so right. Hard language, pivo, scenery, people, food but not sure about tripe soup mate😃. Good work. Čao
Haha, tripe soup is the best mate. I've always wanted to visit NZ but never really had the chance. We nearly moved there about 10 years ago when I was offered a pretty good job there but had to turn it down in the end
Yeah tripe soup sounds weird but it is really nice. Nothing to worry about and tripe is lean protein what more to ask for.
Very nice
Nice video sir
you won me, good video.
I've never been to Slovakia but have an opinion that it's might be the best place to live, hope soon war end and I'll have a chance to travel there
It is an amazing place. Where are you from?
@@JonoGraham Ukraine
@@friendlyreptilian3767 oh wow, keep safe 🙏. I hope all this will end soon, I can't imagine what you and the rest of Ukrainians are going through. Your country and people are in mine and my families thoughts and prayers!
@@JonoGraham thanks, appreciate it !
I do not live in svk anymore but yeah it is really nice. Nature clean, not much tourists even bigger cities are close to nature. A lot of places to hang out with friends or go for meditation and relax. I wish you all the best and welcome you in once you make it. Keep positive.
the goal is freedom so if you reached that and you're happy, that's what matters
HI Jono i come across your videos today and I love it ,do not get to hard on yourself for not speaking Slovak that is my opinion. im actually slovak guy living in UK and around the world and i speak some of the languages, but to be honest non of them good ;-)) not even slovak ;-))))) best of luck in all you do boy thanks for nice videos
Huraaaa na super slovak subtiles😏. You are HERO 🤠👍
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You are welcome ;)
I'm sure if understand some small Slovak nuances you will be so happy here, Only Slovaks don't understand how good their live is. Mainly because they didn't live abroad. Or at least not so much of them:)
Vitaj na Slovensku Jono. Welcome to Slovakia. You're home here.
What internet connection /package you are using to work online? Please specify the prices and data range. Thanks ..
I couldn’t survive in the UK without English language.
Let you go to visit the caves
Fantastic place. I was many times in Slovakia. Bratislava is fantastic, I really like Nitra, Nove Zamki and Komarno.
Do you like slovak rock / punk music?
Awesome, thank you for the comment. Can you recommend some Slovak rock/ punk music? I'd love to have a listen.
@@JonoGraham Horzyke slize and Bijouterrier comes to mind 😉
@@vipeton.8927 thank you, I'll have a listen and let you know.
@@JonoGraham my pleasure 🙏
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I am a Nigerian looking to migrate. I saw your video and I really love your outlook on life. I love the premium you place on quality of life. You have really majored in the most important things as long as earthly life is concerned.
Thank you for this refreshing video.
God bless you.
Love you be. Some quadracopter to filming?🤔🤔
I will buy a drone as soon as I can afford one, 100%
Is it cheap to live there I’m from the USA.???
It's not cheap no,but it's all relative though, rent is reasonable €500ish for a 2 bedroom apartment, but like everywhere prices are going up and up.
Nice tune .. 👌
ID?
Not sure, it's in the youtube audio library
Saying: Everything bad is good for something
Its funny but as Slovak who moved to London my itch to talk to people caused many funny situations too 😁 loony
you're living your best life! don't sell your soul to capitalism
Im not sure putting road to your house on the internet was the best idea.
dude why did u move to slovakia :D woman is reason? nature is nice, but living standard is not that good
I love it mate, it was actually my idea.
Material things are not everything..some people like more simpler life, depends what gives meaning to one's life..😊
Have you tasted the mineral water which springs from natural spring in Besenova ? It is next to the main road between Besenova and Liptovska Mara.
Yeah I have, not my favourite..... I like the one korytnica better. There is a video on my channel.