Po skoraj 4 mesecih...

... se moram jutri spet prebuditi za službo. Za nekaj časa je konec brezdelja in 24/7 uživanja. :O

Se vedno...

... sem na pocitnicah. :)

No, to je bolj zaradi HR in njihovih procedur (in procesij) - preverjajo kje vse sem bil obsojen in kolikokrat sem bankrotiral. Ce bo vse prav (vsa preverjanja koncana) zacnem se ta teden...

Tako da zadnja dva tedna pohajam po Londonu in okolici. Na spancir v Oxford, polezat v park, v kino, se dobit s prijatelji, razstave, vecerje, seveda nogomet... ma mi ni slabo. Med vrhunce pa sigurno spada ogled tekme na centralnem igriscu Wimbeldona, nogometna tekma Anglija - Nemcija in BBQ na terasi privat stanovanja (navijali za Nemce ;) ) ter film Whatever Works.

Nogometna tekma...

... je ustavila vse v Londonu!

Ne bom komentiral... (no, skoda... vendar pravicno) To pa je slika izpred ene vecjih bank v Evropi. Bog nam pomagaj.

Slovenia vs England predictions...

... based on figures that should in a way predetermine the result!

I've played around a bit with numbers (wanted to also get the financials for the football associations, but the Slovenian doesn't seem very transparent :D - yeah, you don't have to tell me, I know... (about financials and transparency :)) and came to the conclusion that Slovenia doesn't stand a chance on paper. But as we say in Slovenia: "Paper withstands everything", i.e. you can write a lot of cr*p, but it doesn't mean it will happen! ;)

So, what do the numbers suggest (of course the score is not a linear correlation, but what the hell...)?
Pool of people (population - wiki): 51M vs 2M or 25:1
Value of teams (futebolfinance.com): 440M€ vs 45M€ or 9:1
Salaries of coaches (futebolfinance.com): 8.8M€ vs 245k€ or 35:1
Number of players (fifa.com): 4.2M vs 0.1M or 42:1
Number of proffesional players (fifa.com): 6110 vs 284 or 21:1
Number of amateur players (18+) (fifa.com): 657k vs 10k or 65:1
Number of clubs (fifa.com): 40k vs 328 or 121:1

Of course all above is a load of rubbish, but all in all (I really wanted to use summa summarum, but I'm not sure it is used in English...) you would really expect England to beat Slovenia on any given day. But where there is a will there is a way and our players are a good bunch that doesn't plan to be a spectator in the game.

My honest prediction? England needs to win and has the quality to win. They will pull it together and show a much better display than in previous games. So yes, if I would bet, I would go for England even though I believe and hope that our boys can get at least a draw.

But whatever happens the Slovenian teams has already surpassed expectations and...

Vuvuzele niso najbolj nadlezene...

... najbolj nadlezne so reklame na spletni strani Dela!

Spletna stran Dela je bila moj glavni vir novic o Sloveniji. Vendar pa so me sedaj dokoncno izgubili s svojimi reklamami, ki so odprejo rahlo nakljucno in so obupno glasne in odbijajoce. Cau cau... grem h konkurenci!

All good things...

... must come to an end and so did my trip and so will my writing in English :P

I will not dwell on highlights and lessons learned - not just yet... I have another week in Slovenia before I get back to life as usual (if it will ever be the same :D). I've also uploaded some photos from my last two destinations.