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Tag Archives: Slovenia
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Since I’m one-quarter Slovenian, and have observed quite a few Slovenians up close, it doesn’t surprise me that they are capable of remarkable feats of pigheaded persistence.
You will recall how Martin Strel last year added the Amazon to the list of long rivers whose entire length he has swam.
Now we hear that Jure Robič has [...]
“Plavam …”
Martin Strel likes to swim. In rivers. Long rivers. From end to end.
The Danube. The Mississippi. The Yangtze. And now, the Amazon. Never mind the piranha and the candirú.
It’s the Slovenian red wine that keeps him going—he laughs when he says it, but he drinks it as he floats on his back down whatever river [...]
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