I felt a special affinity with the people of this area, since my grandparents came from neighboring Croatia and the Croatian and Slovenian languages and cultures are very similar.

• 我觉得跟这地区的人特别有缘,因为我的祖父母来自邻国的克罗地亚。而克罗地亚跟斯洛维尼亚在语言及文化上都很相似。