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Listen to your grandpa or go to Slovakia
- 18. The year was 2006 and I
was eager to know about
my surname.
- 19. I asked my grandfather and
he told me our family came
from Yugoslavia.
- 20. Yugoslavia = Bosnia and
Herzegovina + Croatia +
Macedonia + Montenegro +
Serbia + Slovenia.
- 23. Gabriel was born in
Slovakia and has been
living in Canada for a while.
He told me Paulovic is a
patronymic.
- 24. Actually it is Paulovič, a
Slavic name which is not
that common, but not rare
either in the Eastern
Europe.
- 29. I found many results
pointing Paulovic family to
Slovakia not Yugoslavia. I
thought my grandpa was
quite wrong.
- 30. So I decided to do an
Eurotrip on my holiday and
visit Bratislava, the capital
of Slovakia, in order to
know my ancestors.
- 34. It happened that I had
already set my backpack,
bought my flights tickets,
my reservations, my
itinerary and...
- 35. ... someone sent my a link
to the brother of my-
grandgrandgrandfather's
history. And guess what?
- 40. I was so excited about
visiting Bratislava that I
decided to go there
anyway.
- 43. Bratislava is the capital and the most important city of
Slovakia with 450k+ inhabitants.
- 44. It's on both banks of Danube River, it's about 1 hour
from Vienna and about 4 hours away from Budapest.
- 45. Bratislava's citizens are very kind and hospitable. The city
is very cozy and very small, you get used to the city map
in hours.
- 49. The national dish is halušky: potato dumplings with sheep
cheese. It's usual to drink milk-based beverage with this.
- 50. Nový Most (New Bridge) across the Danube featuring a
UFO-like tower restaurant.
- 60. Next time your grandpa
give you some advice
trust it or you might be
some kilometers wrong.