Oliva, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Rainy early May day in Ljubljana. Oliva is located across the street from Hermes Softlab, one of the biggest IT shops in Slovenia. Jaka's girlfriend works for Hermes in Banking customers support team.


Jaka Stermenszky - in charge of sales at his family business Čuri Muri - making sure that Slovenia has enough supplies of China imports - a lucrative business in these days. He was born and raised in Ljubljana. Stermenszky is not a very common surname in Slovenia - the origin is probably from Austro-Hungarian times. He just returned from China where he was visiting their suppliers - and yes he can confirm it, too - China is booming and changing its face year to year. Jaka is an avid Scuba diver. That really is a big part of his life. He also did quite a lot of Sky diving. There is something about Jaka and "diving", I believe. His latest book was Da Vinci Code. One day he will buy a small submarine, which will be parked at his very own Scuba resort on a nice beach. Some day :)