Joe Pena's, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Joe Pena's - Cantina y Bar. Popular Mexican place. By day and by night. The crowd in front of the bar does not represent waiting line, but poor smokers who are forced (by Slovenian anti-smoking law) to indulge in their vices outside in the cold. Cheers! Austria failed to pass that same law. Imagine that.

Andrej Novak - Sales manager at Avus oglasi. Novak is the most common surname in Slovenia - there are 11337 people in Slovenia that call themselves Novak and that number might go up with an additional girl-to-become-wife. Andrej is not married, in fact he is single, wanting and needing. Slyvester Stallone is his brother, but Andrej's mother will not admit it. His study at EF is still an open chapter, he worked for Collegium as a tourist guide and now manages sales at his family business Avus. On top of his engagement in tennis, football and golf, he managed to run 21km half-marathon in Ljubljana by accident - came too late and then took a wrong turn. He also likes to walk to Smarna Gora - he likes to do it with friends who are at that very same time in Romania. It happened to me once. If Avus would be sold for 200 million EUR he would go travelling and have a family with two kids -two more Novaks. The Power of Positve Thinking. Most of his life (this one) he will probably be seen in the vicinity of beautiful Balkan-ish girls that can be found in places like Klub 12. One needs to be careful not to be shot.

What do BMW and Joe Pena's have in common? They keep supply always a little lower than demand and demand always high - just like prices. On Friday night they don't have nearly enough bartenders to quench the raging thirst in Ljubljana.

Hector Lorenzo cocktail made with Southern Comfort.