Piknias, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Piknias, on Andreja Bitenca street, just outside of Ljubljana - stretching Bus 7 reach. 6th anniversary of Atol Business Solutions.

Zoran Povh - Lotus Tech Specialist at IBM Slovenia, based in Domžale, grew up in Prlekija, Povh surname is rare and according to their family tree their ancestor Tomas Povh came from France. FRI graduate, worked at Ministry of Transport, SRC and Flopi, avid mountaineer using also Hribi,net, used to be member of AO Železničar, tried all Flight simulators, likes Google Earth Flight Simulator and will one day try something for real. Balloon? Goodness Gracious Me!

Why does Laško always go first?

Travanjska, Zagreb, Croatia

Travanjska (Aprilian), Aco's private residence. Inter beating Bayern. Write The Future, Paint the Past. HD.

Primož Hvala - Founder and partner at HSConsulting, lecturer at Cotrugli, based in Ljubljana, roots in Postojna and Ajdovščina, worked for Klinični Center, Formitas, Finance before going "incorporated". Runs marathons without special preparation, it's been a while since his scouting career, has two daughters and will one day go around the world - walking.

Romeo y Julieta - celebrating rare, yet special occasions.

Dabuda, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Dabuda, popular Asian place in the middle of Ljubljana, already featured on this blog in company of Shappa king Rok, still going on strong. Family biker's attachment.

Lennert De Waal - WebSphere Infrastructure Tiger Team member at IBM, based in Amsterdam, used to live in Zeist and Amstelveen, finished 7 years of Medical school, but did not pursue due to slow evolution of object and subject in this mastery direction, worked for KLM and CapGemini, is building his own high end audio equipment, loves his 2 years old daughter, recently read Singularity is Near, currently The World Without Us and will one day found Grameen for Europe. There are unserved Europeans out there.

Matija Krajnc - WebSphere Technical Specialist at IBM in Ljubljana, grew up in Malečnik, east of Maribor, worked at SRC before joining IBM troops, fond of getting to know people, recently read Eco's The Name of The Rose, hunter, will one day go back to following biological non-deterministic paths and rediscovering nature-sourced wisdom. Green on!

The original Turkish (served) coffee. Right next door at the (best) neighbor.

Vodenica Mulino, Skopje, Macedonia

Vodenica Mulino - very popular Italian-ish place in Skopje. Many times there's intensive discussion about IBM Software.

Darko Damjanski - IBM Software Sales Manager for Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania, Skopje native, served Yugoslav Army JNA in Vrhnika, worked for Ministry of Interior and is now working hand in hand with Toni's INet to develop software channel in the region. Avid mountain climber, has been many times on 2764m Korab and this year is planning to go on top of 100 higher Triglav. Welcome!

Delicoius Vodenica's sweet: Rasturana palacinka (shredded pancake).

LUKOIL, Straza, Macedonia

LUKOIL station in Straza, half way from Ohrid to Skopje. No ordinary stop, no ordinary journey, no ordinary crew.

Aldin Celovic - Sales Manager at AirABA in Sarajevo, Hercegovian origin, born in Priboj, Serbia, grew up in Sarajevo, for a while lived and worked in Portoroz and Ljubljana, worked for Institut Mihajlo Pupin (when Slovenia was changing from 6 to 7 digits fix phone system) and for Trimo in their Sarajevo office. Avid cinema goer, is just finishing Cotrugli EMBA used to play football until he damaged both knees, recently read Dan Brown and will one day work with UNDP on project like Bosnian Pyramid.

Hotel Granit, Ohrid, Macedonia

Hotel Granit - it looks like this in peak season, not in May. Fortunately or unfortunately. Was nice anyway, though distance to Ohrid downtown is not very appealing.

Vukosava Crnjanski Sabovic - founder and CEO of NGO LiNet, the engine behindIstinomer.rs -the truth gauge in politics, a noble idea well worth funding. Interviewed by Milena, related to Milos Crnjanski, a poet of the expressionist wing of Serbian modernism, switched MAS for FON, has 1 year old child, just finishing Cotrugli EMBA and temporarily defuses on long walks with her dog.

Dragan Bogavac - not the (slightly more) famous Montenegrin footballer, but a serious tennis player working in pharmaceutical wholesale business, born and raised in Belgrade, used to work for Pharmaciens Sans Frontier, little less known brethren of MSF, has 6 year old son being trained by Vukasin Visnjevac, is reading Welches' Winning, is finishing Cotrugli EMBA and will one day devote himself to education and coaching in personal development direction. Zen.

Whatever it is meant to mean, don't do it. Hotel Granit staff. (Meant to mean?)

Cosa Nostra, Ohrid, Macedonia

Cosa Nostra pizzeria - nice place, great location - old town Ohrid.

Marko Marković - AT Kearney consultant turning into CIO at Banca Intesa in Serbia. Growing up in Sremska Mitrovica, Strumica and Belgrade - following family following father following army job. Used to work for GDS, cherishes his son and friends, is not answering phone over weekends, just finishing Cotrugli EMBA and is reading The Bank Credit Analysis Handbook. One day he will develop his writting talent to its full potential, read tons of books and maybe tolerate authority.

Balkanski špijun - legendary Yugoslav movie. Featured on TV in Macedonia. Today.

Trpejca, Ohrid, Macedonia

Trpejca, pleasant fish-village on Ohrid lake. With the right company, comes the real warm Balkan feeling.

Diana Dimitrova - Finance and Admin manager at Melexis, automotive electronics system producer. used to work for Elite (now Strauss), PWC and AIG. Only recently jumped into LinkedIn, Facebook and Skype, has two kids and her 11 years old daughter has a new boyfriend. She loves mountain climbing, just finishing Cotrugli EMBA and is reading One Minute Manager Meets the Monkey. One day she might climb Mt.Everest. And relax.

Humble, domestic cheerleader and fish-snatcher.