Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Burja, Portorož, Slovenia

Burja - excursion and dinner party boat in Piran bay in Slovenia. Well known for years to all convention goers in Bernardin - this time for DSI2012.  Try it at least once, but don't expect too much. Fish, wine and wind. And usually good company.

Andrej Grobler - born in Kranj, Austro-Hungarian roots with many unrelated Groblers in Netherland and South Africa, worked for IBM in student years, electrical engineer and economics post graduate, once AEGEE, now LesAnciens member - which links him to his present Russian wife,  worked for Zavarovalnica Triglav, Steklarna Hrastnik, Abanka Vipa and now Crea Plus, scout, traveller, on 9/11 could not go to Hawaii so he ended up in Bali, 2 kids, recently read The Book of Negroes and Hribci and will one day teach unprivileged Slovenes to catch proverbial fish while running his bed&breakfast in Hawaii. With real fish. 

Andrej Guštin - born in Koper, family roots from Slovenian surroundings of Trieste, physics graduate as there were no entrance exams, economics post graduate, subtle discouragement by professor plunged him into world of finance, worked for Abanka, Zaslon, Hermes Softlab, Crea and now Crea plus/pro, proud owner of RV, loves scuba, fishing and badminton, recommends Peter Florjančič's Skok v Smetano and Jacques Cousteau's Silent World, 2 kids, wil lone day run a diving center, have more with less and maybe run a marathon.

Stojan Košti - Prlekija roots from the only Košti family in Slovenia, born and raised in Ljubljana, FOV post graduate in three stages, had a restaurant and is now in IT at Temida, mountain climber, karate fighter, acrobat skier and avid sailor, recently read One Day, and will one (other) day sail in Carribean and then some. Like Tomaz Pelko on his Heron right now.


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