Blog G2

Great Burdock Oil; someone told me it was good for a dry scalp, which I get, and while in Ljubljana I spotted an industrial size pharmacy, and asked the bright tight thing for the aforesaid oil, and she went straight to it, which is commendable in comparison to the average staffer in the average pharmacy. I paid my seven Euros, or somesuch, and tried it out; yuck! Not good! I felt contaminated! So I got my magnifier out and read the label. Not the title, which was clearly redable in 2 languages in 15 and 10 point type, but that tiny stuff; about one or two points in size; I can just make it out under a ten times magnifier; parafinum liquidum; olea europaea; isoproply myristate; arctium lappa; tocopheryl acetate; rosmarinus officinalis; lavandula angustifolia; propyparaben; propylene glycol; BHT; ascorbyl palmitate; glyceryl stearate; glyceryl distearate; citric acid. So, a little miffed, I checked Wiki for some info, and 'arctium lappa' is the name of the plant in question, OK, but there is no actual reference to the oil of said great burdock being in the bottle. I definitely asked for the oil. The label in big type says it; the small print has no valid reference to it being in the mix. I don't go to Ljubljana very often, but Slovenia is the only country I've ever lived in that has no allowance for ANY alternative medicines, not even homoeopathy or biochemics, (yet a big 'wellness' tourism industry?) but anywhere in this world where I ask for an oil of a specific variety I expect to get it; not some trumped up concoction that I would not put on my rusty pliers, let alone my precious noddle. I look forward to a curt, well-directed tirade and a refund. Nuff said.

Intro : How come Slovenia?

How we decided to try out life in Slovenia, leaving our French Alps. Starting with the purchase of little farm house, our dream to renovate our first new home the way we always wanted, gave place to disillusion, hurdles, and immense stress; in a word : a nightmare.
WARNING: Slovenia is a great place, but a pity about its people. We never felt so insecure, unprotected, humiliated and so on...
Fortunately there have been some exceptions, and because of the strength of our relationship and the help of a few sincere slovene friends, we are still determined after 16 months in this country to fight through and win over with our challenge... F-T-W !