A Sunday for Slovenians is a day for trips and lunches outside. So, particularly if the weather happens to be fine, all the roads are crammed with 'Sunday drivers' - folks who only take their precious steel horses out on special occasions, and then drive with max 60% of the speed allowed, careering left, right and centre in the process, turning off the road without a signal or stopping in the middle of the road ditto... you get the picture. And whenever I happen to find myself on the road on a Sunday, I'm bound to get stuck behind such a dawdler.
And a favourite destination for your average Slovenian on a fair Sunday is any one of the hills within reach from any of the cities, possibly with a church and an inn. So, all the hilltops become stuffed full with vehicles and humans swarming all over the place. You can't get a seat in the inn unless you reserve a table a few weeks in advance. And even when you do get the table you have to wait for your ordered food (provided you're lucky enough for a waiter to notice you at all) so long you almost die of hunger in the process. When the food finally arrives (of course, some things are missing, some are different from what you ordered but you dare not complain lest you had to wait another two or three hours for what you should have got long ago) you're past the hungry stage and hardly manage to take in a few mouthfuls before giving up. And for all these pleasures you are charged a hefty bill.
I was invited to such a treat today. I'm still alive but only just. At least I didn't have to pay.
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I think I would stay home.
It is nice to meet a nature lover way across the ocean!
I am so pleased to join the community of Todays Flowers group! NG
That is why I am home on Sunday, and all my friends are gathering here. I have two chickens roasting and must go out and start peeling potatoes soon. If you're in the neighborhood, do drop by.
Growing up, I remember people being called "Sunday Drivers" if they were very slow. It didn't have to be Sunday for people to be called a "Sunday Driver". Your post was like an explanation of where that expression came from.
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