Most Slovenians are slowly returning from vacation, and children and young people are already starting to prepare for returning to school. Just before the end of the holidays, we delved into the historical archives and checked how we used to spend our summer vacations. It was different...
If today many people cannot afford a vacation, it was different once upon a time. Most could afford at least a week's vacation somewhere on the Adriatic. Let's go back in time and see how we used to spend our summer holidays, during the time of union tourism, when we drove stoenkas, drank Cockta and sent postcards.
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This is how we spent our summer holidays in the former South:
With a table facing the sea
Summer vacation once upon a time
Time had to be passed somehow.
Summer vacation once upon a time
Summer vacation once upon a time
Former postcards
Summer vacation once upon a time
Once the children of socially disadvantaged families were sent to sea by the state itself.
We used to drink this when we were hot.
We used to lick this when we were hot.
We used to blow this up on the beach.
Instead of Facebook posts, we wrote cards.
This is how they invited us into their embrace.
Time had to be passed somehow.
