On Saturday, February 14, 2026, in our Slovenian language class, we discussed a topic that is current in most of the world during these February days, which are carnivals or, as we call them in Slovenia, pustovanje, abbreviated as pust, which officially lasts from Shrove Thursday to Shrove Tuesday, when the peak of carnival masks, processions and overeating carnival delicacies, among which the carnival donut is certainly the most popular.

On February 14, 2026, on the premises of the Union of National Minorities of the Republic of Srpska, the working Electoral Assembly of the Association of Slovenians "Triglav" was held.

The conductor of the mixed choir "Davorin Jenko", our Vanja, scheduled the last rehearsal of the choir in 2025 for 17 December 2025, and the members of the choir unanimously decided to turn the song into a party with food and drink, as is customary before the Christmas and New Year holidays. Besides, we had another reason to celebrate.

After a series of activities that tied us to the city, we haven't been in nature for a long time and we really wanted to put on our magical hiking boots that will take us to nature. When we saw the forecast for Sunday, December 14, 2025, we decided to go to Manjača.