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Open Heart Meditation Sessions with Amrita Rani (Live in-person and online on selected Thursdays via Zoom) You are warmly invited to join the Open Heart Meditation Sessions with Acharya Amrita Rani — a living space of awakenings and direct experience. These sessions are created both for beginners and seasoned practitioners who wish to deepen their meditation practice, stabilize awakening, and walk the path of enlightenment with guidance and support. Whether you are new or experienced, each gathering offers a grounded structure to help you build consistency in daily practice and grow in confidence on your spiritual path. At the heart of Open Heart teachings is direct recognition. Through the Two-Part Formula and precise meditative guidance, you are supported in shifting from self-based mode into selfless awareness, again and again, until cessation of suffering takes place. A central and deeply transformative practice in Open Heart is guru yoga. Through guru yoga, the practitioner directly connects with awakened awareness through devotion, transmission, and experiential recognition. With the help of this profound method, one recognizes their true selfless ease, the natural, effortless state beyond space and time. Alongside guru yoga, the sessions include insight meditation (Vipashyana), tantric methods, dynamic concentration, trauma-healing techniques, and foundational practices such as Bodhicitta prayers. Each session includes guided meditation, space for questions, reflection, and personal support. Rani’s meditation sessions are held live on Zoom on selected Thursdays from 18:30 to 20:00 (CET). Recordings may be available for continued integration and practice on her YouTube channel, The Sweetness of Enlightenment. Participation fee: 15 € per session Please make your payment in advance via PayPal before joining, to Rani’s PayPal account: kaisaeskeli@gmail.com Upcoming Thursday Sessions for Summer Season: 7.5.2026 at 18:30–20:00 (CET) 14.5.2026 at 18:30–20:00 (CET) 4.6.2026 at 18:30–20:00 (CET) 11.6.2026 at 18:30–20:00 (CET) 18.6.2026 at 18:30–20:00 (CET) 25.6.2026 at 18:30–20:00 (CET) 2.7.2026 at 18:30–20:00 (CET) 9.7.2026 at 18:30–20:00 (CET) 23.7.2026 at 18:30–20:00 (CET) 30.7.2026 at 18:30–20:00 (CET) Zoom link for all sessions: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89766267672 Open Heart ashram (meditation center) is located in Zgornje Gorje, Slovenia. If you feel called to join in person, please email Rani at kaisaeskeli@gmail.com. Welcome all!

Have you ever had a great idea but failed to share it with others due to stage fright? Are you ready to conquer your fear of public speaking? Join us at Toastmasters Klub Ljubljana for an interactive workshop designed to help you build confidence and develop effective public speaking skills. Our experienced members will guide you through exercises to improve your communication skills, critical thinking, and impromptu speaking abilities. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced speaker looking to enhance your leadership and presentation skills, this workshop is perfect for you. Don't miss this opportunity to network with like-minded individuals, practice your English as a second language, and unleash your creativity in a supportive and encouraging environment. Learn the art of DIY presentations and gain valuable insights on how to excel in social networking settings. Join us and take the first step towards becoming a confident and successful communicator. See you there! MEETING STRUCTURE: 1st PART - prepared speeches 2nd PART - short impromptu speech competition (you can vote for the best speaker, and you can also participate) 3rd PART - evaluation of speeches and general feedback Toastmasters is an incredibly safe environment. We guide you every step of the way. Great communication skills make the leaders of tomorrow! https://toastmasters.si info@toastmasters.si WE MEET EVERY THURSDAY at Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije AT 18.45 (every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month meetings are in English, the rest in Slovenian.) Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije Večna pot 2 1000 Ljubljana OUR MEETUP IS MOSTLY USED BY GUESTS. MORE PEOPLE ATTEND. Ti je že kdaj tako zagodla trema, da je tvoja super ideja ostala na papirju, neizrečena? Če želiš več samozavesti pri javnem nastopanju, te toplo vabimo na naše Toastmasters srečanje. Brez skrbi, ne bo ti treba na oder, celo srečanje in vse govorce lahko opazuješ kot gost oz. gostja. Vse je prilagojeno tvojemu tempu. POTEK SREČANJA: 1. DEL - vnaprej pripravljeni govori 2. DEL - kratki improvizirani govori (lahko glasuješ za najboljši govor, lahko pa tudi sodeluješ) 3. DEL - evalvacija govorov in splošne povratne informacije Toastmasters je izjemno varno okolje. Vodimo te na vsakem koraku in skozi odlične komunikacijske spretnosti gradimo voditelje prihodnosti. https://toastmasters.si info@toastmasters.si VABLJEN/A VSAK ČETRTEK v Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije ob 18:45.Vsako 1. in 3. srečanje v mesecu poteka v angleščini, ostala srečanja pa v slovenščini. Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije Večna pot 2 1000 Ljubljana NAŠ MEETUP JE NAMENJEN GOSTOM. NA SREČANJA PRIDE VEČ LJUDI.

Toplo vabljeni k obisku enega starejših igralnih klubov pri nas, kjer lahko preizkusite igre iz naše obsežne kolekcije in jih igrate s prekaljenimi mački ali tistimi bolj lenobnimi. Skozi leta so se nabrale dobre igre in dobra družba, ki vedno rada sprejme nove igralce in radovedneže. Klub Igralcev Namiznih Družabnih iger Slovenije. https://www.facebook.com/klubKINDsi https://twitter.com/KlubKINDsi

💃🌍 LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL GOES DANCING – EVERY THURSDAY Hosted by Ljubljana International Looking for an easy way to meet new people, learn a few dance moves, and enjoy a summer evening in Ljubljana? Join us every Thursday as we combine social drinks with free outdoor dancing in the heart of the city. 📍 LOGISTICS 📅 Every Thursday from June 18 until August 27 ⏰ 19:00 - 23:00 (Join anytime! No need to be on time) 🏢 Meetup: Pub LOO-BLAH-NAH Center, Adamič-Lundrovo nabrežje 1, Ljubljana 💃 Dancing: Central Ljubljana Market (near Mesarski Most) 💶 Price: Free 🔄 Type: Weekly recurring event 👥 Vibe: Expected 20+ attendees at the meetup, 70+ people at the dancing event. No strict capacity limit. ⚠️ Event is cancelled in case of rain or severe weather. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🍻 STEP 1: SOCIAL MEETUP From 19:00 we'll gather at Pub LOO-BLAH-NAH Center for drinks, conversations, and introductions. This is the perfect opportunity to meet people before heading to the dancing together. Whether you're new to Ljubljana or have lived here for years, you'll find a welcoming international crowd. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💃 STEP 2: DANCING BY THE RIVER At 20:00 we'll walk together to the nearby open-air dance event led by Katarina Venturini, one of Slovenia's most successful dancers and dance teachers. The dancing is free, beginner-friendly, and open to everyone. No partner required. No experience required. Just show up and have fun. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👥 WHO SHOULD COME? • Internationals • Erasmus students • Expats • Digital nomads • Locals • Beginners • Experienced dancers • Anyone looking to meet new people ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✨ WHAT TO EXPECT • New friends • Great conversations • Outdoor summer atmosphere • Dancing in the city center • International crowd • Good music • Zero pressure ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ No need to come on time. Come alone or bring friends — 90% of people arrive solo and leave with new ones. Every event has 10+ nationalities, 30+ people, and zero awkward standing around. We've done this 200+ times. We know how to make you feel at home. Events 6x per week — there’s always something. The most important thing you can do right now: 👉 Join our WhatsApp community of 1,500+ members — this is where Ljubljana actually happens. 👉 https://linktr.ee/ljubljanainternational ⚠️ WhatsApp Note We auto-reject +1 (US) and +44 (UK) numbers to fight spam. If you have one of those or can’t join, DM us on Instagram @ljubljanainternational and we’ll add you manually. 📍 HOW TO FIND US AT THE VENUE Just join the biggest group! If you have trouble finding us, ask an employee at the venue where the Ljubljana International group is sitting. Or look for the bald guy with a beard and glasses (often wearing a blue polo) who is usually hosting. See you on Thursday. 💃🌍

Ljubljana International: Thursday International Meetup 🍻🌍 Make Ljubljana your own. 🌍 We are the city's largest international family with 1,500+ members. Meet internationals, expats, travelers, Erasmus students, digital nomads, and friendly locals for a relaxed evening of drinks, conversations, and new connections in the heart of Ljubljana. 📍 LOGISTICS 📅 Date: Every Thursday ⏰ Time: 19:00 - Late (Join anytime! No need to be on time) 🏢 Venue: LOO-BLAH-NAH Pub Center, Adamič-Lundrovo nabrežje 1, Ljubljana 💶 Price: Free Entry 🎟️ Entry: Walk-ins welcome 🔄 Type: Weekly recurring 👥 Vibe: Expected 30+ attendees. Friendly, international, and welcoming. No strict capacity limit. 👤 WHO IT'S FOR Casual, open-minded people aged 18-40 who want fun, new friends, and new connections. Perfect for remote workers, digital nomads, freelancers, programmers, engineers, Erasmus students, researchers, business owners, travelers, expats, and locals. 70% international, 30% Slovenian. English is the main language. 🍻 WHAT TO EXPECT • Free welcome whisky shot for every guest • Great local craft beer and wine • Rock music and relaxed vibes • Interesting conversations • New friendships and connections • A welcoming international crowd No activities, no pressure, no awkward icebreakers. Just good people, good drinks, and good conversations. 🤝 COMING ALONE? Perfect. Most people do. No need to come on time. Come alone or bring friends — 90% of people arrive solo and leave with new ones. Every event has 10+ nationalities, 30+ people, and zero awkward standing around. We've done this 200+ times. We know how to make you feel at home. Events 6x per week — there's always something happening. The real product isn't the beer. It's the people. 📲 JOIN THE COMMUNITY The most important thing you can do right now: 👉 Join our WhatsApp community of 1,500+ members — this is where Ljubljana actually happens. https://linktr.ee/ljubljanainternational This is where people organize dinners, hikes, sports activities, weekend trips, language exchanges, parties, and spontaneous adventures throughout the week. ⚠️ WHATSAPP NOTE We auto-reject +1 (US) and +44 (UK) numbers to fight spam. If you have one of those or can't join, DM us on Instagram @ljubljanainternational and we'll add you manually. 📍 HOW TO FIND US AT THE VENUE Just join the biggest group! If you have trouble finding us, ask an employee at LOO-BLAH-NAH where the Ljubljana International meetup is happening. Or look for the bald guy with a beard and glasses (often wearing a blue polo shirt) who is usually hosting. Meet people. Make friends. Make Ljubljana your own. 🍻🌍

How does an AI solution trusted by the Czech Constitutional Court, over 50 municipalities, hospitals, and businesses work in practice? This talk takes you behind the scenes of our RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) chatbot, moving beyond theory into real-world production. We will explore the technical architecture, share live usage data, and discuss the challenges of deploying AI, namely across the public and healthcare sectors. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- ⌚️ **Start**: 16:00 and end at 17:00, both online and offline in **Truhlárna Karlín** (Šaldova 388/5) - **Onsite attendance is limited to 70 people.** 🎙️ **Speaker:** Petr Červa 🍻 **Networking** after the seminar – great food and cold beer waiting for you! **🎥 Recording:** After the event we will publish a recording and post a link to it in the comments. 🚪**Doors open** at 15:45, and the event officially starts at 16:00. Your expertise is about to take off. Can't wait to have you on board! \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **Who is hosting the event** **GLAMI** is a leading European fashion discovery platform active in 14 countries. It brings 500,000 orders monthly to the 4,000+ shops listed. [GLAMI](https://glami.group/) has an in-house team of 10+ AI researchers and developers. Machine learning models handle the entire personalization and catalog ranking process, manage bidding in marketing tools, and take care of content management and categorization. [Tonda Hoskovec](https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonin-hoskovec-52b611a0/), CAIO at GLAMI, is the main organizer of Miton AI Times. **Miton** is a Czech VC with portfolio companies like Rossum, Equilibre, or Rohlik. Apart from supporting Miton AI Times, Miton also issues the bi-weekly [AI Newsletter](https://mitonainewsletter.substack.com/). [Read more about Miton and AI](https://www.miton.cz/en/ai/)

LFU looks deceptively close to LRU: both caches evict the "least useful" item. We'll look at how the ordering rule affects data structure design. We'll discuss the algorithmic tradeoffs behind LFU and compare different implementation strategies, ending with benchmarks in C++ and Rust. Date and time: **25th of June (Thursday), 6 pm** Location: **Beograđanka, Vidikovac, 22nd floor** Address: **Masarikova 5** Online: **[C++ Serbia YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwmFvXE_K9I)** To join the community discussions, we are on: * [Discord](https://discord.gg/VDUn8YtHw8) * [Telegram](https://t.me/+l7NS0GrslBMwNzI0) * [Website](https://www.cppserbia.org/) See you!

💀🔥 HOT TAKES NIGHT Hosted by Ljubljana International 📅 Saturday, 27 June ⏰ 20:00 📍 Pub LOO-BLAH-NAH Center Some opinions are too controversial for the internet. So naturally… we decided to give them a microphone. Welcome to: HOT TAKES NIGHT — a chaotic social debate night where people present their funniest, boldest, dumbest, most controversial opinions to a room full of internationals. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎤 THE CONCEPT Each presenter gets: • 5 minutes • a microphone • optional PowerPoint/memes/images • and one mission: Defend a hot take in front of a live audience. Then the audience reacts: 👏 agrees 😱 gasps 🔥 debates 😂 laughs 🙋 challenges your opinion ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💀 EXAMPLE HOT TAKES • “The Beatles are overrated.” • “Beer actually tastes bad.” • “Brunch is a scam.” • “Pineapple belongs on pizza.” • “Traveling is just expensive walking.” The more passionate and ridiculous — the better. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚠ IMPORTANT This is a FUN social event. Not a political war zone. We want: 😂 funny debates 🔥 playful controversy 🧠 entertaining arguments 🌍 social interaction NOT: ❌ hate speech ❌ racism ❌ personal attacks ❌ extremist politics ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👀 WANT TO PRESENT? Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2eMQV_NpRtXRDSwRkmxNnuUE-jOWlUuQkvMLiUmwqUOgLWA/viewform?usp=publish-editor Bring: • slides • memes • screenshots • arguments • confidence • chaos ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌍 ABOUT LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL Ljubljana International is the largest international community in Ljubljana with weekly events bringing together: • locals • internationals • Erasmus students • travelers • remote workers • curious open-minded people ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📲 JOIN THE COMMUNITY WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KB3YaX1GuqY4eYcYUh3TpK 🔗 Socials & links: https://linktr.ee/ljubljanainternational ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💀 Some opinions should stay in the group chat. Yours probably won’t. See you Saturday.

We’re launching a beginner Bachata & Salsa course together with one of the best dance schools in Ljubljana — @utripplesa. You’ll learn the basics, get comfortable with the movements and simply enjoy dancing in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Perfect for those who have been wanting to try partner dancing but didn’t know where to start. 📅 **Sundays at 17:00 (starting 05.04)** ⏱ **4 classes (1.5 hours each)** 💶 **Price:** €45 for the full course €40 per person if you join with a partner or a friend If you didn’t attend the trial class, you can join the **first session for €10** to see if you like it before committing to the full course. 👉 **Register here:** [https://forms.gle/Gp47pWi8Pk2QsKTu5](https://forms.gle/Gp47pWi8Pk2QsKTu5) Please make sure to **check your email and WhatsApp after registering** — we’ll send all confirmations and updates there. Let’s dance ✨

☀️🌴 LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL’S ULTIMATE SUMMER FRIDAY: FROM SUNSET TO POOL CHAOS 🌴☀️ 📅 Friday\, 26 June \| ⏰ 18:00 – LATE 📍 PART 1: Pizzeria Dobra Vila ➡️ PART 2: Laguna Beach Club Summer is finally here, and we have engineered the ultimate two-part Friday night experience. We are starting with an exclusive sunset terrace session and moving the entire crowd directly into the biggest open-air pool party of the season. 300+ attendees expected. This will be the definition of summer in the city. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌅 PART 1: THE WARMUP SUNSET SESSION (18:00–20:00) Where: Pizzeria Dobra Vila (Dunajska cesta 5, Ljubljana) Vibe: Relaxed afterwork energy, fresh pizza, cold drinks, and 50+ international attendees. The Music: Live Melodic Techno Sunset Set by Maya Sevo (@mayasevo_ofc). Maya hits the decks exactly at 18:00 to kick off the golden hour. Entry: FREE (Donations/tips for the DJ are highly appreciated!) 🎒 DRESS CODE: Come dressed and ready for a pool party! Flip-flops, swim shorts, and summer gear are highly encouraged right from the start. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🚎 THE TRANSITION (20:00 SHARP) At 20:00, the warmup ends, and the caravan moves. We are transporting the entire crowd from Dobra Vila straight to Laguna Beach Club to continue the chaos. 🚗 Driving? There is free parking available at the Delo 2.0 building right next to Dobra Vila and there is free parking in front of Laguna Beach Club. We will coordinate carpooling for those with open seats. 🚌 No Car? Zero worries. There is a direct LPP Bus Line (Bus Number 6) that takes us straight from the station outside Dobra Vila directly to Laguna. We move as one massive group. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🏊 PART 2: THE LAGUNA BEACH CLUB OPENING (20:00–24:00+) Where: Laguna Beach Club (The undisputed best swimming pool complex in Slovenia) Vibe: Open-air beach party 300+ attendees, massive sound system, swimming, cocktails, and pure summer energy under the stars. 🎟️ EXCLUSIVE LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL DISCOUNT Regular Ticket Price: €15 Our Exclusive Community Price: €11 (27% OFF) ⚠️ This discount is ONLY available via our community link. Buy it now to secure your entry and skip the main line: 👉 GET YOUR DISCOUNTED €11 TICKET HERE: https://lbc.si/trgovina/laguna-opening-20-6/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👤 COMING ALONE? Perfect. 90% of our community members arrive solo and leave with an entirely new circle of friends. We’ve hosted 200+ events and our team will be at the door at both venues to introduce you to the crowd immediately. No pressure. Just good energy. 📲 JOIN THE WHATSAPP COMMUNITY Never miss an update, coordinate your carpool splits, and connect with the 1,500+ members making things happen in the city: 👉 https://linktr.ee/ljubljanainternational Prepare for the best Friday of your life. See you at Dobra Vila at 18:00, and let's lock it in. 🌅🍕🎧🍹🏊💃🌴

Ljubljana International: Friday Social Pizza Night 🍕🌍🍻 Make Ljubljana your own. 🌍 We are the city's largest international family with 1,500+ members. Kick off your weekend with great pizza, interesting conversations, and an international crowd that makes meeting new people feel effortless. 📍 LOGISTICS 📅 Date: Every Friday ⏰ Time: 18:00 - Late (Drop in whenever you like) 🏢 Venue: Pizzeria Dobra Vila, Dunajska cesta 5, Ljubljana 💶 Price: Free entry (pay only for what you order) 🎟️ Entry: Walk-ins welcome 🔄 Type: Weekly recurring 👥 Vibe: Expected 30–50+ attendees. Relaxed, social, and welcoming. No strict capacity limit. 👤 WHO IT'S FOR Casual, open-minded people aged 18-40 who want fun, new friends, and meaningful connections. Perfect for internationals, Erasmus students, digital nomads, freelancers, entrepreneurs, engineers, researchers, remote workers, travelers, and locals who enjoy meeting people from around the world. English is the main language. 70% international. 30% Slovenian. 🍻 WHY PEOPLE LOVE THIS EVENT ✅ Easy way to meet new people ✅ No pressure and no awkward icebreakers ✅ Great pizza and drinks ✅ Relaxed Friday atmosphere ✅ Friendly international crowd ✅ A perfect transition from work mode into weekend mode You never know who you'll end up sitting next to. A future friend. A travel buddy. A business partner. Or simply someone who makes your evening better. 🤝 COMING ALONE? Excellent. Most attendees do. No need to come on time. Come alone or bring friends — 90% of people arrive solo and leave with new ones. Every event brings together people from 10+ nationalities and creates dozens of new conversations. We've organized 200+ events over the past two years and know exactly how to help people connect. 🌍 ABOUT LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL 📈 1,500+ members 🎉 200+ events organized 📅 Events 6 times per week We help people build friendships, social circles, professional networks, travel groups, and unforgettable memories in Ljubljana. Many attendees tell us they found their best friends in Slovenia through our community. 📲 JOIN THE COMMUNITY The meetup lasts one evening. The community lasts all week. 👉 https://linktr.ee/ljubljanainternational This is where people organize dinners, hikes, trips, sports activities, language exchanges, parties, and spontaneous adventures. ⚠️ WHATSAPP NOTE We auto-reject +1 (US) and +44 (UK) numbers to fight spam. If you have one of those or can't join, DM us on Instagram @ljubljanainternational and we'll add you manually. 📍 HOW TO FIND US Look for the biggest international group in the venue. If you're not sure where we are, ask the staff at Dobra Vila where Ljubljana International is sitting. Or look for the bald guy with a beard and glasses (often wearing a blue polo shirt) who is usually hosting. Good people. Good pizza. Good start to the weekend. See you Friday! 🍕🍻🌍

Ljubljana International: Friday Afterwork Meetup 🍕🍻🌍 Make Ljubljana your own. 🌍 We are the city's largest international family with 1,500+ members. Finish the work week with great food, good conversations, and new friendships at one of Ljubljana's most welcoming international gatherings. 📍 LOGISTICS 📅 Date: Every Friday ⏰ Time: 18:00 - Late (Join anytime! No need to be on time) 🏢 Venue: Pizzeria Dobra Vila, Dunajska cesta 5, Ljubljana 💶 Price: Free entry (food and drinks paid individually) 🎟️ Entry: Walk-ins welcome 🔄 Type: Weekly recurring 👥 Vibe: Expected 30–50+ attendees. Relaxed, social, international atmosphere. No strict capacity limit. 👤 WHO IT'S FOR Casual, open-minded people aged 18-40 who want fun, new friends and connections. Perfect for remote workers, digital nomads, freelancers, programmers, engineers, Erasmus students, researchers, business owners, travelers, expats, and locals. 70% international, 30% Slovenian. English is the main language. 🍕 WHAT TO EXPECT • Great pizza and drinks • Friendly conversations • New friendships • International crowd • Relaxed afterwork atmosphere • A perfect start to your weekend No activities. No pressure. Just good people sharing food, drinks, stories, and laughs after a long week. 🤝 COMING ALONE? Perfect. Most people do. No need to come on time. Come alone or bring friends — 90% of people arrive solo and leave with new ones. Every event has 10+ nationalities, 30+ people, and zero awkward standing around. We've done this 200+ times. We know how to make you feel at home. Events 6x per week — there's always something happening. The real product isn't the pizza. It's the people. 📲 JOIN THE COMMUNITY The most important thing you can do right now: 👉 Join our WhatsApp community of 1,500+ members — this is where Ljubljana actually happens. https://linktr.ee/ljubljanainternational This is where people organize dinners, hikes, sports activities, weekend trips, language exchanges, parties, and spontaneous adventures throughout the week. ⚠️ WHATSAPP NOTE We auto-reject +1 (US) and +44 (UK) numbers to fight spam. If you have one of those or can't join, DM us on Instagram @ljubljanainternational and we'll add you manually. 📍 HOW TO FIND US AT THE VENUE Just join the biggest group! If you have trouble finding us, ask an employee at Pizzeria Dobra Vila where the Ljubljana International meetup is happening. Or look for the bald guy with a beard and glasses (often wearing a blue polo shirt) who is usually hosting. Meet people. Start your weekend right. Make Ljubljana your own. 🍕🍻🌍

🌅🎧 Friday Afterwork Sunset with Live Melodic Techno - Special DJ Set by Maya Sevo Join us for a summer sunset session featuring live melodic techno by Maya Sevo, alongside great pizza, drinks, and conversations with people from all over the world. Maya will be spinning from 18:00 to 20:00, so come straight from work and don't miss the golden hour vibes. 👥 50+ attendees expected ❤️ Entry is free. Donations for the DJ are appreciated and help us continue bringing live music to our Friday gatherings. Start your weekend right. 🌅🍕🍻🎧 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍 LOGISTICS 📅 Friday, 26 June ⏰ 18:00 – Late 🎧 Special DJ Set by MAYA SEVO 18:00–20:00 📍 Pizzeria Dobra Vila Dunajska cesta 5, Ljubljana 💶 Free entry 👥 Expected attendance: 50+ people 🌍 International crowd ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☀️ WHAT TO EXPECT 🎧 Live melodic techno set by DJ Maya Sevo 🍕 Pizza and drinks 🍹 Terrace party vibes 🌅 Golden hour atmosphere 🌍 Meet new people ✨ Relaxed afterwork energy 🍻 The perfect start to the weekend No pressure. No activities. Just good people, good music, and good conversations. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 ABOUT MAYA SEVO Maya's style is melodic techno, adapting to the crowd and the energy of the evening. Come straight from the office and don't miss the sunset session. Maya starts playing exactly at 18:00. Instagram: @mayasevo_ofc Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/AR5s3u4p693qjSCLQ0 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❤️ SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS Maya is playing for tips and donations. If you're enjoying the music, consider buying her a drink or leaving a few euros to support local artists and help us continue bringing live DJs to our Friday gatherings. No pressure. No minimum. Just good vibes. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👤 COMING ALONE? Perfect. Most people do. 90% of people arrive solo and leave with new friends. We've hosted 200+ events and know how to make people feel welcome. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📲 JOIN THE COMMUNITY 👉 https://linktr.ee/ljubljanainternational This is where Ljubljana actually happens. See you Friday. 🌅🍕🎧🍻🌍

☀️🌴 SUMMER IN THE CITY – LAGUNA BEACH CLUB SEASON OPENING 🌴☀️ Hosted by Ljubljana International × Laguna Beach Club 📅 Friday, 26 June Summer is finally here. And we're excited to announce that Ljubljana International is partnering with Laguna Beach Club for their official season opening. 🏖️ The place where summer happens. Laguna has been voted the best swimming pool in Slovenia multiple times, and this Friday, 26 June, we're bringing together internationals, locals, students, travelers, and party lovers for what promises to be one of the biggest pool parties of the summer. We are expecting 300+ attendees for an open-air night you won’t want to miss. 👉 GET YOUR DISCOUNTED €11 TICKET HERE: https://lbc.si/trgovina/laguna-opening-20-6/ ⚠️ The exclusive Ljubljana International price is €11. 🚨 Tickets are €15 normally, which means you save €4 (27% OFF) with our link. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ☀️ OUR PLAN 🏊 17:00–20:00 Swimming, sunbathing, cocktails, and relaxing by the pool. 🎉 20:00–24:00 Beach party vibes, music, dancing, and an unforgettable summer evening. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎟️ EXCLUSIVE LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL DISCOUNT Regular ticket price: €15 Ljubljana International price: €11 (27% OFF) ⚠️ Available only through our exclusive link: https://lbc.si/trgovina/laguna-opening-20-6/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌴 SUMMER IN THE CITY The place where summer happens. Expect: ☀️ Pool vibes 🍹 Drinks 🌍 Internationals and locals 🎶 Great music 🏖️ Beach atmosphere 💃 Dancing ✨ New friends 👥 300+ attendees expected ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌍 JOIN THE LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY The most important thing you can do right now: 👉 Join our Ljubljana International WhatsApp community of 1,500+ members — this is where Ljubljana actually happens. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/ljubljanainternational This is shaping up to be one of the biggest pool parties of the season. Don't miss the start of summer. See you at Laguna on Friday, 26 June. 🌴☀️

**Hike the Scioto Audubon trail. All paved and flat!** **Plan on 3-4 miles. Hike at your own pace, no one left behind.** **Lunch after at Nocterra for those who wish.**

Welcome, readers! Our June read is ***Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible*** ***Voyage*** **by Alfred Lansing.** A work of nonfiction, and one of the most astonishing survival stories in history, we follow Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew after their ship is crushed by Antarctic ice. Stranded in one of the harshest environments on Earth, the men endure months of isolation, freezing temperatures, and near starvation—yet refuse to give up hope. Lansing brings their ordeal to life through vivid detail and firsthand accounts, capturing both the brutality of nature and the resilience of the human spirit. At its core, the story is a powerful testament to leadership, perseverance, and the unbreakable will to survive against impossible odds. Looking forward to discussing with everyone! We will meet at Zaftig Brewing Co in their event room in the back. We are welcome to bring in our own food, but **all** **drinks must be purchased at the bar.** Happy reading! 📖

**Our July novel is: *Listen for the Lie* by Amy Tintera** **This month’s novel was named one of the best books of 2024. It’s a domestic thriller with crime, mystery, and murder, told from women’s perspectives. The story includes a detective, an unreliable narrator, and plenty of suspense. The book is 352 pages in print and 9 hours and 18 minutes on audiobook.** What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn't matter? After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all, and if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life. But now the phenomenally huge hit true crime podcast "Listen for the Lie," and its too-good looking host Ben Owens, have decided to investigate Savvy’s murder for the show’s second season. Lucy is forced to return to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend’s murder, even if she is the one that did it. The truth is out there, if we just listen.

Our next much-awaited **COLUMBUS** meetup is **Tuesday June 30th from 7-10 pm EST at ACE OF CUPS**. Meet patients, cultivators, processors, dispensary managers/staff, physicians, home growers, educators, activists, nonprofits, artists, attorneys, business owners, writers, students, and supporters to network, share our knowledge, collaborate, support each other and make new ones! Hope you will be there too! Save the date and pass the word. **Please RSVP** so we know who is coming and how many to expect. Find us to say hi and we will introduce you to others. We should be easy to spot. (The happy-looking group wearing cool nametags! See photos from our past events.) Sign in, grab a name tag, start your own bar/food tab, meet old friends and make new ones! Everyone is welcome. SEE YOU THERE!

[The Board Walks](http://www.theboardwalks.com/) are for curious people who love deep conversations. If that sounds like you, **bring a thoughtful topic** and join us for a 5-mile walk (10,000+ steps!). **HOW IT WORKS** **Step 1: Bring a topic** Before you arrive, think of **one** topic you want to explore. A question. A thought that's been on your mind. An obsession you want to geek out on. This is your ticket to the event. **Step 2: Circle up & share** We gather in a circle. Your friendly walk host gives a speech to set the tone. Everyone shares: your name, what you're grateful for, and your topic. That's it. 60 seconds. **Step 3: Walk, talk & float** We walk 5 miles. You naturally drift into conversation with 2-3 people at a time, pulled by topics that spark your curiosity. When you're ready to move on, just say: "I'm going to float!" **Step 4: Feel more alive** Two hours flies by. You're back where you started — but you feel different. More alive. More energized. More connected to yourself and others. That's why regulars join 20+ times. *For more details, read our [Orientation Guide.](https://www.theboardwalks.com/orientation)* **HOW TO BRING A GREAT TOPIC** A great topic = something you're genuinely curious about. Recent topics include: * "What are you passionate about right now?" * "What makes a good friend?" * "What's a belief you used to hold that you've completely changed?" * "How do you want to be remembered?" * "What would you do if money wasn't a factor?" Think of your topic like the dish you're bringing to our conversational potluck. If everyone brings an A+ dish (i.e. energizing, uplifting, expansive), we'll all walk away feeling lighter and brighter. **WHAT TO EXPECT** This isn't a fitness event with casual chitchat. It's a walking think tank where we explore life's big questions together, beyond small talk. *If you're looking for light banter or a standard networking event, this probably isn't the right fit.* But if you crave depth, genuine connection, and conversations that make you feel alive? You'll love it here. **FAQ** * Wear casual athletic attire and sneakers. It's a long walk! * We have multiple first-timers at each event. We work hard to create a welcoming, inclusive, clique-free space. * We welcome people of **all** ages, backgrounds, and industries who align with the [intention](https://www.theboardwalks.com/ground-rules) of this space. * Rain or shine, we've been out here nearly every week since July 2022. If the event is cancelled, we'll let you know. * Dogs, babies in strollers, parents, and friends are welcome — please text/email them the event link so they can RSVP and prepare a topic! **LOGISTICS** * If you'll arrive over 10 minutes late, we suggest skipping the event. It's hard to find us once we start walking, and your host can't answer messages during the event. * This walk is designed for everyone to *move together at the same steady pace* (about 20 min/mile). This format works best when the whole group moves in unison. If you have mobility limitations, we kindly encourage you to find an event better suited to your needs. * Read our [Orientation Guide](https://www.theboardwalks.com/orientation) for full details. * If you enjoy the event, send **[this](http://www.theboardwalks.com/)** to a friend or sign up for our **[newsletter](https://theboardwalks.beehiiv.com/)**. We're in multiple cities with more on the way. 🤠👋 **IF YOU WANT TO GO DEEPER...** [The Board](https://stan.store/ellebeecher/p/the-board) is the next step: a high-trust collective for renaissance people devoted to creating, connecting, and building lives that light us up. * This is a global HQ for people who crave big talk, deep connection, and dream collaborations with people across industries. If the walks feel like a spark... The Board is the fire. Apply [here](https://stan.store/ellebeecher/p/the-board).