Smrkci

Yesterday, Marinka, who works at the little Mercator grocery store that we stop in nearly every day, gave Rosetta, Celia, and Sy a bunch of little toy Smurfs.  Apparently, Mercator is running a big promotion on the Smurfs, or Smrkci as they’re called here (don’t ask me how to pronounce that…it seems to be missing a few vowels).  No Hefty, Smurfette, Lazy, or Gargamel, but we did get Brainy, Jokey, Harmony, and Baker Smurf, all with the symbol of Slovenia on their shirts: Triglav, the highest Slovenian mountain with its three peaks.  Of course, they think their new toys are the greatest and they made Marinka a “Hvala!” card, which elicited an “Ohhhh, Super!” response from her.  The funniest part is that the kiddos have no concept of the smurfs so they say, “…sloths.  Daddy, what are those blue guys called again?”