This document discusses the author's journey to learn about his surname Paulovic. The author's grandfather originally told him the family came from Yugoslavia, but later research found they were actually from Slovenia. Excited to learn about his ancestry, the author made plans to visit Bratislava, Slovakia, but later discovered his grandfather was correct all along about the family originating from Slovenia, not Slovakia. The author went to Bratislava anyway and found it to be a charming city, but was unable to find any relatives with his surname there.

2. Hi ;)

3. GuilhermePaulovic

4. GuilhermePaulovic

10. Paulovic

11. Paulo Vique

12. Paulori

13. Paulo Henrique

14. Paulo Vitor

15. Paulo

16. Paulão

17. Pablo

18. The year was 2006 and I
was eager to know about
my surname.

19. I asked my grandfather and
he told me our family came
from Yugoslavia.

20. Yugoslavia = Bosnia and
Herzegovina + Croatia +
Macedonia + Montenegro +
Serbia + Slovenia.

22. One
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23. Gabriel was born in
Slovakia and has been
living in Canada for a while.
He told me Paulovic is a
patronymic.

24. Actually it is Paulovič, a
Slavic name which is not
that common, but not rare
either in the Eastern
Europe.

25. Patronymic
A patronymic is a name
based on a first name of one's
father or male ancestor.

26. Patronymic
The patronymic varies if the
named one is a man or a
woman.

27. Patronymic
Paulovič = Paulo + vič.
Paulovičova = Paulo + vičova.

28.  2012

29. I found many results
pointing Paulovic family to
Slovakia not Yugoslavia. I
thought my grandpa was
quite wrong.

30. So I decided to do an
Eurotrip on my holiday and
visit Bratislava, the capital
of Slovakia, in order to
know my ancestors.

33. But...

34. It happened that I had
already set my backpack,
bought my flights tickets,
my reservations, my
itinerary and...

35. ... someone sent my a link
to the brother of my-
grandgrandgrandfather's
history. And guess what?

36. My family came from
S L O V E N I A.

37. Slovenia
≠
Slovakia

39. My grandfather was so
right, and I, a stubborn,
missed the right country by
500km :(

40. I was so excited about
visiting Bratislava that I
decided to go there
anyway.

41. Bratislava, Slovakia.

42. ahoj! / hello!

43. Bratislava is the capital and the most important city of
Slovakia with 450k+ inhabitants.

44. It's on both banks of Danube River, it's about 1 hour
from Vienna and about 4 hours away from Budapest.

45. Bratislava's citizens are very kind and hospitable. The city
is very cozy and very small, you get used to the city map
in hours.

46. Bratislava Castle (Bratislavský hrad).

47. Bratislava Castle (Bratislavský hrad).

48. Slovak Radio's inverted-pyramid-shaped headquarters.

49. The national dish is halušky: potato dumplings with sheep
cheese. It's usual to drink milk-based beverage with this.

50. Nový Most (New Bridge) across the Danube featuring a
UFO-like tower restaurant.

51. Chuck Norris bridge.

53. Napoleon's Army Soldier

54. Paparazzi.

59. The experience worth.
Bratislava is a great cozy
city, but I could not find any
Paulovic there.

60. Next time your grandpa
give you some advice
trust it or you might be
some kilometers wrong.

61. Thanks for listening to me.
D'akujem!