Bill’s Blog

About This Blog

I am doing this blog for several reasons. Probably the most important is that it will be a permanent archive for our family memories. I also like to reflect on my work as an international educator and the expatriate life in the country we are living in. It is also a forum for my thoughts and observation on a variety of topics.

A Short Biography

My name is Bill Kralovec. I am 41 years old and an international school administrator. I am the Secondary Principal at the International School of Belgrade, Serbia.  I am originally from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA and have lived and worked in international schools for the past 16 years. My previous posts were Barranquilla, Colombia, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Perth, Western Australia, and Anaco, Venezuela.

My wife Nadia is 31 years old and originally from Melbourne, Australia. She is a dual citizen of Australia and Bolivia. She is currently the kindergarten teacher at ISB. We have three children, Owen (age 5), Oliver (age 3), and Ocean (11 months). We are a multinational family with citizenship from the United States, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Australia. We also have a special affection for our new adopted home, Serbia.

The photos were taken on our final trip to my favorite place in Anaco. On June 8th, 2008, we went up to the Mesa De Torre, which is located near the town of Mara, Anzoategui. In the photo above are Owen, Nadia, Ocean and Oliver. The photo below shows me with Ocean and Owen.

To contact us, you may email me at the following address: billkralovec@yahoo.com

 

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  • Monika // September 3, 2008 at 7:17 am

    Hello :)
    I noticed that there are some mistakes in the translation.
    Maybe somebody already informed you about that?
    This is the right translation.
    I am from Serbia but I live in Holland.
    Now a friend of mine is also learning Serbian to speak/write. And he has a great website where he does that, maybe you already know about the website otherwise this is it:
    http://serbianschool.com

    Kako se zovete? (What is your name?)

    Zovem se Bill. (My name is Bill)

    Molim bac—> Molim vas means please (please and welcome) welcom means Dobro dosli

    Hvala (thank you)

    Drago mi je. (nice to meet you)

    Ya sam (I am) Ja sam / ti si (you are) / vi ste (you are)

    When you ask a question, throw a “Da li” in front of it. For example, Da li govorite Engleski? Do you speak English?

    Ne razumen. (I don’t understand.)

    New Phrases I want to learn this week

    Izvolite - Can I help you?

    Živolite! - Cheers means —>Ziveli

    Ja bih (kafu) molim bac? - I would like a coffee please.

    Dajte mi (kafu) molim bac? - Give me a coffee please.

    U redu - okay / all right

    Categories: serbia
    Tagged: languages, serbian, Serbo-croatian

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