Extreme hospitality

The proverb "A guest in the house is a deity in the house" originated from Slovakia. Slovaks enjoy having guests. So much so that hosts may smother them with their kindness. Slovaks are calm, even-tempered individuals who experience emotions but don't like to flaunt them. They are straightforward as well. So you'll be disappointed if you think that "nice" means having a wide smile with 32 teeth showing. But they demonstrate their love through their actions, being kind and helpful (save for the shopkeepers). It is considered as one of the Reasons to Visit Slovakia.

Only in Slovakia are you welcomed into a private home at ten o'clock at night and fed a three-course dinner; only here are you given food ten times a day lest you go home and complain that the locals didn't feed you. Only in Slovakia are you greeted and bid farewell with a shot of booze at the door, and your glass is never empty in between. All the doors a Slovak can go through will open to you if you become friends with him.

Have a small repertoire of 30 to 50 words (basics like good morning, please, 1-2-3, left-right, "I don't speak Slovak," etc.) and they'll take care of everything for you. if not too expensive, even for nothing.