Melania Trump-Themed Tours Are Now Offered in Slovenia
By Avery Matera. Photo by: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images.
Melania Trump (née Knavs) might be a polarizing topic in the United States, but the First Lady’s hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia, seems to be cashing in on the former model’s new role. NPR reports that the small town (population: 5,000) has begun advertising Melania-themed walking tours for visitors to the country.
The news outlet reports that the tour lasts for about five hours and costs around $90 for two people. Included in the tour are stops at the First Lady’s elementary school, her first apartment block, and the neighborhood that her parents (while they are not in the U.S. visiting their daughter) call home. The tour guide, Lidija Ogorevc, whom NPR was given for the reporter's experience, even took the reporter to the (now-closed) factory where Trump’s mother, Amalija Knavs, designed clothing decades ago.
Another stop on the tour is a bakery with not one, but two First Lady-themed dessert items on its menu. One, the Melanija torte, is a white-chocolate mousse creation with nuts and—wait for it—edible gold. The other is an American favorite: First Lady Apple Pie. But it does raise the question: Does the First Lady bake apple pie?
Tour guide Ogorevc says that “a lot of people are coming from Europe, Japan, China, and the U.S. From an anonymous little town, we are now on the world tourist map.” All of that said, the tour is about the First Lady and not her husband. Many, like a Slovenian member of the European Parliament, tell NPR of their disapproval of the current political climate: “I just hope [the President’s] wrongdoing will be limited. That the world would not suffer because of his decisions. I think everyone in this country wishes [Melania Trump] the best.”
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This story originally appeared on Architectural Digest.
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