In search for the statue of Melania Trump (and her ancestral home)
Once I heard that there's a statue of the 45th First Lady somewhere in Slovenia back in around 2019, I kept that in mind for so long until I almost graduated from High School in Summer 2023, which is when I spontaneously decided on 06/18 to make the necessary preparations to go there (and given that I'm from Germany, those consisted of packing a suitcase and ensuring that my car has enough gas to drive the ≈ 620 miles to Kamp Polje , a camp spot an hour drive away from Sevnica ). When I arrived at the camp spot, it was almost 11 PM, so I set up my tent and went to sleep soon after. The next day, I drove off to Novo Mesto where I at first assumed the statue was because that's where she's been born. After driving through half the city, it turned out, however, that the statue stands in Sevnica because that's where she grew up. While googling for its precise location - contrary to my expectations, there are no way signs whatsoever indicating to the statue, neither in...