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First Ladys childhood town in Slovenia goes wild for its most famous daughter with three-day celebration and local restaurant offering the Melania menu Born Melanija Knavs, Mrs. Trump grew up in Sevnica while Slovenia was part of the Communist-ruled former Yugoslavia The town of 5,000 had been better known for its lingerie and furniture factories Now locals hope to draw tourists by tapping into Melaniamania Inaugural festivities to include free tours and a festival of grape vine pruninThe inauguration of Donald Trump is a big deal for a small town in Slovenia, where the future U.S. first lady traces her roots. Starting Friday, the river-front town of Sevnica plans three days of events to mark the inauguration and welcome all guests wishing to see where Melania Trump grew up. Sevnica (pronounced say-OON-itza) sits on the northern bank of the Sava River in Central Slovenia, an Alpine nation about the size of New Jersey that borders Italy, Austria, Croatia, and Hungary. Born Melanija Knavs in nearby Novo Mesto, Mrs. Trump was raised in Sevnica by her father, a car salesman, and her mother, a pattern maker at a textile factory, while Slovenia was part of the Communist-ruled former Yugoslavia. Mrs. Trump left Sevnica in her late teens to pursue a modeling career. She will be the countrys second foreign-born first lady, after John Quincy Adams wife Louisa, who was born in England. Sevnica residents have invited the presidential couple to visit, and are marking the inauguration with a slew of festivities. Mayor Srecko Ocvirk says Sevnica has organized free guided tours, a display of locally produced goods and brands in the 12th century castle above the old town, and a festival of grape vine pruning. Until recently, the small town of 5,000 on the banks of the Sava River was better known for its lingerie and furniture factories, as well as a 900-year-old castle. Few in Sevnica even remembered a young girl called Melanija Knavs, who was born in 1970. Melania left in her late teens to embark on an international modelling career, which would eventually lead her to New York where she became Trumps third wife in 2005. A year later, she took US citizenship and has only rarely returned to Slovenia, where her parents still own a house in Sevnica but mostly live also in the US, according to local media. But this has not stopped savvy local entrepreneurs from tapping into what they call Melaniamania. At Julija bakery on Sevnicas main street, you can have your very own slice of Melania for just three euros. The creamy white chocolate cake is stuffed with nuts and has a golden topping. The delicacy has been a hit with locals and foreigners, according to bakery employee Darja Jelenc. Its a national pride... Weve been selling many of these cakes over the last few weeks. People come all the way from Ljubljana to buy them, she said. Jelenc already dreams of even bigger success after Trumps inauguration. The local tourist board has announced a whole bus of foreign journalists will come then, she said with a grin. On one of the forest-covered hills surrounding Sevnica, a rustic restaurant offers a Melania menu featuring locally-caught trout as its main course. Meanwhile, a speciality crepe shop sells Melania pancakes with wild blueberries, vanilla cream and, of course, gold dust. Travel agency Muranica plans to launch a Melania tour in March that will include guided visits around landmark spots in Sevnica, Ljubljana and Milan, Italy, where she started her modelling career. Even local footwear manufacturer Kopitarna Sevnica has joined the craze and launched a limited edition of luxurious felt slippers called White House. We sent the future First Lady a pair hoping they will keep her feet warm in the coming winter months, spokeswoman Mateja Reseta said. The Trumps, however, have not been all that charmed by the many Melania gimmicks popping up. The couple recently hired a Slovenian lawyer to stop the use of their name and image for commercial purposes without their consent. Heeding the warning, Sevnica council promptly took down an advertising billboard with Melanias image while a honey producer had to remove jars claiming to be from Melanias home garden. Others changed the name of their products, including pizzeria Rondo whose Trump burger became the more generic Presidential burger. The Melania mascarpone strawberry mousse, however, stays on the menu. Still, not everyone buys into the hype. For Slovenian columnist Dejan Steinbuch, it is merely a marketing ploy. Most ordinary Slovenians dont care about Melania because she has long not been present, nor promoted her native land overseas, he says. They feel she went to the US because she was fed up with Slovenia.

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