On Wednesday the 1st of April the first direct flight by EasyJet from Edinburgh touched down on time at Ljubljana Airport and a warm Slovene welcome was awaiting the passengers and crew.
Two Slovene pipers, Marko and Jurij, played a number of Scottish tunes including ‘Scotland the Brave’, ‘Highland Cathedral’ and ‘Flower of Scotland’. Their marching was in strict tempo and they were note perfect – čistitke!
The welcome party included Janez Krašnja from Fraport, Nigel Baker from the British Embassy and Barbara Uranjek Kozina from the British-Slovene Chamber of Commerce, plus British-Slovene Society Trustee James Walker (in his trews) and his wife Brigita.
The flight operates twice a week, and makes visiting two wonderful countries much easier. James and Brigita (see picture) live partly in Slovenia and partly in Edinburgh. No doubt they’ll be on the flight quite a few times.