Novo Mesto, Slovenia

In this account, Margot visits the First Lady Melania Trump's birthplace, the endearing town Novo Mesto at the bank of Krka River, after she wins a travel grant as winner of the East European History quiz. The first portion of the book is dedicated to the pivotal points in Eastern European history. The remaining 2/3 exposes the fascinating week spent in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. Written in stanza form, this traver-diary (pourquoi-tale) is bound for readers age 12-102. Bound not to impress but to inform, it belongs to the "Margot likes to travel" series in the line with "Lecco, Italy," "Madeira, Portugal" and "Amazing Finland," and completes the extensive list of other travel diaries from this author: (1) Amalfi Coast, Italy; (2) Amazing Andorra; (3) Amazing Bavaria; (4) Amazing Berlin; (5) Amazing Bhutan; (6) Amazing Cave-Houses; (7) Amazing Domes; (8) Amazing Dublin; (9) Amazing Falkland Islands; (10) Amazing Finland; (11) Amazing Florence; (12) Amazing French Riviera; (13) Amazing Greenland; (14) Amazing Gozo, Malta; (15) Amazing Iceland; (16) Amazing Innsbruck; (17) Amazing Jurmala, Latvia; (18) Amazing Monaco; (19) Amazing Naples; (20) Amazing Palau; (21) Amazing Paris; (22 Amazing Railways; (23) Amazing Salzburg; (24) Amazing Scotland; (25) Amazing Tree Houses; (26) Amazing Vatican; (27) Amazing Vienna; (28) Amazing Windows; (29) Amazing Wyoming; (30) Amazing Z rich; (31) Annecy, France; (32) Austin, Texas; (33) Banff, Alberta; (34) Bruges & Ghent, Belgium; (35) Cabo San Lucas; (36) Celle, Germany; (37) Christmas Island; (38) Cocos Keeling Islands; (39) Colmar, France; (40) Cork & Kenmare, Ireland; (41) Easter Island, Chile; (42) Exquisite Bath, England; (43) Fifty Odd Loci in the United States; (44) Fiji; (45) Granada, Spain; (46) Interlaken and Saint Moritz, Switzerland; (47) Interlaken, Unterseen, St Moritz: Switzerland; (48) Island Saint Helena, British Overseas; (49) Isle of Man; (50) Lafayette, Louisiana; (51) Las Pozas, Xilitla, Mexico; (52) Lecco, Italy; (53) Lille, France; (54) Madeira, Portugal, (55) Montserrat, British West Indies; (56) Mulhouse, France; (57) Myrtle Beach, SC; (58) Nara, Japan; (59) Obernai, France; (60) Odd & Outre Places of Washington, DC; (61) Palma de Mallorca, Spain; (62) Poznan, Poland; (63) Saint Lucia; (64) San Marino; (65) Santa Fe, NM; (66) Sardinia, Italy; (67) S lestat, France; (68) Seville, Spain; (69) Sint Maarten: Dutch & French Overseas; (70) Sintra, Portugal; (71) Socotra Island, Yemen; (72) South Georgia & Sandwich Islands, Britain; (73) St John's: Newfoundland-Labrador, Canada; (74) Strasbourg, France; (75) Svalbard, Norway; (76) The Faroe Islands; (77) The Rabbit Island, Japan; (78) The Trulli of Alberobello, Italy, (79) Tristan da Cunha; (80) Via Claudia Augusta; (81) Via Aurelia; (82) Via Fossa, England; and (83) Wissembourg, France.