Kovačeva kobila postane baronesa A smith’s mare becomes a baroness

Ta konec tedna je v organizaciji Mirovega kluba Letimo in Turističnega društva Trebnje tam potekalo (namesto sprva načrtovanega državnega prvenstva le skromno, a zato v prijateljskem vzdušju speljano) balonarsko srečanje, zgornja posnetka pa sta z mojega prvega zaresnega poleta, ki se je, ker sem pač kovačeva kobila, zgodil šele pred dobrimi tremi leti na Barju, ko sem končno postala baronesa plemenita, in sicer – Vnanjegoriška! :)

Včasih naj bi Marija Terezija tak naziv menda podelila vsakemu, ki je poletel z balonom, danes pa tradicijo nadaljujejo z zabavnim simboličnim krstom in pisnim potrdilom, na katerem je zapisan pridobljen naziv z imenom, ki si ga, glede na kraj pristanka, pridobil.

Kakšni veličastni razgledi! Ne morem se odločiti, ali so mi ljubši ti, poletni, ali oni, zimski.

This weekend there was a hot air balloon meeting in organisation of Trebnje tourist association and Miro’s club Letimo, but the two pictures above are from my first real flight with him, which happened, since I’m a smith’s mare (of the “the smith’s mare is always barefoot” Slovenian proverb), only a bit more than three years ago in the Barje area where I finally became a noble baroness – Vnanjegoriška! :)

Maria Theresa, also our empress at the time, had supposed to give that title to everyone who flew with a balloon and that tradition goes symbolically on with a fun post-flight initiation ceremony when you get a title with a name of the place where you’ve landed and a written confirmation of it.

Such glorious views! Can’t decide whether I prefer summer or winter ones.