The Association “Humana” from Kranj contacted our Association wishing that their members visit Banja Luka, learn about its historical sights and meet us, the Slovenians of Banja Luka. We were also willing to socialize and meet our fellow-countrymen. Although the weather was poor, on September 12th, 2010 we showed them the main sights of the city. We told them about the history of the city, showed them the preserved sights from the Turkish times and subsequent periods, all the way to today’s Banja Luka which grew into a beautifully restored city, full of greenery, avenues and as a cultural and university centre. Representatives of both associations exchanged information and learned about each other’s activities, as well as the possibilities of future cooperation. Our socialising lasted for two days although it surely could last longer. It is in the nature of people not to miss buying something while being somewhere “abroad”. Following the visit to the monastery of Trapists, located not far from Banja Luka, our guests from Kranj decided to buy excellent cheese „Trapist“, made by friars using a recipe still kept secret. Maybe the guests from Kranj, while tasting the cheese, will find some similarity with the cheese made in Bohinj in Gorenjska?
l “Humana“ iz Kranja se je javila našemu društvu z željo, da bi njihovi člani želeli obiskati Banja Luko, spoznati njene zgodovinske znamenitosti in spoznati nas banjaluške Slovence. Takoj smo bili voljni družiti in spoznati se s sonarodnjaki. Dne 12.9.2010, kljub slabemu vremenu smo jim pokazali glavne značilnosti mesta. Z besedo smo jih popeljali skozi stoletja, jim pokazali ohranjene znamenitosti iz časa turškega carstva in kasnejših obdobji, vse do današnje Banjaluke, ki je izrastla v čudovito obnovljeno mesto, polno zelenja, širokih ulic, in močnim kulturnim in univerzitnim centrom. Predstavnki obeh društev so med razgovori izmenjavali in se seznanili z delom in možnosti nadalnega sodelovanja. Naše druženje je trajalo dva dni. Pravgotovo bi druženje trajalo lahko dalj časa. Iskoristili smo ga kot smo pač mogli in želeli. V navadi je že, da brez nakupa, če smo nekje v „tujini“ ne moremo oditi. Ob ogledu samostana Trapistov, ki se nahaja blizu Banja Luke, so se naši Kranjčani odločili za nakup odličnega sira „Trapista“, katerega izdelujejo redovniki še danes po tajni recepturi. Morda bodo Kranjčani našli pri pokušini sira kakšno sličnost s sirom, ki ga delajo v Bohinju na Gorenjskem?
