in the middle of 2014, postojna cave hosted another eminent visitor, slovenian writer boris pahor, who was - although he was just about to turn 101 - still full energy and creative zeal, and remembered that he had visited the cave for the first time when he was a student. later that same year, in the autumn of 2014, we again hosted a number of special visitors, including the american astronaut of slovenian-indian origin, sunita williams, who commented that this had been a very special experience, and noted down in the visitor book that she was honoured to see the planet from above and below. the first eminent visitors of 2015 were hosted in january, namely a group of russian cosmonauts from russia's star city cosmonaut training centre, who were, during their visit to slovenia, accompanied by dragan ?ivadinov. the first presidential visit was hosted in february, when postojna cave was visited by the president of malta, marie-louise colerio preca, who noted in the golden book of visitors that "nobody can describe the magical cave in postojna. you must see to believe." in early spring 2015, postojna cave was visited by the first lady of turkey, emine erdo?an, during the ladies' part of an official visit to slovenia, and a few days later, by one of china's leaders, sun zhengcai, and a chinese delegation, accompanied by the ambassador of the people's republic of china in slovenia. only a few days after postojna cave had celebrated an important milestone, i.e. welcomed the 36-millionth visitor, it hosted the prime minister of the czech republic, bohuslav sobotka, accompanied by his wife and colleagues. in june 2015, slovenia's most popular attraction was visited by the new u.s. ambassador to slovenia, brent robert hartley, and his wife, elizabeth dickinson.
