If a rose is a rose by any other name then surely it figures that an Edelweiss is… An Edelweiss by any other Apine name.
Now this horticultural turn isn’t because of the influence of my very own Green-fingered One or Burns Night coming up on January 25.
Although I did serenade her at our wedding with My Luve Is Like A Red, Red Rose.
But because of the news of Swiss airline Edelweiss Air‘s launch of new Glasgow-Zurich flights this summer.
A tale of the roses
It got us thinking that symbols often come without borders.
As they grow across lines and are also celebrated and worn too by neighbours who can fall out and fall back in again.
Which is the case of the Scottish Jacobite Little White Rose.
While our English friends mark equally a Yorkshire red and Lancastrian white rose.
Small and white clean and bright
So it can be done, and is, in the Alps where the Edelweiss is hailed by both Austrians and Swiss.
And as we discovered from the globetrotting Daughterie and Mr Daughterie.
That the wee flower figures too on Romanian currency.
So if you thought that it was the preserve of Austria because of The Sound of Music then you would be wrong.
The Swiss too treasure the mountain flower and market it in their tourist brands.
As does Edelweiss Air which has been trading and flying us Helvetiaphiles out to Switzerland for 30 years this year.
An Alpine hand
Glasgow will be served by flights every Monday and Friday from May 29 to September 14.
And continuing the Burns theme this is how ithers see us.
Although we know already that the Swiss are fans.
From their regular visits up to Caledonia to showcase their beautiful country and to share Scots-Swiss stories.
Our Alpine amis describe Scotland’s largest city as ‘combining Victorian architecture with modern culture, a vibrant music scene, and a rich football tradition.
‘And thanks to its location, Glasgow is ideal for a city break.
‘As well as a perfect base for tours through the Scottish Highlands or in combination with Edinburgh.’
MEET YOU IN THE AIR
