Aug 20, 2009 - Trieste

Ciao Trieste is a wonderful surprise. Not your typical euro destination but well worth the trip. Its a wonderful mix of italian, french, slav and german people. You can hear 6 different languages at any time. But future travelers beware, Trieste is a city of hills and stairs. There's even a staircase in the middle of town called the Giant Steps. We definitly earned our food and drink here. Trieste is what I imagined the French Riviera would look like, lush greenery, sandy beaches, beautiful people, vessels large and small doting the azure...

Jul 20, 2009 - Trieste, Italy

Trieste. Now you might think this is part of Italy. But every person we met seemed to think it was part of their country. We met Slovenians and they said 'You know Trieste was ours, we liberated it during the war.' Then we met some Austrians and they said 'You know Trieste was ours for centuries.'Well now the Italians are flying the flag, but whoever owns it it was a beautiful port with beautiful clear blue Adriatic water. We hiked up the hillside and stopped by the castle looking out over the ocean. That was no easy feat as Trieste is a...

Apr 20, 2009 - Goodbye Italy

Monday 20th April. Coldest day for weeks and steady drizzle so cancelled walk into town that we probably regretted later. Took a ride up to a very pretty area near Tarcento where the Alps rise suddenly and near vertically from the flat plains that we had been in since Cattolica. Spring had certainly sprung as we passed gardens full of flower, wisteria, peony, magnolia, tamerisk and camelia. There is an air of wealth and general wellbeing in this region together with a pride and need for order. This is shown by the quality of the buildings...

May 2, 2007 - Trieste

We did not expect to stay in Trieste, it was supposed to be a connecting point to get us to Rijeka and the Crikvenica, in Croatia. Foiled by the May 1 holiday, we spent a very pleasant evening in a beautiful city that definitely requires a future visit. We took the train full of expectation, to Trieste from Bergamo. On arrival in Trieste, we went to the information office and asked about trains and buses to Rijeka. We were already pretty sure we'd be taking a bus, as the web and guide books all mentioned numerous buses per day. But not on...

Aug 27, 2005 - Ciao!!

I made it to Italy safe and sound after a long trip!! I had to catch a bus at 230 in the morning to get to the airport on time. I had a wonderful few days in London with my friend Drew (tons of walking!!), he has been a gracious host and very understanding. He went through a very similar situation when he studied abroad so it was nice to have him around to help me deal with the change, poor guy. Today was amazing, it has been so great to see Mita. I cant believe it has been four years since we last saw each other!!! It has been so much...

Jun 29, 2005 - Day 26 - Rejeka/Trieste/Koper

Weird day, off the boat at 7:15am. Straight to the bus station, trying to get to either Koper or Piran in Slovenia. Couldn't be done. We could, however, go straight through Slovenia, and end up in Trieste in Italy, and then get another bus back into Slovenia to Koper. This is what we planned. The next bus to Trieste was at 12:00pm, so we killed some time in Rejeka wandering, shopping, and lots of nice coffee. Eventually we were on our packed bus to Trieste. If your geography is strong, you will know that Slovenia at this point is only...

Mar 22, 2005 - Trieste

Trieste surprised us. It is grand, with wide avenues and miles of palaces and palazzos. No tourists. Lots of students. Lots of history. Nice people. Not a lot of hotel space, and we got the last room at the hotel again. It overlooks a busy square, with intercity buses dropping people off and picking up all night. The room though was great, very old hotel with ultramodern makeover. The wireless keypad in th room let us control the tv, or surf the internet, but very slowly. I was solicited as I walked to the train station one night to buy...

Dec 20, 2004 - Roveredo in Piano, Italy

We spent Sunday morning finally doing our laundry. We put it off as long as we could. I know! Thats gross! But we did wash things as we went but the pants were a little bit of a problem to wash in the sink. So jonathan took us over to the base so we could wash all of our stanky ass clothes! But then we got a full tour of all the base. On Sunday afternoon we went over to check out Trieste, Italy. Mom and her family lived there right after she was born. Aparently everyone else remembers what it was like and she didn't. So going to Trieste was...

Dec 10, 2004 - Lauren and I go to Trieste, Italy

Lauren and I decided that we couldn't bear another weekend in Spittal and decided to use the train tickets that Ben and I bought to Trieste, Italy. It is on the Adriatic Sea, right next to Slovenia and Croatia on the coast. It took us almost an entire day to get there, and by the time we got there it was dark. The nice woman at the hostel came to pick us up. When we booked online, the hostel address said "Trieste," but actually the hostel was about an hour away. 40 min. by train and then another 20 by bus or car. The hostel is actually in a...