I don’t do this very often: but let me quote the words of a local guide to Udine which captures the characteristics of the city. “Reserved and elegant but also cheerful and friendly: this is Udine, the city that is tinged with the colours of Giambattista Tiepolo (1696-1770), the famous Venetian painter who left works […]
Rereading the last couple of posts I don’t feel that I’ve really done Slovenia justice. Perhaps I was a little harsh on Bled. Just to set the record straight – we loved the place! Ok the coastal area wasn’t all that, but the area we stayed in around Bohinj was great. We had planned a
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……and over we go. Over the border into Slovenia. We decided to infiltrate by sneaking around the coast road from Trieste to stay at seaside resort camp called Camp Adria. This was a “family friendly” affair with swimming pool (sorry not open till next Saturday), beach (stony) and a splendid view over the oil refinery
This rather unsettling skull is in the Cathedral at Trieste. There’s no information about him (they usually are male) and I haven’t been able to discover anything on the internet. So apologies then to Mr Skull.
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Gotta say that Trieste was not high on my list of places to visit. However Lady B was fascinated by the history of a place which had been influenced by a wide range of cultures and rulers. Throughout history it has been influenced by its location at the crossroads ofLatin, Slavic, and Germanic cultures. I thought it might be
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The city is picturesque, with a dense network of arcaded streets opening into large communal piazze, and many bridges crossing the various branches of the Bacchiglione, which once surrounded the ancient walls like a moat. Confession: we didn’t enter a single museum, art gallery or even church. Main reason was, most things were closed. We arrived on Sunday. We left
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Does the guy at the top look like Alfred E Newman.
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Leave Siena bound for San Gimignano. But first drop into the Co-op supermarket. It’s bigger than big and has a gluten free section the size of a local Tesco. Trolley soon filled with pasta, bread, bread sticks, beer and other stuff not to be found in the UK. Lady B in heaven. Take the Chianti
