Toby and Allan in Croatia, Slovenia and Trieste 2024

Thursday May 30 started out with some sun-- we even had breakfast on the deck.  At about 1:30 p.m. torrential rains started and only let up at in the evening.  Breakfast on the balcony Walking down the stairs in our apartment building- will try and find out the history- it's a beautiful building Our destination was the fountain in Piazza Unita D'Italia where were meeting the Free Tour with Guru Walks. Crossing the Grand Canal, Trieste-- located halfway between the bus station and Piazza Unità d'Italia.  It was built between 1754-56 by the Venetian Matteo Pirona so that boats could come directly into the city centre to unload their goods. Alonso meeting James Joyce Joyce (1882- 1941) spent a numbers of years in Trieste on and off between 1904-1915 as an English teacher. He completed Dubliners in Trieste as well as a number of other works.  During WWI, he moved to Zurich but returned to Trieste in 1919.  Due to disappointment with the new Italian administration h...

Wednesday May 29 was a beautiful sunny day in both Bled and Trieste.  High of 23C.  We started our day in Bled.  Katja, the host, had offered us a ride to the bus station at 11:00 a.m.  Our plan was to have brunch at a restaurant near the bus station called Art Café and then have coffee and share one last piece of Kremšnita (cream cake) at the highly recommended Slaščičarna (pastry shop) Zima also close to the bus station.   Before we left, we went out for a short walk near the Pension, which is in a small enclave of homes near country fields. Allan walking around the corner from our Pension. The fields behind the house opposite our Pension View of mountains from our side of the street Allan with Katja's cat, just before we were going to leave We had omelettes at Art Café. Allan had goat cheese, arugula and asparagus We then went to the pastry shop, Slaščičarna Zima, which has been making the wonderful Kremšnita (other name is Kremna Rezina) cream cake since 196...