Italys' best kept secret; a travelogue (pics)

16 years ago

It's too cold to do anything outside today so I've been reviewing and organizing pictures on the computer.

DW and I went to Italy in October of 2005.

Our DD and SIL lived there for 3 years while he was in the Air Force. DW and I like to go exploring. DD told us they had driven through the city of Trieste and thought it looked very interesting. That was all we needed to know. Trieste is on the Adriatic Sea on the very northeastern edge of Italy. SIL dropped us off at the train station early one morning and 3 hours later we're in Trieste. We had packed a bag with the intention of staying a couple days. As we left the train station all we knew was that the train station was behind us. Let the adventure begin! I love this kind of traveling; where you just go by the seat of your pants. In the first block was a hotel and we got a map of the city. I love maps and have a very good sense of direction. The tourist information place was only about 8 blocks away. There a helpful young lady that spoke excellent English gave us a list of B&B's and a better map to find them with. She also provided us with a list of attraction we should check out. In an hour and a half we had a room in the oldest part of town with a fantastic view from our 3rd floor window.

There was a botanical garden, 2 castles, a partially restored coliseum, the harbor, and the neatest farmers market. we stayed for 3 days and still didn't get to see everything. And this was the real Italy, not the one overrun with tourists like Venice, Florence, or Rome. It was the highlight of our trip.

The coliseum, accidently discovered in the 1930's when footings were being dug for a store.

San Giusto cathederal.

Up in the bell tower of the cathederal.

Mirmar castle.

The harbor.

On the quay at night.

Ron

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czech_chick
16 years ago
Very nice! Thank you sooooooo much for sharing your pictures with us!

I hope to go to Italy one of these years.

~ Carol ~
grammahony
16 years ago
Thanks Ron for sharing your trip with us.
Leslie
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grinch_gut
16 years ago
Beuatiful Ron thanks so much...get bored more often....love the travel...Stacy
mcmann
16 years ago
Thanks Ron, the photos are beautiful and the travel commentary interresting, especially about this area having fewer tourists. We haven't traveled much but hopefully we will have more free time soon to do so.
tracynb
16 years ago
Beautiful pictures, Ron!
During one of my DH's peacekeeping tours in Bosnia, he rented a car when he had a 96 hour leave, and drove up the Adriatic Coast to Italy. He ended up in Trieste, but then had to turn around and drive back. He always said he wanted to go back, because it looked so beautiful there.

Thanks for sharing!
mikka_north
16 years ago
Thanks Ron,

It is better then a travel book when we get to see first hand what everyone else sees! Great pics

Rosie
Zipper_TX
16 years ago
Nice pictures Ron, brings back wonderful memories ;0)
DYH
16 years ago
thank you so much for sharing! Italy is our favorite destination (were there last summer). We've not gotten up to that part of the country, so I really appreciate seeing these photos. We have thought about that area so that we could also go into Croatia.

Thanks!
Cameron
nicole_ont
16 years ago
Beautiful pictures!

My mom is heading to Italy in a couple of weeks. She's staying for a few months. She teaches online, so she can travel and bring her work with her wherever she goes. I'll show her this post.
ruthieg__tx
16 years ago
Very nice photos...Italy is on our agenda...but we'll do mostly Sicily the first go round...
okwriter
16 years ago
What great photos, Ron. It sounds wonderful! Isn't it fun when those spontaneous side trips turn out to be the best of all?
Kathsgrdn
16 years ago
Very nice, I've only been once and want to go back someday!
liz
16 years ago
WOW!! I feel like I was there by looking at your pictures!! Italy is such a beautiful country with sooooo much to see...my first trip to Rome was on Good Friday...they ran us out of the coliseum because they were getting ready to do a reenactment of Christ walking to the rotunda...we did a fast tour and I've been back a few times more...but that first trip was so incredible...to think I was standing where Christ once walked...it's such an awesome feeling...I must say, those Romans were pretty barbaric though...throwing men to tigers to see how long they could last...WHOA..and greedy too...every emporer tried to outdo the last one! LOL..Now it seems to be owned by cats...THERE WERE CATS EVERYWHERE!!...going there really gives you a sense of how young our country really is!

Your pictures were awesome!!...what a wonderful trip you had!
ronf_gw
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16 years ago
Thank you all for looking.

Ron

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