Trieste

Had a great time in Trieste. The weather was beautiful and it is a lovely town. My Hotel was on the main square, middle photograph the building on the far right. My room was behind the balustrade on the top floor & I had a small balcony. The swimming pool was wonderful, I swam four times, alone. Just how a pool should be! The buildings on the main square & vicinity are very Austrian & almost look like they should be on a wedding cake or in film.

The lovely pool with frescos & mosaics. It felt good to go into the hot tub, I hadn't realised how much I had missed mine!

Castello Miramare half an hour by bus along the cost. Beautiful castle in an amazing setting looking up & down the coast to Trieste. Groundfloor rooms like a ships interier - Maximillian was a captain who later went on to be the ill fated King of Mexico First floor rooms much more ornate, built for an Austiran Archduke.

The view here to Miramare & Trieste with a sign, including Croatia from the Castello Duino.

A much more lived in castle. I climbed to the top of the tower & went down into the bunker, built by the Germans during the 2nd World War.