Walked less than a hundred meters from the train station to our B&B Hotel. Pretty nice for such an inexpensive hotel. That was very nice as we were schlepping our bags.
Had a walking tour setup for 2pm, a couple hours after arriving. Not the best plan but we did it anyway. Trieste isn’t a large city, but it sure does have a complicated history. Lots of lovely buildings and waterfront. The buses are aw-sum but the drivers think the gas pedal is just on and off… no finesse at all. herky jerky while you are trying to tap your credit card to pay.
Kathy slept and rested most of the first and second days there. (smart) When the 3 of us got back from the walking tour we were exhausted. (don’t get old) That evening I found a small Italian Trattoria with great reviews just a few hundred meters from our hotel. It turned out to be the best dinner so far (one month already in Italy) and we’ve 
had a lot of excellent meals here. It may have had something to do with the two big glasses of wine or beers. Not sure. Its called Salsapariglia Italian Ristorantino – Trieste Restaurant if you ever get to Trieste. Small place and you probably need reservations. (we did as it was Friday night)
Saturday, Kathy and I bused down to the center of town for lunch and afterward I took the Tram di Opicina (old tram up to the town of Opicina, 
steep climb that uses a pusher tractor on the steepest part, closest to downtown.) Its crowded and uses Tap 2 Pay. ~$1.70 each way depending on exchange rate. Its got history if you want to read about it. I took the bus down as it was uncrowded and had Air Conditioning .
The next morning our checkout was unusually late for Italy, noon! Our train leaves just before one pm so kind of perfect. But we do get to Ljubljana close to 4pm.
