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<\/a>Had a walking tour setup for 2pm, a couple hours after arriving.\u00a0 Not the best plan but we did it anyway.\u00a0\u00a0 Trieste isn’t a large city, but it sure does have a complicated history.\u00a0\u00a0 Lots of lovely buildings and waterfront.\u00a0 The buses are\u00a0aw-sum but the drivers think the gas pedal is just on and off…\u00a0 no finesse at all.\u00a0 herky jerky while you are trying to tap your credit card to pay.<\/p>\nThe next morning our checkout was unusually late for Italy, noon!\u00a0 Our train leaves just before one pm so kind of perfect.\u00a0 But we do get to Ljubljana close to 4pm.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Walked less than a hundred meters from the train station to our B&B Hotel.\u00a0 Pretty nice for such an inexpensive hotel.\u00a0 That was very nice as we were schlepping our bags. Had a walking tour setup for 2pm, a couple hours after arriving.\u00a0 Not the best plan but we did it anyway.\u00a0\u00a0 Trieste isn’t a … <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>Kathy slept and rested most of the first and second days there.\u00a0\u00a0 (smart)\u00a0 When the 3 of us got back from the walking tour we were exhausted. (don’t get old)\u00a0 That evening I found a small Italian Trattoria with great reviews just a few hundred meters from our hotel.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It turned out to be the best dinner so far (one month already in Italy) and we’ve <\/a>had a lot of excellent meals here.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It may have had something to do with the two big glasses of wine or beers.\u00a0 Not sure.\u00a0\u00a0 Its called Salsapariglia Italian Ristorantino – Trieste Restaurant if you ever get to Trieste.\u00a0 Small place and you probably need reservations.\u00a0 (we did as it was Friday night)<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>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, <\/a>steep climb that uses a pusher tractor on the steepest part, closest to downtown.)\u00a0\u00a0 Its crowded and uses Tap 2 Pay.\u00a0 ~$1.70 each way depending on exchange rate.\u00a0 Its got history if you want to read about it.\u00a0\u00a0 I took the bus down as it was uncrowded and had Air Conditioning .<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n