Day 25 - In Trieste - Oh The Places You'll Go - 2025

May 5, 2025

Day 25 - In Trieste

Dog Days

The weather forecast for today called for heavy rain starting around 10 am. With that potential to deal with, we had pretty modest plans for the day; sleep in, grab a light breakfast, catch up on the journal and if the weather permits, go for a wander in Trieste.

That plan worked, and although it threatened to rain, we really didn’t get much until 7 pm, just when we were heading out for dinner.

So, in summary another classic ‘down day’ for us. Here’s a few pic’s to guide you through the day.

We’re headed north to Cividale del Friuli tomorrow and then into Slovenia for the next week. Although we’ve technically been in Slovenia twice (2017 and yesterday) the total time we’ve spent there is less than 4 hours so I don’t think that counts. So we’re looking at next week as an entirely new country for us, something we haven’t had for quite some time.

A humbling start to the day. Stumble stones across the street from our apartment. Four elderly people and a 12 year old child. Auschwitz.

Things brightened up almost immediately. A beautiful soft cuddly puppy.

Classic Vespa with very nice custom leather seat and saddle bag. Classic style.

On to the Cattedrale di San Giusto Martire

Ravenna flashback - very nice mosaics. I liked the dim lighting but there was the option to drop a Euro in a coin box to turn on some lights.

Lovely little statue tucked away in an alcove with morning light giving very interesting shadows

The usual, K’s been waiting a bit while I indulged myself.

Second pooch of the day. There seem to be a lot of dachshunds in Italy

On to the Castello San Giusto, not much to actually see …

… but great views of Trieste city and harbour.

Random Roman era bits popping up everywhere

Dinner tonight at El Cassettin. Very good and once again, great service and friendly vibe to the place

We were thinking just simple pasta and a salad. Turned out to be different - but great. My scallops marinated in beets

K’s primo, Octopus with asparagus, potatoes and pancetta

K’s secondi - tagliatelle with spider crab

my secondi, porcini ravioli with raw scampi and truffles

we shared Ombrina fillets with carrots and beet sauce

Another Italian classic - original Fiat 500 with canvas roll back sunroof

SOTD

In addition to great food, service and decor, El Cassettin also has a great soundtrack going. It was mostly blues and heavy on BB King, including this classic:

The Thrill is Gone

This song was our SOTD on the fateful day in Novi Sad during our 2017 tour when K awoke in the morning and said ‘I’m not feeling it anymore. The thrill is gone.’

That prompted a complete change in our plan and we turned west and started cycling, eventually riding through Trieste and on to the CAAR route. Best decision of that trip, and here we find ourselves again, listening to BB, reliving old memories and looking for new adventures.

Good night from Trieste - back in the saddle tomorrow

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Steve Miller/GrampiesHi time travellers. Yesterday's entry was dated May 4, and today is dated May 12!! Did you lose track of the days, or the time, or are you currently in an alternate universe/time zone???
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Lyle McLeodTo Steve Miller/GrampiesWe’ve been found out! Yes it’s true that I often don’t know what day it is. Thanks for pointing out our time travel. I’ll chalk it up to fat fingers (12 is right below 5 on the tiny iPhone calendar). On the 12th we’re going to be at our friend Borut’s place in Preddvor Slovenia!
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