Now let me answer before you ask. Yes... This was probably my favorite place on the whole trip. In fact so far, its one of my favorite places in Europe.
Small, friendly, inexpensive and scenic. Oh and did I mention it is right on the coast of the Adriatic Sea! You can't get much better than that in my books. I love being next to the ocean!
How do we find these places you ask?
I have no idea, its all Barb and I give her credit for finding these jewels. We love going to places off the tourist path as you may have noticed and this is one of the best kept secrets. Sure Europeans come here in season, but people from our end of the world rarely set foot here. I'm glad, the less tourists the less a place gets ruined by greed and capitalism.
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| The bus we took to Piran. European buses are more modern than ours! |
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| We haven't seen many police since leaving Italy. Here's one! |
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| Views as we walk from the bus to our next little home. |
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| Man I love the ocean, I love boats and... I love marinas! |
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| Walking.. Were almost there! |
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| Second from the left is our new home! |
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| The view from our room! |
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| How can you beat this? |
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| Barb loves that we have a Coffee Maker that is just like one at home! |
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| In fact I think she approves of the kitchen too! |
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| Our little living room with english TV! |
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| A nice comfy bed with good pillows! |
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| I knew you would want to see this! |
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| The view from a nearby restaurant on the water. |
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| The last view... A sunset on the ocean... Ahhhh... |
We would certainly come back here again too. Its too bad its so far to travel, but who knows maybe one day?
On Wednesday October 22nd we were on our way again.
This time was the long trip back to our home.
If you have ever travelled to Europe from North America then you know what its like being on a plane for hours on end. We try to break it up as best we can, especially when we have to travel across Europe as well.
On Wednesday we travelled back to Venice, Italy.
Starting off with a Taxi to the train station in Trieste, Italy. From Trieste we took a train back over to Venice where we spent the night.
Starting off with a Taxi to the train station in Trieste, Italy. From Trieste we took a train back over to Venice where we spent the night.
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| Bottom Left is Venice, Italy. Top Middle is Villach, Austria. Just an inch or so down to the right a bit is Bled, Slovenia. Just down and to the right is Ljubljana, Slovenia. Left of middle at the bottom is beautiful Piran, Slovenia. You could see the next town over (Croatia) from where we were in Piran. Just up the coast from Piran is Trieste, Italy. . |
The next morning we took a hotel shuttle to the Venice airport and flew to London's Gatwick airport. The unfortunate part (and we knew this) was that our connecting flight back home was to fly out of the London airport at Heathrow which may seem close but London is a very large city. So off we went again with an Airport Transfer bus over to Heathrow. A couple of hours later we had finally made it, luggage and all.
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| Slovenia is in the bottom right corner across the Adriatic Sea from Venice, Italy. London is near the top on the left. |
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| Inside Heathrow airport. Looks nice & quiet here? |
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| A few more people over here. London @ Heathrow |
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| The Zoo begins @ Heathrow! It was like your largest shopping mall at Christmas! |
Our plane was 2+ hours late leaving London and by this time we were almost used to lounging around the place so long. Finally we were able to board and fly home. It took another 8.5 hours to get home and by then we were both exhausted.
We arrived home Thursday evening Oct. 23rd, 2014.
TIP: Bring music, ear buds, ear plugs, and Melatonin to help you sleep.
Met by one of our children at the airport we were so glad to see her and be back off that plane! Don't mistake that statement, we had a wonderful trip and wouldn't change it for the world. It was awesome to see so many things, different cultures, foods, scenery and wonderful kind people most everywhere we went. But home is home!
We will stay anchored at home for about two months.
Spend Christmas with our awesome family and then... you guessed it we are off again. Back to Arizona for the rest of the winter!
Until then... safe travels to all, be thankful and hang in there!
Thanks for being patient with us and all our problems with formatting.
See you soon!
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