FUN-travel: Villach, Austria to Trieste, Italy
October 6, 2013 by Susan Clarke
Villach
Day 17 – Wednesday, October 2 – Villach, Austria to Trieste, Italy – gray clouds mixed w/white & teeny patches of blue sky – cool 50’s – turns to sunny, windy & chilly in Trieste
What I LIKE
- *6:40 – first wake up
- get dressed to go downstairs for coffee
- WATCH! – open door & he’s standing their w/hot cappuccino
- it’s really good!
- 9:15 – head for breakfast to go
- 9:30 – ready to check out (get more on time bonus pts!)
- 200’ walk to train
- on track 1 (closest w/no stairs)
- **9:35 – board train – 3 seats double facing, enclosed w/door (like the old trains)
- 10:04 – takes off on time for Udine
- 10:20 – cross border
- Yo adoro Italia!
- sun is shining
- ***11:58 – arrive on time
- 12:18 – take off on time
Villach
- 1:26 – arrive Trieste & no stairs
- met & picked up by Chris’ sister Cinzia who lives here (& why we came here)
- wonderful lunch @ her home w/family – Dario, Sebastian & Isabel
- caprese, melon w/prosciutto, roast beef, bread, vino & special dessert – molto buono!
Sebastian & Isabel
- 4:00 – check in Hotel Victoria Trieste
- nice big room, top floor (5th) w/little balcony
- 5:00 – pick up for happy hour @ Caffe’ Tomasseo – local wine w/snacks of olives, chips, peanuts
- 6:30 – walk thru town & main square
- very cute & clean w/grand buildings on main square
- 7:30 – dinner @ local restaurant – La Tecia di Lapaine – salad w/shrimp & mushrooms, mixed grill meat platter – local wine = $65 Euro
WATCH – What Are The CHances
What I DON’T LIKE
- *chris trying hard to not make noise (NOT!)
- 7:15 – no sign of chris w/capp yet
- **only has 2nd class train cars
- *** no elevator or escalator – have to schlep bags down stairs then up again!
- 9:30 – turn on computer to find: Detected DNS cashe poisoning attack
- now internet is really slow
FUN-fact – Trieste has a population of 250,000 on the north end of the Adriatic sea near the Croatia border.
Trieste Building with Mosaics