We bought two-day transportation and museum passes yesterday, and started to use them today with a trip back down the coast to the Miramare Castle, and then on to the beach resort town of Sistiana. We got a bus to the Castle, but got off a stop too soon (the stop said "Miramare" in our defense!). We walked in the wrong direction, but finally found a path down towards an entrance with the help of a young woman. She told us that she has complained to the city numerous about the lack of signage! We are at the Castle after a walk along the water, and joined large tour groups of Austrians, on a pilgrimage to bask in Austria's former glory. The Castle was built from 1856 to 1860 for Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian and his
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