Blogs from Istria, Slovenia, Europe

We get an email from the Australian Government website warning us that if we’re going to be in Slovenia for more than three days we need to register our presence with the local police. We’ve been here for eight days now, and this is the first we’ve known about this requirement. This is not good. We crossed the border when we arrived here without even slowing down, let alone showing anyone our passports, so I guess it’s possible the Slovenian authorities don’t know we’re here. We Google "police stations in Piran". The ten reviewers have given the one here an average of 1.8 stars, with comments including “incompetent gypsies”. Hmmm. We don’t particularly want to risk getting arrested so we decide to take our chances and just sneak back across the border tomorrow, and hope that ... read more

We walked (all down hill this time) with our suitcases to the boat dock, and left on the 9:00 am hydrofoil to Piran, Slovenia, 40 minutes away. We were very glad to leave our dingy airbnb, especially after being awakened several times in the night by a man right outside our window yelling for "Vera" to let him in...! It turned out that our initial inclination to abandon our money and find a new place in Trieste would have been a good idea. While the apartment was quiet at night (a major consideration in Trieste, since it is a very noisy city), the place had nothing else going for it, and the "owner" turned out to be a nasty man, who accused us of urinating in the bed (via email) and wanted to charge for us ... read more

Tak dnes som potiahol az do 9.00. V mercatu pri titovom trgu kupene ranajky. Tentoraz salat s rajcinami, mozzarelou a olivami, k tomu opat jogurtovy napoj. Uz som potreboval konecne vynechat pecivo. V tur.info oproti obchodu zistene odchody busu do piran. Ide to kazdu hodinu z pred trznice. Ranajky zjedene na zastavke. Pri trznici opat blsia burza. Tentoraz ale mensia a vacsie blbosti. Jedni pocernejsi (cigani) tam predavali aj kable. Bus prisiel nacas. Listok sa kupuje u vodica. Spolocnost arriva. Cestovne je v slovinsku dost drahe preto sa ani necudujem, ze tu dost frci prevoz.org. Oproti blablacar tu vsak ludia nemaju ziadne referencie a zrejme tu neni zapotrebny ani ziadny profil. Cesta sla fajn pri pobrezi cez pekne primorske dedinky. Po asi 45min prichadzame do piran. Vonku pekne slnecno ale neprijemny studeny vietor. Po pobrezi postupujem ... read more

Na ranajky kupene rio mare. Po zjedeny okolo jazera. Najskor zastavka na hrade. Dnu som nesiel, neoplati sa to podla recepcnych, je tam len prti muzeum a nic viac. Pri hrade je aj fajn vyhliadka s lavickou a lezeckou stenou pre zaciatocnikov. Pokochanim peknym vyhladom cez lesik klesam na asfaltku, ktora ide okolo jazera. Rano este moc ludi vonku neni. Teraz aj lutujem, ze som tu neostal este jednu noc, bo dnes je ukazkovy slnecny den, jasna obloha a hostel fakt super. Prechadzam cez veslarsky komplex. Veslari maju na jazere natiahnute svoje trasy kde trenuju. Z komplexu je pekny vyhlad na ostrovcek v jazere kde je kostolik. Dnu sa opat neoplati chodit, nic tam neni. Ono ani lodkou sa neoplati chodit, cena 15€ /osoba avsak podla recepcnych sa da pozicat zvlast clnok za rovnaku cenu, samozrejme ... read more

We had arrived in Zagreb late so managed to find the main square and have some cheese sticks, truffle pasta and gnocchi before passing out. Early to bed, early to rise. I managed to sneak out before 6am and get a good look at the city. I was pleasantly surprised as I had not heard too much about Zagreb. The early morning light was great for photos. I walked a series of parks: Park Zrinjevac, Park Josipa Jurja Strossmayera, Park Ledeni, over to the Botanical Gardens, and back via the Mimara, the National Theatre and the Museum of Arts and Crafts. I waked to the elevated town along the Strossmayerovo šetališteto to see St. Mark’s Church, then back past Zagreb Cathedral. While Ann got coffee, Riley and I took a short drive to the Zagreb Mirogoj ... read more