Piran: Slovenia's Adriatic Gem

Today, we headed southeast to Piran, which is famous for its Venetian architecture and sits on the Mediterranean Coast of Slovenia.

We took a guided walking tour with points of interest being...
- Tartini Square, the main town square and was named after violinist and composer Giuseppe Tartini, of whom a monument was made of in 1876
- A house showing Italian architecture
- Church of St. Francis of Assisi, construction of the building, reaches back to the 18th century and is known for a small Renaissance shrine by Vittore Carpaccio. Before entering the church, there is a chair made of a 500 year old root of an indigenous olive tree called the Piran Buga.
- Church of St. George, located on the hill above Piran and the large lawn, used to be a graveyard. The view allows you to see both Italy & Croatia.

We then had a light lunch at a local restaurant while having a view of the Adriatic Sea. Once back to Ljubljana, we had a bit of downtime before venturing out for the evening. A stop was made at the Holidays Pub for 1... that led into almost shutting the place down...Oops 🙈
Drinks were had, hoodies were bought, and another glass was added to my collection...oh and I saved Burts life by grabbing a spider that was making its way up to his neck 😬😂

A couple of fun facts about this place is that some members of Metallica partied there after their concert in 1999 and that they open at 6 am & close at 2 pm!Les mer