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San Giacomo

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    • Day 30

      Trieste

      July 30, 2022 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

      Als ich am Morgen vor die Tür trete, traue ich meinen Augen nicht. Der Himmel locker bewölkt, die Temperatur leicht abgekühlt und eine schwache Brise weht vom Meer herüber.
      Bis auf die Luftfeuchtigkeit perfektes Wanderwetter für die restlichen 23 Kilometer „Homerun“ ins Zentrum von Triest, zum Trailhead, der Piazza Udine d‘Italia.
      Nachdem Armin und ich die erste Stunde gemeinsam an der Küstenstraße gelaufen sind, zieht es mich schon bald auf die offizielle Route, oberhalb der Straße.
      Hier versuche ich, die Stille eines kleinen Waldes genießend, die vergangenen Wochen und Tage Revue passieren zu lassen…

      500 Kilometer, 27 Etappen,
      2 Pausentage, 25500 Hm im Aufstieg, 26000 Hm im Abstieg,
      4 Länder, 3 Nationalparks
      (Berchtesgaden, Hohe Tauern, Triglav), etliche Pässe und Scharten, extreme Hitzeperioden, sowie grandiose Berglandschaften…

      Eine besondere Zeit neigt sich dem Ende zu.
      Grandiose Eindrücke, tolle neue Begegnungen, Herausforderungen, körperliche Grenzerfahrungen, Schmerzen, Glücksmomente, lustige Situationen und Selbstüberwindung, all diese Impulse nehme ich mit, werde sie festhalten und bestimmt bald neue Pläne schmieden.

      Kann man München-Venedig’21 und Salzburg-Triest’22 vergleichen? Schwierig, hat jede Tour doch ihren eigenen Charakter….
      Unterschiede zeigen sich vielleicht im Anforderungsprofil, den Besucherzahlen und der Wegstruktur. Mehr möchte ich nicht sagen, soll jeder Interessierte seine eigenen Erfahrungen machen. Soviel sei jedoch Gewiss, beide dieser Alpenüberquerungen sind für den ambitionierten Hiker definitiv empfehlenswert…

      Am frühen Nachmittag & Abend, gibt es in einem der vielen Triester Strassenlokale noch ein Wiedersehen mit Dirk, einen Wegbegleiter der ersten Stunde. Bei Campari Sprizz, Wein und Pizza feiern wir uns, das Leben und die kommenden Abenteuer….

      —Fin—

      P.S.: Bei Interesse stehe ich für Fragen gerne zur Verfügung….
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    • Day 14

      Trieste - Vienna by the sea

      April 18, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

      Today's picture collection of old buildings and selfies comes courtesy of Trieste.
      A completely different feel to other Italian towns, it has a Central European feel, deriving from it's history as part of the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg empire. Indeed, our apartment host admitted that the people in the city feel more Austrian than Italian.Read more

    • Day 55

      Trieste Day 2

      November 4, 2023 in Italy ⋅ 🌧 12 °C

      Today turns out to be a day of free entry into any museum across Italy to mark national unity. So we took the opportunity to go to Miramare Castle which was an hour away by bus from Trieste. The castle was built by Maximillian of the Hapsburg empire as he was very taken by the Gulf of Trieste. He, however never saw the finish as he was assassinated in Mexico. The Castle was beautiful with gardens and an eclectic collections of antiques and paintings.

      It was very opportune too that there was a Coffee Festival at Piazza della Borsa with, of course free coffee and coffee liqueur tastings. A definite stop at the Piazza before more sight seeing.

      After coffee, we continued with the second half of our self guided walking tour to the Jetty called Molo Advace, The Grand Canal, 2 Orthodox Churches and the Roman amphitheatre ruin.

      The Greek Orthodox Church of San Nicolò dei Greci was nothing to look at from the outside and did not reflect the splendor that was to be found within.

      Serbian Orthodox Church of Saint Spyridon was even more spectacular. Decorated on all 4 sides of the outside of the church with mosaic and beautiful architecture, whilst the inside of the church was equally splendid.

      It was a long uphill via the Cathedral again and we got there just in time for the sunset.

      Dinner was a simple meal cooked at the accommodation of salmon, bought from the market this morning with a broccoli looking vegetable called Romano and silver beet.

      Distance walked 12.7km
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    • Day 56–61

      Trieste bus drivers

      November 5, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      The bus drivers in Trieste all reckon they are Michael Schumacher, that brakes are only for absolute emergency, and it's pedal to the metal for brakes and accelerator. That in the windy streets of Trieste with sharp acute bends every few metres where its either uphill or downhill makes it an exhilarating or nauseating ride. If you happen to to be standing with suitcases, it makes the ride very treacherous. Worse if you have these easily manouverable 360° 4 wheel suitcases. Don't for a moment be fooled into thinking that securing a seat would solve those problems. We had seats yesterday, and wore hiking pants that unbeknownst to us are actually quite slippery. The buses have smooth plastic seats. We had to plant our feet firmly on the floor of the bus and hang on for dear life to not end up sliding down the aisle of the bus with our dignity disappearing into the Gulf of Trieste.

      We hope for calmer bus drivers and straighter roads for future rides.
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