Trieste; Wednesday, 06 August, 2014

I headed out of the hotel and wandered over to have a quick look round the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral before heading into the very centre of town and catching the tram replacement bus up to Villa Opicina to take in the stunning views over the city and the Adriatic that can be had from up there.

I had a long walk along the ridge, but sadly the trees were a little too heavily laden with leaves and pine needles to be able to get a good view.

Back down in town I headed over to the station and caught the train up to the border town of Gorizia.

I wandered through town to the stunning castle and had a long look round that before heading back to the station.

I made it to the station with a few minutes to spare before the train back to Trieste, but none of the ticket machines were working and by the time I finally managed to get to the front of the queue for a ticket and get to the platform it was just in time to see the train pulling out.

With an hours wait I wandered over to a vending machine to get a drink, only to discover that having put the money in and had the drink drop into the tray the collection door was broken – partly because there were now half a dozen bottles waiting to be rescued.

Feeling a little less than impressed with TrenItalia I waited out the 55 minutes until the next train vowing never to use their services again.

Back in Trieste I went for a bit more of a wander through town, before grabbing dinner in a restaurant near where I had eaten the previous evening, before heading back to the hotel to start the packing process all over again.