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Traipse around Trieste

March 30, 2017 by Nat & Tim 8 Comments

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Trieste We were lucky to have an awesome view from our apartment in Trieste. Looking down from half way up the hills shooting up from the port, we could see the old town below and the sunsets were heavenly, setting deep on the Adriatic. The flip side of our digs is that it is a […]

Filed Under: #theextraordinaryitaliantaste, #VaBene, City Card, Italy, Tourism, travel, Trieste Tagged With: caffe tomasseo, europe, italy, slovenia, trieste

The Karst, one of Italy’s best kept secrets

March 15, 2017 by Nat & Tim 10 Comments

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The Karst About an hour outside of Trieste is an incredible stretch of land that saddles both the Italian and Slovenian border. Accessible by city bus from the centre of town it’s a winding and fantastic ride along the steep shores leading out of Trieste as you climb onto a plateau above the city. The […]

Filed Under: #foodtourism, #theextraordinaryitaliantaste, #VaBene, DOP, Europe, food, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, IGP, Italy, Tourism, travel, Trieste, wine Tagged With: bajta, bajta-sales, Carso, europe, food, italy, Karst, osmiza, osmize, terrano, trieste, wine

Get caffeinated with the Trieste coffee pass

March 8, 2017 by Nat & Tim 9 Comments

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Trieste coffee pass We love coffee, so when we spotted the Trieste coffee pass while visiting the central tourism office we knew it was a must do while we were here. For a very affordable €3.00, we received a booklet with six tickets redeemable for one coffee each. A total of 8 antico cafes to […]

Filed Under: #foodtourism, #theextraordinaryitaliantaste, #VaBene, City Card, Europe, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy Tagged With: caffè, Caffè San Marco, Caffè Tommaseo, Carso, coffee, coffee pass, europe, italy, Karst, pasticceria la Bomboniera, slovenia, trieste, trieste coffee pass

Movember: men’s health month

November 9, 2016 by Nat & Tim 5 Comments

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A lifetime ago It seems like a lifetime ago since I have written something about what we are actually doing with ourselves. The truth is pretty simple and by normal standards quite boring. As we have said before, we travel on our own terms which usually means on our own dime and it takes a […]

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