As I had expected to be the case for the whole trip(which it wasn't), the day dawned (actually, a late night full of technological frustrations meant that I actually slept right through dawn so my comment applies to activities in a post-checkout time slot) with a clear blue sky, a slight breath of wind and warm sunshine. My preparations prior to our 10am checkout were fairly standard, and last nights death of my laptop meant there was no option for responding...

Today started as a soggy one but the weather gods smiled on us and by the time JJ and I ventured forth, the day was fine, a little cool to start with, but then bursts of sunshine among periods of threatening clouds that didn't amount to anything. JJ and I started the day with the optional (ie not included in the tariff) breakfast. What we expected was some was a sort of a buffet perhaps but we were delighted with the array of breakfast goodies that was presen...

JJ and I achieved another successfully executed international transfer today (albeit aless than 2 hour bus trip) and are now in Trieste, Italy. The day startedslowly with a sleep in and agreement that our activity deserved some peacefulslumber time – so no problems there. So after the (very comfortable catch upwith electronic contacts without stepping out of bed (wonderful Wifi everywhere)– the one reason to be thankful for the time difference with ho...

Before I start a description of today's cultural, taste, sights and unexpected surprise delights, I want to provide validation of my pathetic attempts in previous entries to describe the various ages of artefacts and people development that I have found this trip – its about my attempt to describe the enormous time frames for some of what I have seen, which is something so unfamiliar in the Australian context.See opposite pic – the City Museum of ...

It was another fine morning in Zagreb that saw us spring out of bed (LOL … more likely it was to groan and roll over, pull the covers and enjoy a last few minutes of cosy snuggling) and prepare to leave Croatia behind and head for Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. Reports I have had from multiple sources is that it is a vibrant and verity interesting city so I was very much looking forward to it. With time up our sleeves to start with we first touched bas...