Sagra dei Cjalčons
After a restless night on an uncomfortably hard bed in an overheated room, breakfast at Hotel Valle Verde offered little comfort: just the average spread of rolls and croissants with…
After a restless night on an uncomfortably hard bed in an overheated room, breakfast at Hotel Valle Verde offered little comfort: just the average spread of rolls and croissants with…
Our room at Albergo Salon was quiet and comfortable; I slept soundly all night, but in the morning there was no hot water, and so I was forced to begin…
I awoke early to the sound of a light rain pattering against our windows. It was the perfect day to sleep in, yet Mike and I had plans to leave…
Check out my latest travel "Highlights" on Afar.com: a festival of cheese and Friuli's largest palazzo.
This was the day Mike and I began our road trip through Friuli. We got an early start and managed to make it out of Udine, albeit getting a little…
Check out my new travel "Highlights" on Afar.com: a prosciutto festival in Sauris and Muggia's disgruntled winged lion of Saint Mark.
Having taken the train from Trieste back to Udine and dropped our bags off at Hotel Principe, Mike and I set out for our very first Italian rental car adventure.…
Early the next morning, Mike and I took a boat to Muggia, located just south of Trieste near the Slovenian border. My previous visits to Muggia had been in February,…
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Check out my new travel "Highlights" on Afar.com: a mountaintop malga and a beach of golden sand.