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We have now come down from thehill and doing a walk around the CBD.

The old castle, Roman ruins and views. And on top of a Mountain the Temple of Monte Grisa.

Nearing the top of the hill.

Though in Trieste they are very happy that the NZ troops arrived not long after Tito's forces liberated Trieste. That meant they ended up part of Italy rather than Yugoslavia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_for_Trieste Trieste of course was handed to the Italians after WW1 when they were part of the Allied forces. The borders were finally settled in 1975 with the treaty of Osimo. Quite a few Italians were very upset that Istria was handed to Slovenia and wanted to charge the Italian PM and Foreign Minister with treason. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Osimo Interestingly our guide in Trieste was born in Slovenia but emigrated to Trieste to escape communism. Whilst our guide in Piran says the best leader Slovenia has had was Marshal Tito.

We had nearly perfect weather for most of the first 3 segments of our current cruise. But since the 4th segment began in Athens things have changed. Missed the first port in Crete due to a storm and only one truly sunny day since. Excursions from Bari were soggy affairs. Several other days with light rain but not really much inconvenience. Spent 2 nights in Fusina with terrible weather. Got extremely soaked in Padua on our excursion there Thought things were improving with overcast skies and minor showers. However today moored off Hvar with heavy rain, strong winds and a very choppy sea. So our stop now cancelled as unsafe for tenders. Awaiting what will happen next as a storm approaching.

Back on the bus and to the top of the hill in Trieste.

Back outside and a short amount of time to walk around the gardens.

Interesting to see just how many places the Hapsburgs ruled.

At this point another large group of school children noisily barrelled their way through our group. The family portrait gallery. Views from the windows.