We dressed up this morning in anticipation of a trip into town. The definition of dressing up is clean clothes and deodorant. We had coffee when we got in so we could access WiFi and then went our separate ways for an hour or so. Chris wanted to go to the James Joyce museum and I wanted to potter the shops to see what I could see.
Then we met up at one of my favourite restaurant in the whole wide world. I keep calling it Seppia di Nero but it isn’t….correction here: It’s Nero di Seppia. Each year I have a sublime meal at this place. Starting with a spaghetti with Burrata cheese, tuna ‘cavier’ and pistachios. I’m going to see if I can do this. Then I had a gorgeous fish, Orata, (I think it’s bream) done in a thinnish sauce which has a potato and butter base. I’m inspired to see if I can replicate some of this food but I think that inspiration might fade very quickly. Anyway, this restaurant never disappoints over 5 years now.
Trieste is a great city, fortunately under- represented on the tourist trail. It is, architecturally, very Austro-Hungarian (and there are lots of Austrians in town, living around us ) but with Italian flair and the sort of food I just love…fabulous seafood.
It has been a very hot day (36) and when we got back here we were in a right sweat, so we wasted no time in plunging into the water to cool off. If there is a complaint it is that the water is warm. You have to go out quite a long way to feel the real coolness.
So we sit out to watch another sunset, eat a bit and then off to bed. Tomorrow it’s Ljubjana for another day out.
But wait….paradise has another flaw. Every now and again we have seen a large rat scamper into the bushes but tonight a whole family chimed their death knell by coming onto our verandah and running across the railings. 3 or 4 large rats…yikes…we use the toilet and the shower out here, Chris sleeps downstairs with the doors open (I smugly sleep upstairs, no rats up there I reason as I close my bedroom door onto the upstairs verandah)…all doors now securely closed, such a shame. Anyway, they’ve now been reported for being so bold and won’t have long to live I’m sure. The ratman cometh!!