Grand Hotel Portoroz

... night and seem to be getting some of my strength back its taken it out of me and luckily have had Ian around to help me. Everytime I got up I just felt dizzy but thats common I think with concussion. Ian had to feed me soup the other day as my hands would not stop shaking but as I said I am feeling a lot better now and even agreed to move on to Opatija which is about 2 hours down the coast and a little ...

... is only a short bus ride away and they have some ancient ruins of an ampli theatre that we could go and visit. So we hopped on the bus after a nice breakfast and headed to the amplitheater. It was freezing so cold that we both had coats and hats on and we got the theater and it was raining. It was an amazing place and Ian went up in the audience bit and I was messing around in the arena asking him could he ...

... tram in the city will take you uphill to the Trieste plateau ("Altipiano triestino"). Be sure not to miss a walk through the Napoleonica, a panoramic pedestrian route loved by locals of all ages; the Grotta Gigante (Giant Cave), the world's largest tourist cave in the world, and, last but not least, an easy lunch in an osmiza, each one open only several days per year. Be sure to keep your eyes wide open and look for a branch of ivy and a wooden ...

... 7 by this time, my wheels are rattling loud over the cobbles, and we swear they keep moving these Venice-like streets. So our host heard us in the quiet streets and called out to us, and thats how we found it. And we had the penthouse! 39 or 42 steps up, depending how zou counted, and I do mean up. The last leg was almost straight, like a shipćs ladder. One window gave us a beautiful view up the street and over the laundrz and past the ...

... alittle burnt after our swim on the red island but o well much welcomed after all this rain. We also stopped off at this cave in the middle of no where within the rocks of one of the other smaller islands..annnd there was all you could drink herbal brandy and wine...and of course iced tea and juices...all in all awesommmme boat tour..highly suggest for the best taste of what ...

... all male inhabitants of the village of Feština.

This cave is proof of how individuals can do a lot with their effort and good ideas. With the help of Roman Bošac' daughter and all its families, Istria gained yet another natural beauty. With the permit issued by the Ministry of Culture and in collaboration with Natura Histrica and Silvije Legović’ advice, who went through a similar experience for the ...

... Damn you Shona for passing on your diseases to me!! Haha. Love you all the same. But yeh, I think I really confuse everyone when I say that I don't mind what we have for dinner or whatever. They don't understand. They are used to forceful people who know what they want and can decide simple things! Haha....

So after a few days relaxing in Trieste, it was time to head back to the kids. Who had missed me!! And I missed them a little too I ...

... ago. A very worthwhile stop.

It was about 500-600 steps down to walk through the whole thing and come out the other end.....where the elevator back up was broken, meaning 500-600 steps to climb back up outside the exit, lots of fun on this boiling hot day!

... mentioned 11th century up to the present moment, there has literally been built nothing more than one building, and that was the Italian school, dating from1892.

The smallest town in the world, beside that it presents a monument of its time, is important and interesting for other things also, namely traces of past. One of them are definitely the frescoes in Hum, a unique work of art that originates from the 12th century. Beside these skillfully painted Biblical motives of an ...

... in America was in Orlando. We spent the rest of our time trying to convince him that Orlando is not indicative of the US.

Back on the ship, Tyler was taking advantage of the sports deck that is dropped down anytime the ship is anchored. One can waterski, sail, kayak or just swim.

We said our goodbyes and went back to the ship. Cocktails at 7, followed by dinner and dancing. Another great day!