Hotel Principe Udine

... celebrations which end with a fireworks display over the sea, bringing 2009 to a close in a shower of kaleidoscopic sparkles.

Lastly, on 5 January at 5 pm, in the harbour and in Piazza XXVI Maggio, there will take place the representation of “The Arrival of the Varvuole”, the legendary sea witches who are said to reach Grado the night preceding Epiphany to take naughty children away from their homes.

... opt for local roads on our exploration through Slovenia. We first hit Gorizia which is divided by country boundaries. The differences between East and West are quite evident. Buildings, autos, clothing … are different. We apparently bypassed the official border crossing. Oh well …

We follow the Soca River northward which takes us through some small ...

... man to make the
last car train of the day. The ride
through Tolmin to get to the train was full of windy roads and since we didn’t
want to miss this train, we were driving European style (fast!). My motion sickness was renewed yet again at
this point and I had to keep the eyes closed and try to stay unconscious for
most of it to survive. Yes, a car
train. It’s a train that carries whole
cars on the train bed ...

... vor 11 Jahren mit Albert und family waren :-)

Die Zufahrt zum Stellplatz macht mir etwas Sorge, da ich auf eine schmale Ramoe rauf muß - aber mit Hilfe von Sarah und Hannah klappt alles wunderbar !

Dann gibts da noch eine riesge Poollandschaft mit Rutsche - also nichts wie rein !!!

Und zum Abendessen gibts im ...

... at Porto San Vito accepts bookings and takes guests to the casone they booked. Accommodation for sixty persons are created in a unique natural environment.
Some of the facilities will be ready for summer 2009 to satisfy the requests of discerning, niche tourists seeking an unconventional oasis of wellbeing and relaxation.

The scheme’s byword is sustainability, in the sense of conserving and promoting artistic, historical and cultural heritages, and directly ...

... is where the Germans first starting developing that whole blitzkrieg thing.

It was also here that Ernest Hemingway volunteered as an ambulance driver and his experiences here ended up in A Farewell to Arms, another high school book I didn't read....but now that I know he met a nurse here, I just might!

... restaurant near the station and waited for our train to arrive. It, of course, was late.

So, the first experience of riding and sleeping in a railway car wasn't that much fun when you realize that you have two rows of three seats (a little larger than airline seats) facing each other, and when the time comes, you sleep in them. Granted, we've been sleeping on the train ...

This is a great small town, where they actually choose to not speak english. We went from the restaurant to bar to wedding to bar to restaurant to bar (the Black Stuff) etc. Eat, Drink, Sleep repeat for a few days. It was a beautiful wedding and a great town.

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... aus Seekirchen. Um ca. 5h in der Früh haben wir schon telefonisch festgestellt, dass beide "on the road" sind - und nun wollen wir uns treffen. Ziemlich spannend!
Aber es klappt und wir sind vollzählig. Ein erster Morgen-Cappucino und wir sind glücklich.
Auf zum Campingplatz!