We got packed up and arranged to meet in Lidl in Koper. Lisa and Sean tried to get LPG gas but Slovenia doesn’t seem to have the right gas or fittings. We both did our Lidl shop and then we went to Decathlon to buy things to upgrade our bike gear – tyres, tubes and…

We had a bit of rain first thing in the morning with a torrential downpour. We waited until it had all gone and then got not our bikes. We had a lovely ride down the hill then along the flat esplanade – a total of 9km. By the time we got there it was lunchtime…

Lisa and I had a rest day catching up on blogging, diarising and planning at the campsite while Sean and Glenn did their own cycling trips. Sean went for a ride to Croatia along the Parenzana cycle track – an old railway track. Croatia is only 12km away. Sean crossed the border with no checks…

After Izola yesterday we had another big day cycling to Piran – also a Venetian town that was set up next to the productive salt marshes – making the town very rich. We took a route directly from our campsite through olive terraces then down a very steep hill to the salt marshes area of…

We had a day in the nearby town of Izola. The town used to be an island – where the name comes from. It was originally Roman – the remains of a large harbour and villa are still visible. It was then Venetian from the 13th century and there are many obviously Venetian style buildings.…

It was hot so we had a quiet morning relaxing in the shade beside the vans. The others had been kept awake by French teenagers talking loudly in the toilets area until 3am so were a bit tired. Sean cycled down the hill to Izola town to buy food. As he is a keen cyclist…

I was still in bed while Glenn was birdwatching from the van through the top window. We went for a quick walk along the Napoleon path and checked out the view. We saw the old tram again. A 2445 km walk through the alps to Monaco starts here. We left Trieste to drive back to…

I was going to be a hot day. We were doing the top tourist attraction in Trieste – Miramare Castle that is on the coast a bit further north. We got the bus downtown and then another bus up the coast. It was a 1.8 km walk from the bus stop to the castle along…

We packed up and said goodbye to Lisa and Sean for 2 days as we are going to a Trieste and they are visiting Ljubljana. It was an easy drive to Trieste – just over half an hour. The Italian border was easy to get through. They reduced the traffics to a single lane and…

It was a cool night and cool morning after some rain last night. We took our time to get ready for only 1 visit today to the amazing Predjama castle – a castle in a cave. It inspired George RR Martin to write Games of Thrones. It was also used in the Jackie Chan film…