Trieste
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This is funniest exchange I've ever seen on The Lounge.
But seriously, please tell us more about Trieste. It's a city I'd like to visit one day.
But seriously, please tell us more about Trieste. It's a city I'd like to visit one day.
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tteplitzmd
I know only one person besides myself who's been there, and that fellow is Italian!
This is a city with a complicated history. Lot's of Austro-Hungarian influences, in terms of architecture, food, and
commercial history. The airport is in fact bordering on Slovenia. It is a port city on the Aegean and a transit point
historically. It's got a very diverse community in terms of language and ethnicity.
It's a major center for coffee refining in Italy! Stock liquers are from Trieste. James Joyce hung out at Cafe Specchi,
one of a number of hybrid Austro-Italo cafe coffee houses. Among other factoids, outside of Trieste is the only
concentration camp in WWII Italy, a rice processing factory outside of Trieste.
Not a sartorial center as best I can tell, one shirtmaker and tailoring shop (for both men and women).
Wonderful walking town for a couple of days. Not easy to get to, but it fit into my schedule which called for
a short visit to Wiesbaden following the stopover in Trieste.
This is a city with a complicated history. Lot's of Austro-Hungarian influences, in terms of architecture, food, and
commercial history. The airport is in fact bordering on Slovenia. It is a port city on the Aegean and a transit point
historically. It's got a very diverse community in terms of language and ethnicity.
It's a major center for coffee refining in Italy! Stock liquers are from Trieste. James Joyce hung out at Cafe Specchi,
one of a number of hybrid Austro-Italo cafe coffee houses. Among other factoids, outside of Trieste is the only
concentration camp in WWII Italy, a rice processing factory outside of Trieste.
Not a sartorial center as best I can tell, one shirtmaker and tailoring shop (for both men and women).
Wonderful walking town for a couple of days. Not easy to get to, but it fit into my schedule which called for
a short visit to Wiesbaden following the stopover in Trieste.
I have been to Trieste and am not tempted to return.
If you are going in that direction, however, of great interest is the region of Friuli whose capital is the lovely town of Udine. The countryside is stunning. There are beautiful villages in the area worth a visit.Collio is the center of winemaking in the area that produces some of Italy's best. Nearby is San Floriano and Gorizia is stunning. And when in Gorizia you can visit one of Italy's very best winemakers, Radikon. http://www.radikon.it/azienda/La%20storia
Oh and the local cuisine is superb.
The Austrians and Swiss have bought up a lot of the neat old houses in the area but,unlike Tuscany, there are still a few Italians living there.
Cheers
If you are going in that direction, however, of great interest is the region of Friuli whose capital is the lovely town of Udine. The countryside is stunning. There are beautiful villages in the area worth a visit.Collio is the center of winemaking in the area that produces some of Italy's best. Nearby is San Floriano and Gorizia is stunning. And when in Gorizia you can visit one of Italy's very best winemakers, Radikon. http://www.radikon.it/azienda/La%20storia
Oh and the local cuisine is superb.
The Austrians and Swiss have bought up a lot of the neat old houses in the area but,unlike Tuscany, there are still a few Italians living there.
Cheers
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