In Trieste

Waiting on the weather to improve and the last bits to be finished on the boat. Lunch to usual Italian high standards but waiting on the chandlers to re-open after lunch...

I've wanted to visit Trieste for many years and it's a fascinating place. A classical centre with elegant buildings but surrounded by sad and decaying apartment blocks, industry and dockyards. It is often said that Trieste is not really part of Italy and it certainly feels different to any northern Italian city we have been to before. Its not even a great place for sailors to visit as the much feared Bora is reputed to be at its worst here and can blow for weeks on end through the winter.