MAY 2018 - BIRTHDAY TRIP TO FRUILI VENEZIA GIULIA
DAY 1 - LGW->MARCO POLO AIRPORT A belated trip to celebrate two birthdays - we flew into Venice, picked up our little Fiat panda and headed into the Veneto countryside to journey west to a small village called Fiumicello in the region of Papariano where our apartment waited DAY 2 - DAYTRIP TO TRIESTE Trieste has too many pedestrianised zones to drive and park there so instead so went 7km to Monfalcone station and the bargain €3.30pp each way to Trieste, not on the sleek, speedy-looking train this one was ours with sadly dirty windows for our 25 mins of views around the still-water curve of Adriatic coastline into Trieste Centrale station. A nippy cab ride along the corniche to Piazza Unita d'Italia , Europe's largest square located next to the sea; built during the period when Trieste was the most important seaport of the Austro-Hungarian empire, hence the sp...