Piran

 Practically in Italy, in this charming Adriatic town, and it feels like it! Too lovely. 

Slovenia!

 I’m back on the road, mostly for the third of the four legs of my travel fellowship (Malta, here I come!), but with some just-for-fun jaunts on either end of the main event.

Twenty-seven years ago, I took a bus from Trieste, Italy, to Opatija, Croatia, for an afternoon and the bus crossed through the enchantingly lovely Slovenian countryside. Ever since, I’ve been wanting to return to explore, and I finally found a handful of days to do that.  Day One, I got to visit Predjama Castle and Postojna Caves in the karstic region. What a start!