Concentration camp
[ Feb.2014 ] In Trieste, there was a Nazi concentration camp.This was the only one in Italy with the crematory.It is called Risiera di San Sabba and it was originally a rice threshing factory.Naturally it…
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Miramare Castle
[ Feb.2014 ] This castle situated outside of Trieste in Italy is facing the sea and looks similar to “Swallow’s Nest”, a castle in Cremea Peninsula in the Black Sea.This Miramare Castle was built by…
Out of place pianist
[ Feb.2014 ] On the way back from shopping to the hotel, we saw someone playing the grandpiano at one corner in Piazza della Borsa in Trieste, Italy.There was a roof above him, but nonetheless…
Buy a pair of boots
[ Feb.2014 ] When we walked around the newer part of Trieste, I noticed a pair of green boots in a shop window.It happened to be the last stage of winter sale.At first I thought…
Baptism
[ Feb.2014 ] In Trieste in Italy, near the Grand Canal, there is a church with a long name : The Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity and St.Spyridon. Because I saw its blue…
Grand Canal and James Joyce
[ Feb.2014 ] Unfortunately the weather was bad on the second day of our stay in Trieste, Italy.We started off to the newer town with our umbrellas open.The new town was developed in the 18th…
The square where the night view is gorgeous
[ Feb.2014 ] Piazza Unita D’Italia ( Unity of Italy Square ) in Trieste, Italy is apparently the largest square which faces the sea in Europe.I read somewhere it is 12280 square metre.It is very…
Sky and sea merging together
[ Feb.2014 ] There is a pier on the sea in Trieste of Italy and people were walking around in the evening.The weak sunset was reflected on the sea which was giving a subtle colour…
Coffee culture
[ Feb.2014 ] Trieste is in Italy, but because it was under Hapsburg dynasty for a long time, the coffee culture which is to spend time in a cafe drinking coffee like in Vienna has…
