54 Days on the Moon

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We have now come down from thehill and doing a walk around the CBD.

 

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And at the corner of this street is the head office of Fincanteri who have built several ships for Silversea.





At this time I split from the group and went off on my own.

 

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Nearly 2pm so found myself a restaurant for lunch. I chose Le Delizie as the menu sounded OK. Not one of the top rated restaurants in Trieste but a good traditional Mediterranean seafood meal for me.
But first a really unusual occurrence. I got to the restaurant just after a young couple and was seated at the table next to them. They ordered first and said something extra to the waiter. I only recognised one word. Silversea. The young man I thought I had seen before so I asked why did he say Silversea. He said you are on the Silver Moon aren't you? Well yes. He then said I was on the Silver Muse in early 2019 and you were on a cruise to Auckland.
So after a bit of conversation he said later that year I got married and we wanted to have family and then there was Covid so I decided I needed to get a job on land and so I now work for Fincanteri. What an incredibly small world it is.

So now to the menu. Sorry I was at a table next to the water and with the glare was hard to see exactly what I was taking a picture of but here goes.

 

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So I had the Antipasto di Mare and the mussels in white sauce. I also had a beer and accepted the bread to soak up the mussel sauce.












The antipasto was really good. I always enjoy mussels and there were 50 good sized mussels in a lovely garlicky sauce. The beer was also nice. The cost was 43 euro which I was quite happy with.

 

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All I had to do now was walk back to the ship.

 

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As usual it was Atlantide for dinner. first the day's specials.

The wines.




For starters Mrsdrron had the crab meat with watermelon and I had the caviar.




Then I had the mezze plate as an intermediate dish.


Mrsdrron had the prawns from the main menu and I had the roasted duck breast.





Mrsdrron then had the raspberry delight whilst I had the bitter orange frozen yoghurt which is very nice.

 

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Finally the lights of Trieste as we departed.

 

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Wednesday and we arrive in a miserable,cold,wet and windy Fusina. Truly a place we would like to avoid. Here are some of it's delights.

















But you do get to see Venice through the haze.

 

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Despite the weather we decided both to explore the transit excursion The Elegant City of Padua.
Again it is quite a drive to get out of the Port area. As well the rain got heavier so taking pictures from the bus was impossible. This was the result when things seemed to improve.


Off the bus so I could use the camera from the safety of my umbrella though it sometimes gete crashed the picture.

 

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The one good thing about Padua on this day was the fact that there are a lot of porticos for shelter.

 

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The tour started off badly. There were meant to be 2 busses but only 1 could make it. One group was meant to do acity tour first and then go for refreshments the other would have refreshments and then do the city tour. Only 4 people indicated they would like to have refreshments first so it ended up that the front half of the bus would do the city tour first and those of us at the back would go and have refreshments first.
There was one very unusual fellow that on excursions always remained standing on the bus. He would also show people near him videos on his phone. Unfortunately on this trip he was sitting next to me. But fortunately he also never took no for an nswer so instead of staying with us he just went off with the city tour folk.
He also happens to be the secret cigar smoker on board as he lit one up before getting off the bus. When challenged he just laughs and grins.

So here we are nearing our walk in the rain to the cafe for refreshments.




We pass the market.



And arrive at the cafe.



We are offered a drink - prosecco, a spritz, coffee or a soft drink. I had the prosecco and fortunately it was drinkable. Given some chips/crisps with that.


Then given a plate with 2 small sandwiches -tuna and ham and salad- plus a ham and cheese croissant, a salad roll and a little cheese and tomato tart.



Wow what an experience!

 

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Then we could go on a city tour or have some free time and meet back at the bus. Rojaan wanted to do the tour so off we went.









Taken to this historic building.

 

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Then taken to the University and the building that housed the Medical school and where Galileo lectured from 1492-1510. Distinguished staff were able to put plaques around the building but they kept getting larger and the practice was eventually ceased.


















The guide displayed a terrible lack of knowledge when it came to Medicine. She claimed the first heart transplant in the world was in Padua 40 years ago and that William Harvey discovered his Theory of Circulation during his time in Padua. Sure he did his medical degree in Padua but his work on Ciculation was done in England because as he was the King's Physician he was able to study the King's deers and discovered the beating heart. The first heart transplant in Italy was done in Padua but definitely not the first in the world.
Now heading off to the market.

 

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Not just outside but in the old market building.

 

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The old market building.






Then the Jewish Quarter where the word ghetto originated. The jews had some freedoms but they could not leave the quarter at night. This is a just surviving synagogue.




One of the gates on the Jewish quarter was at the end of this street.

 

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So off we go heading towards the Pontifical Basilica of Saint Anthony of Padua.

As a youngster I was more likely to be seen in a shop like this rather than a Basilica.


But very close by was the Basilica.

 

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Another spectacular/ over the top church.

 

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