54 Days on the Moon

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We came to the market.

 

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Now we had some free time to walk around the town.

 

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The police station.








And a fruit and veggie shop.

 

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Then I went back to a bakery we had passed on our walk.
I bought a Burek Sirni. A pastry filled with cheese. Quite large and 3 euro.


Next I looked around the old town supermarket.


Yes Czech lager by Budweiser.


Then off to the next stop described as a Farmer's Market. The countryside is beautiful.

 

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The major hospital of this part ofSlovenia.

Past the Port of Kopar where cruise ships berth.

 

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Then we parked outside the village we were going to. Road lined with fruit trees.

 

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Lovely views over the valley to the Croatian border.

 

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However the Farmer's Market turned out to be a group of villagers who had set up stalls where you could taste their produce. You got 5 coupons one for each taste. You could buy 6 more for 5 euros which I did.
First pasta with local truffles.


The local one man band.


Salami and cheese on bread and a sweet pastry..


Spinach pie, white and red wines and olives.


Ham and cheese plus wine.


Apple strudel in the middle and a selection of wines. I tried the red and the muscat.


The pasta cooking and a cake with chocolate icing. Could also buy truffle paste.


I tried 3 red wines,the muskat and grappa. The wines were all produced in small batches by families and were surprisingly good.

 

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Now a stroll around the village.

 

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And an old Yugoslav tractor.

 

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Back in the bus for the return to Piran.






A casino very near the border.


The border crossing.

And we pass their airport. Small planes only.

 

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The airport terminal.

A little stream that flows into the Bay of Piran.






And we pass the Secovlje salt fields.







And then the resort area of Porta Rosa. They do have a Kempinski hotel.

 

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Back to the pier but I walked a little around Piran before getting on a tender.

 

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Back to the ship and we shared a pizza for lunch. Some photos from the ship now the weather had improved.





Italy in the distance.




But the clouds start rolling in again.

 

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The last of Piran.

 

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Atlantide daily menu.

My red wine. A fine red from Rioja courtesy of OBC.

For starters Mrsdrron had the crab and watermelon and I the red prawns.




I then had the tomato soup with meatballs.

Mrsdrron had 2 entrees the second being the beef tartare with caviar. I had the fillet steak again.








Mrsdrron again had the mango trilogy for dessert.