Piran

We have just got back from spending some time on the Slovenia coast (yes they do have one and it's about 46kms in length!!).
Found an apartment in the middle of Piran that was a reasonable price and it took just under 2 hours to get there from Bled.
We had checked our "bible" (lonely planet) book and on arrival we had lunch at Pri Mari which is a fish restaurant. Gemma had a superb fish soup, where the soup really had a great spicy taste to it and I had shark, which was just as good. For those of you that don't know me very well usually the only fish I will eat either comes in a bag or has fingers!!, but I must say that both were excellant and the restaurant certainly deserved its' number 1 rating on trip advisor.

After lunch it was time for a siesta in the apartment before venturing out for an ice cream and to walk along some of the ancient town/city walls. A quick return to the apartment and a shower before heading out to dinner at another highly rated restaurant. However, this time Stare Gostilina was a bit of a let down as Gemma's main course was literally prawns and nothing else (except a good sauce) despite her asking if she should order any accompanying dishes with it to which she was told "no". After my adventure with shark I decided to play safe and went for the Ljunljana chicken, which was basically a bit of chicken with ham and cheese wrapped around it in a breadcrumb covering. It was neither appetising or fresh. We ordered a bottle (litre) of wine which was quite poor, so all in all the restaurant was a tad of a let down. The good thing was that it gave us a chance to chat and also to compare how good the lunch was.

It didn't help that we were the only people in the Gostilna and thus we ventured to a local bar after dinner where we had a further 2 half litres of wine to which we did as the locals do and added water/ice cubes to the wine to water it down. This resulted in more fun and frolics and Gemma waking up with a tad of a hangover the following day, as well as a cut on her finger where she broke a wine glass.

We checked out of the apartment and drove down to Portoroz which was a bit more touristy (Brighton/Blackpool) compared to sophisticated Piran. The weather here was hot and sunny with a bit of a sandy beach. We had a couple of hours here and a couple of dips in the sea and I tried out my new water shoes after the old ones had fallen apart in the water at Lake Bled.

Afterwards we went for lunch where a couple of slices of pizza (they are HUGE) were consumed and I managed to persuade Gemma to play around with me (mini-golf that is!) where I managed to reclaim my crown of mini-golf champion after losing it in Bled the week before.  It was a particularly poor course and not really worth going back to. Gemma put it down to the heat that she lost and I just thought I was lucky that it was a hot day or a second humiliating defeat may have ensued.

The drive back to Bled saw the temperature go from 28C down to 16C and then back to 26C by the time we reached home after going through cloud, rain and sunshine.

All in all, a good trip and we are now looking forward to Bosnia and Herzogivina next week.