Fall Break - Koper, Slovenia

Sunday - October 26, 2014

We woke up to a new town, Koper, Slovenia, a short walk off the ship into the small town square.  We climbed the requisite bell tower for a bird's eye view of Koper then attended to the more important task of finding a cafe with free wi-fi (there is no free wi-fi on the ship).  Bonus, the cafe sold gelato! Since Koper is small, Lori and I left the kids at the cafe while we wandered down the main street and found a wonderful shop, Soline, selling locally harvested salts for cooking and spa treatments.  Having seen Koper we returned to the ship in time for lunch and our first afternoon of bingo!

With only 29 miles (or 1%) of Slovenia's border on the coast, Koper is Slovenia's main port city, a booming metropolis of 25,000 people. Over the centuries Slovenia has fallen under the domain of Italy, Yugoslavia and others.  Koper has two official languages:  Slovene and Italian.

breakfast entertainment - watching tug boats at work

there's wi-fi on the square!

Bell Tower - once part of a Roman fortification pre-15th century - 3 euros to climb 204 steps/43 meters

Cathedral Church of Mary's Assumption - 1100s

Praetorian Palace - 15th century

gelato and wi-fi

Da Pointe Fountain - reproduced after the Rialto Bridge, Venice, 1666.

goodbye Koper!