For the next six weeks or so, we’re on the road again – with a trip to the US to see our daughter Lini, and son in law Joe. Then we are heading off on a train, then a road trip, and a cruise … so we’ll be posting pics from our travels as they…

This week, our Travel pics series has been K for Koper. And we’ll end with a view of the Slovenian coast as we sailed away. There’s something very special about a sunset, especially one on board a ship. And this one was extra special – we’d just spent a lovely day in Koper, in Slovenia – and…

This week, our Travel pics series is K for Koper. For Saturday, it’s the city’s Praetorian Palace – but despite the name, it doesn’t date back to the Roman Emperors although it does have a connection to the original Roman empire. It takes its name from the Praetor, an ancient title meaning general or magistrate – and the palace…

This week, our Travel pics series is K for Koper. It’s a beautiful city in a beautiful region – with the Julian Alps as a backdrop to the north-east. They are a mountain range that make up part of the Southern Limestone alps, running from Italy into Slovenia. Not as spectacular as their Northern cousins, in Austria…

This week, our Travel pics series will be K for Koper. For Thursday, an apparently random courtyard – but in fact, it’s not. Random, I mean – obviously, it’s a courtyard … I can’t be certain – because I don’t speak either Slovenian or Italian, but I suspect this is the site of the Consulate General of…

This week, our Travel pics series is K for Koper. For Wednesday, it’s a hidden gem. Or a not-so-hidden one. We were coming to the end of a 25-night cruise from the Caribbean to Venice when we called in to Koper, in Slovenia. Half our party had gone on a shore excursion, but my wife, one of…

This week, our Travel pics series is K for Koper. As mentioned, Koper is in Slovenia .. it dates back to the times of the ancient Greeks, when it was known as “Goat Town” – it’s also been known as Justinopolis, and Capodistria – or “head of Istria”, from its days as the capital of Venetian Istria. The city…

This week, our Travel pics series will be K for Koper. And we’ll start with a sure-fire way to win your way into a 21st Century traveller’s heart! Koper is a small port city in Slovenia – about 25,000 people, just across the border from Trieste in Italy. Unlike its nearby Italian cousin, Koper is not a major…