Walking in Europe

A blog of Angus and Alison's walking tour of the Tour de Mont Blanc, Via degli Dei the Dobratsch Circuit in Carinthia, Austria, the Dolomites, Venice, and Iceland

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Trail’s EndOctober 6, 2025
Along Iceland’s South CoastOctober 5, 2025
The Beauty of IcelandOctober 2, 2025
Four Days in VeniceSeptember 27, 2025
Tre Cime di LavaredoSeptember 22, 2025
Lago di Braises and Cinque TorriSeptember 19, 2025
A night out at 9500 feetSeptember 14, 2025
Val Gardena and the Secëda RidgeSeptember 11, 2025
Into the Südtirol; the beautiful DolomitesSeptember 8, 2025
Grateful in Graz ❤️September 5, 2025
We ❤️ SalzburgSeptember 2, 2025
Nötsch – Arnoldstein – Warmbad; a wrap on the DobratschAugust 29, 2025
To Villach, Austria and the Dobratsch RundwanderwegAugust 27, 2025
Trieste, ItalyAugust 24, 2025
Last Day in FlorenceAugust 22, 2025
Falling for FlorenceAugust 21, 2025
Trails end at Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze (Florence).August 18, 2025
Heart of Tuscany: Castello del Trebbio, olive groves, Monte SenarioAugust 17, 2025
Cross of Monte Gazzaro – Sant’ Agata – San Piero A SieveAugust 15, 2025
Beech forests and Roman roadsAugust 13, 2025
Madonna dei FornelliAugust 11, 2025
Sasso Marconi – Brento – Moduno: into the Apennines.August 10, 2025
Bologna to Sasso Marconi; first leg of the Via degli DeiAugust 8, 2025
Buongiorno from Bologna!August 7, 2025
Tre le Champ-La Flagere-Brevent and a TMB wrapAugust 4, 2025
Col de la Forclaz to Col de Balme: Switzerland into FranceAugust 2, 2025
Two days in the steep Swiss woods: La Fouly to Col de la ForclazAugust 1, 2025
Courmayeur to La Fouly: Italy to SwitzerlandJuly 30, 2025
Elisabetta-Courmayeur-BonattiJuly 29, 2025
From France to Italy over the Col de la SeigneJuly 27, 2025
Feet over the ColsJuly 27, 2025
Lunch in Les Contamines-MontjoieJuly 25, 2025
Chamonix campsiteJuly 23, 2025
Now in Chamonix, FranceJuly 21, 2025
Leaving in the morning!July 18, 2025
A packing dry runJuly 15, 2025
Hello everyone!July 9, 2025

Trieste, Italy

August 24, 2025

Quick post: Leaving Trieste today after a short two night stop over. We had a lovely visit and dinner invitation with Christabel (Mike B’s cousin) and Roberto and a day of sightseeing through the old part of the city and the Castello di San Giusto built for Austrian governors and royalty in stages from 1468 to 1636. That part of the city also has the remains of a Roman amphitheater and the castle exhibits archaeological finds from Roman and Byzantine antiquity. Not enough time to fully absorb, but a city with a very interesting history and historical importance right up to the post war era.