We went to Piran/Pirano on Friday, February 13th, for a day trip. Only about 90 minutes away, we entered an entirely different ecosystem - palm trees, lavender, and rosemary blooming. And the smell of the sea, important for me, being the coastal Maine girl I am.
Piran/Pirano is ancient. Romans overturned the Celts (who likely usurped some other tribe) in the first century, but it is the later 500 span of Venetian rule that has left its mark. Winding narrow streets, Gothic architecture, plazas, and a well-protected harbor, make this is lovely town to get lost in, even off season, as we did.
The Slovene here sounds like Italian, and most signs are in both Slovenian and Italian. True to the eclectic cuisine here in Slovenia, we had a great lunch at a Bosnian tavern, and super cappuccino at a tiny corner cafe. Bella, who is multilingual, had a dip into the Adriatic sea, and posed for me after.
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