Today was our one day on the coast, and we headed to the tiny, lovely town of Piran. It was a dramatic day - really hot with giant clouds moving across the sky and sunshine in between. But first we had coffee on our little terrace while enjoying the interesting view of the Adriatic sea and the various ships moving around on it.
Sandro had given us the local tips on getting to Piran and where to park, and that was extremely helpful! We parked in a garage and took a free bus into Piran proper, where we started exploring. The kids were begging to swim from first moment, so we found a spot and they jumped in. Soon they had hooked up with some other kids and they were all collecting jellyfish and making a pile on the concrete. Apparently they weren't a very stingy type of jellyfish because nobody was complaining about it.
Then we did some more exploring of Piran, including walking up to the church which had a nice view over the town. By then we were pretty hungry so we found a cafe that had comfy seats in the shade and had lunch there. Rhodri actually dozed off and the rest of us just relaxed and took turns going out to the waters edge or jumping in and then returning. Eventually we abandoned our spot and walked to another stretch of coastline where we all went swimming. That is when we started to see lightning strikes off in the distance over Croatia! A big storm was approaching so we got out of the water and in good time, too.
This big crazy front moved in and everyone fled the waterfront. There was a huge fierce wind that blew through, knocking down umbrellas and funneling debris down the alleys. We ran with other people down an alley and ducked into a bar for shelter.
We watched the debris flying through the alleys outside for about 10 minutes and then we decided to go get some ice cream.
By then it was sometime after 5 pm so we figured we would head back to the flat. We took the bus back to the car and drove to Koper. It was still raining and we had a slow trafficky journey back to the flat.
We spent our final night in Slovenia listening to music and playing cards round the dining table. Its been a really great week here but I think we are nearly ready to head home.
Today was our one day on the coast, and we headed to the tiny, lovely town of Piran. It was a dramatic day - really hot with giant clouds moving across the sky and sunshine in between. But first we had coffee on our little terrace while enjoying the interesting view of the Adriatic sea and the various ships moving around on it.
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