Travel with me ...

We were up quite early and had breakfast again at the Eppinger Caffe. We then went to Mass at Sant'Antonio Taumaturgo at the head of the Canal Grande.

Afterwards we went back to the apartment to change into more casual clothes before setting out to explore more of Trieste. We walked down to the Piazza della Borsa.

After taking some photos there we got great seats at a café. The service was terribly slow but we enjoyed people watching and an excellent busker while waiting for our drinks. From there we walked through to the Piazza Unita d'Italia to take some photos in daylight.

Next we wandered down Via San Sebastiano where a flea market was taking place.

This turns into the Via di Cavana further along, which was to become one of our favourite streets in the city.

We popped briefly into the church of San Antonio Vecchio but a service was underway so I just grabbed one quick photo from the back of the attractive ceiling.

We cut through the Piazza Attilio Hortis and from there walked down to the waterfront. Our plan had been to walk the length of this but with the sun so hot we decided just to take a quick look. We did however walk out along the Molo della Pescheria to check out the views. This was a serendipitous decision as we discovered the Pier Inn's shady terrace, the perfect spot for our next refreshment break.

We then followed the waterfront but on the shady street side, crossing the canal to arrive at the Magazzino delle Idee, a modern art gallery that had an interesting exhibition of work by Ila Beka, a Friulian photographer and film director.

We spent some time here (and I confess enjoying the air conditioning almost as much as the photos!) We then walked back to the canal and along it to the far end where we naturally found ourselves drawn to our already favourite gelateria, Pompi. It was then back to the apartment to rest a bit.

We had our evening drinks in the Amazon cafe (nothing to do with the online retailer!), securing seats right by the canal. It was a picturesque scene - until, that is, you looked down at the rubbish floating in the water.

We had dinner in La Trattoria Di Napoli with an outside table overlooking the small piazza. I really liked my buratta starter, as did Chris his tuna carpaccio.

But my main course of herb-crusted salmon was disappointing – rather bland and with lots of overcooked runner beans. Chris fared better with his beefburger, and they redeemed themselves with a great lemon sorbet. We took a few photos by the canal before heading back to the apartment.