Sunday, April 29, 2012

Koper, Slovenia


Koper, Slovenia our last port of call, on Sunday, April 29.  This will be the last day of these 107 days on the 2012 World Cruise.  A wonderful adventure and it will be hard to say good bye to many friends.  We have been told there will be 13 passengers continuing on to the Holy Land segment.

Now Koper is a very small city with a little over 23,000 in habitants and very much in the European style.  It, too, along with Croatia was a significant part of Yugoslavia prior to the war.   The old core of Koper retains the look of the 15th and 16th centuries.  There is an old bell that dates from 1333, one of the oldest in the country.  Across the square are the Praetorian Palace and a Venetian style Loggia.

One of the popular tours was to see the Lipica Stud Farm founded in 1580 and has bred famed Lipizzaner horses for over four centuries.  Most people know or have seen these horses perform in Vienna, Austria.

Tonight we will depart at 7PM for a quick trip across the Adriatic Sea to Venice, Italy.