Late afternoon in Trieste

Some have asked, "why Trieste?"  And I say, why not?  It's off the beaten Tuscan path so it's not crowded with lots of people enduring the heat just so they can tell everyone they saw the Coliseum.  It's not crowded at all here and we've been told most of the population is of an older generation. But I think that makes things richer and more like a real place, not some cookie cutter city that must keep up with all the world's craziness.  No one here is attached permanently to their cell phones (except me and my blog).  The architecture is completely unpretentious, maybe a little run down at the heels but still very beautiful.  Trieste has a little bit of everything.  Here are a few examples:

An unexpected rainbow

A little bit of Venice in the old town

A hint of Bologna's arcades

A small Roman theater

Incredible light quality

And the port (right before the rain and before all the lights came on)

There are also many car-free piazze with places to sit and rest....as I write it's started to rain.  And here is one last photo with a glimpse of the moon.