On a cruise on the Adriatic (Koper)
Let's continue the story. Leaving Venice, our liner "Voyager of the Seas" headed towards the port of Koper. This is Slovenia, the only port city in this country. Every day, in the evening, a kind of bulletin was brought to our cabin, where it was written what was planned on the ship for the next day. The bulletin about Koper wrote: Koper is a city in Slovenia, on the Istrian peninsula. The largest city of the thirty-kilometer strip of the Slovenian coast. It is in close proximity to the Italian border and the city of Trieste. Koper grew out of an ancient Greek settlement known as Aegis. During the Roman period, it received the name Capris, from which the modern name of the city comes.
After dinner, after a little look at the ship and, given that the day was quite busy, we lay down to rest on a huge bed, and in the morning it turned out that our liner was already at the pier of the port of Koper, we were greeted by a brass band that performs Slovenian folk melodies. After a quick breakfast, we went to see the city. More like a town. From our terminal they left the port, at the exit we were given a whole pack of advertisements, and there was also a map of Koper. Map by map, and we follow the people up the stairs to the slope, look at the old fortress, then we pass a deserted street and go out to their central square, where almost all of their sights are: the Praetorian Palace is the most famous building of Koper, the most beautiful palace in the Venetian Gothic style XV century, opposite on the square is the Palace of the Loggia, it has an art gallery. We look, take pictures and cannot understand why there are no local people, it is somehow deserted. We pass further along the deserted beautiful streets and go out to their main street.
And here it turned out, where all the people. "Smoke rocker"! Along the entire street there are tents, fun, music, tasting of local wines and strong drinks, trying out local dishes and confectionery, treating them with fruits (ripe cherries, strawberries, etc. ) They thought that this was some kind of their holiday. But no!
It turned out that in connection with the first visit to this port of a liner from our cruise company Royal Caribbean, the local authorities organized this Sabantuy, and the Slovenes treat us wholeheartedly and take communion themselves. In general, walk along this street back and forth and you can relax near the fountain in the park. Well, very interesting! For many, the remaining sights have somehow turned out to be useless. A lot of music, folklore songs, dances, pull us into their dances.
This is how they had fun in the glorious city of Koper. When we felt that the legs, and not only the legs, began to hum, along the embankment along the beautiful Adriatic Sea we reached the port, where it was calm, because. there was nothing edible and alcohol in the hands (everything was carried in the stomachs! ) We went on the ship. It is forbidden to carry any food and alcoholic beverages on the liner. After a short rest on the ship, we splashed in the pool, then watched the departure of our ship. And on the pier the music played (concert of brass bands)! It seemed that all of Koper poured onto the embankment and waved his hands to us, saying goodbye. The ship went to sea, and we went to prepare for the captain's reception.
