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Soll, Austria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We liked the idea of a two-centre holiday so much we did it again, flying into Munich for Soll, Austria where it rained<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Soll\"<\/a>
Soll<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

and, then, Portoro\u017e, Yugoslavia (as it was then, now Slovenia).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Piran harbour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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\"Piran\"<\/a>
Piran<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Piran, Adriatic sunset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

“Soll lies in a valley protected by mountains and surrounded by woods and pine trees… and has the charm of a typical Tyrolean village.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margaret wrote 28 pages of notes which largely record the timings, what we ate and how expensive everything was to buy. We flew from Gatwick to Munich in a wide-bodied DC10 and then by coach .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soll, Austria<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Selected comments<\/strong>
Hotel Gansleit<\/a><\/strong> key ring outrageously heavy. (lovely photos on the current website<\/a>.)
Jog around village and was stared at!
Both shattered after 12 mile walk.
Very sudden storm erupted, wind changed direction and brought lightening and heavy rain.
Bus to Kufstein 28 sch per person each way for half-hour journey. Very wet. Found shopping centre and had a meal and dried off. Out in the rain again. Wet through.
People on trip to Grimmal waterfall never saw them as delayed by landslides in the pass. Snow on “our mountain.” 10cm on Brenner Pass in one hour!
Had superb evening bowling with four teams of English\/Scottish: ordinary bowling, alternate hand, through legs, ‘mickey mouse’ etc. Schnapps for Marg who managed a strike. Schnapps for whole team afterwards.
Walk via Pirchmoos Church. Rained on and off but good to be out. Detoured on way back to waterfall. Grand view after walking down rather steep slope. Tremendous rush of water after all the rain. Walked on towards bridge but found path had been breached by a fall so turned back.
Sore feet again! Gus had his cake and coffee 38 sch. Black Forest Gateau rather unlike our imitation.
Early tea then out on a Hunters Walk with 30 of us trekking up into the hills for an hour and half. Funny guide, like a gnome! Met at Almhouse with a schnapps in a little bottle. Inside had a beer and a platter of cheeses, rye bread and speck – a type of bacon. Omelette and chips for supper, strawberry mousse. Back to Soll in the dark by light of storm lamps. Had chocolate with cream dolloped on it – too strong for me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Portoro\u017e, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Picked up from Ingeborg Hotel then off to Yugoslavia. Spledid views via Kitzbuhel (not impressed). Lienz for coffee stop then into Italy. Border stop very brief. Incredible journey down from Alps along zig-zag road.
Bad news: Lucjana hotel over-booked. Moved to Bernadin Hotel<\/a><\/strong> vast complex of newly built restaurants, rooms, shops etc. Noisy. Rather a surprise after sedate Soll.
Up by 6.45 and out for a short jog to Piran. Lovely morning. Breakfast: rolls, jam, hot chocolate. All OK. Fruit juice rather insipid and unidentifiable. Straight onto beach: beach 200 dinar for the day. Not bad.
Walked to Piran and had enourmous 4 scoop ice-cream 100 dinar each. Piran is old and real. Narrow streets, local people and tourists. Beautiful views.
Very humid.
Lay on neach all day.
Quiter night than usual… until 5.00 woken by incredible alarm noise. Some doubt over whether it was a fire alarm but no-one seemed to be moving. Appeared to be a boat alarm and some people jumped on it until it sunk and stopped. Found sunken boat later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1986 we went to the Soviet Union ><\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We liked the idea of a two-centre holiday so much we did it again, flying into Munich for Soll, Austria where it rained and, then, Portoro\u017e, Yugoslavia (as it was then, now Slovenia). “Soll lies in a valley protected by mountains and surrounded by woods and pine trees… and has the charm of a typical … <\/p>\n

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