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Category: Slovenia

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Italy’s far north

  By Ian M Packham September 4, 2017 July 6, 2023 Behind the lines, border, Italy, Latest, San Marino, Slovenia

Italy’s eastern border with modern-day Slovenia is not its only frontier to have shifted with time. The country, with its ancient and not-so-ancient empires, always seemed ageless to me, as fixed in boundaries as the island of Great Britain. This is not the case. The modern united Italian state, with… Continue reading

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Slipping into Slovenia

  By Ian M Packham August 17, 2017 July 3, 2023 Behind the lines, border, Italy, Latest, Slovenia

It was time to leave Venice, La Serenissima, the pick-pocketer in chief, the watery city on the edge of the world (or so it can seem) where it’s very easy to spend a lot of money without really realising it. For many, Venice is the end of a journey; journeys… Continue reading

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