WHAT'S ON THIS WEEKEND         10 - 12 January 2014

The beginning of every New Year brings with it hope and joy, so we wish you a 2014 full of goodness, wisdom and positive energy also through the inspirational quotes by some truly great people:

Albert Einstein     Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.

Rita Levi-Montalcini

After centuries of dormancy, young women .... can nowlook toward a future moulded by their own hands

Nelson Mandela

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes tohis heart

Enrico Fermi Ignorance is never better than knowledge.

Steve Jobs

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. 

Aung San Suu Kyi 

Humour is one of the best ingredients of survival.

Leonardo da Vinci

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Nikola Tesla

Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.

Margherita Hack

I do not believe in the afterlife. When I die my particles will flutter about the terrestrial atmosphere. 

Eleanor Roosevelt       The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Oscar Wilde   To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Buddha     Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon and the truth.

Albert Einstein     Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

Art Exhibitions

Solo art exhibit at the Revoltella Museum by Jagoda BUIC - not to be missed - who was an international painter, film producer, costume artist with works on display at New York's Metropolitan museum.  Open until 12/1/2014, each day except Tuesdays, from 10-19.

Solo art exhibit at Galleria One San Nicolo' (in via San Nicolo' downtown) by acclaimed painter Anton Zoran Music (1909-2005). Open: Tues. - Sat.: 10-13/16-20.

Solo art exhibit by artist Consuelo Rodriguez at LUX Art Gallery in via Rittmeyer 7. On until 11/1/2014, open on Mon-Tues-Thurs-Fri from 17.00-20.00.; on Sat: 10-13/17-20.

At the Eurocar Salon (Audi car dealer) in via Flavia 27, Trieste, outstanding contemporary group art show "Extra Large Painting" with Zigaina, Busdon, Cervi Kervischer, Palcic, Rosso, Sila, Tigelli, Bigarella, Batich, Qing Yue, Chersicola, and many others. Open until end January 2014, open Mon. - Fri.  9-13/16-19 and Sat 10-12.30.

MISCELLANEA

Latin American dancing at Paradiso

Every Friday from 22.00 at Dancing "Paradiso" in via De Franceschi, 3, Trieste, lovers of latin american music and Caribbean rhythms can go dancing. Free entrance. Take bus 20 or 21 from the central train station. Check the bus schedules: www.triestetrasporti.it/index.php?linee-e-orari

SWIMMING

- The Acquamarina thermal pool (towards the end of the seafront, close to the Ausonia bathing establishment) at Molo f.lli Bandiera 1, Trieste, is equipped with a swimming pool, jacuzzi tubs, saunas, a fitness and massage centre and a lot more. The pool has salt water at a temperature of 30-32 degrees and is therapeutic for whomever suffers from pains, sprains and else. There are acquagym and other courses organized in the evenings. It is open to the public for swimming only, but timetables can be awkward  as on Mon, Wed & Fri it's open from 7.40 - 13.00; Tue & Thur from 10.20 -13.00 & from 15.40 - 17.00;  Sat 7.40 - 13.00; Sun 7.40 - 11.40. Tickets cost euro 6,60/head for the pool only - one is allowed to stay in the pool for 80 minutes -, if you include jacuzzi with pool, it costs euro 9,10.

Take bus 8 from Roiano or from the train station. For info see: www.2001team.com/acquamarina/ or call 040 301100.

- If you live downtown and like swimming and sunbathing throughout the year, the municipality of Trieste has decided that the Lanterna (called 'El Pedocin' in the Triestine dialect), the one and only swimming establishment in the whole of Italy which has separate accesses for men and women, will now be kept open the whole year through. During the cold season, water may not be provided but the neighbouring thermal pool is equipped with a cafeteria and toilets, in case.

TOURING THIS AREA

City Sight-Seeing tour by bus (like the red London buses), lasts for one hour, departing from downtown at the Stazione Marittima (close to Piazza Unita') but you can board the bus at GRIGNANO. Tickets last for 48 hours and there are 3 tours in the mornings (from 10.00 -12.00) and 3 in the afternoons (from 14.00 -16.00), Ticket costs: Euro 18/head; children Euro 9/head. Ring tel: 393 9172656 to inform that you will board the bus at Grignano. For info: www.trieste.city-sightseeing.it

Guided tour of Trieste every day at 10.30 a.m.: A 2 hours guided walking tour through the main sites and monuments of Trieste. The tour is in Italian and English and costs euro 7/pers. Book your tour by calling the FVG Tourist Office in via dell' Orologio 1 (on the corner of Piazza Unità): 040 3478312.

The Civico Museo Sartorio is a Villa that once belonged to the Sartorio dynasty originally from Sanremo. A branch of the family moved in 1775 to Trieste as part of its business expansion. Pietro Sartorio here with his family and bought the house, previously owned by the merchant family Faraon, originary from Alexandria of Egypt. The last heir of the Sartorio family, Baroness Anna Segrè Sartorio, left the villa and all its furniture to Trieste's city council with the explicit wish to make it a public museum.

The villa was used by the Allies, as their headquarter after WW2, as can be seen by the marks on the tiles and walls where the telephone and electric leads were brought through. Besides the villa itself being a very interesting building architecturally, it contains drawings of famous XVII century artists Giambattista Tiepolo.

The Revoltella Modern Art Museum is located downtown; it was founded in Trieste in 1872 by Baron Pasquale Revoltella who left his house to the city (located in Piazza Venezia) after he passed away. It still displays all the art works, furniture and books of his time. The main building was built in 1858, designed by Friedrich Hitzig and later on, in 1907 the City acquired the Brunner Building located nearby in order to expand the original collection. This building has been completely utilized only since 1963, following its restructuring of Carlo Scarpa. Its entrance is from Via Diaz 27. It has a remarkable collection of modern art (1860 to 1970), baroque art and 1700s and 1800s furniture, located in a superb environment. Not to be missed! Open from 10:00 - 19:00, closed on Tuesdays. Ticket: Free this Sunday for residents

Risiera di San Sabba is a former rice-husking facility that was built in 1913. After September 8, 1943, the Nazi occupation forces used the premises as prison camp, headquarters where deported prisoners were sorted out to be sent to Germany and Poland, raided goods depot, prison and extermination camp for hostages, partisans, political and Jewish prisoners. On April 4, 1944 a crematory plant was installed and made operative. In 1965, a decree issued by the President of the Republic raised the “Risiera di San Sabba” to the status of National Monument. Free entry. Open daily from 9.00 - 19.00. Take bus 8 from the train station. For more info see :

 www.retecivica.trieste.it/triestecultura/new/musei/risiera_san_sabba/brochure/Risiera inglese per e-brochure.pdf

Visit the Oriental Art Museum in Palazzetto Leo in via San Sebastiano, 1 (near Piazza Unita') there are many oriental items, paintings, furniture, porcelains that have been collected by our seafaring ancestors here in Trieste.  It is open on Wednesdays and Saturdays, from 9.00 - 13.00.  For more info see: www.muuseoarteorientaletrieste.it. Ticket: Free this Sunday for residents.

The Giant Cave - Grotta Gigante is considered the largest tourist cave in the world, situated in the Karst half an hour from the city centre. An exclusive feature of the cave is the horizontal pendulum, constructed by university researchers in order to calculate the slightest movements of the earth's crust. Visiting times every hour: 10:00 - 18:00. Each visit lasts one hour. Entrance ticket:  Euro 11/each. For groups of over 15 persons: Euro 5/head. Take bus 42 from Piazza Oberdan and get off at Borgo Grotta, Sgonico – proceed by foot for 5 minutes – follow road sign for Grotta Gigante. Wear comfortable shoes, no heels. Check website: www.grottagigante.it

The Science Centre Laboratorio dell'Immaginario at the Adriatico Guesthouse, (Grignano), is an interactive and multimedial museum. It has interesting experiments and videos and more. It hosts exhibitions, events and activities with the aim of spreading scientific and technological culture. There are special programs for children each month. Open January to May and October to December only on Sundays from 12.00 - 20.00. www.immaginarioscientifico.it   tel:-040 224424.

CAFES, FOOD AND WINE IN TRIESTE

San Marco Cafe' (Via Battisti 13), the historic Viennese-style coffee house has just re-opened after renovations. First opened in January 1914, when Trieste was still part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the San Marco became popular among students and intellectuals. The original art deco' furniture is still there and it is a place where famous writer Claudio Magris usually likes to hang out. Now its new owners offer a great deal of new services to its customers, like a new book counter, kosher meals, aperitifs, tapas, meze, tourist menus and traditional meals. Besides all this, the important cultural activities  held in the past will continue in the future with a broad range of programmes and initiatives.

The most typical & genuine Triestine Buffet in town is "Da Pepi", in via Cassa di Risparmio nr 3, where one can have excellent ham rolls at the counter or enjoy the special house dish: a variety of ham and meats served with sauerkraut and freshly grated horseradish. Good selection of wines and beers. Reviewed by the New York Times as the best in the Region.

Two traditional pastry shops, dating back to 1850, decorated in "Liberty " style are "La Bomboniera" in via XXX Ottobre (near Piazza San Antonio) with its delicious pastries and coffee served in a cosy environment and "Pasticceria Pirona" in Largo Barriera 12, where James Joyce used to be a customer. Pirona won a prize for the best hot chocolate in Italy.

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