My goal was my parents’ region of Lika, in the west of the country, above Zadar, but for once I wasn’t visiting the inland area where my family came from. Our Italian interlude was so delightful I was almost sorry to whiz through Slovenia and finally into Croatia. The next day, when we caught our first glimpse of the Adriatic on our way to Trieste and stopped for lunch surrounded by Habsburg stateliness, I was making more plans to return. An aperitivo in Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, a wander under Piazza della Libertà’s porticos, and a dinner of spaghetti alle vongole is what you want after a five-hour drive. Later, in Udine, we watched a beautiful Renaissance town wake from its afternoon snooze and come alive with the evening passeggiata. Determined to avoid a dire motorway meal, we found a restaurant in tiny Tarvisio where pizzas came smothered with local San Daniele ham. Our entry into Italy’s snappily named Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region coincided nicely with lunchtime. In Udine, we watched a Renaissance town wake from its afternoon doze and come alive with the evening passeggiata Bavaria’s largest lake shot up my “How on earth have I never heard of this place and can I please come back?” list. This former industrial area is now full of container bars, sleek hotels (including ours, the Adina, which has a fabulous roof terrace), concert venues and a huge ferris wheel.Īnother lovely surprise – the first of many the next day – was Chiemsee, whose waters we glimpsed from the autobahn to Austria. Rather than stay in the old town, we picked a hotel in Werksviertel, a few S-Bahn stops away. It wasn’t just handsome Marienplatz and its neo-gothic new town hall the food shops and stalls on Viktualienmarkt made me seriously hungry. On the women's side of the long jump, Jirah Sidberry took seventh with a jump of 6.07m.Germany proved to be one of those places where I couldn’t stop making mental notes on things to come back and explore and the night we spent in Munich made me wonder why I had never visited before. Judd Armstrong finished eighth in the men's high jump with a mark of 2.04m. In the men's high jump invitational Kyzaiah Stone leapt 2.13m to set a new PR and finish sixth. Makala Wright also finished inside the top-10 in the event, throwing 55.93m to take fifth. Joe Jaster ran a time of 3:53.11 in the men's 1500m to claim ninth place.Īt the Tom Jones Memorial Invite, Sydney Freeman finished fifth overall in the women's hammer throw, turning in a mark of 56.48m, the fourth-best in school history. Napoleon also recorded a top-10 finish, clocking in at 4:22.43 to finish eighth. Nevada Mareno (4:19.91) and Leah Stephens (4:21.77) finished fifth and sixth, respectively. Hannah Gapes took second in the women's 1500m invite with a time of 4:17.35. With a clock-in of 2:10.19, Kate Putman snatched fourth place.

Zach Hughes came up big on the first night of the Duke Invite, breaking the school record for the men's 800m with a third-place finish of 1:48.39.įreshman Angelina Napoleon took the win in the women's 800m, clocking in at 2:07.81. The Wolfpack is fresh off of strong performances at both the Duke Invite and Tom Jones Memorial Invite last weekend. RALEIGH - The NC State track and field team is set to continue the outdoor season as it competes at the Wake Forest Invitational in Winston-Salem, NC and the UVA Challenge in Charlottesville, Va this weekend.

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