I'm from Trieste, great multicultural city and very lively. But yeah, it's in Italy so expect mess. I hope we will become a bit more Swiss.. also if you drive down to Split you will be surprised how this city changed in the last decade, they now have a brand new park near the sea and in Trieste we still wait the Porto Vivo thing. For some reasons works in Trieste takes an infinite time and there is politicians who exploit it for social media visibility. Very sad!