I'm glad to have you coming up to this corner of Europe. When will it be? If you have time I'd love to give you a small tour of the town. Unfortunately, I'm not sure if you can find decent accomodation in you price range, but you can check the prices at http://www.ts.camcom.it/hotel.htm If you find something suitable and you need further informations about the place, just ask and I'll be happy to help. The buses to Rijeka depart from the main bus station, next door to Trieste Centrale train station. The bus schedule for the Croatian operator Autotrans is not available on the website, while the Italian carrier SAF has 4 or 5 departures every day http://www.saf.ud.it/index2.html , click on "Croazia" and then "Trieste-Abbazia-Fiume" - Italian only, sorry.

For further informations about Trieste, you can check also http://www.trieste.com/giroturistico_ing/girotur_hp.html , this time it's in English.

Hope this helps. Bye Paolo Trieste, Italy