We docked in Melk at 6:00am. We had a busy day today. After
an early breakfast we left the ship at 8:30 to board the bus to take us to the
Melk Benedictine Abbey situated 130 feet above the Danube River. It is
certainly an amazing place built over 900 years ago.
Melk Abbey
Melk Abbey
Melk Abbey
It was another extremely
hot day so we decided to get the bus back to the ship instead of walking. We rested for a while before lunch at 12:30. At 1:00 we set off
again through the Wachau Valley noted for its picturesque scenery & old
castles & arrived in the town of Durnstein about 3:00.
Wachau Valley
At 3:30 we had an
on-board demonstration of local apricot products from Wieser – Schnapps,
Apricot Liqueur, Apricot jam, Apricot BBQ sauce, chocolate coated roasted
apricot pips & salted roasted apricot pips.
At 4:30 we walked into the town with one main street so you
can’t get lost. A very pretty little town indeed & it only took us an hour
to do the round trip.
Durnstein
We went to the Port Talk before dinner. After dinner we went
up to the sun deck with an English couple we had befriended. We were the only
ones up there. Finally cracked the bottle of Proseco (Champagne) I got for my
birthday. We sat up there until 11:00pm. It was a lovely evening relaxing in
the cool after such a hot day.
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