We woke docked in the beautiful Wachau Valley in Austria. This is a big wine-growing area and also the home of Melk and its lovely abbey. That was our first stop in the morning and we took a bus to the abbey, but then walked back through the lovely town of Melk to reach where our ship was docked. Here are some photos from Melk! The abbey was absolutely amazing with its gardens and baroque church. It’s actually a functioning abbey with brothers and a school.
Once we were back on board, we cruised to the nearby city of Durnstein! So many beautiful sites along the way on the Danube River.
We arrived at the small town of Durnstein which was surrounded by vineyards. We hiked into town and did some exploring before heading back to the ship for a celebration since we would be docking in Vienna in the morning and some people would be headed home. Hubby and I were staying for another two days so we could explore Vienna.
