The captain dropped the moorings in Vienna just before midnight and the following dawn saw the vessel safely tied up at the lovely little village of Durnstein. I was up early and watched the sunlight redden the rocks on the hillside, then the walls of the ruined castle above the town. Remember the story of…
For our second day at Vienna we were offered three choices: A visit to the Schoenbrunn palace A visit to the stables of the Spanish Riding School’s winter quarters A visit to Bratislava I was pretty much over extravagant palaces before we started this tour. All that glitter, all that money spent on trinkets, baubles…
MS Amavenita cruised up the Danube overnight and we woke to a cold, misty morning that nevertheless gave notice of another lovely day. After cruising through countryside for a few more hours we tied up at our next destination. Vienna. Capital of the Austro Hungarian Empire from 1806 until 1918. Born in war, and died…