October 2024
Tauck’s “Blue Danube” River Cruise
- This post, Part 2, will cover our time in Durnstein.
- Durnstein is a tiny little town in the Wachau region of lower Austria. Known for vineyards, apricots, a beautiful monastery with a blue tower, and the castle that imprisoned English King Richard the Lionhart.
- It was so charming and the sun peeked out, which boosted morale!
- We spent the afternoon on the ship, continuing our Danube voyage. We got to go through a few locks, which was really cool — and we had lunch with our new friends, Mary and Bob from Colorado.
I think they could have done a better artistic representation of this guy.
Found another dog.
This was just the cutest little tourist town.
The cutest momma.
Another dog!
I, obviously, loved this.
The monastery’s tower is blue because blue and white are the colors of heaven — and the rest of the church is yellow and brown, the colors of earth. Or so we were told.
I walked in here and said, “Holy shit!” to which Jeanne replied, “That is NOT what you should say in a CHURCH!”
So casual and understated.
