Saturday - Rossatz to Melk - via our guided tour

Today we have a private tour....um, maybe not. We woke up this morning to learn that the engine on our boat seized up around 6 am this morning which caused it to run into a private yacht. Yikes. We were supposed to meet up with our tour guide at 8:30 for a tour of Durnstein. Unfortunately, when he arrived he told us that the ferry wasn't working and he wouldn't be able to do it. There was also a lot of uncertainty about when the boat could be fixed and when it would be able to leave. Our group of intreped travelers decided to head off on our own. The plan was that we would go to Crema if we couldn't go to Durstein, then take a bus to the next stop the boat was making, Melk. Once we got on the road though we saw that the ferry to Durstein was working and so we (Don and Fran, Jackie and Lauren and Cathy and Mandy) called the ferry over and make our way to this wonderful village.

This is the view of Durstein from the ship

This was the bell we rang to get the ferry to come pick us up

This is our view from the boat

and this is the map of the village