This Quilter's Journey

Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Thursday - Family pictures

Lauren seemed to draw all the stray cats as we walked through villages. I love this picture

Jackie and Lauren. The wind was really blowing here

Jackie, Lauren, Don and Fran

Lauren and I

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

Saturday - Durnstein

Such a lovely village, cobble-stoned paths, a monastery church and views down every lane.

Standing at the railing surrounding the tower of the church

Saturday - More Durnstein

View from the tower of the church. we have had our share of rain - so we had rainbows a plenth

Saturday - Durnstein - the streets

There were some lovely views down streets and alleys

Durnstein - the bakery

We stopped around 10:30 for our morning coffee break. We shared a piece of black forest cake, a cream horn, a pastry filled with creme and an apple strudel. Several of our crew of 7 got latte's. They were beautiful to look at and everything was delicious.