Danube river cruise along the Wachau Valley

We went from Vienna to Dürnstein, after about an hour or more of bus ride. We did some sightseeing of this town with the fabled blue church over the hill and 16th century residences. It was typically a town for tourists with lots of shops, restaurants, wine shops etc. on both sides of narrow, cobbled streets. We then boarded the boat at Dürnstein pier at the foot of the hill around 10:00 AM. The ride was for about 3 hours or more and the boat had an on-board restaurant. At a distance, you can see the castle now in ruins that had held Richard the Lionheart captive.

Later we visited the Benedictine Melk Abbey (Lower Austria) adjacent to the Wachau Valley. It has the tomb of the past rulers and a library with a huge manuscripts collection. We also visited the blue gallery and enjoyed the projected slide show on the walls of the museum. on the way to the the Melk Abbey we saw from the boat the ruins of a castle where the Richard of Lion heart was imprisoned.

Wachau valley is well known for its vineyards and wineries. We visited one of them and were served wine ex-gratis...

Watch the slide show of the visit on YouTube here:

https://youtu.be/0bcEmuUUJM0

At Szentendre on the way to Vienna

We visited the picturesque town of Szentendre on the bank of Danube in Hungary not too far from Budapest. It is easy to reach there by bus. It is truly picturesque as you see in the pictures and if you are into painting you may like to visit. It has a beautiful church and there are restaurants although we did not eat there.
We visited this town during our recent trip to Europe and spent a delightful hour there on the way from Budapest to Vienna. Later we travelled to Vienna...
Arriving in Vienna we went out although it started getting dark. The subway (metro) is clean and convenient. Karlsplatz was where we headed to...

Head here for the slide show of the day:

https://youtu.be/JEZRKT_JUmE

Picturesque town of Hungary- Szentendre

This picturesque town of Szentendre on the bank of Danube in Hungary is not too far from Budapest. It is easy to reach there by bus.It is truly picturesque as you see in the pictures and if you are into painting you may like to visit. It has a rich history of migration and interaction with Romans and Turks.

We visited this town during our recent trip to Europe and spent a delightful hour there on the way from Budapest to Vienna.  It was 10ish and the weather was perfect. The cobbled stones; the quaint churches and the numerous gift and sovenir shops on either side of the main street left a lasting impression.

The photos, only couple shown here speaks for themselves as to the picturequeness of this little town.