Our hotel in early morning
Morning view of Melk Abbey from hotel room window
Waiting for Melk Abbey tour
View from balcony
Ceiling in the library
Church services were being filmed
Reflected spiral staircase
Abbey gardens
Water break in Willendorf
Monument where the Willendorf Venus was found
Entering the Wachau wine region
Grapes, apples, and apricots
Entering the village of Spitz
Our lunch café in Spitz
View upstream from Spitz
St. Michael Church; main part is Gothic, dating to 1500
View from cemetery
Altar in main church
Pipe organ
Marilyn plays the organ
Tour guide and ancient altar of skulls and bones
More vineyards
Water break
Terraced vineyards go back to Roman times
Dürnstein Castle, built in the 12th C.
Richard the Lionhearted held captive in Dürnstein Castle during winter of 1192-1193.
Narrow streets of Dürnstein
Wall of Dürnstein Abbey with depiction of St. Florian
We arrive at our hotel in Krems
Relaxing before dinner
Krems night scene
West, or Steiner, Gate from the old wall around Krems