Trips, Pics, and Tales

We were settling into life on board our river cruise quite nicely! Alex and I really were enjoying the fast pace of the touring during the days, the leisurely dining at night and the staff on board had already gotten to know us and were treating us as if we'd known them for years! Today was a three part day. After breakfast, our first stop was a little town called Durnstein, in Austria.  Durnstein is know as the "Pearl of the Wachau" and it's one of the best known villages in the wine-growing valley. It was a drizzly morning, and quite gray, but the town was easy to spot as we approached because up on the hill was the ruins of the Kuenringerburg Castle. It was in this Castle that Richard the Lionheart was held prisoner for over a year for insulting Duke Leopold V!  Alex patiently waiting for our little group to head out into the drizzle! This is a good example, although a little difficult to see, of how the river boats dock next to one anoth