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Durnstein Castle |
After the first tour and feeling a hungry, we rode to the little village of Durnstein to have a bit of lunch and look around the area. It is everything you might imagine an Austrian village to look like, complete with a castle. The photo of the castle above towers over the village. It has quite a history. King Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned in the castle by a relative during the crusades in 1192.
After lunch I hiked up a ways to the castle to take this photo of the valley and village below. The village sits on the Danube. Josh told us the Danube starts in Germany in the Black Forest and travels through 10 countries and four capital cities to the Black Sea.
The Village of Durnstein overlooking the Danube |
As with most places in Austria, the town has exquisite architecture. There was a wedding that day and the church bells were ringing through the valley. Charming!
Wine Tavern |
We all took to our bikes again for one last tour through the countryside to the ferry and then on to the beach to see Durnstein from the other side. The weather was hot, so the nice cool water was really refreshing.
View of Durnstein from the beach
We finished all the day with a bike back to the garage and on to the train home. It was such a lovely day and we all had a great time drinking our wine and talking about our experiences. Thanks to Vienna Explorer and our guide Josh for a memory I won't soon forget. I'll be posting my photos on my Facebook page.
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I'll be writing our my day in Salzburg soon. Auf Wiedersehen
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