Durnstein, Austria….. the jewel in the Danubes crown……..

So, back to my lovely little river cruise, and follwoing our tour of Melk Abbey and cruise through the Wachau Valley, we spent the afternoon in Durnstein where we were free to do as we pleased. Off we set on foot towards the village, only about half a mile along a walkway at the side of the river, nothing too arduous! The weather was still beautiful too, I couldn’t believe this was October.

Durnstein has to be one of the prettiest places I have ever visited. It only has about 460 residents and I have no idea where they all were on that afternoon because apart from a few ‘touristy’ type shops which were open we didn’t see a soul.

Obviously, we had a look at the famous chuch with the blue and white tower, then walked around the pretty little streets. Apart from being in the middle of the main wine producing region in Austria, Durnstein is famous for its Apricot Liquor. Some of the shops even offer tasters! A bottle of that was bought and is now sitting in my kitchen cupboard ready to be drunk on Christmas afternoon – looking forward to that very much!

After a lovely afternoon we returned to the river boat to prepare for happy hour, which happens every evening before dinner. After another lovely evening meal we sat in the lounge where a local chap from Durnstein entertained us with his electric violins. Wow, he was brilliant!
And so to bed to prepare for another busy day in Bratislava, Slovakia the following day. I was really looking forward to this as it is the ‘home turf’ of Stan from our Accounts Department. Blog post to follow.
For more pictures of Durnstein, click here………