Melk/Durstein, Danube

It's a busy day today. First a tour of the Benedictine Melk Abbey, another amazingly beautiful building which is still in use as a school and a place where the old manuscripts can be studied. How do they get the money to restore all these old places? Only 2kg of gold was used in the church but it's spread very thinly.
Back on board we're greeted with a magnificent buffet of seafood, salads, pasta and lots more. Mmm.
Kay jumps into the pool again with a tot of Jaegermeister for warmth, but it's beautiful in, especially watching the misty scenery pass by.
We dock at Dürnstein about 3pm, and it's a short walk into this lovely old village, who's speciality is wine and apricot liqueur. Another mmmm. The old city wall forms part of many buildings and looks amazing as night falls, lit up and leading to the huge ruined castle high on the hill, looming out of the misty dark.
After dinner on the boat about 20 of us are led back into town for a wine tasting, with a character of a guide, full of local stories. She insists on everyone looking into her eyes as she says pröst, and explains that the penalty for not doing so is 7 years of bad sex...... So now you know.