now leaving Durnstein and on through the Wachau Valley

scroll down (views from the deck in all directions & with various zoomings of waytoomany scenes along the river)

It is not permited to take pictures anywhere in the interior of Melk Abbey beyond the entrance, an overall excessively baroque ambience, an exquisite gagamaggot case for minimalism...  

the current abbey was constructed 1702 - 1736

Here ends the Danube cruise featuring:  Budapest

                                                                      Bratislava

                                                                      Vienna

                                                                      Durnstein & Krems

                                                                      Wachau Valley

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