Every morning the ships events coordinator Garry reminded us of the days program over the PA system. The printed program which is placed on our bed by the cabin staff, with our tour tickets to ensure everyone is ready for and that we are on time to catch the bus for the right tour. He also reminded us to bring our ‘silent box which we wear over our ear so the tour guides can talk about the local feature he/she is taking us too.
As we leave the ship, we are handed a bottle of water. Tom and I were looking forward to seeing Melk again, which we visited in 2014 in our motor home.
Melk is a city of Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria next to the Wachau Valley along the Danube. Melk had a population of 5,257 (as of 2012). It is best known as the site of a massive baroque Benedictine monastery named Melk Abbey.
The town is first mentioned as Medilica in 831 in a donation of Louis the German; the name is from a Slavic word for border. The area around Melk was given to
Leopold 1, Margrave of Austria, in the year 976 to serve as a buffer between the Magyars to east and Bavaria to the west.
We loved visiting Melk Abbey again. The very special region was the Wachau Valley where many, many castles nestle along the Danube slopes.
After pulling back the curtains, we were disappointed to see the heavy fog. However, the events coordinator said we didnt have to worry because as soon as we were approaching the most spectacular castles, the fog would have lifted. He was absolutely accurate with his timing.
We went to the informal lounge to have breakfast and watch the sites float by. It was beautiful. Garry discussed the history of many of the Castles which was also special. It is worth googling Castles, Austria and you can see how many castles there are along the rivers.
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