Český Krumlov to Vienna

 

Sunrise from the window.

Breakfast was at 7 am but there was another huge tour group coming through so there was a long line and not much seating.  There were too many people so I could not take any pictures of the breakfast.  The people who had luggage that needed to go back to the bus needed to bring them down by 7:20 am.

We met at 8 am to walk to the bus stop.

This is the set up for taking luggage to the bus.

Leaving Cesky Krumlov.

Our bus.

Our first rest stop

Jana showed us the mushrooms that Petr found yesterday.

Petr's good luck buddy.

We arrived into Melk

Melk Benedictine Abbey complex

Jana with Anna, who was our guide into the Melk Abbey.

Once we went in we were no longer allowed to take pictures.

When we left we went down these spiral stairs

The picture doesn't do justice.  Since this was outside we were allowed to take pictures again.

We went into Melk for some sit-down time.

We had some coffee.

I tried to get some height so you could see that the yellow benches spells Melk.

We got back on the bus for a short ride to the Danube.  

We got on this boat to take a 1 1/2 hour cruise along the Danube.

We started outside but it wasn't long before we decided to move inside where it was cooler and out of the sun, plus we could order lunch.  It was 1:30 pm and I was hungry.

Gruner Veltliner wine.  It is a local specialty.  It was very good.

Sharon had the Burrata salad

Jeanne and Kris had the wienerschnitzel (pork).

I just had a grilled ham and cheese sandwich.  Not very photo worthy.

Some scenes along the Blue Danube that did not look very blue.  We saw a lot of evidence of the flooding.  I am glad that we were able to do the cruise.  It had been questionable. 

We got off at Krems.  Petr met us there with the bus.

We drove the rest of the way to Vienna to the Hotel Das Tigra.  We all checked in.

Our room.

This time we are in adjoining rooms with Sharon and Kris.  

We went downstairs at 6 pm for our orientation walk with Jana.  

St Stephen's cathedral

Once Jana had helped us to get oriented she left us.  The question was - where to go for dinner.  We wanted someplace close. 

We ended out at Diglas Cafe.  That was one place Jana had recommended.  

Ann and Cindy joined us.  We sat out in the back garden.  What a pleasant evening.  There were quite a few others from our tour who ended out at this same cafe.

Jeanne got the salad.

I got the original wienerschnitzel (veal) and shared it with Jeanne.  It was very good.  

After dinner someone from the hotel came and unlocked the connecting doors.  That was nice.  We could chat a bit.