Day 5: Dürnstein

We'd already docked in Dürnstein before we awoke. Our cabin was very dark and we imagined it  was a cloudy and possibly wet  morning. In fact we were moored next to another board which was blocking all our light.  The moral is not to book an expensive balcony cabin because a ship moored right next to your ship will block out almost all light from your cabin however high up you are.

After breakfast we had a short walk into Dürnstein, a small, pretty village. After a quick look round, we returned to the boat for a sail along the Danube to Melk.

The ship next door

The castle where Richard the Lionheart was held captive for ransom by Leopold who was promptly excommunicated by the Pope for capturing a fellow crusader!

Riviera Travel ship 'Thomas Hardy'

Our sun deck

Riviera Travel ships have a plunge pool on the sun deck

Local children set off

Dimensions of our ship

Ours is the the one in the middle!

Famous flood years and metres above normal - our heads are around 9 metres above

Austrian Boris bikes

A house isn't a home without a dog

Rosie and Jim Danube style?

Ferry!  Much of this section of the Danube is a UNESCO World Heritage site and no bridges are allowed

There's even a beach!

Intellectual ship!