The Wachau region was inscribed as “Wachau Cultural Landscape” in the UNESCO List of World Heritage Sites in recognition of its architectural and agricultural history, and is known for its high-quality wines…

…and that is the River Danube to the left…

This was funny…  According to the GPS, this is a bridge…  🙂

After much reading of signs, we discover it is a car ferry of dubious quality, but…

…they are off on an extended lunch break!

…so we went in search of another way across the Danube…

Aha!  An actual bridge!

…and the ferry people gave us a good idea – lunch!

Beautiful Schloss Dürnstein, where King Richard the Lion-Heart of England was held captive by Duke Leopold V.

My friend Donna who came over from the States to do the drive from Vienna to Munich with me… (we will get to that soon)

…and back to Vienna…

Do you remember this (below)?  It is the red-eyed, fire-breathing incinerator that you saw in an earlier post, only this time in daylight…

What a glorious day – and home in time to get plenty of work done, including back to back calls with clients until late… (thanks to the time difference, I can explore during the day, and work with my US-based clients in the evening – perfect!)

Thank you SO much to Alexander and Donna who made it so much FUN!

~ Bella