No pictures today, and possibly some odd spellings, because this is an Austrian keyboard. I have not worked one of these in a couple of years, and forget almost all the time that y´s, z´s and apostrophes are in unusual places.)
We left summer behind in Linz, and found weather more like Seattle as we floated through the Wachau Valley. In Durnstein, "Pearl of the Wachau," we sheltered from a 4-alarm thunderstorm in a 17th-century church, hoping its tower, almost the highest point in town, would not become a target! Rain continued through the afternoon, and we were happy to be invited in a bit early to the wine restaurant where we were to taste several of the (justly famous) local wines.
Ship arrived in Vienna about 11 p.m. We are berthed across the Donau from the big UN complex of striking new buildings, and have at least one other riverboat tied to us. This means that our lobby becomes a corridor - slightly odd situation.
Tonight there is another entertainment in a palace, and tomorrow we have a free day in Vienna. Since I have been to Vienna and Nancy has not, I´ve been appointed chief tour guide. Fortunately we had an excellent city tour today, on our way to Schloss Schonbrunn, and the tour director distributed good maps. Pictures in the blog have to wait until I can find a machine with a USB port (or we can finally use the Mac.)
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