DAY 9, 25 NOVEMBER 2017, Saturday:
Before the written report on the twenty-four hours trip hither are some to a greater extent than pics from the previous day's Imperial slice of furniture museum.
Ivory
Ivory in addition to woman bring upwards of pearl
Sisi's dairy farm furniture
Royal potties!! Ha, ha
Contemporary designs
The Wachau Valley:
The Wachau valley, UNESCO World Heritage Site, has a picturesque landscape formed past times the Danube river. It is xl kilometres (25 mi) inwards length . The architectural elegance of its ancient monasteries (Melk Abbey and Göttweig Abbey), castles in addition to ruins in addition to the tillage of vines are the brain draw.
The 24-mile stretch of the Wachau betwixt the towns of Melk in addition to Krems is every bit pretty every bit river valleys come.
For a fine twenty-four hours trip from Vienna, select handgrip of the early on prepare to Melk, tour its glorious abbey, in addition to pass the afternoon meandering downwards the river to Krems past times bike, bus, or boat. From Krems, select handgrip of the prepare dorsum to Vienna.
From May through September, 5 boats a twenty-four hours brand the 1.75-hour trip. (Because of the six-knot flow of the Danube, the same ride dorsum upstream takes iii hours.)
Boats were non plying during our visit, hence nosotros decided to utilization the bus; besides inwards the off season, Melk abbey tin solely live visited through their tours, at xi in addition to 2. hence nosotros decided to become far inwards fourth dimension for their 11m tour. Caught the 9.20 prepare from Vienna hbf to St Poltine, in addition to hence transferred to Melk.
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Melk is a minor town on the depository fiscal establishment of the Danube at the get of the Wachau portion at an elevation of 228 metres (748 ft).
An ancient town linked to the Romans (as a edge post) in addition to besides to Babenbergs' times (as their rigid fortress), it forms the western gateway to the Wachau.
Popularity is on business organisation human relationship of the Benedictine abbey (founded inwards 1089 AD), located on a 200 feet (61 m) high cliff. perfect event of a "Baroque synthesis of the arts"
Walked upwards the Abbey amongst a piddling assist from locals. Bought the English linguistic communication tour ticket in addition to had a lovely tour.
Melk Abbey (Benediktinerstift):
The restored Melk Abbey (Benediktinerstift), towers proudly over the Danube Valley. Established every bit a fortified Benedictine abbey inwards the 11th century, it was destroyed past times fire. What visitors run into today is 18th-century Baroque.
Today's Baroque abbey was built betwixt 1702 in addition to 1736. Particularly noteworthy are the abbey church building with frescos and the library with countless medieval manuscripts, including a famed collection of musical manuscripts and frescos .
Due to its fame in addition to academic stature, Melk managed to escape dissolution nether Emperor Joseph II when many other Austrian abbeys were seized in addition to dissolved betwixt 1780 in addition to 1790. The abbey managed to hold upwards other threats to its beingness during the Napoleonic Wars, in addition to besides inwards the menses next the Anschluss in 1938, when the schoolhouse in addition to a large business office of the abbey were confiscated past times the state.
The schoolhouse was returned to the abbey after the Second World War and at nowadays caters for nearly 900 pupils of both sexes.
The grand restoration projection — financed inwards business office past times the sale of the abbey's Gutenberg Bible to Harvard (which was afterward donated to Yale University) — was completed past times 1996 to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of the commencement reference to a province named Österreich (Austria).
For 900 years, monks of St. Benedict receive got lived in addition to worked inwards Melk's abbey, during the Reformation (1500s), business past times Napoleon (1800s), in addition to the Nazis (1900s). Today, the establishment survives, funded past times agriculture in addition to tourists.
High inwards a higher house the grand entry are the Latin words "Glory solely inwards the cross" in addition to a huge re-create of the Melk Cross (one of the abbey's greatest treasures — the master is hiding inwards the treasury, viewable solely amongst especial permission).
Inside is the art-lined Imperial corridor, abbey museum, "Marble Hall" (made to a greater extent than oftentimes than non of stucco) amongst an impressive 1731 ceiling fresco past times Tirolean Paul Troger; library (with some other Troger fresco), in addition to the grand finale: the full-on Baroque church building amongst its 200-foot-tall dome in addition to symmetrical towers.
Inside is the art-lined Imperial corridor, abbey museum, "Marble Hall" (made to a greater extent than oftentimes than non of stucco) amongst an impressive 1731 ceiling fresco past times Tirolean Paul Troger; library (with some other Troger fresco), in addition to the grand finale: the full-on Baroque church building amongst its 200-foot-tall dome in addition to symmetrical towers.
No pics allowed inside; hither nosotros are on the terrace
We had all the electrical flow timetables from the OBB website; knew in that place are WL1 buses xl minutes past times the threescore minutes to Krems. Our tour was over solely past times 12.25, nosotros could non brand the 12.40, hence roamed the hamlet a chip earlier retracing our means dorsum to the hbf.
The jitney for 1.40 was already standing. It would teach out a piddling later. We had our picnic luncheon in addition to and hence got on the jitney , bought the tickets from the driver to Dürnstein, which is the town earlier Krems.
It was a scenic journey
Dürnstein has the Kuenringer Castle (now inwards ruins), where King Richard the Lion-Heart of England was held captive past times Duke Leopold V from Dec 1192 to March 1193 .
The ruined castle inwards a higher house town, where Richard was kept, tin live reached past times a fairly steep 30-minute hike amongst corking river views.
After the lovely hike nosotros walked along the banks of the Danube, watched the Sun laid around 4.30.
in addition to hence caught the jitney to Krems.
There are two trains to Vienna from Krems 1 at 19min past times the threescore minutes amongst transfer at St Polten, some other at 51 min past times the threescore minutes which is forthwith in addition to goes to Franz Josef station inwards Vienna.
We missed the 5.19 train, bought tickets for the 5.51 train. Walked to the town center, looked at store windows for some 10 min in addition to walked dorsum to the station. Our prepare was already standing. We sat inwards the laissez passer on off deck in addition to reached Franz Josef station. Took jitney no 5 in addition to reached our apartment
It had been a GREAT day... pics produce piddling judge to the mystique beauty nosotros experienced!
Our written report continues here:
Vienna Trip Study Solar Daytime 9: Solar Daytime Trip To Melk Abbey, Wachau Valley
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