The Danube Valley
August 30th 2005 We made our first trip Tuesday to the Danube Valley. It began with a boat ride along the Blue Danube River, which, surprisingly enough was not blue. I heard it normally is but because of the amount of rainfall it was just an ugly brown : ( The boat took us to the medieval village of Durnstein where we hiked up to twelfth-century castle ruins that overlook the Danube. I must say it was a pretty
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