Overnight we left Vienna and headed to the little village of Durnstein - our first night of sailing because of the Danube being too low for the boats. We didn't even realise we were moving overnight so it was lovely to watch the sunrise and see the village appear. Both Leonie and I took the yoga class before breakfast and were very thankful as the walk up to Durnstein Castle was quite steep but we were rewarded with amazing views over the village and the Danube. After lunch Leonie, Moira and I head to Melk Abbey; a Benedictine Abbey founded in 1089 and still working with 23 monks (30-94 years old) still living and working at the Abbey. With so few monks and such a vast estate, the monks have establish a school in part of ... read more

Today was not only 3 cities in 1 day but 3 countries - Breakfast in Hungary, Lunch in Slovakia and Dinner in Vienna. Today we left Budapest, not on the boat but by bus as someone had pulled the plug on the Danube and no river boats can transverse between Vienna and Budapest. So it was on to buses for us today - we only managed 5 minutes before an American realised they have left their passport in the boats safe!! Always 1. When we got to Bratslava ( about 2.5 hours by bus) Leonie and I decided we needed to earn ice cream so hiked up to Bratslava Castle and enjoyed the views over the Danue. We had a walk around the old city and found a cool little cafe to have a traditional Slovakian ... read more

We made it to our boat on the Danube, but of course as per all Wrigglesworth holidays it was not all smooth sailing!!! Our transfer to the boat didn't turn up and we didn't know where the boat was moored. We werent the only ones - 12 of us were stranded. Luckily Leonie had roaming on her phone and after a couple of phone calls (including 1 to the Captain of the boat we thought we were on) we found out that we are on a different boat, where is was docked and there wasn't any transfer available. We managed to get a shuttle transfer to the boat and got settled in - it is very nice, staff are lovely and food is definitely 5 star. But no adventuring for us today, after listening to the ... read more