Taking the road less traveled. Again

I get bored taking the same route twice so after searching out Göttweig Abbey we decided to return back to Melk via a different route. This time we drove over the mountains overlooking the Wachau Valley. This was just one of quite a few religious monuments erected alongside the narrow curving mountain road.

Dear Abbey: Got Melk?

May 3rd 2018
I started off the morning at Zum Kirchenwirt in the usual manner: soft boiled egg, hard roll, fresh butter, a couple of slices of cheese and sandwich meats washed down with orange juice. Hot chocolate was out of the question on these increasingly warmer days. Gail worked the opposite side of the buffet table loading up with fruit and yoghurt. Today's drive should take two hours to get from Kell ... read more

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Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria'... ... read more

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