Tuesday, August 31, 2010

4th Day of Castles along the Danube & Rhine




Passau, Germany, "The City on Three Rivers"


Bill & Camilla behind Bayerischer Wald-Passau


Bayerischer Wald at Danube River


Bayerischer Wald like Rainbows in a Row in Charleston, SC



St. Stephen's Cathedral-Passau



Altar






St. Stephen's Cathedral(the world's largest cathedral organ with
17,774 pipes & 233 registers)



St. Stephen's Cathedral(the biggest interior baroque
of the north of the Alps)






Deaf tourists holding the balloons to feel the vibration when
the organ is played








LudwigstraBe, old main street





Quiet Pedestrian Street in Old Town



Schailblingsturm at Inn River








Veste Niederhaus & Veste Oberhaus




Passau(left) & Veste Niederhaus(right) at Danube River & Ilz River(right),
shot from Obernzeller StraBe



River Boat Cruise, sailing onward from dark colorful Inn River,
meeting Danube River




Beautiful view from the top of Veste Oberhaus


Camilla at the top of Veste Oberhaus &
beautiful panorama of Passau






I will continue 12 more days of the photos/the names
when we come back from our vacation.
Thanks...





















Saturday, August 28, 2010

3rd Day of Castles along the Danube & Rhine

We were relaxing & viewing beautiful Wachau Valley

for more than 20 miles along Danube River



The vineyard in terrace



Schenbuhel Castle(1,000 years old) on the Danube River- Austria

Known as the Watchman of the Wachau



Chops of Apple



Chef Predrag Mrvaly of our River Explorer,

demonstating Original Austrian Apple Strudel













Our interpreters and my Gally friend, Barbara


Kinzie held the umbrella for the shade





Church of the Assumption in Durnstein








The vineyard in terrace and the arch of something a idol of Mary





Agustinian Convent in Weibenkirchen





Wachau Valley Church in Austria






Look at the background of the vineyard in terrace.

Very beautiful picturesque scenery!

(Village of Spitz)





Hindenhaus Castle overlooks the Austrian village of Spitz





Melk Benedictine Abbey Stift Monastery





5th of 68 locks-Melk in the Wachau Valley










Fog in morning




























Monday, August 23, 2010

2nd Day of Castles along the Danube & Rhine
Part 2







The Austrian Parliament Building-Vienna





Vienna Town Hall








The Pestacle on Am Graben, one of the most
well-known & prominent pieces of sculpture in
the city-Vienna




Anchor Clock with mosaic ornaments
(between 1911 & 1917)








GriechBeisl(1447), Vienna's old inn & restaurant



Old Street where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(1784-87), a classical composer lived





Bronze statue of Johannes Gutenberg,
the inventor of the printing





Old Street- Shopping


Kohlmarkt-Vienna



Sunrise over Danube River in Vienna, Austria





Copa Cagrana with lighthouse & pontoon bridge
in Vienna, Austria



Copa Cagrana with lighthouse



Our River Boat Cruise & Vienna




Village in Slovakia