Today was a pretty short day. We only have one excursion to a local monastery and a reception to go to today.
Göttweig Abby, founded in 1083, is an impressive monastery that
looks over the Wachau Valley. The monastery had burned down in 1718 and was
quickly rebuilt, much larger, in the baroque style. The pride and joy of Göttweig
Abby is the Kaiserstiege—a grand baroque staircase under a gorgeous fresco by Paul
Troger. The monastery houses an average of 45 monks at a time and is currently
a functioning winery and hosts tours, religious retreats, lectures and classes
to support itself.
After we got back from Göttweig
Abby we had lunch and a lot of downtime before our welcome back reception. I
should’ve used that time to organize notes for my blog but I didn’t. That time
was used to lounge around and attempt to take a nap.
Every time we travel with Viking
they invite us to a reception for guests that have traveled with them before. Normally
the staff thanks you, serves you a few drinks and asks about your previous travels
then you go on about your day but this time we interacted with other guests and
met some pretty cool people. We actually stayed and mingled until the kicked us
out.
Today was a much-needed short day.
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