We were awakened by thunder during the night and this morning the weather was foggy, overcast and raining – disappointing for our sailing through the Wachau Valley. The rain eased a little later in the morning enough for us to enjoy some of the features of this beautiful section of the Danube.
Our boat arrived in Tulln and after lunch we boarded buses to Vienna while the boat cruised there. We had a bus tour of the main sights in Vienna and then had a walking tour to see some more, including St Stephen's Cathedral which was magnificent. We then had some free time to look around. Vienna hosted the European Soccer championship final last night when Spain defeated Germany. The city is still dismantling all the temporary infrastructure involved with that, including kilometres of temporary fencing, so some streets were inaccessible. We walked to the beautiful Hofburg and enquired about the Spanish Riding School which we hope to see tomorrow. We stopped for sacher torte at the Demel cafe, which was delicious. We then went back to our bus which took us to a concert at the former army barracks which is now a museum. The small orchestra played pieces from Mozart and Strauss and others and we enjoyed that very much.
We returned to the boat and had dinner before retiring after a late night.
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