Melk

After travelling along the most beautiful stretch of river in the world, we arrived at Melk, a little town, still in Austria but a bit upstream. It is very hilly and at the top af the hill is an abbey which was originally built in 1089. It was destroyed a few timea and rebuilt on its present site, finishing in 1746. It is in Baroque style which is extremely detailed with lots of gold, lots of paintings, over the top decorations and statues. It was quite interesting and it was a lovely little town. I enjoyed the walk back down through the narrow streets looking at the little shops while Adrian waited patiently outside, which he has got used to. we went into a supermarket to buy shampoo and were trying to work out which was shampoo and which was conditioner becasue the writing was in German. I think I am OK becasue apart from the language on the bottle, it is the same as mine at home. If I come home looking like I have German hair, you will know why.