Tuesday, April 12, 2011

King Richard was in prison here!

So far one of my favorite places so far is "Dürnstein", just a 50
minute train ride from Vienna.  Buy the 28 euro einfach raus ticket
from West Bahnhof and 5 people can go for the day on that one ticket!
It is another 2 euros or so per person to take the very short bus ride
from platform "B" to Dürnstein.  Get to the bus quickly after the
train and you won't have to wait, they work together.  Hike up to the
fortress where King Richard was help captive....we read all about this
in Homeschool 2 years ago.  It is beautiful and quaint. Kids can
pretend to be soldiers attacking the advancing armies.  The town is
amazingly cute!  There are liquors to be tasted and the white wine
there is awesome, the whole town is surrounded by vineyards.  Very
cool place to go and I think it has been one of the kids favorites.
Just in case you are reading this in order to plan travel.  Ticket
purchased from Westbahnhoff train leaves from Spittalaeu.
http://www.duernstein.at/sites/ueber_geschichte_en.php

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