Monday, May 14, 2012 was another "drive" day.  On our way from Salzburg to Vienna, we stopped in Melk, Italy.  After walking through Melk, we took a short drive to the dock to catch our boat to cruise on the Danube for approximately 2 hours.  It was absolutely beautiful, but COLD! (almost as cold as our cruise in Alaska... LOL).  We sat outside most of the time to make sure that we were able to see everything.  The Danube flows between the mountains and past some quaint villages. It was really amazing to the see the ruins of some castles on the top of the mountains. We stayed on the boat until we reached Krems, where we got back on the bus and travelled the rest of the way to the "big city" of Vienna.