# @kirstenalana on Instagram

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- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2430104-kirstenalana-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2017-12-12T12:20:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kirsten Alana (@KirstenAlana) — https://gondola.cc/KirstenAlana

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Following Vienna, our next major stop with @vikingcruises was the city of Linz. On the way, we visited the charming village of Dürnstein in the Wachau Valley. The picturesque valley is known for its wine and this particular part of it is also famed for apricots and products made from the fruit. The town is known as the ‘Pearl of the Wachau’ and though it only has < 1,000 residents now, it has a lot of history to discover. Richard the Lionheart was held captive here for a year by Duke Leopold V and it’s where confectioner/baker Rudolf Schmidl invented the Wachau Laberl in 1905. The crumbling Kuenringerburg Castle, which sits above the village on top of the hill, and the Baroque clock tour of the town’s monastery make the village easy to spot from the Danube River. There’s so much lovely detail to capture, there’s also a @relaischateaux property in town that I want to return to one day and quite a few wonderful boutiques. I spent the most amount of time visiting with Cathrin at Dürnsteindl who hand makes many of the items for sale in her shop. What she doesn’t make, her friends might. She also sells apricot liquor made by her brother in law as well as Riesling and Grüner Veltliner made by her father. In a town that features many stores selling made in chinese kitsch, catering to the hordes of summer tourists, Cathrin’s shop was a breath of fresh air that I recommend you not miss when you visit. Since we experienced Dürnstein in winter, it felt as if we had the town to ourselves and I added yet another part of Austria to my list of places I love in a country I much admire. 🇦🇹 #MyVikingStory #VikingCruises #Dürnstein #sonya7rii #feelaustria #visitaustria #SonyAlpha

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visitaustria, vikingcruises, sonyalpha, sonya7rii, myvikingstory, feelaustria, dürnstein

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