Lunchtime Photo

Kevin DrumJuly 3, 2024 – 12:30 pmJuly 3, 2024 – 12:38 pm2 Comments

This is world famous Melk Abbey, about halfway between Linz and Vienna in Austria. At any given time, its population is 22 monks and about two thousand tourists. Those 22 monks do a helluva job raising funds.

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dilbert dogbert July 3, 2024 – 12:59 pm at

Umberto Eco's Name of the Rose character Adso came from Melk
German Chocolate Betty July 4, 2024 – 10:46 am at

I visited Kloster Melk nearly 40 years ago — only vague memories but those were lovely!

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