Dürnstein, Austria

April 2014 on a river boat cruise with Gate 1 Travel on the Danube River. If you are interested in seeing more pictures from that day, you can click here.

“Life is like the river, sometimes it sweeps you gently along and sometimes the rapids come out of nowhere.” ~ Emma Smith

“It is pleasant to have been to a place the way a river went.” ~ Henry David Thoreau

And here are a few famous people who were born in Austria: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Hedy Lamarr, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Marie Antoinette, Wolfgang Puck, Johnny Weissmuller, and Johann Strauss II.

GRATITUDE MOMENT: Today I am grateful for the amazing weather we have here in Southern California. While others across the country are being buffeted by winds and snow, we are basking in sunshine and temperatures in the high 70’s.