Well we started our cruise today by checking into the Marriott hotel at 9:30. It is right on the river and is beautiful. We were lucky enough to be given a room right away and it had a beautiful view of the river. Fred enjoyed relaxing watching the river boats go by and playing with his ipad while I braved the heat and wandered through the markets and shops looking for something cool to wear....didn't find much! But had a good time browsing. We then had a very nice relaxing lunch at peppers, the hotel's Mediterranean restaurant which is outside and has a direct view of the river....then to our room and I ironed all our clothes as the ship does not allow ironing...so careful repacking and hopefully all will be in good nick when we reach the boat. At 7pm we all gathered in the conference room to hear our fate....then have dinner with entertainment....apparently the bridge just south of Vienna is damaged and no boats can get through..so we are having a tour of Budapest including inside the opera house ..that happens tomorrow morning....then we will be bussed to Melk where we board our ship. Then they will bus us back to Vienna the two days we were supposed to be there. I am delighted...just want to get on board and unpack and stay in one place for a while! It is also much cheaper for them to house us on ship and bus us a little farther. There are 130 of us....and mostly Aussies....we sat with 8 others at dinner table and all seem really nice...so should be a great trip...can't wait to get on board! After dinner we went back to our room and admired the night lit up....the buildings were all lit up , the bridges as well and lights lined the rivers edge...beautiful!