he spoke seductively of the fantastic sights they would see and the pleasures they would share in europe : the amazing array of statues in prague , the magnificent schonbrunn palace in vienna-'i 'll dance you around the gold ballroom'-the vineyards climbing the hills in the wachau valley-'we 'll go wine-tasting'-the amazing amount of castles along the rhine , the totally eye-popping quantity of gold decorating the cathedral at the melk monastery .