HISTORY14 - Upper Danube River Countries
In May 2020, Pat is scheduled to take a two-week river cruise in Europe along the Danube River from Budapest, Hungary to Vilshofen, Germany. I put this history together for background on the places she will visit. For reference, see the current map of Europe below. The area of Pat’s trip is within the black oval. Map of Europe with Pat's visit region within the black oval. The Danube is Europe’s second longest river at 1,777 miles. It begins in the Alps, in Germany’s Black Forest, flows through the heartland of Austria, forms the border between Hungary and Slovakia, before flowing through Hungary into Croatia and Serbia, to then form the boundary between Serbia and Romania, then Romania and Bulgaria, where it flows through Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine to finally empty into the Black Sea. The Danube River flows through, or forms the boundary between, ten countries - more than any other river in the world. The topography of the Danube Rive