DANUBE RIVER: GERMANY TO THE BLACK SEA - 2015

THE DANUBE RIVER:  Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for 1,189 miles, passing through or touching the border of Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine before emptying into the Black Sea.

After 6 days in Prague, Czech Republic,  we will travel the Danube River during August and September from Regensburg, Germany to Budapest, Hungary, visiting cities and villages along its route. After an overnight train trip from Budapest to Bucharest, Romania, we will spend 2 weeks in Romania on a birding trip in the Delta of the Danube. The Delta is the largest wetlands in Europe and have a great bio diversity, especially of birds. The last 4 days of our visit to Romania we will visit the medieval Saxon villages on the north side of the Carpathian Mountains in Transylvania.  These Saxon villages were settled during the mid 1200's and still retain medieval ambience. Some 350 of the villages still have stone fortified churches is use from the dates of their construction in the 1200's.

Above photo of a Saxon Village in Transylvania is courtesy of Romania Travel

After we complete the above trip I will post photos and comments on this blog of the villages and people along the Danube River.