The Danube Isn't So Blue......

As we were coming home to Arad after some meetings in Bucuresti and then Craiova, the route took us along a stretch of the Danube River. It is the second largest river in Europe and originates in Germany, flows through Vienna and Budapest, and then forms Romania's border with Serbia and Bulgaria. It then turns north across lower Romania before emptying into the Black Sea at Romania's border with the Ukraine.

Our first view of the Danube River.  You can see Serbia on the other side.  

We took a short walk along the river but it was so hot we didn't last long. It was 108 degrees that day.  We stayed in a hotel in Drobeta-Turnu Severin that seems to cater to cruises on the river.  Because of the heat, there were no cruise boats and we were the only people in the hotel. We could not find a postcard anywhere in town with a picture of the river. They should talk to the people at Bran Castle about marketing.   

These are remains associated with a bridge the Romans built across the Danube River in 105 AD.

We were able to drive along the river for several miles.

We have lived near the Mississippi River so we're not easily impressed, but the Danube is pretty amazing.

Now if we could just see the Black Sea, our Romanian "bucket list" will be completed.