The Danube: A Journey Upriver from the Black Sea to the Black Forest Audiobook (Free)

The author takes us on an urgent journey in the Danube, where we encounter an extraordinary and new world

The magnificent Danube both cuts across and connects central Europe, flowing through and alongside ten countries: Romania, Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, and Germany. Journeying its full length from east to western world, against the river’s circulation, Nick Thorpe embarks on an inspiring year-long journey that leads to a fresh perspective on European countries today..READING MORE on the subject of The Danube: A Trip Upriver from your Black Sea towards the Black Forest Thorpe’s accounts is personal, conversational, funny, instant, and uniquely observant-everything a audience expects in the best travel writing.

Immersing himself in the Danube’s waters during daily morning swims, Thorpe likewise becomes immersed in the histories from the lands connected with the river. He observes the river’s ecological circumstances, some discouraging among others hopeful, and encounters archaeological continues to be that whisper of human communities sustained with the river over eight millennia. Many fascinating of most are the normal and outstanding people along the way-the ferrymen and fishermen, employees in the areas, shopkeepers, beekeepers, waitresses, smugglers and boundary policemen, legal and illegal immigrants, and so many more. For visitors who anticipate their own journeys within the Danube, as well as those that only imagine seeing the fantastic river, this reserve will be a unique and cherished guide.