As idyllic scenes rolled slowly by my window — terraced vineyards, red-roofed villages, turreted castles, all set against a background of craggy green mountains — I watched contentedly from my bed.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Danube runs neck and neck with the Rhine as the most popular waterway for a river cruise. It connects 10 countries, either ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's almost summer, and if you need ideas for your next trip, look no further than Hallmark Channel! Head to Europe without ...

“The Danube River Project” explores the waterway using underwater equipment to show scenes—like this one of Budapest—partly above and partly below the surface. Andreas Müller-Pohle, ...

The Danube is the second longest river in Europe (the Volga is the longest) and it meanders through 10 countries in Europe — Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania.

Heavily polluted by communism's industries, and with an ancient fish species in critical danger due to extensive damming and illegal fishing, the River Danube is no stranger to a turbulent time. It ...

Low water levels on the Danube have revealed the sunken remains of World War II German ships. The Nazi wrecks, some of which are still carrying hazardous cargo, are complicating commerce in Serbia and ...

When I die, I want to be cremated, and my ashes scattered into the Danube. I am aware of all the implications: theological, historical, emotional. Yet I have never found a place that I could call home ...