A new Danube: Setting sail east from Budapest to discover the wild side of this legendary river
Advertisement The boat was rocking as white-tipped waves slapped our hull before breaking on the rocky shore. Nothing unusual about that on a cruise, but the vast expanse of choppy water I had woken up on was not the sea. I'd never felt this sort of motion on a river cruise before but this was one of the surprises during a voyage of adventure along the Lower Danube on the river's journey to the Black Sea. The Danube is a popular destination for river cruises, with dazzling capital cities Vienna and Budapest on its banks and pretty Cesky Krumlov and Salzburg within easy reach. Yet sailing eas...