
The Danube is Europe's Amazon It flows through more countries than any other river on Earth
- from the Black Forest in Germany to Europe's farthest fringes where it joins the Black Sea in Romania Andrew Eames' journey along its length brings us face to face with the Continent's bloodiest history & its most pressing issues of race & identity As he travels
- by bicycle horse boat & on foot
- Eames finds himself seeking a bed for the night with minor royalty hitching a ride on a Serbian barge captained by a man called Attila & getting up close & personal with a bull in rural Romania He meets would-be kings & walks with gypsies & finally rows his way beyond the borders of Europe entirely