Day 18 - The Same River
May. 16th, 2024 11:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bigmogOwing to me decades of playing Civilization games, I am interested in the history of cities. I gather that many endured and prospered by being located geographically where goods could be traded and authority could be fortified.
If no costal area is near, then a reliable river would suffice. Such is the case with the Danube river that has 4 capital cities along its path. I've watched it grow from a sizable stream to a major river on my route through Europe. As I looked upon it here in Budapest, it occurred to me that I could have taken a river cruise along the same path.
From here the river goes south but my plans will instead take me north. For that I'll take a long overnight train. I had read that night trains were losing their appeal now that airfare is so cheap and fast. They aren't quite extinct yet however.
If no costal area is near, then a reliable river would suffice. Such is the case with the Danube river that has 4 capital cities along its path. I've watched it grow from a sizable stream to a major river on my route through Europe. As I looked upon it here in Budapest, it occurred to me that I could have taken a river cruise along the same path.
From here the river goes south but my plans will instead take me north. For that I'll take a long overnight train. I had read that night trains were losing their appeal now that airfare is so cheap and fast. They aren't quite extinct yet however.