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In December of 2013, we travelled up the Danube from Budapest to Passau, Germany. This time, we headed down the Danube from Budapest to Bucharest. We passed
through 5 countries: Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania.
All 5 countries still bear - to varying degrees - the scars of wars and communism. Despite this, there are lovely, well-preserved older districts that are
only slightly different versions of the more touristed western European cities. Tourism was present - there were other river cruise boats besides ours - but not overwhelming.