Danube River

Danube river

Cerita Danube River ni pun sama kisahnya dengan cerita Signed, Sealed, Delivered.

Sebelum ini, aku sering juga mendengar nama Danube River di dalam buku-buku cerita yang kubaca dan aku membayangkan ia adalah sebuah sungai di Perancis. Dan aku tidak pula terfikir untuk mencari fakta geografi yang tepat. (But, at least I was correct to place it at European continent).

Fakta daripada Wikipedia:

The Danube (In German: Donau from earlier Danuvius, Celtic dānu, meaning "to flow, run", Hungarian Duna, Romanian Dunăre, Old Norse Duná, ancient Greek Istros) is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga. It originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance of some 2850 km (1771 miles), passing through several Central and Eastern European capitals, before emptying into the Black Sea via the Danube Delta in Romania and Ukraine.

Known to history as one of the long-standing frontiers of the Roman Empire, the river flows through — or forms a part of the borders of — ten countries: Germany (7.5%), Austria (10.3%), Slovakia (5.8%), Hungary (11.7%), Croatia (4.5%), Serbia, Bulgaria (5.2%), Romania (28.9%), Moldova (1.7%), and Ukraine (3.8%); in addition, the drainage basin includes parts of nine more countries: Italy (0.15%), Poland (0.09%), Switzerland (0.32%), Czech Republic (2.6%), Slovenia (2.2%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (4.8%), Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, and Albania (0.03%).


Bila menonton The Amazing Race Asia (Race in Budapest, Hungary), baru kutahu Danube river terletak di situ. Hmmm...

Seperti biasa, Kak SitiM ketawa berdekah-dekah atas kejadian itu. As if dia tu betul sangat la ... Aku kadang-kadang cuak gak dengan dia ni ... betul ke general knowledge dia tu? Nampak macam meyakinkan. But, who knows?

Aku pun banyak cerita tentang perkara yang tidak sepatutnya berlaku tapi dilakukannya. Tunggu masa je aku nak buat pendedahan terjah tu... Wait and see! Cheerio!