Virtuoso Insights - October/November 2008 - (Page 31) danube by Susan Hanson THE JOHAnn STRAUSS cLASSIc, “BLUE DAnUBE,” is an enchanting waltz that carries you to another place and time — much like the legendary river itself. Europe’s second-longest river after the Volga, the Danube flows some 1,777 miles through the heart of the continent, from germany’s Black Forest to the Black Sea Delta of Romania and Ukraine. It also courses through the very center of European history, serving as a frontier for the Roman Empire and a partial border for 10 present-day countries. P rolling down the Virtuoso insights 31
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