Black Sea and Blue River

Ada Kaleh Alexander alongside anchor arrived ashore asked astern Austrian bank barges Belgrade berth Bezdan Black Sea boat Braila bridge Bucharest Budapest Bulgarian Burgas called Cape Captain Ganin Cazan Gorges channel chaps Constantsa course courtesy flag crew Danube Commission Delta dinghy farther fast felt flag found ourselves Galatz German harbour harbourmaster Hungarian Hungary imagine Iron Gates island Josip kilometres kilometres an hour knew knots Komarom Letea Lipoveni look lunch miles Milla 23 morning motors navigation never night Novi Sad Old Danube Oltenitsa once Orşova passed passports pilot political pontoon port quay realised river Romanian Roussé Russian sailed seemed September Tide ship shore side Şip Canal skipper soon sort starboard Sulina suppose things thought told Tony took tourist town Tulcea Turkish Turnu Severin Tutu upriver Varna vessel Vidin Vienna village visas wanted wondered yacht Yugoslav Yugoslavia