Watching
1) The Curtain Rises - the old abbeys and castles, and new dams and industry, and the timeless ECOSYSTEM of the river THAT CARRIES THE HISTORY OF EUROPE.
2) Charlemagne's Dream to link the Rhine and the Danube by a canal which now exists and creates also a passage from the North to the Black Sea.
3) The Rivers Cries Out... The royal stag and the Carpathian bear, the Danube and it's tributaries.
4) Rivalries - nuclear and industrial pollution, fished out waters, rusted out vessels and the horrors of war.
I admit to being distracted badly while trying to watch this film, and also having a sense that the information was valuable but needed an update. But what surprised me was that it turned into a travelogue about the land - and the history - and wasn't all about what was under the water.
As I watched I also wondered about the flooding that has occurred in recent years in Europe. I thought about fresh water - drinking and farming water - shortages. Earth changes and drought.
