How a few tiny Drops start a Giant Stream

The Danube is Europe's second longest river with a length of 1,785 miles (which is only half the length of the Mississippi river!), and it flows through or touches ten different European countries (among others: Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania and the Ukraine), including four European capitals (Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest and Belgrade), before it discharges into the Black Sea.

So, when we moved into the Black Forest area it was always on our bucket list to visit the source of that stream, a tiny, tiny creek called Breg, just one hour away from where we live. The weather forecast predicted a beautiful and sunny day, so we saddled our donkeys and headed towards the mountains for a fantastic ride!

At a height of more than 1,000 m above sea level we should not have been surprised to find a few left over snow fields, but we were already so focussed on spring that we for some reason indeed did not expect this. No problem for our Vespas though, and the roads were dry and easy to ride.

The source of the Breg is so small you wouldn't even notice it if it weren't for the plates bearing the inscription that this is indeed the mighty Danube in its humble beginnings.

Unfortunately the nearby restaurant still had closed for the season, but luckily we had had a wonderful coffee break before in the beautiful town center of Wolfach.

Wind generators have become a common sight in Germany in the last few decades, but they look much better with the right accessories in front!

Not far away from the source of the Danube are the medieval gallows of Triberg.

After five and a half hours, and 150 km later we came back home, exhausted, but very, very happy thanks to a perfect ride on a perfect day! We could do that any other day!