The River

As a 6th grade teacher the past 3-ish years I have been able to teach all about rivers. At first it seemed rather boring, but after a week long training on the Colorado River my mind was changed.  However my experience with rivers for the most part are those in the Western US: Colorado, Arkansas, Rio Grande, etc. Big and long rivers, full of rushing rapids and waterfalls. My favorite river is of course the Colorado, whose daming and diversions make it the most Endangered River in North America. But none of these rivers compare to the Danube. 

First off the Danube is huge. I mean for real huge. My boat right now is 14 m wide and we could fit at least 5 other boats side by side as we travel upstream. Who knew there could be so much water. 

Due to the size and amount of water, there are no rapids, just smooth, glasslike water. For all I know, I could be sailing up a lake instead of a river. 

Today we will leave the Danube and travel on the Danube-Rhine canal. While on this we will travel over and under aqueducts that transport water to other places. In some situations the boat will only have cm to spare as we pass through. We also will travel up and over the European continental divide. As how the water flows 'up' I'm intrigued to see. Either way this science teacher is in heaven.