Inching Its Way Up

Over the past couple of days there have been  massive amounts of flooding in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic and Hungary.  Germany has gotten the worst of it, and had to evacuate thousands of people from their homes.  In Budapest, the Danube is at its highest point ever recorded, and water has spilled over onto the streets that border the lower banks.  Luckily there is a water retention wall that has kept the rest of Budapest dry, and the city has been vigilant about setting up sandbags in problematic areas.

On Saturday night Bill and I walked a couple miles along the Danube to check out the flooding, and chatted about how just the week before we were walking on the very path that was now under 15 feet of water.  What was even more surprising than the water levels were the amount of people lining the Danube.  I had never seen so many people along the Danube. Everyone was snapping photos and children were in wellies testing their courage by giving a quick stomp at the edge of the water and then running back to their mom and dad.  People are saying that the water levels should not continue to rise, so now we will wait and see just how long it takes for the water to get back to normal level.