We took a boat ride from 9:15 to 12:30 through the Danube Delta. The Danube flows to the Black Sea through three large arms of water.
Wikipedia states
The Danube Delta is the second largest river delta in Europe, after the Volga Delta, and is the best preserved on the continent. The greater part of the Danube Delta lies in Romania, while its northern part, on the left bank of the Chilia arm, is situated in Ukraine. Wikipedia
Area: 312,440 ha
Location: Tulcea County, Romania
Did you know: The Danube Delta is comprised of an intricate network of waterways and lakes divided between the three main estuary channels of the Danube. romaniatourism.com
Tulcea, where we stayed and boated from is located on the middle St. Ghoerghe arm. We went from the large arm into a man made canal linking all three and then into a smaller channel that linked to several lakes. The lakes are generally where waterfowl live although there are birds everywhere. I believe were told there are 300 species of birds in the Delta. Some of the larger birds I saw that I could identify were Purple Heron, euroasiatic spoonbill, a large white heron with yellow bill and legs, an Eagle with a white tail, a Harrier Hawk, Mute Swans, cormorants, ducks, and huge brown geese. There were many other smaller birds of all kinds. One small perching bird that particularly attracted my attention had flecks of iridescent green.
The furthest extent of our tour took us to a large lake whose entrance had been blocked with trees, so it was inaccessible by boat, filled with birds of all kinds.
The skipper returned the four of us to Ivan’s fish restaurant and we had another meal with the wonderful appetizer of pike roe creamed with sunflower oil and lemon, then we had several orders each grilled sturgeon again and a carp in brine and polenta, and a carp in tomato and Chile sauce. Both carp dishes were delicious.
We drank Beer with lunch today.
Pike in tomato sauce
Grilled Carp
Andre then drove us to the port of Constanta on the Black Sea. We walked about ½ mile on the promenade and viewed the beautiful old Belle Époque casino that is now abandoned.
Finally, around 4:00 turned the car toward home and at speeds reaching 120 mph, we reached our apartment by 7:00.
Aaron’s friend Monica joined us at 8:00 and we took the metro and then an Uber to the Kunnai Thai Restaurant. Here are a couple of pictures.
Suzette and I split a Larb (a cold chopped chicken salad with basil and other herbs and fish sauce and chili) and a pad Thai with shrimp
Aaron ordered a chicken satay appetizer and Thai Cashew Chicken and Monica ordered Tom Yum Gai soup that was served in a young coconut and Pad Thai also.
We all drank beers with dinner.
After dinner we ubered back to the apartment. I blogged and Aaron and Monica went to Old Town.
Bon Appetit
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