germany always has its finger on the whole. of the market. and go to. germany. on g.w. . one can say there is something quite ideal about the location and surroundings of the city unfortunately that's not

a cold for me but from good to he was referring to heidelberg in southwestern germany this romantic city has a chance that many writers and painters let's see whether it casts its spell on me to. the old bridge is actually very romantic it leads across the neck a river to the old town. right next to the bridge gate we find this bronze monkey it's a much photographed landmark of title back. what does this monkey want to tell us that we are as ugly as he is and that's why he holds a mirror up to us but he also has an enticing promise anyone who touches the mirror will become rich allegedly that is and those who touch his fingers will return to heidelberg. and so it seems i'll be revisiting hydel back then.

of course title back cost is high on my list of things to do. also on the show our weekly v mail comes this time from the frosty destination to the antarctic. and in our series meet a local georgette who just shows us around her hometown abu dhabi. from heil backs alltel and it's a steep climb up to the castle the number one tourist attraction in this small city on the neck a river. castle has been intentionally kept as a ruin because it's there really look creates a feral atmosphere and if i take a look around i have to say the poets and tourists have every right to be impressed

. with. the castle is titled there is crowding jewel a must see for romantics and millions of tourists. and french troops destroyed it during their occupation of the city in the seventeenth century the remains were on the brink of collapse until a savior arrived. come upon saws in the height of. the guy that was a refugee from the french revolution and he was horrified how can we use this council as a quarry and we had to preserve it but he insisted that it be kept as a rule and arguing that in this state it symbolized the very notion of romance. last. month which was. only a small portion of the council was rebuilt. as

a museum. it also displays the style in which the rich and powerful core first lived. but above all it's the imposing ruin that captivates visitors from all over the world it's been especially popular among americans since the one nine hundred twenty four broadway hit about old title bad. his musical what are more of its now from broadway in the musical became the longest running show in broadway history and lots and suddenly every american knew about heigl back in traditionally when this idea of the good old germany with its bad wrinkly students a little romance a little folding in love captivated the american imagination at. the castle is surrounded by an expansive park. with its exotic plants not parents and grown homes it was considered an eighth wonder of the world.

was in the summer months the council takes center stage as the perfect backdrop for the city's annual theater festival. i. shop. and what better way to end a romantic day than on the banks of the next hour with a view of the life show and fireworks and event tell three times a year. by full the scent of romance to heidelberg markets where. this is where you'll find the town hall and the church of the holy spirit. today the church is protestant. but that wasn't always the case in the past it was

a times used by catholics and then again by lutherans there were even times when bill's denomination celebrated mass in the church separated by a wall. this building just across from the church is a rerun they saw as jim commissioned by a cloth merchant it's now a hotel it survived all the wars and fires that ravaged the city and today is a listed monument. i think you've had a great taste of title back so far that's why we meet the city for a moment and take a trip to the south pole our check in viewer priyanshu now from thailand took some spectacular footage over there and he has sent us the video for that and now enjoy the v mail.

hider there is the quintessential student town it's home to germany's oldest university it's over six hundred thirty years old. more than thirty thousand students are enrolled here. john is one of them he's offered to show me around our first stop is the assembly

hall it reminds me of a church that you. wouldn't know for a long time it was used for teaching but today it's mostly reserved for concerts lectures the ceremonies and it's a place frequently shown off to tourists to field like me and exactly. the assembly hall is the showpiece also heidelberg university's main building. next vino takes me to the library nearby it houses a priceless treasure the codex minus a. welcome to our historic round reading room one thing one. librarian martin missing shows us the precious book well it's a copy but that means we can touch it and take a closer look. this is the kind of budget i think it's a collection of german a ballad and lyrical poetry. and the works of about one hundred forty singers are included here and the most famous is undoubtedly about their hundred forty five

thousand because the so it's like a really big song book yeah pretty much. the book was written and illustrated between thirteen hundred and thirteen forty it's not just a key source of mediæval songs with its portraits of a nobleman it also provides an insight into the age of chivalry. there are many other valuable manuscripts in the university library they're being digitalized here page by page. now anyone can check out the manuscripts on the computer for example in the reading room of the library. we move on to the canteen in the armory it was voted canteen of the year in two

thousand and ten and two thousand and eleven it's open to students and visitors i like the atmosphere here it's the perfect place to quiz vino about life in highly back. sooner than you know just what do you study in heidelberg studio here a bachelor's in southeast asian studies with a focus on history and ethnology especially in my native sri lanka and south india in here and why in hyderabad like old off of this never several reasons heidelberg is a lovely town and has a good reputation it's internationally renowned because it's also a very compact town people say heidelberg is actually a village with a university and that pretty much hits the nail on the head and off. the tape when asked if this were it or does it it's not only german students here right there from all over the world. but it's all right heidelberg is very international and so

is the university we frequently have students from india pakistan bangladesh who start their master's program here we also run a lot in summer and vacation courses. here so why is highly back known as the student tell. that's what i thought i think that has a lot to do with the history heidelberg university was founded in thirteen eighty six and for many decades in the centuries a quarter of heidelberg population was made up of students. to i don't fiddle with me and then there's the old town also known as the bar area where lots of students go out to party after they've been studying hard. on the fire and nothing. sounds like a place to really go crazy with that in mind i have another tip for you. some things never change students have always liked. party and in the past those who are party to heart were at risk of ending up in the so called cots of the

university's own prison today you won't find any locked up students tourists come here often terribly. generations of heidelberg students have left their mark here students who are trying too much broke the rules and threw stones at lamp posts they all ended up in heidelberg universities private prison. in cuts ago before i knew it i was put in the cell i'm having fun the day to swell. two or three days of incarceration in the late nineteenth century was more of a laugh than a punishment it was a jovial jail. because copious amounts of alcohol flowed here to. cool the prison art was created with paint sort and leftover food. nets they used it to you greg

to make a picture frame. the last inmate set here in sell for more than one hundred years ago france shunda maya born in one thousand nine hundred one in the town of sure invite. his offense today and can't stand it student funds jandali a salute the sidewalk outside the house such time gas a number eighteen by urinating he gave it to us we need them. the last inmate didn't have time to contribute to the prison artwork he was released on february twenty first nineteen fourteen six months later he volunteered for military service in the great war doing just a title that got it on the heidelberg university then have more than twenty six hundred students of those more than twelve hundred world war one and has i think they had bigger worries in. the student jail was closed about a hundred years ago today and the only people leaving their trace are the tourists

. as well as its narrow winding streets heidelburg also has a busy main road that runs parallel to the neck up through the old tell me. it's one of the longest and most beautiful pedestrian zones in europe full of shops and boutiques. it's also the location of the historic student hall and oxnard. built in seventeen zero three it's been run for the past one hundred seventy five years by the family many a celebrity estop by including marilyn monroe and mark twain. the in serves up traditional fare and i'm eager to tuck in the hearty potato soup is

right up my alley. while i'm eating my soup you can visit all the other side the final back we haven't seen yet i bet you don't want to miss anything right. with this cafes bars and stores the street called stein gosar connects the town center and the old bridge you're sure to pass through on your tour through time. the nearby baroque jesuit church is worth a snapshot it was built in the eighteenth century and as one of the largest and most significant churches in heidelberg. and this is our insider's chip item burg university's botanical garden it's more than a century old. it started as

a doctor's garden for medicinal plants today more than ten thousand plant species grow in the green ounces and garden grounds. this may look like a greek amphitheater but it was built as a stage four events by the nazi party. today the dings show to use a listed monument and is used for open air concerts. so as heidelberg been hit with today's visitors it's as ours and a bit here and i enjoy it if the house i meet i may come here again very interesting city they're good they're going forward and a very friendly. if you want to visit general go to i did have is the best thing. a popular heidelberg through and here is the student kiss

a specialty by the city's oldest chocolate maker. many a seasoned politician has enjoyed the sweet treat. back in the days smitten students would gift a box as a token of their affection now the customer is most likely a tourist looking to take home a memento of their trip to hard labor. now it's time for a trip to the crew next to the mountain meaning kingston where we're going out on the phone the jeweler it has several stops you can also get off at the castle but i'm going up all the way. to you know. you have to change trains from a new train to one of the oldest from the chiller railways in germany the poets of the romantic era would no doubt have found some flowery language to describe the

experience. it's a slow and bumpy journey very nostalgic. right. there right up here next to it is worth it simply for the spectacular views across a little back and its surroundings but that's not the only reason i've come up. here waiting patiently. to come on and. once or twice a day in summer the two coolest fell can read this place it's birds of prey calm and vim of first shows us the eagle owl you will ya. the show lasts about an hour and a half and there's lots to learn about owls falcons and eagles visitors are welcome to share their knowledge and earn a feather or two. that's how do they differ from other perhaps america can anyone

tell me yes you know i think our lives are an upturn will stand that it's ready to get a feather yeah. the owners that else are nocturnal they prefer to fly in time tonight or in twilight. yeah. it's just. you're out of the wood i thought but i have such a good hearing that for instance the barn owl which has the best hearing of all i can hear an insect crawling on a blade of grass i'm not kidding crawling first robin and even more amazing it can hear that from a distance of one hundred meters made i found all the ones in my guns buff that is now put her on your hand put your thumb out for that's the first exercise. the next birds that carmen shows us are felton's of varying size she trains them to

chase for hunting for example with a lure program. she can't drive in the air at all still song on its feet and common presents a very impressive animal a bold. goal of. now it's time to get up close and personal with you. and. we're going to be fighting back again and head to a really hot region in the united arab emirates just for a jump has invited us to abu dhabi here is our meet a local slot. hello my name is george at thirty two john i would like to welcome you to abu dhabi which is my home for the past seven years i'm originally from malta and i'm happy to be showing you some of the best highlights the city has to offer.

this is one of the best beaches we have here in abu dhabi the tank kilometer stretch of beach something which i really enjoy here is you come to the beach as a backdrop you have all of those skyscrapers behind you so you can get a feeling of both nature and the greatness of my career. i love living in abu dhabi for the security is gives me a bottle or so the mix of traditional and modern which tend to balance off each other in a very nice way only in the city of upper darby we have over three thousand. people here although having all of the modern luxuries still turn back to their traditional values following the old push of religion which is now.

i'm. in such a cosmopolitan city and the vegetable market takes you back to what life is really all about here although as written it is very glitzy people still live a very normal life. this is our doll harbor. the doll being the traditional boat which also represents the rich maritime history that abu dhabi has these dolls the dolls that go out late at night come in early in the morning selling their fresh catch to the local fishmongers at the fish market.

and now for our last stop in abu dhabi i have chosen to take you to the office of asian day at the end to had. this is the observation deck the highest point one can visit in abu dhabi three hundred meters apart seven to fulfil is situated in the cluster around the tallis. this was my day in upper darby i hope you enjoyed seeing go into beautiful sights and i hope to be seeing you soon and those they say in this part of the world must some on line. to end my two off idle back i'm going back up the hill across from the crew on the opposite side

of the neck up this path it's known as the philosopher's walk. historically it was just a path through the vignettes but during the romantic period it scenic beauty drew students professors and philosophers today it's a high life for visitors it gives fantastic views of the city and castle. i don't think i need to tell you any more about the romantic city or fight of back you've seen it for yourself and a quote from a famous german song pretty much sums it up my half in high deductible that means i lost my heart in height of.

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