the destination i've chosen for today is the small city in the state of tooling and that was home to many cultural luminaries over the centuries. may i present poet and theologians johann got fleet had. his contemporary and fellow poet and philosopher christopher munching vaillant. and we have composer johann sebastian bach here's a piano virtuoso friends list. but perhaps the two most famous of all the great writers and thinkers of a yawn both come from good to and fluidly shut up this is the city of.

the works of good to and cilla a great german classics but two hundred years ago they were considered extremely progressive so how has managed time and again to attract pioneers and trailblazers contributing to the mix of new and old classics that kenton davy found all around town. we'll check out the modern design classics and the powerhouse museum. will visit a hotel in the front along stories that abolition with the three hundred year history. and globe trotters d.v.d.'s will also check in with us from making colombia. my tour a vile. begins at good his former residence in the very heart of the city the

author and naturalists lived here for half a century. be sure to grab an audio guide to get the most out of your visit. just rented the residence later it was given to him by his patron grand duke. that allowed it to remodel and furnish it to his liking. and he had this staircase built in the italian style. and in the end. i wonder if the steps week like this back and go to stay he once wrote that one never tired of going up and down. in the front part of the house you find elegantly furnished rooms this is where goods are welcome to his

guests artists scholars politicians and members of the royal family. sculptures were here to remind him of his time in italy there are also busts of had . beloved companions who died thirty years before him. figurative family lived in their rear part of the house. and the study the decor was kept at a minimum good job wanted nothing to distract him from thinking and writing. and it was a year in his bedroom that good to dine at the age of eighty two. this room is referred to as christiane is room in honor of christiane of good as wife the couple lived together for eighteen years before marrying something the citizens of found scandalous when they finally did get hitched their son was already sixteen years old. the garden behind the house was also part of christiane

its role in her day it supplied the household with fruit and vegetables today it's a peaceful green oasis at the end of the museum tour. gets us home it's just one of the many places that recall the golden age of enlightenment and humanism here and via the most historic sites have been recognised by unesco and let me tell you one day won't be enough to see them off. and should i would have no difficulty finding their way around for i'm on today it's easy to navigate and much the same as it was in the era it's a compact city that reinvented itself to into high. centuries ago after assuming the government of his duchy in seven hundred seventy five the young duke of socks

of august some untalented people to his court and support them go to first and foremost. also contributed to the city's expansion he created the park under in the english style landscape gardens owed much to greater. this had a garden cottage in the park where he could escape from the hustle and bustle of his main residence on farm town street. the duke also had a place of refuge here his roman house may have been a love nest to his daughter fathered thirty eight illegitimate children. in calculus de vine a city palace was a huge construction site after the old palace was destroyed by fire and seven hundred seventy four the deal audit its reconstruction get ahead of the commission that rebuilt it. next to the palace is another form a work place of the multi-talented the duchess anna amalia library named after the

duke's mother. one of germany's first public libraries it was open to anyone who could read and write and weimar was home to many literate people get it was the libraries directive for thirty five years. the royal summer residence was the baroque belvedere palace just south of weimar. cavalier's house forms part of the ensemble. once there come a day said the princely household now they used by the university of music plants list as classrooms and rehearsal rooms. said visitors could find themselves treated to a free concert. inside the palace this play. interior fine china glassware and furniture that was hand crafted in by my.

belvedere palace just one of the many treasures that comprise the classic vimal entry on can this goes world heritage list. it's almost impossible to get lost in via all you have to do is follow the entire thing smell of grilled sausages and you'll end up at the market square. reptilicus. fortified by a hearty snack it's time to check out the buildings here on the square like the

historic town hall. and the cut up oust named after the family a famous painter's father and son opened their studio here in fifteen fifty two. here's the gas town some shots and bears and our black bear and right next door the elephant us most famous hotel. hotel elephant is a true classic for over three hundred years it's been the go to spot for my mum visiting celebrities leo tolstoy manhunts christiane and to only name a few a lot of history under one roof but just like the city itself the elephant moves with a touch. him. after undergoing major renovations hotel elephant looks modern and elegant once again.

you do neither the standard rooms nor the suites look their age though this hotel boasts three centuries of history. the first documented reference to the hotel dates from six hundred ninety six the duke of the time allowed christiane brown e.t. owner of the fox a bear guest house to open another in. why it was named the elephant has never been fully explained. yet with us with the truth we figured that an even more powerful animal was to join the black then an exotic one that draws to mind distant lands water. and just as back then and if it could be seen at fair and they were given as gifts by king. in a fountain said i think all of that may have played

a role. but that's how i was and on a good spirit. later the elephant was expanded to become a postal station and hotel artists and scholars from across europe made their way to weimar to pay their respects to gerta when he celebrated his eightieth birthday at the hotel elephant. later other famous people would check into the elephant including paul took copious lionel finding her and ask when they came to weimar in one nine hundred nineteen and founded the bauhaus school. but those glory days were over by nine hundred thirty three when hitler came to power weimar had long become a stage for the nazi party and the elephant was hitler's favorite place to stay in town. he ordered the hotel to be torn down and rebuilt. when it reopened in one nine hundred thirty eight it was touted as the most modern hotel in europe. while the nazis were living it up in

town tens of thousands of people were dying from hunger and exhaustion at the book involved concentration camp just outside weimar it's a difficult legacy for the hotel. but often the hotel deals with this openly until a brick because that chapter is unfortunately post of our history. it's important for us to show that this hotel has always been an open meeting place here in the atrium with consciously hung pieces from his work was deemed degenerate by the nazis in order to create a counterpoint so that's. in addition to three centuries of history hotel elephant also boasts its own art collection many works were done by regular guests and include a fair number of elephants. trying

one regional specialty tooling up. at the market another is closer to taito dumplings they served in virtually every restaurant and vine. just outside of town you can learn how to make them in a cooking class and how best to do that is a science in itself luckily i've got you to show me how it's done. you should plan on three large potatoes per person who is called the first they have to be peeled. but not all dumplings are the same right why is that. it's mainly a geographical distinction in the south in italy they make their small round farther north in austria and of area they're called. and here interning them they're known as close courses. after they repealed the potatoes are graded but

watch your fingers. over. the grated potato masses then put into a little cloth back and press. until it's completely dry. now we prepare extremely ready mashed potatoes and make this way the drying my. little stumble out of the tires. the little your windows shouldn't be too thick or too liquid that's the tricky part . if you roasted crew transfer inside the middle and that's what this is the first person. to compare but jane doe as it should be song what a nice way to put it in the home. around dumplings are then dropped into hot salt

water but they shouldn't boil there only in there too steep for twenty to thirty minutes that's how these dumplings have been made for centuries and that's exactly the reason people love the dumpling making seminars. here and some make a family event of it was a chance for grandma to show her grandkids no matter how often no longer learn how to do it at home. or people get the class for work parties or as a team building exercise. it's a way to have fun together. and yeah that rises to the surface to be considered quite an accomplishment right. when the dumplings rinds that means they're done and done right. while this looks like a food coma in the making while i work on these dumplings you guys get to check in with our globe trotters steve she's back in south america and this time we caught

up with him in the colombian city of many. hello and welcome to maybe a jeep which is the second largest city of colombia and full contrasts so let's go there and it's motor city. to start things off the machine we're also taking part in a really walking tour to get introduction to the city. interesting thing about this tour is that it shows the transformation of maybe she

apart from seeing that many sites you also get to see some neighborhoods this one for example was on the garbage pile so we get to learn of the bit about its three and a transformation of the neighborhood from a garbage pile to actual neighborhood with a park on. with its many hotels restaurants bars and clubs have a lot of is the most popular neighborhood in all of maybe she's trying to it's pretty colorful touristy but there will also very simply. make this look you know many still trying to. get all those skills and a strong lead among friends for years so it's a good ending to a long one of these cable cars during. the season just below the city of cleveland so.

we're now on the formal property of pop let's go by it was one of his the. bridge villas and it's also right by the lake pretty pretty tough story actually. nowadays you can come to this property and you can see the remains of the house and it was actually called think i did i know we live and this was the name of his daughter and i took a look at the buildings. in the house itself you can still find some fools. in the schools that actually found money here because probably used to hide a lot of money on his property. one of the reasons why such

a trek city are the many parks you could find here that escapes from the housing and bustling city one of the most beautiful. time equal to ten o'clock gardens which are located right next to university so you can drive with the metro to the station or even that there's just a two minute walk to enter the park which is totally free. inside to keep you around which is what the structure feels like running water tends to show off thanks many products right. here and volume and if you stroll around town chances are pretty good that you'll pass find a good hit and schiller statue at least once but that's not the only interesting site on the square right behind it is the german national theatre. in one thousand nine hundred in the aftermath of the first world war and the fall of the german

empire this is where envoys from all over germany came. we gather at the time to lot safer than turbulent berlin so the national assembly convened here to draw up a new constitution for the first german democracy the weimar republic and that happened in this theater. nine hundred nineteen was an exciting year. the bauhaus a school that would reshape the way the world thinks about design opened its doors its director architect invited famous artists to the city. didn't ski. and. the bauhaus architects built their first model home environment house i'm one with its minimalist form and modern materials it introduced a new approach to housing. and twenty nine thousand via inaugurated a new home for other revolutionary bauhaus designs a tribute to the creative minds behind the movement and celebration of its

centennial. of here but you can download an app to your phone that will guide you through the museum. this is featured as famous cradle and utilized condition skis color theory. must be blue squares red and triangles yellow the design is still produced today and can be yours for one thousand eight hundred eighty. the centerpiece of the museum as this collection if you chose one hundred seventy pieces that were to stay in volume when the bauhaus moved to death and nine hundred twenty five many of these objects never moved beyond the experimental phase whereas others became famous the world over this lamp by bill has been felt this teapot by money on the. cantilever chairs all of them modern classics. but are they comfortable

here you can test them yourself. fowles was characterized by its interdisciplinary approach on the stage all scotch lemon turned his dancers and to mechanical figurines that she added l.a. with its geometric costumes is still on guard today about how it was always inquisitive experimental and very much ahead of its time. after getting arts and culture effects and it's time to take a little trip into the wild no better way of days off and my joining one of our your is on vacation jack card from president australia i was in the us and visit at the zion and bryce canyon national parks and yoga let's take a look. at

. the last stop on my visit to the a.c.c. gallery a.c.c. stands for autonomous cultural center its director flag monks found at the center with friends a nine hundred eighty seven the one time i was still part of communist east germany

they squatted in an abandoned building. and saved it from decay old newspaper articles document the sorry state of the building when they found it and the amount of work they invested in fixing it up a documentary was even made about it. most of the. consequences was it was mostly really a very democratic project it seems every detail was discussed as a group. they may just be. today the a.c.c. is a gallery with an international scholarship skiing in the past thirty years the a.c.c. has hosted nearly two hundred fifty exhibitions with over a thousand participating artists. setting up the a.c.c.

was a dream for a you what are your goals for the future what's still to come. this. if it were up to me things can stay just as they are this is our building we want to stay here and breathe new life into weimar's classical mindset with our contemporary dalliances in artistry. and believe the buy more doesn't exactly live for contemporary art and culture rather it lives from the past and so we are a good counter agent we have been for the last thirty years and we want to continue to be one. what would you say the a.c.c. is a viable classical indian absolutely the a.c.c. is a by mark classic. because weimar still lacks a great contemporary art museum to go along with its great cultural sites. and for the cause of at the risk of sounding smug with the only program at a contemporary art gallery here that's active at the international level of intimacy. so that's why the a.c.c.

gallery has become a clue. sick. be though look at this glasgow is still a minor one of our modern classic yes what makes a classic thirty years like the a.c.c. one hundred years like bauhaus are good and the like the only true aspirants to the title and the end of the day it doesn't really matter one thing is for sure here and you'll get to experience german history more vividly than in almost any other city in the country.

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