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by a blog on the lawn a tributary of the river running through. my plans to take a new tour around the lot valley. i'm super excited about what awaits me on the strip the river the landscapes and that challenges allen counter along the way i have 25 kilometers ahead of me from via walk all the way to a town called one could. go on the show we catch up with our globe trotter on his adventure and kyrgyzstan. one of our viewers shows us the sights and sounds of moscow. and we take you on a tour of frankfurt. but

for now via the book just like many towns along the line this small city too has a spectacular palace this one was built in the 17th century and is considered one of the most remarkable baroque castles of the region. from here i get a great view of what's coming next and heading down to the river and out onto the water. so this is your motor on the level it's a single blade paddle going on stilts public one hand up here the other down here place it in the water and roll by there are any typical beginner's mistakes i've never really done this then yet if you go under some low drainage then paddle out backwards this is you don't want to get caught up in the branches otherwise you could caps are the word is getting from there my best to avoid that.

sort of hard life. your horse hold on to the boat sit down and that's it. for you after. the sago. mine oh my god don't you dare flip us over. to the beaches here don't worry just let go it's normal for it to walk and it has no flowers it does and it's about. to go. and because i've got quite the trip ahead of me i've enlisted a little support my producer andrea is has agreed to help me paddle. it seems like we're not the only ones who've heard about the beauty of the lawn groups of school kids. bus company on the 1st stretch. so

much though that we even get into a little traffic jam after crossing germany's only boat tunnel we have to go through a lock. on the other side peace and quiet the region along the lot isn't just famous for its castles and fortresses it's a well known for its beautiful landscapes to. plan . getting back to the castles here is a figure that once surprise you according to the european castles institute there are about 25000 in germany many of them are in into going to state anymore but they all still have that i mistakenly romantic.

visitors come from all over the world to see germany's many consuls and palaces. they stand as witnesses to a bygone era. many dates back to the dark and mysterious middle ages they were mostly designed just fortresses overlooking rivers or positioned in highland areas . often destroyed in fighting some have been rebuilt many times over. most of the consuls in germany are privately owned either inherited or bought. a council like this one in the west an eyeful region requires a lot of money to maintain. its castle is one of germany's most outstanding gems a genuine medieval fortress that has never been destroyed. tourism provides a key source of income to help for the upkeep. there are guided tours every 10

minutes the council has belonged to the else family for more than 815 years. to become the book and each generation has a duty to pass on the kosslyn a better state than they received it was so obvious so we've worked hard to restore the roof of the windows and do all the other jobs that need doing it. in this way but there's still a lot to do and there will always be those for me and for the next generation if you next are going to absorb. the need by listening in castle is also privately and wasn't going to listen bored to the consul and is now restoring it's a labor of love the former teacher is investing a lot of money and effort in the project. you do have to be a little bit crazy to take on something like that so. some of the supporting beams in the great hall were rotten and the consulate was in danger of collapse. so

germany's monument protection authority came to the rescue along with the local authorities. and it's invested money is being invested here to preserve a historical monument because there is it's in the public interest of the public funds are going into it but without the owners financial commitment it would have been impossible. without the love and dedication of the consolation as these historical gems would surely being not just. the landscape around the line is truly impressive and as intruders were being carefully observed by the locals came my looks like we have a new friend and. bloodletting . oh yes. oh.

we survived our 1st day of canoeing and the reward will be spending the night at this riverside campsite in a tiny wooden hut. tell us cramer shows me my home for the night it's all hopeless with the hudson mainly for a canoe or to stay one or 2 nights and want to have some home comforts this dogs often go for physicians or all of them don't want their tent on the bowings table for both of them yeah or on a bike of all 12 or. so step this way. this is a lot more comfortable than a tent well these aren't yeah no comparison to your average time to work.

night is falling on the lot and the campsite to calm down. before i hopefully get the well deserved rest i want to invite you guys to catch up with our globe trotter his most recent travels took him to central asia to kurdistan and there he had tons of fun hiking horseback riding and discovering the country's cuisine of course. so my mom and welcome to. come too which is defined by its mountains this is why in this episode we are focusing on how to think we should go to the local life and going to the local cuisine. kyrgyzstan is not really isolated by its high you mountainous terrain which has helped preserve its asian culture a. trik gained its independence as

a nation state after the breakup of the soviet union in 1991. after the other honoree characters went. on a horse with a strong. knowledge of horses take a well to the great while we can enjoy the. cool lake. what you see here is a true nomad hams this is where people live to have their horses here they have goats and cows over there this is the life that people used to have me and they were actually mountain nomads it's a sad 80 percent of the country a mountain so they packed up they camped and set it up in the next valley point out that they wanted to or. welcome to kind of cool the city would respond better russians a strategic location to explore everything which is south east of cockle today it's

in a strategic location fall out of love us because of its proximity to the highest mountains of the country. it's time to introduce you to. keep you strong and for this week you come to market here with us and we do it quickly got here to market. that's right so what we have here. and it's basically a bit. like chinese muslims live here. it's a place about like. the tardis calls us all which is basically french fries meat pickles you come by us on. and again golly.

the next stop is the fat cats in the us also how would you like everybody said to you charming and sometimes what. i'm doing you know one day trip here with me it's called the yoga looks right because of the village down there it's named snow globes so it's a flawless record 6 kilometers. this is already going to go up as they. sort of take on the last 2 to. use. you know the thing with hiking for me is. you know always needs a good view to make its residents. and with the kind of rama and i would say mission accomplished. and this is it from she gets down to reinstill.

here in the countryside along the line and it's easy to fall right into a whole new thread that you go to bed early and get up early after all i still have a long stretch ahead of me. ok let's go. on. day 2 starts just like day one and it's very relaxed not a person in sight just us and the river. the serenity on the river really is something else thanks to the current and my co-captain i. can take some time to put my feet up.

on the lawn you have to pass through plenty of locks and since they're not mandating more you have to open them yourself. or wait for help. just open the gate. and keep on paddling. in germany there's a popular slogan good shit was here it's used to describe the places this well

traveled poet graced with his presence good job did an internship here on the lawn while he was in law school and it seems he did a lot of hiking here he was amazed by the quote unquote unspeakable beauty of nature to be fair he was also very much in love at the time the lady in question turned out to be the inspiration for the protagonist in his 1st novel the sorrows of young. and when we're telling you about all of this well because right now i'm going to take you on a little excursion to good birthplace franklin only about 60 kilometers from here is definitely worth a visit and not just for a layover and it's being as a report. time for time mine is well known for its skyline its banks. but there are also the. half timbered

houses that surround the city hall a building known as the roman. frankfurt is the leading cultural center and it hosts the world's largest book fair. the fan was 1st held over 500 years ago after you had a school bag invented the printing press. today is that she was just a stone's throw from left of johan. funk forward. back in the 18th century when good was born only had about 30000 residents. but it was the coronation city of the kaiser's of the holy roman empire and as a free imperial city it had some autonomy. but above all it was a center of trade thanks to the trade routes and the trade for those additional have been stored in the house where good was born is no newseum during $100000.00 visitors a year. the house has been restored to its original with great attention to detail . the famous writer lived here for 25 years this is also where he wrote his

a pistol or a novel the sorrows of young. wrote that in frankfurt and it was revolution of his isn't kind songs revolutionized poetry and his play good from burleson and also written for the 1st transform german drama. a few meters from good as house you come to st paul's church in 1980 became the seat of the frankfurt national assembly the 1st freely elected parliament for the whole of germany so it's considered the birthplace of german democracy. time for to mine is also well known for its museum no less than 15 cultural institutions lined the written line forming the frankfurt museum embankment. it includes germany's oldest museum foundation the shade was a. collection here covers 700 years. european art history

from the 14th century right up to the present day. this is 4th one of the good it was founded 200 years ago in accordance with the will left by a wealthy frankfurt banker named your 100 data he was an art collector which was not unusual in the age of enlightenment when. he saw origin as a key part of his role in society. although frankfurt was a free emperial city there was no bishop and no royalty living here who needs a new so it's always been the local people who have shaped frankfurt and to this day this foundation relies on the huge support it receives from the people of frankfurt doctor and from put up a position. so look beyond frankfurt it's more than skyline with its banks and office tower as and you find a rich cultural history. i've

arranged to meet make mine on the banks of the lon he was raised around here and he's shaped the area's development in recent years through his work as a geographer and tourism consultant. and comes with. family and on her way here we saw lots of bikers and paddlers it was all very calm and seemed extremely daily is that really what it's like is this look like so if yes i design i think the non is one of the most delicate rivers in germany to explore by boat or by bike ones and that's why so many people come and it remains unchanged you can really relax and slow down from the commotion of an everyday life . ceylon isn't quite as well known as the rhine or the moselle rivers especially outside of germany do you think that. can or should i change or is it signed the

way it is. the only one that isn't so. i think it's fine as it is quite well known among the real condemning me as you can see from the number of boat rental firms here and if we could leave raise our profile a bit of money michael about it up and we'd certainly like to become better known for hiking under and most people think of walking along the rhine thank you but i'd like them to consider the lawn 2. 100 baskets and so what are the challenges for the future you already said you want to promote the hiking trails but what else is on your list. i'm down to 40 credit if we want to work on quality control when you market an area tourism and tell everyone to come then you have to make sure you have the necessary infrastructure you have to have designated areas where canoeist can get in and out of there both. of those places you need. public

transport places to. sustainable tourism means ensuring people don't get out in the middle of a conservation area and cause damage to still a lot to do but it sounds like a lot of fun when. i was here absolutely and i love it when visitors like what they see. this bridge and film are and this statue of st john of me are very special they're made of so-called lawn marble which was mined in this area for centuries axel becker is an expert and takes me to a former quarry millions of years ago this was a reef in the ocean the continental drift carried it north along with fossilized sea creatures and sediments. here you can see this is a coral. reef and this is a sea shell. put around it after maybe only. 380000000 years ago our continent was on the equator then the continents moved and where were. standing now was 20 degrees south of the equator and on this long

journey away from the equator tectonic cracks developed. there was pressure here you see these regular structures that the stone was under a lot of tectonic stress and then fused together again through cement they were to go back and that's when did people start mining in marble so they're seeing the earth all of the 1st records are from 5099 we're very proud we can say it was still the 16th century. and that was the start of the barong era when marvel became popular rule there was a demand for large colorful structures that appealed to the sun sets before the business. and i'm saying they realized they could make money here by the 17th century marble was in use around the world at the start of the 20th century marble from here was used in the empire state building and the moscow subway all over.

and always on the south this time too were sharing the travel experiences of one of our viewers mari am from karachi in pakistan travel to moscow and as a video of her favorite spots the red square the t.v. tower and a boat right on the mosque check out the russian capital in summer. my

canoe tour on the lawn is slowly coming to an end the last of the 25 kilometers under the blistering sun seem to be the longest. time if there's a local you don't. look a. good thing you can't get long along the line you can always tell where

exactly you are by the impressive buildings you come across this is wrong call castle from the 12th century it was built in the middle ages to protect a river crossing it's a ruin now but still retains its charm and roll goal is also where my tour comes to an end. who. can leave. you know people often say them journey is more important than the destination and this time the journey really was a lot of fun and helped me discover a whole new way of travelling a more relaxed one far away from the train schedules and traffic jams and one that really allowed me to get in touch with nature rather than just past. highly

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