castles dreamy villages. and a river that unites it all. i meant by a blog on the lawn a tributary of the river running. into my plans to take a new tour around the land valley. i'm sure we're excited about what awaits me on this trip the river the landscapes and the challenges i'll encounter along the way i have 25 kilometer that headed me

from via walk all the way to a town called could. go on the shelf we catch up with our globe trotter on his adventure and kerry gets to. 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 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 it's considered one of the most remarkable baroque castles of the region. to boot from here i get a great view of what's coming next and heading down to the river out onto the water . so this is your motor

level it's a single blade on stilts public on here one hand up here the other down here placed it in the water and polls 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 would the cause of the word is getting from there my best to avoid that. for this hard life. or hold on to the boat sit down and that's it. for us. oh my god don't you dare flip us over. to the beach if you don't worry just let go it's

normal for it's walking as it has no flowers it does and it's about. how dare you go. and because i've got quite the trip ahead of me i've enlisted a little support my producer andrea's has agreed to help me paddle. the language not the only ones who have heard about the beauty of the law on groups of school kids keep us 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 line isn't just famous for its cat. wilson fortresses it's

a well known for its beautiful landscapes to. getting back to the castles here is a figure that one surprise you according to the european castles institute there are about 25000 in germany many of them are 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 castles 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 opus ition didn't highland areas . destroyed in fighting some have been rebuilt many times over.

most of the consuls in germany are privately owned either inherited or bought. the council like this one in the west an eyeful region requires a lot of money to maintain. built 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 with the upkeep there are guided tours every 10 minutes the consul has belonged to the else family for more than 850 years. to become the book and i'm going to stand each generation has a duty to pass on the cost in 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. it's possible in this way but there's still a lot to do and they'll always be was for me and for the next generation who for the next. going to. the nearby listening and consul is also

privately and washington to listen board to the consul and it's now restoring it in a labor of love the former teacher is investing a lot of money and effort in the project. more mushroom before 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 consul was in danger of collapse. so germany's monument protection authority came to the rescue along with the local authorities. and it's good invest your money is being invested here to preserve a historical monument because. 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 it's a traditional move without the love and dedication of the council ono's these historical gens 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 to me. love that not always. oh. we survived our 1st day of canoeing and the reward we'll be spending the night at this riverside campsite in a tiny wooden hut. creamer shows me my home for the night it's all hopeless the food the hugs are mainly for a canoe or to stay water tonight some want to have some home comforts there's guns all things. for physician or

a man don't want their tent on the boat things stay off the boat and yeah or on a bike of alcohol or. so that this way. all this is a lot more comfortable than a tent well these are yeah no comparison to your average town to. night is falling on the lawn 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 clothing of course.

saddam and welcome to. a country which is defined by its mountains this is why in this episode we are focusing on how to which account for local life and going to the local cuisine. kyrgyzstan is naturally isolated by high you mountainous terrain which has helped preserve its asian culture a country gained its independence as a nation state after the breakup of the soviet union in 1009. 103 characters away. on a horse with. knowledge of horses they do well there's a great well we can enjoy if you. what

you see here is that to know my parents this is where people live they have their horses here they have goats and cows over there this is the life that people used to have that were actually mountain nomads it's a sad 80 percent of the country come out and so they packed up their camp and set it up the next really didn't have a day one could argue to. welcome to kind of call the city which was founded by the russians a strategic location to explore everything which is pass east the common cold today it's a strategic location to fall out of love just because of its proximity to the highest mountains of the country. it's time to introduce you to o'keefe stuff and with this week you come to the market here with us and we're doing a quick study here to market. because. it's right

so what we have here. and it's basic feel that this. young people like chinese muslims who live here and. it also takes about. 5 target called muscle which is basically french fries meat pickles you come 1st on your way and again golly. the next stop is the fat cats and this is also how i feel like everybody is that here sure ok and sometimes like here. i'm doing it one day track here with me it's called the yoga looks like because of the village town that's named. so it's a false record 6 kilometer. is where we're going to cut up as they can. so let's take on the last 2 to the.

you know the thing with hiking for me is. that i always meet a good viewer to make it worth it. and with the cameraman here i would say mission accomplished. and this is it straight she gets down to you feel it. here in the countryside along the line 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. oh damn let's go. home. day 2 starts just like day one and it's very relaxed not

a person in sight just us and the reference. to. 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 blocks and since they're not man to me more you have to open them yourselves. or wait for help.

just open the gate. and keep on paddling. in germany there is a popular slogan good to it was here it's used to describe the places this well traveled poet graced with his presence good chanted 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 why am i telling you about all of this well because right now i'm going to take you on a little excursion to good birthplace france and only about 60 kilometers from here is definitely worth a visit and not just for a layover and it's being as a report. thanks for time mine is well known for its carline its banks. but there are also the half timbered houses that surround the city hall a building known as the room and. frankfurt is the leading cultural center and it hosts the world's largest book fair. the fair was 1st held over 500 years ago after you had a scooping bag invented the printing press. today you start she was just a stone's throw from left of johan falls going from good to. run forward. and 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. district in the house where good he was born is now when you see him during 100000 visitors a year. the house has been restored to its original with great attention to detail . the famous writer lived for 25 years this is also where he wrote his a pistol or a novel the sorrows of young. he wrote that in frankfurt and it was revolution of his isn't hind songs revolutionized poetry and his play goods from baelish and also written for the 1st transformed german drama. a few meters from good us 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 museums no less than 15 cultural institutions lying there with a mind forming the frankfurt museum embankment. it includes germany's oldest museum foundation the shade and was a. collection of a 700 years of european art history from the 14th century right up to the present day. this is what's going to go on the good it was founded 200 years ago in accordance with the will left by a wealthy frankfurt banker named your 100 jewish data he was an art collector which was not unusual in the age of enlightenment. he saw origin as a key part of his role in society. although frankfurt was a free a material city up. it was no bishop and no royalty living here needs to do 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 to and from put up a position. so look beyond frankfurt it's more than the skyline with its banks and office tower as and you find a rich cultural history. that 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. on our way here we saw lots of bikers and paddlers it was all very calm and seemed

extremely adelie is that really what it's like is this looking so if yes i design i think the lawn is one of the most delicate rivers in germany to explode by boat or by bike ones and that's why so many people come and it remains unchanged and 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 change or is it fine the way it is. the only one that isn't so. i think it's fine as it is your thoughts were quite well known among the real couldn't exactly as you can see from the number of boat rental firms here and if we can the probably raise our profile a bit of monk cyclists about enough of and we'd certainly like to become better known for hiking under and most people think of walking along the rhine think you know but i'd like them to consider the lawn 2000 soldiers who are trying to land.

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 it's the thing we want to work on quality control when you market an area for 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 still a lot to do but it sounds like a lot of fun. obviously to absolutely and i love it when visitors like what they see in. this bridge in film are and the statue of st john of me very special they're made of so-called london 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 sentiments. and here you can see this is a coral. reef and this is a sea shell. put on it after i mean you know when you're not 380000000 years ago our continent was on the equator you're larger than the continents move and where we're standing now was 20 degrees south of the equator and on this long journey away from the equator tectonic cracks develop fault lines 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 there were 2 blocks i'm not one when the people yes start mining line marble so down there from the earth all of the 1st records are from 5099 we're very proud we can say it was still the 16th century. that was the star. liber wrong era when marvel became

popular rule there was a demand for large colorful structures that appealed to the sun on the phone a business. and i'm saying they realize they could make money. by the 17th century long marble was in use around the world at the start of the 20th century marble from here was used in the empire state building on the moscow subway all over. and always on the south this time 2 were sharing the travel experiences of one of our viewers mari am from karachi in pakistan travel to moscow and sent as a video of her favorite spots the red square the t.v. tower and a boat ride on the mosque walk check out the russian capital and 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. do the. good things you can't get long along the lawn you can always tell where exactly you are by the impressive buildings you come across this is rome called 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 real goal is also where my tour comes to an end. i.

mean. you know people often say then 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 passing through highly recommend.

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