it's. traced in on the elba river it's early in the morning and the old town is fully just beginning to stir waiting for the 1st tourists. you could spend days just going through the churches in museums. but i've got other plans i have a steamship waiting one from greece since white fleet. today i'm going to take you on a trip along with sex and wine route right why in the name says it all and one of those ships down there is going to take me quite comfortably into the vignettes starting here in boston via the boil all the way up to the top of mice and.

my day includes a sparkling wine too or at casa. revisit the i believe spoken mice in the cradle of sex and. that my colleague because flourished has sent us a travel report from spitzbergen. the white fleet andreessen still is not in historic paddle steamers. these days the ship stuck v. in steams along the saxon one route. one last look at greece and skyline. and then it gets rustic.

after about an hour i go ashore in and out of oil the city is the center of the sex and wine route. it is one of the smallest and northern most wine growing areas in germany the steep slopes the small palaces and the dry stone walls that's what the region is known for most of the wine produced here is served and consumed locally. the oldest winery in saxony is the whole flu snit's it used to belong to the saxon electors and the most famous of them is the strong is said to have celebrated lavish wine dollars here today organic wines are produced on the hoof lose minutes which you can taste on the terrace. time for a 1st class and a 1st set. you have already prepared something what do we drink let's keep the what the requests welcome drop

is a trim ina what is that this is a wine grape that's been grown here for centuries to the best of health. you can only offer organic why why so your business. is the 1st and only organic brain yard in the former east germany the decision to do this was made immediately after the wall fell we'd had pretty bad experiences with the pesticides used during these german years and we wanted to do things differently. with treatment so it was natural for us to want keep pace nice. and to have less nuts is doing quite well without them it can support divine the wind that is produced here in saxony can i buy it anywhere. it's available over the internet the most pain yards have an online order service that most of the sacks and wine is drunk here in saxony. share. germany's total wine production comes to chance to 0.2 percent megan.

center side shows how little it is a lot more wine is drunk in saxony than grows here. if you do there are many stories about the strong he said to john 3 leaders of wine daily is that correct as well it said that he drank 2 to 3 bottles a day on good days in channel company might have been as many as 6 or 7 yes he drank excessively. but compared to his father your hunger of the 3rd who was a real drinker was fairly moderate and from the relative musical think of lead like moderating date to your heels. to sex an elector love the beautiful things not only wine and women but also pomp

and splendor in every form he has made the least in what it is today a pearl of the rock and here are the highlights. 300 years ago augustus the strong ruled this prince elector of saxony and king of poland he brought artists and architects to his court he had seen and marveled at the splendors of courts in france and italy as a young man and invested great sums to transform the sleepy dresden into a european class metropolis of the arts. he had that spring a palace built for instance. in this sprawling complex the prince celebrated lavish gallus court balls and masquerades that often went on for days. today that spain are houses several collections started or greatly expanded by augustus the strong one is the

old masters picture gallery among the masterpieces to be seen here a raphael sistine madonna with its world famous details the collection focuses on great works from the 15th to the 18th centuries. from titian to rim brand that's finger hosts great names of art history much to augustus the strongs credit. the prince elector also to create a thorough renovation for the dresden castle. he had the state apartments installed now after being closed for over 70 years they've reopened to the public. after world war 2 bombing the dresden castle was just a shell reconstruction only began piece by piece in 1986 the painstaking restoration of the state department is yet another phase in a long process. of the dresden armory started by

saxon dukes and electors has been open to the public since 2013. incidentally augustus the strong was not quite as good a commander in wartime as he was an architect or art collector. his treasure chamber the green vault sparkles with jewels and precious gemstones augustus the strong himself put them on public display what good is wealth and fine taste in art without some one to admire it. among the most spectacular pieces is the wall household of delhi encrusted with nearly $6000.00 diamonds originally it cost some $60000.00 talers which took augustus 5 years to pay off. finally we come to the president's frauenkirche or augustus the strong lived to see its cornerstone laid but not its completion. this church of our lady too was consumed by the flames of the 2nd world war bombing. it was only reconstructed after

germany's reunification. the from the interior with its slender almost floating dome is a masterpiece of baroque architecture. gustus the strong would certainly have liked it. now we go up to the winery called good enough the golden wedding of god a boy a little girl who custom nice to have you here at the golden wagon. ride back almost to about is an innkeeper tour guide and hubby even he climbs this staircase many times a week he owns a little vignette next to the gold wagon. out of the bread no no no i'm in good shape. this is as it seems to me fit. the long climb is rewarded with a spectacular view of the valley on clear days you can see all the way from the golden wagon to dresden and the czech republic. by october most of the grapes have

already been gathered only a few bunches remain on the vines. most about says about 80 percent of all venison saxony do it as a hobby like he does as a boy he worked in this uncle's vineyard and later took it over the work is tiring but the wind is delightful. all of these walls are they just ornamental or do they serve a purpose. he moland think i was a very important saxony is very far north for a wine region and we've got some problems with climb into the wall like this soaks up the sun all day and stores heat like an oven and then radiates it back. so what was in is there a difference between wine growing in east germany 30 years ago and today. in denver not that much has changed about the vineyard the steep slopes in particular are still kept up by the hobby vintners the commercial wineries down here produce their premium wines. there are top quality winds up on the slopes as well of course but

the hobby event nerves are the ones who sweat and strain to keep these walls built up though with state financial support but physically it's very demanding work. here rob even right we found a smart solution in saxony we work smaller areas not as many vines but put all the more love into it. and if that's what's holding are you look down on by the professional wine growers. as if the pope is in the professional wine growers are glad to have the hobby ventnor is working to keep the countryside in shape they would not be able to handle it economically the steep slopes couldn't be maintained without the hobby vendors and if the vineyards fell into ruin the tourists wouldn't come in and the commercial wineries wouldn't be able to sell their wines anymore. come on zog do you have to work daily or are there rest periods what happens for example in winter the place must move into. as you've been in the winter the vines

have to be pruned and the trellis is repaired. and of course if it's minus 20 degrees celsius out and snow's on the ground that's when you enjoy your wine. but you have to have the time now. i just say a vine wants to see its master 17 times but there are different views on how to spread those around a year. if you know how many vines are you the master. 830. 830 vines will make 830 bottles of wine and i'll try one of them. still with the heaviest right i've brought you a flavorful drop from the golden wagon try it. and so was this is all ours. thank you for what the crew does that remind me off maybe pineapple so i'm. very good in the pineapple know it's quite pronounced am i why. because you're learning

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the jewel of sex in these vignettes it's. named after the count which is built around 1730 today it's the location of the sex since they've been yes it produces wine both sparkling and and offers tours and overnight stays i have sampled several winds today now i choose a sparkling wine 2 or it begins with beginnings of course and a look back at the cosmos history. think over 180 years ago in 836 saxon wine growers had the idea to bring the bubbly beverage to saxony that question pain at the time the training you drink a french sell a master brought the art of making sparkling wine from champagne year to the over the hill sites. while of. the tour proceeds to the winery the various types of wine age an enormous tanks the cellar master combines them to produce

darkling one. can write his complement each other very nicely aisling can go together to create our classic bottle fermented sparkling wines in the tradition of the strong and are going to vary. the base wine ages over several years then the yeast is added for the alcoholic fermentation. undersell a master says the sparkling wine is the perfect ready for pouring the bottles go into a revealing rustic who's not so french invention. but the bottles are riddled or rotated daily for 4 weeks so the lease or date yeast settle in the neck and it's done by hand. information from. the best part of the many stages of making sparkling wine is the last one the tasty . gives you the 2nd one root.

time for our euro trouble throughout my colleague because clearly he was travelling in the far north of europe on spitsbergen well in the archipelago is definitely not a destination for people who are prone to chill but the cold was ripped up properly . it almost seems like the north pole is just over the horizon a last outpost of civilization in the frozen north you may well be wondering where on earth i am i'm in long here and small part. i'm in europe northern most town and that is by far not the only record long european holes. sound hard lines about halfway between the northern tip of norway and the north

pole longer being with a population of around $2100.00 is the largest settlement is on the $78.00 north parallel no other settlement with over a 1000 residents lines farther north. time for a 1st look around but i'd rather go in the company of my god frederick throw brick and tess rifle. polar bears could be anywhere here real ones this time. this is the best thing with you when you go outside the town no secret trick to scare them away you know as to different kinds of bears in the world. and white bears. if it's ledo if it's black fightback if it's what good would it. do to the permafrost all of the homes here are built on stilts. it's practically impossible to raise livestock or farm still

someone was brave enough to try benjamin vit marna chef from the us. route green by the way he plans herbs and vegetables and his polar greenhouse. can even taste the arctic. is a group of. benjamin 1st came back in 2007 and fell in love with the place the only problem was the lack of greens i wasn't happy with the food situation you know you pay 50 krones for iceberg lettuce that's a lot of money for iceberg lettuce and i'm still going home i would never even eat this i wouldn't even need if somebody gave it to me but here i'm like a home iceberg lettuce on them you know you have to eat because you don't have anything else and i just was so frustrated so you know this is i have to do something either i leave or i have to do something. now he supplies local restaurants like the group of lager and with his arms here fine dining is served up

enough former coalmining warehouse head chef phillips has served the likes of the norwegian royal family. the next morning i prepared to make an expedition. rhetorics throwback takes me to one of the nearby fjords. he wants to show me the wall of the tonight brain tidewater glacier. every time you come to us while bored or get out in nature they like this different and that makes it very special because it's like seeing a new place every time it without. i'm truly impressed with long here be the northernmost challen on earth.

the steamboat takes me now from father boyle to mice and. fish that feared is the oldest ship in greece this white fleet it was built in $879.00. but 140 years later big engines are still running smoothly. now of the town of meissen comes in sight with its vignettes and castle hill. at the markets where in my city there is also if you just like interested. in addition narrow streets and lots of wine bars by the way the 1st vignette in saxony was documented here in meissen 850 years ago. and then again.

climbing stairs but i'm already used to that. the mice in cathedral is 80 meters high and 800 years old. the 2nd attraction up here is the i wish to book the oldest castle in. germany. now you might ask yourself the book is it a fortress or is it a castle well the answer is it is both 1st it was a fortress then it was a castle and later even a factory this building is more or less 1000 years old and a lot has happened at that time. today my son's store might come across as charmingly elegant.

but a 1000 or so years ago when it 1st took shape above the elba the fortress was designed to be daunting and unassailable. knowing the bonus money in $129.00 king henry the 1st and read the fowler came to this river fought against the slavs and took this hill and he had a fortress built on it at the time on stilts and. that's really when it all began for the saxons this because. saxony rulers lived in the fortress through the high middle ages until the age of 4 to 5 castles ended the nobility demanded housing befitting their status and so in 1471 work began to convert it into the 1st german palace with ball rooms and living and working quarters arnold of this trailer was the court builder delegates in this town arnold of vestey failure introduced 3

essential architectural innovations to the castle which was to someone is the cell vaulting with its fascinating play of light and shade because the vaulting reaches high into the roof. in the stocking night. and the arched curtain windows where the very latest fashion event of the elegant round stairway has been copied many times . since the windows brought lots of light into the previously dark castle. but as splendid as the castle was hardly anyone actually lived in it meissen head meantime forfeited its status as residents of saxons rulers to dress to. the castle stood empty till just the strong had an experimental laboratory set up for the alchemy. but had promised to make gold but the gold he finally made was white

porcelain in 1710 europe's oldest porcelain manufacturers started production in the balkan. forseen the mushroom. various machines were installed ones including a steam engine in the 19th century among folk to the magnetic busiest a good 700 people were working here in the castle walls on lighting. in the late 19th century the factory moved down into the town today my son porcelain is still handmade there. once again the outbreak spork was left empty and once again it was renovated and painted with several murals depicting chapters from saxony turbulent history which began here in my sins.

do you know what it takes to make a real casa. de exactly a castle tavern even if the weather is not very inviting it's enough for a last look over my stay. in. i noticed one thing above all today most of the wine here is served. directly in the taverns or at the wine growers on site that means if you want to try some of that delicious wine you just have to come to the sex and wine route i have to admit it's a small wine region but it's got a lot of history and culture cheers. human

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