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castle dream even legit. and a river that unites it all. i meant by a book on the lawn tributary of the river rhine. my plans to take a new tour around the one valley. i will say we're excited about what awaits me on this trip the river the landscapes and the challenges allen counter along the way i have 25 kilometers the head of me from via walk all the way to a town called. also on the shelf we catch up with our globe trotter on his adventure and caregiver step. one of our viewers shows us the sights and sounds of mark out. 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 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 still. one hand up here the other down here place it in the water and. by there are any typical beginner's mistakes i've never really done then yet if you go under some low drains then paddle out backwards this is you

don't want to get caught up in the branches otherwise you could capsule itself would. want to get under my best to avoid that. tornado hard life. was hold on to the boat sit down and that's it. for us. to go. oh my god oh my god don't you dare flip us over. here she don't worry just let go it's normal for it's walking that's no flowers it does and it's about. i'm gonna go. because i've got quite the trip ahead of me i've enlisted a little support my producer andrea. has agreed to help me paddle. seem like we're

not the only ones who have heard about the beauty of the law on groups of schoolkids 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 lot isn't just famous for its castles and fortresses it's well known for its beautiful landscapes to. 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 aren't into going to state any more 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 as 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 bolt. because like this one in the west an eyeful region requires a lot of money to maintain. its costal 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 on guided tours every 10 minutes the consul has belonged to the else family for more than 815 years. we've become the book and i'm so stunned each generation has a duty to pass on the castle in a better state than they received it was so obvious so we've worked hard to restore the roof and the new the windows and do all the other jobs that need doing it. in this way but there's still a lot to do and they'll always be was for me and for the next generation if you next are going to not see. the need by listening in castle is also privately owned horses going to listen port to the castle and it's 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 whole rotten and the casa 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's 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. without the love and dedication of the casa lowness these historical gems would surely been lost. 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. bloodletting

oh yes. 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. tell us cramer shows me my home for the night so hopelessly for the hudson mainly for a canoe or to stay one or 2 nights and want to have some home comforts which guns often go for petition or 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. along 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 countries quickly and of course. saddam and welcome to. the country which is fine but it's mom's business why in this episode we're focusing on how do it which accounts for local life and going to the local cuisine. kyrgyzstan is naturally isolated by its highly

mountainous terrain which has helped preserve its asian culture a country gained its independence as a nation states after the breakup of the soviet union in 1991. dishonoring characters range. on a horse with. knowledge of horses take a well there's a break for we can enjoy if you. take. what you see here is it true no my parents this is where people live they have their horses here to have goats and cows over there this is the life that people used to have me and he's not ever actually mountain nomads is that 80 percent of the country a mountain so they packed up their camp and set it up in the next really been of a day one to our day after. welcome to kind of cool the city with a spot

a better russians a strategic location to explore everything which is south east of kabul today mr cheek location fall out of love us because of its proximity to the highest mountains of the country. it's time to introduce you to. the stuff and with this week you come to the market you're with us and we're doing good work out here to market. that's right so what we have here is. and it's basically a. bit like chinese muslims who live here. it's a place of. at least some turkey calls muscle which is basically french

fries meats the guts to come goes on you know and again golly. the next stop is the fat cats also hartfield i really want is that here shortly ok and sometimes blunt here. i'm doing it i want a truck here with me it's called the yoga looks like because of the village town that's named snow globes so it's a fall truck 6 kilometers. or so we're going to get out that's the. sort of take on the last 2 to the. you know the thing with hiking for me it's. always nice a good view to make it worth it. and with the panorama and i would say

mission accomplished. and this is it from she gets down to see you soon. 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. 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 manned anymore you have to open them yourselves. or wait for help. just open the gate. and keep on paddling. in germany there's

a popular slogan good it was here it's used to describe the places this well traveled poet graced with his presence good tented 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 i tell you about all of this well because right now i'm going to take you on a little excursion to go to birthplace france and only about 60 kilometers from here is definitely worth a visit and not just for a layover and it's name is a report. time for time mine

is well known for its skyline its banks and its at port but they're 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 fair 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 you know how. to. function. back in the 18th century when good was born from ford 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 funding structure for. the house where good 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 good from burleson 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 lined the river mine forming the frankfurt museum embankment. it includes

germany's oldest museum foundation the state 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 when 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 with our needs 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 a book at their shop. so look beyond frankfurt it's more than the skyline with its banks and office tower as when 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 enter as an consultant. on. family and on her way here we saw lots of bikers and paddlers it was all very calm and seemed extremely and tillich is that really what it's like is this look i thought that if yes i do design i think the lawn 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 on.

every day life on. the line 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 a sign the way it is. the only one that isn't so obvious. i think it's fine as it is quite well known among the real community as you can see from the number of boat rental firms here and if we could probably raise our profile a bit of money cyclists about it up and we certainly like to become better known for hiking under and most people think of walking along the rhine but i'd like them to consider the lawn to. 100 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 steve. steve i'm down to 40 credit it's easy 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 transit 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 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 are very special they're made of so called london marble which was mined in this area for centuries axel back as 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. and here you can see this is a coral. reef and this is a sea shell. puts. 380000000

years ago our continent was on the equator then the continents moved and where we're 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 would have to go back and i'm not like when did people start mining in marble so there are some of the 1st records are from 99 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 appeal to the sense of the business. and i'm saying they realized they could make money here 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 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 spot the red square t.v. tower and a boat ride on the moscow check out the russian capital in summer. move

. move. move. 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 down

a. good thing 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 room 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 rome goal is also where my tour comes to an end. the movie. mean seem. to me. you know people often say the journeys 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 real. lax 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 recommended.

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