but all of this comes straight from the heart just what i see even when there's no money. from the 1st. to their final resting place the russians are g.w. documentary. fresh air a short trip somewhere like to the baltic coolest it's something i've been missing piece past months just like many of us the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted travel worldwide and my 1st trip after the easing of restrictions in germany took

me to banda minda in the state of mecklenburg western public. here from the lighthouse you can get a good view of the baltic resorts. travelling in coronavirus times how does that look like with all the social distancing in hygiene rules it's summer in germany so it's high season and that means it can get really crowded on the beach in restrooms in hotels and i would like to know how those people in charge and the tourists are dealing with this situation here in volume and. also show you how the pandemic has affected life in south africa our of your mike zuma gives us a tour of cape town. our view meal of the week comes from a south american family who traveled around the world to europe before the crisis.

and the physical world heritage sites in mecklenburg western pomerania from this month to luke. holiday makers are back here involved in the at the baltic coast and in times like these of course i'm curious to find out more about what's brought them here. where you go from here cologne what brought you here well baltic sea coast is the nicest coast we know we've been coming here for years. and you still get that holiday feeling despite the coronavirus pandemic. restrictions like putting on a mask in stores aren't a big deal apart from that there aren't many restrictions we go biking swimming and jogging soper us it absolutely feels like a holiday. it's good to get out again after the long lockdown in long look. as you do notice

a few restrictions. but by and large when you're at dulles you don't need to sit still. hunted you comply with social distancing and hygiene rulings oh yeah yeah but not between the 2 of us. to me a kid is going to. great have a lovely holiday. time to pay a visit to the beach and rented beach chair it will protect it from the wind and help with social distancing. the yellow i'd like to read to be well and welcome again no problem what do i need to do i do both and not make sense to people along the middle make sure the beach chair is disinfected that all you need to do is sit down relax and have a nice time so. is this your best. not best i don't know. i'd say it's

a very good beach chair many are newer but this is the one that's for you right now that's how it works. so it has to be disinfected 1st. yes we have to unless the chair only goes out once a day then it has 24 hours to air out. but if it goes out several times a day this is what we always get with the. so if it hasn't aired out much he has to take care of it. then dr mathias gets it nice and clean thanks but yes. beach chairs like this have been a fixture by the baltic and the north sea since the 19th century here especially popular in germany. now all that's missing is a quick dip in the water. while i'm testing the water temperature we will show you other sites in the state of mecklenburg west the pomerania besides about the moon for example the old hands the attic cities struggle to and the beach forests on the

island of and on the lake roots they all have something in common they are you in this cool world heritage sites. of germany's 16 states the more western pomerania has the lowest population density leaving plenty of room for lovely natural landscapes. the more boasts 2 national parks the protected areas of ancient and primeval beach forests recognized by unesco as world natural heritage sites. that includes the woodlands and wetlands of minutes national park founded in 1990 around lake millet's the largest lake located entirely within germany the ancient beech forests give animals a protected habitat. mecklenburg western pomeranians other national park is located in the northern part of the island of logan has more and is the smallest

national park in germany. located near yasmin's famous chalk cliffs it boasts the largest contiguous beech forest on the baltic sea coast. western pomerania as other world heritage sites bear witness to the history of early settlement on the baltic. the historic centers of stars and in this mars have been on unesco's world cultural heritage list since 2002 both cities belong to the hanseatic league in the late middle ages many of the typical brick buildings constructed since its golden age in the 14th century still stand today. anyone who visits stalls and should stop by the old market square it's dominated by the st nicholas church and the town hall one of the most stunning examples of northern german brick gothic architecture.

the late middle ages also left their mark on the hands he had exceed the abyss mark its large market square boasts traces of 5 centuries of architectural history from gothic style through to classicism. st mary's church dates from the 13th century but it suffered severe damage in world war 2 and the navy was later demolished so only the tower remains. shipping also has a long tradition in this march and is still important today. i mean.

i have to admit diving into this chilly water it's just 17 degrees celsius is a bit daunting at 1st but once you're in it swimming it's wonderful. it's clear that the tourists are back despite the coronavirus but how are the people who live here fairing. i'm off to meet a man woman who works here as a lifeguard. about what you need to be a lifeguard with the animals this is what you have to be at let ik a team player know how to swim and like the beach. that's it. well what do the coronavirus mean for you as a lifeguard up under me for in that yeah. at the start of the season we introduced various safety measures and restrictions. we have protective equipment for the

lifeguards or the swimmers who need 1st aid we have a mask on so forget that he called his old friend while we hand over the band-aids rather than sticking them on ourselves so i thought i knew about all of that overall we haven't had all that many covert cases in this part of germany and there aren't all that many restrictions but once they make me walk on it i'm still stuck you can see that at the beach in the thickness of the tunnel mine is valid in emergency if you have to do mouth to mouth resuscitation and this to not on the group you were lucky because we have manual resuscitator we're trained to use these handheld masks with self inflating bags which rick. or no direct physical contact. so what do you like about the baltic sea now. this is the view of all the waves it's always different every kind of weather and you never tire of it and. the sun is really nice this year so don't forget your sunscreen. there's also a bit clearer this year so the view is really nice here because. i was all right

thank you mother. even if the baltic sea is much smaller than the atlantic or the pacific it's still fascinating the water reaches to the rising it is loud and moving at times and then calm and smoove again and this view not only attract tourists but also photographers for example only for frank he just loves the baltic sea coast and its peers so take a look. photography is his passion and his profession today franco wants to share this pm at the baltic sea resort of heineken hafen to express to tom teach. the lines are important. what's the most important section. if he is how can i show the object from the best possible angle. and the best in scenes and of course with the pier i also want to

see the sea it's just me is the so i look for the places where i can combine all those elements into one picture. so it does have victories because these communities have realised that peers are popular on the baltic and the north sea because it lets people get close to the water. so i have a fun kind of photography is also a form of documentation. increasing numbers of holiday homes in taurus have left their mark on hiding in hoffman and the coastline itself is constantly changing according to the seasons.

the baltic sea island of fame on also off a scenic image is the fame and sound bridge. and natural windswept coastal landscapes but it's not just the right subject that makes for a compelling photograph. least the light is the be all and end all in landscape photography. you need the light from the right direction and you want vibrant colors and vibrant movement to be. one of the times of exploring the baltic always has his camera at the ready to capture the moment. this is.

it's not always the blue sky that will draw in your audience it might be the wild mood of the sky the patches of light when the sun peeks through the clouds. that can be much more compelling than a blue sky it's the blowing him in. time for some refreshments advantage. when the travel restrictions were east restaurants and cafe owners briefed a sigh of relief tourists are their bread and butter after all in the daytime it's not hard to get a table for dinner though you need a reservation. bets true here if a blow bore you 2 and you have to leave your name and address in case anyone becomes infected it will be needed for contact tracing of course and i'm happy to

help out. and. as you know the coronavirus crisis has stopped tourism worldwide and. mike zuma shows us what his hometown cape town looked like after the walk that. the name is mike my last name is omar this is my name and neck of the woods in cape town it's known as long one of the oldest black african townships in the western cape it's a beautiful sheet of lira tory what the gallery 16 on behind me generally this area would be fooled with guess what people however what the covert not in situation. it's currently dry and drab but i'm going to take you to a little bit of the city at my favorite spot in the city of cape town and show you my neck of the woods.

within the city center long street which is pretty much of fibrin part of cape town central business district what makes it special is that it's the funky but it's where all the clubs are your $18.00 to $30.00 five's come and play and for a cure you urbanites off to work capetonians generally have grabbed a bar here. where the company gardens just on the right hand side where in an average day this would be fooled with tourists and locals alike that take a day break out of the hectic city and buzz in the city and just catch a breath with in this majestic gardens people generally come and feed squirrels in the garden as you can see pigeons egyptian piece in and around here.

we now are on the gateway to table mountain a real cable way of course that's also been closed even from here it is amazing view of the city it's pretty much a blessed spot in the city center. the waterfront is it's a mall attract the most the best kept secret about it is of the working dockyard it's one of southern africa's oldest working dockyards. so this is where we catch the ferry to the island robben island used to be a place where political prisoners are late all the state's manasseh mandela spent a couple of years there so it was quite a pivotal point for me growing up. as a young teenagers of 13 and 14 when mandela was freed to post 994 where we kind of i wasn't quite eligible enough to vote i wasn't kind of 18 years old but. the

queues of people certainly nonwhites blacks coming to indians and the like for the 1st time having the chance to put an x on the ballot paper so that was quite that was quite a momentous occasion in the history of south africa. even though a party fell off in 1900 voted post 994 you're not going to take the income inequality of the cities divide away in 25 years and probably take a generation or 2 to undo that this is with a classified people on whether you're black you're watching a college you indian so this is the non whites only bench. and this is why it's only bitch i can also hear. ok folks we've done wrapping up in the city center of cape town c.b.d. now we're back to my neck of the woods in. the restaurant where i normally serve

people dinners in the evening. to get into to the covert $900.00 situation displace is a good sport about 99 percent of the patrons that come to this restaurant are international guests hopefully once the school is over we'll have you wining and dining with the restaurant and beautiful. and my neck of the woods and have fun with us. my next stop involved is a tour of the harbor. at the capital we 1st pass along the i just. the stretch of water that extends from the fishing port of fundamental to the last october the phantom in the seaside resort isn't actually district of the city office stuck.

in the hostel carb or we're greeted by the cruise ship terminal normally it's busy some $200.00 cruise ships docked here every year. the last stop shipyards were cruise ships are built are also unusually quiet it's still not clear how and when things will start back up again. an hour later we're on our way back to bottom and . tourism has a long tradition here the 1st hotels for tourists opened in the early 19th century . as a stroll along the probably not on this nice summer day it looks like things are back to normal the way they were before the coronavirus trysts.

mr von pein as the tourism director you're probably happy to see how packed it is here. absolutely a report on sites from and we're very happy to be there since the 25th of may we have been able to welcome visitors again from across germany of amman and there's nothing nicer especially compared to the weeks before that. was for few now we can go back to doing more best at providing hospitality you go to provide strength could he is it too early to say how things are shaping up her mind is one of the who gets the summer holidays and demand is high enough baltic sea holidays are in at the moment and or and this year people might be giving majorca passes and staying closer to home if it's your clothes on them for life to go to a circus or fill a gift and there are lots of tourists but the cruise ships aren't here what do you notice there are missed. doesn't look at this as it would because what period as a yes we're missing the cruise ships that's why we're not normally we have close to

$200.00 docking here which bring in international crowd to rush talk in volume into . what is there and this international element is missing. that's a shame because it adds to the flare. and the cruise ships are important to our economy because in the courts what it's done here which i can see then did the crisis also have a positive side to it did you maybe learn something. as a clam. every crisis is also an opportunity when you're in rostock environment it draws closer together. as the service providers politicians ministration we make the best of the situation. like help us and. we've come up with ideas like a beach chair concert to maintain social distancing that's. what are your hopes for a hostile vandeman in the coming months. as good. as some of us here. first we hope that we'll get through the summer well with the preparations we've

taken and that our vacationers enjoy themselves one of whom does of all things i'm irish and just and that the locals can see is practicing safe tourism so that we can come through the situation stronger than ever. and for all to act. and of course we hope that we won't have to shut down our hotels restaurants and businesses for 2 and a half months again because if to use them as some best people because that would be a shame in a disaster. isn't a holiday destination and we want to be able to provide that for our guests. thank you and all the best you know. as you know we regularly show you holiday videos from our viewers and this time now we're getting from argentina sent us a clip of his most recent trip to europe from iceland to scandinavia and he says everybody should see that well i think so too and even though global traveling is

still very restricted we're all free to daydream already. please. please please. please. a little. play a little. league. a little.

league. everything's pretty relaxed you're involved in that the jurors are happy can they can travel again and enjoy the baltic and so are the people who make their living from tourism. led.

that's apparent the next morning to look at the dock in a hotel made of shipping containers that's one of the war for its design concept they've adapted to the new hygiene rules. instead of self-service if you check of what you want on the list. and your breakfast is brought to the table. for many german tourists trip to the baltic sea so within their own country like here in the moon this is a 1st step towards a new travel morella to the consequences of the coronavirus crisis are visible everywhere on the beach in restaurants and hotels but despite the restrictions i

was able to enjoy my trip and the best thing is that travelling is possible again on that note bye bye see you next time.

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