the recipe for today's trip and historic bridge. a quaint old town. and a palace in ruins the result is one of germany's most popular tourist destinations heidelberg. start by climbing the so-called philosopher's path following in the footsteps of long gone students and scholars for miles back university today local people and visitors alike take this path. from the top to get the best view of the city. however it is very high up on the to do list for anyone visiting germany this

summer though the coronavirus and them it has kept many travelers away what does that mean for locals and for tourists like me do manage to come what's the city like without the masses of visitors let's find out. we look into heidelberg universities old student detention cells. our viewers sundra crow betto takes us on a sightseeing tour of monaco. we received greetings and this week's v mail from the white sea at russia's northern edge. but 1st things 1st palace is a must today it's a ruin but it's the ghostly air of mortality that makes up its charm. the castle was closed for 3 months in spring because of the lockdown now it's open to.

visitors again. but to make sure our cameras didn't slow them down we got a special tour. and it started off with an important announcement. that. you have got i'm afraid to guess we'll have to wear masks during the tool i wanted to ask if it's alright with you if i take mine off. my distance and you'll be able to understand me much better after our story no problem or yes' and then i'll take a don't. question and off we get given a list of the letters to. the arrows point the way for visitors just down the back of oz neck gives me a quick rundown of the highly back castles history. starting in the 13th century it was the presidents of the prince of lecture of coal at mit each successor renovated and expanded it according to his own taste and wishes. it was destroyed again and

again the last time by french troops in the 17th century and the 19th century preservation work on the ruins and a partial reconstruction commenced. deficit this is a cool chapel it was built in there in a song style by prince electoral frederick the full fall but if you look up you'll see it doesn't have much to do with the renascence rather it's more gothic chapel it wasn't so badly damaged and the prince alecto was able to integrate it into his renascence additions very nicely what came later in the 1st half of the 18th century is this baroque alter with the baptism of christ and the organ. org often butterscotch. we move onto one of the ceremonial halls here it's plain to see how carefully the castle was reconstructed. generally the hall is used for various exhibitions but because of

the corona crisis and remains closed for now. this extraordinary building was commissioned by prince elector frederick the 4th the facade embellished with the likenesses offense and sisters unfortunately here too we cannot enter due to corona related restrictions. after the infamous sign from the safety precautions what effect has corona had for the castles visitors of america but 1st we found in the if you have visitors to hyderabad because most of the ones we do have come from germany and we're glad of that but the americans and the japanese aren't coming though it's picking up now we've noticed this. and we don't give nearly as many tours as we used to. we always have to observe this distance thing and that's going quite well but what's

a real shame is that normally the heidelberg consul theatre festival is held here in the constant. they were hers here and that's always nice to watch for us too. but all that's being cancelled and it's really a shame it's come on if the fish. but the prince the electors wine cellars can be visited by the day this is the world's biggest wine cake ever to be filled with large wine cakes do exist but they were never a family what this one's been filled at least 3 times come on let's go. on top of the giant barrel is a little dance floor 6 or 7 couples can cut the rug or the wood at a time. from here we have a good view of pirkei oh. he was a cool jester and a couple there and he spoke italian and german and whenever anyone offered him a copilot of wine he doesn't show an italian to know why not. and people and highly

turned that on to mark a oh. the weather gods are showing us some mercy at least for now and right away the old bridge over the next life ends up and. this intrigues and squares are filling up to. the corona crisis doesn't seem to have too great an impact on tourism or has it. to assess this let's see what things were like around these parts exactly one year ago let's hop into our time machine and travel back to 2090. and someone 2019 the streets of heidelberg old town were already bustling at 8 am every minute groups from all over the world were disembarking from bosses in cruise

ships that had brought them up from the rhine for others it was a stop on a larger european tour and i had only 4 hours for the rim antic city this tall group from colombia had to press on to horton. but it was enough time to inspire some enthusiasm. that the architecture totally impressed me these wonderful buildings everything his soup you just feel. at lunchtime the crowd surged through the old town not long ago they were almost all japanese and american in summer 2019 they were from all corners of the us with more coming from china all the time you know i think this old bridge is so great. it's multicultural nice beautiful view obviously. people are really nice. very very beautiful for decades heimdall backhoes to the united states army base that helped to spread the word stateside heidelberg is

a nice bit of old germany we love germany because it's like life is stood still and it's who are from the state so this is really something very special. in 2013 some 13000000 visitors pass through the city but given his years corona crisis things may be changing behind her back to. take here a little about these very different times i'm eating my managing director of hyderabad marketing. mr sheen we're walking across the squares here in heidelberg how would you say the numbers of tourists have changed compared to this time last year. in january and february we had 14 percent more overnight stays even though the pandemic was already known to be on the way with but the figure struck rapidly in

march and april we had cancellations of up to 100 percent in the hotels and restaurants were devoid of life and they closed up as required and it was eerie but what i wish we did and yes how do the visitor figures look right now looking around we can see there's some activity of course many germans are here but how many visitors have come from abroad the fun also. that's the bit i mean won't leave people out in the rain we've allowed the restaurant owners to expand their outdoor seating with no extra charge his patrons aren't supposed to sit inside and fairly close together like some do. and you can see the effects by the increase in tourists a beautiful city and we profit from it. as a hot spot and we've always benefited from domestic tourism in the region phillis most of the 70 percent of our overnight guests are domestic tourists so of course that's a nice little bonus. untruthfulness come to the lodge normally in many of the visitors

come by boat from the river cruise ships are they staying away or are things starting to move again. there are 2 categories of river cruises one is the big cruises the tour the rhine call that man and then come to hide it back. they're not coming yet because they're booked almost exclusively by american and chinese tourists and the international borders are still closed but we've already had 2 river cruise ships from switzerland arrive this week and last. with. the nice thing is you can see the city coming back to life again. the sure enough for that and even to stop. the least in theory and in the absence of international tourism the whole atmosphere is a bit more relaxed is that nice for the visitors coming here now they can take it easy here and enjoy the city. yes and no we're missing the international visitors title bags always been an international city that comes from the

university and many of the students haven't returned here yet just because the borders are closed the international element is missing now in hyderabad. of course we all hope the corona crisis will soon be over what lessons can haile bird learn from this so. we love every guess that comes to heidelberg but it's always hard to put together a program of events for a city we need the major promoters. approach things a new way to transport people to the city differently it would be much nicer for both the guest and for the people of title back. but what do you mean about transporting people to the city differently. for instance when a ship disembarks its passengers one possibility would be not to send all the buses from one ship into heidelberg at once but rather to various stops along different routes for a few minutes and then you wouldn't have all the visitors standing in front of the castle but once that improves the experience for the visitor and for us. for them both and for those and we both benefit the visitor and the heidelberg. back up.

i'm sure you've noticed by now that highly is just dripping with history. and now i'm heading over to the cities oldest chocolate makers it was founded in $863.00 and sells a kind of suite that's only available here in heidelberg. by you because you've got the highway back student don't you are thinking oh yes we've got one sitting right here and it's a really tasty little with new gods inside and chocolate outside that can be done chocolate and it has a romantic backstory the young ladies in town used to frequent the cafes in large numbers but since they were always watched by their aunts or governesses the

students couldn't make contact with them so the pastry maker feeling canoes that had a sweet idea. i didn't have that right and he sold them under the counter to young men who would then stick a message in the box. and they would slip the whole thing into the folds of the young lady's skin that's right so they governesses wouldn't even notice it. was in the so that way they could pass love notes to the ladies it was tuesday prominent visitors to heidelberg such as i'm glad marco and the duchess of cambridge are often given student kisses as souvenirs so i've absolutely got to try it 1. 00 out but super delicious no wonder it's so famous. well that's why it's so in here was god and no one time travel video on the other hand lasts a lot longer is that something our viewers victor cornish have also knows before

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we want to know your favorite place to go on vacation send us your videos you can upload them at d.f.w. dot com slash travel. friend of highly back university i meet historian christiane villain but the university as germany's oldest founded in 1386 the university museum is closed due to the corona crisis but the biggest tourist attraction is still open. while the where have we come to now for heaven's sake it looks a bit like a squat with graffiti all over but in fact we're here in heidelberg student jail the old students' prison the famous. the cells were

a thoroughly serious matter but they turned more and more into a been a fun they were meant for a misdemeanor such as public drunkenness so everybody wanted to sit in this fabled student prison at least once. some of our great 179 of sentences ranged from the 3 to a maximum of 14 this year and you see this graffiti everywhere let's come and you can sum it up as the door stood open i had to pay rent if i wanted to stay in yeah so it became a kind of privilege i could bring tents and get creative if i was hungry i could have food brought to me from a fine restaurant all you want as if it was the university knew full well that that's the kind of parties own of the late 19th century if. there was no other place like it in germany i bumped into any old acquaintance from the castle calle the couple there. but this thing is christiane villain back us favorite graffito.

the famous innocent drawn with long. most of all i want these angels wings of course it's a very unfair victims of the justice system will not stop you or. the poor youngsters. an essential part of any university life worth living is a student the oldest in town is the water ox the red arcs in business for 180 years the rustic tavern is now one of the sights of highly berg but its patrons weren't only students the famed american author mark twain dropped by many of the patrons immortalized themselves and their guest books as the proprietor philip spangles shows me and probably our most interesting john wayne who was our guest here. and apparently he liked it to. go well

together but. this is. this is this is mamie eisenhower the wife of former us president dwight d. eisenhower. and this is very limited. philip spangle has endless stories to tell over 30 guests books have been filled up in the course of time and if someone didn't appear in the guest book they might have left their mark on the tables time for our section needs a local and this week's edition will catch up with sundra corvet oh she's a teacher from germany living in monaco and today she'll show us the best science and the 2nd smallest nation on the planet. hello hello and welcome to monika i'm sandra and have been living for over 25 years here in my adopted homeland i'm excited to show you my favorite spots here.

this life in monaco is like in a big city and yet also like in a village. in the small streets you'll see so many incredibly beautiful houses you can take time to enjoy a company it's so lovely here nearby you have both to see on the mountains monaco has it all. so here we are at the most important spot in monaco and in the center of the old town is an up prince's palace where the prince and his family live on this beautiful grand plaza. 5870 nearly every day has been a changing of the god ceremony in front of the palace don't miss it.

i wish that another place you must visit while in monaco is the. atomic ogaden with plants from all over the world frank mexico america africa so many of them are over 100 years old. this is an ok. it's been a 150 years since the park was opened right careful it sure can. take a look it's not enough late now you understand why i love monaco so much. i mean right next stop the oceanic graphic in sitting here everything is about

protecting. our feet as a marine sanctuary for injured turtles. so they can be careful right on site. isn't it sweet. i love everything in this aquarium it's found in the mediterranean in the mail before. that was my day in monaco i hope you had as much fun as i did see you see you and as the money goes this would say as i say riveting. it's easy to get the impression that highly beck is all about old historical sites not so just across the river everyone gathers on the neck of greatness to enjoy the

summer. there's plenty of waterborne action to be found here in heidelberg but if you personally are looking for a more relaxed option i highly recommend you hop onto one of these river boats because they will take you right to the beautiful that cowbell you check out our next report for a little preview. all aboard for a cruise on the can you can still be. sweden's queen so we know who was born in heidelberg . it starts out with

a view of the council from the water and then moves out into the countryside. the 1st port of call is noise. the monastery was founded in the 12th century 11 benedictine monks still live today. but we've got a lot going on here today so. the women the men of the monastery cannot go well. tourists are an important part of the moment streams public relations and. there are fact lots of people who may know about the abbey but are unaware that monks still actually live here. so we in our new abbot are currently trying to expand our presence in the world outside. the mom's tree brewery now brews organic beer by longstanding craft tradition and markets it regionally.

of course visitors get an opportunity to taste the bravos fortress built in the 12th century that now overlooks the town of. it takes a bit of climbing to reach the console so a bite to eat at the top is often welcome visitors can indulge themselves with sweets also the hand crafted before reporting the boat to continue on the neck on. the beach is just as romantic as heidelberg itself. even ng has fallen in heidelberg the day trippers have moved on but the tables in the restaurants and bars are crowded anyway it's a welcome piece of normalcy in the summer of crises.

a lot of different the summer and heidelberg i for one really enjoy the more relaxed atmosphere although we certainly all hope that the city will soon be able to welcome guests from all around the globe look at that for today thanks for joining and take good care of yourself and see a next time someone. and germany. a

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