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a that takes us to the top stone caves and kathy dosier tarkey. we visit eva's hometown of warsaw, poland. but fast we enter conflict tone. iraq. in april 2021. the entry regulations were tourists were eased. so ava set off for baghdad. for ah, today we're starting our tour of baghdad with this place more time knobby street, which is the book bizarre, the book market of baghdad, one of the longest running book bazaars, in the entire world. and probably also one of the most iconic places in this city, alma to not be street is not just the market. there's a lot more to it than just the business of buying and selling books. artists, writers and journalists flock here every friday to meet discuss, and of course read this place has been

a hub for baghdad. intellectuals says the abas, lead times almost millennium ago, and it's literary fame, extends beyond the borders of iraq. according to a local saying, kyra writes, bay root prince baghdad, reads from books about women travelling and living alone. 2 marks of 60 ology in hungary, 2 novels and poetry. i picked out alice's adventures in wonderland from the thirties and a book of english, $3.00 for both novel alma to not be st. isn't doing all too well today. people still remember the bombs that went off here in 2007 killing many people. and decades of conflict have lowered the demand for books. but if the spirit in jewess, a select few, still come here to meet their friends and wheat books in cafes. ah, meat alley, my guide and fix a here in iraq. he's the owner of the promising travel start up cold bill weekend.

one of the very fast of its kind in iraq. tell me, let me on arrival now. like most national we can just get it at the airport. right . so why did that 2 main reasons? i believe the 1st one is economy. iraq is a mock. it's loaded with some people access with. uh, this is the government's own. in this month, it's open for the visitors to silly both to the he called them the legs and it was like a pool from the up today. and i could go a little food and leave a visit the the holly mom. imagine you're back in your school days and in history class, you're learning about the cradle of civilization in ancient mesopotamia. there's a teacher talking about the great, legendary city of babylon. well,

no more textbooks, no more theory. given that it's only 100 kilometers away from baghdad, it's time to visit babylon for real. we're about to me, dr. ahmed, as he saw man, the director of the museum of babylon. for a quick introduction to the site. why didn't you tell us about babylon you have worked here for 29 years? is that right? both sides, so bothered on top to small settlement to somebody. i done called and somebody and language cutting of law, which means get all got then law should to be capital for begin via the excavations of babylon is only 10 person, 90 percent. and so we have the plan to complete excavation on same time to put a new plan for the section because no excavation without any such

babylon, was the capital of the babylonian empire. one of the most influential civilisations, we've known, the city was the biggest in the world at the time. home to a staggering 200000 people. it's right here on these land that writing was 1st invented. and it's right here that king how robbie noted down the famous code of homo robbie. one of the very 1st sets of law is ever recorded. what remains of babylon to day is a scattering of ruins. more a memory of greatness than anything else? many of the artifacts that were excavated here in the 19th and 20th centuries, were shipped off to european museums, and not always, legally. there's a lot of discussion in the museum world around whether these artifacts should be repatriated back to iraq. for example, one of the most important parts of babylon's architecture, the ishtar gate is currently housed in the peg m, on museum in berlin. germany,

not everyone agrees that that's where it should be. or many times sir, we asked her lows with these countries to kimberly, oh, we're after thoughts on her alerts. but you know, you knew there are me to political negotiation on the most of our, our folks which are and so i bet him resumes belong to or if you think about it, there's not many places like this left in the world. sure. there's the parents and a few other sites, but babylon is truly one of the most ancient reminders of our history as mankind. and it's special because it's on these lines right here. and modern day iraq, where writing and reading were invented that's quite special because those were the beginnings of our recorded history. ah,

the nice already getting a little wrong here in baghdad, but i got us. this is not only our dinner, but also an active while you see here is a spectacle, not just food in mexico, and it consists of the national this mass don't only fish, but i don't think i can resistance glazed in seasoned carp grill. the real wood fire looks good, doesn't it? and for dessert, he can hop on that to one of baghdad, many sweet shops. i have a feeling that iraqis have a very sweet tooth because i have never seen a store with this much the clever, sugary stuff. chocolate cakes, biscuits name it, they've got it because of ice cream. and so carfax all the pistachio all the knots with creamy. all right. i know he's been travelling deep in the history and culture of both of

them today. but there's a very modern side to the city as well. shopping malls like this one, have sprung up all across back that recently, catering to the land cruiser driving, wealthy citizens of the city. honesty. once you're inside a mall like this one, you feel like you could just as well be an abu dhabi or me. but since we are in iraq lens dime, back into local culture, enjoining musical night to top of that. oh, i know. ah guys, this has been an absolutely awesome trip. i mean, the culture, the foods, the history and the hospitality. of course, here in iraq on believable i guess you in iraq.

ah, next we visit caputo champ, a region in the heart of talking with many traditions. excellent cuisine and ancient cliff dwellings. ah, this may seem hard to believe, but up until very recently, people who lived in these capes for centuries. and now this was like, i'm one of the most instagram noble and popular destinations in all of turkey. this is capital copper. dokey is a tiny region tucked right into the heart of central turkey. it gained global fame thanks to its network of fairy chimneys. so real looking rock formations and genuine cave home people have been carving. it's soft and undulating rocks into houses, shelters, and defense distance since 1000

b c. o. since you already started talking about the cave house with a dog check this out. this is one of those rooms carved in bed roll rock. people would have copies with their hands, centuries ago, they would have eaten here, hung out here, slept here, prayed here. can you imagine all the things that would have happened here over the centuries? ah, there's countless cave homes and ferry chimneys all around a dog. c but on the day that many people live in these anymore, and after all, this is just dead wrong. but i've got something to show you where the rock comes. i live in a different town right here, and the dog is going to pick it up. ah,

watery is a huge being here with me everywhere. ah, a oh hello. hello. hello. how are you? i'm good. wow. are you making i'm making? which doesn't even look or feel like stone clay. it's more like a metal or wood say, what's the name of your workshop? co, bronze is the sound of the earth. his father's workshop specializes in making musical instruments out of clay, and always invited me to an impromptu private concert with 3 different clay

instruments. starting to p o d job. next up did get paid and last but not least there with raising a back up a dog. yeah. because it's such a popular spot. you're never going to go hungry here. there's so many restaurants and tech issue of course is delicious. but there is one spot that really stands out from the rest and i want to so it's got

a sense of the kitchen is basically inside the restaurants, like a home where you've got the kitchen and dining room kind of together. and the lady here are super busy at lunch time. me home, me village style food. the kitchen is crazy, busy. it's lunchtime. no wonder whether it is apparently one secret spot in this restaurant. the terrace. this is true. local. authentic blue. you can see it from right here. the ladies in here are busy making non traditional tech. and honestly, i've audit up with right here we got started mom which i stuffed. grapevine leaves veggie, covered with sour cream and sauce on top you see this kind of dish everywhere in the military. just so our matic really feels the lead has been

picked from the field. not so long ago. we've got a beautiful plate, amanda, which is a kind of turkish pastor, and again, is just motherly, beautiful, fresh soft. this is a very good, very the mom, the ultimate field. good dish with garlic, super fresh pastor. and here, a plate of pedal, which the girls tell me is basically kind of like italian style ravioli with cheese and pads and tomatoes. the food here is awesome, but this sport is a lot more than just a restaurant drawn by local women as a cooperative business. it creates a sustainable income for all the ladies who work here, bringing 100 percent of the profits back into the community. ah

right, i'm switching to my action cam for a little while because we've got some action coming up. ah, i've come out here to the account. take a horse riding center to do a bit of horse riding that dreamy dream. your horse riding here and got a dog here. this is something i've been wanting to do for such a long time. so just one pro traveled it for you if you want to come was riding here and cup a duck. him make sure that you go to a reputable trustworthy writing center and just pick up a common intervals by the side of the road. want to make sure that the animals are treated with her, i felt, ah, one last catch up and ready to go. in persian the work up a dokie actually means the land of the beautiful horses. and unsurprisingly,

waters have been a significant part of the local history. for centuries. legend has it that copper duncan was given, appeared on battlefields alongside alexander, the great, ah, all right, out of that, both of adrenalin, it's time to head back to go or may and unwind for the evening. it covers you so easily. you can see all of gore in there from this viewpoint, with its twinkling lights and all of its cave houses just dining. i think i'm going to sit down and have a glass of candidate. ah, ah, 3rd and final stop is to the polish capital warsaw. eva, 2 back was born here. she knows her way around and has lots of insider tips.

ah, welcome to the medieval, looking old town of warsaw. ah, here in the 2nd row, all the entire city was pretty much raised to the ground. it was bombed into oblivion. it basically ceased to exist. none of these buildings actually survived the war. so none of these buildings are the original, beautiful 19th century townhouses. but imagine them to be all of was or had to be rebuilt from scratch. brick by brick, if the story of a city that kind of like the phoenix that rose from the ashes. now i'm about to show you a sight of poland that many of you might know about. but i'd bet that the realities of living in the communist era will shock and surprise you all that was under

communism. take a shift after the 2nd go wall and until 1989. now i was born after the fall of communism, but the irony is not lost on me that the museum polish communism is located right above an american fast food joint. right with ah, in it's actually quite amazing just how real this feels, i mean to a polish person. this is an actual apartment. my grandma had an apartment just like this one. starting with the fur coats in the hallway, just like the hallmark of the polish grandma to the picture of john paul, the 2nd, the polish poke on the wall. my grandma had one as well. 7 you know,

all this furniture, the phone, the land, i mean, all these elements are very real. none of this is fake. in fact, communism may have fallen 30 years ago more than 30 years ago now. but a lot of apartments might still look like this all around poland. and here's one thing i want to show you, which is the classic of polish communist decoration, the glass fish, every single grandmother in poland. how one of these i can guarantee you really love in this year. i want to go out to dinner. you do have that much of a choice. you. 2 to plays like this, a traditional mil to bob. now, museum actually has a room that arranged just like a milk bob. but i've got something better for you. milk vase still exists in poland and that's where you'd go to find cheap, traditional polish food. in the classic

a polish museum, if you've never had it, you're not polish with my tank full again, i'm ready to take on a fascinating part of warsaw that few travellers ever visit. here in the grungy neighbourhood of braga, residential courtyards hide a fascinating secret. many of them are home to these tiny chapels, old shrines. check out the shuffle right behind me. it's so beautiful. it just stand so majestic in the middle of this con grandy dilapidated neighborhood during the 2nd world war, when going to church was just too dangerous. some morsels religious residents decided to build neighborhood chapels like these so that people would have a place to pray in without strain too far from home. over 100 of these chapels survive to this day. one thing that i find truly amazing about each and everything while these chapels is that they're completely different than done and different, creative and artistic style. they know too. i like before, for example,

is just so beautiful and pristine, and perfect and compact compared some of the others which are a bit more grungy and perhaps less well taken care of. each of them seems to have a soul of its own in today's poland. religion can be a huge point of contention and advice of subject among polish people. the current government has close ties to the catholic church, which has led to they res. protests sweeping across the streets of poland in reaction to increasingly restrictive church is by laws around issues such as abortion. but these kinds of classes don't end with politics. even on these very streets, the traditional shrines and chapels are neighbors with a much more contemporary phenomenon. here in the neighborhood of braga, you can find some incredible examples of world class murals created by artists from

poland and beyond. i joined shamrock, who leads a local street out foundation on a quick tour of some of the neighborhoods top nero's color harrington corner. harrington is an artist from ireland trail. they came here to warsaw in 2014 vigour his canvass. paintings. confed shopped at tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of british pound sauce shows a phone call for to this really shows his peters on the market as a painted and hostile key. in my view, this is one of the most interesting murals and also the, essentially in terms of the technique, the details about me and keep in mind that this mural was painted by hand using very delicate and small brushes that he got. so all of them he lost the huge sign that the work i mean is very impressed with go and put him up. and so mom is somebody here is the mural by mario savannah's, known as m city, one of the most famous polish mural artists. and certainly one of the 2 most

thought after polish mural is in the world alongside at time cream, you know, say said of us, our money's didn't get lucky with war. so since a lot of his works have disappeared off the city walls to his works that we produced were destroyed when the buildings they had been created on were renovated with them, or something we take into account her how to such as the character of street art these art pieces are given to everyone. everyone can admire them, that they are not given forever because they disappear as the city develops when buildings get renovated and so on. as you can probably see by now also has been busy reinventing itself again and again over the last century. throughout all this change, very few businesses survived to tell the tale of changing poland. but i found one that did so he can see is a modern city. so there's not that many traditional crafts people left here. but there is one shop that i've been frequency for

a couple of years now. and i really want to share with you mr. battling he has a shop which is specializes in making turn to me, russian. there's all kinds of brushes here in the shop and they said, oh, kinds of different functions there before coming here for the 1st time. i had no idea that there were so many brushes, many uses. for example, this is a brush for your this here is a brush for a horse. this brush is for cleaning and polishing your shoes. this brush hair is full scrubbing your body in your skin, and this brush is for brushing vegetables such as beatrice, potatoes, or carrots. mister berlin's keys. brush workshop is one of the last traditional businesses in warsaw. and i always swing by here when i'm in town. and there's one more spot, i always do it here. this one shouldn't come as a surprise. it is one of the most popular iconic spots in war. so to get

don't, is always a line. there's a line today, but i assure you, it's worth the way. ah, it's for, it's so popular that is basically no donuts, let the ladies in front of us who are getting some donuts right now. so there's going to be enough for us to do with this is like the treasure you guys. so let me show you a traditional polish down that wall and fluffy, soft stick without. so what we've got here is it's just a beautiful piece of bakery i think, sugar on top, but inside, that's where you buy their real gen. the traditional polish donuts are made with rose jack. not raspberry jam,

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