d w, they want to know what makes the jealous he just then the gene love and batting things away from them. but i'm not going to have to work my own god and everyone with later holes in every day getting. are you ready to meet the german can join me, rachel stuart on d. w. ah, ah, ah, ah. hello and welcome to a new special edition of jack in. today we're joining d, w. travel report and youtube are able to back on her adventures. if it takes us to the top stone caves and cap adelcia talkie,

we visit eva's hometown of warsaw, poland. but fast, we enter conflict torn iraq in april 2021. the entry regulations were tourists were eased. so ava set off for baghdad. ah, today we're starting our tour of baghdad with this place morton, nearby 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 the city, almost in a 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,

so the ab as lead times, almost in millennium ago. and it's literary fam, 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 to mox is. so c ology in hungary to 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 bomb that went off here in 2007, killing many people. and decades of conflict have lowered the demand for books, but it's spirit and jews. a select few still come here to meet their friends and read books in cafes. ah, meat ali, my guide and fix a here and iraq. he's the owner of a promising travel start up cold bill weekend, one of the very fast of its kind in iraq. tell me about it being 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 markets voted with some people's lexus with all of this is the government's own. and this month it's open for the visit to simply say like the he called them the legs and it was like pulled from the top to there. i could go a little further and believe of visit the the holland. i 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 bible and you have worked here for 29 years? is that right? so bob on top to small settlement to somebody at times is called in somebody and language cutting of law, which means get all got then your should to be kept. so for begin via the excavations of babylon, it's only 10 percent on 90 percent. and so we have plan future plan to complete excavation on same time to put a new plan for the section because no excavation without any conception. 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 to famous code of hamil 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 what are these artifacts should be repatriated back to iraq? for example, one of the most important parts of babylon's architecture, the if star gate is currently housed in the peg him on museum in berlin. germany. not everyone agrees that that's where it should be, or many times sir, we asked her los real destructor is to come back. oh wow. after thought,

somber others. but you know, you knew there are me to political negotiation on the most of our, our folks which are and so i've got 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 lands right here. and modern day iraq, we're writing and reading were invented and that's quite special because those are the beginnings of our recorded history. ah, the nice already getting a live call here in baghdad. but i got us not only our dinner,

but also an exit. why you see here is a spectacle, not just food in mexico, and it consists of the national the math don't only fish, but i don't think i can resist. glaze, been seasoned carp, grilled a real good 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've never seen a store with this much but clever sugary stuff. chocolate cakes, biscuits name it. they've got it. because of ice cream had so carfax all the pistachio all the knots, the stuff with creamy. all right. i know he's been travelling deep in the history and culture of both of them today. but there is

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 in abu dhabi or but since we are in iraq, let's dine back into local culture and join the musical night to top of that. oh, i 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 kappa dosa jump a region in the heart of turkey, with many traditions, excellent cuisine and ancient cliff dwellings. now this may seem hard to believe, but up until very recently, people who lived in these cakes for centuries. and now this was like, i'm one of the most instagram ago and popular destinations in all of turkey. this is cap, adobe, half a doki 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 we already started talking about the cave houses, pepper dog here,

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 gave holmes and fairy to muse 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 up it is going to get out. ah,

watery is a huge thing here and get with me everywhere. ah, a oh hello. hello, hello, are you? i'm good. wow. are you making i'm making which doesn't even look or feel like stone play. 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 repeat booty,

drum pip next up, the ghetto. that and last but not least, the dinner with raising a back up a dog. yeah. because it's such a popular spot. you're never going to go hungry, hear this so many restaurants and take a sheet, of course is delicious. but there is one spot that really stands out from the rest and i want, so it got me a sense of the

kitchen is basically inside the restroom like a home where you've got the kitchen and the dining room kind of together. and the ladies here are super busy at lunch time. me home, me village style. the kitchen is crazy, busy. it's lunchtime. no wonder there is apparently one secret spot in this one's from the terrace. this is true. local, authentic food. we can see it from right. the ladies in here are busy making non tutor traditional tech and honestly taste it. i've ordered up it 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 are the leave has been picked from a field. not so long ago. we've got a beautiful plate. amanda,

which is a kind of turkish pastor, and again, is just mother beautiful, fresh soft. this is a very good, very the mom, the ultimate feel. good dish with garlic, super fresh pastor, and here a place of pedal, which the girls tell me is basically kind of like italian style ravioli with cheese and heads and tomatoes. the food here is awesome, but this sport is a lot more than just the restaurant grown 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 have come out here to be. i can't 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 dog and 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 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, horses have been a significant part of the local history for centuries. legend has it that copper

joking was, is given, appeared on battlefields alongside alexander, the great, ah, all right, out that bruce of adrenalin, it's time to head back to go or a may and unwind for the evening to check out his views. so you can see all of gore in there from this viewpoint, with a twinkling light 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 to 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 well, 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 in the story of the city that kind of like a 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 came to share with the 2nd the 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. 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 got to place like this. a traditional milk bob now does 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 of polish cuisine. if you've never had, you know 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 chapel shines. check out this chapel 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 neighbourhood 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 every single one of these chapels is that they're all completely different than done a different creative and artistic style. so no to i like before, for example,

is just so beautiful and pristine and perfect and compact compared to 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 various protest 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 huntington conner. harrington is an artist from island trail. we came here to warsaw in 2014 vigour, his convers paintings. confess shopped at tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of british pounds, all the shows, a phone call, ford. so this really shows his it is on the art market as a painter in coastal key. in my view, this is one of the most interesting murals in warsaw here that she is specially in terms of the technique, the details of up on me in touch. keep in mind that this mural was painted by hand using very delicate and small brushes that he got. so all of that last, the huge sign that the work on is very impressive. fisco $49.00 for a month and i'll be present at the same um for some are, is a mural by mario savannah's, known as m city, one of the most famous polish mural artists. and certainly one of the 2 most sought after polish mural lists in the world alongside at am crew. him. yo,

as i said of us, our managers didn't get lucky with warsaw of since a lot of his works have disappeared off the city walls. 2 of his works that we produced were destroyed when the buildings they had been created on were renovated with the me. this is something we take into account her product that such as the character of street art. these art piece is given to everyone. everyone can admire them, but they are not given for ever as the car. they disappear as the city develops when buildings get renovated and so arg dilate, as you can probably see by now, also has been busy reinventing itself again and again over the last century. throughout o this change, very few businesses survived to tell the tale of attending pullman. but i found one that did so who so he can see is a super modern city. so there's not many traditional crafts people left here. but there is one job that i've been frequency for a couple of years now. and every honest, mr. valley,

he have his shop. but he specializes in making handmade brush those that there's all kinds of brushes here in the shop and they sell all kinds of different functions. so before coming here for the 1st time, i had no idea that there were so many brushes the so 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 for scrubbing your body in your skin, and this brush is for brushing vegetables such as beatrice, potatoes, or carrots. mister belize. his 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

done is always a line line today. but i assure you, it's worth to wait. ah, the spot is so popular that is basically no donuts, let those 2 ladies in front of us who are getting some donuts right now. so there's going to be enough for us. as long as you do with this is like a treasure you guys. so let me show you a traditional polish that wall and fluffy and 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 find the real gen, the traditional polish donuts are made with rows. john, not raspberry jam knots. robbery jam rose john of the real deal. ready,

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