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i'm headed to book as castle, and i'm also really looking forward to a spectacular training journey through the middle right valley. and my colleague lucas steger will also be traveling along a river in the beads of all moselle, valleys here. ah look ads, castle, what are you? i feel like i've stepped back in time into another world. it's almost as if i should have written down here on a horse. all right?

to check it out. aah! in the family have managed to keep the castle in their hand over the last 8 centuries through careful diplomacy and smart marriages use. well, at 1st glance at certainly seems quite impressive. doesn't work out was built in the prime of medieval castle construction between the 11th and 13 centuries deliberately near the missouri river. historically, one of the most important trade routes in germany nowadays, whilst it's obviously beautiful. i think, living here could come with its challenges. inclusion that protected it in the past might make modern life here. more remote and most of us are used to. and these stonewall as must be expensive to heat in the winter time to see what it looks like

on the inside. i want to find out what life here would have been like during medieval times, but also what it's like to live here today. so of course we don't have any access into the private quarters of the family that lives here right now. but the man who resides over the whole castle or the lord of the manor, i guess you could call him his agreed give me a private tour of the rest of the castle. ah coat. yeah. called fun and to edge took over the castle, ownership from his father in 2018. he has another home in the area. regularly spends time here at book, where he grew up. when was the last time you actually spent the night here? is that something that you do often earn your cars regularly? so the 1st, the last time i spend and i was about a week ago, and is it something that you consider a luxury being inside the castle? i know a lot of people were, i wonder what it's like for you. it's such

a spirit shirt. i wouldn't, i wouldn't necessarily call it luxury. we do have or the modern amenities, but it's still a casa and castles, were never really luxurious. they were purpose builds it's, it's not as luxurious as maybe someone would hope, but it does certainly feel special. this castle certainly has a certain atmosphere, of course, is that something that you still experience, especially once people have left in the evenings and it gets quiet and you're in nature, it has a very, very special likeness and, and there's also kind of a sense of belonging here, way for some reason i just feel totally at home. well perhaps you can show me range more of your home. i would absolutely love to thank me. so one of the my favorite teachers in this room, this is our cove. you had

a problem because this is one of the lower floors and you wanted to do many things amongst them. also pray and read mosse. but there was a low back then, which stated that you weren't allowed to place yourself above god. and that also meant you weren't allowed to live above the house of god. so the only way to do that was to build an alcove which had its own roof and above the roof was only the sky. and so you could still use the floor above was being able to read the mass here. and so you actually kept the law and letter is not necessarily in spirit me. ah. so the bed is a lot larger than it looks. it's about one me to a t wide and 2 meters 10 long. okay. and the reason for that is because the whole family would sleep in there. so it would be the both the parents,

as well as the children, was in order to preserve the heat. that's why you have the captain's, and that's also wise build up because he wanted to catch the rising heat. that's why back then people usually climb into bed and today we usually fall into in the theme painted across the bedroom walls is a playful one. it's phillip phallic and fertility symbols. me so this is where you could imagine the living room of a wealthy family and with evil ages to look like one of the most visually attractive things, either to tapestry said or hanging here. now tapestries evolved in the 14th century or even earlier because he would put cloth up in order to make the room woman more

comfortable, the water up to one and a half meters thick. so obviously they were very cool in the artists had heard stories of tables, plans and animals from people who had gone traveling around the world, but had never actually seen them themselves. the animals in time to see her, you see some aspects that seem familiar. but overall they are, you know, not, not how the animals live in real life. true the faces are listed at warped me to this is one of about 40 hire places in the car. so with about 80 rooms that means every 2nd room had of high pace, which was an extraordinary luxury time i can imagine. and they will hand i in a cost i in facts which heated up. and once they were hot,

you could pick them up with certain tongues and bring them to next room, which didn't have a fireplace, and that would give off the heat ferry. and if it, if it is me. so a castle like this probably requires quite a lot of upkeep on the right. i would certainly does. we are constantly renovating repairing. there's always something that needs to be done all the time. it takes a lot of energy and also a lot of finances, which is why we're so grateful for our guests. because without them, none of this would be possible. i mean, this is one of my favorite pieces of this. well, because it's a big wooden chopping block, it's not actually stone a fight it's. it's just the blood and the grease and grind from 10

trees. but the wonderful thing about it is this house is finished in 3111. and this is the 1st floor, so it's the lowest room as well. and we measured it and the chopping block fits neither through the window nor through the door. so it must have been here when they finish this room. wow. so this is probably one of the oldest pieces in the absolutely. in castle. i me. i haven't often, it's a bread of them. you have a heating place. you have a table where you can sit down and enjoy a meal. you have a place where you can wash dishes. afterwards, you have a shopping book, even have a fridge, hats off to german technology. but what's it like then for you when you're here?

i mean, do you have dozens of staff waiting on you? do you pick your own? i absolutely cook my own meals and i have absolutely no staff looking after me here. no, they stays very long, very long gone. we. i live in very modern life and i don't have any staffing off to me with well, thank you so much for everything you're most welcome. it was lovely to chat to you to hear about your story. it's great meeting you. thank you so much. thank you for me.

after so much history, i think it's time for me to take a little break but my colleague lucas, stay go where we taking over with a visit to the moselle valley. ah. oh wow. it's pretty dark down here in pretty chilly to i'm in taba on the missouri river. the city is known for these underground cellar balls. well, what kind of killer is this? hello. yeah, this is in one of the largest sellers of the tub kaba. well, homer wine and my legal bike, unfortunately, they no longer used to such today it's complex. there are sellers under the whole of tom. tom is at the end of the 20th century, it was

a huge wine trading center. people said it was the 2nd largest wine trading finch in europe after bo del in france, isn't fault or when in the year 1898 land, some 18000000 leases of wine made their way from hair out into the make light. why and even vague in the course of i to that the 1st thing all visitors notice above ground is the bridge gate on the missile. at the beginning of the 19th century, that was enough wealth year to commission, the well known berlin art nouveau architect bono, moving, he not only designed the bridge gate, but also a number of villas. part lubo architecture characterizes cotton club up to this day. a great place to start my journey along the muscle. ah,

today i want to find out why the moselle is one of the most beautiful river escapes in germany. so i'm off for right along a part of the mozilla psychopath from cobb kaba to call him. but that's not all. i'll also be finding out why moselle wines are so special. ah, the nice thing about a bike path that runs along a river is that it's fairly flat, at least as long as it's close to the water. the moselle velli also offers a lot of beautiful panoramas, but for those you have to paddle a little harder. ah, but it's worth taking the detour uphill here. for example, are the ruins of clever book castle built in the 14th century. it was repeatedly attacked, destroyed and rebuilt, until it was finally blown up in the 18th century. from here, i can get a fantastic view over the missouri valley

biking along the muscle. i can definitely recommend it. most of the time you can ride along the water boy from cars and streets through natural landscapes or small wine growing villages, the river and the wine. somehow they belong together, especially near began. it's where you'll find the claimant, probably the most famous vignette in germany because of its steep slope. i meet the winemaker mountain oyster. vollmer. why is the wind from the mussel so special? how does it differ from other winds line? yeah, kata, it's the soil dorski soft ion because we have these steep shale slopes. the slate found at these elevations warms the vineyards slightly. you vine back and not due to its dark color. the slate stores heat die and or sign a door which is emitted to the grape vines, little by little. and he done by not one, not oper, given vote. that means it's always a little warmer, up here on the hill than in the flat or areas hugging ones, and that helps the wrestling most of all to ripen. well, ivan, because riesling is

a great variety that ripens relatively late notice, but so here are the reasoning matures nicely without acquiring too high and alcohol content. and due to the shale soil violence, it has a great morality. natalie ted twist isn't chief aboard and of the vignette and into the ill take up. matthew also shows me his wine shop where you can taste the fruits of his labor as a winemaker. ah, but what have we got yet? lucca, who i've selected a wine for you via involves a wrestling of course, from the vineyard we just visited in our steam vine back and give it a try reasons. and or should something done called yesterday in my with pleasure. so to your health asthma's arden to void, what should i be tasty?

what is unique about this wine? it's it's as oclock tiffany vine. um, generally it has a slightly peachy aroma thick. as is the case with many rece links. if holidays, the nice really characteristic thing about our riesling grown on the steep slopes, is it slight morality, which makes it taste a bit salty, toxic? if you let the wind dance around a bit on your palette garden, it developed this characteristic qualities and a certain likeness talked of official. when does i, even though it's quite mature, it's a bit lighter with honor and doesn't have such a high alcohol content on bison life. tonisha, that's what makes the muzzle and it's shale soils. so special thought he bewanda had hubert ones on amazon by his machine. if upward along the muscle, the psychopath runs on both bags of the river on route, you can always find fairies to take you to the other side.

i still have a few kilometers to go before i'll reach my destination, call him visible and the distance is column castle. it looks old, but only dates from the 19th century column has just $5000.00 inhabitants, but it's a much visited city. many moselle river cruises set off from here. i've got one last tip for you and call him take the cable car up to the pin up back from there you have to hike a little further over the rock to the pin. uh quotes. this cross was put here in memory of a shepherd. wanted to save one of his animals from falling and died in the process

from this spot. do you have the whole panorama in front of you? i could stay a little longer. i mean, it's obvious. take a look at this perfect new overcome anthem is ill. see you next time i terry through rhineland, politely, continues this time in the neighboring state of north ryan with failure in the city of cologne. welcome back on gary with me and my veto were in cologne now. but my car will be taking a little bit of a break because i'm going to take the train back downsize to the rank valley this regional train in the state of rhineland to latin. it stretches along the river riding,

riding past old german castle as vineyards and impressive rock formations. all right, let go, catch our train. as our train. and we're off very important. you should sit on the left hand side of the train so that you get all the best views of the river, right. the rain is a life line and an important transport route through europe. on its way to the north sea, it flows through 6 countries, tourists from all over the world, come to this part of the rain to explore the fairy tale castles and villages. here . they journey from cologne to

mines takes about 3 hours. if you write the whole way without stopping several trains run the route every day and tickets start at around 20 euros. ah, our 1st stop a saint door to see the low ally. this massive rock is associated with an old german legend, which was more to lies by german poet henry hina, making it globally famous. it's also symbolic of the so called ryan romanticism, which honor is the landscape and culture of this area. i'm heading to a restaurant which overlooks the look and i to find out more about it story. oh dear, thank you. how are you? fine. what can i do for you? i would like to try vision it, phil here, please. okay, that's a very good decision making money. and since we're here and we have such a beautiful view, maybe you can tell me why they're lorelei is so famous. of course, this is a long history because the lorelei, she was

a maiden and she was sitting on the top of the lawn. i rock what you can see here. and she was storing her golden hair with a comb. and she was singing songs. and you know, like to see here the ship to ship a men and this time to coming by here and there looking up to her because it's a maiden and she's very beautiful. and then they're just looking up, but they don't look on the, on the rhine river and there were many, many, a big rocks in the river. and then suddenly they crushed into and the ship sank. and i take it, that's a legend more than actual fact, of course, it's a legendary of to say that, but the legend is because in this point, this almost a deepest and most sinister point on the whole rhine river. and in this point here, there was many, many exigence in the past. it thought that the nearby tiring of st. gore here was

actually settled in order to help the 3 injured sailors who could navigate the narrow waters on whose boats had been shipwrecked. it's part of the middle range, which is today, a unesco world heritage site. ok. let's hope back on board and see where else a journey has to offer with my next stop is just 20 minutes away. being in i went to see the famous moiz. it warm here. let's head down to the water's edge to get closer. look. we should find another old castle ruined here and a tower in the middle of the river. so here you can see aaron palace castle. and on this side, there is there more as a tool or mouse tower,

and it got its name from an old folk tale. legend has it that a cruel ruler hatchet, the 2nd oppressed and exploited his peasants. they grew angry, but before they could, rebell has devised a cruel trick. he promised to feed all the hungry people and told them to go to an empty barn. but then he locked the doors, set the barn on fire, and burned them all alive, shouting, hear the mice squeaking when he returned to his castle. it was immediately besieged by an army of mice. he fled to his tower on the river, hoping that the mice would follow. but of course the dead be crossed the river reached the island, 8 through the towers doors and then ate the cruel ruler alive. didn't i say there were gonna be some gruesome stories on this journey? ah,

back on board for the final stretch of the trip. ah, i can't believe how much there is to see here in such a short no journey. definitely the most beautiful stretch that i've seen in germany . wouldn't you agree? finally, we've arrived in my mind about an hour i'd say to frank frank and it's one of germany's oldest times. it has a beautiful old time philip old half timbered houses, but the main landmark here is the mines cathedral. this marvelous work of architecture from the middle ages was built over a 1000 years ago. but it is perhaps most famous for its wine. there are hundreds of independent wind

growers, makers, and sellers here. this local wine bar is run by bass then garrison, a wine professional from the netherlands, is today noon 9. so why is this region actually so famous for is why we're in the middle of 2 very important, a growing area and a lot of going on over a lot of like you young, why make us? and this is why mine is one of them. well, why and hotspots are in germany, and since they've just done the feedback train journey, i have to ask you, hi, do you like the reason why everywhere? yeah. everyone drinks wine from young to all people. you have all those wine festivals. a lot of like wine bars, we're not the only one by my and you have to memorize this just why everybody. if i drive like in a timothy of like one hour, i can almost visit all the german top rolling areas, a top wineries, which makes just a very,

very interesting place to live. and that's why there are so many amazing ways. yeah, ah. back in cologne, in the state of north right westphalia. i'm back in cologne after my beautiful train journey book as castle, the missouri valley, and the middle, ryan valley, all gorgeous locations that i can definitely recommend in the state, but i land fights the next time job with blue blue. with

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