and because i've got quite the trip ahead of me i've enlisted a little support my producer andrea yates has agreed to help me paddle. seem like we're not the only ones who've heard about the beauty of the law on groups of school kids. keep us company on the 1st stretch. so much though that we even get into a little traffic jam after crossing germany's only boat tunnel we have to go through a lock. on the other side for peace and quiet the region along the lot isn't just famous for its castles and fortresses it's a well known for its beautiful landscapes to. getting back to the castles here is a figure that one surprise you according to the european castles institute there are about 25000 in germany many of them are into going to state anymore but they all still have that i mistakenly romantic. visitors come from all over the world to see germany's many consuls and palaces. they stand as witnesses to a bygone era. many dates back to the dark and mysterious middle ages they were mostly designed just fortresses overlooking rivers opus ition didn't highland areas . often destroyed in fighti