you called holly hughes in the capital and she's visiting for city of heidelberg which is very popular with international tourists. go went to back and vote for obama at the baltic sea many holidaymakers this corona summit 2020. 2 war starts in the capital. summer. riverboats on the chalet. people drawn out doors by the warm sunshine. cafes and parks in the city are full even occasionally too full according to some. the brandenburg gate berlin's most popular landmark is pretty crowded to. almost normal and still this year everything is different. the corona crisis has changed the world and our lives including tourism after lock down and travel restrictions brought berlin to a standstill earlier this year visitors are slowly starting to trickle back and but what kind of an experience are they in for today we'll find out. after the city was essentially closed to visitors for a couple of weeks a sense of normality is slowly returning to prelim after the lockdown people seem to want to travel again. i don't mind wearing a mask and even if it's not mandatory to wear them outdoors in germany

he calls holly hughes in the capital and she's visiting the city of heidelberg which is very popular with international tourists. go went to mecca and vote for obama at the baltic sea like many holiday makers this coronal summer 2020. 2 war starts in the capital. summer and bird led. river boats on the ship lay. people drawn out doors by the warm sunshine. cafes and parks in the city are full even occasionally too full according to stop. the brandenburg gate berlin's most popular landmark is pretty crowded to. almost normal. and still this year everything is different. the corona crisis has changed the world and our life including tourism after lock down and travel restrictions for a limb to a standstill earlier this year visitors are slowly starting to trickle back in but what kind of an experience are they in for today we'll find out. after the city was essentially closed to visitors for a couple of weeks a sense of normality is slowly returning to berlin after the lockdown people seem to want to travel again. i don't mind wearing a mask and even if it's not mandatory to wear them

hugh introduce our latest item in "pop start." watch this she's got a new christmas album coming out next month. her first in 30 years. it's called a holly♪ ♪ underneath his beard so snowy white ♪ >> american treasure, dolly parton, singing christmas songs in october >> i love it >> that's what we need right now. >> need to get 2020 back on track, i hope. great duets as well. willie nelson on it who was in a great story yesterday. michael buble, jimmy fallon. >> maybe she'll do the tree lighting this year a lot of times they'll get those folks doing the lighting >> i'm trying to light myself a little bit here. i'm getting lit. >> oh, nice. if we could get dolly on top of our tree to live on 30 rock, she'd be the perfect angel on top of there >> she is. she is >> all right that's it. >> i have a "pop start" item today is the 25th anniversary of al roker and deborah roberts >> i just saw the video on instagram. >> one of the best couples we know 25 years -- >> what a beautiful church >> that's saint thomas right there on 5th avenue. >> look at al back in the day. >> that's right. three of me. >> what's the secret to 25 years? >> yes, dear