among medieval cities in the north of europe, none are as well preserved as tallinn. town hall square was a marketplace through the centuries. its fine old buildings are a reminder that tallinn was once an important medieval trading center. today it's a touristy scene, full of people just having fun. through the season, each midday, cruise-ship groups congest the center as they blitz the town in the care of local guides. like many tourist zones, tallinn's is a commercial gauntlet. here there's a hokey torture museum, strolling russian dolls, medieval theme restaurants complete with touts, and enthusiastic hawkers of ye olde taste treats. woman: [ laughs ] steves: but just a couple blocks away is, for me, the real attraction of tallinn -- workaday locals enjoying real freedom and better economic times. still-ramshackle courtyards host inviting cafés. bistros serve organic cuisine in a chic patina of old-world-meets new. and just outside the walls, it seems there's no tourism at all. under towering ramparts, the former moat is now a park, perfect for a warm afternoon st

in may 1918, eddie rickenbacker found himself in enemy occupied territory in france near the medieval city. altitude was everything he wanted. he wanted to get up as high as you could. use but at three german all the -- he spotted three german outlooalbatross. he went for it. he threw himself down. a screaming dive. . he squeezed the trigger of his machine gun and could see the guy slumped over and the guy went into a tailspin and died. the exhilaration only lasted a second because the other two enemy airplanes were swooping on him. they had the height advantage. eddie, the dogfight was breaking out, he jerked back onto his joystick and went like this to try to get up and throw them off his tail. with a loud crack, the fabric on the top of his right hand, the top wing fell off. this turns out they found -- this was a design flaw on how they attached this to the fabric of the plane. it was flapping like a wing. it took him into a spin. guys have ever been in a spin, it is one of the most terrifying things you can ever imagine. you are upside down, plummeting like you are revolving this and

in may 1918, eddie rickenbacker found himself in enemy occupied territory in france near the medieval city he had -- altitude was everything he wanted. the engines were not very powerful. he wanted to get up as high as you could. he spotted three german altra far below him. the pilots had clearly not seen him. kind of know if he was dopey from oxygen starvation up there, but he went for it. he threw himself down. they call it a zoom a screaming , dive. right on the tail of one of the adversaries. he squeezed the trigger of his machine gun and could see the guy slump over and the guy went into a tailspin and died. the exhilaration only lasted a second because the other two enemy airplanes were swooping on him. they had the height advantage. in trouble, eddie, the dogfight was breaking out, he jerked back onto his joystick and went like this to try to get up and throw them off his tail. with a loud crack, the fabric on the top of his right hand, the top wing fell off. this turns out they found -- this was a design flaw on how they attached this to the fabric of the plane. it was flapping lik

the red part on the right is the old medieval city of london.we call it the financial district today. the 1600s-1700s, after the great fire of london, the middle and upper classes are moving to the west. we call it the west end. one of the reasons they are attracted to the west and, -- west end, aside from the fact that it did have the noise -- did not have the noise city, wastion of the this great land where henry could run around hunting border or whatever he was hunting, henry the eighth. but eventually the royal family turns this land, saint jaynes as part, hyde park -- saint james's park, hyde park and kensington park into a single landscape. lane, youross park live in the tony west end. you have all those beautiful squares you live around. when you cross park lane, it is almost like you are alice. you fall through the well and enter wonderland. from the very built-up west end, you enter a wonderful green olmsteadich is what and vaux called their plan for central park. , james, theyington an uninterrupted carpet of green. the moment you cro

city of peace. inside the rebuild medieval cloth hole there is a museum.imagine a more appropriate place for eu leaders to gather here. this year marking the 100th anniversary of this terrible conflict, which of course tore up and reforced the drawing of the map of europe. and it was after the second world war that the european union emerged to make sure such wars never happened again. 28 states now don't forget that has at least successfully prevented war on the european contine continent happening for years. >>> on thursday a military began shelling the tribal region's main town. it is the latest round of attacks in their offense against fighters. fighting between the army and the taliban has forced a half a million people to flee the area. authorities have been struggling to cope with food shortages and overcrowded hospitals. some walked for 24 hours to get to safety. these displaced people say what they need now is protection. >> reporter: i'm at the high school which has now become a temporary shelter for those fleeing the northern conflict. most of t