Warm welcome to a new special edition of checkin this time will be presenting three top travel highlights from germany. First look at stag it tells us why for many foreign visitors heidelberg is still germanys quintessential fairy tale town. Tentacle further shows us around the bronx splendor of dressed up. And locust business the world famous munich beer festival. And. Our first stop is heidelberg the romantic University Town that has been a tourist hot spot for centuries. But. The old bridge is actually very romantic it leads across the neck a river to the old town. Right next to the bridge gate we find this bronze monkey its a much photographed landmark of phyla back. What does this monkey want to tell us that we are as ugly as he is and thats why he holds a mirror up to us but he also has an enticing promise anyone who touches the mirror will become rich allegedly that is and those who touch his fingers will return to hide back. So it seems ill be revisiting heidelberg when. I first follow the scent of romance up the steep path to heidelberg kosslyn. Its the number one tourist attraction in this small city on the neck a river. Back castle has been intentionally kept as a ruin because its there really look creates a special atmosphere and if i take a look around i have to say the poets and tourists have every right to be impressed. Just a small section was rebuilt as a museum it shows how the rich and powerful cool first used to live. We continue on to the marketplace. This is where youll find the town hall and the church of the holy spirit. Today the church is protestant but that wasnt always the case in the past it was a times used by catholics and then again by lutherans there were even times when both denominations celebrated mass and the church separated by a wall. This building just across from the church is a rerun they sells jim commissioned by a coffee merchant its no hotel its a buy for all the wars and fires that revenue the city and today is a listed monument. Heidelberg is the quintessential student town its home to germanys Oldest University its over six hundred thirty years old. More than thirty thousand students are enrolled here. Yet im john is one of them he offered to show me around our first stop is the Assembly Hall it reminds me of a church. There a long time it was used for teaching but today its mostly reserved for concerts lectures and sermons and its a place frequently shown off to tourists to feel like me exactly. The Assembly Hall is the showpiece of heidelberg universitys main building. Next vino takes me to the library nearby it houses a priceless treasure the codex mundus it. Yeah hello and welcome to our historic ground reading room once in the. Library and. Shows us the precious book well its a copy but that means we can touch it and take a closer look. This is well its a collection of german ballads and lyric poetry. And its going the works of about one hundred forty singers are included here and the most famous his own daughter leave out of wonderful divide and. Thats good because the so its like a really big songbook you know pretty much it. The book was written and illustrated between Thirteen Hundred and thirteen fourteen its not just a key source of mediaval songs with its portraits of a nobleman it also provides an insight into the age of chivalry. We move on to the canteen in the armory it was voted canteen of the year in two thousand and ten and two thousand and eleven its open to students and visitors i like the atmosphere here its the Perfect Place to quiz vino about life in height of back. You know what do you study in heidelberg studio here a bachelors in Southeast Asian studies with a focus on history and ethnology especially in my native sri lanka and also south india or and why in hyderabad like old Office Medical several reasons heidelberg is a lovely town that has a good reputation its internationally renowned because its also a very compact town people say heidelberg actually is a village with a university and that pretty much hits the nail on the head. Or does it and its not only german students here right there from all over the world. Right heidelberg is very international and so is the university we frequently have students from India Pakistan bangladesh who start their Masters Program here. We also run a lot of summer and vacation courses. So why is heil back known as the student tell us and so thats what i thought then i think that has a lot to do with the history. Heidelberg a diversity was founded in thirteen eighty six and for many decades and centuries of heidelberg population was made up of students. And. Then theres the old town also known as the bar area where lots of students go out to party after theyve been studying hard on the. Well students and partying have always gone hand in hand. Part of the uni lies on heidelberg main street which runs parallel to the neck a river through the old town its one of the longest and most beautiful pedestrian zones in europe full of shops and boutiques to end my two off either back im going back up the hill across from the crew next to or on the opposite side of the neck up this path is known as the philosophers walk. Historically it was just the path through the vignettes but during the romantic period it scenic beauty drew students professors and philosophers today its a high life for visitors it gives fantastic views of the city and castle. And. I dont think i need to tell you any more about the romantic city of fighter back youve seen it for yourself and a quote from a famous german song pretty much sums it up my half in height of the funnel that means i lost my heart in height of. The next destination in this special edition of check in is the historic city of dresden home to saxon royalty for seven hundred years. By day and dresden begins at a very historic spot cafe toscana first opened its doors and ninety know what it was named after luis f. Tuscany the wife of saxon these last crown prince she like to come here to escape the pains of her royal existence. She later went even further and eloped with a lover but in spite of everything if people door to her. In order to give you guys a quite literal overview of dresden we leashed our drone and here are the most important sites informations about the capital city of sex and. The distinctive baroque silhouettes of dress since Historic Center rises from the banks of the river elbe. And includes the cathedral the royal palace and the semper opera house because of its borrowings from italian architecture dresden earned itself the nickname florence on the elba. Although newly completely destroyed towards the end of the Second World War the most important buildings in landmarks have been rebuilt. Among them is the church of our lady. The. President owes its architectural wealth to the sex and prince electors and kings who resided here for nearly four hundred years and with the many magnificent buildings such as the being a palace and its art collections they left a lasting legacy. But of course dresden is much more than just baroque splendor on the other side of the l. But in the outer noise district youll find a useful and eclectic assortment of bars restaurants and shops. There are plenty of places to kick off a city tour but if you asked mean nothing beats terrorists. On we go across the castle square. Past the holes and the residential palace. Right next to it youll find the procession of princes a one hundred two mirror long mural made up entirely of porcelain tiles it was a gallery of family portraits of the saxon kings throughout a period of eight hundred fifty years. And finally the church of our lady destroyed in World War Two the city decided to rebuild in the nine hundred ninety s. After a decade of reconstruction work the new church was finally inaugurated in two thousand and five. Time for a midday snack ive chosen a very special place on the other side of the river elbe before it. Its called the kind of lets show you this is where in seven hundred forty eight the painter bernardo by a lotto also known as kind of lets hope painted one of the most famous views of tourists and. Now i want to see the original folks in that space in the old masters picture gallery there are some panoramas of dress and by can i let you know such beautiful a detail paintings of the city. But the indisputable highlight of the gallery is raphaela sistine madonna meeting with an expert to find out why. Bless them whats special about the sistine madonna. Sistine madonna is an extremely good picture he did something no or dust before him and he didnt just paint the madonna seated on a throne but captured her as a celestial apparition which she strides over the clouds with the baby jesus bringing the child to the world so. A would even though the painting was revolutionary in and of itself the part that became most famous is the bottom of it do you think its a shame that one detail of the painting has been singled out are mine itd be a way of getting people interested in art which is always a good thing. I mean. Ive actually i have to say its lovely that the cherubs are so well known worldwide because their fame brings many visitors to our museum. And those who only want to see the cherubs will end up discovering raphael sistine madonna and the other treasures we have here as well. Even inger has come and i got tickets for the famous opa for a production of mozarts don giovanni. Gorgeous luxurious decor everything looks old and quaint but actually it isnt the simple opera house is a reconstruction east germany rebuilt in line with the original designs by got few samples. Ok. Great music great acoustics now i really get why the sample is known around the entire world what a way to end my trip to dresden. For. Our final stop in this special edition of check in takes us to the worlds biggest beer festival tobar fest in munich. And. Of course when you go to the october first you want to look the part traditional costumes are really popular during october fest. For. Women have. And the men have leather pants leader who was. The leader was it a leader was a special of course so do you only see them at october first or will you see them at the office to walk. Owns it in that if you want to in this region later who is and are just worn for special events with the cotton get tourists like to wear them to get into the swing of things that im told to fish but for us theyre just a pair of pants wed wear on an ordinary day. Talking shit. About you it looked like a real bavarian boy by a yellow. Sun thanks alex. So now im ready to go check out the festival one tip if you come here take Public Transportation its much faster. Since two thousand and sixteen theres been a fence put up around october fest safety precautions have increased you can bring bottles in of course backs and backpacks are checked. And youll see plenty of Security Forces about but it all seems quite relaxed. There is a lot going on here early in the morning so let me talk to a few visitors who are you from. That i was. Sexist all right then why are you here to celebrate thats over its the first time youre here yet this time ok and all dressed up or dressed up yeah were going to go this is how the germans dress it up yes actually we do. What do you like about october fest well just look around at this for their trouble first is one of a kind because of it because were enjoying not telling the fans this is our first time ok. Whats special about october first syllable first. The crowd worst of the kind its the whole october fest culture its really great. I dont know its on our bucket list the bucket list ok. But. Everything here is about having fun but that doesnt mean its only belt beer the october fest is a real fun fair with rights and games and some of them have a long tradition for example throwing it cans. For this right here its called how did luke us get the lucas of course ive got to try it. But most then what do i need to do not to look like a fool thats the guy well you have to position yourself right im a nut and then its just like any other hammer the same principle if you take the hammer keep the back of the hand loose in the whack it nice and flat on the right in the middle and thats the most important part and the rest is easy ok i stop and best as i get the picture oh. Yeah its all right. Its harder than it looks. Heres another classic bumper cars these small electric cars arent easy to steer but there are lots of fun even or maybe specially when you crash bumper cars have to stay true to their roots not like other fun rights which keep getting higher and faster but they are very popular. The distant family has operated these bumper cars at the october fest for years. It is the midst of this do you remember your first october first from with. All your might my first october first i was just a kid we loved it but it was quieter than not as wild and hectic as it is not the console pictish of it is it says thats the position that monaca bumper cars have been around for about one hundred years so why are they still popular. That isnt some pop its not the whole there are a few things that make bumper cars special first of all you drive yourself you can go why all of the nine a small chain would appear like its maker and then two people can ride in a single car at the same time so you can invite someone else to ride along any time you want you can eat outside but i not limit name when there is the element of seeing and with being seen on the flirting and all that is not all of that is part of the bumper car tradition this is i thought ill just go to the classic. I think the words are there routes or is it a free for all. I think its got it well there arent really any rules and we do allow alcohol but of course we keep an eye out to make sure nothing happens with the front of doesnt expose you weve also got a lot of children and im a doctor and parents with kids to. So we have to make sure nothing out there so every now and then you have to jump in and say somethings wrong but in the evenings things tend to get down to business like its the answer so he doesnt know ok thats ok thank you mr this stood. Meanwhile its even being at october fest to get a birds eye view ill go on the ferris wheel. This ferris wheel has been here since one thousand nine hundred seventy nine. And it takes you up almost fifty metres and is something of a landmark here at the october fest. And. The day at the october fest off course wouldnt be complete without a visit to one of the many pivotal yes. There are fourteen big tents in all which can hold up to one hundred thousand people im in the hot tent one of the largest and october fest. Shell always find a free spot during the day but in the evening its a real challenge is specially on weekends. On. My if youre here for the first time remember the beer at october fest is a bit stronger than your regular lager otherwise the party might be over soon or they do. Like. But its easy to have a good time here everyones enjoying themselves and the good news is contagious. So whats my impression of the october fest theres a reason this is called the worlds Biggest Party its quite something a bit very an original im. Im. Here i made it an entire day at the october fest that meant for me one leader of beer walking several kilometers and a spaceship voice it is astonishing how great this event can be and now i can understand why so many people come here every year again and again. On the high sea. Is experimental. Biologists. 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