Beginning to stir waiting for the 1st tourists. You could spend days just going through the churches and museums. But ive got other plans i have a steam ship waiting one from greece since white fleet. Today im going to take you on a trip along with sex and wine route right why in the name says it all and one of those ships down there is going to take me quite comfortably into the vineyards starting here in greece then via a boil all the way up to the town of mice and. My day includes a sparkling wine to. Revisit the i bleached book in my city the cradle of sex and. That my colleague me quote has sent us a travel report from spits. The white fleet andresen still has 9 historic paddle steamers. These days the ship v in seems along the saxon one route. One last look at greece and skyline. And then it gets rustic. After about an hour i go ashore in the other boy the city is the center of the sex and wine route d. It is one of the smallest and northern most wine growing areas in germany the steep slopes the small palaces and the dry stone walls thats what the region is known for most of the wine produced here is served and consumed locally. The oldest winery in saxony is the who flew snits it used to belong to the saxon electors and the most famous of them was the strong is said to have celebrated lavish wine dollars here today organic wines are produced on the hoof lose notes which you can taste on the terrace. Time for a 1st class and the 1st set. A lot of you have already prepared something what do we drink whats the point of view this welcome drop his or trim ina what is that this is a wine grape thats been grown here for centuries to the best of health or. Only offer organic why why so your business the half listen it says the 1st and only organic brain yacht in the film east germany the decision to do this. It was made immediately after the wall fell wed had pretty bad experiences with the pesticides used during these german years and we wanted to do things differently. So it was natural for us to want keep this nice. And a half less notes is doing quite well without going to court to divine the wine that is produced here in saxony can i buy it anywhere. Its available over the internet most faint yards have an online Order Service that most of the saxon wine is drunk here in saxony. This state share of germanys total Wine Production comes to just a 0. 2 percent making. Shows how little it is a lot more wine is drunk in saxony than grows here. Is could there are many stories about the strong he said to the drunk 3 leaders of wine daily is that correct as well it said that he drank 2 to 3 bottles a day on good days in Channel Company might have been as many as 6 or 7 yes he drank excessively. But compared to his father your home game of the 3rd who was a real drinker to us was fairly moderate and from the relative musical think of lead like moderating your date to your health. Section elector love the beautiful things not only wine and women but also pomp and splendor in every form he has made the least in what it is today a pearl of the rock and here are the highlights. And. 300 years ago augustus the strong ruled as prince elector of saxony and king of poland he brought artists and architects to his court he had seen an marveled at the splendors of courts in france and italy as a young man and invested great sums to transform the sleepy dresden into a european class metropolis of the arts. He had that spring a palace built for instance. In this sprawling complex the prince celebrated lavish gallus court balls and masquerades that often went on for days. Today that spain or houses several collections started or greatly expanded by august is the strong one is the old masters picture gallery among the masterpieces to be seen here a raphael sistine madonna with its world famous details the collection focuses on great works from the 15th to the 18th centuries. From titian to rim brand thats finger hosts great names of art history much to augustus the strongs credit. The prince elector also to create a thorough renovation for the dresden castle. He had the state apartments installed now after being closed for over 70 years theyve reopened to the public. After world war 2 bombing the dresden castle was just a shell reconstruction only began piece by piece in 1986 the painstaking restoration of the state apartments is yet another phase in a long process. The dresden armory started by saxon dukes and electors has been open to the public since 2013. Incidentally augustus the strong was not quite as good a commander in wartime as he was an architect or art collector. His Treasure Chamber the green vault sparkles with jewels and precious gemstones augustus the strong himself put them on public display what good is wealth and fine taste in art without some one to admire it. Among the most spectacular pieces is the war household of delhi incrusted with nearly 6000. 00 diamonds originally it cost some 60000. 00 talers which took augustus 5 years to pay off finally we come to the residence frauenkirche or augustus the strong lived to see its cornerstone laid but not its completion. This church of our lady too was consumed by the flames of the 2nd world war bombing. It was only reconstructed after germanys reunification. The front with its slender almost floating dome is a masterpiece of baroque architecture. Gustus the strong would certainly have liked it. Now we go up to the winery called good enough the golden wedding an awful lot of boy a little girl who cuss nice to have you here at the golden wagon and ride back to almost talk about is an innkeeper a tour guide and hubby even he climbs this staircase many times a week he owns a little vignette next to the gold wagon. Out of breath no no no im in good shape. This is no says he was me fit. The long climb is rewarded with a spectacular view of the elder valley on clear days you can see all the way from the golden wagon to jason and the czech republic. By october most of the grapes have already been gathered only a few bunches remain on the vines to moscow but says about 80 percent of all venison saxony do it as a hobby like he does as a boy he worked in this uncles vineyard and later took it over the work is tiring but the wind is delightful. All of these walls are they just ornamental or do they serve a purpose. The mollen think i was a very important saxony is very far north for a wine region and weve got some problems with climate in a wall like this soaks up the sun all day and stores heat like an oven and then radiates it back. So what wasnt is there a difference between wine growing in east germany 30 years ago and today. In denver not that much has changed about the vineyard the steep slopes in particular are still kept up by the hobby vintners the commercial wineries down here produce their premium wines. There are top quality winds up on the slopes as well of course but the hobby event nerves are the ones who sweat and strain to keep these walls built up though with state Financial Support but physically its very demanding work. So if youre a hobby dinner you know we found a Smart Solution in saxony we work smaller areas not as many vines but put all the more love into it and it doesnt tell me how are you looked down on by the professional wine growers. As he posts in the professional wine growers are glad to have the hobby event nerves working to keep the countryside in shape i think they would not be able to handle it economically the steep slopes couldnt be maintained without the hobby vintners and if the vineyards fell into ruin the tourists wouldnt come in and the commercial wineries wouldnt be able to sell their wines anymore. Come on zog do you have to work daily or are there rest periods what happens for example in winter. As youve been in the winter the vines have to be pruned and the trellis is repaired and even then of course if its minus 20 degrees celsius out and snows on the ground thats when you enjoy your wine. But you have to have the time. I just kept saying the vine wants to see its master 17 times but there are different views on how to spread those around a year. If you know how many vines are you the master 830. Pieces 830 vines will make 830 bottles of wine and ill try one of them. Still with the heaviest right ive brought you a flavorful drop from the golden wagon try it. And so was this is all ours. Thank you for what the crew does that remind me off maybe pineapple. Yes yes very good in the pineapple no its quite pronounced and my wife you know because youre learning im impressed it has to taste gregg was this thats the most important thing about. Getting to know the country and its people tasting typical food and typical drinks thats very important for a lot of people when it comes to traveling some people also need a little bit of action me for example or our viewers her holiday video from australia for our main slot looks like a lot of action. The shoulders. Beach. The street. And the bad news is going to be on the going was National Symphony metaphor the jukebox. 6. Players and the bass player. On. The street. On the field. I take the. Trip to go Christmas Market hopping with dublin clooney. Hotel good for you and a guest. Just tell us which german street is your favorite. Whats the most beautiful place in germany. What would you like to explore most. Tricky d. W. Dot com slash trouble good luck and enjoy. The jewel of sex and hes been you know its. Named after the count which is built around 1730 today its the location of a sex since theyve been you know it produces wine both sparkling and offers tourists and over night states i have sampled several winds today now i choose a sparkling wine tour it begins with beginnings of course and a look back at the cosmos history. Over 180 years ago in 836 sacks and wine growers had the idea to bring the bubbly beverage to saxony that question pain at the time it trendy new drink a french sell a master brought the art of making sparkling wine from champagne year to the sights. The tour proceeds to the winery the various types of wine age an enormous tanks the cellar master combines them to produce sparkling wine. You can write his complement each other very nicely. Blanco together to create our classic bottle fermented sparkling wines in the tradition of coasters the strong and. The base wine ages over several years then he added for the alcoholic fermentation. In a cellar master says the sparkling wine is perfect ready for pouring the bottles go into a riddling rafiq who wants a french invention. But the bottles are riddled or rotated daily for 4 weeks so the lease or debt used settle in the neck and its done by hand. Inflation some of. The best part of the many stages of making sparkling wine is the last one the tasting. Due to the 2nd one root. Time for our euro travel throughout my colleague who was traveling in the far north of europe on spitsbergen well in the archipelago is definitely not a destination for people who are prone to kill but the call was ripped up properly. It almost seems like the north pole is just over the horizon a last outpost of civilization and the frozen north you may well be wondering where on earth i am im a long european and small part. Im in Europe Northern most town and that is by far not the only record long european holes. Fall hard lines about halfway between the northern tip of norway and the north pole longer being with a population of around 2100. 00 as the largest settlement is on the 78. 00 north parallel no other settlement with over a 1000 residents lines farther north. Time for a 1st look around but id rather go in the company of my guide fredericks rubric and test rifle polar bears could be anywhere here real ones this time. This is the best thing to with you when i go outside the town no secret trick to scare them away you know as to different kinds of bears in the world. And a white person. If its wrong ledo if its black flight back if its white good look at. Who. Due to the permafrost all of the homes here are built on stilts. Its practically impossible to raise livestock or farm still someone was brave enough to try benjamin that martin a chef from the us. Browsed through green by the way he plans of herbs and vegetables and his polar greenhouse. Can even teach the art there. Is a greater good. Benjamin 1st came to solve our back in 2007 and fell in love with the place the only problem was the lack of greens i wasnt happy with the food situation you know you pay 50 kroner for iceberg lettuce thats a lot of money for iceberg lettuce and im still going home i would never even eat this i wouldnt even need if somebody gave it to me but here im like oh how nice my blood is on you know you have to eat because you dont have anything else and i just was so frustrated so you know this is i have to do something either i leave or i have to do something. Now hes applies local restaurants like the groovy lager and with his artists here fine dining is served up in a former coal mining warehouse head chef philip has served the likes of the norwegian royal family. The next morning i prepared to make an expedition. Fredericks train back takes me to one of the nearby fjords. He wants to show me the wall of the tonight brain tidewater glacier. Every time you come to a small boat or get out in nature theyre like this different and thats makes it very special because its like seeing a new place every time it without. Im truly impressed with long here be the northernmost challen on earth. The steamboat takes me now from a lot of oil to my son. Fish that fear is the oldest ship in greece this white fleet it was built in 1879. But 140 years. Slater big engine still running smoothly. Now of the town of meissen comes in sight with its vignettes and casa will. Have the Market Square in my city there is also a problem because youre just like interested. In addition narrow streets and lots of wine bars by the way the 1st vignette in sex to me was documented tear in my sleep 850 years ago. And then again. Climbing stairs but im already used to death. The mice in cathedral is 80 meters high d and 800 years old. The 2nd attraction up here is the i wish to book the oldest costal in germany. Now you might ask yourself the book is it a fortress or is it a castle well the answer is it is both 1st it was a fortress then it was a castle and later even a factory this building is more or less 1000 years old and a lot has happened at that time. Today my sons are bushed might come across as charmingly elegant. But a 1000 or so years ago when it 1st took shape up on the elba the fortress was designed to be daunting and unassailable. Knowing the next month in 129. 00 king henry the 1st and read the fowler came to this river fought against the slow. And took this hill you know he had a fortress built on it at the time on stilts and Google Scholar and thats really what it all began for the saxons on this because. Saxon these rulers lived in the fortress through the high middle ages until the age of 45 castles ended the nobility demanded housing befitting their status and so in 1471 work began to convert it into the 1st german palace with ball rooms and living and working quarters arnold a vest failing it was the Court Builder on its own with fine arnold of best failure introduced 3 essential Architectural Innovations to the castle which was a some one is the cell bolting with its fascinating play of light and shade because the vaulting reaches high into the roof. In this docking night. And the arched curtain windows where the very latest Fashion Event of stein the elegant round stairway has been copied many times since the windows brought lots of light into the previously dark castle. But as splendid as the castle was hardly anyone actually lived in it meissen head meantime forfeited its status as residents of saxons rulers to dress to. The castle stood empty till the strong had an Experimental Laboratory set up for the alchemy. But had promised to make gold but the gold he finally made was white porcelain in 1710 europes oldest porcelain manufacturers started production in the book. For c. In the machine minds of god in various machines were installed ords including a steam engine in the 19th century the man who fucked with the man that is busiest a good 700 people working here in the castle pulls off. In the late 19th century the factory moved down into the town today meissen porcelain is still handmade there. Once again the album explore was left empty and once again it was renovated and painted with several murals depicting chapters from saxony turbulent history which began here in my sins. Do you know what it takes to make a real cost will. Be exactly a costal tavern even if the weather is not very inviting its enough for a last look over my scene. I noticed one thing above all today most of the wine here is served directly in the tavern or at the wine growers on site that means if you want to try some of that delicious wine you just have to come to the sex and wine route i have to admit its a small wine region but its got a lot of history and culture. Busy buzzing sound. Elites see the islands. In 2nd numbers are crushing an environmental catastrophe. Yet Scientists Say stopping the crisis is easy. The silent summer why are insects dying. Dog. Fake hair and real stories. Where i come from a lot of women who like me have fake hair sometimes a hairstyle takes up to 200 thats a lot of time that needs to be filled so people at the salon talk about whats happening in their lives. I became a journalist to be a storyteller and i always want to find those real authentic stories from everyday people who have something to share. 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