When we really comes to life. Near nick on a sunny day and this is all i need my backpack my sunglasses a map so i dont get lost and this guy right here. Today i want to find out what to do on a summers day in munich people here have a reputation of being quite sporty and no wonder hiking swimming everything an outdoor fan could desire and theyve got it right on their doorstep if ive calculated correctly there are more than one thousand kilometers of bike trails in the entire city so lets get going. Also on todays show we check in with globetrotters steve amish whos currently travelling through ecuador. We go on a Treasure Hunt with two of our viewers from ukraine. And we hop over to you. To check out florence. From marine plus it was only a fifteen minute bike ride to get here in the very heart of the english garden its kind of like a green living room for the locals and a pretty big one three hundred. Seventy five actors recycling playing or just hanging out in the sun. In the. Media in. This gigantic urban park is the size of five hundred twenty five football fields pretty impressive watching other people do sports has always been one of my favorite pastimes and things im not the only one these kids are the absolute stars of the english garden. Wow not bad lets check them out from up close the ice bucket river runs over a stones that creating a perfect waves servers for munich and all over the world come here to catch it and show off a bit so you wont find any amateurs around these parts. Ill stick around a little longer while you enjoy a couple of recommendations for sightseeing tour through munich. The tower of St Peters Church is one of the best vantage points in munich once youve climbed the three hundred sixty apps you can see as far as the alps weather permitting. The famous fall in case your church seems close enough to touch and not be employed square spreads out far beneath you. Several times a day crowds gather in front of the new town hall. Look up out get your camera out the glockenspiel is the main tourist attraction or million plus. Whats next just set off and go away your feet take you. In because lots of inviting squares the stuff even offers a chance to cool off from hot days anyway you go in the city all right in the middle of the action and there are lots of cozy corners like here in the field of why go into a museum on such a gorgeous day. But just as beautiful from the outside for the classically mind to get there other people could take it and if you like it the museum beyond tossed. The old sensors would be stimulated during a stroll through the dict while you unlocked munichs most famous farmers market. The varian kings once lived right around the corner. Here is the former residence you can tour the inside of course but well do that another time today well stay outside in the baroque courtyard garden. You. Know some a day in munich is complete without a visit to a beer garden for those on a budget bring your own food its allowed. You can also relax to some traditional music like here at the chinese tower it doesnt get more both very serious. Beer gardens open their gates at ten in the morning time for a hearty breakfast im going for the classic bicyclist. There is correct has been very and so ive been looking forward to this since i got here. There are roughly two thousand beer gardens in munich the biggest one sees an amazing eight thousand people today i chose a slightly smaller one busy house in the english garden with room for two thousand five hundred people still one thing goes. To the world seems like a better place when youre in n. P. R. Garden there are people chatting having fun wherever you look and that is a big part of the figure in my style a lifestyle thats a quite unimaginable without the most fun variant of all beverages eggs. Actually here and here in munich theres one place in particular that celebrates the love of the very and were better than any other. People. And. I think its one of the worlds most famous drinking establishments munichs health boys house. The huge beer hall can seat up to thirty five hundred people and it draws visitors from around the world only wanting to sample but theyre in beer and regional kollin airy delights. Buses but its a very traditional restaurant and theyre a very typical bavarian dishes like roast pork knuckles proper beers i like it because its not us its just bring your own. Research here and your people come along and talk to us or times we meet people from all over the world and have a dream to. Be really good. Some five thousand liters of coke boyd beer are served each day and to soak it up you can feast on the roasted meats and other authentic but there ian specialties including france forced sausages with sweet mustard and soft pretzels. And it all started with one man william the fifth duke of the area he ordered a brewery to be built in fifteen eighty nine to provide the royal residence with beer more than two hundred years later in eighteen twenty eight to behold was open to the entire public. This beurre once reserved for bavarian royalty has become one of musics biggest attractions drawing more than one million visitors a year theyre guaranteed to get a true taste of the fairy in traditional. The regulars of the hoff boy house and body just that true. Each have their own beer steins locked away. This privilege dates far back in history and theres a long waiting list. For. The munich boyd house represents authentic the darian traditions which it exports successfully there are now seven four four houses in three continents. But you still have to come to munich if you want to experience the original. As you can see im back at dizzying heights but do you recognize aware exactly. Yes im on top of the unmistakable roof of munich Olympic Stadium it was built for the nine hundred seventy two games i sign up for an architectural tour of the stadium thats about two hours long and theres a lot to be learned about this masterpiece of engineering. For example the tender of a Strong Enough to withstand the wildest storms and heaviest snowfall and i personally got to put that stability to the test approved. I could take the stairs on the other side to get down but there is a faster way to get my feet back on the ground. And. Capturing the most exciting moments of a journey is always a good idea and as you know were super interested in seeing what you experience while traveling so this week too we have a v mail from a viewer on the show and this time its from ukraine. Both are at. The time but. We want to know your favorite place to go on vacation send us your videos you can upload them at d. F. W. Dot com slash travel. To whole. Another oasis in the middle of the city is that easy or ever people spend their lunch breaks their weekends and even their nights here. The movie the movie part of the river and its banks were there in the renovated over the last couple of years giving the people of munich a new leisure hotspots move. In twenty eleven munichs river was given a new lease of life going into kilometers of the east are which flows straight through the city have been restored to clear and wild alpine river that now rushes along here used to be squeezed into a tight manmade course that. For more than a century is our flow drearily between or delete. Concrete banks. Then along came the diggers to turn it back into a beautiful natural river landscape. Easer was return to its natural bed with its pebble covered banks fields and islands what a luxury to have in the middle of the city. Since then experts from around the world have come here to admire the renewed ease are and take fresh inspiration home with them. People in munich love their river a new haven away from the bustle of the city. They come to swim barbecues and have parties in their masses. But sadly many of the visitors dont know how to treat this week juvenile did natural landscape with respect after a sunny weekend up to four tons of garbage get left behind. But on the whole the effect of returning these are to its natural state has been positive nina has raised the quality of life in the city improved flood prevention employed a bit of nature back to the city now if only visitors to the ease are could learn to dispose of their garbage properly it would be perfectly interlink. As weve seen crowds can take their toll on the river each are but there are a lot of people fighting for its preservation and plenty of associations and activists have big plans for its future one of them is nature and is a Founding Member of the society. Male youre from munich can you imagine living in a city without a river. But no i cant. The river really contributes to my quality of life but if the boy whenever i have time i go and jogging along it fight it off to work and my friends here. And we can as i ride my bike along the river. Without the river the city wouldnt have half as much a paddle this way thats probably why youre a member of the es a List Organization what does that group do whats your mission yes on the ceiling is complete is it not for you to you part of the result has been restored and thats great but we dont want that to be the end of the gun thing we want the holy spirit to enjoy the ease of including visitors to the city. Of the convention so we believe a lot more can be done a lot of the south and in the city where were sitting now. Get out if its not any good maybe yeah you have big plans for the future of the east are what are they big unknowns in youth. Within the city center should be a river that can be used in lots of different ways of. Life in the home so we want traffic to reduced for example get out of here for the training we want to have a pedestrian created. As a temporary project for a few weekends and see how people in munich like it if that and youre also pushing for an easier river beach what would that be like on t. V. Had us all that influence bought this think it from the river beach wouldnt just me and jump in the river and it would be a cordoned off area marked with jessies or nets so children and families could go that. Route it would cost nothing for manic residents and there are models for river bots like in zero eight which has several more. Weeks in theaters europe has had great experiences we have public read about this for more than a century unit can two. Men from. Well. You just mentioned zurich are there other cities in the world that could be inspired by your plans or that are planning similar projects in any. Of this is in the let me feel theres been a movement in recent years of major cities where you discovering there really has. Thats all major theme rejuvenating rediscovering rivers within one hundred years ago that hes a had a different status and cities like los angeles have a long way to go to but that city Center Delegation here theyre also interested in making their river life here with lots of parks and green areas at the moment its just a concrete ditch. With him a kind of community between that and it became about well your way beyond that good luck and i look forward to seeing how it goes yeah i have to thank you. For the easier by trail takes me back to the city center in total it stretches over two hundred and ninety kilometers starting at the source of the e. s are in austria and then where it flows into the danube thank god i only have to cycle a tiny part of it but still my legs could do with a little break lets see what our globe trotters steve is up to he travels around the world and sends us video updates of his adventures this week hes exploring ecuador. Do you want to do it for stepping out is covered at the market a future. You know theres. Nowhere else i could. And this is the right place to tell you that has been the first city was ever been declared a unesco Cultural Heritage site and i guess its because of this beautiful town. Ha. Its the even ing in quito and were down our last stop which they got them out on. Stars have because you chose to. Leave the. Good morning from the im just going. To go out so fast stuff right now and. Then an altitude of about four thousand meters and that. Can actually erupted about one thousand five hundred years ago and now there is water in the old crater and of what is actually salty because of the minerals is what it told us so you can make your way down here just takes about an hour to go down there and then you can rent boats and you can paddle actually and the crazy. You know its time to eat smart enough to get a pic and this is how its prepared to know how is it your highness oh its really not what im saying with anything we asked beginning to. It takes us back to actually not that bad taste like chicken. All right after driving for a few more hours we rest in ri we checked into my reading we did i switch the room and tomorrow were going to go with the trains for young. Munich is a paradise for lovers of luxury and this is their shopping district. Oh. Definitely not the place for bargain hunters mcnamee and sassy is munichs the most expensive shopping district. Well i guess with no shopping isnt that bad there are the fancy stores in all those cafes in the bavarian state you know how its done so why not try to blend in and catch a sunny spot in front of the National Theatre this is almost feels like im going to be in a lot. Of. People around here actually do say that munich is the northernmost city of italy which is not all that far fetched considering that italy is pretty much around the corner only about two hundred kilometers from here you just have to cross the alps and get there so why dont we. Do. The majestic cathedral of some time of year then feelings florences most famous landmark. Anyone interested in art and history will simply love the city. The beautiful pontiff ecu dates back to the fourteenth century. Florence was heavily influenced by a banking family the made e. G. They gave the city a huge gift their Art Collection but only under the condition that the works never leave the city now some eight thousand visitors wait in line each day to enter the gallery and admire the works of masters such as body cheli and leonardo da vinci. The pats are the less you know he is florences name square it features a reproduction of michelangelo statue of david. The city is full of great architecture. And a lot of art here is palpable. If youre looking for souvenirs there are plenty of traditional florentine crafts to peruse and lots of porcelain but it doesnt come cheap. Less pricey souvenirs like hand crafted Leather Goods can be found in the old part of town. The met cut or chance rally offers plenty of delectable italian speciality is like fresh pasta and sweets. Become pushy crunchy almond biscuits are a particular highlight stempel just somebody you know a cheapie she can to treat our typical tuscan specialty is the biscuits are quite dry so we like to dip them in then santo dessert wine you dont get them and then you eat them. A perfect souvenir but you might end up eating them all before you get home in florence its all about art history and luck dont shave it up the perfect combination for a great high. I wouldnt say no to a little souvenir either lets see what munich has to offer. Im sure ill find something here they design a lot of their products themselves and most of them are made in the various i like that even on my travels i try to support small local businesses. And you too would like a souvenir like this cutting board for example he should enter our competition go to our website d w dot com slash travel to find out how to take part and i even found something for myself. Well this is it my very own momentum from my trip to the end of the critical one i had a great leather so i could hang out in the sun and pretty much read at the bare garden but i burned up all my vices calories on the bike i got to climb to the very top one of munichs most emblematic buildings and i learned a lot about the inner river not bad for a single day so i think i deserve a treat and already have something in my. Full movies. From. The to. Insert the conflict zone confronting the powerful folks as f. B. I. Director james comey was always pretty well known for window charm fired him last year to use for him to measure again this week hes my guest here in by the way hes promoting a book even as he faces new challenge you see him subordination so thats the truth conflicts so few minutes w. X. Most. Polls. How does he feel the tone. Where i come from not only that can you just go its just like this chinese food. 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