A warm welcome to a new special edition of check in 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. Then the call for ellis shows us around the bronx splendor of dressed up. And locust business the world famous munich beer festival. Our first stop is heidelberg the romantic University Town that has been a tourist hot spot for centuries. The old bridge is actually very romantic it leads they cross the neko river to the old town. Right next to the bridge gate we find this bronze monkey its a much photograph. Landmark of title 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 heidelberg. So it seems ill be revisiting hydel back then. My first full of ascent of romans up the steep path to heidelberg koslow. 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 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 saw as jim commissioned by a coffee merchant its no hotel its a buy for all the wars and fires that revenue to the city and today is a listed monument. 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 on john is one of them he offered to show me around our first stop is the Assembly Hall it reminds me of a church you. Wouldnt know who they are 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 and those can feel it 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 money. Yeah hello and welcome to our historic ground reading room once in the. Library and matti missing shows us the precious book well its a copy but that means we can touch it and take a closer look. This is you know its a collection of german ballads and lyric poetry. And the works are about one hundred forty singers are included here and the most famous his own daughter leave out of under four provided. So its like a really big songbook you know pretty much. 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 or back. You know just what do you study and title back to the other 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 hydel back old Office Medical several reasons heidelberg is a lovely town it 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. The take it out on us to it 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 so if we frequently have students from India Pakistan bangladesh who start their Masters Program here. We also run a lot of summer and vacation courses. Here so why is highly back known as the student tell us a so i thought then i think that has a lot to do with the history of Heidelberg University 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 a bar area where lots of students go out to party after theyve been studying hard on. Nothing. 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 idle back im going back up a hill across from the crew next to it on the opposite side of the neck up this path is known as the philosophers walk. Historically it was just a 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. 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 heidelberg final 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. Day in dresden begins at a very historic spot cafe toscana first opened its doors and ninety know what it was named after luis of tuscany the wife of saxon these last crown prince she liked to come here to escape the pains of her boy existence. She later went even further and eloped with a lover but in spite of everything deaf people door to her. In order to give you guys a quite literal overview of dresden we leased our drone 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. It 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 album. 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. President owes its architectural wealth to the saxon 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 ask mean nothing beats terrorists. On we go across the castle square. Past the whole ski area and the president ial palace. Right next to it youll find a procession of princes a one hundred two mirror long mural made up entirely of porcelain tiles in the woods 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. Is called the kind i led to view this is where in seven hundred forty eight the painter bernardo a lotto also known as kind of lets hope painted one of the most famous views of tourist and. Now i want to see the original in that state in the old masters picture gallery there are some panoramas of dresden by can i let you know such beautiful a detail paintings of the city have. A. But the indisputable highlight of the gallery is raffles sistine madonna meeting with an expert to find out why. Bless and whats special about the sistine madonna. Cough it extends from iraq you know sistine madonna is an extremely good picture he did something no or dust before him and on human 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 be it a would us its even though the painting was revolutionary in and of itself the part that became most famous is the bottom of it and she 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. And it was sung if it actually i have to say its lovely that the cherubs are so well known worldwide because their fame brings many visitors to our museum. Off and on and on and those who only want to see the cherubs will end up discovering rafaels sistine madonna and the other treasures we have here as well. Even inger has come and i got tickets for the famous for a production of mozarts don giovanni. Gorgeous luxurious decor everything looks old and quaint but actually it isnt the semper opera house is a reconstruction east germany rebuilt it in line with the original designs by god steves empire. The. Worlds. Great music great acoustics now i really get why this is known around the entire world what a way to end my trip to dress to. Our final stop in this special edition of check in takes us to the worlds biggest beer festival tobar fest in munich. Of course when you go to the october fest you want to look the part traditional costumes are really popular during october fest. For. Women have dependents and the men have leather pants leader who was. The leader was it a little was a special of course so do you only see them at october fest or will you see them at the office to watch. That in that if you want to in this region platos and on just one for special events with the talking get tourists like to wear them to get into the swing of things and im told to fish but for us theyre just a pair of pants wed wear on an ordinary day. Talking. About the sea and you it looked like a real very in boise bio to show you. That thanks alex. Im. 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. Youll see plenty of Security Forces about but it all seems quite relaxed. Theres a lot going on here early in the morning so let me talk to a few visitors where you from. I have news in texas all right then why are you here to celebrate us everybody its the first time youre here yeah first time in 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 first of all you just look around you have this fear there of trouble first is one of a kind because of it i think that we enjoy not telling the fans this is our first time ok. Whats special about october festival first. The product worst of the kind its the whole october fest culture its really great. And 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 both beer the october. Is a real fun fair with rights and games and some of them have a long tradition for example throwing it cans. Or this right here its called how did lucas get the lucas of course ive got to try it. But it was then what do i need to do not to look like a fool so thats the guy well you have to position yourself for nomination and then its just like any other hammer the same principle if you take the hammer keep the back of the and loose with the lack of nice and flat on the right in the middle and thats the most important part and the rest is easy ok i scuffled best as i get the picture. 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 stay true to their roots not like other fun rights which keep getting higher and faster but theyre very popular. To dispute family has operated these bumper cars at the october fest for years. And this is mr distel do you remember your first october first from within the iraqi or yeah my my first october first i was just a kid we loved it but it was quieter than not as wild and. Because it is not the console take disability its just. Monaca bumper cars have been around for about one hundred years so why are they still popular. Gaddis in some pop its not the whole there are a few things that make bumper cars special sit the first of all youre driving yourself you can go why all of the nine a small tame one over here like. Make and then two people going to ride in a single car at the same time so you can buy someone else to ride along any time you want eyes you can eat outside but i not let me get in there is the element of seeing and with being seen all the flirting and all that is not all of that is part of the bumper car tradition this is ive. Heard all of us go to the classic. One can feel the odds are there rules or is it a free for all. Guy gets guided there arent really any rules to allow alcohol this but of course to keep an eye out to make sure nothing happens or to expose you weve also got a lot of children parents with kids to do 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 absence of it other than ok i dont ok thank you miss that is not. 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 its something of a landmark here at the october fest. Day at the october fest off course wouldnt be complete without a visit to one of the many privilege 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 had october test. Shell always find a free spot during the day but in the evening its a real challenge is specially on the weekends thanks for. The. 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 didnt like. But its easy to have a good time here everyones enjoying themselves and the good news is ten tejas. So whats my impression of the october fest theres a reason this is called the worlds Biggest Party its point something a bit very an original im. Im the. Hip i made it an entire day at the october fest that meant for me one leader of beer walking several kilometers and a spirit she wore it is astonishing how great this event can be and now i can understand why so many people here every year again and again. Yeah but. The banks. Get. The be. The best. The bad. The but. Thanks. Thanks thanks to a is this music. And if it is whos making it. Meeting the pioneers of sound arent. Six thanks. 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