On top of the in the 19th century as a travel writer a novelist he has made the landscape and the cities of his native brant berg the famous. 200 years ago the old off on top of that was born here in mobile he also got a monument in his hometown his famous work bundle and book rambling through brant burke will accompany me on my journey today. To a fun time to shape the image of this region with his travel reports about brandenburg the vast land its lakes castles and people i know fontana from my german lessons back in school but very theoretically and today not quite as theoretically i am following in his footsteps. Of course we show you the truest highlights in grant park. And bet you can also dine here like the people did at the time a fun time. Hour of your video this week shows us the sights of belfast in Northern Ireland. Fun time there as a traffic light youll only find that in the who pete to hold off on time his birthplace after a fire in 1787 is center of the city was rebuilt in the classicist style with white streets inch squares and im meeting up with. She heads the fontana festival here and has become an expert on the writers life. And. Here we are really at the beginning of the history of theodore fun thomas involvement with noir. His parents moved here at easter in 1900 and on december 30th Theodore Fontana was born up there on the 1st floor of this house. On the 1st front on the tried his hand as a pharmacist in berlin then he became a journalist a correspondent in london a theater critic and travel writer it was only when he was nearly 60 that he began writing his great novels. And. Now. She has a nice building. That was the Old Secondary School among the many people who attended it were our theodore from tara as well as the architect karl thanks michelle. But the stuff was it clear in his school days that he would be a writer. He himself wrote that he wasnt a very good student. How to become a writer if things didnt go well in school. I think a lot of it came from his father not necessarily the ability to write but to develop a story. And i thought to pick up on anecdotes internal mental new thing is. Im from town i like that about his father i was something of a playboy. He felt that from time to didnt really need to go to school but could learn things from the books and stories of other people. And. A couple of great father. Bless you my hidey holes said from talking about his frequent absences from school and later in life as a travel writer he often return to normal. And. I am the preachers whittles home whats the link to fun tonga. What else had one thomas mother and his sister lived here for some time during that time from tanakh often came to not repeat him to write about his rambles through brandenburg and then bundle them both to unbolt or to others and he often got his sister lisa to do research for him to consult people to go into churches and look through the registry books looking for people or to go to villages and describe even the sketch them. All those things flowed into from time his book reading of the of the 2 of them had a really great relationship. Tallest hayden is. In his rambles through brandenburg from time to also wrote critically of his birth place saying it was a bit lavish for such a small town but he did say it was beautiful he situated on the lake and. Therefore out in front of his childhood here in the well being shaped him i think much does and i think that the wide open spaces here on the lake and forest landscapes gave him a certain sense of home. Through here and to make it happen thats about an hour and that was the trigger for him to start writing not about other regions but the one he came from. And which he came to love so much that later in life he wrote 5 books about it. And. Before i keep following my fun time route there are a few tips for you what else does brant burke have to offer especially now in the summer many tourists come here to the most watery state in germany. Brandenburg has around 3000 lakes warden any other state in germany and the Water Quality measured at the lake shore beaches is generally excellent the southern waters clean its great swimming here sun sand what else. And then there are 33000 kilometers of flowing waters probably navigators can traverse them to their Hearts Content a popular pastime is renting a house boat the taller family comes from dresden this is the 1st time travelling from the boroughs waterways. Is about this water is unique back home in saxony we also have small ny expect this rambling on the water spending a week hopping from lake to lake i dont think you can get that anywhere else. In the burbs abundance of water makes it a popular vacation spot since like the 92 the annual number of overnight stays has nearly tripled from 4. 6 to 13500000. You guessed the opposite has mainly come from berlin brandenburg saxony north rhinewestphalia yes you can say that 90 percent of the overnight stays are from germany in lund but last year we had around a 1000000 foreign guests some of your. Friends would guess that. One of the Top Destinations is the state capital pottstown but its reconstructed city palace seat of the state parliament. If it looks amazing super super and im a big fan of the parag khanna the old saying i love coming to see it. Not so much theyre going to. See is perhaps part some as most famous palace but the person kings built many businesses once here. The city was a royal residence in the 18th and 19th centuries. Nowadays pots them so kitchen surrounded by lakes close to berlin has attracted many wealthy residents. The lake is lined with the juice homes. In the past few years the brandenburg capital has become one of the most desirable and expensive cities in germany. Its 180000 residents include many young people plus the most free universities and more than 30 Research Institutes and. Put some as i get some its really a small big city i like that thats being come much thats probably why so many people come or move here especially berliners because they appreciate that although were smaller we have everything. In the local pin you can also meet the citys most famous son in the museum. Is one of the curators of an exhibition marking funtime his 200th birthday. No one in. This room has something really special. Yeah there arent very many remaining objects from front on it which is why the no ripping museum is very proud to have this clock. Its the funtown of families grandfather clock. Its really old it dates from 790 and the family owned it until 940 and kind of that its nice to imagine that it not only stood in front on a study but that he wrote to the rhythm of this clock and you can kind of hear that. With him but he so im hearing more from tom and heard the you are hearing what went on heard. And there is also installation about fun thomas most famous novel if you policed. Its a lot of material can you explain what its all about. I its very simple this is the network of characters in the novel if you greased island weve put the main figures from the novel in this room. Here this is effie thats her husband. Here is the man who seduced her Major Congress and weve linked the characters with the pink text ribbon thats been with and why all these words on the floor that think the horrific those are the main knowns in every city we havent counted from 84 or evening to have fun easy for to which means tenderness hiatt or and what do you think the words are different sizes stop. You from the bigger they are the more often they appear to now thats right wasnt in there look at the pink words what do you see there. Theyre very long. Exactly thats the 1st thing you notice there are the normal words and then there are these very long pink words they are the fun time to sound so to speak but these are front on his own creations along compound now us. When he couldnt find a word to describe a situation or a feeling then he created one himself with your mind. So you get a creation such as coziness ranking neuralgic comedy morris root heir i wind pouring stunt. Are any of them still used to be. Do you have a favorite were created by fontana. Are they fought have prejudice foolishnesses one in winter a point thats all we asked ourselves for a long time what a winter acquaintance might be and weve ended up with 5 different definitions and if its. Really which is the most convincing. Either making the acquaintance of winter lots of people picked that like seeing snow for the 1st time or the winter acquaintances someone who always keeps a distance was aloof or an affair at christmas was an affair or an affair at christmas time thats popular too or that or its someone you do wintertime things with like sledding or ice skating. Or winter time friends who you dont want to see in the summertime winter acquaintance. But lets move on the departure moment this year. From tanya was an attentive observer as a traveler and thats why we also find him in his work about what he ate on his travels well and thats an inspiration for chefs today to rediscover from tonya cooley merrily. Baker carl de mar plants in shanta on the hafele river got his inspiration from a poem by a tailor a fountain. On a summer morning to take up field Walking Stick all your cast will fall away from you like morning haze that was the origin of the Walking Stick they gave me the idea of making but gets in a fog of Walking Sticks. The bakery is one of 13 businesses that have taken up fun time as cullen area legacy. Restaurateur henry engle is one of the initiators he figured that the people who come here on the trail of fun time know will also want to eat something. Else 1st that was just overnight here we dont know if we want to develop new please we dont want to just cook the same menu for 3 or 4 years and this. Its a nice challenge it gave us a chance to come up with something new bostons most lawyers. In his restaurant here can hope and offers a 3 course meal based on a real lot of wild boar its certainly in tune with fun town as well known motto craft fortunes are not for me. The artist casino in new orleans also has fountain on the menu the main courses feature freshwater fish trout and pike no surprise to fun town to fans after all the writers last completed novel was named after lakes fish lean. And potatoes here lightly tossed in butter had been a staple since frederick the great introduce them. The fish is served on a bed of root vegetables this is truly regional cuisine. The bondholders mark from time to describes in his walk through brandenburg is my region my home. If you want to experience one town and not only the literal way but a corner one when you look at the recipes that has been murdered friedrich or shall lot of fun turn around town and all the cakes he likes you see that he was a bit of a glutton its quite cute the way he was always nibbling on things were going to. Force the font on a menu includes dessert its called Bread Pudding a spice cake made according to fun time his grandmothers recipe answer it was pear poached in red wine. On. The. Front on a sister published their grandmothers recipes as a book in 1930 the meal ends with the dishes to. Get a 4th course the chestnut look youre. Brown without fear but weve learnt a lot about ted often town and his life not only about what he ate but what he drank and we found that he always liked the schnapps or the cure after a meal even after his coffee. So its nice that we can serve the. This was aware 4th course of the phone turned a menu to ground that almost. An ideal of a Village Church simple inviting nicely situated front on a road that about the church involves top gear he began in 859 which is rambling through brandenburg no village was too small for him no way too far. This house was built later but its already over 100 years old now it houses a free with an exhibition of childrens paintings of course their top pick was from tonga. It is impressive that fontana was also curious about the most in conspicuous places. As a journalist from tanya was also traveling to other countries in europe for example to england or to scotland and were also travelling right now but is going to Northern Ireland to visit Chrissie Greenway in our meet the local thought chrissie is going to show a whore home town belfast. Hi everyone im christiane of the great pleasure of you and your and i love. Today. I love belfast the player of the city the hustle and bustle the mix of all the new american artists and musicians and its written diverse history. So 1st of all i want to introduce this in the Cathedral Quarter so its not just the oldest part about its also one of the ninetys parts about us its a beautiful cobblestone were some of the most amazing bars near. Just come into the duke of york its one of the oldest pubs in belfast city its back to the hundreds of lots of bars in belfast but this is definitely one of my favorites of. The. Old bottle murders so its a real iconic bar and this sort of a really good time to start. Has a population of roughly 400000. 00 but considering the size of the study we have a really impressive civic building a beautiful city hall which at the same time was also the home of our lord mayor. And it was. And. Next stop is our people Titanic Museum so its a symbol of our Industrial Heritage but its also a memorial for the many lives that were lost at sea and the reason the titanic was. At the turn of the 20th century was the largest and Fastest GrowingIndustrial City and the british empire. On the 1st time that we had a sort of a hotel on board of a ship. And. This is more like what i would have travelled on i left in 1912 3rd class cabin so a lot of the irish emigrants would have only had money to afford a small bed like this. Youll always be reminded of our. Beside me as one of the last remaining peace signs peace signs that we once had all across Northern Ireland used to separates the protestant from the catholic community. Its really become a remnant of the symbol of what used to be as you can see weve allowed. Those organized projects for both the communities where they come to. I gather in just parts of the piece its a project. So you can see people find all and leave their messages while the wish is not just for Northern Ireland but also for peace all around the ward. You can come to without experiencing one of our many traditional music. So what a great way to end our day and i hope you have much fun as i did until next time on. The next stop on my journey through brandenburg in the footsteps of. Its kind spoke. The few of the pelisse here made a deep impression on the writer he wrote before us we have a picture of unusual beauty the smooth surface of the water line by a wreath of reeds and finally the palace itself in the distance. A gift from his father frederick the great rebuilt the palace and the rococo style and extended. Piece is the hall of mirrors. With of what was this room for thats for here for this was frederick the great ceremonial and concert hall he wanted and a big festivities and he wanted to give concerts here fredricka. As a passionate flute planned he wanted to play here that any managed to do so once because the room was finished so late. But in that tradition we put on small concerts here and there mainly Chamber Music concerts with a photo piano for example small concerts with space for up to 100. 00 people at the time he was thrown up as one of them. Writes back palace is considered the model for a song to see bellas which frederick later built in potsdam in where he resided expression king. Looks gorgeous yes it was fredrickson private study when he lived here in rhine spankers crown prince with it as one of the 1st rooms he moved into f. 2 days later he wrote his 1st letter to voltaire than any given would have lost by the way from the time the did not have as much luck during his visit to inspect as i did the old pelisse warden was taking a long nap only on the 2nd attempt did he open the door for fun toddy time for our weekly v mail as you know we like to show videos that you have made on your travels and this week we join you get sotillo from madrid on a tour with a chance iberia railway i really would like to do that too from moscow to bottle. The last stop on my trip through the brandenburg described by tour would often tom that leads me to the north of the state to lake 15 it is the deepest lake in brandenburg almost 70 meters and its one of the cleanest as well. Brandenburg is the most watery state in germany so i just have to go swimming. In the back of the big banks to. Get me. To hold off on time as last novel was inspired by the lake and its oppressive natural landscape. From tyler road 5 volumes about his travels through the march of brandenburg and maybe this is the 1st time i have really understood this from tanya from school just because of this trip i only saw a small part of this region but that makes me want more. To. Meet new york today we speak. To Graham Greene was a refugee when she was just a chance today shes a lawyer author and show host successful and full of the right during the abuse she talks about how canada became her someone pick me up and help you know everybody was going out. Getting to know getting to it. Coming up on w. In good shape. Dr carson lets get some examines the magic power of a little bit. How about a bra. I know. 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