The destination ive chosen for today is a small city in the state of choosing and that was home to many cultural luminaries over the centuries. May i present poet and theologians johan got. His contemporary and fellow poet and philosopher closed off my land. And we have composer Johann Sebastian bach heres a piano virtuoso friends list. But perhaps the children most famous of all the great writers and thinkers beyond was gone from good to and feebly shut up this is the city of. The works of good to and cilla a great german classics but two hundred years ago they were considered extremely progressive somehow has managed time and again to attract pioneers and trail blue. Contributing to the mix of new and old classics that we found all around town. Well check out the modern design classics and the powerhouse museum. Will visit a hotel in the front a luxury establishment with the three hundred year history. And globe trotters will also check in with us from columbia. My tour of begins at good his former residence in the very heart of the city the author and naturalists lived here for half a century. To be sure to grab an audio guide to get the most out of your visit. Just rented the residence later it was given to him by his patron grand duke. That allowed to remodel and furnish it to his liking. And he had this staircase built in the italian style. In the us. I wonder if the steps back and go to stay he once wrote that one never tired of going up and down. In the front part of the house you find elegantly furnished rooms this is where goods are welcome to his guests artists scholars politicians and members of the royal family. Cultures were here to remind him of his time in italy there are also busts of had. Beloved companions who died thirty years before him. Figurative family lived in their rear part of the house. And the study the decor was kept at a minimum good job wanted nothing to distract him from thinking and writing. And it was here in his bedroom that good to die at the age of eighty two. This room is referred to as christiane is room in honor of christiane of good his wife the couple lived together for eighteen years before marrying something the citizens of found scandalous when they finally did get hitched their son was already sixteen years old. The garden behind the house was also part of christiane its role in her day it supplied the household with fruit and vegetables today its a peaceful green oasis at the end of the museum tour. Gets us home its just one of the many places that recall the golden age of enlightenment. Here and by the most Historic Sites have been recognised by unesco and let me tell you one day wont be enough to see them off. And should i would have no difficulty finding their way around today its easy to navigate and much the same as it was in the era its a compact city that reinvented itself to into high. Centuries ago after assuming the government of his duchy in seven hundred seventy five the young duke of socks of august some untalented people to his court and support them go to first and foremost. Also contributed to the citys expansion he created the park and there in the english style landscape gardens owed much to cater. This had a garden cottage in the park where he could escape from the hustle and bustle of his Main Residence on farm town st. The duke also had a place of refuge here his roman house may have been a love nest to his daughter fathered thirty eight illegitimate children. In color algos de vine a city palace was a huge construction site after the old palace was destroyed by fire in seven hundred seventy four ordered its reconstruction get ahead of the commission that rebuilt it. Next to the palace is another former work place of the multitalented guta the duchess on a amalia library named after the dukes mother. One of germanys first Public Libraries it was open to anyone who could read and write and weimar was home to many literate people go to it was the librarys director for thirty five years. It is the royal summer residence was the baroque belvedere palace just south of. Cavaliers house forms part of the ensemble. Once there come a day said the princely household now they used by the university of music fans list as classrooms and rehearsal rooms. So visitors could find themselves treated to a free concert. Inside the palace this play. Into a fine china glassware and furniture that was hand crafted environment. Belvedere palace just one of the many treasures that comprise the classic vimal entry on hugh nest those World Heritage list. Its almost impossible to get lost in via all you have to do is follow the enticing smell of grilled sausages and youll end up at the market square. Reptilicus. For defined by a hearty snack its time to check out the buildings here on the square like the Historic Town hall. And the cut up oust named after the family a famous painters father and son opened their studio here in fifteen fifty two. Heres the gas tell some shots and bear them our black bear and right next door the elephant by moss most famous hotel. Hotel elephant is a true classic for over three hundred years its been the go to spot for visiting celebrities leo tolstoy manhunts ghost town and to only name a few a lot of history under one roof but just like the city itself the elephant moves with the times. We. After undergoing major renovations Hotel Elephant looks modern and elegant once again. You do neither the standard rooms nor the suites look their age though this hotel boasts three centuries of history. The first documented reference to the hotel dates from sixteen ninety six the duke of the time allowed christiane by owner of the spots a bare guest house to open another in. Why it was named the elephant has never been fully explained. Yet with this book the truth i believe figure that an even more powerful animal was to join the black then an exotic one letter always to mind distant lands water. And just as back then and if its could be seen at fair and they were given as gifts by king. In a fountain he said i think all of that may have played a role. But thats such a list and on a good spirit. Later the elephant was expanded to become a postal station and hotel artists and scholars from across europe made their way to weimar to pay their respects to girton when he celebrated his eightieth birthday at the Hotel Elephant. Later other famous people would check into the elephant including votto copious lionel finding her and ask when they came to weimar in one nine hundred nineteen and founded the bauhaus school. But those glory days were over by one nine hundred thirty three when hitler came to power weimar had long become a stage for the nazi party and the elephant was hitlers favorite place to stay in town. He ordered the hotel to be torn down and rebuilt. When it reopened in one nine hundred thirty eight it was touted as the most modern hotel in europe. While the nazis were living it up in town tens of thousands of people were dying from hunger and exhaustion at the book involved concentration camp just outside weimar its a difficult legacy for the hotel. But often the hotel deals with this openly until it because that chapter is unfortunately post of our history. Its important for us to show that this hotel has always been an open Meeting Place here in our atrium with consciously hung pieces from his whose work was deemed degenerate by the nazis in order to create a counterpoint so thats. Going to dish into three centuries of history Hotel Elephant also boasts its own Art Collection many works were done by regular guests and include a fair number of elephants. By trying one regional specialty tooling up. At the market another is closer to taito dumplings they served in virtually every restaurant environment. And i feel im just outside of town you can learn how to make them in a cooking class and how best to do that is a science in itself luckily ive got you to show me how its done. You should plan on three large potatoes per person whos cup of the first they have to be peeled. But not all dumplings are the same right why is that. Its mainly a geographical distinction in the south in italy they make their small round farther north in austria and of area theyre called. And here interring and theyre known as close in course. After their peel the potatoes are great it but watch your fingers. To the. Rivers of. The grated potato masses then put into a little cloth back and press. Until its completely dry. Now we prepare extremely ready mashed potatoes and make that with the drying out. There sort of stumbled a lot of time. Littered with. The dont shouldnt be too thick or into a liquid thats the tricky part. If you roasted crew transfer inside the middle and thats just the. Ticket but jane doe as it should be song what a nice way to put it in the home in. The round dumplings are then dropped into hot salt water but they shouldnt boil theyre only in there to steep for twenty to thirty minutes thats how these dumplings have been made for centuries and thats exactly the reason people love the dumpling making seminars. And some make a family event of it was your mom does a chance for grandma to show her grandkids no matter how often no longer learn how to do it at home or dont have. Or people book the class for work parties or as a Team Building exercise. Its a way to have fun together. And yeah doubling that rises to the surface can be considered quite an accomplishment right. When the dumplings rise that means theyre done and done right. While this looks like a food. In the making while i work on these dumplings you guys get to check in with our globe trotters steve hamish hes back in south america and this time we caught up with him in the colombian city of many. Hello and welcome to may be a sheep which is the second largest city in the mirror and full contrasts so lets go there and explore the city. Starts the talking machine and were also taking part in a really walking tour to get introduction to the city. Interesting thing about this tour is that it shows the transformation of machine apart from seeing the main sites you also get to see some neighborhoods this one for example was on the garbage pile so we gets to learn a bit about three and a transformation of the neighborhood from a garbage pile where actually maybe with apartment. With its many Hotels Restaurants bars and clubs ever got to get to most of the neighborhood and all of maybe the traffic its pretty colorful touristy but there will also very safe. Because many is looking. Very. Good although still the strong motor trend that you see so thats a good. I dont want to call it during the summer. The spirit of the. We are now on the former property of Popular School but it was one of his favorite villains and its also right by the lake pretty pretty tough story actually. Nowadays you can come to this property and you can see the remains of the house and it was actually called think i did i dont realize and this was the name of his daughter. Look at the buildings. In the house itself if you can still find some fools. In the schools that actually found money here because kabul used to hide a lot of money on his property. One of the reasons why many such a trek city are the many products you can find here little escapes from the heartening and bustling city one of the most beautiful. Comical the potential for gardens which are located right next to the university so you can drive with the metro to the station or you get thats thats just a two minute walk to enter the park which is totally free. Inside here ill keep you around which wooden structure feels like rain water and shelter or thanks and thanks many butterflies. Here and volume and if you stroll around town chances are pretty good that youll pass find a good ship and schiller statue at least once but thats not the only interesting side on this one. Right behind it is the German National theatre. In one thousand nine hundred in the aftermath of the First World War and the fall of the german empire this is where envoys from all over germany came together at the time safer than turbulent berlin so the National Assembly convened here to draw up a new constitution for the first german democracy the Weimar Republic and that happened in this theater. Nine hundred nineteen was an exciting year. The battle house a school that would reshape the way the world thinks about designed opened its doors its director architect invited Famous Artists to the city. Ski. And. The bauhaus architects built their first model home environment house im one with its minimalist form and modern materials and introduced a new approach to housing. Twenty nine thousand via inaugurated a new home for other revolutionary bauhaus designs the tribute to the Creative Minds behind the movement and celebration of its centennial no audio guide here but you can download an app to your phone thatll guide you through the museum. This is paycheck as famous cradle and utilized condition skis color theory. Must be blue squares red and triangles yellow the design is still produced today and can be yours for one thousand eight hundred eighty. The centerpiece of the museum. Collection if you chose one hundred seventy pieces that were to say when the bauhaus moved to death and nine hundred twenty five many of these objects never moved beyond the experimental phase whereas others became famous the world over this lamp by bill has been felled this teapot by money on a blonde. Boy yes cantilever chairs all of them modern classics. But are they comfortable here you can test them yourself. Fowles was characterized by its interdisciplinary approach on the stage all sketch lemon turned his dancers and to mechanical figurines that she added ballet with its geometric costumes its still an armed guard today about how it was always inquisitive experimental and very much ahead of its time. After getting our arts and culture fakes and its time to take a little trip into the wild no better way to do so than by joining one of our viewers on vacation jack clark from president australia i was in the us and visit at the zion and Bryce Canyon National parks into a secular. Because. The last stop on my visit to the a. C. C. Gallery a. C. C. East. For Autonomy Cultural center its director frank luntz found that the center with friends in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven when i was still part of communist east germany they squatted in an abandoned building and saved it from decay Old Newspaper articles document the sorry state of the building when they found it and the amount of work they invested in fixing it up a documentary was even made about it. Most of the. Kinds of this it was it was a clearly a very democratic project and it seems every detail was discussed as a group. Just over the. Today the a. C. C. Is a gallery with an International Scholarship scheme in the past thirty years the a. C. C. Has hosted nearly two hundred fifty exhibitions with over a thousand participating artists. Setting up the a. C. C. Was a dream for you what are your goals for the future whats still to come. And they are this. If it were up to me things can say just as they are this is our building we want to stay here and breathe new life into weimars classical mindset with our contemporary dalliances and artistry. And not even be the prime or doesnt exactly live for contemporary art and culture rather it lives from the past and so we are a good counter agent we have been for the last thirty years and we want to continue to be one. What would you say me a. C. C. Is a viable classical indian this is absolutely the a. C. C. Is a weimar classic. Because weimar still lacks a great contemporary art museum to go along with its great cultural sites. And food because of the risk of sounding smug with the only program out of. Art gallery here thats active at the International Level of intellect and even. So thats why the a. C. C. Gallery has become a classic. Movie dont look at the classical is a minor one im just a modern classic yes what makes a classic thirty years like the a. C. C. One hundred years like bauhaus are good and the like the only true aspirants to the title and the end of the day and doesnt really matter one thing is for sure here and buying one youll get to experience german history more vividly than in almost any other city in the country. Subscription. With the census. Recognizes. Indeed speed an expression. Of. The cultural magazine. Ever present Chain Reaction of the be. The be around six hundred years ago. And the renaissance submarkets. Scientists are. Looking to the biggest millimeters im joined now by. Renaissance structure in seventy five minutes on d w. Plus ninety the new channel for an independent view on Current Affairs in turkey. The latest developments. Now most of. The group with comprehensive background. Checks for some odd and political and social topics considered from different perspectives. We cover the issues that move turkey on a unique platform for information. 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