2000 talks would seem british researchers to take a more optimistic view. the world is not always a good plan but it's much much better than it was how. is the world really getting better. a global $3000.00 special reports. starts august 19th sunday to. cross the march and founded richer than i had dared to hold roll to hold off on top of the in the 19th century as a travel writer a novelist has made the landscape and the city's office need to spread the frames. 200 years ago to hold off on top of that was born here and. 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. killed 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 from tana 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 lights you'll only find bad in local people to hold off on thomas birthplace after a fire in $787.00 the center of the city was rebuilt in the classicist style with white streets in church squares and i'm meeting up with. she heads the fontana festival here and has become an expert on the writer's life. and. here we are really at the beginning of the history of théodore funtown is a man with noir. his parents moved here at easter in 1900 and on december 30th théodore from tunnel 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. she has a nice building. that was the old secondary school among the many people who attended it were our théodore fontana as well as the architect karl thing to show. that actually of the stuff was it clear in his school days that he would be a writer. he himself wrote that he wasn't a very good student. how did the become a writer if things didn't go well in school at least and the so on that i think a lot of it came from his father not necessarily the ability to write but to develop stories and i thought to pick up anecdotes and turn a mental new thing is that is a good luck i'm from town i like that about his father i was something of a playboy. he felt that from time to didn't really need to go to school but could learn things from the books and stories of other people. a lawyer a couple of great father. bless you my height he holds said phone taught me about his frequent absences from school and later in life as a travel writer he often returned to know who would be. the preacher's widow's home what's believed to fontana sometimes what else at one time his mother and his sister lived here for some time during that time funtown often came to north of pain to write about his rambles through brandenburg. or to others and he often got his sister and 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 religious and describe even the sketch them. all of those things flowed into from tom his book reading of the of the 2 of them had a really great relationship. i hate this. and in his rambles through brendan burke from time to also wrote critically of his birthplace saying it was a bit lavish for such a small town but he did say it was beautiful he situated on the lake you know and and and and how did from tom his childhood here in mobile being shaped him. i think much sean does from time i think that the wide open spaces here on the lake and forest landscapes gave him a certain sense of home. through here and make it happen that's about an author also goes up 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 all that escape. 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 more than any other state in germany and the water quality measured at the lake shore beaches is generally excellent the south the water's clean it's great swimming here sun sand what else. and then there are 33000 kilometers of flowing waters be navigators can traverse them to their heart's content a popular pastime is renting a houseboat the toll of family comes from dresden this is the 1st time travelling and brenda bruce waterways. is about this water is unique back home in saxony we also have small lakes but this rambling on the water spending a week hopping from lake to lake i don't think you can get that anywhere else. in the burbs abundance of water makes it a popular vacation spot since 1902 the annual number of overnight stays has nearly tripled from 4.6 to 13500000. you get the common repub visitors mainly come from berlin brandenburg sex in the north rhine-westphalia yes you can say that 90 percent of the overnight stays are from germany and inland but last year we had around a 1000000 foreign guests and your. friends would guess that. one of the top destinations is the state capitol pottstown with its reconstructed city palace seat of the state parliament. if it looks amazing. and i'm a big fan of the rock and old saying i love coming to see it. not so much i got a. chance to see as perhaps part some as most famous palace but the person kings built many magnificent ones here. the city was a royal residence in the 18th and 19th centuries. nowadays potts terms of keisha surrounded by lakes close to berlin has attracted many wealthy residents. zeal ake is lined with the jews homes. in the past few years the brandenburg capital is 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. put some as i get some it's really a small big city i like that that's being called much that's probably why so many people come or move here especially berliners because they appreciate that although we're smaller we have everything. in local pin you can also meet the city's most famous son in the museum. is one of the curators of an exhibition marking funtime his 200th birthday. the one in. this room has something really special. people yeah when there aren't very many remaining objects from front which is why the no routine museum is very proud to have this clock. it's the fun town of families grandfather clock. it's really old it dates from 790 and the family owned it until 940 and kind of that it's 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 i'm hearing more from time to heard the if you're hearing what went on heard. and there is also installation about one thomas most famous novel if you policed. it's a lot of material can you explain what it's all about. i and it's very simple this is the network of characters in the novel if you greased. half we've put the main figures from the novel in this room. here this is effie that's her husband. here is the man who's to do says her major compass and we've linked the characters with the pink text ribbon it's been with and why all these words on the floor that think the horrific those are the main knowns in f.a. priest we have them counted from a for or evening to have fun easy for to which means tenderness please try it on and what do you think the words are different sizes. on this from the bigger they are the more often they appear you know that's right wasn't in there look at the pink words what do you see there. they're very long. exactly that's 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 these are front on his own creations along compound now us. when he couldn't find a word to describe a situation or a feeling then he created one himself. so you get a creation such as coziness ranking neuralgia comedy morris root heir i wind pouring stunt. are any of them still used today. do you have a favorite word created by fontana. the fort has prejudiced foolishnesses one in winter acquaintance we asked ourselves for a long time what a winter acquaintance might be and we've ended up with 5 different definitions. of which is the most convincing evidence 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 distant was aloof or a nefarious christmas with an affair or an affair at christmas time that's popular too or that or it's someone you do wintertime things with like sledding or ice skating. or winter time friends who you don't want to see in the summertime winter acquaintance. but let's move on the departure moment this year. from tom there was an attentive observer as a traveler and that's why we also find him in his work about what he ate on his travels well and that's an inspiration for chefs today to rediscover from tanya cooley merrily. baker karl moore plants in shanta on the hafele river got his inspiration from a poem by taylor a fun time. on a summer morning to take up field walking stick all your cast will follow way 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 front on his color terry 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 a fun idea we don't know if we want to develop nuclear we don't want to just cook the same menu for 3 or 4 years and this. it's a nice challenge to market it gave us a chance to come up with something new lawson's most lawyers. in his restaurant here can hope ngo offers a 3 course meal based on the real art of wild boar it's certainly in tune with fun town as well known model craft fortunes are not for me. the artist casino and also has fountain on the menu the main courses feature freshwater fish trout and pike no surprise to find a ton of fans after all the writers last completed novel was named after lakes fish lean. in potatoes here lightly tossed in butter have been a staple since frederick the great introduce them. the fish served on a bed of root vegetables this is truly regional cuisine. but all this for fun time to describes in his walk through brum going to is my religion my home mission and if you want to experience one ton of not only the literal way but a corner in one when you look at the recipes that his grandmother fredricka shalott a fun town around town and all the cakes he likes you see that he was a bit of a glutton so it's quite cute the way he was always nibbling on things we're going to. force the font on a menu includes dessert it's called bread pudding a spice cake made according to fun time his grandmother's recipe answer it was pear poached in red wine. funtown a sister published their grandmother's recipes as a book in 1003 the meal ends with the dishes. that are 4th course the chestnuts look you're. down without fear but we've learned a lot about it 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 curator a meal even after his coffee. so it's nice that we conserved. this was aware 4th course of the fun time the menu to ground it all off. an ideal of a village church simple inviting nicely situated fun talking a road that about the church. here he began in 859 with his rambling through brandenburg no village was too small for him no way to farm. this house was built later but it's already over 100 years old now it houses a good fairy with an exhibition of children's paintings of course there topic was fun tanya. it is interesting that fontana was also curious about the most conspicuous places. as a journalist from time to was also traveling to other countries in europe for example to england or to scotland and we're also travelling right now but it's going to northern ireland to visit chrissie greenway and our mother local thought chrissie is going to show us her hometown belfast. hi everyone i'm christiane of the great pleasure of. today. i love belfast the player of the city the hustle and bustle the mix of all the new a magnet for artists and musicians and it's written diverse history. so 1st of all i want to introduce this in the cathedral quarter so it's not just the oldest part about it's also one of the ninety's parts about us it's a beautiful cobblestone of some of the most amazing bars near. just come into the duke of york it's one of the oldest pubs in belfast it's back to the hundreds of lots of bars in belfast but this is definitely one of my favorites of. the. old bottles merz so it's a real iconic bar and the start of a really good 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 is also the home of our lord mare. and. and. the next stop is our people titanic museum so it's a symbol of our industrial heritage but it's also a memorial for the many lies that were lost at sea and the reason the titanic was built here. at the turn of the 20th century was the largest and fastest growing industrial city and the british empire. so we're looking out of time that we had a sort of a hotel on board of a ship. and. this is more like i would have travelled left and 12 3rd class cabin so a lot of the irish emigrants would have only had money to afford a small bed like this. you'll always be reminded of our. muse one of the last remaining peace signs peace signs that we once had all across northern ireland used to separate the protestant from the catholic community and they are they it's really become a remnant of the symbol of what used to be as you can see we've a lot. of those organized projects for both the communities where they come. i gather in just part of the piece and the project. you can see people sign the wall and leave their messages while wishes not just for northern ireland but also for peace all around the war. you can come to belfast 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 slot on. the next stop on my journey through brandenburg in the footsteps of fun time that is kind spoke. to a few of the pellets here made a deep impression on the writer he wrote before us we have a picture of on judicial 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. the showpiece is the hall of mirrors. with of what was this room for that's for here for this was frederick the great ceremonial and concert hall he wanted to have big festivities and he wanted to give concerts here fredricka. as a passionate flute planned he wanted to play here for any manage to do so ones 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 out as one that's. right spec palace is considered the model for a song to see colors which frederick later build in potsdam peak 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 in to have 2 days later he wrote his 1st letter to voltaire than ever before but have passed by the way from time the did not have as much luck during his visit to inspect as i did the old fellows 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 me get so to love from madrid on a tour with a chance siberian railway i really would like to do that too from moscow to bottle . the last stop on my trip through the brandenburg described by total from tonga leads me to the north of the state to lake city hien it is the deepest lake in brandenburg almost 70 meters and it's one of the cleanest as well. brenton berkus the most watery state in germany so i just have to go swimming in. the back of the box to. get me. to hold off on thomas last novel was inspired by the lake and its oppressive natural landscape. fontana wrote 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. the thing. is going to. meet new york today we speak to you she came to canada was a refugee when she was just a kid on today she's a lawyer author and show host successful and full of bright to learn to use she talks about how canada became her someone pick me up and help me in the us everybody was going out. getting to know given to me. on d w. a r. r r it's been 50 years since the. founding fathers on a job over the last. century the moon is good news launching cookies a. little 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