this is where the danube been and it's reversed meet. and right in the middle of it all is the beautiful old town. the rivers are both a blessing and a curse they've made possible prone to floods but for centuries the waterways were important trading routes the wealth brought to the city is reflected in its architecture. for example the festool bottles it's almost eight hundred years old and one of the largest surviving many evil fortress complexes in europe from the top there's a great view over the city of three rivers. i've always wanted to visit possible because of its special location and of course when i'm here i'll do a hike in the bavarian forest a popular destination not too far from possible and here's what's also on today so . we make a detour to who gets it right miles. our week leave your video takes us to the island of course in thailand. and we accompany globetrotter steve finish to the famous ruins of much of beach in piru. possible why it's not only been shaped by its three rivers the city's former rulers also left their mark with their magnificent churches and castles their story is told in the first obama's museum it's close during the winter and reopens in mid march but they let me inside for a look. this is where in twelve seventeen. seconds was given the title of prince bishop by the emperor the bishops of possible became the spiritual and such of the rulers over the city for generations the first overhauls was home to the prince bishops. in the museum you can find out how puzzles alltel was built in the seventeenth century most of the houses burnt down so it's hellion architects were called to rebuild the city. and that's how they designed. us house publicity brochures describe it as the bavarian venice it is true with its italian ish flair and narrow lanes it's one of the prettiest cities in the area. it has many striking churches and monasteries there are about fifty in all. the bishopric of paso once extended as far as hungary. st stephen's cathedral is in the middle of the old town the fact that it's one of germany's largest baroque churches becomes especially evident once you're inside. everything here testifies to the wealth and power of prince bishops. the cathedral is famous with its seventeen thousand nine hundred seventy four pipes it's the largest of its kind in the world. the town hall is also designed in italian. but the glockenspiel sounds early bavarian. has fifty one thousand residents a quarter of them students. in the summer lots of tourists add to those numbers but in the winter the streets are quiet. the many cafes and taverns are typical of the old town. cafe simone for instance offers a large selection of cakes and handmade filled chocolates. this is the this is the old pasar chocolate speciality old pos home gold caps in it's a truffle filling with a paper called so knots he said it's special because the history of the gold caps is closely linked to pass out for strict is. shaped like the gold colored caps wealthy passo women used to wear the gold cap chocolates are very popular as a sweet souvenir. possibles town hall is one of the most beautiful buildings in the old town and a great hole to opportunity on the tell of the hour markers showing flood levels over the past centuries here's a look back at some of the recent floods in the city. cosell has had to deal with flooding throughout its history. the residents are used to it. if you move to paso and have a three rhythm so yes you know that sooner or later they'll overflow their backs as well as how it is. as it was as. flooding hit paso especially hard in july one thousand nine hundred four. the level of the danube reached twelve meters twenty. more than six hundred buildings were underwater for days the damage caused to millions. who could be here is on the banks of the rivers looked like a drowning said to think of an. eleven years later in one nine hundred sixty five severe flooding once again had passed so. you feel well enough the confused flood wave came at four am if the air force is flying sandbags to the disaster area. in two thousand two large parts of the town were again flooded. and eleven years later came the next flood in two thousand and thirteen water levels reached twelve meters eighty nine. oh boy it does it yes and fans it was a bump in the first row of windows on this house and the next little direct balcony there was of course that means all these houses were half submerged so it was higher than it had been for five hundred years. they said from the intimate game of . money comes from donations and government support but despite that the city is put to the test every time. my next stop is the shop which doubtless once the home of the city executioner today it houses a cabaret and just venue and a restaurant during the twenty thirteen flood its lower floor was completely submerged i'm meeting. the city's tourism director and vidal and sudha who runs the shuffle the house i'd like to know more about what the three rivers have meant for the city its residents and its visitors and once looked up i did all this around as was completely underwater in twenty thirteen what was that like for you. you know. it was sheets of rain and i was in a slightly schizophrenia state police chief depressed on the one hand because we considered closing the theater and the restaurant here. on the other hand they have existed for forty years and the city gave us courage. they said and we received government funding. so we decided after just a few days that we would keep going. and we said to ourselves if we are going to rebuild the bodies let's turn the whole thing around the way that some law let's have the theater in the rear basement and here up front make a slightly different establishment. so we were being creative at the same time they are. it was a bizarre situation it. does well even. the most vets have a flat affect visit menu what about tourism bases for us to fit into this world. to me so take me to the direct consequence was that we couldn't provide the infrastructure. and some of our combinations in restaurants became unavailable. the consequence is that followed were actually very positive despite all that we had suffered. teeth. in aug twenty third team for instance we had the best august ever. because we found all the people who couldn't come when we were flooded and asked them to postpone their trips. and there was really a great deal of solidarity. of course but by august everything was in such good shape that people could visit you as usual. now just by august it took us four days we basically had two days where nothing worked out. well it was only in the old town that nothing was working because that's where the water was. but of course we have lots of accommodations and places to eat in sites such as the cathedral which were accessible the whole time. so with the hotels the hotels on the danube have an intern's right on the river on the lower branch of the danube and an entrance on the upper branch. and all our hotel bedrooms are above the ground floor we live with this flooding after two weeks there was this lovely line in the newspaper everyone still crying but. i don't stand. the thought that it's a few this area here is usually affected by the floods we've been talking about just that where you have you ever thought about moving away from the city or at least you'll tell. us what it's like. because we've had plenty of funding and help to rebuild. every new year's eve at midnight we donned so once in front of our house on the beautiful blue danube to appease the river was so it stays in its mad and doesn't come to visit. since as lovely as the three rivers. they should stay where they belong so should the but if you see. thank you. we continue with our weekly viewer of video then human as filmed her holidays on the thai island of course and send us the most beautiful impressions thank you then here's your video. 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. i'm meeting in the courthouse and from the agong artists association he'll be giving me a tour of pos also got a narrow street parallel to the den you were many artists half their studios. where they got very popular with visitors especially in the summer. all the houses here date from the middle ages and our list of buildings. to have what's special about. this is not to the architecture of course. it's also like to add a bit of color. and we want to attract their attention and we have lots of studios we want to try to make more accessible so we make an effort one thousand cobblestones aerial installations and all these nations in one small space and it works beautifully and lots. of. you can also peek over the shoulders of local artists for example at the studio. of a painter and sculptor. and they've got so also holds many exhibitions. it's good i say goodbye to him and head for my appointment with another artist she also has a studio on her in a vault of building eight hundred years old. sells hand painted porcelain. maybe you could show me how it's done. you have to lace sure let's grab a piece. armed with a brush we take a porcelain lit because has already outlined a design for me so now i'm going to try and paint it like a pro. and then gently with the tips on this number four so who yes you have to try with the tip and use pressure to fill in the leaf this is not to. when i can add more now i would ask. but don't apply to thick otherwise when it's fired it'll get bubbles in it and come off. good with a. healthy so you apply it in several layers yes and with those layers you can also add tints and light and shadow. i've slipped a bit here. is ok look in here there's a little rubbery race three. months i'll show you what to do with it and if you go outside the lines a bit you can use what's called a wipe out to remove it. although the design is hand painted it's dishwasher proof the paint is fired in an oven heated to eight hundred degree celsius. and done. but i should be proud right of course. and now from wintry pass out we head to the other side of the globe to peer group as you know all globetrotters to finish is traveling all over the world and regularly sent us an update of his experiences this time he visited the famous ruined city of much you picture. allow from through in this episode i'm going to show you around in cusco and the cool region one of my favorite areas in the country i will introduce you to an alternative much of which are experience are you ready to explore some of. the most we need to start this episode here in parker center of course school for the walking tour to introduce you to this beautiful city right now to play outside beyond that's where you can find most of these church buildings and souls that are i'd like to tell you that. was the capital of the inca empire from the betting to the sixteenth century and it's still the cultural capital group. to. leave the field. in the. early. evening. now we're cloning that train to go to sleep i was going and it. says made it inside of much of the truth and told me we can't see anything. the interesting thing about in-car detect. is that if you know the houses so that they're earthquake proof so they're reclining a little bit which you can see for example over here and also at the gates and all these houses down that it's like if that. was in the city about seven hundred people were living in the city or like the first and second class people and it took about twenty one thousand people to construct much of picchu and in country are just more than just impressive and. such a picture was divided into three areas so again the richest area which is in the center. you have the avenue area where the house is worth and you have the palming area and the terraces we've seen at. any. time today only seventy five percent of my to preach to are actually excavated so the other twenty five percent are still in process so there's more to come into next year yes. after working for a few hours it finally cleared up the one up which are still has a little bit of clouds but they will also go away. that's impressive. so when i could show we are standing on a much a picture which means the engine the mountain and down there in the city i've just shown you. all right guys that's that from school and prove. my journey continues i have left possible and i'm on my way to the bavarian forest just an hour away from the city the region is a popular destination for hiking skiing and relaxing. to get an overview i had for the visitor center in the one fison my house here i learned that part of the bavarian forest is a national park when it opened in october one thousand nine hundred seventy it was germany's first national park. in the visitor center you can learn a lot about the bavarian forest but the real exhibit is outside the forest itself. varian forest is a low mountain range hundred kilometers in length on the border between bavaria and the czech republic. the national park is in the south of the forest. here it's allowed to grow as nature intended without human intervention. there are daily guided tours through the national park. human if anyone doesn't understand my original lower in the very end dialects please let me know the value of. the parks credo is to let nature being nature and bring it closer to people like in the viewing shelters. that you can observe animals like links that vanished long ago but have now been reintroduced. live here as well and even elk. through adventure really really lucky enough to see a lynx right up close and. it was fantastic to be able to watch them without disturbing the net and we're. outside the national park the bavarian forest is power. for winter sports as the mountain range gets lots of snow in the winter at nearly fifteen hundred meters great amount in is the king of the forest here you'll find the region's largest ski area. where. they have a good lot of them back to it. the bavarian forest is especially popular with families tourism is one of the main sources of income for the region's inhabitants in the past it was mainly the timber and gas industries. to all about the town of features a pyramid more than eight meters high made of ninety three thousand six hundred sixty five wine glasses it's the world's tallest crystal glass param and. you can find out how glass blowers work in the grass works. once or supplier to europe's royal courts to this day it still produces high quality class products. that tree top walk is one of the highlights of the bill berry and forest it's open all year round. the walkway extends through the forest between eight and twenty five meters above the ground. what does the forest sound like what animals live here at seven learning stations you can find out more about the life at habitat off of forest for extra fun. there are other activities like balance beams and adventure trails. but the real highlight with the emphasis on high is that tree tower. this part of the walkway rises in a spiral circling around three ancient trees. at the top there is a viewing platform forty four meters above the ground. in general you have a great view from up here over the bavarian forest unfortunately not today anyway i enjoyed coming up here and this is where my tour of the bavarian forest and if you're a travel fan like me and like to check out new this nation every day please take a look at our instagram account d w travel see you next time. it's a pioneering ecological project real tested and or the bringing. in garden city in northern iowa it's all about sustainable living. hundred we have a nice right going to take all the want to in new york cause them to garden city to develop and that will hopefully find a database and go at it for the next w. move. to. my hot maganda. she fought against violence his 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