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DVD. Globe Trekker. 120 Minutes. Globe Trekker’s Megan McCormick and Justine Shapiro set out on a journey to look beyond the stereotypes and seek out the real Germany. Megan’s journey begins in Berlin, where she visits one of the last remaining sections of the Berlin Wall, takes a tour of the city’s WWII sites and explores Kreuzberg, an ethnic Turkish neighborhood. She ventures out along the “Romantic Road” passing through some of the prettiest towns in Bavaria, including Dinkelsbuhl and Rothenburg. She visits the extraordinary Neuschwanstein Castle, before heading on to Friedrichshafen to fly in a Zeppelin. Megan’s journey ends with a visit to Dortmund’s famous Love Parade. Justine’s travels begin in rural Lower Saxony, with an overnight stay at a “hay hotel” near the village of Landeloh. She continues on to the island of Sylt, the birthplace of modern German nudism and visits Munich in time for Oktoberfest. Justine ventures on to Berchtesgaden, Hitler’s mountain retreat near the Austrian border and ends her journey with a climbing expedition up Mount Jenner. Click here for more information on Globe Trekker Germany 2. Also featured on this DVD.... Planet Food: Germany - The producers of Globe Trekker and presenter Merilees Parker take you on a culinary tour of Germany. The journey begins in Munich at the world famous Oktoberfest, where Merilees discovers the best of German beers as well as the Weisswurst - Bavaria's very own sausage! Nursing a hangover, she heads off to uncover the history of the pretzel and tries her hand at making the delicious Black Forest Gateau from one of the best bakers in the country. She discovers two sides of the capital Berlin, sampling its new and sophisticated cuisine as well as its nostalgic produce that originated from the former GDR.

DVD. Naxos Scenic Musical Journeys. 60 Minutes. The Places The Places The journey starts in Switzerland, in the canton of Thurgau, leading from Steckborn and the Bodensee to the Rhine Falls. From Syria, in Austria, comes Hochosterwitz Castle and from Bavaria Weikersheim Castle, the latter intercut with wild life from the Austrian Assling Nature Park. The tour ends amid the strangely shaped mountains of the Dolomites in Southern Tyrol, a region divided between Austria and Italy. The Music The Music In a remarkable way Mahler, in his symphonies and songs, has seemed to reflect the twentieth century in all its bewildering variety and has now won an established place in concert repertoire. Distinguished as a conductor, his fame as a composer has grown over the years since his death. The music included here is Mahler’s Symphony No 1, nicknamed Titan, not for its massive power, but after the book by Jean Paul, a strong influence over earlier romantics and over Mahler at this stage in his career. The symphony breathes the spirit of the Austrian countryside, reflected in Mahler’s songs.

DVD. Naxos Scenic Musical Journeys. 60 Minutes. The Places The Places Most of the places visited reflect a spirit of calm and tranquility, although the glimpse of Venice dwells briefly on carnival revellers. Other scenes range from the Bavarian Chiemsee and the Swiss Engadin to the marshy tracts of the Camargue in the South of France, with its wild horses. The Music The music matches the reflective mood of the scenes shown. Included are movements from Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik and Symphony No. 40, and from Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata, with Pachelbel’s ingenious Canon. From Tchaikovsky comes a Mélodie, a composition that formed part of a thank-you letter to his hostess and patron, whom he was never to meet face to face, and from Debussy the popular Clair de lune. The recording ends with Faure’s Sicilienne, familiar in so many forms and transcriptions.

DVD. Naxos Scenic Musical Journeys. 60 Minutes. The Places Ludwig II of Bavaria followed family precedent in undertaking an extravagant building programme during his relatively short reign from 1864 to 1886. The castles constructed on his orders included the romantic Neuschwanstein and the magnificent Schloss Linderhof, with its elaborate formal gardens, grottoes and fountains. The tour ends with a brief glimpse of the mountainous Southern Tyrol in winter snow. The Music Richard Wagner’s innovative and immensely influential music dramas were largely based on older German legend, notably on the Nibelungenlied, the basis of his tetralogy The Ring. Ludwig II was fascinated by Wagner and by his operas, on subjects that had long been dear to him. These include the opera Lohengrin, which Ludwig first saw in 1861, the beginning of the preoccupation with Wagner, and the earlier opera Tannhäuser. The music chosen also includes an overture by Heinrich Marschner to an opera based on the old Bohemian legend of Hans Heiling, son of an Earth Spirit.

DVD. Naxos Scenic Musical Journeys. 60 Minutes. The Places The Places On a hill above the ancient town of Kulmbach stands the imposing 12th-century Hohenzollern fortress of Plassenburg. Among various collections on display is the remarkable Tin Soldier Museum, with various figures and dioramas that recreate battles and mirror the great castle itself, with a variety of scenes from all periods of human history. The Music The Music The March has an inevitable part to play in human history. Marco Polo remarked on the use of music by the armies of China to terrify the enemy before a battle. Military music, however, has a more precise purpose, whatever alarm it may strike into the hearts of those who hear it. Drums and trumpets may serve as useful signals, to advance or retreat, to eat or to sleep. The same instruments and their near relations may serve to keep an army moving together, and may serve to inspire feelings of bravery and patriotism. At the same time a march can provide a suitable accompaniment to an occasion of solemnity, a wedding, a funeral or a state ceremony. The music chosen for this tour offers a series of Marches by different composers, culminating in Mendelssohn’s Wedding March.

DVD. Naxos Scenic Musical Journeys. 60 Minutes. The Places Bavaria, in south Germany, in earlier times ruled by an Elector whose capital was Munich, is a region of the greatest variety. The places seen here start with the Bavarian Forest and its traditional craft of glass-blowing. Other scenes are of the great palace of the Thurn und Taxis Princes at Regensburg and the fine baroque monastery church of St George and St Martin at Weltenburg. The Music Music for the tour is by Telemann, a friend and contemporary of Johann Sebastian Bach, founder of the Leipzig Collegium Musicum later directed by Bach, godfather to Bach's second son and for many years in charge of music in Hamburg, where he was later succeeded by his godson. The music here includes a Suite for recorder and strings, and two concertos from his Tafelmusik, one for three violins and the other for two horns.

DVD. Naxos Scenic Musical Journeys. 60 Minutes. The Places The tour visits four notable baroque churches in Bavaria, the Monastic Church of the Assumption at Rohr, the Benedictine Abbey Church of Ottobeuren, the Alte Kapelle in Regensburg and the Monastic Church of St George and St Martin at Weltenburg near Kelheim. The Music Music for the tour is by Johann Sebastian Bach and is taken from the works Bach wrote for the organ. He had been familiar with the instrument from childhood, and apart from a short period from 1717 to 1723 as Court Kapellmeister to Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen, remained a respected performer on the instrument, a composer of organ music and an expert on the construction of the instrument.

DVD. Naxos Scenic Musical Journeys. 60 Minutes. The Places This tour of Germany and, in particular, Thuringia, takes us to places associated with Johann Sebastian Bach, to his birth-place, Eisenach, to Arnstadt where he had early employment, and to Leipzig, where he spent the last 27 years of his life. We also see the historic town of Gotha with Schloss Friedenstein and its surviving baroque theatre, Erfurt, and Naumburg, with its Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul. The Music The music for this tour of Germany is taken from three keyboard concertos by Bach, originally written for harpsichord but here heard on the piano, an instrument only beginning to develop in Bach's time. Bach's keyboard concertos, many of them arrangements of earlier works for other solo instruments, were written in Leipzig, where, in 1729, Bach took over direction of the University Collegium Musicum. This ensemble of talented amateurs and professionals met on Wednesday afternoons at Gottfried Zimmermann's coffee-house or in summer on Friday evenings in his garden outside Leipzig.

DVD. Naxos Scenic Musical Journeys. 60 Minutes. The Places Bavaria has a place of its own in Germany, both geographically and culturally. The tour stars with the Alpine lake known as Königssee and explores the surrounding landscape, including the Berchtesgaden National Park and the gardens of Ludwig II's answer to Versailles, his grandiose Schloss Herrenchiemsee. The tour ends with the Chiemsee, its islands and its tranquil waters. The Music The music for the tour is by Johannes Brahms and his colleague and collaborator, the violinist Joseph Joachim. Brahms' Second Symphony, which accompanies the earlier parts of the tour, was described by some contemporaries as Brahms' Pastoral Symphony and provides, in its generally cheerful serenity, an apt accompaniment to views of the Bavarian countryside. Joachim's Overture In memoriam Heinrich von Kleist, written probably in the same year as Brahms' symphony, 1877, commemorates the centenary of the birth of the great German writer.

DVD. Sports Safaris. 30 Minutes. Nestled in a valley amid the spectacular mountains of Bavaria, Berchetsgarden is a lovely German town with many sights and activities to offer to its visitors. Theadventurous can take a lesson and paraglide over the gorgeous alpine meadows, with Lake Konigsee providing a beautiful backdrop to their flight. With dozens of local hiking clubs in the area, the locals are always ready to advise are best suited for viewing the surroundings.

This 2-disc set gives you the 4 newest, widescreen, hi-def "Rick Steves' Europe" TV shows covering Germany, Benelux and more on a Blu-ray disc — plus a set of all 8 shows (old and new) on a DVD. It’s a great value, no matter what kind of player you own (or will own in the future)! On the Blu-ray Disc: 4 shows, 2 hours • Munich and the Foothills of the Alps • Germany's Romantic Rhine and Rothenburg • Belgium: Bruges and Brussels • Little Europe: Five Micro-Countries (all in 1080i 16x9 hi-def format, not closed captioned) On the DVD: 8 shows, 4 hours • Munich and the Foothills of the Alps • Germany's Romantic Rhine and Rothenburg • Germany's Black Forest and Cologne • Berlin: Resilient, Reunited and Reborn • Belgium: Bruges and Brussels • Amsterdam and Dutch Side-Trips • France's Alsace • Little Europe: Five Micro-Countries (NTSC format, all region compatible, closed captioned, 4 newest shows are widescreen)

DVD. Europe's Classic Romantic Inns. 30 Minutes. WASSERBURG ANHOLT The Brune family now run this inn located in a 1000 year old castle surrounded by a moat and extensive gardens. Anholt also houses a museum with the important Counts of Salm-Salm art collection. The eccentric curator shows us their Rembrandt and other impressive Dutch masters' works. SCHLOSS HUGHENPOET This castle, also surrounded by a moat, has a superb restaurant. Jurgen Neumann and his wife Anik dine with us and enjoy a traditional specialty dinner that features roasted goose. The castle is filled with antiques, including fireplaces created by Michaelangelo's artisans. SPORTSCHLOSS VELEN Baron Landsburg turned this moated castle into a sportsman's paradise. Everything from golf and bike riding to swimming and archery are available here. The Baron also is an accomplished musician, and serenades us in the castle's historic Orangerie after dinner on his 17th century Ruckers harpsichord. BURG SCHNELLENBERG Built in 1222, this towered fortress is retains its charm as a mountain retreat for the Counts von Furstenburg. The Bilsing family now manages the inn, which features a chapel that's a masterpiece of German renaissance art. We are taken to visit nearby natural attractions, such as the exotic Atta grotto. Regional Highlights: Wild Ponies Westphalia is the home of the last herd of wild ponies in Europe. We learn how they survived through an accident, and we watch their zany yearly roundup. Big and Little Bells We visit a foundry that makes beautiful bells of all sizes. The techniques of bell making are secret, although we see that most work is still done by hand. Inventions that Weren't Travel to a living museum where we are shown how life actually was on a farm two centuries ago. It's fun to see the latest inventions of that era, like a clothes iron as big as a room, and a washing machine that resembles a rocking chair.

DVD. Europe's Classic Romantic Inns. 30 Minutes. ZUM KRUG Josef Laufer owns this charming medieval farmhouse that he turned into an inn with a famous restaurant featuring the best of traditional German cooking. He makes his own wine on the premises and takes us on a tour of his vineyard. KRONE ASSMANNSHAUSEN One of the great inns along the Rhine, the Krone has been a favorite of poets through the centuries. Irene Hufnagel, who is also a medical doctor, is the owner. She shows us a museum in the inn that honors Ferdinand Freiligrath, a Romantic poet who wrote a book there denouncing the Kaiser and had to flee the country. She also takes us on a cable car ride to see an enormous monument that celebrates the founding of Germany as a country. SCHONBURG CASTLE This castle on the Rhine was built in Charlemagne's time. Owned by Wolfgang and Barbara Huttle, it has been rebuilt like a true medieval fortress. Wolfgang is their chef, and we're invited to one of their authentic castle banquets, complete with court minstrel and wenches. Regional Highlights: Cruise on the Rhine There are more castles in this area of the Rhine than in any area of the world. We take a cruise and live their romance. Wiesbaden Thermal Baths We visit the healing waters in Wiesbaden, gateway to the Rheingau. Roman emperors sent their legions to its legendary hot springs after battle, and it was the favorite of the European courts. It's still enormously popular today, and we see why. Siegfried's Mechanical Music Museum Siegfried has spent his life restoring mechanical music machines, some as small as a matchbox, and others room-sized. We visit this exuberant character and see- and hear- his fantastic collection. Rheingau Wines Charlemagne indicated where to plant grapes along the Rhine, and it has now become one of the great wine regions. Home to Johannisberg riesling and spatlese, a late harvesting technique, we visit the great wineries of the area. We also visit Count Matuschka, whose family is the oldest continuous wine-growing family in the world, and hear his philosophy on the importance of enjoying good wine.

DVD. Back Roads of Europe. 23 Minutes. Where the German hills become the Alps, there is a region with wonderful baroque basilicas and some of the world's best spas. This is an area where one cane improve his health and enjoy a bit of German history in the process.

DVD. Back Roads of Europe. 23 Minutes. Partly in the Czech Republic and partly in what was Eastern Germany, these mountains provide a wide panorama of lifestyles and scenery. We explore what past generations have left behind.

DVD. Back Roads of Europe. 23 Minutes. Between the cities of Hamburg, Hannover and Brunswick lies a wonderfully beautiful land. It is filled with beautiful scenery and provides a look at those who lived in the area centuries ago. This is what is known as Germany's Luneburg Heather.

DVD. Back Roads of Europe. 23 Minutes. The history in Germany's Thuringen area goes back to 1150, when many of the towns in the area were founded. That history lives on today, in the castles that still stand and in the hearts of the people.

DVD. Back Roads of Europe. 23 Minutes. The Schwabisch Alb area of Germany contains a charming old University city with a personality all its own. The region also has colorful markets, where shoppers find delightful merchandise, and majestic castles that are a wonderful part of German history.