Germany From Above

This Journey Crosses Part Of Bavaria The Largest Of Germanys 16 States Flying Over Forests And Farmlands We Find Bayreuth The Home Of Wagners Grand Operas We Travel To Historic Nuremberg The City That Witnessed Both The Rise And Fall Of The Nazis Then Its East Along One Of The Greatest Waterways In The World The Danube

This Journey Begins At The Southern Reaches Of Saxony Heading Toward The Historic City Of Leipzig Its Then On To Colditz Castle The Infamous 2nd World War Prison To The South Lie The Ore Mountains Whose Silver Deposits Once Brought Great Wealth To The Town Of Freiberg Joining The Great River Elbe At Meissen We Follow It Upstream To The Capital Of Saxony Dresden From The Splendid Baroque Gardens At Gross Sedlitz We Head To Saxon Switzerland National Park That So Inspired The German Romantic Painters The Journey Ends At The Biggest Mountain Fortress In Europe Konigstein Castle

Taking Off From The Province Of Saxonyanhalt We Follow The River Elbe Through Wittenberg Before Moving To Worlitz Thuringia And Into The State Of Hesse We End At The Romantic Reinhardsbrunn Castle

This Journey Begins In The Forests Of Thuringia Which Have Inspired Creatives And Theologians For Centuries Emerging From The Dense Woods From There Its Onto The Town Of Fulda The Resting Place Of Germanys Patron Saint Boniface We Then Weave Through The Skyscrapers Of Frankfurt Continental Europes Financial Powerhouse Travel To The City Of Worms The Famed Medieval City Where Martin Luther Was Exiled From The Catholic Church At Ludwigshafen Marvel At The Worlds Biggest Chemical Plant Before Traveling Onward To The Enlightenment Era Gardens Of Schwetzingen Castle End The Adventure At The Formidable Trifels Castle

Our Journey Begins Amongst The Hills And Medieval Ruins Of The Palatinate Forest Crossing The Rhine Valleys Vast Vineyards Takes Us To Karlsruhe The City Planned Around Its Grand Palace After A Detour To Bruchsal We Head To Bustling Stuttgart Home Of Mercedesbenz From There Its East To The Walled City Of Nordlingen Then Southward Through The Countryside To The Enchanted Bavarian Town Of Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber

This Journey Begins In The Dense Thuringian Forest Just West Of Germanys Border With The Czech Republic We Then Pass Over The Old Cold War Border Between Communist East Germany And Capitalist West Germany With Its Imposing Watchtowers Before We Make Our Way North To The Beautiful Imperial Landscape Gardens Of The Whilhelmshohe Park From Here We Pass To Kassel A Medieval Town Home To One Of Germanys First Universities And Make Our Way To The Baroque Ballenstedt Castle With Its Wonderful Gardens And Amazing Views Our Journey Ends In Magdeburg A Townhome To An Array Of Beautiful Medieval Buildings Situated On The Elbe River