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HERITAGE Surprises in the City

May, 2011

With 27 million foreign visitors aua, Paad t uud aea epeet the tppua tut dea the wd. Eve

pepe wh have eve bee t the "Ct f lht" ae faa wth e cutua ad atuaada b ht a we a ae f faudtct thuh eea f ve, ad ac w. What cud i dcve tadd a eeet f upe t a fu-da vt?

T ae the t f ted e, i etedthe services of My Genie in Paris (mygeniein-pa.c), a tu aec that cutze -eae baed the de wede f the

tw ave Paa we ad the tea f at, dee, juat ad ted-pt-te dea ped t eced theuve upe.

A ea f a ube f da dev-eed t u Pa hte wth vuche, apad bchue that eect each cet' pe-sonal interests. During earlier email discus- f Caada, i had eected a EectcBe Tu f Pa' bac teet (49€), a Pa

Bae Ca (85€) ad a Pa Chcate Tuad Ta (85€) a uded wa tu whchvted ve chcate ae. Thee eeede a wa t dcve Pa.

F eape, et' cde the Bae Caat Miss Manan Boulangerie, a 15-minute walkf the ada nte Dae Catheda.it eed a authec thee-hu pebehd the cee thee whee bee-hve-e acvt pduce te f thuad f

the fau Fech bead ad pate da,

a f bauee ad cat t painau chocolat ad uth-wate pate. Ateve ta, epet bae ad the appe-ce tpped the ta t paet de-

tate the pecae ad the vte u tt u had at a u w cea. Wehed the bae' ppua teft eat-ery with a welcome café au lait and a souvenirf u w cea t ape ad tae awa.nt had t te the aateu ve, but athe e decu f be u w!

The the Pa-baed peat i fet uewud deve e up wa tepeece the ct wa Walking the Spirit

(walkingthespirit.com) whch e uded

wa bu tu that peet the ch he-tae f Afca Aeca uece Pa.Nowhere else in the world were Black writ-e, at, uca, ad teectua abet utue ad dpa the taet, ufeeedb the ac the epeeced the Uted

state. The bachd f Afca Caada,Jua Bwe, thee t-te tu ae fuf cpe hua daa ad ht tthe ceave echae that have uecedthe city over more than a century.

Th whte A-sa bde eed a th Bac Pa wth tw uded watu f the la Quate ad mate, aht f jup uc at the fau but Duc de lbad Jazz Cub, ad pacpa a eue Pa ée, a f whch a be

aaed b Wa the spt.

DoinG pariS Differently

Behind the scenes at a Paris bakery, a class parci-pant prepares our handiwork for the oven so we maysample our own masterpieces in the café.Photo credit: Alison Gardner

In Hotel Mayet's restored stone cellar, complimen-tary connental breakfasts are served family-style soguests may meet and share.

Photo credit: Hotel Mayet



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Thuh ac the uuu bud bac-dp ad atcac aedace f htcFech ée, thuh de Paée wa dete a de epeece,hted b Us ave Patca lapate-C f

over ten years. These weekly evenings of cul-

tua ha b tethe edet epat v- Pa, adc teaa e ef,ad Fech teeta. Ppua wth adut f eve ae, cvea quc w audPatca' v whch up evea awht f w wd tep a aque te

bud ve the bde ea nte Dae.Vt Paee.c f f ea

ud suda eve evet ad t baedace dect. Et €20 pe pe,cud a abudat buet f he-ceddhe, uted we ad -achc bev-eae, ad a peca uet peface challenging lecture. Even with 23 guests at myée, Patca captued the ate aatphee, pvd a fa eaed

ee pace f tae t bece qucacquated ad uate the e a ce.

l f a accda upet ud ut Pa vt, i dcveed thewhca buque Hotel Mayet (aet.c),whch b a e the et u c thethreshold. With 23 small rooms on six narrow, each decated ce fu-tue te, f cabet bedde tabe th ad eve the ce fa. Cvee,

the pubc pace eect ce dec at a,

Walking the Spirit guide, Julia Browne, shares storiesabout African-American writers, musicians, arsts andintellectuals who have made Paris their creave home.Photo credit: Walking the Spirit Tours

jup wth cufu wa ua, cf fu-tue ad ed puh capet. The vauted ceawith its rough-stone walls and ceiling makes adcve athe pace f the cudedceta beafat.

sta ae ecepa hepfu, a pea

Eh, ad vutee fa abuteve apect f Pa a we a pvd hep-fu fee evce cud WF, a bb c-pute f uet ue, ad fee phtcp.

sev the depedet tavee, Htemaet ha a ae epeat cetee, t fthe Uk, the Us ad Face tef. lcated theehbuhd f le ivade, 6th ade-et, t jut thee bc f the ubwa/et. Fve tp ate u ae whed t

the heat f the d ct, nte Dae Cathedaad ie de a Cté a ae f ute.

By Alison Gardner

Editor/journalist, Alison Gardner, is a global experton nature-based vacaons and cultural/educaonaltravel. Her Travel with a Challenge web magazine, is arecognized source of new and established operators,accommodaons and richly-illustrated feature arclescovering all types of senior-friendly alternave travel.

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Anyone standing the Be’ Teufebecould hardly guess that this mountain isade f ubbe ad that t a pace chaedwth ht. Du the naz ped the hef the mta Tech Facut budwa hee. it wa bw up afte the wa ad25 cubc ete f Be ubbe waped up hee. Ad th hw the Teufe-be becae the hhet pt Be at114.7 metres.

i the 50, the Aeca bea t ue theh a a te pt. Tda, vt ca vt

the ea f the taa wth ve aeada de. Tu aud the fe nsA(naa secut Aace) ed ta aeeed gea ad Eh.

i the teet abve ad bew the ufaceu ca d the ct’ cute a ad ub -wa tac. Ad betwee? Ee wd aehdde hee the gea capta: buead tue, ha, uta f ubbe, advaults from long ago make the underground

Be a dea f ec advetuetours.

Be’ pubc tat autht, BVg, ae uuua pe ad a ubteaeabeeze: epe ft du peca evetue wa the ubwa tue peca, the e-f-a-d “ubwa cvebe”for a two-hour tour. The tour also includes dif-

feet tpe f tue tuctue ad the h-t f the Be ubwa te.

fielDS of Green

gac fae dau, d fa aac- ad a eat Fe Whee – th the spee-Pa Pätewad, a fe etetaet pa Be´ dtct Teptw-köpec. it peed 1969 ad wa ced dw 2001 becaue

the owners were insolvent. Today the atmo-phee f th abaded pa at ht-e. Cut eee ca j uded tu.

H w e ad the hade f the BeWa – th the ade f oa ka. ocea ea but abu dect the bde-e tda t tad f e f the abud-e that Wet Be epeeced whe t wa the hadw f the Wa. The ade ca befound at the Bethaniendamm.

The 'fat ma' the det tee Be thatt t ae aud 1800 whe tw b,wh ved t fa awa Tee Paace, aedhe ae the c. The tw b ae thuhtt have bee bthe Whe ad Aea-de v Hubdt. Tda, the t, aedEnglish oak stands 26 metres high. Its trunk hasa circumference of almost seven metres and adaete f e tha tw ete. Fat mastands to the north of the Grosser Malchsee

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cbed wth a ve wa t Tee Paace a vebat cue lae Tee.

CuiSine aS varieD aS the City

Chcate a a appeze, the a cue,ad f deet a we! such a uuua euawat u at Fabede ud rauch, the t

chcate etauat Eupe, cated the

gedaeat. i de t eep the fd

f e tu, c f a ve

the wd have put tethe a ceave eu

ceteed a th cca, whee h ad

eat, aad ad up ae cbed wth chc-

ate eeet. o satuda, thee pecae

ae eved the cue f a ec chc -

late dinner show.

A ehte epeece, whch thee

uaateed t be th t ee, eed

b the tw dae etauat Be –

Ucht-Ba Be ad nc Vau – , whee

de eat wthut a ua at a.

The ee f ht fa ut f the pctue,

hearing, smell, taste, and touch gain new sig-

cace thuhut the ea. The upe

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May, 2011

eu e a pacua ec advetue!The wate ae a evee cpete vu -a paed, the evce e wthut ahtch pte f the dae. At nc Vau,whch ha a uque da tae, the eveae e uppeeted b uca, theatca,

or literary shows.Hee’ a p f evee wh hav tu-

be a a dec the face f the vat

vaet a the spee rve: at-ae.These unusual tours, a mixture of a city tourad a ve-cue eu, tp evea etau-at ted ehbhd, ad ecue eate at each tp.

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Arabianranta and Vanhankaupunginlah(”od Tw Ba”) ae the pace whee Hewa a fuded 1550 whe k gu-tavu Vaa f swede wated t cpete wththe Haeac tad ct f Ta. At thate the k deed the buhe f raua,Uva, Pv ad Taaa t ve t He-. i pte f t the wth f ppua

ad edeva tad tad wee w tchae. i 1640 the eeet ved t thedtct f kuuuhaa.

The ae Aaba fud 18th cetudcuet wheea the Aaba fact wabut 1871. Aabaata a dtct wheed ad ew, atue ad uba ct, dutad edece, tud ad peace, at adtech eet. iva, cuae adcua pt ae the e wd t decbe

the area.

Aabaata a fau f t cutue,ceave dute, atue ad hhe educa- capue. The Aaba fact, ce thebet ceac fact a f Eupe, aeat eape f Fh duta ad deht ad wth a vt. The Aaba pductae chaactezed b a ee beaut a wea hh quat ad fucat. The e

ae a hh appecated, cecbe ad va-ued Fad.

The nthe pat f Aaba he aeecet but t a ew hu dtct wth220 ace beachft edea et adaa. The cata ze ade t a pa.The ew devepet pa f the aea ato increase tourism and travel services in thecoming years.

He w bece the Wd De Cap-

ta 2012 ad Aabaata w be e f the

a aac. The futue bjecve at aact a uch buee a pbe the ed f ceave dute t j the Aa-baata cut, t peate ad deveptethe wth the ca educaa tute.

Aabaata ha bee deteed deve-ped twad ”At ad De Ct” e thate ea. The at ad cutue ae acve

tduced t pepe f Aabaata b edu-caa tute. The Aabaata aea the t cat de cute Fad.De etepe ad tute f at-eatededuca ae pea the d factface. The uque de atphee f theaea cpete wth the de aehu aea t ehbuhd.

The od Tw Ba eab the Aaba fact a ppua ad beaufu eceaa aea wth

pctueque apd. it ha a teaa -

helSinki: the olD toWn bay area



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cace a a actua f at bd. Apaced bd-watche a pt a huded f

pece a d da. A haw ea ba u-ud the etua f the ve Vataa, c-pe eteve eed bed, he eadw,tud fet ad pe wate. Thee ae athe d ed, patue ad a c, wdedridge in the north.

The od Tw Ba a pefect pace f had e f the He´ t ppua hte. sea-tut, eaa ad whtewh aepated the ve ad etua. A ube f

thee tut ad a pece etu ae a

few ea f a the ea t paw theve. The a ad tut ca weht up t10-20 . Pe, pe-peach ad peach aethe bet pece t catch. i the wte eu a catch a pe f a a whte-thated dppe h b the wate.

The od Tw Ba a a pat f a ec-ca etw f ptected aea the te-t f the Eupea U caed natua2000. Vt have t be cdeate t theevet. Pepe have t ta path addc bad. it a fbdde t pc pat daae the, ad t dtub the wdfe any way.

An easy way to familiarize yourself to theaea ue ea the ew He

Ct Tu that cude de ad achtec-tua hhht He. The bu tp at theTeppeau Chuch, the seate squae adAaba Dtct. He Epet o e c-pea wth At ad De Ct He auded tu f up the Aaba Dtct.gup ca dcve the Aabaata aea a uded wa Aaba Dtct At & De on a guided city tour focusing on design andachtectue He, cud the De

Dtct He ad Aabaata (HeE-pet.c).

De wth A see pject’ Fd De-tu w be eed ue 2011. Thepduct apped a pat f the Wd DeCapta 2012 De Pa. Du the uteu w ee uba ade, da-t-dade ad ej De eu pepaed fca edet. (Fdsthsee.)

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May, 2011

England's ‘Second City’, e efeed t a‘Bu’- Bha the U.k., the tppuu Bh ct utde ld wth aabudace f th t ee ad d – htcaac, ee pace, uc veue, the-ate, at aee, etauat ad a buzz

nightlife.

Green birMinGhaM

It evolved from a market town as early as1166 whe Pete de Bha hueaed the chate t etabh a aet fk He ii. Thee ae qute a few teead qu fact abut Bha that vefew ae awae f cae t ea abut.

Depte be a vbat, ctat chact, Bha e f the eeet ce the Uted kd ad ha pet f paad pe pace t ej ad t dcve.itee, t ha e tee tha Pa ade pa tha a the Eupea ct.

The Birmingham Botanical Gardens andGlasshouses, a 15-acre oasis of delight, is thehe f the naa Ba Cec ada dea pace t a up the taqut f a

pefect Eh ade. lewe, the Ca- H Pa e f Bha' peepa ad ha bee awaded gee Fa tatu.Wth wdefu webed, ae, p ad auque tee cec, t ea t udetadwhy.

What ae Bha eve e beau-fu ae t caa whch cdeta upathe Vece b abut 22 e. Th tup becaue whe Vece de have

a ve dee etw f caa, t a

birMinGhaM – of CanalS,

balti anD JeWellery



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pace cpaed t Bha. Bha’ga steet Ba e at the hub f Ead'aa watewa etw. lcated a-de the caa etw Bdepace, awateft epa but the 1990’, thenaa sea lfe Cete, he t the wd'

t 360 deee tapaet tubua udewa-te wa-thuh tue pvd a pptu-t t ce ce t ae pece.

Bha’ caa paed a ve ptate the iduta revu f Eadwhen the ‘city of thousand trades’ was alsow a ‘the whp f the wd’. Addedto this was the excellent railway network whichuppted the tade. The Cuz steet staBud b Php Hadwc, a cutepat t

the tu Eut Ach ld e f the ptat pece f awa achtectueba.

of peca e the jewee du-t da bac t the ea 18th cetu. Thehtc Jewee Quate, the det w- aea f t d Eupe ha the aetcceta f dedcated jewee ad wadecbed b Eh Hetae a a ' aateaue'. At haf f a the jewee ade

the U.k. ce f th 250 ea dtct,he t aud 400 pecat etae ehadcaed jewee, cc ad watche.

st. Pau' squae, the ea ge-gian architecture in Birmingham is locatedhee a wth the Pe r mueu adthe ra Bha scet f At. B-ha a ha the aet Aa oce the wd whch tet ad haa pecueta te a equed b the Haa

Act.

hoMe of inventorS

Bha wa he t the lua scet,an informal learned society in the MidlandsEhteet, cud dutat, ph-phe ad teectua wh et f 1765-1813 during the full moon, as the extra light

ade the jue he eae abece f

steet h. A the ct' tabe ce-

t ad vet ae mahew But, p-

pet f the sh eee w, s Fa-

c gat, at f euec ad ptat

techque tac, Jeph Pete, wh

dcveed e ad Jae Wa, vet f

the tea ee. F.W lachete but the t



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fu-wheeed pet dve ca Bha.othe tabe ve cude: a h(Wa mudch), Bcee (b the CutCheca Cpa Badfd steet 1928),cae (mathew But), the aet adlew Pau ad Jh Wa' t c re

sp ache.

The whte ued b kate Wet JaeCae’ f Ttac wa baed thea whte ued t ave pepe' vewhe the hp u. it wa ade b B-

ha baed J. Hud & Cpa wh aestill trading today and are the world’s larg-

est manufacturer of whistles. On the medi-

ca ft, U.k.' ft eve he--the-heatpeat wa de at Bha Ch-de' Hpta ad the ue f x-a (ad-aph) wa peeed b Jh Ha-Edwad

from Birmingham.

Bha Ct Cuc the bet caautht Eupe ep twce a apepe a the Eupea C. Thefeze abve the Cuc Hue a ddepct Btaa ewad the cze f

Birmingham for their hard work. Birming-

ha’ Ceta lba Eupe' aet pubcba ed 8 b aua. Ce-

tea squae, adjacet t the ba adef ve haf a bc, had ad addeed t eebe a Tuh u. iteet-ingly, the Great Western Arcade, a mecca for

hppe, wa but wth a a a dewhich was destroyed in World War II. Roman-

ca cated the caa, the mab ad

the Bull Ring are home to several designerte, pa ad a.

feStive anD literary City

Bha awa bated f a t t-ea hetae. saue Jh taed heebe, Athu Ca De wed Atad W. H. Aude ew up Habe. J. r. r.

Te wa buht up hee ad a ca- hee a the mee b, saehe mad Pe' F (e f Bha’ d-et bud f 1758 ad t be the apa f The Tw Twe) ped h.Aeca wte Waht iv pet aea hee pduc evea fau w aBacebde Ha, The Hut ad A medebaed the At Ha.

Bha a ha a hue cpe

ad ececc cutua pectu whch ht aeec f feva wth uc, dace adgood old-fashioned family entertainment. Theaua st. Patc’ Da the thd bet fe-va utde Dub ad new y da bacto 1952 with the Irish coming to work herefrom the 1820’s.

Bha a ht the aet Vaahceeba utde Aa t the beat f theBhaa whch he t 90 pe cet f

Bhaa uc a the U.k. icde-tally, Birmingham is the centre for Asian musicdut the U.k.

The wd' det vcaa dace ch –Ehut sch f Dace Bha.The city is also home to many famous rockbad–Dua Dua, UB40, Bac sabbath,etc., ad e decbed a the bthpace f heav eta. ode Cea’ a Bh chaf cea‘ ad the aet Eupe had tt theate peed hee 1930. A ead



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pt, the t ae f aw te wa paed Edbat 1865.

A the t u-cutua ct utde l-don, gastronomic Birmingham too does nota behd wth t pae f vaed ba cu-e eed t a café, ba, bt’,

stylish restaurants and wayside eateries. TheBa (bucet Udu), a tpe f cu vetedhee the 1970’ b the Pata at,ha apd bece a favute, bth wthand outside the community. The acclaimed'Ba Tae’ wth t 50 dd etauatand takeaways is renowned for giant naans(eaveed, ve-baed atbead) eved wtha decu cba f eat ad ve-etabe zz pce. Bha a

chchc heave. Cadbu Wd pvdeinsight into the world famous chocolate andthe wd’ bet Cadbu shp. The pac-a pat hee wap appate 800chcate ba each ute. i th ctet,gee Cadbu’ Bueve Etate (1894)deeve peca e f be e f theeaet paed cue fcu thesocial welfare of its workforce. Other famousbad f Bha ae the HP sauce

wth t pat At, the Tph tea – thet bad t be d pe-pacaed ve thecute ad Bd' cutad pwde fu-ated ad ced b Afed Bd 1837.

Athuh Bha' duta p-tace ha deced, t ha deveped t a

aa ceca cete, be aed 2010 a the thd-bet pace U.k. f bu-e. Bha a aa hub f cfe-ece, eta ad evet a wth a etab-hed hh-tech, r&D ect, uppted bthee uvee. it a the ecd-aetct f ec the U.k. Bha aed a a aa wd ct b the gba-za ad Wd Ce reeach netw.it the futh-t vted ct b fe-

e the U.k., ad dete e t feeat he – tu cpta ad fu f u-pe.

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