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Curious Traveler

Who? What? Where? Why? When? and How? Come along and get curious on an educational & entertaining field trip for grown-ups around the world. Award-winning host & travel writer Christine van Blokland shares her insatiable curiosity for our exciting, inspiring and beautiful world in this unique travel series.

Curious Lyon, France

28m 45s

Christine gets curious in Lyon, France. She wanders through the secret traboules, used by the French resistance, explores its ancient Roman origins on Fourvière Hill, visits the breathtaking Basilica of Notre Dame of Fourvière and finds out why Lyon is the capital of French gastronomy by tasting her way through the Les Halles food market.

Episodes

  • Curious Regensburg, Germany: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Curious Regensburg, Germany

    S7 E705 - 28m 30s

    Christine gets curious about Regensburg, Germany. Highlights: Regensburg's Roman roots as Radasbona; a curious window in its town hall, the Goliath House, Regensburg Cathedral & the Stone Bridge. Then she visits Eilsbrunn for the Guiness World Record holder for the oldest permanently open inn; then back to Regensburg to learn a traditional bead-stitching art form.

  • Curious Franconia, Germany: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Curious Franconia, Germany

    S7 E704 - 28m 36s

    Christine gets curious about the Franconia region of Germany. Stops include: Nuremberg, and its medieval landmarks, including the Imperial Castle, the Schöner Brunnen fountain, the Frauenkirche church, Würzburg Palace, Old Main Bridge, its famous poet; then she visits a Michelin-starred restaurant to experience an 'aroma library', and finally, visits one of the legendary Franconian vineyards.

  • Curious Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Curious Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany

    S7 E703 - 28m 31s

    One of the oldest and most historic medieval towns along the Romantic Road. Highlights: Bavarian storybook architecture, Town Hall, the Meistertrunk legend, St. Jakob's Church and its Reimenschneider altar, medieval walls, Rothenburg monastery museum with caryatids of virtues and vices.

  • Curious Allgäu & Füssen, Germany: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Curious Allgäu & Füssen, Germany

    S7 E701 - 28m 42s

    Christine gets curious about the beautiful Allgäu region and medieval town of Füssen in Bavaria, Germany. Highlights include the St. Mang Monastery and its baroque library and Prince's Hall and Hohes Schloss, the high castle. Then she makes cheese with some Allgäu cheesemakers and then does a headstand with a 5th generation cowbell blacksmith who also happens to be an expert yoga instructor.

Extras + Features

  • Season 7 | Trailer: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Season 7 | Trailer

    S7 - 30s

    Who? What? Where? Why? When? and How? Come along and get curious on an educational & entertaining field trip for grown-ups around the world. Award-winning host & travel writer Christine van Blokland shares her insatiable curiosity for our exciting, inspiring and beautiful world in this unique travel series.

Schedule

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