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Julia Bradbury's German Wanderlust

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Julia Bradbury's German Wanderlust: Episode 2: The Bavarian Alps

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BBC Four - Julia Bradbury's German Wanderlust, The Bavarian Alps

Julia Bradbury walks in Bavaria and explores the story of the eccentric King Ludwig II.

On Julia Bradbury's Bavarian walk, she explores the story of King Ludwig II's obsession with landscape, Romantic art and literature and his friendship with Wagner.

Julia Bradbury takes her boots and backpack to the Continent to explore the landscape of Germany and the cultural movement that made it famous - Romanticism.

The Germans enjoy a relationship with walking that has lasted over 200 years. The exploration of their landscape has inspired music, literature and art, and Romanticism has even helped shape the modern German nation, as Julia discovers. By walking in four very different parts of Germany, she explores river valleys, coastlines, mountains and gorges, following in the footsteps of Richard Wagner, Caspar David Friedrich, Johannes Brahms as well as British Romantics like William Turner and Lord Byron. This is Julia's chance to discover her own sense of wanderlust.

Julia moves to the far south of Germany for her second adventure. The Alps are a famous walking environment and, 140 years ago, were the playground of the famously eccentric Bavarian king Ludwig II. Julia's stunning mountain walk explores the fairytale story of Ludwig's life, his obsession with landscape, Romantic art and literature, and his close friendship with composer Richard Wagner. The walk's highlight is Ludwig's greatest Romantic legacy, the incredible castle of Neuschwanstein.

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Julia Bradbury explores the landscape of Germany via a series a walks

Julia Bradbury takes her boots and backpack to the Continent to explore the landscape of Germany and the cultural movement that made it famous - Romanticism

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