Classic Tour Of Germany

From the makers of The Romantic Road (reviewed in our July-August 1989 issue), this engaging video tour does not cover Germany, exactly, but rather travels down the Rhine and Moselle Rivers. Beginning in Frankfurt, the itinerary takes in the Rheingau wine country (where bottles of white wine at the Treasure Chamber in Kloster Eberbach have gone at auction for as much as $20,000); a trip down the middle Rhine with several stops at medieval castles with inside views; and a multi-stop voyage down the Moselle, where viewers will visit Ehrenburg Castle and watch recreations of such regular medieval pastimes as jousting and roasting a pig. The final destination is Trier, Europe's oldest civilized settlement, where Roman ruins still stand. While neither the video quality nor the writing are particularly exceptional for the travel video genre, visual choices such as troubadours, dancers, jousters, and lots of food and wine, as well as the awesome castles make Classic Tour Of Germany an enjoyable trip for most armchair travelers. Recommended. (Available from: Travel Image International, P.O. Box 11216, Eugene, OR 97440 and Baker & Taylor Video.)