Travelling from Berlin to Eastern Europe and the Balkan. Saying goodbye to the known and hello to the unknown on the way to Asia.

Author of this stage is Johannes Unger, Head of the department of documentation and current affairs at the rbb.

From dazzling Istanbul to the Persian Tehran. Past vast highlands and secluded regions, where peoples and cultures struggle for survival against the superpowers of the Near East.


More stops of this stage are:
- Prague
- Budapest
- Belgrad
- Plovdiv

In Turkey:
- Istanbul
- Ankara
- Hattuscha
- Yozgat
- Balikli Kaplica
- Erzincan
- Akdag
- Agri
- Dogubayazit
- the sacred mountain Ararat


In Iran:
- Bazargan
- Urumieh
- Kandovan
- Tabriz
- Teheran