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a new museum in venice showcases casanova. instant gratification the enduring appeal of those polaroids. and insider travel tips a barcelona blogger shows us around town. the word casanova is part of common everyday speech synonymous with womanizer but the man who is actually responsible for its meaning jacomo casanova was an italian philosopher and writer from venice his own my biography called story of my life is considered one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of european social life during the eighteenth century well now a new museum in venice gives visitors a closer look at the other aspects of casanova's life.

a trip back in time to a more lavish era many say the city of lovers on the adriatic is the most beautiful in the world but not everyone knows that venice is also the birthplace of one of the most famous lovers of all time jack casanova. he was born in this alley in seven hundred twenty five. a small marble plaque commemorates one of the city's most colorful sons. i admire him a lot his not only a very very good lover i think but also his quick translator he bidets the lottery a fraud in france is so carders that he only a prisoner that succeeded in escaping the body if you galloped. clear who is a student who came from paris for two days to find out more about casanova and she happened to meet another fan kano paralytic who just opened the first museum

dedicated to casanova. and this employees through a lot of tourists take selfies in front of the plaque and say that's why i think venice should have more crossing over than this because people are curious about him and want to know more on the borders it doesn't want that i guess that disappears with the north. the not so papa found in the country a geo district this is where the businessman found a space for the casanova museum which he financed himself. six rooms allow visitors to explore who casanova really was more than just an eighteenth century playboy. because on all the more formal casanova was much more a great writer a philosopher and musician alchemy and even a spy. there starts another. multimedia technologies introduced the

famous figure beginning with his youth in venice and continuing up to his death in seven hundred ninety eight casanova was a free spirit a kind of adventure his restlessness pushed him to travel throughout europe where he met important people of his day like french philosopher and russian empress catherine the great. casanova's twelve volume memoir provides plenty of interesting insights into eighteenth century life but the venetian is mostly famous for his a rhotic escapades they've inspired countless films and helped turn casanova into a legend. a smartphone app guides visitors outside the museum in the footsteps of the famous lover. cousin of his mother was an actress this small courtyard is where he grew up in his grandmother's house later he said to have lived with his father by the grand

canal in the pots of money piano. next the up brings visitors to the piazza san mateo to the famous cafe florian this is where venetian high society met during casanova's lifetime. we've been in the space of brother because it overcame her off a especially during the carnival ride off the side of the saturn one of our aims and flirted with women. of the she was one of venice is great characters and a highly refined man at our. face a lot of us already got a little bored. but casanova also had enemies in seven hundred fifty five he was arrested by the inquisition and thrown into a dungeon. here in the doge's palace in a small cell with a lead roof the master of seduction was imprisoned for a year before managing to escape. he would later write

a book about his flight over the rooftops it became a european bestseller and brought him plenty of adulation. settle down arthel and he stayed here across the disco now. has a story of his flight definitely helped cause and over make himself more interesting to many european a wrister kratz at the time they would all buy the good better you know the bodies to casanova also leads to this small town for the result of a bridge it's reputed to have been casanova's favorite and is a highlight for claire. is attracted to all and not only because his mother has some but also it's really a con that i think he has so much confidence in himself and. magic. of course you shouldn't take everything in casanova's memoirs at face value but the hunt for clues is exciting and gives fans of the world's greatest lover

a chance to discover a different side of dennis. from an italian heartbreaker to a french one in the cinema legend paul belmondo the french actor has had a successful film theatre in producing career spanning several decades while he shot to international fame after the movie breathless in which he played a criminal playboy belmondo has just turned eighty five and we take a look back now at his life and work in celebration. his face this unmistakable john paul belmondo has appeared in nearly one hundred lives. in september twenty sixth in the french film icon was joined on the red carpet by a famous compatriot sophie marceau. that was being awarded a golden lion for lifetime achievement at the tennis film festival. thanks thanks ceremony he recalled his

acting debut decades ago in italian film. when i was young. i was eighteen i went to rome. i went looking for chin a cheetah. i searched and i searched and i searched but i couldn't find out. they're all so i went back home. and then victoria de sica. he sent me a telegram asking me to work with sophia loren will you on the day so. all . that was in one nine hundred sixty belmondo appeared alongside lorena in the war film two women the italian actress was already an international star.

the young french actor had his own major breakthrough that same year with another film as the antihero in existential gangster movie breathless he plays the part of a petty criminal who shoots a policeman. while on the lam mondo's character falls in love with a woman who in the end betrays him his last words made film history. and then on the hit. this final scene lifted the then twenty seven year old to world renowned. breathless with a massive hit and was soon considered a classic of the nouvelle box filmmaking movement. as time passed belmondo began to play other types of roles in more commercially successful comedies and action films. his fame grew quickly

fans love the actor as well as his movies. he enjoyed playing traditional macho roles like here as a french legionnaires and. worn in one nine hundred thirty three in the suburb of paris as the son of a renowned sculptor the mundo was an avid boxer as a teenager but. then decided to train as an actor. his memorable face and cheeky grin became trademarks in standout roles like the warm hearted and funny role the rebel with a big mouth for the action hero who worked without a stunt double. in france the mando soon became a household name although some film critics complained he had sold out. by the early one nine hundred eighty s. they better as he was known was shooting an average of three films

a year. in real life the road was a little rocky here for the box office darling el mundo suffered a stroke in two thousand and one and he was unlucky in love both of his marriages ended in divorce. he also eventually parted ways with former playmate barbara gandolfini she was by his side at the two thousand and eleven cannes film festival when he received a golden paul to honor his life's work. i still love cinema if someone offered me a part i like i play it all kuma praise. john paul belmondo even at eighty five the legendary french actor still enjoys the spotlight. married men in the u.k. carried an extra load on their backs over the weekend and in london the stars of the third avengers film took to the red carpet that and more in today's express.

on sunday the stars of the film avengers three infiniti war attended a fan of it and london among them were british actors benedict cumberbatch and tom holland in the third part of the series more superheroes than ever join up to confront evil on the silver screen. it's kind of relaxing going into a film not having to worry about new relationships because you already know everyone. this side by extravaganza will premiere on april twenty third. the town of dorking hosted the eleventh annual u.k. wife carrying championships on sunday with men piggy backing their spouses over a slippery two hundred fifty four metre course the proud winners chris hackworth and to mr prince will now represent their country at the world championship event

in finland at the. beginning of july. the national gallery in london officially opened its manet and architecture exhibition on monday it focuses on the role that buildings and structures played in the work of the french impressionist more than seventy five of the artists paintings are on display he could use the regular shape of alcatel chair against the irregularity of moche so that's a great diversity of range to the way buildings were used and all those work makes a bishop is the first in london to be dedicated solely to the artist work in more than twenty years and architecture runs until july twenty ninth. the world's largest trade fair for musical instruments is underway this week in frankfurt so in that vein we're taking a look at five manufacturers of instruments starting with one company which produces bass guitars yan's a richer in a seam only make about seventy instruments per year and most of their customers are

in the us and they've included some of the biggest names in rock n roll history. this is young and his workshop indict his time in southern germany. when richard builds a guitar he's in a world of his own. as this runs. very meditative when you get absorbed in a wood and imagine how you want to look. and then you remove wood from the places it doesn't belong and. this bass guitar is for the brazilian band george or question. the church at question is massively popular in south america the group has sold several million

records. during the quarter from the moment you get a feel for the spectrum of harmonics the response to the high frequency. you get an idea of what it will sound like later for a. winter loves to experiment one of the instrument makers ideas was to immerse the body of a guitar in wine for more than a year the piece of shaped aged in a five hundred leader a barrel of riesling. at the end of twenty seventeen the bass made from it was auctioned off for a good cause. isn't actually the best wood for guitar building but the wine removed some of the

particulates suspended in the piece improving its sound qualities on us all great sound it's a little harder and more aggressive i didn't expect that from hope for this region . which are built his first bass in his mid twenty's since then he's made a big name for himself in the field the world over he constantly experiments with new shapes and surfaces musicians who perform with madonna and elton john played his instruments in the late superstar prince was also a client of the diet time workshop. cause. he grew up in and to promote a movie i was in a supermarket in hollywood buying milk. turned on her and parents called me on the spaces phone from the rehearsal room and ordered an instrument for the four of.

course really credible. from st. john's. here feels connected to new york where he had his breakthrough the united states is the most important market for electric bases in guitars. even the metropolitan museum of art has purchased one of the german instrument makers spaces. but he's still a little nervous when he hands over a new instrument to its buyer will the brazilian musician like the new bass. like three. the brazilian has found precisely the sound he was looking for. her for.

right. now all righty. right now is a good time to let you in on this week's contest and we would like to know if you play an instrument yourself if so please let us know and go to our website for all of the details right now a days most people don't think twice about taking a photo with their phone and having an instant image but back in the one nine hundred fifty s. and sixty's instant cameras were something of a revolution in photography and the quality wasn't so great but that wasn't the main attraction now an exhibition in northern germany puts the polaroid camera front and center with hundreds of interesting instant images. those were the days spac when you could take up to five minutes for a picture to appear after you press the shutter. the polaroid project in hamburg cops back to the heyday of the instant camera from the one nine hundred seventy s. to the nine hundred ninety s.

around ninety different models are on display in the exhibition including many of the earliest prototypes. and. people were so excited emotionally by the public this is amazing the color is so vibrant you can see that here the color is so alive the exhibition also includes two hundred forty polaroids taken during the decades of the cameras popularity including works by andy warhol and other renowned artists. being a picture doesn't actually make you develop more quickly but it can bring back memories people loved it because it it brought them together taking the picture is not with this large fall there isn't so much. you know communal it's not so communal and it would lend the inventor said that that's what he wanted. he wanted to create a new kind of friendship. digital photography amber quick gratification it brings

at first seems to herald the end of the polaroid but retro trends have helped revive interest. there are now sleek new models for sale and even apps for smartphones to give digital shawn sat on mistake of old polaroid look. it's real it's authentic everybody knows about the digital camera it's false everybody knows it can be tricked everybody wants to look younger everybody wants to look more beautiful it's more social more successful happier and you can you can make happy happy apple it looks like happy or make everybody smile but you couldn't do that with polaroid. if you still have an instant camera stowed away on a shelf somewhere dusted off and bring it along to the exhibition and enjoy the five minute wait after pressing the shutter.

in time not to take a trip thanks to a viewer request from chile is the belle of the cool now would like to know more about the spanish city of barcelona now it's located in the northern part of the country right on the coast and barcelona offers a great combination of beach and cultural activities now this city is synonymous with the architect antony gowdy who left his mark on the park's buildings and most notably an unfinished cathedral well despite the recent political turmoil in the city barcelona remains spain's top tourist destination and here's why. it's impressively diverse both catalonian and cosmopolitan marson lonna is the city with heaps to offer according to. the writer and blogger knows almost every corner of the city and lots about its history.

that it's not my thanks to the city barcelona is connected via trading routes across the mediterranean with the rest of europe it's the sea that made barcelona into a city that. to get an impression of the size of the city we had for munch week the hill that overlooks barcelona. was a thank you from here i can see the entire city including the media which will be the highest building in barcelona one day eight spires have been completed up till now. another ten still have to be built you can take a cable car up to the top of the. one hundred eighty four meter high hill one middle foundation was set up here on monday week in one thousand nine hundred seventy five during the artist's life time mido was keen to create a museum for his works in a place that had inspired him. to live in one joint.

miro did not have as much of a connection to nature as in his summer house but this is still a place that's close to nature and it would only yourself and nature is a constant reference point in narrows you from that if it in. me to. barcelona has a wonderful natural setting. is keen to show off which in most likes about her home city in her blog. the barcelona i like. her favorite church is located in the old fisherman's quarter of elbowed sentiment he had them out it was built in the fourteenth century in just fifty five years by bet and gave them. the churches catalonia has only entirely gothic structure left standing. it's a must on his tour between the mountains and the sea the west side of the two figures at the doorway are the stone masons who dragged the stones from mulch

a week on their way back down the coast to build the church of santa maria del mar that was her way at last i guess it was. after a good meal it's time to head for the next hill past until these famous houses castle but show and cousin to one of europe's most unusual architectural complexes place since the mud in the study sent powell it was built in one thousand nine hundred two by louis still munich and declared a unesco world heritage site in one nine hundred ninety seven as. this place used to be called the shaven mountain because there was absolutely nothing here. this was where the architect built the hospital one of the most innovative of its time in the lab he built the site at forty five degrees to the city grid of the district lending the complex a perfect north south axis not. to round off the day we hop on

a historic trend to reach the city's highest point the five hundred twenty meter high t.v. . there can be many amusement parks where the rides on for such spectacular views. in barcelona you're always walking up or down you could say it's built on seven hills like romans more or less last time enough. so if you're off to barcelona remember to pack some comfortable shoes. and with that it is time to say goodbye don't forget to friend us on facebook for more on the show as always thanks for tuning in and we will see you again tomorrow . on the next edition of

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