promise to his son will certainly want to return to the concrete and glass jungle of new york. the result reverse culture shock. from the forest stars caucus night w. . i want to welcome to another special edition of hero max put on your hiking boots because we're taking the shoe leather expressive day here's a look at what's coming up. bill graham kept the way of st james in spain well from his wanderers from around the world. farm fresh a calling or a holiday in switzerland with farm grown produce. and fantastic

forest a visit to estonia is being is the new national park. but we start off the show with a visit to a region that runs through five counties in england. near the border with wales now this is an area recognised for its outstanding natural beauty which has been enjoyed by people even as far back as the roman empire while much of the aesthetics have remained the same through the present day. this is an idyllic corner of southern england. tolkien is said to have been inspired by the area's landscapes and architecture for his novel the lord of the rings. villages such as by barrie with its seventeenth century cottages and a lovely street called arlington row and burton on the water nicknamed the venice of the cotswolds attract hordes of tourists every year.

the area's gardens are also a big tourist destination especially court gardens. things grow very well and we're lucky with the time that we have good soil and then of rain cold winters but not very cold and then warm but not very hot so plants respond very well. gardens is the creation of three generations of women gardeners and chambers gave up a job in london to return here a few years ago. the gardens are some of the few private gardens to be open to the general public. visitors particularly like the exotic plants that thrive here because of the mild climate. there's always been a farming community so most of looked after the hedges and the fields beautifully kept and people have planted lots of trees it's just. the heights of use the

very attractive as well in the villages. is that sort of this sort of. goes very well in the. think it is we're just very lucky to live nine hundred sixty six the cotswolds was designated an area of outstanding natural beauty incidentally one that the romans also exploded. because these hills are so sort of healthy and so the romans came over and they. graze sheep all of the cotswolds and it was a produce the wool for the whole roman empire. elizabeth ashcombe lives it suddenly cancelled not far from which come. the castle dates back to the fifteenth century and was possibly built on the site of a twelfth century castle. it's one of the few castles in britain that is still a residence but it's open to the public to. over the centuries the castle passed in

and out of the hands of the crown. henry v. six the wife is buried in the chapel. his last wife catherine passed. out after henry done i married thomas seymour who then in the casa and this was her home and this is where she lived and died and she's buried here in the church in the garden. is. a perfect day out in the english countryside almost always includes a good old cup of tea. for example here at badgers hall in shipping captain. says. he can be enjoyed it any time of the day with or without

milk and preferably accompanied by dainty cucumber sandwiches or scones with strawberry jam and lashings of clotted cream. i think it was injured. because. for instance seventeenth century it was too long before between lunch and dinner so. decided he should have a few sweet treats. and then i think it's just gratitude into what you see today. broadway tower is one of the most popular sites in the cotswolds it's over sixteen metres tall and provides a wonderful view of the surroundings but originally it had no real purpose. the road would tell us on folly folly right away tower is a finally come because this dates back to the eighteenth century in english architecture when a construction just expressed

a love of life. on the whole month or it was a romantic idea to do something completely crazy to show one's wealth but also just for fun. to do something that had no point or use. today it makes perfect sense to climb broadway tower on a clear day visitors can see across thirteen counties and if you have the cotswolds the heart of england is simply beautiful. well of that wasn't enough walking for you then how about hiking the way of st james now this is one of the oldest and best known pilgrimages in europe covering hundreds of kilometers there are many different routes that one can follow from dublin paris or cologne just to name a few now some people actually walk for weeks before reaching their final destination others cycle or ride on horseback where sounds like the most fun option

to me actually but the objective is to reach the cathedral in the spanish town of de compostela and even though it began as a religious journey of sacrifice and penance for christians it has since evolved into a personal challenge of sorts. we have come to the province of lay on the northwestern spain. martine boucher maya circa and their two children have been up since seven am today they want to walk twenty six kilometers along the famous way of son james. i'm sorry but first it's unusual but you get used to it and everything seems to slow down. a lot of work or the house grinds people down but here it's peaceful and quiet this past put you under a spell everyone's headed in the same direction again you don't see that often in

life when in the ne the camino is the final stretch of the way of st james a european pilgrimage network scallop symbolize the routes and keep pilgrims on track to santiago de compostela the destination in western. that's where martine maya and their daughters are headed walking three hundred kilometers in three weeks at temperatures of thirty five degrees celsius in the shade is a challenging experience but it's also liberating. welnick often can mean if later on a camino you realise that everything's not as hard as it may seem. life can be a burden sometimes for work. you have plenty of time to think about yourself in your daily life because you have a break from it all the hurt. the only burden you have is your backpack the last few months. pilgrimages give people something they miss in everyday life more than two hundred fifty thousand people took the same james's way in two thousand and

fifteen almost three times as many as ten years ago the pilgrimage is a way to find life's real meaning. a necessary accessory is the pilgrimage a passport get stamps that ends in churches on the way if you've walked at least one hundred kilometers your receive a pilgrimage document in santiago de compostela. is this you can watch it and then at first you see there stamping people's documents and you want one. word but at some point your pilgrimage passport is so full you only take the stamps that are especially beautiful. the increasing stream of pilgrims has increased prosperity in many remote villages on the camino new lodgings for pilgrims have opened my own martine and the children stay at a hostel it may be plain but for many people simplicity is an educational experience. and when the whole the calm when you come home you're not another

person but you do know that you can get by on less you don't need a lot of things. on partly because everything you need for the day can be carried on your back. three to. the next day the track continues westward toward santiago de compostela one step after the other in the search for the meaning of life. and now it's over to switzerland for a swiss tavola now the word is italian for festive table and implies the coming together of friends for a feast well the swiss have adopted this idea from their italian neighbors in order to welcome taurus to their rural farms and give them a chance to sample the local cola neary traditions so we found some well decked tables in the area around band. the setting is

a delicacy the swiss alps and authentic way to find out how the locals live is with the swiss. tourists can book a mere lot of fun and gain insight into daily life that one enjoying the regional cuisine. for example at attica henny's she always uses quality projects taking as much as possible from her own farm. i love having guests it's a great way for us to tell people about agriculture inviting them into our beautiful house and showing them what a great food we can make from regional produce those that take you on and find his mom calm she does it about once a month receiving up to twelve guests at a time who have to vote via the internet today she seven brunch. the swiss potato speciality hursti is on the menu. as well as

cheese freshly baked bread. and her no jam. some of the guests have never been to a working farm before the house is over two hundred fifty years old. before the meal the visitors get a guided tour of the house tells more about her life on the farm but she's also curious about how guests. this is in the fairs fun and it's always very interesting how people come to my house that i would otherwise not meet i talk to people that i usually wouldn't come in contact with and that i love you don't sniff backache then . brunch at attica henny's costs about forty year or so not a bargain but perfectly reasonable for high quality fresh produce that's impossible to find in the supermarket and guests are happy. i went to swiss teletype because i think it's interesting to see how someone cooks

using ingredients from their own garden or from the region called the while here i've never been there for. it but it's fascinating to see where all the food comes from east to see were introduced what it was you were a vegetable or girl to read it look the eating these products. have a very special quality you know cannot be bought in the stores and the call from concord wodehouse. were stop a lobster was launched in twenty fourteen over forty farms are taking part and guests can make reservations online. signed up right at the stops stephanie fellow yaba used to work as a sign writer she moved here with her husband marty as in twenty twelve it took her some time to get used to buy from a farm. but now she wants to show others how enjoyable it can be to live in the

country. of the lloyd. they are people really love it here. this is probably what they miss in the city of seeing where the food they eat really comes from. and they view the mountains there and. she's making a stew with all can it be from her own cattle apples leaks and bacon it would be difficult to find such a dish in a restaurant and stephanie has added her own personal touch to the traditional swiss recipe. with the everything from it them through small and fresh juice from our albums off the back of it in fact all the ingredients come from right here on our farm.

before the main meal a traditional appetit is served with local cheese and cold cuts. the place is down to earth and very authentic. the guests often. there's a nice warm feeling like being in somebody's home a human. being the main one to see them that set off the feast i think it's great to get to know the traditions of the current of somebody who now have ten so when. it's time for the main course. it's the empty even what's my motivation couple i like staying connected to people who aren't farmers that i enjoy the discussions is please and showing people who are interested in what we do here every day our daily work on our land on the way to d.c. to see a. regional swiss cuisine served by farmers in their own farms

a very special experience for both hosts and guests. in the effort to reverse the negative effects of climate change many say the planners along with architects have been looking at ways to bring more greenery to city centers and now we've seen an increase in rooftop gardens or garden landscapes that take up the entire side of buildings in the meantime residents in the italian city of turn can experience what it is like to live ensconced in turkey and this is all thanks to a time architect lou challenge and his environmentally friendly project called twenty five green. event teaching club verdi apartment building in turin is a green urban treehouse of sorts one hundred fifteen pods containing different kinds of trees are scattered over all five stories its architect two channel peers

vision of ecological architecture and what you were trying to keep the materials as natural as possible materials that are mostly untreated so they age and change with the passage of time such as natural launch word and the steel that rusts and gradually changes it to parents combined with the green on the trees it has an attractive coherence. another example of green architecture can be found in milan to high rise buildings called the boss kali or vertical forest by the architect stefano bouyeri they won the twenty fourteen international high rise award. in paris landscape architect patrick long has been designing vertical gardens for over ten years his living walls also inhabit the museum designed by sean ovett but it takes more than green facades to make truly green sustainable architecture.

dented shingle verities courtyard encompasses a little forest of some fifty trees they enrich the air with oxygen and keep it cool in summer with their shade in winter after they drop their lives they let sunlight through to the apartments below. because the building i can see the building to consume less energy it's very well insulated and protected from the sun during the summer right there is that the windows are very big so they let a great deal of lying to him and that lets people save electricity as well. we collect all the rainwater for the plants. we use energy saving geothermal energy for heating and cooling. the residents enjoy living among the trees and greenery each of the sixty three apartments has a floor plan of its own. was. one of the main reason for we try both the cells of

the. window you can see here when you see this this windows open you can feel outside and inside the apartment be in the same place the simplest were to leave work to share your time with your family and friends i love this house because i feel myself inside my little environment but at the same time the center of the city of touring and i feel myself inside the nature. is already involved in other projects one of them is a hotel for the renowned your betters turin soccer club it will also sport plenty of green but it won't be as luxurious as the venti cheek with their day. because it will be vented chinquapin day as a project that's meant to be provocative. with all the green in and around the building. and the steel structures imitating nature. meant to get people

ready for a far more extensive inclusion of greenery in buildings to come from. the vent their the residential complex is a unique piece of architecture and an inspiration for future projects it's already a must see for architecture fans and students from all over. the. next up we're headed to a national park to experience nature in the purest form now this park about an hour's drive from the story in capital tallon has remnants which date back to the ice age it's slightly off the beaten path but that didn't stop us from packing our bags for a little adventure. there's nearly always a fresh breeze blowing here last time our national park some seventy kilometers east of the is stony and capital the name means land of being it's it's

a place to relax and enjoy a natural paradise spanning nearly seven hundred fifty square kilometers with rambling forests and boulders left over from the last years of the ice age it's a popular destination for daytrippers from tallinn i did spin a national park for over forty five years. all of the typical forest types of estonia are represented here is both. the nature of front but nature. local traditions and very high culture. one cultural highlight is parma is a man or a grand mansion in the heart of la. many visitors start their day trips here. to broker a state and a mansion were completed in seven hundred eighty five they once belonged to the fonda palin family who would have german baltic origin their home has been

reconstructed for visitors to see palms there is one of four mansions in the national park. they are completely different from peasant and small wooden houses that are a part of their life landscape but they stand out as large compounds that. even feel out of place the southwestern area of the national park is home to one of its most popular destinations borg wooden plank stretching some three kilometers enable you to explore the area about twenty percent of the stone here consists of bogs and marshland very important wildlife reserves. all those typical species you can see here on those plant. and to stymie in the pine trees and and food and insects and there are thing unfortunately many

plants and baulks are destroyed so this is. their protection a money stone ians that many bog pools are popular for swimming in summer. little isn't just a magnet for nature lovers in general it's also a paradise for bird watchers. so why not i was here last year and it's just your nature not so many people not to developed not so many tourists i was so impressed i felt rested inwardly emotionally so i had to come back. i never saw that. nowhere in fact it was surprising and very much the space. we leave you heading north actually i had my park cousin it was a small fishing village with an impressive maritime past the village has produced sixty two ships captains throughout its history large vessels what set sail from here the cost the maritime museum run by all in the final contest wife tells all

about it the couple live in and for the museum. her. show marina where shortly so this is my mission it's a monument to my forefathers. and to all the men who once lived here in cost more than i'm used to the course christians are going to the park has seventy two settlements some dating back several thousand years few of the houses a still fashed wooden buildings like these here in the fishing village of venus to a more typical. name of phoenix though is in translation english the village of. the name itself is much older of course but the in twenty century. many men now finish the got very rich because of mock smuggling vodka the finland. this sort of thinking vodka is very vivid and alive in venice the village

but not smuggling any more i hope. the perfect way to round off the day here is with vodka and local fish speciality having some salmon. but if you want to see the sunset you'll have to wait quite a while the days in summer are especially long. nothing wrong with that better than short cold winter day his hand with that we're out of time if you'd like to see the reports again i just go to our web site as always thanks for joining us and i'll see you again soon. next time on your a mac. special underwater sculptures off the coast of land's erotic. how mineral water made every young famous. and exploring

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