of investment bankers who caught the car sales were never stopped of a system that spun out of control. the ever. the crash the investment bank lehman brothers start september thirteenth on t w. i there i'm max marlin welcome to your daily dose of european lifestyle and culture today we start off with some cracking music is what's coming up. rock royalty we commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of led zeppelin's first stage appearance. many mopeds tiny monkey bikes are

a new craze among grown men. and flower power weave business a modern day hippie calling me in poland. in one nine hundred sixty eight a session guitarist called jimmy page was looking for a new name for his band when he remembered what the who's drama keith moon had said to him and he bound to you play and will go down like a led zeppelin well you know now that led zeppelin didn't crash and burn but rather rose to rock n roll fame fifty years ago today they played their first gig and have since gone on to sell three hundred million albums worldwide so this day they're popular and hailed as the pioneers of hog rock. london in december two thousand and seven led zeppelin are performing live again for the twenty thousand fans in attendance it was

a dream come true. though twenty million fans wanted tickets with this concert it was a night to remember but it remained the only one of its kind we were so happy that we were actually getting it right and really enjoyed it and take it beyond what we thought we were about that might do a moments in it where we just took off and pushed off in some place the responsibility of doing that for might so weak for the rest of time is a different thing because we pretty could have what we do we shouldn't be the tail should never wag the dog. jimmy page was already a successful session musician when he founded netscape then in one nine hundred sixty eight so was bassist and guitarist john paul jones page also invited two

relatively unknown musicians to join his airship singer robert plant and trauma john bonham they can we have them took off straight away. the passion energy and musical diversity have led zeppelin fascinated fans and critics alike and does to this day. it often means you know each of those four guys is a genius and they fused in such a way that every aspect of their musical providence with their own exceptional cases of god can't think of another at least not in iraq down the. that's like. a big break came in nine hundred sixty nine with the release of a second album let's.

say out in winter number one in the u.s. knocking the beatles having read out of the top spot. that led zeppelin had more too often than just great songs. robert plant was definitely a sex symbol so there were a lot of women and likely a few men too who would have liked to get to know him better. than shirts that all cocky swagger and the strutting around that was all part of it and then there was jimmy page on stage the incarnation of the cool guitarist. saw.

the bridge put out one of his albums. and they grew it ever they get an ever more spectacular. lit second filled stadiums around the globe and set new standards they were one of the first rock bands to to with their own private jets. their lives were completely disconnected from reality they played out exclusively on stage and private jets and hotel room table with groupies and so on the total rock star stereotype of the star to say. that like many about styles of that era let's step in also paid a heavy price for that lifestyle. in september nine hundred eighty excessive alcohol consumption caused the death of their drama john. the band's three remaining members was shocked and called it quits. robert plant it was crystal

clear without bond on the band didn't exist anymore and never would again was mainly him that felt that way. but we did some occasions. in london where john bought him son jason played the drums. but to this day fans are still longing for the big breaking into. they were just two super groups who could in theory launch that kind of comeback tour the other would be about and you could say that each of them would probably eclipse everything that had come before us of the others and. with such a tool ever happen it's doubtful but for let's. hope springs eternal. well

from one of my favorites to my favorite sports football that much more coming up in our euro max express first up we had to really. italian fashion tycoon bruno cuccinelli has restored so many. a medieval hamlet between florence and rome. grew up here and was dismayed at the condition of his home village so he initiated a beautification project. called the restoration which was twenty five years in the making his life's work. has also moved the headquarters for his fashion business to solo. his brand is famous for its cashmere does. times. the billionaire has also improved the look of the surrounding valley he's torn down old factory buildings and created a one hundred hectare park.

no region sucka free started to be as banks performed a very special stunt show in oslo suspended from a hook attached to a crane the european freestyle champion juggled the ball in mid air without ever touching it with his her. that happening was intended to get young people interested in soccer. the twenty nine hundred dition of guinness world records is already out and includes some new superlatives the world's biggest knitting needles are owned by thirty one year old british art students elizabeth bonnes there are over four metres long but still quite usable for knitting. a border collie kopi mix named geronimo set a record for a double dutch style jump rope steps at one hundred thirteen per minute. and the world's fastest go cart was built by twenty six year old tom back now with britain it's jet engines hurled the mini racer down the track at over one hundred eighty

kilometers per hour the book has been published since one thousand nine hundred fifty five and has sold over one hundred forty million copies. now parking in a city can be much easier with a scooter or motorbike even if it's a massive chopper although it's probably easiest with dax and monkey bikes they're tiny two wheelers often driven by big blokes not really what they have built for but the many moses have got a bit of a cult following in the biker community let's check them out. yes on a monkey you're something of a likable character in the eyes of other drivers on iran you can drive fast they're even happier with. many bikes weighing just sixty x. one hundred kilos can be a real. cause of the concept is flexibility for place movements and it's like

a swiss army knife you don't really need it but you feel good carrying it around everywhere that's how it is with the monkeys to. which we designed in the one nine hundred sixty s. with the japanese smugness the monkey soon became a favorite toy for big boys in other countries to. it's just awesome but when i'm out riding this mini bike with my build it looks like i'm riding on a flying carpet. and i'm pretty slender we have customers who are built even bigger than me of the go go folks nuts. and they're totally happy with their money to pay. the debts and we're friends in the dax and monkey community in which we've known each other for ages. it's more than just a customer and workshop relationship it's a friendship that is the four inch and at some point we started asking for our

friends weights and measurements if everyone had taken part in the whole doorframe would have been covered in black for who. takes the fascination is the mechanics everything's in many formats but it ends up putting out lots of power. much i some people think we're a little nuts but it's just so much fun. it's a good conversation starter so that's why i drive a monkey. you can be waiting at a stoplight and i think chopper comes up the runner looks over the light turns green and your little thing takes off in the big bike in the dust and that's pretty funny. book is an expert at getting more ass of a monkey he can tease out another twenty most power making it

a toy or even pick up always. does he go to school for that one time people were happy just to own a monkey or a honda tax venture a that generation reached the age where their midlife crisis became a factor but they had more money by them that they started wanting to have a more powerful engine and more fun riding me a move to allies and so we've always tried to fulfill their customer's wishes and give it to them. some people say that out and then ten seven bodies keep growing and maybe they're right. well i'll let that one slide now we go from small bikes to big planes pilot was long a job mainly done by men but that is slowly changing more and more women are interested in the profession but the numbers are still very lopsided in germany there are

eleven thousand pilots in total but less than six hundred female one young woman from hamburg is sharing her experiences in the cockpit and hopes to inspire others to pursue the profession. not many have a view this spectacular from their workplace. for yulia heitman from hamburg it's both routine and a dream come true she's a pilot with a major german airline. blogs about her job on social media nearly fifty thousand people follow her on instagram where she's known as pilot you leave it. up we go she's got the day off but she won't stay on the ground she wants to take more photos for her followers and they have to be good in order to get as many likes as possible. instead of a passenger plane today she's piloting a single engine cessna one seven two. uli a solely responsible for the final inspection. and here you have

a landing flaps we've got to check little spots like this to ensure they're not blocked and everything's moving the way it should and that all the falseness are in place. everything's in working condition or oil and fuel are topped up what about the weather. only it didn't look so good as it was a little cloudy to the cloud base has to be at a minimum height so we can take off and it's just now moved to that height it's still cloudy but we can fly. sets of course for downtown hamburg. she follows the river past the airbus plant and on towards the harbor. request permission to curve once over the harbor followed by curve around the us or. roger

of the world. should long dreams of becoming a pilot but math and physics were not among her favorite subjects in school. at first she was afraid to take the pilot's retreatment test. they're not present as i started out as a flight attendant i talked a lot with the cockpit crew learned a loss and was often in the cockpit for takeoffs and landings. i asked a lot of questions sometimes really stupid ones eventually they said honestly just apply otherwise in ten years you'll be wondering what might have been. passed the test she qualified as a pilot in two thousand and sixteen like all refuse she flies as a copilot on commercial flights on instagram and facebook she shows her day to day life and answers questions like how did you make it do i have to be good at math she likes to encourage those people all she needs now is a photo of herself and her team in the cessna over hamburg.

one last look at the new philharmonie concert hall and she heads back to the airfield. back home yulia uploads the pictures to instagram because she has so many followers post only counts as a hit if she gets two thousand likes she can't wait to see how this one will do. she's not the only pilot he's active on social media. and i think people are fascinated because it's an area where people don't normally get to pick behind the scenes and then of course the woman who flies is still something special. right off she gets fourteen hundred likes for this post and yulia heitman plans to take more stunning photos on her next flight. now we have a little something for all the home improves among you in our d.i.y. segment we show you fun and easy ways of brightening up your home and today our resident expert shows you how to keep flowers in your home or year round.

ok there you can sanction flowers of beautiful but they don't last forever but if you try and keep them in a picture frame you can enjoy looking at them for much much longer they are like a little work of oughts this is. a picture frame. and additional glass panes of the same size. fresh flowers this is baby sprite. to draw into flowers and. double sided tape which is slightly thicker than other tape. pair of sixes. and a call for cleaning the glass. first to fly was so that they fit into

the frame. then placed them between the pages of a book to dry they can protect the pages with kitchen blotting paper. the. way they broke down and let the flower dry inside for at least a week. after the long wait you can finally get started first take the glass out of the picture frame and save defraying for later. take the second pane and clean both panes throughly to make sure both pane stick together and still have enough room for the flat was used to double sided tape you need a piece that is about as long as the glass plate. split this piece into two strips narrow enough that they won't be visible in the frame later. now who are thin strip to each of the lower and upper edges of the glass pane. place to

try to. then carefully laid it on top of president and on to the piece of strip. now i need to clean my fingerprints off again. you also need to. tape inside the picture frame. then you can carry out the final step by placing the glass panes into the picture praying and pressing both firmly together. i think it's a simple idea but it really has a fight you can also use a small plants instead of flower they look just as lovely. and you can find plenty more d.i.y. tips on a you tube channel did interior design well we stay on the topic of flowers as the

hippie munch a flower power is in full bloom in the polish village we travel to next back in the late sixties hippie culture was suppressed by the government nowadays freedom and a lifestyle of consumerism can be found in volume yes it's home to an artist's colony and we went there for a big dose of love and peace. they play the guitar and sing ballads of peace just like their role models did half a century ago. this hippie commune has made for them yash and poland their home and train station has become an art gallery and cultural center around forty people from all around the globe are living their dream of peace and love here. i don't want to. i believe i can. let it

go yet more for everybody. young new york founded the commune in voting yes after the collapse of communism and she's still here. her grandson orange is visiting. new york as daughter arns mom grew up in the artist colony. the more visitors for us it's about the basics peace and love for example. gratian . it's about togetherness and sharing. money isn't the most important thing and i always have and i'm already a granny and i'm allowed to save money if it comes and goes on the back way and if you've got the right attitude you've always got enough. project about that as. the communes members earn their living with art festivals and workshops that often

attract participants from abroad. is also their trademark the travelling theatre. which spend summers on the road. they've been trauma in crowds in poland and all over europe with their large puppets for years. we live in and try to have as little as possible to do with the outside world and. times were in touch with the local authorities any less than we normally have gone back. into the day luckily they don't tell us what to do. sometimes they help so it's ok ok. i read about major political stuff online. that doesn't really affect us at the

moment. but this question. knock on wood. coleman's first hit he's weren't politically active either nevertheless they still troubled the country's communist leadership they were harassed and beaten up by police along here was cut off because they question the boredom and hypocrisy of colorless daily communist existence. on the. fifty years ago there were hippie commune in many polish towns around twenty thousand people were involved in the movement the commune in voting yes as keeping their tradition those who contribute and do things for the community can live here for free or. the kurdish hippie movement of today is similar to our environmental movement. on these it's not very organized.

but it is good that it exists because it's focused on what we need today. harmony with nature and not dedicated to consumption. preparing meals together is part of daily communal life young people from all over the world are burning to make the polish national dish pierogi most of the young people only live here for a short time before they move on to the next conure and return to university where there are jobs. communes like this are growing all over europe they're booming in poland too. i get calls three four times a week whether i'd like to go here or there. give me your car uses is pleased that more and more young people are interested in an alternative lifestyle

here involved they have an opportunity to give it a try. well it's peace and love and goodbye from all of us here you can of course catch up with all our reports and get news updates on our web site www dot com slash lifestyle my colleague mainly will be hosting the show. next time on your max grant aims to be more than an auto show here because the display. vehicles futuristic concept car the showcase was curated by people from all over the european cultures seem. to pieces next time.

time for an upgrade. from the church grows all by. our house with. your design highlights you can make yourself. tips and tricks that will turn your home to sleep special. great yourself with g w interior design channel on you tube. these creations. just brand mistake of color gushed because of the show. that's what

do we really know about samantha. hunt the dark sheets what motivates him how does he think and feel private moments in the life of a great fashion designer when his son smacks of the tough it starts september not w. played. in ten sixteen and i don't cry for him to go around the world her. young people build against their parents' generation. because it wasn't constant and dusty full of stupidity and kisses to see if they demanded nothing less than a home versus some of the unwanted maelstrom of florida and violence with the vietnam war plane which broke my generation watch the bomb war every day. our documentary takes a look at one of times play out of those more liberal members of the earth for the

first time i had a feeling of being part of some confirms. things of those events today. to soon spoke of civil rights the peace movement the women's movement or hopelessness during this period of time to sixty eight the little. this went on to dole. out such. place

. this is the governing news lot from berlin could some reports of violence in the german city of candidates last week be fake news the video of an alleged attack on a foreigner was widely circulated but now germany's domestic intelligence chief constable mohsen says he has no reliable evidence that such mob chases actually took place his remarks contradict chancer on.