discovered. subscribe to the documentary to. everyone welcome to a new week of euro max with me your host megan leigh we are winding up the year two thousand and eighteen but there are still lots of things to pack in here's a look at what's coming up. review of the year a look back at memorable moments of two thousand and eighteen. christmas dinner

top chef shows us how to make each course in just five minutes. best of pasta and how this city just outside berlin is gearing up for christmas. there are only about three weeks left in two thousand and eighteen and is always the year has seemed to fly by but there were lots of no worthy events which took place both good and bad that gave us pause for thought well from the need to debate at the oscars and the biggest wedding of the year to fifteen years of euro max and germany's shock departure from the world cup we took we take a look back now at some of the entertaining and cultural events that shaped the first half of two thousand and eighteen. twenty eighteen was a great a royal watchers. to you brought with it plenty of other moving and surprising events parkas went viral. but twenty thousand was a. when the me to debate went. on in.

this year's golden globe. many stars came dressed in black to show their support for the me too movement which seeks to end sexual harassment and empower women. the golden globe for best foreign language film. in the face. the song made him world famous fifty years ago today singer and actor. is a legend in italy in january he turned eighty. braided his eightieth birthday in january in the one nine hundred seventy s. he turned the art world on its head with his upside down paintings now he's one of germany's most successful artists. highness prince has been tricks of the also her eightieth birthday in january the former queen abdicated in twenty

thirteen. her son alexander and his wife maxima are now responsible for attending official engagements like the opening ceremonies . as a european capital of culture the dutch city shared the honor with the maltese capital . and this is how it's here as a european capital of culture theatrical group. is world famous for its spectacular shows. thousands of the nation's and visitors alike elaborate masks and costumes it must be carnival time the carnival of venice traditionally opens with a historical water parade. in february folks at the. airport. yeah different people slip into the role of the prince the peasant and the

major highlights of cullen's convo is that rose monday. by contrast the carnival of basel starts in the dark of night what's known as the morgans time a parade with lanterns. takes off for residents of basel three most beautiful day. nice is carnival is famous for its flowers some five tons of them distributed amongst the crowd during the battle of flowers. i also in february the german capital came down with film fever i stars came out for the sixty eight international film festival. director tom take her soft as gerry president.

march began on a fashionable presentation of its fall winter collection karl lagerfeld transformed the paris into a forest and queen elizabeth the second have a front row seat at london fashion week for the first time afterward she presented richard quinn with a british design award. traditionally the cademy awards are handed out in march this year gary oldman picked up the best actor oscar for his turn as winston churchill and darkest hour. in april in berlin gangsta rappers colleague and fiery bang caused a scandal at the echo music awards they want to go even though their lyrics have been criticized as anti semitic after other artists handed back their rewards in protest of germany's music industry association scrapped. the echo's for good.

and in london on the twenty third of april prince william and his wife catherine welcomed their third child prince who is. a little brother for prince george and princess sharda louis is fifth in mind to the british throne. make i'll talk to a musical star. the euro vision some contest the world's biggest music show was held in lisbon portugal more than one hundred eighty million spectators juventus ynet about a lie from israel before winning song choice. let's go i'm a boxer protesting women took to the red carpet at this year's cannes film festival they were taking a stand for equality in the film industry it was a political statement that couldn't be overlooked. it sounds like something

straight out of the movies fairytale prince falls in love with an american actress made the nine hundred britain's prince harry married meghan markle in the royal wedding of the year. mega markel is now a member of the british royal family and as many americans have european roots euro max try to find out where michael's forefathers might have come from. but it's to him i'm standing in the heart of lambert's lock the place where i can marcos ancestors might once have lived for the. numbers lock is a sleepy little village in alsace france but things are bound to get a lot more lively should duchess meghan stop by one day. in june seventeen thousand people dressed in white gathered in paris for a special pic of the d.n.a. on block. the dinner in white concept began in the french capital in one thousand

nine hundred eight and is caught on worldwide. with a ceremony attended by german chancellor angela merkel celebrated the sixty fifth anniversary of its founding in june. director general pitt displease the today g w is a modern in diversified media outlet over three thousand employees from sixty mation to produce content for t.v. radio and internet and a total of thirty languages. the same month euro max celebrated its fifteenth year on air illusionist peter vallance performed feats of magic in the studio assisted by host michael. also in june germany's national football team had barely settled into their accommodation in russia before they were back home again for the first time ever germany was eliminated in the group stage of the world cup fans couldn't believe it was the squad had gone into the tournament as defending champions. it was the tourist attraction in the british capital in june to london. with its

rows of colorful barrels stacked on top of one another installation artist christo created a twenty metre high pyramid can hyde park serpent timely. and we will take a look at the second half of a review of the year later on in the week will now is a good time to let you win on this week's drop we would like to know what your best moment of two thousand and eighteen was if you have a photo of it and send it in by doing so you qualify to win an exclusive euro max watch just go to our website for all of the details we're going on now to a brief look at other stories making headlines on the culture seen. on the second sunday in advent people dressed in santa suit hit the streets of spain's capital madrid where the car found. more than. seven thousand people took

part even children who were dressed in costumes nobody expected great feats of athletic prowess the only requirements were a christmas themed costume and paying the interns fee the monies raised to go to support social services in the tree. on sunday the world's largest stand up paddling race was held on the river sent in paris eight hundred paddlers from five continents started in the bright lights of one hundred more than the previous year it was the ninth year in the french capital for the north to topple as it's called brute through paris his historical center is over ten kilometers long. the bakers of dresden have served up and gargantuan stolen at the streets all marked the fruit cake weighed nearly four times it was put together from hundreds of pieces weighing eight kilos each and made by more than sixty bakeries the stolen

called inge tweets and here is the main traditional pastry from dresden a giant shonan is served every year on the second advent sunday the very first one is said to have been ordered by the saxon king the strong in seventeen thirty this year one slice costs six year olds and the money raised goes to charity. fast food doesn't always have to be associated with make donalds or other junk food places german chef or robin pipes has proven that top cuisine can also be made quickly he prepares yummy christmas dishes in just five minutes and he shows us how to do it as well. as helpful so i have five minutes to make the perfect. christmas appetizers so

let's get started here we have pomegranates and red beat i'm going to put on some gloves otherwise i'll end up with red hands so that's the first thing i have to do this for long. because i am all start with the pomegranates everyone thinks the seeding of pomegranate is a thankless task that requires lots of work but there's a really simple way to do it and some just take a spoon. out the thing in half. then take the spoon attack it on the back. is a bit messy as you can see the seeds just fall out without much effort at all sure i was lucky i only have to make one dish so i'll stop here for now as i only have five minutes we are nice enough but i don't know it's not. so hard if that if the pomegranate doesn't take long now we have the right weeks and we're going to cut them to make sure that. richness of the locker is the most

important thing in my kitchen so you can clean things up quickly. saw the red paint is pre-cooked you can buy them that way in the supermarket and that's not bad because it saves you from having to cook it yourself and as the name says read beets are red or the exact amount from the soy water i'll just take a sharp knife cut the meat into thin slices put them on a nice plate and it's all arranged pretty fast. that's almost paper the gloves will just clean up here. now what have we got here's a plum that mixes well with us i know i dish hasn't got that christmas touch yet but it's coming first cut the plumbing half. at home you'll have a lot more time for this i don't cook this way in my kitchen either but the challenge is five minutes i want you so plumb on top of the beats up off your the beds on. one of the cutting your fingers and then we have our

pomegranate to make a marinate out a dash of olive oil and then some white house summit vinocur that's where i saw first army corps of the old. and i had a sense of sultan a touch of honey ornish. oh goodness i haven't made a mess like this in a long time. makes it all together and have a tasty marinate very similar to what a lot of terrorism. is in that over radish. the world. the assumptive finish off we had a bit of smoke filet of trout ass comes from the heart region from a place called fake instead to be precise you can buy packaged in any supermarket and you could call from i just pick it up like this you can do the same at home start their own place or don't talk to make it

a big christmassy at some cinnamon just great over the top that. was one of the top left walnuts will not should go on top because i haven't got much time i'll just toss them in although walnuts flavor really unfolds when they're toasted in the frying pan the sort of final sense had last in the smoke the most i am much time have we got left. it's not much reasonable for you chocolate chocolate works maybe doesn't sound like it does but trust me the taste of chocolate goes amazingly well with red beans which is great a little over the top stuff and i follow the roast sure i have yaro i can but you can use many different kinds of herb so with us it's end of my uro just suits the time we have in the side because you might not be able to find it in every supermarket but i think food's worth making an effort for an answer to this even as it was shifting into space so you might need to look off the beaten path. there are

so many farmers and farm so many people who produce good food and ingredients it's not really important to me and it should be important to everybody watching at home or to switch to something. done in less than fine michael. well i can make something in less than one minute and that is reservations at a restaurant. right now to take a trip thanks to a viewer request from colombia jorge. ben. from bogota would like to know more about germany so we are going to head to potsdam which is just a forty five minute drive southwest of berlin or part some is well known for the song susi council home and burial place of frederick the great by the christmas time the city is bathed in light and hosts a cozy christmas market we went there to find out more.

the brandenburg gate not the famous one in berlin the small. town relatively tranquil gets. a series of. from the eighteenth century until one thousand nine hundred eighteen one of the most important european states. has the. best a great deal and preserving its heritage. you can recognize the influence of the various kings on today's potsdam. it was a seat of royal power till one nine hundred eighteen so the city had to be made beautiful. essentially the visual character of the city has inherited from its history makes it very welcoming and attractive. of many people want to restore and preserve.

near the middle of. it dates back to the first known as the soldier came he was a big fan of and hope to profit from the country's know how. craftspeople and master builders. to date the quarter is the margin. in germany. i was born near the dutch border so i always used to think what's so special about this place. but the soldier king gave me the same feeling here two hundred fifty years later that he wanted to achieve back then of being at home it was the. christmas tradition is celebrated here. on one of the weekends sinterklaas comes to town. take the opportunity to show off their wares. gloss makes his rounds. another institution in potsdam more french than dutch is the

country so they felisa to us the holiday season is peak season for pastry chefs they make sweet cakes typical of the region and pretty leans a favorite is a bust of the famous prussian queen louisa all in chocolate. the figure is in the tradition of course the figures are closely tied into the history of pots and since louisa was a very positive figure customers like to give her likeness as a present the call for st paul. is also a very modern city even if the old prussia lives on at every turn that includes the christmas market here visitors can enjoy tensile and holiday lights in one particular color. all parcels flowers will bloom pression blue is generally associated first with the uniforms of the old prussian army as me then. under the soldier king the colors of all the different uniforms were standardized with russian blue only if the file i faced in which to place

a spell on what sounds so part stems christmas market is the only one in germany that uses all blue and. originally the blue holiday lights were conceived as a marketing strategy for the city now if they become a tradition many stallholders have picked up on the blue motif. even the ice skating rink on the reason plods is bathed in blue. and what do the visitors here say. deborah i think the bluish glow is very beautiful aesthetically it has something very gentle about it may give it i like it a lot there are lots of stars it blue is just my favorite color is moss comes on the something different. so i wouldn't do this at home but here it doesn't look bad at all it's like those. i like the classical look. the blue lights are

beautiful they give everything a very special atmosphere alongside the white lies you always see on the houses and . the christmas market is an indispensable part of today's pottstown and its blue lights combined the modern and the traditional. next up an artist who uses darkness as his canvas and light as his brush how who who tommo from finland tricks of you or with his creations which are actually photographs with longer exposures and a moving source of light such as a flashlight as backgrounds include snow covered forests or abandoned houses we visited him in his studio in helsinki. when hano who plays with light the results are magically glowing flowers of the night blinking lamps turn into radiant creatures from another world.

who calls this art light painting their photos taken with a long exposure. to learn the technique about ten years ago from a friend. and that was look at me like a magical moment. like maybe a week or two after the deaths i just decided i'd have to try it by myself i just bought my first the s.l.r. camera and then to start making you know my own experiments like almost every night . of my life few weeks maybe months i was like really hooked on that. every like painting begins with a sketch on paper. one hundred likes to design best are organic forms that look

like flowers or plants. later he transposes the lines and points into sequences of motion. people just ask them to whoa you just do it and i'm just trying to explain that it's pretty simple stuff but you just have to focus on the moment you have to practice all the movements like before having to go doing this like a choreographic that you're going. in his studio in helsinki on who prepares his next photo shoot. to create pictures like this he needs to use long exposures depending. in the background between three and ten minutes he has to rehearse very precisely in his studio the sequence of movements that will go into the outdoor shot i know imitates the lines in his sketch using light. everything that i do it's like really happening on

the picture it's not made with the photoshop or some kind of modeling software it's just like the real thing and that is something that is quite rare these days because like almost like every picture that you see on the internet it's know it has some post-processing. to make is like painting needs almost absolute darkness start dark forests or abandoned buildings today he has sight of the cellar vault of an old fortress. he says like painting is like meditation he could lose himself in.

the reward comes in viewing the result as soon as he's done. came up quite possibly actually this was some kind of wifely by from that window or that old wall but actually there's an effect on the picture so i'm quite happy for . i know who tom oh never gets the winter blues it's no wonder because the years darkest days are for the best conditions for his art. and with that it is time to say goodbye don't forget to keep up with the show on social media as always thanks for tuning in was the against. next time on your. block was once the playground of the rich and famous two hundred years ago today the seaside resort is known for its pleasure beach amusement park.

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