climate green energy solutions reforestation. decrease interactive content teaching the next generation about environmental protection and we're determined to build something here for the next generation called learn to use the multimedia environment series on t w. hi everyone and welcome to another exciting edition of your macs with me your host meghan lee as always we are making our way around to all the cultural in europe here's a look at what's coming up. riding the waves the portuguese resort of nazare is the surfers paradise. telling the tale

a new film for trey's out strewed lim grinned younger years. and taking it to the top featuring in the austrian patisserie high up in the alps. we start off the show on the water one of the best surf spots in the world is located off the portuguese coast in a here top surfing athletes take to the water like fish and conquer mountain highways for a true adrenaline rush well this sport is not for amateurs the surfers wear special gear in case that the waves overtake them we went along to meet some of these adrenaline junkies and watch them in action. it's known as the beast of nasa are a huge waves have pulled many fishermen to their death on this part of the portuguese coast. today those same wastrel the very best of the big wave surfers

from all around the world surfers like sebastian stuart next from germany winter is his favorite time of year he's spent the last few months preparing for the surfing sings and. more than one of them one of months and months go by where nothing happens but every day you have to work towards your goal to be successful but the reason i do it is because i love it. sebastian is a professional surfer at the age of sixteen he moved to hawaii but he spends the winter months here in portugal on just a few days in winter between november and february the monster waves here on the coast can reach heights of up to twenty five meters when it was the answers of the my greatest fear isn't dying i don't worry about sustaining a terrible injuries either. i think it's the competitor in me that worries. my greatest fear is missing out on the biggest wave. that was just off the

coast of nasser a this issue undersea canyon that runs five thousand meters deep it causes the water to build up creating towering waves it's thanks to the canyon that nasser a has some of the biggest waves in the world and that has changed the town which is home to some fifteen thousand people it was once a place of pilgrimage now surfers and tourists from around the world flocked to the town making it an all year round attraction. so they're going to give us that obviously we do miss our old nestle is sometimes but only a bit because actually we're proud. our town is known the world over. the traditional restaurant. locals and surface come together to swap stories about the wild way. when they really want to. be smaller than

when we first came here in two thousand and twelve they all thought we were crazy this is a fishing community and folks grew up hearing about all the fishermen who died when their boats capsized. about death beach and the waves that turn women into widows. now we surfers have almost become local heroes and are treated as such. never enough arriva is the second generation of her family to run the restaurant the place used to cater to fisherman now it's a fixed address to international surf as. sebastian is like a son to me i take care of the guys they turn up here frozen and i serve them hot soup they love it at the school but. up until i years ago no one had did to go surfing here it was peer group pisco the first realize that's a raceway could be

a hit so he wrote to the big wide surface around the world and invited them to come . to see much more of the surfing this is something that will attract every single person we all get very. crazy. surfing you don't govern down a model a mountain of water that is sure you think you know finally the time has come for sebastian stuart to get out on to the water he can hardly wait to scan the tide of his now for the fun part there's no nerves or tension at all just pure pleasure for . wearing an airbag vest which would bore him up in an emergency he heads out to sea ten people are here to assist in doctors' lifesavers. wave spotter and his jet ski drive his hutto into the right position he drives easily down the fifteen meter wave as though it were at this. moment the moment i actually surf the wave it's all just instinct i don't think any more it just happens but. there are only around

ten people worldwide who surf on waves of this size thousands come to watch for the small town of nasa ray it's a gift that big wave surface have transformed the place and given it a new sense of pride. from on the water to in the water and fish in malta received a visit from santa claus more on that and other stories in the spirit of the christmas season coming up in today's express. it seems there's nothing santa con to he's even dived into a giant aquarium to bring the fish a little holiday cheer he came bearing gifts of fish food for the fish and sharks that swim in the biggest tank of malta's national aquarium in kwara some to invest case is keeper alex rodriguez his job includes feeding the fish anyway whether or

not the sea creatures recognized him in his disguise we'll probably never know. the sauna is a part of life in finland even at the christmas market christmas shoppers can stop by to enjoy the high temperatures and to chat. in so you can be both that i know. you for everybody is as he. is very easy to use of course said. saunas in public places used to be commonplace in finland. but as more and more people installed them in their homes they disappeared from view. now the communal saunas are enjoying something for a thoughtful. sarahs and

a bed of belgium has set up a christmas village in his yard and decorated it with thousands of lights and even features santa claus his office. says his son over the place the jolly elf listens to children's wishes the family's been working on the village since september. so geneviève took a month off work to complete it. turning down to one of the most famous guitarists of all time mark no fleur former front man of dire straits since the band broke up in one nine hundred ninety five no floor has concentrated on a solo career he recently brought out a new album called down the road where ever which includes his typical rock n roll style but also brings in some soul and jazz we hear from him now about how this new album came about. his. time was kind of.

this thing called good on you son is about being at peace with yourself and mark knopfler very much is. the bridge to what looks to me we visited him at his studio in london this is where he recorded his new album. wouldn't. be good i don't try to interfere with the mystery of it too much it's almost like a child you know in a way you have to let it just grow and be itself from you don't need to fear too much you know and it's a bit like choosing the best school if you know for you know for your kid who's sooners schumann's. sky his blue. thing. is was. his new songs always turn out best when times almost stand still like in matchstick man which takes a look back at his beginnings as

a musician and what does he see i think guy in the middle of nowhere just a matchstick man. that's. if there was a sort of a button fastening competition or something i promise you i would be lost i mean there's lots and lots of things that i seem to do slowly i mean walking down the street i get overtaken by old ladies going to the post office and so i don't seem to be able to do anything particularly quick. he was already twenty eight when he co-founded dire straits by that stage he played in countless bands and worked as a journalist and as an english teacher it was nine hundred seventy seven a time when punk and disco were exploding in britain dire straits seemed almost old fashioned at first with their. cool blues rock sultans of swing was their first big

hit. then m.t.v. started out with their increasingly mainstream sound the band fit perfectly to the station's us american music profile. mark knopfler solo career has now lasted longer than his time with dire straits two very different chapters of his life. you can't really compare them i think both and a lot of ways because the first achieved so much of the dream stuff that you want to you know to actually get there. was very important you know that just it was brilliant it was great you know and i loved it. i loved the whole thing it until it became so big that i just stopped enjoying that. in the eighty's the

band rose into the league of mega stars with the album brothers in arms the digitally produced album helped to make the compact disc popular dire straits was the first band to sell more c d's of the album than vinyl over a million in all until they split up in one thousand nine hundred five they played all the world's large stadiums. a. next year mark knopfler will go on tour again of course with his very own special guitar sound. you know a guitar teacher would say. you know i play guitar like a promise you know but it's too late for me to. to correct. those

mistakes i'm afraid it's good. definitely worth a listen ok if swedish author astrid lindgren were alive today she'd probably be a spokesperson for single mothers not only did she penned the famous pippi longstocking stories she had to work hard to maintain custody of her illegitimate son and that was back in the one nine hundred twenty s. her personal story is full of intrigue and challenge and it's now been brought to the silver screen and the film becoming a straight danish director parent christianson per trey's the writer's lesser known side. of the line comes down concerns i. where did the famous children's book author get her exuberant attitude towards life the movie centers on the three years and young asteroids like

that she only spoke about decades later and only very little she was wild non-conformist and downright rebellious much like her character pippi longstocking . she has i mean she is the most. amazing fantasy and i think that has a lot to do about her childhood to grow up in the countryside in kind of freedom where she could just play around and just. be free. to move to sweden astrid lingering grew up here in the one nine hundred twenty s. in a free but conservative society her father was a tenant farmer. her mother deeply devout. by the time she was eighteen she was eager to experience life. the local newspaper was looking for a trainee got it and she took the job. so i tell ya don't

interest us start the title side machine nothing least so coast freiheit. started about to ask us. for her first assignment she boarded a train and discovered her passion for writing but then a young unmarried astrid became pregnant a scandal in sweden at the time. passes to pick out what he had not lost. on the nights he still tells that the scum of the lot of books and he had stopped us to go to the underwriting and nothing to us about the knife because there were no hopes and. plans to test run an appliance. us. from london cursed me mad up at the front. desk and blocked by my plug on my tongue down a man. and his to decide until. the next consumer.

the editor who fathered the child persuaded astrid to leave her baby son last in the care of a boston mother indefinitely. she endured the ordeal of being forced to give up her child because of moral religious and personal constraints. the kind of thank you didn't mean i'm not lessened by us but what i dislike you. he said as attached to him in contempt. there were so many women that went through the same and. and some of them even worse things and it's just not been easy for those women and that's why it's so important to just remind people of these this history can the men of one. last.

astrid visited last as often as she could but he clung to his foster mother and most muslims. and what am i. doing this to and what we can't meet darnedest it can't be. yes it and then action i knew that's what i need to hit the mugger august shines as lingering. after young astrid leaves the baby's father she plunges into a new life and tries to forget her despair. or sorrow at having to give up her son for a time may have been what drove her to write the stories which have been enjoyed by millions of children. being so lost in the in those things has affected her. in her writing and she had said share empathy for children also and that must have. to do with the loss i think. in other

stories about this lonely kids. becoming astrid tells the highly emotional story of how astrid lingering uses her imagination and knack for storytelling to reconnect with her son and forge a new path for herself. yet the film never resorts to kids her path owes rather it's an ode to courage inner strength and finding your own voice. one last as foster mother becomes gravely ill astrid brings her son back to stockholm slowly she wins him over with her love and her stories. and stuff and banquette and i just asked. specially really miss her today a series we need her today because she could say things outloud and she was not so

scared i. want to know more about european lifestyle and culture visit euro max on facebook. you'll find highlights from our programmes. three hundred sixty degree videos of the most beautiful places in europe and snapshots taken by our reporters take an exclusive look behind the scenes at how the program is produced and follow us on facebook live. we'd love it when fans visit our facebook page and give us their feedback visit d.w. euro max on facebook. time now for some dessert and kaiser is one of austria's most popular sweets it's basically like a pancake that's been all cut up in a serve with sugar and cherry sauce on the side now it's quite decadent but it manages to hit the spot on those chilly winter days and what better place to eat it

then on a mountaintop. to pitch called lazy is austria's high a ski resort here at the ski season lasts until may three restaurant speed hungry winter sports enthusiasts one atop the glazier that's almost three thousand five hundred meters above sea level and the others at an elevation of almost three thousand meters. after a day on the slopes ski is can enjoy delicious helping all kinds of snow on the sweet days just as much a part of austrian identity as the alps. wonderful just like my grandma used to make. nearby you'll find austria's highest patisserie stephanie is hard at work here paying pastries and kinds of smart. you put it's everything is produced up here in the bakery because we make all the desserts for the two restaurants village pizza and custom and we also supply cafe

three for forty with fresh cake instituted. every morning that is sent up by cable car to austria's highest coffee house cafe three for. it line six hundred meters about the bakery aside from the fantastic there's another treat the visit has the so-called place yes no cake. on the coconut fine up a very fluffy very large but if you get it fresh it's quite magical and certainly recommend it but if you can feed. but operating a sky high bakery has its pitfalls its. position in these last three thousand four hundred forty meters the boiling point is different so if we know that the weather will change will produce the biscuit bases a day early because otherwise they might not be so fluffy and could fall apart on the side of. milk eggs flour

sugar that's all. kinds of smarm doesn't require any delicate preparation just mix the milk in flour then separate the eggs and beat the eggs like with sugar until stick. it's coming up now that it's nice and foamy will do the famous test that. it should be like this. at the rest of the act to the mixture. then to give it its airy consistency gently fold in the egg whites and you're already. on the pits tugh later we don't use mineral water and. we prefer egg whites. then the kaiser stays moist longer the piped in soft. lower

price are used to shavings i don't die. so here come on you know now we can add some raisins on the glacier we put in raisins but you can leave them out if you wish. and it would mean we sell up to four tons of man in the winter season that's one hundred fifty to two hundred portions a day. should be baked for five minutes on the outside and then it's ready. stephany's i'm gonna also supply. to restaurants. and clips. to get its name from a pancake that went wrong. in emperor france use if. but when a pancake fell apart due cooking. so

now it's just missing the icing sugar on top because you know here we serve our kaiser with apple sauce one thing on their. mind isn't just a favorite he drawled it's one of austria's most popular designs. and finally before we go we want to let you went on the winner of this week's draw we asked you to send us a photo of your best moment of two thousand and eighteen and we received some pictures which we'll share with you now they include sailing trip in pro way shot a first communion in el salvador a marriage proposal at the eiffel tower in paris and this lovely moment from a viewer from india with his children but there can only be one winner of our draw

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