hundreds of years ago missionaries reshaped things to convert all of the past people to design as a way of shaping society. with ideas. powerhouse world this week on g.w. . hi there welcome to our final euro max special of the week we've been showcasing europe's top tourist destinations and today we're off to explore france is what's coming up. in it in the jambs discover the secret attractions of paris. the traditional dish kovach is

a french staple. and spectacular views mont blanc is the highest peak in the alps. as always we start off in a featured country's capital showing you each city in a different light paris is known as the city of love there are so many beautiful spots in the french capital that it's hard to know where to begin so we hooked up with a photographer who took us off the beaten path to show us some of the quieter spots in the city of. iconic sites in paris. and some of its lesser known but equally alluring spots photographer says romney has discovered many hidden gems like these. even inters top spots like the city's popular mom must try to destroy. him because it's the best room when i

really like the street because usually it's difficult to capture depth in pictures just looking for converging lines it's already even though there are around two thousand tourists sitting on the steps of the nearby secretary nobody's here and. bromley produces large photo books and also has a lot of followers on you tube. the canal sun my turn east in paris with the reckon they love crossing as one of his favorite spots sound on what most foreign tourists don't know anything about this place only a few french tourists come here it's a canal with locks so ships through the park on the side because it's really great . and the bridge over there is known from the overfill you know ted you know it starts on. i looked at you know. the canal it was commissioned by napoleon and opens in eighteen twenty five.

older still a little further west you'll find the beguiling size they put a. built in seventeen one thousand nine the shopping arcade mainly attracts. locals . in the cities are in the samantha thompson the former priory of some time the shan is home to some of the collections from the cities and me t.m. aseem. it's a trove showcasing mother treasures the original pendle built by french physicist leon fuko which illustrates the earth's rotation. sit as the sun profession and this pretty simple really. or you need is a swinging weight suspended on a piece of string that. it would then continue to swing in the same plane. here in

the museum we put up small metal pins to show how that plane rotates. to prove so even though the weight swings in the same plane the metal pins are knocked over one by one proving the earth's rotation so the more of it. there are. twenty the museum also holds a model of new york statue of liberty which the french presented to the americans as a gift in the late nineteenth century. sailors romilly loves hunting for new perspectives at the city's most famous sites. like here on avenue the come on which is just a stone's throw from the eiffel tower. is the resupply i first saw this visual axis in a french american movie. but it took me a while to find the steps it's great to have a shot of the eiffel tower together with a building and street lamp it's what you call framing the frame. the

french capital also boasts the number of tranquil spots among them the judge down the plant in southeastern paris it's very popular with locals. there's only one thing that count is a park in. the heart of paris here you can hear the birds chirp just all around and relax and enjoy the peace and quiet texas with. a little more off the beaten track in the moderate district lies to a collector concept store see selling furniture accessories and clothing. not far away there's a connery highlights to ray baker there plus the chilly it's cakes and tarts a delicious. time was when you have to be careful or you end up eating here every day. surge revelling meanwhile works off the extra

calories by exploring his beloved city he knows a quiet and overlooked square just behind the world famous sec record silicon. joydeep to be sure there are only three pitches here i like that. draw here and it will enjoy the converging lines from this view of cyclic it's marvelous. but in the end even the photographer heads over to the popular tourist sites because after all the view provides is simply press. just a short trip east of the capital is a world of wonder disneyland paris i remember going there as a young boy the theme park opened its skates a nine hundred ninety two and today it's fairy tale casals adventurous rides and

life sized characters attract millions of visitors every year it's a paradise for all ages and we couldn't go to france without paying a visit to this spectacular fun park. once a day there's a star studded parade down main street in disneyland paris the celebrities include mickey mouse his girlfriend minnie and other disney characters every float is based on a film like this underwater plus the turtle from finding dory. puns on her prince drive past the onlookers followed by elsa and anna from frozen. sometimes visitors get to meet the characters on the park grounds. always love to say yes this know how that. works just say. and they say this. to you and special because it's just it's fun it's a place to feel like

a kid again and i bring my daughter here and she loves it and i've been coming to the different disney parks since i was a kid and it's just a lot of fun they are collecting everything from disney and we love the fact that you can be like a child when you're an adult actually but this is the only place you can be look at our. disneyland paris. it's divided into five the magic section of discovery land for instance features star tours once they've checked in visitors enter a space ship terminal and are greeted by star wars characters like r two d two it's the beginning of a voyage to a distant galaxy. easier on the nerves is a ride in the teacups from alice in wonderland speed demons who prefer the big thunder mountain rollercoaster in frontierland the train races through what looks

like an old mine. disneyland paris is a huge hit attracting more than fourteen million visitors a year from all over the world. anybody who's watching the faces of the young ones most of all they always get so excited when they see everything is very magical. it represents childhood love a family basically a carefree place where you can forget your problems. so it's not it's a real change you get to see disney films in real life very pretty. when the sun goes down the show begins with the spectacular fireworks just need is so famous for cinderella's castle turns into a gigantic backdrop for the characters from the lion king. each.

league. play. now astronomy architecture history and these are some of the elements that most people take into consideration when choose. then next travel destination and the place that we're about to visit has them all the city of then in france is the capital of the region of brittany located in the northwest of the country and the old town boasts countless historical landmarks such as fifteenth century half timbered buildings and the song cathedral at the same time it's a young vibrant city with a lot of student population let's see how the two combine. then a city with over two thousand years of history its many architectural gems include the former city gates which open up into the historic city center.

five hundred year old half timbered houses now service cafes pubs nightclubs and restaurants. the trough century roman catholic cathedral is one of ren's landmarks the site dates back to the sixth century father ben not old today has been in charge here since two thousand and five. i think with this guy federal was constructed in place of a roman temple at first it was a gothic cathedral but it had to be torn down because it became unstable reconstruction on this cathedral began and seventeen eighteen french artist are responsible for the modern elements of the altar. the city's fine examples of renaissance in new york classical architecture include city

hall the opera which stands just opposite and parliament. a guided tour can help better understand their rich history. no need we are standing in front of brittany's parliament this building was the seat of parliament from six hundred fifty five the middle of the seventeenth century it was set up in the very heart of brittany's capital to represent the french kings authority. in seven hundred twenty a fire raised in rents for almost a week destroying large parts of the city including this essentially hall. was the residence of friends are bilingual speaking both french and an ancient celtic language. includes the well as you. see the sign is written in of course french and just below in the book a tall version the historical language of the region this language with its celtic origins is still very relevant throughout the region. don't tell me here.

another gem in atlanta is it's a fine arts museum located on the glen river. pier visitors will find an extensive collection of european paintings from seventeenth century religious allegory to modern works. current it with a fine arts museum is known above all for its collection of european paintings from the seventeenth century we have three big names including rubin's tiger lion and leopard hometown greatest work he receives and we have other great pieces such as the famous painting from martin from hames kerak st luc painting the burj of europe with on family getting out of your shorts. and a visit to rand would not be complete without cups or god let the region specialty fix every cent and then the old part of town attracts both tourists and locals. have to love fall is the restaurants crap expert and easily whips up one of

a dozen variations on offer. oh no i'm going to make a mushroom go at. first you take the batter for the connecticut which consists of buckwheat. you take one ladle and put it on the griddle and then you turn it to ms i want to tell me if. they want it we're fried egg on top you have a mushroom go left in your. a mix of medieval and modern young and old a city that truly reflects the diversity of britain. by the looks of it certainly a place to put on your bucket list the next time you're in fronts now there's

plenty of diversity in french cooking but now we're going to get to know a staple of the country's calorie culture. it's a traditional dish of chicken braised with lots of red wine the original version is from the burgundy region so we went there to see how the locals put it together. to this day the rooster is still france's unofficial national symbol. it decorates tables and proudly sits on rooftops and if the rooster itself lands up in the cooking pot you can be sure cocoa ban is on the menu the dish in which chicken is raised in wine is a classic of french cuisine. mobs that tastes of tradition shabbily and warns us what i think every culture has a dish that warms your heart to a girl it was almost home and one of the best places to try an authentic version of

this world famous dish is that. the restaurant lives on the outskirts of. burgundy the region where cocoa found was created. here at frederick mean a shame and expert on chicken lets us who look over his shoulder. and double says reply learned to move course there's a secret but i'm not telling you what it is a no no cooking is all about sharing i could use that info. to prepare a classical cold fact you need to dismember an entire chicken. then add chopped onion small carrots garlic and a bundle of herbs but first fry some fatty bacon in a roasting pan with. the piece of the bird to be salted individually and then placed in the pan with the bacon fat snorkel. then comes the

second main ingredient wine. you can make great food without great ingredients he has some influence but he's there to serve the ingredients and not vice versa and the order in the out. of the shop told them. in a vineyard in burgundy they feel the same way here just outside to join only the finest pin on wall is aged in these oak barrels cooking wine is a foreign concept in french cuisine here chefs say only a great red wine makes for a great song choice. and the regional wine comes from is important as well. who can email you when you're cooking a recipe from a burgundy you must use a wine from the region to give the dish that typical character there are many variations on this recipe using a variety of wides along with at the bakery if you keep most of us but you can't

make a couple in you know with the wine from the one valley it would be a cocoa but not one from burgundy not local maybe but i cook or who are. kind of a clinician a gives us i'm not there to be for flooring the red wines over the first keep the wind to the boiling point and from day it won't support it as it burns away the acidity and the alcohol it has to. legend has it that cocoa van was popularized in paris in the late sixteenth century by henry the fourth the french king is credited with giving common folk a chicken in every pot. historian lloyd began to see explains. the lead they think. the essence of the story is that a good king enery because that's the image the french have a few thought it wanted only the best for his subjects from strood preventive that

included eating this fine dish with their families every sunday savor pretty how they prefer you today. whether the legend is true or not many hands and roosters have wound up in french cooking pots over the centuries. and in henry's day they live. eight this friday in particular the flesh a very old breed of chicken that. raises at his organic farm when it is a new more can still come in and prove you aren't you have older animals that are true or maybe six years old or even more personal and an easy way to tenderize the meat of such an old bird is to cook it long and slow. and why it is perfect for that well. so called home family went from being a humble rustic dish to the essence of french cuisine. the

simplicity of its recipe and its name have made it world famous. very good once again the gaelic rooster has done its country proud. now we're venturing up into the mountains to the mall blong white mountain some call it the highest peak in europe although that's subject to some debate these are higher peaks in russia and georgia but what's certain is that it probably stands at four thousand eight hundred ten meters and the alpine region between france and italy it was first climbed in seventeen eighty six the pioneering in the region before that your remarks reporter meghan li traveled that to learn more about the mountains history. long long the highest mountain in. stood here since the beginning of time located in charmine france it is a premier winter destination for tourists all over the world.

has lived in charmine for over thirty years as official guy she understands very well what drugs tourists to this region. the whole valley shines with these mountains the mountains together with blanc are amazing that's the attraction here . but once upon a time people thought the mountains were full of ghosts and dragons and so on. until everyone was afraid of what was up there. it was said sherman he was located in the bad mountains then in the middle of the eighteenth century two englishman came from geneva. heard all this talk about money and decided to see the erie valley for themselves. said this is the high and. the first actual mountain pioneers were crystal hunters who extracted courts from the mountains of chamonix it was then shipped off to geneva even made its way to the halls of versailles harmonies crystal museum visitors can get an idea of the

minerals extracted from mom and its neighboring peaks. that imagine sherman he was a very small simple village p. . will have a simple life and we're poorhouse before that and then they found out without having to climb too high up the mountain that with these rockers tools they could possibly sell them in geneva and make some money and then have a better life. and decent business need to hope that pioneering spirit has certainly paid off for sure many tourists now flock to the village to travel with the cable car to reach a height of thirty eight hundred meters above sea level. even with the most modern technology and safety measures in place the ride is not for the faint of heart. but once at the top of the mystique of month long becomes very clear during visitors can dangle over the mountains in a glass box and on

a sunny day you can see from miles into the distance. skiing at this altitude without pressure and parts of the body to the test. as seen from all directions over the years when i've been skiing but i've never been a this is my face this it's to the top of the mountain to sherman east my first visit but my husband in nine hundred sixty sixty two and sixty six he climbed up here so i'm coming up to him really so i can show him the pictures when i go back to england a moment it is very beautiful because of the high altitude it is quite difficult to breathe up here. but this altitude allows visitors to see all the major peaks including the matter horn and the distance. tourism in charm and he has come a long way over the last two hundred fifty years it is now one of the most exclusive winter destinations in europe initially though tourists first started

coming here not for long before a seven and a half a kilometer long glacier known as the man to glasgow reachable by train. it's europe's third biggest glacier located on the northern side of my. lawn can also be enjoyed in the sweet form here the cafe you call moments visitors can delight in and a range of french pastries but the best selling ones represent the famous mountain checked me in front of his own this cafe for thirty years or chocolates our lord winning. i will visit this so here we have the law cake i'm going to take one and we can discover it together and lots of chantilly cream and if that's not enough there's another version that is just as decadent.

and then. back outside the atmosphere in harmony is relaxed as another day comes to an end over a month. well i hope you enjoyed our trip through france you'll find all this week's journeys i'm much more on our website ditto we don't call slash lifestyle and you can also follow us on instagram d w euro max i'll see you tomorrow for the highlights of the week by for now. next time on your own marks the highlights show with the unknown attractions of the british capital funding. venues pays tribute to a london labor council nova. and a visit to an acclaimed viking settlement in northern germany this and more next time around here on our sides.

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