photographers lead pictures off the backs of the 17th century still lifes of the monster. now as you're watching this child you most probably have some interest in this country and the people who live here rachel has been investigating the in a workings of the jump in psyche for over a year and she'll join us in a minute but 1st is a taste of the series. yeah think of pink really has a german slang would for money it apparently comes from the sound of course putting together. welcome to you all need to demonstrate how to check up a bully running through some fun facts about health in germany please think seat will get started and that's planned ok have you ever the home remedy edition how

many might see big even from the northeast yeah yeah it kept them on time cloud done folks didn't have to. and rachel is right here with me welcome rights for all of the great to see you now how do you find your subjects i presume you have a vast crew of research and well actually it's quite personal for months so these really are the kind of things that i've just noticed over the last couple of years of living in germany the kind of things i would talk to my friends about in the pub when you're still comparing your culture to other people's cultures ok that's correct but some people might see your videos and think oh you're just having a lawful at the expense of the germs but you know what we are having a laugh about tonight it's meant to be a good fun it's meant to be quiet and it's saying quite tongue in cheek i'd say but there's a lot more to it as well we're trying to be very informative we're trying to talk a lot into one of our episodes and we really want to make sure that everyone takes

something new away from each episode but i think i also get away with being a bit cheeky because the germans they really like british humor they do have got away with it for 30 years and you're right for the moment thank you let's see the 1st in the series and this is very topical as it's asparagus time right now here in germany and you wouldn't believe it but the germans eat 125000 tons of the stuff every year. just. do some lengths and respectable go and even if you can't quite tell from the sun this it will tell you when spring has begun from april to june your life has more reason simply because it says. so you want to know what makes the germans did well the demand for this pale white stick asparagus comes in green and even purple too but for most germans only this one will do it's nicknamed white gold perhaps that's a measure of how much they value this national treasure. in season it appears in

every dish and soup in the salads on pizza with fish but the classic combination served up with pride is boiled with potatoes and home on the side it's bursting with nutrients but then of course it's often drenched in. i've got to admit i don't quite understand i mean it's ok but kind of bland so come on germany what's all the fuss about your wife's aspirant this. even if i get them talking to some some are different. from uncle charles you see those green school. right after me and good luck to you outside vendors it's all yours guys which binds us he says and i think it's i make this country on a leash the day my. people in my. case i finished boggle grows underground all tucked away in a loosely packed mound assoon as the tip of the spear breaks through it's time to dig no more sunlight for you each single spear must be plucked out by hand and all

the veggies grown in the land from lower saxony right down to various asparagus takes up the largest area. you will and early on while there's limited so the prices might give you a bit of a shock 20 yours but kilos not out of the question and all season long you'll pay for perfection these are just. body i know. you've got site you know the finish. sogard will know my will deceive me to my by no i didn't go down try to charlotte feel your eyes on the bus must be perfect just by getting out myself by a goat device you show us your cup runs one centimeter long or 3 since one functions are going to be 30. this is spared us crazy as a marketing dream the special poets and painters and even a queen crowned once a year with the dress and the such an ambassador for the local asparagus stuff on june 24th the season comes to a close the sun it's all over as the old saying goes is kisha water bottle toward

cherries red asparagus dead but with seasonal bad surely part of the one is the absence really does make the heart grow fonder. i have to say that's very impressive if you're going to do the whole series in rhyme that would be great i don't think i'm going to manage it manage it sadly but we're just kind of thinking for this one how do we convey this deep passion of this vegetable in germany and that kind of thing not the only way it was within the poem and you did that you did the rug i did just. as we sit here or not here but i saw it this studio it's over 30 degrees everybody's dreaming of back to work of course germany famous for its beer but they do sometimes mix it with strange things yes

that really shocked me when i moved i already knew that they took that be a very serious issue and then they started pouring manana juice or sometimes was. just yes but it tastes quite good actually i must say but i've got to say my favorite thing about the german be a culture is the fact that you could be walking down the street and you could stop practically anybody and they'd be able to open your vehicle without a bottle and maybe with the teeth or with the lights i would escape or think so very impressive this is true that is true although i wouldn't recommend anybody to use their teachers we should you know promote that so now apart from big overseas they want to been. we've seen the one on aspire guess what else can we look forward to coming all sorts of stuff so we go from food to language to even nudity so i spent a lot of time in a german spot recently i think for a lot of coaches including my own it's quite daunting this idea of a mixed soul and where everybody's in the nude so we made an episode about everything you need to know before you set foot in it which. you do the series for

year on law and it's coming on our show every week now but what shift favorite thing about the germans. i mean you live here oh yeah difficult for me to do things i mean quite simply is german breakfast is just really great bread cheese meat per white stuff weekend but i also really admire the germans love being outdoors they take every opportunity they can and there is hiking all camping all bobby cueing simply rachel great to have you looking forward to the series thanks very much for covering good. still life painting is basically the painting. object the most common being a vase of flowers or flowers of some description inspired by the golden age of dutch painting in the 17th century the photographer. has built on this great tradition and with the aid of digital technology created new works timeless quality . at 1st glance they look like traditional still life paintings.

but. has revived a rather stuffy art form with technology. he takes photos of single flowers and then creates digital flower arrangements on the computer spired by the flemish masters of the 17th and 18th centuries. just like them he creates arrangements that would actually be impossible in real life. in my sphere i have so i want to play with time. by taking photos of flowers in every season. i can combine flowers from spring and summer. which is not possible. past may use finds inspiration everywhere and is always looking out for new motifs she takes photos of flowers of all shapes and colors all year long because database

already posts over $12000.00 photos. whether she's in a luxury flower shop or in a more modest one around the corner or even at the botanical gardens which has tropical beauty there was always something that catches his eye just like the 17th century painters bought or. to paint on. photographs of flowers to use it as a basis for my still lives. so. the photos become some kind of my digital painting and my computer is someone on my canvas and i paint pictures from it on and. she also takes photos of a sense crucial components of still life paintings of flower arrangements well when i start composing my still life i always start with a photo of a face and so do

a face is really the basis of this to life and it's not just an assessor is really important. for our book and the face have to be in balance sometimes the face is really in front so to book a is to be also a bit more vibrant and more colorful just to keep the balance. be after composing a painting has hardly changed since the masters were at work. the only difference today is that boss male voice does everything digitally. good still live in my opinion is alive which is not though it has to have some tension in it and wanted to be free of it and for that purpose i put a lot of insects in and lot of other animals. in real

life plans are dependent on insects for reproduction and sometimes insects or caterpillars can be fretful plans and it's all actually about circle of life. and that's what i really want to show people. and does so with finesse. finally a 1st glimpse of the long awaited documentary about bob dylan's legendary rolling funded saw a chaotic romp he made across america. i have a 40 years ago. some are really cool so far. down that they inspired dylan was back. again are you over forces. going to. directed by hollywood great martin scorsese who famously made the last waltz back in 1978 which was all about dylan's back and co to go back

and anyway this new documentary comes out and next next next will not spoil all we've got time for today check out make the germans online. slash meet the germans all here every week at this time on culture thanks for watching and i hope to see you again at the same time tomorrow until that. you.

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