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the most famous christmas carol in the world to put us in the perfect mood for today's show with that a warm welcome to your remarks where we have a lot more festive topics this time around. the traditional food to people in front to enjoy during the holiday season and every year hundreds of sandals joined the charity raised in brighton england. but 1st we dive into the 19th century with british author charles dickens and his book a christmas carol as you might know the story is about an old miser who changes his ways and becomes a warm hearted and generous man thanks to the spirit of christmas has been filmed many times but once a year at actually comes to life in the dutch town of devant or when the residents get together to reenact dickens iconic novel. really very revealing. they all look like something out of

a charles dickens novel farmers beggars tradesmen well to do citizens and they're all here in devon turn for a pretty christmas journey back to the 19th century. christmas yeah i like it a lot it's nice because the neighborhood is also like an oldish style so much really well and i think that's why many people come here because if you do this in a newly built neighborhood it won't work very nice to see the do well dressed people so it's very nice to be near. the vancouver families making final preparations 7 year old frederica's camp is a bit tight but it'll have to do the family whose have been taking part in the festival ever since they set up home in the old town to get their costumes from a central wardrobe everything has to look authentic to get different ones every year you just sign up to join as

a neighbor and they give you different costumes that it's really nice every year you're a totally new character do you like your costume. nothing that reminds of the century so. same british shoes actually you can to have sneakers or anything and know what. the rules are strict mobile phones are banned so all that's left to do is to go for a stroll and see what's going on in town just like people used to do. but that. is real acknowledged by the time travelling doesn't stop at the historical close the 19th century in all its many aspects is reenacted year in david or. then as now nobody likes to see children begging but everybody likes tea time in elegant surroundings. young to have a man has transformed his living room into

a period partner. the silver is strong i mean 5850 doing the forks nice things like god it's a different role to totally different and be an all or one ox like yourself so it's very nice to do that's the kick we get or the close we grow and things we go. any strict always wanted to bring charles dickens a christmas carol to life she founded the dickens festival in 1900 our father was a fan of dickens and england i mean followed in his footsteps and made her dream come true. i'm just to begin began with shops and then i invited them here and i showed a movie of course to christmas carol and i said we are going to do that and then

that's to most important thing that the people not only shop did it but also people who lived here. a christmas carol tells the story of the wondrous transformation of ebenezer scrooge from the mines or to a model of generosity. look friend forrest has played the grumpy christmas hater for 25 years now. i'm used to it i like it because it's nice to have a bad character there to finding yourself beth biggs. the dickens festival in dave and terry is an astounding tribute to the power of christmas through the ages.

now what do the potman store and the night club have in common you might say nothing much but here in berlin they do share something namely their architects the car had to design to the legendary berlin club back hyun and now they have put their stamp on the famous cod to be the potman store or at least one floor of it. this couple have been called to despair lynn luxury department store to enjoy the delicacies. they've given the candy section a new contemporary look. just before the grand reopening the couple give the new counters and shelves one most critical inspection. one. of course they can sense the energy of the people stocking the shelves and opening the section for business. in a few hours the curtain goes up it's like a theater or a movie premiere. whatever in

a film. the vestments known as cut if for short opened in $1007.00 and became a berlin institution it's called my food section is legendary but 1st the combination of specialty food shopping and dining was unheard of today it's a it's a not just with berliners. studio car hard remodel the part of the cut of his 6th floor and 2018 the architects made sure everyone from tradition minded champagne drinkers to adventurous foodies feels comfortable here. a couple have actually friends i can discard it and the people that got a vase. they said do something people will notice something we've never seen before. a vote of mr v. and. the most famous project portfolio so far is berlin's legendary techno club bear kind. the architects how to convert a former heat and power appliance into

a club and designed the interior. but cameras are not allowed inside that kind so no images are available. only for the rule is that. we actually try to avoid design that made. sound a bit silly but in this case we really didn't want to touch the building's original architecture any more than necessary if you have like it's big somebody had lots of surface area to work with you can find seating all over the people who go there should be able to enjoy it and still be surprised when the rule there is what happens inside where a guy stays inside that. hotel must cost and alexandra are also a team in their private lives. because the name of the studio caught by abbreviating in combining their surnames but love to experiment and. we've collected a really big story of materials here for it always depends on the project come but

we start out by putting together a ray of materials. and let me again the reputation is close architects but the couple also designs apartments. medical practices such as this dentist's office. and restaurants like this burger bar. the 2 architects are willing to take on just about any challenge. but it's great that there's such a variety to just limit ourselves to clubs would be too narrow. the jury has 8 regular employees occurrence major contract is for the interior of sony music's new berlin headquarters and they feel every bit as much at home remodeling an iconic department store. as in italy of course the kind where big hairy big fans we've

been going to the store for years and we knew right away what had to be done and how we'd go about it and. a few days later the back in the gore made apartment become the section is finished the architects make sure everything is in working order. fine materials organically controlled surfaces it's playful in area but it all comes together into a hormone use entity. highly satisfied. for me i'm glad to see something worked out well that we planned out at the drawing board it's always very theoretical and good for you but now we can see that not only does it work in practice but their customers like it to be wooden airfoil alexandra untold must cost and would like to do some browsing here themselves but sadly time doesn't permit it so they make do with a little treat as a reward before heading back to work.

during the christmas season some color in their classics an absolute must however here in europe people in each country enjoy a very different treats we have already showing you some of these specialties and are your make serious traditional christmas fare and in today's episode we find out what the french it's during the holiday season. the main course is stuffed caban with potatoes and sweet chestnuts. and for dessert to boost in no way a sweet christmas tree log traditional christmas treats in france. delish up wolf in bordeaux southwestern france is actually named after its specialty capen the restaurant can be found in the old town near the opera house. grocer and also what i'm sort of your head chef at the shop on friday i'm going to

show you this traditional french christmas recipe a stuffed capon i'll need a 3 to 4 kilogram bird walk up to. a cape and is a rooster that's been castrated at 12 weeks old and then fat and. you don't know when it's spread only was grain so that it puts on lots of muscles in france after $45.00 days going to disintegrate. for the stuffing stage rick will be nice so tastes shallots and garlic in butter and he glaze this with white wine. then bread soaked in milk to the chopped liver of the caban and parsley and salt and pepper to the mixture. once he's cut off the wings he can begin stuffing the cape and. be done with and have to trust it up worlds of the stuff and more troops out there

gives it a nice string. now the stuff capen is covered in foil and roasted for one hour at $190.00 degrees celsius. meanwhile head pastry chef medea alcubierre works on the bush to know where. the bush was they do. the log that guests would bring to help warm their hosts house. all of his fame friends at the end of the year of christmas and on the 1st of january there's a black forest style bush for the off. the sponge cake mixture is made up of cocoa powder flour sugar in eggs 1st the eggs and sugar are beaten together with a mixture of then the sifted cocoa and flour mixed is added to the mixture is poured out on

a baking sheet in sprinkled with chocolate chips the right up into bridger is crucial. in the barracks at $180.00 degrees celsius for 6 months no longer urging me to try. to bake strips of cake or spread with cherry j.m. . we put the mascarpone cheese into a bowl and then the liquid cream into a little melon to even out the somewhat flavor. just a little sugar not too much. the strips of sponge cake are laid out in a mold stilled with the mark of pony cream covered with more cream and another layer placed on top. the last comes the chocolate covering heated to no more than $35.00 degrees celsius. back to the cape undress official you know it's pretty in the oven for an hour and

i will peel off the fore. you know we're going to take it another hour until it's golden brown will also get closer to following the potatoes or brown didn't better with time and bay leaves as a side dish for the cape and sweet chestnuts and parsley also go in the pan. version of the rock overnight finally i spoon over a little gravy to have a little color work real pleasure to. welcome some people around on a particular and merry christmas the decision with imagery that. you can find this recipe as well as lots of other tips for christmas tree it's on our facebook page. the sansa run as

a tradition that began in britain some 20 years ago participants like caps like this one every year thousands of people compete in the races to raise money for charity the run in brighton post a new challenge for i report on next meryl and me it's a holiday highlight for our series quirky customs. the bronx and a beautiful city beside the sea just south of london it's well worth a visit even in winter. just before christmas some fascinating characters appear on the scene once a year hundreds of sounds as young and old come to town christmas in the u.k. is all but have a good time after all it's called a merry christmas and one of the quirkier customs during the festive season is this i'm so wrong and the most beautiful one is quite possibly held here in brighton. although i didn't feel too good after the race. but let's start at the beginning

i've been up since the crack of dawn getting ready. of course today is just about taking part really but on my travels i faced a lot tougher challenges than running 5 k. so today i think i'm going to try and win it even though i haven't really trained much or i don't for that matter but maybe my competitors haven't as well. a few people have actually been up and running before me they're even doing a little warm up race before the real deal kicks off in less than friendly conditions we are battling the elements we had conditions march wasn't nice if he's writing the series of barely on their bodies by the time i come back nobody advice me maybe 20 without even trying to read it well that would be fantastic how competitive it is aboard if i think there's always people at the front that are going to want to wait it is not competitive with. a rotten job. people turn up

their dogs with a bug pushing the children in the buggies so it's just about i mean i've been a good time with jerk and you bring up but i do you have a child you are pretty fair every participant gets a costume one size fits all and i'm having a tough time just getting it on fighting a losing battle with the women. struggling here feel. least i'm not toiling alone but most runners here i'm looking to win. so 1st time to run then we should know better. i'm going to just have my kids at the end with all my colleagues from one that would just get a guy for it and say maybe half an hour and 25 minutes that would be a major victory if you got a certain time you want to be or you want to be one of the monkey. on your ranch lawson is. just here to have fun then i've got my eyes on the price front of the queue the $0.80 how.

i have a 450 people are taking part the 1st half of the race takes us straight into a fierce headwind on the way back the conditions a fall better but i find myself neck and neck with super mario. there's not much left in the tank by the end but it's enough to finish 35th after hundreds of runners mind. i was really exhausting. i'm surprised that kept on. going the way there was so difficult we were facing the wind on the way back it all felt a lot better. but to so much to do the time to run where there's no wind and no chance of that in brighton i didn't get a win but 35th isn't bad considering i didn't train anyway to the real victory 380-0000 pounds were raised for the local children's hospital next time i visit

brighton i hope it's a top. you can find mark what's a customs like cheese rolling on our you tube channel. when you think of the alps normally images off hiking are steaming spring to mind but when german photographer stefan his fellow goes there he's looking for something completely different he is fascinated by abandoned buildings so-called lost places his photos cannot save them from dk but at least they can preserve the memory. ruins in deserted places have always held a magical fascination for people. they make us wonder who once lived in them and what happened to them. stephan halfling explores places like this with his friend felix kusa in looks into

their histories. of the superman perfect here you can clearly see the roof is caved in the windows are broken it's a sense of the plaster is crumbling from the walls of this is held together it makes for some beautiful photos. the tooth. built in the 1020s it served as a summer camp it's almost as if we can still hear the children laughing and playing who's that their summer vacations here until the late night team 7 days. i 2. didn't i want my pictures to reflect what i feel when i enter places like these it's a little scary and i get a queasy feeling or hearts pounding i get a shot of adrenaline and it's exactly this feeling i'd like to reproduce in light and shade i want people to see that in the photos in the story of this life is that

they shouldn't be evenly lit but rather have more atmosphere like in landscape photography the shot is questionable. carefully travels the world as a professional landscape photographer he brings back images like this one of the grand canyon. and the jungles of hawaii many of his pictures have won awards he's widely recognized as one of the world's leading landscape photographers. heavily has been fascinated by abandoned houses since childhood he's published his discoveries in a book of photos. once splendid villas. first world war bunkers. hidden chapels. and factories where no machine has operated for decades. he doesn't say exactly where he finds the abandoned buildings so they won't be

overrun by visitors also many of these buildings are indicate and hazardous and most are hard to reach. stephanie heavily never works alone. despite as much as all for me spreader to go in with someone even when i'm just photographing my landscapes if something were to happen or if someone broke a ford or severing the ankle it's safer but i'm lucky that it's never happened to me no major injuries but it's better to have a good pair along those able to help you. 33 year old stephan half alive belongs to the generation of urban explorers who go looking for deserted and forgotten places and all he leaves behind him are footprints respect for these aging sites is important to him.

finding motifs takes some effort and detective work one of his methods is to scan satellite photos on the internet. months into your postings from here you can see the places abandoned doesn't even have a roof. you can be just that simple if it's harder you can browse certain blogs on the subject then you can find out lots of those that still have an attack route center still nice on the inside and there's nothing more to see here or you happen to have a surprise i don't find something by chance. is photos document traces of civilization that time is gradually a raising his works or a kind of monument to abandoned places. 2020 will see the 250 s.

birthday of composer luke big fun beethoven and to mark the occasion we would like you to join the celebration with your own interpretation of his composition for any of them on a musical instrument of your choice my colleagues have already had a go 2 2. as you can hear it doesn't always have to sound perfect. you can upload your video on our website and the most interesting and she will win a trip for 2 to beethoven's birthplace bung on the river rhine as a thank you from our team here at your max and with that we wish you all the very best for the holiday season and hope to see you again next time i buy.

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