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close. was that it was meet. 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 the time around. the traditional food the people in france enjoy during the holiday season and every year hundreds of santos 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 that 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 where it

was really the world. they all look like something out of a charles dickens novel farmers beggars tradesmen and well to do citizens and they're all here and given time for pretty christmas journey back to the 19th century. christmas yeah i like it a lot. it's nice because of the neighborhood is also like a list 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 them to do well dressed people so it's very nice to be near. the tranquil family is making final preparations 7 year old frederica's camp is a bit tight but you don't have to do the family whose have been taking part in the festival ever since they set up home in the old town they get their costumes from a central wardrobe everything has to look authentic to get different ones every

year he just signed 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. that. is real a little at a time travelling doesn't stop at the historical close the 19th century in all its many aspects is reenacted year in david or. ben as now nobody likes to see children begging but everybody likes tea time in elegant

surroundings. and young to have a man has transformed his living room into a period part. of the silver is from my the 5th the 1st to. the forks and i see things like god it's a different world the totally different look and be an all or worn out. it yourself so it's very nice to do that's the kick we got or the clothes we were and the things we do for. any strict always wanted to bring charles dickens or christmas carol to life she founded the dickens festival in 1900 her 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 ringback and i said we are going to do that and then the that's the most important thing that the people not only shop did it but also the people who lived here. a christmas carol tells the story of the wondrous transformation of ebenezer scrooge from the mines or do a model of generosity and look friend foresters played the grumpy christmas seder for 25 years now. one of the most are usually a life of because it's nice to have the best character in there to finding yourself the best. the dickens festival in gave interviews an astounding

tribute to the power of christmas through the ages. now what do you like stray department store and a nightcap have in common you might say nothing much but here in berlin they do share something namely the architects of the cot do a design to the legendary berlin club back and now they have put their stamp on the famous caddy of the apartment 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 good at that which 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 i mean if it would have been a film. the vestments known as cut if a short opened in 1907 and became a berlin institution it's cool a food section is legendary at 1st the combination of specialty food shopping and dining was unheard of today it's a hit and not just with berliners. studio carhart remodeled a part of the cut of a 6th floor in 2018 the architects made sure everyone from tradition minded champagne drinkers to adventurous foodies feels comfortable here. a couple who have actually friends i can discard it and the people like out of a service are they said do something people will not notice something we've never seen before. when buffy vote of which given. the most famous project

profile or 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 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 certainly 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 and the rule there is what happens inside bad guy stays inside that i. tell my scars than alexandra are also a team in their private lives. they got the name of their 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 how about we start out by putting together a new way of materials. and let me again the reputation of this club 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. it's great that there's such a variety to just limit ourselves to clubs would be too narrow. for joe has a 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. isn't it really of course the kind we're 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 in vietnam that in. a few days later the back in the gore made apartment the candy section is finished the architects make sure everything is in working order. fine materials organically can turn surfaces it's playful an area and it all comes together into a homeowner's entity that both highly satisfied. for me i'm glad to see something worked out world that we planned out of the drawing board and it's always very theoretical and good for you and now we can see that not only does it work in practice but their customers like it to the wooden airfoil of alexandra until most cost them would like to do some browsing here themselves but sadly time doesn't permit so they make do with a little treat as

a reward before heading back to work. during the christmas season some color in their excessive absolute must however here in europe people in each country enjoy a very different treats you have already shown you some of these specialties and are your maxi areas 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 capen with potatoes and sweet chestnuts. and for dessert induced in no way a sweet christmas tree logs traditional christmas treats in france. delicious home in bordeaux southwestern france is actually named after its specialty caper on the restaurant can be found in the old town near the opera house

she grew up with also 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. even moving out of its spirit only with grains so that it puts on lots of muscles in france after $45.00 days we think it's going to disintegrate. the city in order. for the stuffing stage or it will be nice so it tastes shallots and garlic in butter and the glazers with white wine. then spread soaked in milk to the chopped liver of the cuban and parsley insult and pepper to the mixture. once you cut off the anus he can begin stuffing the cape and.

you don't have to have to trust it up well so the stuffing more troops around there gives it a nice shape. now the stuff cavemen is covered in foil and roasted for one hour at $180.00 degrees celsius. meanwhile head pastry chef medea alcudia works on the boost in. the boosh was the you. the log that guests would bring to help warm their hosts house. all on his thing friends who eat the boosh at the end of the year of christmas and on the 1st of january there is a black forest style bush for the off. this bunch cake mixture is made up of cocoa powder flour sugar in eggs 1st the eggs and sugar are beaten together with

a mixer then the sifted cocoa and flour mix those added the mixture is poured out on a baking sheet in sprinkled with chocolate chips the right up into bridger is crucial . to get breaks at $180.00 degrees celsius for 6 months no longer urging me to try to. debate strips of cake are spread with cherry jam. we put the mascarpone cheese into a bowl and then the quid cream and a little melon to even out the somewhat flavor and then riyadh just a little sugar not too much. the strips of sponge cake are laid out in a mold stilled with a mark upon a 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 if it is you know it's part of the oven for an hour and i will peel off the 4. already break it another hour till it's golden brown was closer to following the potatoes are browned in butter with time and bay leaves as a side dish for the case of sweet chesnuts and parsley also go in the pan. more gentle growth on the neck finally i scoot over a little gravy to have a little color and flavor. because some people don't want to take you and merry christmas at the decision but i mean you know if.

you can find this recipe as well as lots of other tips for christmas tree it's on our facebook page. the santa run as a tradition that began in britain some 20 years ago participants were 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 reports on next meryl and made a holiday highlight for our series quirky customs. in 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 quirky accustoms during the festive season is the sun to run 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 much 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 i don't for that matter but maybe my competitors haven't and 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 maybe it's writing the series a barely on their bodies by the time i come back nobody advice me maybe 20 wouldn't even try 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 waiting 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 mean a good time what you're going to pick up but i'm sure of a child should a 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 winds. start on his heel. at 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. on minute just to make it to the end with all my colleagues from what i would just get a guy for and say maybe half an hour and 25 minutes that would be a major victory and he got a certain time you want to be or you want to be one of the monkey. when you run tossing it. just here to have fun then i've got my eyes on the prize fronts of the q

b $0.80. over 450 people are taking part the 1st half of the race takes us straight into a fierce headwind on the way back the conditions for a fall festival i find myself neck and neck with the super mario. there's not much left in the tank by the end but it's enough to finish 35th out of hundreds of runners mind. i was really exhausting. i'm surprised that pepto along. the way there was so difficult we were facing the wind on the way back it all felt a lot better. but choose somewhere to do the time to run when there's no wind. no chance of that in brighton i didn't get a win but the 35th isn't bad considering i didn't train any way to the real victory 3 and

a half 1000 pounds were raised for the local children's hospital next time i visit brighton i hope it's a tad warmed up. you can find more quirky customs like cheese rolling on our you tube channel when you think of the alps normally images off hiking are steam 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 decay 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 healthfully explores places like this with his friend felix who said it looks into their histories. of the superman perfect here you can clearly see the roof is caved in the windows are broken its essence of the plaster is crumbling from the walls this is all together it makes for some beautiful photos. the tooth. built in the night 120 as it served as a summer camp it's almost as if we can still hear the children laughing and playing who spent their summer vacations here until the late night team seventy's. i want my pictures to reflect what i feel when i enter places like this it's a little scary i get a queasy feeling or hearts pounding i get a shot of adrenaline that'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 christmas i shouldn't even leal it but rather have more atmosphere like a landscape photography shot this question. 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. and.

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. staff. in heavily never works alone. it's right as much as all for an immense pressure to go in with someone even when i'm just photographing my landscapes if something were to happen or if someone broke a ford taurus or brain dead 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 stuff and have fillet 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 her family's methods is to scan satellite photos on the internet. postings from here you can see the places abandoned it doesn't even have a roof. it can be just that simple if it's harder you can browse certain blogs on the subject then you can find for lots of those that still intact roof center still nice on the inside and there's nothing more to see here or you happen to pass by you don't find something by chance. photos document traces of civilization that time is gradually a racing. his works are 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 2 as you can hear it doesn't always have to sound for effect. you can upload your video on our website and the most interesting and she will win a trip for 2 to beethoven's birthplace long on the river rhine as a thank you from our team here at karen marks 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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