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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 the time around. the traditional food the people in the front 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 but once a year it actually comes to life in the debt. devant or when the residents get

together to reenact dickens iconic novel. there it. may all look like something out of a charles dickens novel farmers beggars tradesmen well to do citizens and they're all here in devon term for a pretty christmas journey back to the 19th century. christmas yeah i like it it's a lot it's nice because of the neighborhood it's 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 here. 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 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 then they give you different costumes that it's really nice every year you are totally new character do you like your costume. nothing that reminds of the century so. same with the 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 i know. it is real take a look at the time traveling doesn't stop at the historical close the 19th century in all its many aspects is reenacted year and david are.

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 are. the silver is wrong i am a 5050 to one of the forks nice things like god it's a different role to totally different you can be an all around and outside yourself so it's very nice to do that's the kick we got or the clothes we were and things we do. 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 the movie of course to christmas carol and i said we are going to do that and then that's to 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 miners are to a model of generosity a. new friend forrest has played the grumpy christmas seder for 25 years now. used it i like it because it's nice to have the best 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 the legendary berlin club back hyun and now they have put their stamp on the famous caddy the potman store where at least one floor of it. this couple have been called into 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 last critical inspection. one good at 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 you know what i'm going to film. the cult house this vestments known as cut if for short opened in 1907 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 hit and not just with berliners. studio car hard remodel the part of the cut of is 6th floor and 2018 the architects made sure everyone from tradition minded champagne drinkers to adventurous foodies feels comfortable here. i've got a lot of the friends i've been discarded and the people that carry a service are they said do something people will notice something we've never seen before. when fear 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 so no images are available. only for the rule is that. we actually try to avoid design that mesa. sound a bit silly but in this case we really didn't want to touch the building's original architecture any more than necessary for the flute 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 by a guy and stays inside that guy. told us cost and alexandra earhart are also a team in their private lives. they got the name of the studio car hired by abbreviating

in combining their surnames but love to experiment and. we've collected a really big store 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 have a game 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. 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. is an attorney of course the kind where big hearted big fans we can go into 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 the county 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 they're both highly satisfied. i'm glad to see something worked out well that we planned out of the drawing board and it's always very theoretical for you to know we can see that not only does it work in practice but their customers like it to be there for you alexandra i'm

told most cost and 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 series traditional christmas fare and in today's episode we find out what the french eats 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 logs traditional christmas treats in france. delish up wolf in bordeaux southwestern france is actually named after its

specialty cape cod and the restaurant can be found in the old town near the opera house. was that also when i was sort of a colby name or head chef at the shop on fact i'm going to show you this traditional french christmas recipe a stuffed cape on crucial. i'll need a 3 to 4 kilogram bird what she will. a cape and is a rooster that's been castrated at 12 weeks old and then fat and. even moving out of spirit only with grain some going to put on lots of muscles in france after $45.00 days we think it's going to disintegrate. a 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 bread soaked in milk to the chopped liver of the caban and parsley insulting tepper to the mix. once you cut off the wings he can begin stuffing the cape and.

you don't have to have to trust it up world some stuff and more troops out there gives it a nice shape. now the stuff capen is covered in foil and roasted for one hour at $180.00 degrees celsius. meanwhile head pastry chef medea alcudia works on the bush to know where. the bush was the your log that guests would bring to help warm their hosts house. on this thing france at the end of the year of christmas and on the 1st of january this is a black forest style bush for in 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 mixer then the sifted cocoa and flour mix this added to the mixture is poured out on a baking sheet in sprinkled with chocolate chips the right up into bridger is crucial . summed up the interview makes it $180.00 degrees celcius for a 6 month it's no longer urging me to try. to bake strips of cake or spread with cherry jam. when i could we put the mascarpone cheese into a ball and then a quick cream into a little one that lead to even out the somewhat flavored damrey are just a little sugar not too much you can see in the strips of sponge cake are laid out in a mold filled with the mark of pony cream covered with more cream and another layer placed on top. the last comes the chocolate covering needed to no more than 35

degrees celsius. back to the cape on versa for the show you know it's pretty in the oven for an hour and i will peel off the foil already begun another hour till it's golden brown will also get closer to following the potatoes or brown didn't bother with time and bay leaves as a side dish for the case of sweet chesnuts and parsley also go in the pan. to measure the rot on the neck finally i skimmed over a little gravy to add a little color and flavor. took a stomachache on one particular and merry christmas the decision of the major united .

you can find this recipe as well as lots of other tips for christmas tree it's on our facebook page. the center run as a tradition that began in britain some 20 years ago participants 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 report 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 scientists young and old come to town christmas in the u.k. it's all about having a good time after all it's called a merry christmas and one of the quirky

a customs during the festive season is the sun to run and the most beautiful one is quite possibly held here in bryson. 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 or 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 all live in the elements we had conditions monch 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 minutes even try to read it well that would be friend testing how

competitive it is the board if i think there's always people at the front that are going to want to wait is not competitive with. a rock. people turn up with a dog with a bug pushing the children in the buggies so it's just about i've been having a good time with your acumen you bring up the others you have 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 wind. to start on his heel. least i'm not pulling the load but most runners here i'm looking to win. so 1st stands around then we should know better. on minute just to make it to the end with all my colleagues from what i thought i would just get a guy for it 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's how it felt then i've got my eyes on the prize front of the queue set how how how. close a 450 people look 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 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 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 so much 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 380-0000 pounds were raised for the local children's hospital next time i visit brighton i hope it's attack walcott. you can find more quirky customs like she's 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 he 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 helpfully explores places like this with his friend felix who's in looks into their histories. of the sea from perfect here you can clearly see the roof is caved in the windows are broken its essence of the planet or is crumbling from the walls this is held 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 in playing who spent their summer vacations here until the late night 170 s. . i want my pictures to reflect what i feel when i enter places like these it's a little scary i get a queasy feeling or hearts pounding i get

a shot of adrenaline for 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 sort of discrepancy they shouldn't be evenly learned but rather have more atmosphere like in landscape photography shot the stress. 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 in the u.s.

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. the. staff. unhealthily never works alone. it's right it's not as well for me to spread or 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 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 stuff and have to live belongs to the generation of urban explorers who go looking for deserted and

forgotten places and all he leaves behind him are footprints respects for these aging sites is important to him. finding motifs takes some effort and detective work one of his family's 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. and 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 have an attack route center still nice on the inside and there's nothing more to see here or you happen to pass by and find something by chance. deafen have allays photos document traces of civilization that time is gradually a racing his works are

a kind of monument to abandoned place says. 2020 will see the 250 s. birthday of composer luke the fun beethoven and to mark the occasion we would like you to join the celebration with your own interpretation of his composition for anything on the 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 well win a trip for 2 to beethoven's birthplace long on the river rhine as a thank you from our team here at your money 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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