you. don't miss our highlights. program on line w. dot com hard. because he's in germany to learn german public opinion. why not learn with him the music he learning course because faith. where come to your own marks on the law because that's what you say here in cologne in germany during conover come it's being celebrated here and you leave the habits of years now and for those of you have not recognized me yet underneath this week it's me my cook and we're dedicating the whole show today to cottle's across europe will go to the famous carnival of venice and will travel to nice in france to watch

the flower parade because each country has its own unique seditions pharyngula and human capital no one leaves hello without cost you at least a bit of make up a whole week even if you're just heading to the supermarket kill o'connell it's known for it's what partying is straight sprites no life is suspended throughout the city and lots of people take time off from work in order to join the fun round the clock and the committed revelle us start early in the morning so let's start right in for all of you don't know quite what awaits you here are some facts of the cologne count of 00 so. the colorful season begins on november 11th and love still ash wednesday. i think i learned the rest is a cold yet can and they shall. i lov. during

carnival some $300.00 carnival societies in cologne hold over a 1000 fold and sessions they include fun music costumes tongue in cheek speeches and traditional kon of all songs. the official st konovalov starts the thursday before ash wednesday and brings in the principle phase of the festivities the thursday belongs to the women revelers salmen be where the women cast off the men's ties and give them a little kiss bits here to make up for it. this is the time of the conical parades they reached a climax with the rose monday parade a tradition dating back to 1823. today colognes parade is the biggest in germany

the several 100000 spectators are rewarded with shall is of candy. condensed famous cannibal means fun for all as every year it's all over an ash wednesday when lent 40 days of fasting begins. cutting up neckties as a rich addition here at the cologne kamel it dates back to an era where women when not allowed to take part that's no fun and so they started to rebel and for one day they revoked the power of man by cutting off their ties and this ritual is up to this day so it's hip for you men out there in kenya and if you go out today with a tie on don't expect it to look the same when you get back there are a lot of women in trays the costumes running around with us. so watch out.

now in comparison to the cologne connell the con of all in venice is a bit more sad than the bit more posh. once a year venice becomes even more magical than it normally is. i lowered my perfect weekend coming to you from the heart of all in venice. this tradition dates back to the middle ages but today's version represents the life in the 18th century i let myself get lost in the alleyway. the future and look for her answer any and everything open which are you casanova. you're going to charm me. the center of carnival activities in st mark's square. people from all over the world gather here on john

. to be very nice to where you are proud they. are you planning and think you should say yes 0. one of the most important accessories during this time is of course of a mission mask. and i would like to learn more about this tradition. and for that i visit the studio of georgia. he's been working as a mask maker for over 30 years and shows me how to get started why are they worn kind of this tradition start. because just. for 15. of the say. because with the mouse to all look you can know if you are rich and poor or if you are. leaving your beautiful

more beautiful. the court jester and the playing doctor masks are the most popular. this is my shopping tip a mask as a souvenir. i make my way back to st mark's square navigating because narrow alleyways and this can be quite challenging i think in this way you know maybe i think it might be this way if the people. in the evenings think mark squares transformed into a big open air stage i decide to take in the science and the grand cafe quadrant where i order something typically venetian oh believe me this peach flavored cocktail with prozac was invented in venice and is my koan airy for a perfect week at. the 2nd day of my perfect weekend begins with a finn the nation must. feel i'm sorry about that little was done

to us below is one of innocence the oldest gondoliers. school in. the back canals suddenly become very narrow and crowded this is my 1st been ition traffic jam. gondolas have a long history in venice and this is a. little basel it's a bug. the bell don't want golden years. this is the 1st. we make our way to the famous reale toll bridge on the grand canal taking a gondola ride just my activity tip for a perfect weekend. back on st mark's square a costume competition is underway where the day's winner has been chosen. now it's time for me to get into my own cost you a masquerade ball is on at the hotel down yelling this evening. fabio momo keeps an

eye out to be sure all the guests are appropriately dressed. just a little history since it started the carnival of venice go ahead until b. and o. be 18 century till the end of the nation republic. is stops. and starts again 40 years ago in 1980 s. and the mind of the people breweries the big great carnival of yanda would be aten centering. now my transformation can begin it takes the better part of an hour to get laced in and masked in me and i can't even recognise myself now i'm all dressed and ready to. go for the party begins i test my new look on the streets of venice and draw the attention of several onlookers. back in the hotel danieli the master of ceremonies has begun receiving the guests.

to professional dancer shows the guests the steps to an 18th century minuet. dancer routines is not that easy and constantly changing partners means you really have to keep on your toes but still this is my special tips for a perfect weekend. and this wraps up my perfect weekend from carnival and joining me again. if i weren't expecting european destinations and until then it's happened. oh well. i write in the made some of the hostile and bustle of the cologne carnival the costumes here are very funny and crazy of a lot of them are just improvised and you can see that the revelers really enjoy putting the costumes together well and they show with

a great sense of humor and no one takes things too seriously it's fun to just watch all the people go by and the funny costumes and believe me you won't get bored you might notice that a lot of people are wearing a red and white thing those are the colors of the kilo's coat of arms so talking about costumes so who are you know what are you wearing my name's lee joe i'm from cologne and i'm wearing your costume while greys and you who are you will you wearing now i'm from cologne this fall and i'm wearing a frida kahlo coaster you're really looking stunning so and how important is canada for you well i like carnival a lot because people are pretty very very friendly and very open to each other so i like it a lot. and action outside every year i'm getting more and more comfortable with convo and i enjoy it very much can you imagine a convo without

a cost you know no that's an economy. so thank you so much and have a wonderful day yeah thank you bye bye and a different kind of tradition has existed for hundreds of years in the city of yet in croatia it's one of the european capitals of culture in 2020 so let's see what the city has. sulfur and it's come out of all. this fun job or the bell ringers look at this intimidating and they should if they're going to drive out winter and everything evil these savage looking creatures have come from 10 different european countries for the carnival in chav lay near reoccur croatia. the animal heads and real skins are like something from another era. such army. we might call our costumes ourselves the fellows to whom we have to buy the skins we

attach them to their dress with a bit of something else. this year the festivities are possibly i could 2020 the programme for the city's year as the european capital of culture created was once a key port an industrial town now it's redefining itself as a center of the us the focus is on the porch with its elegant facades from the hub spoke monarchy right behind them the prefabs from the communist era the porsche embodies the spirit of the city. i like it like this view i like the sea i like the cranes you know it's a symbol of our city rekha was the famous harbor and always open to everything what's new and this culture thing that happened like european culture is just like continuing to the. tiniest small area is an actress doing reactor 2020 she have to sell tentative tours of the city.

first she hits into the old town in ancient times romans all specifically roman soldiers were based here a special view it takes you back in time. for us it's opened just a few years. go. from there and we hear hear some music shows in their work i also did hear one soul and it's called donkey hot. little stones from what used to be the biggest paper factory now form a fountain sculpture. seems to be in a constant state of change evidence of the city's checkered history can be seen everywhere but visitors have to like walking. curiously this church stands

between a police station and a prison. thing about this place is how the man who was mince are in jail it used to came here and then the very their electors from down to them are like you know writing them something in the air. at the next corner it's time to go underground. now and to treat the earth like we have this tunnel it's 300 meters long and it's built like from the in the beginning of the 2nd world war to protect people from bonding and now it's a place where we can have some party you know the best parties are. in the 1920 s. radiator was an expose fascist italy and later occupied by the germans during world war 2 the city experienced extensive allied bombing signs from that era survived

right across from present day graffiti. up from the depths into the bustling marketplace any weekday morning shoppers combine mostly regional produce here. seafood fresh from the adriatic is sold in the market all built in art nouveau style. religious characters expressed in an art installation. together colorful and a bit rusty it's a tribute to a famous painter. his name is boyer of the church and he did like this picture this is his work or his work he's always making us. happy it has something child used in it so we like it the ship is one of his typical motives and you see there is a lot of different colors in it it is like. diversity.

it is the star of the city which create who wants to convey the program ranges from the traditional to the evan god to neighborhood projects but 1st it's time to celebrate conical in style. hearing and there are so many parades everyone knows the famous rose monday parade of course there was more docks on talk with us hundreds of floats but how about the young fund where parades would just passing by right now it proves that the cologne carnival even has a romantic side young fun there was a general who according to legend fell in love with the shoots a leg is eat and that's a kind of a local romeo and juliet story also no happy ending so no kisses for them but luckily there are so many other plenty more ways to get yourself a bit seal which is

a kids' hearing kilo so one way is to give it all to get to this year and those are the little flower girl cases that are handed out in exchange for kids so one good cheer for each. well in the end no one's really. was out flowers are just one little element of the clone carnival that in france at the carnival in east they play really a major role there are thousands of flowers thrown in. into the public it's early flower power. the carnival queen heads the flower parade that opens carnival in a nice 16 level sleep decorated floats make their way through the city on the coaches who are spreading the delicate aroma of the bright yellow i mean also huge numbers of florist have been busy at work here. i'm relieved at the same time completely excited it's the 1st time i've seen the decorated floats in

the parade and it's a fantastic intensive feeling. of all the many types of flowers the most is the alpha blossom. the flower girls hand bunches of them to the on lookers by the 1000. of the most is the region symbol it stands for the sun and the coat designer. the night before the parade florist nicole barbie and her team work into the night decorating the floats the flowers have to be as fresh as possible and. the flower parade was 1st held in 1906 as publicity for the region's flower growers almost all the flowers come from nice and the surrounding area there is signs and colors of the floats are decided long advance. in focus as soon as the superstructures arrive we will sit down together one big chain and everyone says what they think sometimes we argue.

on occasion it can get pretty loud because we might have different ideas. on the morning of the flower parade the cost one last guy over the night's work she takes special care with the queen's float. oh look they've already brought the mimosas that's cool they'll go on the queen's float they've already opened up so handing them to the onlookers will be a joyous moment. oh i love these fragments. 'd in the most sense of the 1st harbingers of spring on the co-designer they start blooming in december in fact the mimosa originated in australia. it was 1st brought to southern france time 200 years ago and it thrives in the warm and humid climate where. the blossoming twigs are always cut by hand so

the gardeners have plenty to do until late march. 21 tons are passed out to the public during carnival as a spring greeting from the cold as it were. but that's not the end of it after the parade the floats up planted and all the flowers handed out to the public down to the last blossom. the festival turns into a free for all. but nicole bobby has no regrets on the contrary. 7 it's a battle of the flowers everybody has to go home with ok we know that to be honest that's the nicest pot. after the battle is before the next battle soon

bobby and her team will have to get down to work and decorate the floats all over again because the parade of flowers passes through nice a total of 5 times. so welcome back to the cologne konovalov and behind me you can see the kona dome on cologne cathedral convo years not just about costumes singing and so waving to the music it's also about a special type of beer yeah but the revelers can. via phone culture alone for anyone who feels like having a treat these typical carnival specialties are just the thing they are cold here they are matson mundus and they're made of almonds so you can get on almost every corner one of those spikes and just as always carry a little bag of them along so far as snake and they really quite special.

tiny tasty and time honored. the deep fried pastries sell like hotcakes during carnival for good raisins. but also it has to be crispy on the outside or not too soft on the inside because it has to absorb a lot of cannibal you drink culture so you've got to have a mandolin your pocket it's ideal for carrying around with you during carnival it's very traditional for. some. still make their own. videos main ingredients are flour ground albums melted butter and mossy pan all mixed together with sugar and eggs. then cream in a shuttle from go into the mix. then it's left to stand overnight to make it fluffy and full of aroma. vandalize the monster manual got the name because they look like

omens and contain lots of almonds. actually for the most part they consist of almonds. the pastry is deep fried in oil heated to $170.00 degrees celsius the golden brown calorie bombs packed $500.00 kilo calories per 100 grams. i think everyone has to watch their own calories most revellers will be fasting during lent until easter anyway and i think they know why. the treats used to be fried mostly in lard but today in vegetable oil to many other staple carnival treats the rule is the fatter the better. kind of. carnival is the time before lent everywhere in the world where carnival is celebrated. it's a time before you're not supposed to weak certain things and above all things in

the fact that for an interesting parts of it is a rich pastries and not hardly an essential part of comical in cologne many of the german and european cannibal capitals have traditionally takes traits of their own all with different names in southwestern germany things couldn't doble a called norman for its spanish carnival speech upon us dovi until. next week in the crazy days in italy the world famous carnival of venice as it stands to go loni and. polish revelers enjoy provoking in the run land the same flat pastry a cold and better. we have another pleasurable they all have the same problem before lent over groceries had to be used up so you might as well make something tasty out of them or come and he was like oh this was my. return of the season kicks off in cologne on november the 11th and the appetite for carnival goodies increases from week to week. then when the christmas star have all been eaten

people asked when are we going to have much the mandolin again the answer is from new year's to con of a carnival in cologne just wouldn't be complete without the months of mandarin. sound with band of up and up to swallow of countless pops and bars here in cologne what congo cows pigs take a break from the craziness outside all the straights that the well. join the craziness inside almost all of the loans boston pops but dissipate and adopt their theory are so common that all the revelers love of the business in the boss is looking a bit different god loves it the sound of music and sounds which might take a bit to get used to it but believe it or not that can go pretty quick and that was all from out at the globe got about. well. the but.

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