yeah. i know nothing out of the germans because sometimes i am but most and nothing with the people have been thinking deep into the german culture. you would think those grammar they all believe it's all that they know i'm rachel join me for me to get on the golf course. these giant monsters are trolling areas around copenhagen and we'll find out why later on in the show. hello and welcome to another fun edition of your own x. with me your host meghan lee here's a look at what else we've got coming up. capturing the beauty of unique bookstores

. and furniture that is full of imagination yet still functional. but we kick off the show with a balancing act of sorts the sport of slacklining or balancing on a high wire is hard enough and requires a great deal of concentration now add the extra challenge of playing an instrument or performing theatrical now by that may sound impossible but this is what a group of french performers are doing up on high we caught up with them at a church in france for one of their latest shows. acrobatics at dizzying heights on a high line. it leads to the abbey church of scent and baby and southeastern france. here the group will do so is putting on

a show that combines music dancing acrobatics and puppet theatre with the extreme sports. we used to fashion which is high and i mean to make a scene in yeah so. yeah we just want to bring. in the real space to. play music before. tonight. keeping your balance at such heights is already quite a feat but performing a choreographed routine while making music on top right now that's showmanship extraordinaire. when you're focused on the music balancing on the line and performing it happens automatically and before i put my end you know i'm like oh it will never be a bird i knew my arm to balance and once i start playing i just can't do it and

when they play music under 90 or get that monies are signed. the members of the we do this have been performing together since 2016. the highlight of their career thus far was performing on chan many mountain in china. they also staged a multimedia show in a cave in the south of france. would be do we try to introduce elements inspired by the local culture whenever we can at a concert in china we played a chinese drum on the net. and in the grotto we told a local legend. you see it's. we're always searching for the most interesting places to perform so you have to be performing in a church it's a 1st time and to be performing in a garden like this and in a religious context. it's really special for us to change the pre conceived

ideas about locations like this. and the artists from our say came to sometimes 2 weeks before their show to develop the concept onsite. don't like just before this kind of. show we do so it means we are also from what we discover here so we. speak with the people of the village and we like to include. the place where we are from and. falling d.m. is sometimes won led by yes' town chronicler. one of her tales which deals with the villages social problems in the last century became the central theme of the performance. they recounted

local history but transposed it was making it more modern and accessible to everyone to want playing a musical instrument up there on a slant line without losing your balance that's impressive because you need. most of the groups performances also feature handmade props created with lots of love and care. is it. we are gifted with this and we used. to make. the french performers are now looking for another unusual place to present their daring concept. after their debut performance on a church they're now dreaming of stringing their high lines between the chips in pyramids. we're all afraid of running into that scary monster in the forest while things to danish

artist thomas dumbo coming across a giant troll is a real possibility for the last couple of years dumbo has been building and hiding oversized monsters like little tilda in the countryside around copenhagen and now he's put together a troll treasure hunt but as he sees it there is no reason to be afraid. and it's hiding in the forest because storm is watching every and long live is enjoying the beach. these mystical giant trolls. but what is going on and how did they get here. i think like anybody else my age that grew up on fairy tales and folklore stories so i think that's also why i like to tell them oh and i for me trolls they don't need to be like evil they can also be good in my favorite trolls they are the protectors of nature.

right now thomas down by one to his team of volunteers have only got eyes for this trunk. so this one here is called evolve and it's like the little old but very intelligent troll. van is one of 10 trolls taking cover in the countryside the story is a well known danish fairy tale thomas plans to finish the sculpture in 10 days at 4 metres in height is one of the smaller. some of the trolls sculptures can reach up to 18 meters high i like them to play with scale and make us feel small compared to them because we are really small compared to make sure that choosing the right materials is an important part of the process this one here is made from a poll that i found just around the corner here and it's the from the local fisherman they use them to tie their fishing that's all of course we are in the

harbor for. this one is the inscription stone which is actually made from the same wood that comes from those rolling the weapons that got a whole bunch of in the workshop. aside from nails and glue thomas only uses discarded wood he collects ontario and eats it in his studio in copenhagen this wooden fence used to belong to a shop big. to shut down. and i think that projects such as my art can maybe help alter people's perspective from being something worthless to something with value 1st thomas make sketches of his ideas. the heads and other details i then put together in his studio. created out. there i'll give it like some kind of. paint plaque and put on here that's always the last thing that i put in. once completed the heads are ready to set off.

that will go to australia and this one will go to the united states. a total of 70 up cycle trolls are hiding in places like belgium. south korea when i'm traveling out in the world i need to like find the materials locally because. they were taken from china i just love to go on the treasure hunt to find those things were really having so it's a combination of like having people helping me organize before i arrive but then also just going around and looking what is in the dumpsters despite the signs spotting you troll isn't as easy as you'd think but thankfully there's now an interactive treasure map to help hunters on my quest this family from copenhagen is on the lookout we have a daughter. and she really likes. and to get her out and about to see a bit of the nature out here and then a treasure hunt is always great fun. hunters can access

a digital treasure map using this map they need to 1st find metal tracks which then provide them with coordinates to. see the people who call them and they use it and that is the whole object of my project to people away from their comfort so finally at the end of the hum. reward awaits like captain now until. one of his other troll friends. thomas demos plan to get people out jules and into the nature of random seems to be working. and staying in nature most people consider weeds a pesky nuisance but for a german chef paid to funk they are the stars of his cuisine now he scours the fields for for wild herbs like a mug or dandelion and he turns them into all kinds of healthy dishes now

franken knows all about their health benefits and he shared some of this knowledge with us. across germany and europe plummets like. wild camel miles. last seen as a new sentenced. they often destroyed and discovered it was in there to chef and wild kind of acts but. that's a terrible waste enough spicing up his dishes with wild helps. the common term as wild herbs sinful and the more insulting turtle is weeds but that's totally misleading club. there's no i think we should celebrate plants and all their positive attributes instead. while she lives a healthy and some even contain more vitamins and minerals than common vegetables

pay to find a farmer just perhaps in the open fields and meadows surrounding babbin a small town in the region in jim in east northeast. this guy just. if you can will believe saw like this and use it in the herd as t.v. or in the bath tub with. the best thing i'm running from it is better martin because . i pay to fund his restaurant had to bill while ted's featuring many of his dishes today the end has no uk i'm making pesto from stinging nettles instead of just picking out leaves thank yous the entire plant. because by the when you're cooking with nettles it's important to take the female sees that. it's a perfect dietary supplement with a clear seed warm up through a perfect way to enhance the nutty flavor if a natural is to get the right consistency all the ingredients are mixed with grape

seed oil before being crushed with the pest and mortar while. the team. plenty don't extend lines and weeds to make salad but the most important ingredient is. ground elder also known as bishop sweet it tastes like kohlrabi carrots and parsley they ship sweet contains 4 times the amount of vitamin c. found in lemon juice it's also known to help with rheumatism or to tackle a cold 1st the hips are chopped up into smaller pieces then they mix with grape seed oil before adding marigold and tomatoes. for my heart and soul into cooking these dishes and taking a pleasure in cooking is really important to get it right working with all these aromas and using all your senses perhaps the secret ingredient is a success. is a trained herbalist who offers wild her tools in. she'd like to pass on her knowledge of hips and roots making others more aware of them and uses. many wild

hips growing big cities like going into like these potato leaps this year contains a lot of i have calcium and magnesium the iron plays an important role in keeping us healthy so i am i have. the greatest compliment for us as watching people stare at the ground after a tour looking for wild cards they can all use we think we help preserve our native plants by raising awareness for them. and the more herb's they plant the less their yards look like sterile golf courses so there. are a couple of things to consider when gathering herbst like avoiding areas with heavy traffic and only picking plants that you recognize and it can cross a start up maximum essences from wild contest principle and was impressed by this age old knowledge. i think when you grow up in the city the diversity of the wild

herbs surrounding you is something you're not really aware of right on be to cite the element of it quite i call ever since i started using wild herbs my mom is so much more impressed by my. cooking it gives my dishes a little extra something special to. pay to find kind knows all about the many uses of law and have not only to see use them for cooking but he will say preserve them by making jam jelly. oils. hopes that yes it is restaurants will pick up on his fascination and love for native. indians were living in a consumer society where everything is readily available makes us neglect our own well being or that that's why wild herbs are so important to keep you healthy and should play a bigger role in our society. john mccain sees. stories. newsy as. the

smell amazing the best chefs with their best tips from meat dishes to begin diets and all the recipe secrets while. europe's diversity is a smorgasbord. subscribe and enjoy deep w. food. when was the last time you were in a bookstore while digital media and online shopping have long put many out of business and even now the world's largest book fair in frankfurt is only accessible virtually this year but german for tara for horse friedrichs won't let us forget the charm of the actual bookshop so he has set out to show us the beauty that they have to offer. these images give us a unique insight into the world of books presenting some of the novel and most

interesting bookstores on the planet. now they've been gathered together here in bookstores photographer horst a fried rice homage to books his book is the result of 2 years of traveling to 8 countries. every bookstore you enter is ultimately going to have books on shelves. but i wanted to show the shops that distinguish themselves from the rest either through their selection or their concept and concept. in his adopted city of london create a sense also captured images of speciality bookshops like mike's brothers founded in $853.00 it's one of the world's oldest and to terry and books and that's the most valuable item currently in stock to pages from a 670 year old manuscript about the travels of explorer marco polo the asking price $200000.00 euros even if own at max now reaches many customers online to him

printed books are no relic of the past on the contrary. there's nothing. from a book. for use it makes everyone look beautiful and clever it is exactly the opposite over a computer screen which makes us look probably. this bookshop in mayfair also doesn't fear the internet giants. it offers a special service. each month the staff at heywood hill. that recommended treat isn't based on a computer algorithm but rather on the knowledge of the need funding fellow. altogether they read over $600.00 books a year queen elizabeth the 2nd is among the customers on amazon you might get to read them where your only reading. might be different authors might be slightly different. genres but you won't sort of go outside the box

that's what we try to do we try to find books that you wouldn't have picked up. a window with hurlingham books is the most colorful wonderful and that's a testament to the shops concept the books don't appear to be sorted in any particular way. looks like one huge warehouse. yet owner cole locate every book his. tracks customers like an orange or even when it comes to chain bookstores it feels like very clinical the way things are laid out and it almost dictates to you whereas i think in a bookshop like this where it's kind of a bit more of a ramshackle experience it feels. like you could come out with. some people purposely leave a book behind when they visit the floating bookshop on the water on london's regent

can now. on instagram. presents photos of 47 bookstores. like the history of. the book. back from the 13th century. harry potter novels. shops will always exist simply because books are so important like the air that we breathe without books there would be no civilization . and books like.

can you imagine a ping pong table for the dining room or a flying carpet as a chair or these are just some of the designs by. now his furniture looks surreal and is full of dream like wonder we caught up with the young designer at his studio on cypress to hear more about what inspires him. the cityscape of a modern metropolis dotted with skyscrapers in a table. its designer. calls his functional artwork the wage city table. i went to a restaurant and while i was sitting there i was there during the shape of a rug this is an interesting shape so i thought oh your buildings will be interesting so. i did a rough sketch with buildings and i didn't really model on the computer so when we made the 1st it will look really really good bands are designer furniture agreed

the wave city table has made musard east famous it even beecher's in the permanent collection of the louvre. he says it's a real furniture has a design language all its own whether it's a comical figure holding a surfboard. chairs inspired by a latin spine carpet. or a mountain wire mesh that props up a ping pong table and doubles as a dining table he's inspired by the natural beauty of his homeland cypress. because if you look at nature he's beautiful and if you look closely or even if you look on their microscope you find all these unique patterns in joe metrical shapes and fascinates me because i think the best architect these nature a glass drop of water that creates a ripple effect. when rockets lifting off carrying glass table tops you can see the mediterranean sea and the clouds above cypress reflected in his work. many of

mousavi says designs rely on 3 d. printing technology which enables him to create the most unusual shapes quickly the 13 d. printers in his studio help him produces furniture. b.c. biodegradable plastic this posting very slowly in one break very easily in addition to black the wave city table also comes in a wood finish. the table shouldn't break if someone sits on it to increase its store ability. and a metal worker spent a lot of time fine tuning the design. we're using steel we get plates here are big sheets of metal we cut them in the dimensions other we want and then we use the motions behind us to bend the steel into their shape of the table it turns out to be not that very easy because you need to get it precise so. processing and

trying. we got it right the end then the 80 kilograms plates are clapped with wood painstakingly and by hand a carpenter joins the maple veneer sheets together he can't afford to make a mistake otherwise the entire work will be ruined the craftsman must glue the thin wooden layer to the curved metal plate precisely to the exact millimeter so that mates are gives you disability and heaviness and they would be good for you they usually it's all wood. for the black version the metal is coated with powder based paint. then attaches the buildings using a special and he says. it's a very very very solid pieces and. so you can see there. the table bends but it's not actually coming off a trained model maker he's spent some time in london working with the world famous

architect norman foster after that he returned to cyprus. cyprus is a small island that is very quiet as well here so i like the quiet places a lot of people are saying you can do anything here is quite is very difficult to do here because of the limitations of the infrastructure and everything of the void island but there are ways there are ways if you really want to to do it you can do it you just have to find those ways and judging by his success it seems he's has indeed found the right ways his creations now sell for as much as 35000 euros. and with that we wrap up another shout now and don't forget to follow us on social media and please be sure to check out our website for this week's drop in if you take part you might become the proud owner of a tablet as always for me and the rest of crew here in berlin thanks for tuning in

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