we've got some tips for your bucket list. corner. it's hard for. some great country more years to. come. we go. through. this matter needs a whole box of chocolate every day good just for professional reasons that is because they're big long there is one of the belgians top chocolate that more on that topic let's a good 1st a very well welcome to new edition of your max let's see what else we have lined up for you in the show. high quality paper from the italian city of florence is still

made concrete by camp and the moment child breaks from britain has not only written a book about fun you can put even bruce some in it and. this season skiers can not always hit the slopes due to the coronavirus pandemic many ski resorts in europe are closed or her for strict on the number of visitors but there are still ways to still have fun in the snow how would you like to be pulled troops know we landscapes on skis by a horse we travel to frogs to take a closer look at an exciting woods a sports. this is ski joining a sports center of originated in scandinavia with reindeer or dogs it was made popular using horses in the early 20th century but in france it was largely

forgotten until jacques philia tourers reintroduced it there about 30 years ago. i'm still passionate about it because we're always out in nature always in an element that is constantly changing because the snow is never the same it can be hard or soft or like powder it could be the snow of spring it's always a different experience. jack off in the french alps near the resort of lay's uk he saw reviving the sport here as a way of combining 2 passions. i got into city because i was working for 10 years on ski patrols that monitor the trails and avalanches and take care of those who were hurt if. you don't the same time i had an equestrian center and my horses had nothing to keep them busy during the winter. so i said i needed to find a way to combine 2 things i love. skiing and horses.

scheme during does require some skill participants don't have to have much knowledge of horse riding because the animals respond to basic commands through the rings but writers do have to have a certain level of skiing experience. as long as they can people of all ages can take part. and watch the horse. watch the horse watch the horse that's a very good. perfect very good. ski touring comes from the norwegian term for ski driving its original purpose was to. transport goods today it's also a competitive sport disco what did you feel whilst enjoying. freedom in the nation it's going to snow everywhere and silence great experience really awesome. in and

allusion horse here on the left and a norwegian fjord are among the 3 horses jack has specially trained for ski joining he wanted to relaunch the sport in france after seeing an old postcard with skiers being pulled by horses but he had to start from scratch. i told myself it was necessary to find a way to ski behind horses he said but i did the research and couldn't find anything no equipment existed and that's how i started to develop my own equipment . the result of that was this special harness which is mounted on a horse and designed to minimise pressure on the animal go-go if you'll correct your driving we don't touch the horse's mouth that only happens when i want to give a command the right to go right or left to go left or pull both handles back to break oh yeah. the camera's part of the harness protects the driver from the flying

snow. the reins controlled by the handles stay subtle. kid you're leading the thing about this sport that motivates me is the feeling of freedom all the time it's really a grand feeling of freedom or a sense that the horse isn't imprisoned he's not constrained but you are letting it follow its natural behavior and you become one with him as you glide behind him. that's something you only experience when ski joran. thinks to shock and his horses tourists have yet another way to enjoy the great outdoors in friends. valentine's day is coming once again and because my husband is such a hopeless romantic he sent me all these presents in the studio well actually

that's not true he doesn't even text me something nice on valentine's day but for people who do like to celebrate florence high end paper is just the thing to wrap up all those nice presents. the italian city of florence is the center of arts and culture it's also home to paper making traditions the date back centuries from sheets and cards to book pages and binders handmade florentine paper can still be found in a few places here these pay for now called florentine paper. even if the caret or region is mob old pay for it's a very all tick nique of decorating paper but it was used a lot in florence in a book by ending process mostly so always through related to books and printing.

maria called. a feed a family business now in its 6th generation. it's florence's all this marble paper maker and one of the few places where it's still handmade. murray also holds workshops on how to make marbled paper i'm going to to make it to prepare the model paper so. and. just spread some callers on today's jelly thing gelatine and step by step i will create a pattern of the and i will lay the paper. and you'll see what the paper sold they how the paper is correlated. the process is intricate and time consuming with lots of attention paid to detail. from start to finish maria needs about 20 minutes to make one sheet of paper. for each new sheet she has to repeat

the entire process using new colors. the end result is always a unique. this is quite different from the machine printed paper which is largely taken over here at the ross the paper making factory the company also specializes in foreign team designs but they've been using machines to print their paper since 1931. in this factory we agree that we have the old machines as well. using old machine. same 3 but they're a new word with the new technologies these printing machine can produce 20001500 sheets our. the process

wasn't always so fast there's a regional press from the late 19th century could only print certain items one into time. this is the 1st machine and. the beginning of these company my grandfather on don't you know it will start the with these oppressor printing or some carts putting the people here and in this place. laurel patterns in the use of striking colors including gold are characteristic of florentine decorative paper it's substantial weight makes it good for binding books creating stationery and covering boxes. these items are popular with both the tourists and locals alike. marbled paper is said to

have originated in japan around the 12th century it came to europe during the 16th and 17th centuries and was used for important documents as a way of preventing forgeries and. today it's popular. as a gift. people are looking for something that it's handmade and it's unique it's just want to become and and they can have a spirit known for you know colors or do uniqueness of a piece of paper. the techniques for making decorative florentine paper may continue to evolve but the patterns remain steeped in history and tradition. i've just on record one of the presents and found some they taste prayer lines we don't know who invented them some say it was a german chef back in the 17th century others believe it was a pharmacist draw your house from belgium legends as he was trying to find

a way to make his medicines go down easier with talk that but whoever invented them today they are a treat belgium is famous for world wide and we visited chocolatey in brussels to find out more about how they are made. also behold like also. when i go on holiday i often think this time i won't take any chocolates with me. this year and then when i've just left i go back to get some.

when you fall in love with somebody you never know why never from the moment i've learned tried chocolate i decided to make some myself because it was love at 1st sight and. just before they were all the credit they got on day of chocolates here i make railings every day and i make chocolate every day and i eat it every day and i love it. it's chocolate is very simple it's not complicated there are 2 or 3 ingredients cocoa mass for dark chocolate with some cocoa butter and sugar. and you see. the way that up but what you see here is pistachio mars a panel that has all. the new so artisans like us have 2 main techniques for making the green lanes. and all of us. we 1st do the filling.

and then cut it and finally we surround it with chocolate and that's the coating. i'm decorating it with a fork. it's a little it's a very traditional way of decorating woodfull shit it is over 100 years old. the 2nd step is the molding you take some chocolate with or without coloring you temper it and then you put it in a spray gun and apply it to them i want to make this give shine and color. just didn't push the fine layer of chocolate here is very important so it can't be too thick or too thin so if it suits and it breaks if it's too thick it's

unpleasant. and then from the home you know we're filling the molds with caramel salted caramel and that's done with a machine that machine the whole piece it fills the mold to about 90 percent to leave a bit of space solar moon. finally the chocolate but not too much help the most when you heat up railing it's essential not to have too much empty space when biting into it it has to be a small a small civil. suits you. know that we have 17 different kinds of already light in it. there's a whole sea frailing as we always will those in the freshman's or time of the. which we also use a lot of spices such as a cardamom. star a nice or tumeric on the roll to be honest i've been eating a box of prey leins a day forever to fool. this here is liquid caramel.

or most of all the steepest it tastes wonderful because you have the crunchiness of the chocolate. and then you have the tasty filling which fills your mouth all along busy a lot of booze and then you have the freshness of the raspberries. so. you have to find peace it's like smoking a good cigars i know that's not good but you have to take time to smoke a good cigar you have to enjoy it otherwise it's not worth that. amount of popular valentine's day gift per few but finding the right one to suit your personal taste is not always easy anyone looking beyond mass produced

fragrances can have their individual sense created by purview may hear this he does his magic in the city of paris in east germany we watch closely as he makes an exclusive perfume from natural ingredients. this can give you a sense of happiness if. fragrances can be appealing. says can change your life. my name is hashish and to me fragrances mean life love happiness relaxation and passion. in his dresden perfumery stores thousands of fragrances all made from natural ingredients by distillation

for instance of blue spruce needles. sandstone can be extraordinary too. and earth can contain unique fragrances as well. there are other ways to get this earthy scent. like using beetroot. and that's how you can make connections and tell a story. sells his perfumes to customers around the world including european nobility elaborate perfumes can cost up to several $1000.00 euros. and there aren't many perfumers in the world there are actually fewer perfumers than astronaut's. when you're good at it. people will come to you. has been commissioned to create a perfume in remembrance of carlo. an entrepreneur from. inspiration beside the river. to tell the life story of this colorful 19th century

industrialist and perfume. branches. and the willows here have taken in the scent of the meadows along the river and that's what we're going to use. there are always different ways of extracting the fragrance. with willow bark distillation or mass aeration can be used. we use fewer alcohol and we just insert it and the alcohol will absorb the essential oil we're basically making and extract could last. up to 150 of these extracts are used in one perfume hellish to also creates custom made one of a kind of perfume.

plus. there's nothing more intimate than perfume you wear it directly on your skin and it even enters the skin it doesn't get more intimate than that why would you use a mass produced perfume i think a good fragrance should reflect your personality. as legacy to the people of dresden was this palace this is sighing in charge of its preservation commission to move ahead much with creating a perfume reflecting the lavish lifestyle of the businessman and. perfume are made 3 different fragrances. the fragrance family is a green composition. the fragrance pyramid results from elba meadows. means peppermint candy masqueraded rose bushes fresh grass.

and leather and the theater to all. its own and i don't see how it's more elegant than the 1st one no definitely you can really picture a ballroom with a couple were actually in the ballroom right now so that's putting couples dancing yes exactly. at the palace they've chosen the more sporty elegant version and is already experimenting with fragrances for his next project a perfume that will help you concentrate. how about something nice to read for valentine's day we met up with one man whose latest book is currently a best seller in britain off merlin sheldrake invites into the fascinating world of punk with his award winning work called and tango life how funky makes

worlds dizzy you know that song is sensual for all life on earth to find out more on the topic we met with the charismatic young author in london. london based biologist merlin sheldrake is out hunting for specimens it's part of his job as a mycologist a scientist devoted to the study of fun guy and fun guy are far more than meets the naked eye so these attender fungus or horseshoe fungus humans have used it for thousands of years as a tender and material pump to carry a spark or a co it's also what's known as the vital. it has many medicinal uses its antiviral agents have been affected in combating the demise of b. colony it's. funkier kingdom of life which is a broader category of animals or plants and we think of mushrooms for me think of

fungal but most funky don't actually produce mushrooms or the ones that do produce mushrooms to spread their spores some mushrooms are a kind of fruit in fact fungi are everywhere in the ground in the air in our bodies and they're indispensable for all forms of life in fact they make life possible on this planet but how do they live exactly most of most of their lives as mycelium which is the name given to branching fusing networks of chip yourselves which is how funky feed my celia can be microscopic existing only as tiny mold fungus i own specks of dust but they can also be huge one of the world's largest organisms is a network of my celia over 2000 years old in oregon in the united states it covers an area of more than 9 square kilometers 33 year old sheldrake says fun guy can change our minds and shape our futures in his book titled entangled life how fun

guy make our world i want to talk not just about mushrooms and mushroom forming funky but also the fun you don't for mushrooms that are harder for us to notice. but which have played such key roles in the story of life and so i spend a lot of time thinking about the networks of funky which directly perceivable to us and yet make up so much of the world that surrounds us by means of an experiment sheldrake groups that are mushrooms can pop up anywhere he dipped his book in my seat and grew oyster mushrooms on it as they grow the sounds they make are recorded by using electrons his brother used to the recordings to compose a song called entangled like. the mushrooms go right out of the book and into the frying pan and then he enjoys them. the biologist also investigates the phenomenon of fermentation. fund i and other

microorganisms are key players in this natural preserving method of making. a film meant to treat cold beetroot us. i like fermenting in general because i find it a helpful way to. come closer to the microbial. and and understand a little bit more intuitively what is taking place in a much more complex environments like the soil. sheldrake explores various avenues to better understand and explain the complex world of fun. he regards music as a point where art and science meet and provide new food for thought. it's pretty hard to understand what life might be like for a fungus to have bodies and their environments that challenge is to opportunities are so different from ours so i've really had to explore different metaphors

different ways of thinking about what it might be like to be a fungus of course i can never know. but it's worth trying i think it's good for. human centipede next to try and put ourselves in the shoes of other organisms even if with destined to fail. his book has become a bestseller and won several awards as merlin sheldrake introduces more and more people to the fascinating world. that's all for this time as you can find more on topics about life style and culture in europe on our website there you can also find out how to answer our current draw and take a step at receiving our backpack full of goodies see you again next time until then bye bye and thanks for watching.

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