ah, with a corona virus pandemic restricting travel this christmas organizers in moscow have come up with an idea to bring an international flare to festivities. designers, musicians, and even ballet dancers have been commissioned to adorn christmas trees, with themes representing cities from around the world. the tree gallery is part of a christmas festival that is spread across $27.00 sites throughout the city, each representing seasonal traditions of different countries. festivity include $21.00, mary, go realms and 18 free ice skating rates. thanks for watching. ah . take your time for an experiment about time. it can be measured precisely. and yet each person experiences it differently as if there are different forms of time time. the dimension and

illusion about time storage is december 31st on d, w ah ah. the history of the illustrious boulevard hotel is dotted with tragedy. more than a century ago, an empress died in this luxury establishment. she was staying incognita, signing the guest book under a false name. nevertheless, every one knew he. she was sissy empress, elizabeth of austria. on

september the 10th 1898. she was stabbed in geneva. a measure was an anarchist, named lee cheeked chinny. he smiled as he was led away by authorities. cc was brought back to the bill revised when she died in the arms of the hotel arna. ah, so did he verify collections your snake already vowed this tragic event left its mark on our hotels history? little the mac, my grandmother fanny, who was 24 then and newly married welcomed the empress washer law penalties even in her lifetime. sissy was already such a mythical figure of legend of dishonor. vivo is me much in schedules. i

imagine how emotional it must have been to go from hosting this extraordinary woman see to being at her side in her final moments philosophy repeal she did assist in aussie done emmel. empress elizabeth was no stranger to this tranquil, swift city. hm. to see a doctor says usually cc loved spending time on the shores of lake geneva. it's an exceptional place for cities. excuse y'all. she loved hiking in the mountains, which was very unusual for a person of her rank. all that fateful september day began like any other a stroll, some shopping, nothing special. just before she died, she reportedly asked what happened to me in villagers who run cattle. she came for

just 24 hours actually by wellness. as you leave an orchard had invited her to lunch, she'd been a guest at the boulevard many times before noon, but this was just a short visit. she dropped off her luggage and hurried off to lunch. a proposal is roneesh then she shopped and ate some ice cream. she loved ice cream, lay t martini glasses, dot a glass she sees memory is kept alive in the halls. she once walked showcase displaced the empresses, bodice drops of blood, fated in the fabric with tine. ah, so de patricia carr makin ne, while he offered his tragic loss, left an imprint on our hotel. and the history was brought to light again in the post war period,

when mariska made his legendary films about cc. my sisters and i all watched them, of course, we immersed ourselves in the story. knowing the ending took place in our house fillmore offered it had on not amazon or, you know, it was quite traumatic for us as children, to watch these films that the whole world was talking about with the knowledge that the end happened here in our hotel. far the water missile the bo refund has been owned by the maya family for 5 generations. hotels past and present a closely, intertwined. to talk to stuck out there that will. this is a theater. sometimes the players, lighthearted. a comedy. other times it's tragic. a drama. it's a place that's full of life, gone to when the hotel was founded in the mid 19th century, there wasn't the same competition that exists to day issue. my great grandfather

opened a house that respected the needs of an aristocratic clientele, a secluded kind of world. richter, lepers wanted clientele, kitchen, counter type, was up to see and be seen. that's what 19th century guests came to do here among their peers. for why poor do bossy pair of galaxy them the reception area is modern and vibrant. teeming with activity is hotel, may pay homage to it's passed, but it's not stuck in it. most of the missile familial icons that we want to be a family house with saw new vandals, we missile, we all really enjoy working in a house with such a rich history or salad level. but we also must move into the future nursing with modern technology for example, as if it isn't it. then monism but our guests needs have evolved over the years and

we have to adapt to them. but as to when you would yourself discuss a sir. sure. that we also have to stay curiosity and observe what the competition is doing. i don't was look a fully conf. jaundice commitment caused the union with hidden from the guests is elaborate to freeze the staff at the mirage work swiftly to produce the sophisticated touches the hotel is known for. ah and suddenly now they give the hotel a soul. he lives in the morning. he the bouquets help to fill out the splendid rooms. are gases really appreciate the flowers if he nuclear excel article yellow

fluff with just under $100.00 rooms and sweeps the boulevard manages to offer a feeling of intimacy to guests. since the very start, celebrities have been drawn to the hotels charm. live a little too difficult to do her silky dishonorable. the stars are all different. but those who stay at the boulevard embrace it's values. and that means discretion . if you in prieto poor, they come to hide away, so their privacy is respected. the boulevard is not a stage and it's a place to live and you and it's protected under your q q type artesia.

the luxury suites look out of a late geneva with its landmark, the shadow, a fountain that pumps water, a 140 meters high. the bore of a hush fits right into this enchanting landscape with the lake in the alps. jeanette, it's like a fool to tell you. massage geneva is a crossroads because the mountains cut us off, but the plains are open as far as the i can see. people have to travel to geneva because the lake is an obstacle. now even if you want to travel from the north to the south, you have to cross the lake will should like little knob stock. you can only do that via geneva before she prefers him most vision of heading south to italy, italy, or in the other direction of the saint. bernard pass is never too little careful. is it of new like a full deposit? geneva is also a crossroads of thought. or so,

where great thinkers develop their theories that young junk who so such a true this is also part of our history sector, sits, is reflected in the character of the people here. they welcomed the whole world. you will software mod learn a little bit from every one and yet remain themselves just over. may fiscal, ma'am, ma'am? geneva, jeanette. kenneth. ginevra se it l a v. like it's considered the most cosmopolitan city in switzerland, located in the french speaking part of the country. geneva is the 2nd largest city in switzerland after zurich, 2 characteristics of geneva, discretion and consistency. the words of a 19 sixty's observe a sound, almost timeless. m. deacon for edged at the old town of

geneva, plain but rich near the secret millionaires live here in geneva, poverty as a vice and a person who is bankrupt is a godless sinner, outcast. ostracized, the times may be changing, but not in geneva. i will meet him. good. geneva is when the french rifle, nat geo. calvin developed his beliefs. there is still echoes as the strict protestant doctrine of calvinism here today to think of it is if it, if also use the holy hill. this is a calvinism that is not religious, but a calvinism of thought, in the spirit of reform, law and justice. how to keep oscar if, even though some of the people of geneva can practice this because they live in a prosperous world to live here from where young the city is. not all that extravagant. geneva is built on rigor and straightforwardness. we don't show off. we're discrete, apologies, ker, unworkable. ah, geneva,

150 years ago. jack my, his great grandparents left their homes in germany. his great grandmother came from hanover, his great grandfather from swaby, a opening their own hotel in geneva would be an adventure. oh, i know his gender hotel isn't risotto. sounds like every patch of arsenal towel for the go by the next visit to any do in the hotel opened in 18. 65. there was no central heating, electricity or running water. it each room was equipped with the fireplace, and the staff carried wood upstairs and ashes back down again. it was a lot of work. i said, you know, in fact, you can receive them. this is a bill for heating material, saki low. do what for ya? pooler pool chauffeurs. here we have 100 kilos of beechwood for heating and a ton of coke. the cock coke at that time was not what we call cocaine today.

it was fuel actually cold dust, had to de la poodle during lunch, was formed into coal briquettes or blocks for me, only care to be out all did. would it albertine and shawn jack. maya, the founders, enterprising spirits still permeates the hotel, serving as inspiration. innovation was on the couples mines from the start. where was the largest dining room in the city? and the 1st elevator, the bo revise. of course. the hotels foyer from 19. 0, it has a neo classical look. that a cool is elegant and lavish. the illustrious guests came in droves. actress zara bernard was a loyal guest for decades. the maharaja of patty,

allah, artist john cook top and double. 07. that is roger more. from a french president shout a gall greeted by a young shock meyer and his sisters princesses, and princes, politicians, and heads of state. the hotel guest book is filled with the signatures of stars. the american actor burt lancaster wrote one spoon stolen. if all could talk, each floor of the barrage would have stories to tell, especially at the very top where the hotels most exclusive suite is tucked away. it was here that eleanor roosevelt, the widow of you as president franklin d. roosevelt changed the course of history. the year was 1947 and the former 1st

lady stayed in the sweet while drafting a major paper for the united nations. this she, those are the exceptional movie bernacki for amanda. we are here in a very special place where people who have shaped the world have stayed as guests of new social pass router. all the heads of state politicians and people who participated in the great geneva conferences after the edition. i will end of course, eleanor roosevelt, an unforgettable personality for geneva. earlier, who said she was in charge of a commission to draft the universal declaration of human rights. and she did it here on charlotte commercial or get hot enough kiara liberal. this is the fundamental document of the united nations, like a guiding star, so document for them all to all dirty national genie. this is you really to all the child you know, can cooper the cities,

hotels in the united nation. so the very special relationship during state visits, hotel serve as the link between backroom politics and official announcements. it's the point between private conversations and will to face the like a discrete unofficial pot to the un. ah, the most momentous, international conference of the post war era, turned the eyes of the world, the summer door. the clan goes with capital of geneva, the gleaming palace of nations big for america, england, france, and russia met to seek an end to a decade of cold war. heading the soviet delegation were bri, miracle, gannon and communist party chief cruise jeff displaying russia's plan, policy of friendship. bruce jeff called will gone back for cameramen. though nominally outranked by the premier, bruce just appeared very much. the boss. president eisenhower, accompanied by secretary of state dollars,

offered to exchange complete military information with the russians in a dramatic personal appeal. but the plan was rejected. bible gannon and the president war time, friend general zak. all butler britons eden and french premier for support of the daring american proposal. it was in this hall of the united nations that the so called big full met. it was also here at the geneva conference, 1954 that a new chapter was set in motion for viet nam. and it's where the geneva courts on afghanistan was signed in 1988 the palace of nations in geneva houses the european headquarters of the un. how does the history of the united nations overlap with the hotel bo revise it?

how shallow new jack my i wanted to know more about the u. s. first lady eleanor roosevelt stay in his family's hotel. he has an appointment with the head archivist of the united nations library. i committed a proposal that the caching over to new york. it is the committee to prepare the declaration of human rights cylinder, 1st met exclusively in new york on this then in december 1947, the committee came to geneva to approve the text with eleanor roosevelt as its chairperson. he don't go to the oven the, the text. okay. that's right. that was the clear. we have the photograph that shows eleanor roosevelt medic holding the universal declaration of human rights and was bent on every secret. santa nick, i assume kiska. he chose her,

his chair. if you don't allow requests, you know, i to mine, ah, you as president harry truman asked her to help formulate the declaration of human rights about some of the mel delegates were not pleased at 1st. these are totally gave us this on to my wife that because she was a woman. she was an activist, right manual who yes is really cool. a mom. her mom, there were many different committees. swallows u. s. president harry truman gave her a job on a committee dealing with social issues. it could open it, it was more of a representative job, a token gesture in the name on those vent, also helping. but gosh, paula was a her through law on the cms did, is it a facility law? it comforted of you because about with influx of refugees after world war 2, social issues suddenly became pressing a modern look and appear at a pretty little knowing of guzman. okay. eleanor roosevelt took on the task with a lot of careers masculine renew for that. and she was appointed the chair of the

commission on human rights. so i'd love to clean it and as marlena with them move, when you commit it like me on the some commission members complained about the pace, but she was determined to finish within the given time. lettie, do renew it all. so for the girls limited on it, don't look at it if it's really and, and in delegate one delegate, i think from indonesia complained. he said human rights are not respected by the commission on human rights. because she made the delegates work until 7 pm with you on some of those. i'd like to know what happened at the boulevard back then, because she stayed there whenever she visited immersion glucose. surely there were private meetings in the hotels then as there are now, no loan is attend remington, and often if i can look which was a yes, a lot happens at these informal meetings, rigans this suite at the barrage is the

perfect place for such private or even secret meetings, guests can have their choice of several spacious rooms. but what happens when state guests arrive at the hotel who don't quite fit in with other top officials and the protection of confidentiality is potentially compromised. that's where tact is crucial. dickerson, like, like as on, if the la sal traditional is a few years ago, i received the former secretary general of the united nations, kofi, anonymous of jordan. did he just had the same time? we had a delegation here from a country that was not necessarily supposed to be directly associated with the secretary general at hall ashanti high. so the united nations protocol asked me to let the secretary general in through the back entrance. are you the more difficult yearly thought he, hoosier, of course i had the red carpet rolled out between the dumpsters. as i said to him,

i'm sorry to receive you amid the dumpsters, but he just said, don't worry. it happens all the time in new york. preposterously says lucas with all new york, you're about 12000. you in meetings are held each year and geneva mentioned what that means in terms of the number of guests to the city. the you in place, an important economic role for geneva. as ever discretion says hoteliers jack, my is essential. beside the palace of nations is apart. it's close to the public for security reasons. the so called cuts your net soon with its many international organizations, forms the city within the city. generic

of new vienna on this, you know, the bottom middle of silva, coolness to the geneva, became an international city in 1920 with the establishment of the league of nations. oh. and new train station and airport were belt the this various institutions and non governmental organizations emerged, such as pacifist or feminist associations at which to day form their own international ecosystem. the populace moved into it sometimes like the people here are living on 2 different planets within one city goodies. but in recent years and more effort has been made to integrate these organizations into the daily life of geneva, moore and degree is of in this what the nation and on it, he quoted in the united nations, employs around 10000 people in geneva. but at, in the videos and international organizations, and that number increases at least 3 fault. the hotels naturally benefit from this dynamic in the cosmos of international politics. in secret meetings, journalists prefer to meet their sources in hotels that are known for their

discretion. bay, a safe places. how depressed dubious is one such journalist born in york, she's an investigative reporter, covering environmental issues, corruption and money laundering. she reports for cnn and our 0 among other publications. the international fame of geneva comes from i guess 2 elements that are sometimes in opposition with each other. on the one hand, you have of course, the u. n. the world health organization, the international labor association, the international red cross of course that spaced here. on the other hand, them you have the banking sector, which is also very well known internationally. the problem is right

now with stories of money laundering and corruption, ah, that have been linked so closely to the banking sector. here they have brought the lime lights international limelight to themselves. unwillingly such scandals have damage to nervous reputation. can the city's good name be restored? i think geneva is really ah, trying to surpass some of the negative aspects of this image that projects internationally. there's

a certain hope that's with this new international exchange of data and in what concerns the banking sector, that any of us so well known for that all these stories that have sullied its past will pass. i think it's trying as much as possible to maintain geneva as an international center of negotiation of humanitarian issues. so that is where the hope lies. that's all that these bricks concert of latch together. and that that would be how people see geneva in the future. for decades, geneva has attracted not only into pricing reporters and serious journalists,

but also paparazzi from all over the world. important meetings taking place under the roof of the boulevard all the time. for hoteliers jack maya, it's all about shielding and protecting all sim tenuously remaining absolutely invisible when it comes to navigating political interests, financial ties and image problems. meyer is a seasoned expert clerk, older introducer. the hosted little more. the role of a hood to ye is to remain totally neutral and we are, after all, in a political environment that is neutral, going to mix it on to political. but as far as the economy is concerned, it's different. we defend in open geneva genevas. i can also play a social role to do this. it needs prosperity, obviously not at all costs, but the city needs to be prosperous,

prosper the blue vash has also seen hard times. at the outbreak of the 2nd world war, the swiss hotel plunged into crisis. visitors stayed away. the pages at the guest book remained blank. clusters at their big it is already in switzerland was an isolated country. wedged between the blocks of the north and the south li, east and the west, you will not progress it was on the border of the free zone. so people stopped visiting or from la proposal and the bully raj, like most hotels, closed down for me. private film footage from august and september 19th. as she 9 shows, trips in paris and normandy, the start of world war 2. the camera

also captured late. geneva seemingly untouched by the war that the swiss were not truly unscathed. it put vac was a very difficult time with my parents. aunts, uncles, my grandparents lived outside the city and only occasionally came to era. the hotel opened the windows and check for any flooding with her shoulder. so didn't the hilt . of course, it was the time that shaped my parents and grandparents and am mia player. but after that, a new generation came with him up. businesses reopened. and many new tourists came to discover geneva lovers of it was why they wanted a new life, a different life. we've heard. so geneva picked up quickly after the war, the marcia happy mark. when i go

to european jojo, i spent all my thursdays in this place when i was a teenager because my father received the wine deliveries on thursdays winds from bog, anya, or bordeaux. i used to help him opened the crates. it said we tell you t, my job was to use a ruler and make sure that the bottles were aligned perfectly. just not even a 2 millimeter difference was allowed me to be met. da da. got a hush all to him with a lot. my father didn't allow the wine cellar manager to help himself directly from the wine racks soccer louis earlier tories. if so they come in the fuser shack garcia. it keeps it ticket sure that he can track had a card with the name of the wine, the origin, the vintage, the quantity, and the purchase price, t o hill. gov of what he wrote,

the purchase price backwards so that nobody else knew what he paid for them were conducted in well, also to maintain an overview, he attached these cards and i spent my childhood cutting them out, which he then placed on the rack and or foster dick will be won't do the whole cattle. good. we met our pleasure. lucas, you, he was us in there are the most valuable bottles. what is that one? i mean, do you mean i'm was an e from 79 law for sunday's enough sundays left her letter from 1979. she said, what beautiful bottles do you know the oldest bottle we have taken use of. one of them is all, it's not a wine, but a con. yeah. said laughing, jump on a cognac d from 1820 lazoodo pulliam just missed that one. we still have a few bottles of it. my parents bought it at in auction a long time ago. tell don't li boulevard. she installed the,

the good winds come with a long history that the previous had some of the a or even his predecessor contributed towards the like a temple of wine. the bottles lie here with their dust and history. while the work of a summary is to continue the history, which goes hand in hand with that of the hotel bell, julia thought, at least to all the missile. no, i bring my knowledge and the winds that i like or discover, but i will always respect the tradition of the bordeaux and borg on the lines that boldly, bosh surely var just to the world. i hope these bottles will always remain here. for the sake of legacy and future some of the year for the future. so hi this, you know

i just, oh with ah, even in establishment is carefully managed is to pull rivers. there are some things that a hotel owner simply cannot control or prevent like, what happened here just over 30 years ago. ah, this chem and journalist played a prominent role in the series of events. in october 1987, he discovered the full mistake premier of slash mc holstein of

a bashful debt in the baton sebastian canal photographed him. the image appeared in the magazine. sten provoking something of the scandal and gemini the school voss is the truth or lucy john, all the interview. so the bo rubashaw is an ideal place for interviews as follows. nissan shits us, even if the hotels management doesn't always appreciate the political interviews are conducted on their premises loans look good, utmost feel a history and you can create a good atmosphere today, especially in luxury hotels where the guest feels comfortable and can open up a business a hoses, food so how did the scandal happen? ah, sebastian, now i had traveled from handled to geneva in the hope of conducting an interview

with the former jim state premier if a partial had been accused of organizing a smear campaign against a political opponent, the journalist was hoping to me. asher in the bomb. yeah, oh, national didn't appeal. so the journalist entities room the next day without permission. so the hall don't clue. the log on, on some, a shoe of this before was dimly led to woodson, but there was a single shoe in the hallway under the so there was a corridor that led to the bearings. and there were other things lying about and saw such as pajamas as some sweets. oscars not booked by john porcelain, was opened, surprisingly enough open to a certain story that deals with suicide. and this was all along the documents i was interested in, were lying there on as if prepared for a journalist visit and t. it's how it is. it went and i wasn't sure how i should document them. so my, so i took the papers to my photographer, do blobs, clothes, most of had told them to wait outside the room and let me know when mister basha

returns schmiel austin. he was supposed to keep a lookout and warned me by my oscar no seemed sim on my way out. i knocked on the bathroom door of d 2 a good afternoon. i opened the door and saw in the bathroom mirror. there was a lifeless body in the bath. tulsa leaped was a cover of under licht, though veneer claw here soon was gonna call. it was clear to me then that something terrible it happened. i lit up, stan reporter found partial dead in his bathroom. it's in the toilet, survosity estimate, early reports of suspect. the politicians shot himself voting from your book. the journalist found them in the bath tub on his head above the water. apart from his shoes or a basho was fully clothed. sir shandy got rossetto her sunday shows. gary, if come on, that was 1987 and these things can happen. they can happen anywhere any time. all in a horse is yours. our role is to deal with this as

a public place where children are born, a place full of life for people are born here married here and they die here. all see money. that's life, and a hotel is about life and return sylvie. following the gym and politicians, death journalists and photographers camped out for weeks in front of the hotel entrance. inside the border, vash swiss and german criminal investigators trying to determine whether was suicide and murder or a natural death. how did the hotel deal with the aftermath? with signature discretion? the room number 317 simply no longer exists. hello sir. here we go. 2 menus, with frogs ravioli, salmon lobster, sol fargo, and 2 orders of venison. joy,

dominique, a t is the head chef a 2 rivers. like his predecessor, he has a mission star. the restaurant lou shibel t opened 50 years ago to the outside world. before then, it was exclusively for the hotel guests to products come from the lake and the mountains, both seasonal and regional. and is that really helpful? is your them cooperate? is it? well, think of when you're young, you chase after the stars? why be here? the michelle and star city, that's just incredible for a chef example to be famous, genius and jill. but as you get older,

you realize that the most important thing is to please your guest to say, is it to be attentive and killing the fair? if you prioritize that customer, looking at the stars will follow on their own, was a bit of bottled. did you learn that at the age of 50? says we'll have home a pete's a candle for my interpreter. that collegial for me, a table has to feel friendly. that's important to her on that to learn to that other. it has to look beautiful and inviting to us as rice you should feel at home to to is you wanted a table sat like this. invite you to sit down and have a meal. sit antennae appetizer for 2 for the career

frog legs in baton. deep fry to sift with garlic milk, firm, speech sauce, and fresh basil. it's a classic dish. here it's a city when we say black girl, these are the frogs. who was a dish? i developed a good 15 years ago. i like yeah. it's on the menu. every day, if, if you're really you, many guests come for the frogs. similar are the burgers ready? yet? we even have fast food in a hotel. you have to do it all the by revenge opened more than a 150 years ago. how does it preserve tradition? it still keep up with the times on the national devouring account.

this is she then and we're fortunate to have a very loyal clientele who have been coming here for many years as a seal system older than in the level. of course, we strive to take care of these customers name as well as their children, full or even grandchildren for he want things done differently and all have differing demands fiano and didn't. it's on us to adapt to this sanusi doing this at desa. the hotel manager de florist the head of reception. they all share the same philosophy. this house has a soul because they give it one shot. janelle shaw see pauper lim. she'll gladly leave out a formal guides generation has its own way of expressing itself, even if we all maintain the same fundamental values. my father, for example, was a man who enjoyed good food. he opened the house to gastronomy into a modern world,

which was a world of business, but we don't see one year due to his imperial dirt. when he took over the boulevard . he catered to a new generation that came to geneva for conferences and seminars that had nothing to do with the fine society of the bell epoch. what a celebrity on the world the crew is going to put it up. but i also had to further develop the house. it should be film shows on the more geneva connects with the world, the more it secures its future hoc that's obvious. good for her. she has one i've. so how will the coming generations, the 5th of the 6th change things, 40 years from now, remember, that's what i'd like to know, like embassy jim international dog. got all, some of us on sour. mm. at boulevard. each generation has had a hand in writing the hotels history. from be politics to celebrity encounters the owners of navigated every twist and turn with signatures with discretion. and they

are ready to great what chapter comes next? mm mm mm mm. mm mm mm. ah. to own or not to own. what about a sharing economy instead of a change in thinking is

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