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so called green island. later on in the show. i want to welcome to another edition of your o max with me your host. megan lee has a look at what else we've got coming up. how a 91 year old woman keeps on move in and a grooven. and we discover what makes the per rody a national favorite in poland. the life of a professional dancer can be relatively short lived, many hang up their dancing shoes, usually by the time they are 40 years old, but not that big, eat fine, and schreiber at 91. she is still an active dancer and choreographer. she got her start as a ballerina and later turned her focus to festivities surrounding carnival in the western german city of cologne, where she is still active for biggie. fine and try bar. age is nothing but a number. ah,

it's hard to believe. but this lady is 91 years old. be financially, but is the longest serving choreographer and dancer in the cologne. carnival townsend is finished dancing. is the language of the soul to me, thus is when i'm alone. i've got my dawn. been my online. i've always had this since i was a kid, as joshua informed kline, i'm all around the rhineland region. carnival events are taking place with dance performances and the acrobats cold hunted my region showing offer skills and they owe their success to biggie finance guy. but he's been training carnival dance groups for over 5 decades. in the early 70, she developed the best known lifts and fruits. and she has been known as the mother of maddie, sion acrobats ever since diluted. i'm as salt throw or a katie throw. my love for dancing is almost an obsession. i know tons hide and i

tried to bring it to the cologne. carnival done sooner. kind about tons in 9 siblings. she likes to show the dancers how to do it right. like here in 2015 with me looked floating through. when does by and senior leg up her? yeah, on the bus is about. so now you can let this grandma down again with or she dances, hold routines on her own. as here in her late eighty's, she draws inspiration for freeze from classical ballet. in the late 1940, she became a stage dancer at the cologne opera house. and in 1957 prima ballerina in fi bulk southern germany. and she kept landing dancing gigs throughout europe and the u. s . till the late 19th sixty's. but carnival was her big passion from early on when the city of cologne lay in ruins after world war 2. she was the one to organize the

afternoon housewife dances beside the bombed out cologne opera house. there is a hotel there to day and half it half the us in kalauia, and that was the most wonderful thing ever. first found that finally up to that terrible low and it's off to mount hand. we had carnival again. you could have fun again and you could sing and meet friends again. that means for me as a true cologne girl carnival is the alixia of life. that maybe a week after her time, as a professional dancer, biggie fun and 5, i completely devoted herself to carnival. the carnival events are still partly in mail, hands to this day. i miss how and in the early sixty's or seventy's, a woman was nothing in the cologne carnival knish and i don't want to blow my own

trumpet dick, but then they discovered how great my groups were. that's how i became the mother of the muddy sion dandy motor, demolished discipline, and iran will have always been her trademarks, biggie financially by works out almost every day. whenever and wherever she can't, just a reminder. she's 91. ah, whoa. biggie, financial i buy is also still active. as a choreographer once a week she trans, the troop different encryption. it's in the mail, only group has absolutely passionate about carnival. i sounds perfect. unity burgess. i'm going, it's not about that affection. it's a kind of satirical dancing i booked for you. we're not trying to be taken very

seriously with your husband. it's about sharing the fun. we have shots of them for ourselves, spots and for the audience of all frito spoke with a few weeks later. it's showtime. this time the group is performing during a carnival event. but one of the dancers is sick, so it's up to biggie. to take his place. please give me a guy. i'm feeling quite confident because it's always worked in the past. due balance, biggie fun and flavor is proof that you can be full of energy and enjoy life well into the golden years. ah, she's an example for us all. germany is the land known for among other things. it's

driving culture. some of the world's top cars are made here, and of course you have the famous autobahn, but in these times of climate change, it's fair to question how much longer the car will remain the number one mode of transportation will. luckily, most german cities have a network of public transportation, which means many people don't have to rely on a car. your max report are hunted, homo explored how the system works here in berlin. ticket, but what, but there were no ticket barriers. it took me awhile to realize that public transport jamie was not in fact free. when i 1st moved here i was pretty overwhelmed by the whole system. do i take the underground, the subway, the drown the bus, or even the ferry, or a combination of all of them? how does public transport in germany actually work? and how important is it for daily life here?

well, let find out. germany is definitely more famous for its cars than its public transport . mercedes b, n w, or portia or old globally popular german car, bronze bought the number of people using public transport here is rapidly increasing, especially in cities. all right, let's jump in with a brief explanation about how the public transport system here actually works. we have a subway system, an underground system, and tramps and buses that drive on the street. they differ in speed and rail network. the lack of ticket barriers here is confusing as a system of trust, but don't be a fool inspectors do occasionally walk around the train to make sure that you've got a ticket and it's 60 fine if you do it so not worth it. you can buy tickets through an app on your phone or in most stations around the city because they're ticket machines everywhere. it's different depending on which region you're traveling in in germany. of course, avi too easy for it to be the same everywhere. don't forget to stamp your ticket,

otherwise it's not valid. there are different types of tickets, depending on the number of people and the stuff you're traveling to. for example, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. okay, easy. most people i know in berlin don't have a car because it's so easy to travel by train, track our bus. plus, if you're driving, you often get stuck in traffic. there are never enough parking spaces and let's be honest, it's not great for the environment. it's no excuse to use public transportation and berlin, you can use it everywhere every time. this is stephane, carsten, future ologist. how? course it is public transport for a german culture that well, 1st of all, the comments so other transportation is trying hard and is fighting with the full extent to get more informed and people nowadays on us. then

public transportation is inclusive at sosa and it's sustainable. the idea of the european city is to be around in public space and not talking your private car. here for 23 hours. the city is about sitting and copies and dresser and, and talk to each other debate the, the great, the course us of our times at public transportation is the enabler. now it's time to meet the professional, those who keep the whole bustling system moving. i'm thinking question, shirley jones, who drive trains in berlin and she loves it money, transferring the tunnel for the 1st time with great experience, the 1st time in the stock whole, the lights everywhere, the signals, the sounds of the trains. it's a really great feeling. it's fun, right? this is a job stress. so now 6, this is the most annoying thing is passengers holding doors open. when it's done

back please. that's what it means. don't get on. we don't do it annoying people when they come running up and the doors close, we have is scheduled and we drive is have to go to the bathroom at the terminus. and those are the minutes room. is there you have it public transport in germany? it certainly makes my life here in berlin. more convenient and worse connected. and it's nice to see how it brings everyone out here together and said that the best way to experience a country is through its food. and for polen, it's the parole game, a national favorite. now these are stuff dumplings that come in both sweet and savory varieties. for the latest episode of our series food secrets, we visited a restaurant in the capital, warsaw, where they serve no less than 15 different kinds. ah, not shame moment. the best moment about eating appear, rocky as when he take the 1st pine at all when he 1st feel the dove. how slight and

pleasant it is in cape sam number you then? yes, they are warm lie. you have all the steam coming in your face. this comfort cause both from the memories, from the atmosphere, from the flavor, but also from the texture of the dish itself. things give them i maria had shift at the piano garden yesterday night ana and to down, going to show you how piano mailed to verify that i mean my, my am here at the restaurant. we have 15 different varieties of appeared. organ via we have feared augi with wild garlic at all the re carter and brenda, cheese and nuts that had gotten over and go yours with jaime at the if it's a special tay allen mark. we have sweet peer doggy with puppy seeds raisins, and not so of mark any of them. com users or jaime, am i might get another variety with plum, brown, butter, and cinnamon. i'd get

a little scared, mold, famous, russian peer doggy with potatoes and heard she is them and they are up. he had argued with in meet our absolute hit, all the ones with white sausage finished him on there. to be sure, of course we take oil egg $450.00 type flour, which got it. and usually water india, sean e. ron from for them. yeah. got both becky, the egg is sort of my secret to the sto that gotcha. wagner thought it changes all the ingredient myself, and they combined together very well in the stove. young 5 back more top of it. it shall be it all god of you might or to the father of on the egg, allows us to make various fruit as we need and deranged the doe later on elsewhere . but just about yes i gotham. ah, jim a mare vans covered donnie. ivan, today we have a dish, unlike any other in the world, yet all ye scuffles,

these it's going to be paid argue with sauerkraut and mushroom 5 j. it's a traditional christmas eve day. i can budget thing on their, on their ve lean on that one. the phone exit nice table rehydrate dried mushroom, mod i grind them into fine dust. my m for pot for yet because of a political garbage that adds very intensive mushroom flavors. thought that i yeah . you know, gum in some mega. my port was of i got it. yeah, get my thing. you get all what but that if they with filling is very important my every kind of fear doggy has a distinct hayhurst and you not to appreciate. it are mixed with the dog. i thought was report report which caused by of saba to what i have yet. okay. ah,

the outlet, they got the at oscar. we followed this dumpling valesh it together without fingers sla squeezing from either edge so that none of the filling can get out. i go up as i go as a banging chair here with babel fired for the motion with as i got the van, the water needs to be boiling there. it was after i to them, but i thought i am showing my ability. when we dropped, he a rug into the pot, the water cools down any more, so we need to make sure it's boiling on yours gets to me. then we can't boil them for more than 3 or 4 minutes because after that, the dough, my overcoat asked the maria over here. okay, are a dish that is back. heavily connected with color. they became a bit like our food. i couldn't, even though you can find them in different countries, mostly in central eastern europe. i think that in poland we are just super proud of

that. my name is vargas, i'm in town. i'm a full journalist and reporter based in warsaw, poland. one of the places now that we use the connect with our so called milk bars, they originated in the early 20th century. so all the flower base dishes, for example, peer became like a very popular because they're also very economic and they're very satisfying. you can find them fill in those new bars and you can have a portion for a few euros. but then you can also find a good on your appear on the inspires dishes in the best time dining restaurants. just. i think it's the best that they have a very special place in our hearts. so if you saw she had something, you cannot forget on lunch, but yet they make you feel good. sort of eyeball i

winter here in europe can be pretty cold and gray in many places. but to day we are heading to a place that enjoys a milder climate than most at this time of year. or after the island of south miguel, which is part of the portuguese as or islands located in the atlantic ocean. the azores have been called the hawaii of europe, and d w reporter drew righty shows us why. ah, i'm here in the middle of the atlantic ocean on an incredibly green will kenneth island. this island group is called a source. and you'll be surprised to know that it's actually a part of europe to portugal to be specified today. union me will show you why this place such an underrated jump. in this video, we're exploring. so miguel, the largest and most populous island in measles. throughout

the whole island, you'll find a lot of viewpoints. they called me to do rows like this one here. don't miss thing, at least a few of them because they're totally worth the with we start our trip info, nash, a small village and geothermal wonderland. here you'll find an array of hot springs, mud pots, and steam vents, all fueled by the powerful forces of underground volcanic activity. the, as those are all about geothermal springs and relaxing and hot bath is a unique and natural way to experience the islands volcanic origins. the terran austro hot springs have long been a popular tourist destination. the unique yellow watercolor comes from the iron content. the surrounding beautiful botanical garden features a wide variety of exotic crowns and flowers from the round world. i'm surrounded by green, the here this fire has such

a high variety of plant life that it's nothing that you've ever seen before. so miguel is not just for relaxing. there were beautiful hiking spots that give you some of the best means. if he wanted to an adventurous but smaller door, tried the hiking kale, add the lago, the full book, people often referred to the azores as the ha value of europe. and you can see by that it's hiking and swimming, have made you hungry. it's time to move on to a very through see and delicious symbol of historian culture azores is very famous for it's by now. i'm here in a by now to farm inside a greenhouse. it's very hot and humid in here, where you can see

a lot of by now small little plain matches going through many places around the world, offer a chance to swim with dolphins, but usually an enclosed spaces. if you're a fan of marine wildlife, you'll be interested to know that watching whales and dolphins has become one of the most exciting activities diesels have to offer. and not only can you watch them, you can even swim with them in the natural habitats. daltons are generally friendly and social creatures, so they may come up close to you out of curiosity. we even spotted some babies the islands on notorious weather changeable weather. one moment the sky may be clear, and the next it's cloudy. one part of the island might be shrouded in fog. well,

just around the corner, the web is fine. it's always possible to track down the blue skies because the number of very useful websites provide live webcam footage from various spots around the items. and finally, love is in the air as valentine's day is just around the corner. but may be your suffering from matters of the heart and need a bit of advice for one person who famously knows heartache is juliet. the tragic heroine from shakespeare's play, romeo and juliet, you can write a letter with your queries about love to juliet, addressed to her home in verona, italy, and with a bit of luck. she'll right back. ah, look, look, de julietta in the rhona edaly, christine espanol lo is a student in volunteer. here, she picks up the letters to juliet. many people,

right. i most of the missives speak of heartache that underneath them. dear juliet of you, i need your advice because i'm in love, but unhappy. married alma, i wish to fill out like in the movies and i long for somebody who would do anything for me. she had a kind o ins when you don't meet out there looking for a friends injurious to not that of someone who can give them advice and listen to the i did someone they trust odyssey, medicaid, people who write to julia are often looking for help. and mattress of love, though they're disappointed or it may be their relationship recently ended. oh no, sorry. i've been a few neat. thou people wait in line to see juliet's house and the famous balcony play. see now spun, yolo enjoys her own. she's wanted to play the character from the shakespeare play, since she was a child at the club, d julietta. she's also one of the so called secretaries, a pool of volunteers who read juliet's letters. some $8.00 to $10000.00,

arrived from all around the world each year they saw the letters by language and if at all possible, answer them the clubs president, javan, that marcia has been added for 30 years. the juliet doors seem bought of juliet as a symbol of love viejo, she genuine, vibrant and courageous. giovanni, she's young, a passionate about logan mort. i up asana back at guantanamo people. write to her about personal things that they might not even tell a friend my god. i don't know me. william shakespeare's tragedy begins with a brawl on the streets of verona, northern italy. it tells the story of 2 young lovers from feuding families. juliet kept her lead, and romeo, montague, their families strive to keep them apart, but the couple would rather die for their love. they live on as the world's most famous star crossed lovers. but i'll be brought back to protagonists die for their

luck. in spite of all the resistance, they took extreme measures and remained together in death for laura that made them immortal as tragic heroes. the rain from the la fennimore follow artworks depicting the couple can be found in the museum. the tragic love story has been interpreted in opera, ballet and movies among them. italian director of frank woods f. ellie's film from 968 costumes and props from tiffy. at alley's film are also on display in the museum. the balcony was constructed for visitors and is a popular photo spot, touching the bottom of the juliet statue is supposed to bring luck and love matters . but the highlight is a photo with juliette. in one that is like a fairy tale. a thought of juliet symbolizes love. oh it is almost on everybody was against her. she fought for her love. and what about $100.00 volunteer secretaries

male and female work year round, answering the letters to juliet. my at respond every monday and they got the raw. my said, you should never answer negatively and tried to wish them the very best i had your ah, you have to build up their self confidence leave and give them hope. if you daughters that answer. most of the letters to juliet are carefully written by hand. after wrong, it's not just words, but strong feelings that go into this mail box. and that brings us to the end of another edition of your max. don't forget to go to our website for this week's a viewers draw and a chance at receiving some goodies from d. w. you can also follow us on social media as always, thanks for tuning in. and we'll see you again with

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