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i really want to welcome to another edition of your max with me, your host, megan lee. here's a look at what else we've got coming up. we discover how one race has gone to the dogs in norway and look at how the french favorite dish rather to me is made. but 1st, we like to reflect on a more serious topic. one year ago, the lives of many people in europe changed dramatically as russia invaded ukraine. at the beginning of the war, we highlighted the lives of 2 artist and a travel guide who were facing an uncertain future. well, we caught up with them again now to hear how they've managed, even as the fighting rages on in their country. rush. no huh.

oh, ah, gosh, own, this is ukrainian. sing a tamala in the center of kia recently. she was the 2016 winner of the eurovision song contest singing these lines during her moving performance piece is called 1944 and tells the story of her great grandmother who was deposed by the soviets these days. germano, as the one fling from wool along with her family, she rarely visits her home country. i don't remember what it means to be saved to be com, to become dead in the future. my family and my friends are always in your grade. so i'm constantly worried about them to logically is exhausted for us. now. one year ago on the 24th of february, russia attacked ukraine since then,

many parts of the country have been plagued by destruction, suffering and death. mm. and then dentist kind of chips have played his cello in front of the ruins in his home city of hockey. the clips went viral and became iconic images of the walls outbreak. nobody soon left ukraine himself. and he has been putting on concepts to collect funds for his home country, his current linda to amy and since the day i live in the travel over form, the more than 45 concepts with 7 different different collectives. and so look, concepts in europe, countries and united states. i know i'm in a safe place, but every day i think about my friends and relatives and my home town, which is still under enemy's attack. and the war is still going on

in natalia blessing, who did not consider leaving country. she was a popular to god in the day before the war, but there is no longer any tourism in ukraine. now she officer services to the international media. as an interpreter, i wish this word to stop as soon as possible, not to have any law says, no more casualties, normal more victims, no more distractions. and also i have home. i really one believe that justice work. all the criminals will be punished and will be able to even ukraine to have normalize nathan, our own countries, because language, cherish our culture and leave here where we were born. because we are ukraine, we are your premiums. we simply want peace and we want to leave on our home

and we certainly hope for a peaceful outcome. soon. we turn our attention now to europe's longest dog sled race, which takes place every year in norway, while participants spend up to 6 days. crossing 1200 kilometers of rugged terrain, while the race is unique because of the length and the climate conditions, we accompanied it to mushers for a glimpse into their experience. 1200 kilometers through the north of norway above the arctic circle. marin b auto cassini and her 14 dogs are here to win this challenging race. so the indian men and women compete on equal footing and raised 3 fin mark. it's all about the dogs. they are the real heroes of this competition mad night. ah, world boundaries, just 200 kilometers north of oslo. the intense training is underway. journalist and

dog breeder mar at theater casino and her partner, susanna have taken time off work to prepare for that type of dog. we use this alaska husky, and the sob breeds that is only bread for running qualities. like they can look whatever they want to look like. they can be black or white around. it doesn't mother. fione quality will look for it. bad the ability to run and to on long and to recover her in the weeks leading up to the race, the experienced musher or sled driver trains under race conditions every day with her team of 14 dogs, all bred by her a few weeks later they arrive in truth and thin mark, norway's northernmost region, then marks lower pay is europe's most important dogs lead race. when they prepare

their teams, special attention is given to lead dogs. brown, why they speak? and he is my main lee there. i very much. he knows how to find the trail and do he takes another good, good choices. so i trust him a lot. he says says so he's a young man and he's a very intense son, delta m and t m b. then comes the check up by the vet. all dogs are examined before and during the race time. husky. listen to your high and the so stephanie? yes. to to go and brief them with the race last week. and the teams cover more than 1200 kilometers in 12 stages.

this year's competition has 34 mushers with a randomly assigned starting order mar at the auto casino starts. as number 13, the 1st stage spends 130 kilometers in the dead of night. the teams arrive at the 1st checkpoint and crowd aquino, with the rising sun mar at theater is an 18th place for dogs. will have to pick up the pace to when i was i run this route, not, not me start with night or the moon, then you are with me after 5 days and more than 870 kilometers. she has climbed to 9th place, but many of her dogs are now struggling with muscle and joint pain, but i tried to see the injurious or the pain before it gets too painful. so i can

kind of drop them before it gets ah, a bad situation for the day. before embarking on the 10th and 11th stage of the race, martin b auto cassini has only 10 dogs pulling her sled. but on the way to lever york, the weather in the mountains worsens. and when it turns into a full blown snowstorm, the race is canceled. i don't know what to say if of course, very disappointing for us and all the seems to have been working so hard to get to back to help them. i wanted to give the those, this finish line experience. but we try to make it make it here. am i think they are happy as mar at b, i took a scene and her dogs embark on their long drive home. one thing is certain, she will be back for another go with europe's longest dog sled race.

one adventure of another kind can be found in the middle of germany at an old mine for decades. a so called ladder of death carried miners deep into a very narrow shaft, while it's now a protected site and only available to trained workers. but my colleague axel prima facie was allowed to give it a try and it turned out to be the ultimate test of his endurance. this shaft is 200 meters, the 10th there are only very small steps. there's no security harness, rope or anything. so one wrong step and i might die. i'm on the road in the hot smoke, mia? this brazza. what is the goal? was amazon in the small town of sank country us back in the state of louis saxony.

hey, i'm accept him. i've easy and i'm in a former mine in the middle of germany, and inside this mime chef, there's a mechanism to bring me down. and i want to find out why it's called the letter of death mix. to me is that i've tank it. he uses this thing all the time. i, i, if i why is this called the letter of death? i didn't default, well when you're driving, but up the steps are coming to won't you and you switch far. you have a little molten is 2nd to step over the phone we were starving. and then if you don't make it ramos, and you couldn't afford to, and that could be fatal obstacles. cable to the purpose.

when miners descend into the mind, they call it driving is minds became deeper in mind as needed more time to dissent mine shafts. this led to the development of the man engine. it's kind of scary because you really have to find some kind of rhythm to look for the next handle. and then in the exec tried ormond step over on the next step it's, it's some done of very new experience because it's really dark and it's very narrow on the world's only men engine that is still in operation. i called almost 200 meters down into the depth. in the past, this 2 cable construction was more than 700 meters long.

i survived the 1st part of my journey. i got down here, safe and sound. and anyway, you just have to forget that you rely on your hands and on your feet. and on these 2 rooms the out of driving has existed here since $1837.00, the shaft off the gorb, isms on is anything but vertical. the reason is quite simple, it follows the vain of the precious metals that were mind here. therefore, it would not have work without steel ropes. these have been invented shortly before very close by. this meant that the miners no longer had to climb down into the depth with letters of alice. and why is the man and, and actually still in operation today or the fall concert. the man engine is still in operation for the very simple reason that at a depth of 130 and 100 my 90 meters. there are 2 hydro electric power plants that are operated by us and wico in twice

a week with the man engine and to machine checks. the trend here is being replaced with hubert also, it's about why, because i don't know from below, it's already rotting from atom about a lesson. we had seen that during the last machine inspection, for the 100 years when that's when we take immediate action. see, hi, simply a matter of safety. we don't want anyone to fall off the work is done, everything's fine down here. but now there's the trickiest part. i have to get back up again, nearly 200 meters with a man machine again. so cross your fingers for me. mm hm. okay. you getting up this company, different thing? yeah, you can't really see the next handle coming. and i mean, now i spend like,

i don't know, 23 hours here in the cold and with all the humidity. so it's got to be a tough right. back with this unique industrial monument is now a unesco word heritage side. ha, ha ha. so i'm, i'm back on earth safe and sound. i so this is been really a tough, right. i mean, it was really a great experience, but i don't want to do this every day every other day. so my grid is respectful rather than all these colleagues who do this very regularly,

who i'm just happy to be here again, hatton and he certainly don't, deserves a hearty meal after that adventure and perhaps a tasty dish from france will do the trick. rather too, he is a mixture of stewed fresh vegetables originally from the south of france, which is where a culinary expert shared her special method on how to prepare it. and one of the best known dishes in france, and it's pretty healthy too, with a real corny copier of vegetables. russia too. he is the favorite dish of this color, mary expert. and she's going to give us a great recipe. mm hm. i love rata to way i eat respiratory, probably in the summertime, at least 5 times a week. my favorite thing about rights to is that it can be served with almost anything. it can be vegan vegetarian, or it can be cirque with me. i'm victoria told out of sca i write about food, i'm a cook, and today i'll show you how to make rata to a. one of the specialties of nice,

nice is situated on the mediterranean coast in provence, from it set that routed to his origins can be traced back to here. it was 1st served in the 18th century, victoria turner, raska teaches classes that a culinary school where russia to eat is one of the top recipes. and what makes it so popular is that it uses all of the things that everybody here grows in their backyards. and it's kind of the flavor of the area. these are the ingredients with victoria to to raska gets her vegetables at the market. it's open 6 days a week. the warm and dry climate of provence means regional products are available here almost all year round. with russia to me is all about ingredients,

so you want to get the freshest ripest ingredients you can because that's what gives the flavor. so the 1st step is just to clean the vegetables and then chopped them in more or less equal size pieces. that way they will all, when you take a bite of rats a to eat, you're getting a taste of each vegetable. well, cynic, russia to eat is made with trumpets zucchini. this is that gotcha. that only grows in nice and in a small portion of italy next to the border. and it's firmer in texture and stronger in flavor than regular. she roughly dices the red onion and chops up the garlic super small. the plans comes nah, st. because it turns brown fast. once you cut it up, breath to it always starts with what is a key ingredient in nice fog cooking and that's extra virgin olive oil. you never

put egg plant in cold oil because if you do, the eggplant will soak up all of the oil and it will be heavy. and then you'll have to keep adding more oil on. she says it's very important to cook and season each vegetable separately. i personally like to salt each ingredient separately, because then when you combine them, everything is correctly false. so still missing will add either crushed tomatoes in the summer or tomato sauce in the winter, and then we'll keep adds at really low temperature for about 5 to 7 minutes to tomato sauce. we'll bring them together and that's what makes raptor to rewrite it . to that is perfect with this vegetable dish can be served hot or cold and as

a side dish to fish only. and victoria to that, off sca has a special tip. she recommends making a rotted to beget sandwich with guts cheese, grateful picnics, out of the real tasking. and when i pick, when a pity ah, to me this rapidly proves that you can make it at any time of year. and if you choose good ingredients, it reminds you of summer and sunshine in good weather and the bees. ah. and finally we shed some light on the business of handmade chandeliers. now, mo chandeliers are produced by machines because making them the traditional way is too expensive. but there are a handful of companies. we're still dedicate themselves to the craft,

and one is the venus company. lo maya, which has been making chandeliers for more than 170 years. ah. just a few finishing touches then it's complete. the starburst chandelier is load my as most famous item all over the world. this renowned viennese companies, chandeliers transform ordinary rooms into ballrooms. the manufacturer has a reputation for its extraordinary lighting designs, $200.00 of which are sold in more than 40 countries. every year. the company has been hand crafting chandeliers, since 1850 so beautiful. the team is united by a passion for croft. this one is perfect. leased up me hawking, i've always been fascinated by light. we used additional craft techniques and then we have the light. so there's a lot of variety to our work has suffered up excellent proper. ready mathias high

chart builds of frame for the chandelier and then makes the pipe fittings wash pick of it are the pieces of pipe by cards i used for the chandelier in that for the beams and also for the pipes, for the illumination o, all of her the ost life don't. ready after being cut to size, the pieces are firmly attached together. for example, in this dep cold, grazing them, the services are finished elsewhere. afterwards they go to eric, marvel, he is responsible for the assembly and the electrical parts. oh, all the cable connections are discreetly hidden in the chandelier sphere. once the frame is finished, to work begins on hanging crystals. this particular piece consist of 16 lamps and about 500 glass stones. they lost her,

vic, the chandelier weighs 16 kilograms and it will be shipped to the united states. that's also a challenge for us. we bill because we export a lot. we always have to meet the specific electrical requirements for that country . matea bray. and the electric former atmosphere, the says that made the right indicates for that country and the wiring carbon, everything has to fit the regulations of that country for, for the bush, with this interplay in london, it will definitely be a lot easier if we could just put wax candles on each one. they would work everywhere. before the chandeliers goes out to the customer. the boss has one last look at the the will they safety tests for the u. s. to morrow you more than more than this one has really turned out beautifully. the company has high profile customers all over the world. star interior designer ferris were fully ordered

a custom size starburst chandelier. for canadian rappa drake. he supervised the installation at dregs luxury mansion in toronto. along with the team from lope maya, dental stuff or it is in the chandelier we made for drake, was this model. these is what a suitably larger at 3.8 meters are. but i me the thick and it's the 2nd largest chandelier of its kind. next to the original, at the metropolitan opera in new york or by new york. the original was designed in vienna, in the 1960s for the metropolitan opera house in the 19th century lord my decorated king lou big de seconds had in teams a castle in southern germany. lobe. maya chandeliers also decorate one of the small ballrooms in vienna's imperial palace. the whole spoke, as well as the auditorium of the vienna state opera, and to the athens concert hole. the

loose, the east for them, a chandelier is a grand object for ro behalf, and the pale and eyes a very dominant part of the architecture. even all these is key, but it is just that one detail needed to complete the overall assemblage. upshaw least oh that one detail comes at a price. the cost of a viennese chandelier starts in the $5.00 digit range. and from there, the skies, the limit, fine craftsmanship for an exclusive clientele. ooh. and that wraps up today's show. as always, i want to thank you all of our loyal viewers for joining us, all of these year's euro max is going to have a new look from next week on so you won't be seeing me or the rest of us in the studio anymore. but we will continue to bring you lots of exciting stories from around europe in

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