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mine. we'll hear more about his daring experience later on in the show. i really want to welcome to another edition of your own 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 main. 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.

oh ah, gosh, own this is ukrainian, sing it tamala, in the center of kia recently she was the 2016 winner of the eurovision song contest singing these lines during her moving performance. her 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 calm, to be confident in the future. my family and my friends are always in you grade. so i'm constantly worried about them. to logically is exhausted for us. now, one year ago on the 24th of february,

russia talked to ukraine since then, many parts of the country have been plagued by destruction, suffering and death. mm. and then dennis kind of chips have played his cello in front of the ruins and his home city of hot. 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 currently in who am i live in the travel of a form, the more than 45 concepts with 7 different different qualities. 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 enemies attack. and the war is still going. in natalia blessing, who did not consider leaving country, she was popular to a god in a desk before the war. but there is no longer any tourism in ukraine. now she offices 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 i really one believe that justice work. all the criminals can be punished and will be able to leave the 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, you 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 long as dog sled race, which takes place every year in norway. well, participants spend up to 6 days in 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. ah, 1200 kilometers through the north of norway above the arctic circle mar at bay. i took a scene and her 14 dogs are here to win this challenging race. so the indian men and women compete on equal footing and the raised 3 fin mark. it's all about the dogs, they are the real heroes of this competition. i had a

world boundaries just 200 kilometers north of oslo. the intense training is underway, journalist and dog breeder and merit. they ought to cassini and her partner, susanna have taken time off, work to prepare. so the type of dog we use is alaska husky. and the sa 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. the only quality would look for is bad. the ability to run on long and to recover fast. 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 trauma and been mark norway's northernmost region. been marked low

a pe, it's europe's most important dogs lead race. when they prepare their teams, special attention is given to lead dogs. if brown one is b and he is my main leader, i very much know how to find the trail and do lead. thanks a lot of good, good choices. so i asked him a lot. he says, says so he's a young man and he's a very intense star deluxe of m t m b. then comes the check up by the all dogs are examined before and during the race class. huffman. listen to your high and the so stephanie? yes. to to go and race one 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 ata. cassini starts as number 13. the 1st stage spends 130 kilometers in the dead of night. the teams arrive at the 1st checkpoint and counter quino with the rising sun mar at theater is an 18th place, or dogs will have to pick up the pace to when i run this route or not. we start with what night or the morning or after 5 days and more than 870 kilometers. she has climb to 9th place. but many of

her dogs are now struggling with muscle and joint pain, but i tried to see the injuries or the pain before it gets too painful. so i can can i drop them before it? it gets sir. 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 that seems to have been working so hard to get to fact ulta, i wanted to give the those this finish line experience. but we tried to made it make it here. am i think they are happy as mark be, are to cassini 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 axle prima facie was allowed to give it a try and it turned out to be the ultimate test of his endurance. this shop is 200 meters deep and the only very small step. there's no security harness, a rope or anything. so one wrong step and i might die. i'm on the

road in the hot smoke. mia? this rizza? what is the goal? was amazon in the small town off, sank on, but he, us back in the state of louis saxony. hey, i'm accept them of easy and i'm in a former mine in the middle of germany. and inside this mind chef, there's a mechanism to bring me down and i will find out why it's called the letter of death. mixed to me is that i've thank it. he uses this thing all the time. i have i why is these call it the letter of death? i didn't default, well when you're driving, but up you have to status are coming to want to you and you switch far. you have a little molten is 2nd to step over for me. we're starting and then if you don't make it, there must, and you couldn't afford to. and that could be fatal obstacles. cable to the perfect

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 drive and step over on the next step it's, it's some kind 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 go almost 200 meters down into the depth. in the past, the steel 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 t 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 we go in twice a week with the man engine and to machine checks. the trend here is being replaced with fueled also, it's about why work that out when we're on the low. 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 this, 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, getting up the chicago 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. beck. this unique industrial monument is now a unesco world heritage site. ha, ha ha. so i'm, i'm back on earth safe and sound i so this is been really a tough rice. 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 is one of the best known dishes in france and it's pretty healthy too. with a real coney copier of vegetables, russia too, he is the favorite dish of this canary expert. and she's going to give us a great recipe. mm hm. i love rat to e. i eat right. it's april 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 served 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 rat to a one of the specialties of nice, nice is situated on the mediterranean coast in provence, from it said that russia to his origins can be traced back to here, it was 1st served in the 18th century, tonia to the 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 and with victoria to the rough scott 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 all sent. take russia to eat is made with trumpets zucchini. this is kasha, that only grows in nice and in a small portion of italy, next to the border, and its firmer in texture and stronger in flavor than regular. she roughly dices the red onion and chops up the garlic super small. the plant comes noticed because it turns brown fast. once you cut it up with breath to it always starts with what is

a key ingredient in the spa cooking and that 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 liked to salt each ingredients separately because then when you combine them, everything is correctly fault. so still missing will add either crushed tomatoes in the summer or tomato sauce in the winter, and then we'll keep it 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 a wretched 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 one, 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, most chandeliers are produced to buy machines because making them the traditional way is too expensive. but there are

a handful of companies were 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 a lot 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, least up me talking. 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 or surf it affects longer. ready mathias high chart builds of frame for the chandelier and then makes the pipe fittings. washington with other pieces of pipe by cards i used for the chandelier in that for the beams and also for the pipes for the illumination. oh, 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 phrasing 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 consists of

16 lamps and about 500 glass stones. they lost her vehicle a chandelier way, 16 kilograms. and it will be shipped to the united states. that's also a challenge for us. mm hm. because we export a lot, we always have to meet the specific electrical requirements for that country, my, the interplay in the electric former atmosphere. the says that made the right indicates for that control and the wiring, hobble, everything has to fit the regulations of that country for, for the pitch, the woman this is to play 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 chandelier goes out to the customer. the boss has one last look the the will they safety tests for the us to morrow in one 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 quoted,

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, the new stuff for it is in the chandelier. we made for drake. was this model these as what a suitably larger at 3.8 meters hours. but i, me, the, i think, and it's a 2nd largest chandelier of it's kind next to the original, at the metropolitan opera in new york and o'brien, new york. the original was designed in vienna, in the 1960s for the metropolitan opera house in the 19th century. lord, my decorated king ludwig du seconds had in teams a castle in southern germany. low of maya chandeliers also decorate one of the small ballrooms in vienna's imperial palace. the whole spook. as well as the

auditorium of the vienna state opera. and to the athens concert hole, to loose the east for them, a chandelier is a grand object for ro behalf and the pail and i have 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

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