the choices was actually still hasn't made a big impact on me. so that was so, you know, one of the, i can say a life changing the incentive in my life for shot the journey is its own reward. we take you on a miss downs or train ride to the spanish island of my orca. what do people in the country of georgia like to eat? we show you one of their most popular dishes and what a story telling have to do with design? well, find out from a successful african designer in london. all this 10 more coming up on your own macs, the,

the life of more so lilo from poland is like walking a tightrope. during the day he works as a window cleaner at night. as a drag queen, we met up with lilo, a k, a liter petite, to hear about life as a queer entertainer in poland and berlin club. she discovered that even when i was little, i knew i was different, especially because i didn't meet the standards of masculinity in. yeah, i mean, when i was 7 or 8 years old, i asked myself like, why aren't there any fairy tales about princes and princes for princesses and princesses? and why is that just one option. and we met up with marcel lilo and paused mount and poland. the city is said to be queer, friendly, marcell defined himself as non binary, so neither exclusively masculine or feminine. and accept the range of pro downs on

that on the she and he, him, her, they on the, i don't really care how someone addresses me as long as the person is speaking to me and i get it by, you know, that's what's most important, right? the company's name as being said, for the past 3 years, marcel has been working at lofty heights as an industrial window washer. before that, he was working on stage as a drag queen. when theaters closed during the corona pandemic, marceau looked for a new job and found one on high with the best fuse in the city. deficiency that i'm happier must have been, but i dream of spending more time on stage. rather than hanging on roads, you need to be sure it's, even though the job really gives me a great deal of financial freedom. yeah. i'm no longer dependent on sponsors and don't need to prove i really can thing and that i am great enough to have that we should be of arch. marcel grew up in a small town in south western poland. he comes from assembly of devout catholics

and his father had difficulty understanding his homosexuality. the weight of the subdivision. simple such that my parents wanted me to have conversion therapy that was supposed to cure me of homosexuality in the boy. i think i was 19. yeah. mm. the even number of the same people horrified the there were no talks with me or a psychologist has them know they just went straight to the priest as a rule, prescriptions or even as a child. marcel was fascinated by all things feminine. he felt drawn to it, close colors and glitter, and then i wanted to have all these them in an attribute. oh that's why i always felt close to them. me. i loved dressing up even as a child. i didn't know back then that it was dragged back to utah. marcell, aka lynn need to pity things about queer existence for the l. g. b t q. music

project broke. i told her donna, or glittering, ladies and lily to appears as a drag artist at the low come stonewall. be safe space for the queer scene in post on. the louisa has found in one of only 4 drag collectives in poland. it's called the house of utopia said i'd say the hierarchy is such that i'm like the mother because i've got solid support and contacts and lots of performance. and i can use those to open the scene for others. and i'm really to, is planning to appear on stage in berlin with her so called daughter iraq from the dr. collective. but before taking to the stage, the chicken, the sites and meet up with another drag queen mondo to cuz that's got the

as free as like appears in berlin. there is discrimination here too. as a rule, not to takes a taxi home after a long night as the m. c of the show at monsters, karaoke, a bar, and one of the hipper suburbs of berlin. lisita and ira appear at the club as well . because we have a very different life and. 6 the audience is cheering them on, and louisa and ira are happy with their performances. i'm in love, it's great. yeah, yeah, you soon? i'm touched, but thinking about it as well. when i hear the crowd's reaction in berlin and their appreciation. and then it feels as if my place is here. i'd really like to come back again and again. after there we can trip. it's clearer than ever to the polish

drag queens that berlin is a magnet for queer people. and l g b t q, right, are worth fighting for not just here, but everywhere. the is there any truth to the cliches about germans? for example, it said that they are very direct and not so subtle when giving their opinions. dw reporter joseph gunter is our token german who has set out to unveil the truth. german then and of punctuality, border and politeness, put in height. well, that wasn't entirely honest, was it? what do you want? i am, you're in a german, united, german conscious and politeness isn't always one of the lowest rate, but you can't rely on us to be honest and direct. oh yeah. you think so? yes, absolutely. we'll always 100 percent on these when you say something that will hurt someone, even then. okay,

then let's examine the famous german birch you off on this to how on this and direct we term is really in every day live. and how bright does my in a german chime for the it doesn't taste good. that's really how i owe everything was great. thank you. mm hm. had other food was good. you have to tell. oh, that's the only way they can improve. no, that's true. nonsense. you know how the german saying goes at least you get them name, and honestly, is the best policy. just tell it, wasn't that good? me well, it was just a bit too salty, sorry to hear that i will get it back to the kitchen. yeah, it's true, a lot of people in restaurants actually say if they don't like the food is

generally seen as a way to help us to improve this whole. so is secret if you catch will. if you put you patrone down at 20 to 8, it means you didn't like you food, but only a few people will direct on his team can sometimes heard of it, but of course we're not ruthlessly owing us all the time. according to one serve a more than half of german slight every day. in fact, on everett's, germans lie more than 6 times per day. the fee for sol lee, what are you doing? yeah, he sent me something on german virtues. but how do i get doing what he did last france to to be on this? not, not so good luck is stressful. and um, my dog is sick,

i just found out like might pop it on me with my friends pool when it comes to relationships, germans don't take honesty very seriously around a 3rd have cheated on the park. no, no, i'm sorry. we ended up happened last week, but you know what they say. how the quote says it's your controls or lice, have short legs. it means lice don't last long before you catch them. i guess what we breaking up sir. shows in, you know, never to ask a german how they doing. they go on forever. yes. i know, but i haven't seen her for so long, and i really didn't expect that durham is always given on his arms and no matter how long it takes, you should know that i'm so sorry, but i have to head off hope that's okay. um, i will let you know. okay, but i have to get going now. okay. bye bye. the sofa,

the drum and key shift directness has held true. if you are something you will get an honest answer, whether you like it or not. yeah, i told you so, and it's the same at work. yes, but i would say we're a little less so right there you is. see. well how's it going? well, i'm still waiting on a document from my colleague, nick. then just sent him an email. okay. here hope you're doing well and having a stressful day can i ask you kindly if you could think of that stuff, what are you writing there in a you know, it doesn't work like that. get rid of all the fresh. just ask when it's ready, cause it should have been ready by now, but that's root. no, it's not rude. it's efficient in direct, right? this d or nick,

you should have sent the document 15 minutes ago. why haven't got it yet? and when will you send it, send this, do you really want me to write that? yes. okay, just say so. he said, okay, you where, right? so then we have the german honesty and directly is really do exist and i'm definitely guilty of it. and it's not considered rude to your rental. for many of the spanish island of my york is the european destination for sea and sun. but it also has other treasures for travelers. especially for those who want to make their way from the capital palmer to the central town of so yeah, my journey begins in polymer. the capital with me. ok, with the train has its very own station. he wants to ride the train spontaneously. you can only buy tickets from the fucks up. so to avoid playing with fire. here's

my pump to reserve us to get online up to 7 days before departure, because the train can get busy and no ticket, no train. everything looks like it's been frozen in time. the line has been in operation for over 100 years and runs on narrow gauge railway tracks. the more on that later, many trained carriages have been in service since the line began operating in 19 the. i bought a return ticket to 32 years. there are only very few railway lines on the spanish islands with me. okay. and this one is particularly beautiful, the views aspect, tech killer, the, on the right the

the big getting from one carriage to the next can be a bit challenging the, the, the route to so you, the rarely passes the teen tunnels and snakes around many type bins the narrow gauge train handle some easily allowing it to make steeper sense and

a short distance. the train climbs 200 meters. we can afford to catch a glimpse of so you did you know that the valley of so yeah, is also called the valley of gold. and so yeah, is actually derived from the arabic wood. for golden valley is not exactly known why the arts cold, so yeah. so yeah, but it says that they are inspired by the color of olive oil and oranges, olives and oranges have been cultivated here for over a 1000 years. to say that the time on tennis mountain range is listed as a unesco world heritage site because this mountainous terrain of his fruit trees extra protection, the ellipse and oranges grown. he said to be especially error message. i really need to try some late to the

an hour later we pull into so yeah, train station, the, well, that was a really nice train, right. are in town you can still get a sense of the wealth once generated by the regions trade in citrus street, the orange juice made as well famous. so yeah, the wow, that is something the town also boast

a street car that looks like a miniature version of the twin this. so yet i'm hoping for to ride to port this. so you had some 5 columbus as a way back in the day the street car was also used to transport oranges to port from where they were shipped out to the well the that is it. so then you in the these days, tourists and locals take the street car to relax by the see side the my trip on less than this. so yeah, was honestly full of it. i could have expected isn't enough to be on an antique train. and then, and also news exploring the small plane. so yeah, and then a little bit to help you throw away. is this useful spots when was the down at the

port? well no, it was when you're stands for diversity and this is reflected partly in the cuisine . every country has its own specialties, what the italians called pizza, the people of george called cock support. it's similar with go and cheese, but we find out what sets it apart from the rest, the who needs pizza when the georgians have touched report cards. reporting is one of george's national dishes and the people are proud of it. but what makes it so special? we asked people around the capital, it's a blessing to find out how job only ketchup porter is just the best a is that it was a really, it's very tasty and every georgia know if they're real. georgians loves catch reporting. every region in georgia has its own variation on the day. we'll tell you

why later today we'll show you catch up for you and guardian style this bakery in the georgia and capital tbilisi specializes in catch reporting. pick up a heads up for the day and then we should cut repore as part of the georgia dna. the ball. she'll be there when i was a child. i used to make katya pull re with my mother. and it's a very essential memory to meet and shim of that, and that's where the items hold. just a few ingredients go into a catch reporting, flour, east salt water and of course cheap. and that has to be georgia to make the treat a jury in style. and you also need to add an egg and a piece of butter. first of the flour and water permit the one month if we add east and we start making the dough, the somebody don't move to stroke them so that the, you know, that the bill is ready when it starts being shining. this house,

and i'm sure that means the glue has done a real job for me, is that up? it's just a, the most entity mine is it up even though it was somebody else. and that can take awhile as high. so it's when it looks like this, the bill isn't ready yet. after that, the dough has to rise for 30 minutes. time to stoke the wood fired up in the after half an hour. the ball of dough is shaped into a flat bread. the number with us that she now we put the cheese inside and spread it with a spoon there. she's the cell phone, i mean, so then we're going to fold it into the famous catchup hurry in shape. with that because we fold the corners of dentists and stick the corners together. that's the

so it has the shape of a boat. it's important to use equal amounts of cheese and go from the catch referring. the cheese is made from 2 different types of george and house male. once it's all put together below phil's into the oven for 15 minutes. while we're waiting, we try to find out about the other types of catch reporting. researchers have discovered that there are 47 of them. in my reading style is round a flat and has cheese on top. it really looks like a pizza. awesome. it has several layers like lasagna beach, one is typical for a region. it's one level of control. that's why we georgians are so proud of it too much to live in some regions. there might be only one kilometer between different villages and base, give them and still the tradition and then go seems different. it goes $5.00 times that it will. that's what i did, so be sure it has to do with our history about and you must what i told folks on the the route george in history we were separated and were united again to saying

about communication was not good. so the traditions and ingredients didn't mix because it's $1.00 to $2.00 to unit 15 minutes have gone by and the contra pouring is almost done. now, the bag and the piece of butter go on top. but how do you need it? so it's, we take the fork and knife stuff and then put them aside. i'm going to instead you rip off a piece of the bread from the edge and use it to stir the egg on the butter way. liquid, mix it with the cheese and a cheese. then you use the piece of bread as a fork. the whether it's for a snack or as a side to a hearty meat dish. the people in georgia loved their catch reporting and eat it at any time of day and nearly any place african

design or effect shown. okay, has found a nice in the interior of the core market, chicken mines home, textiles and accessories with west african elements. under the slogan, bringing color to life. we got a closer look at her designs in her adopted home of london. the making life more colorful is what london designer isa shall not get his set out to do. and she takes an approach all her own pass. it has to be at my court. everything that i am is reflected in these designs, and it's such a great feeling that people respond positively to it. especially when i get launched her 1st collection in 2010 and scored an immediate hit. renowned stores carried her luxurious home textiles and accessories. now for designs are available world wide recent achievements include collaborations with so home,

the home furnishing line of the exclusive club. so house hotel and luxury design or bathroom maker. c p heart. these are shown, i guess, studied journalism and fell into design more or less by accidents that couldn't find the designs that i wanted. so i felt like why don't i designed it myself because in my head, i knew exactly what i wanted eva, embarked on her creative journey and fry bork in southern germany, where she grew up, the daughter of nigerian parents. her father is an art historian. her mother, a pediatrician, travel, and visits to museums developed her interest in art and design. that was really from an early age, interested in interior design and in tex 1000 patton's, obviously west africa and the west african narrative. the rest of it can be of live, as for me, at the cool of my walk buttons also by structured, very organized, which is i think it's a german elements which come into that i think the combination of these 2 elements and mix it,

i think so bus to tile. one of her inspirations is nigerian boutique and textile artist, chief new k davies, oakland di, both our ethnic, you're about a west african ethnic group with a highly rich culture. this includes the typical id or a fabrics made using indigo di techniques. these are also reflected in each of us designs. i mean, i'm not designing traditional african tech styles, but i'm trying to tell a story of, of my tech styles. i think that my doing the mystic background comes in as well. the designer tell stories from her life and her creations. she draws inspiration from experience that she's had along the way. she doesn't tell these stories and words go through colors and shapes starting with the kind of but i'm in the idea else and take pictures of everything that inspires me. things that i see maybe uh, embroidery on a dress. so anything, once i'm happy with the design, then re enter,

use the colors that i chose before and to that design. eva has no doubt that she's found her true colleagues, that everything she's done and has experienced over the years for childhood, for background. her experiences as a tv producer and fashion journalist has let her right to where she is. now. this is more than a business. this is like an extension of myself. and i think the self love and the self expression and sharing because obviously with other people sharing this with the world and i'm seeing the appreciation and the last that i'm getting read it keeps me go and gets me out of that everyday story telling is as old as human kind, but how we tell stories varies the social nike tells them through her african inspired designs. and with that, we wrap up another edition of your romantics. we hope you enjoyed the show. be sure

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