and up high in the alps. up here, it's peaceful.iews, you don't get this out of a aeroplane window. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from switzerland — or, more specifically, the international balloon festival in the swiss alps. we'll be taking a bird's—eye perspective on that later on. but in the meantime, let's head to zurich for something a little more underground. i'm on a journey from switzerland's capital, beginning with a drive two hours south—west, because i've heard that all around this country is a vast network of bunkers — some of which are open for travellers to explore. among them are old military forts, which you can still see hidden in the mountainside. glorious view. ..if you have a sharp eye. so, i've been given a pin that tells me that there's a bunker basically here, somewhere. it's camouflaged. so, there's going to be a trick actually finding it. i mean, this stretch of mountainside just does look like every other stretch of mountainside for miles in either direction. so, hopefully, w

..i try a balloon festival like no other in the swiss alps. quite magical about being up here. switzerland isn't short of an impressive train ride or two. 0ffering views of the snow—capped alps, the latest is the goldenpass express. and it's got a surprising secret. i'm travelling between interlaken and montreux, and it's fair to say the main drawcard of this journey is what's outside the window — these absolutely spectacular mountain views. but this train itself is actually really interesting and it's all to do with — this is technical, so bear with me — the rail gauges. that's the distance between the rails. in 1916, this awe—inspiring route was completed, connecting montreux on lake geneva to the vibrant city of lucerne. travellers could ride in style through the beautiful bernese alps and witness some of the most stunning scenery in the world. but for years, passengers had to get off and change trains mid—journey to accommodate for when the rail gauges change — notjust to a different width, but also a different height. but now, travellers

and up high in the alps. up here, it's peaceful.he views, you don't get this out of a aeroplane window. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from switzerland — or, more specifically, the international balloon festival in the swiss alps. we'll be taking a bird's—eye perspective on that later on. but in the meantime, let's head to zurich for something a little more underground. i'm on a journey from switzerland's capital, beginning with a drive two hours south—west, because i've heard that all around this country is a vast network of bunkers — some of which are open for travellers to explore. among them are old military forts, which you can still see hidden in the mountainside. glorious view. ..if you have a sharp eye. so, i've been given a pin that tells me that there's a bunker basically here, somewhere. it's camouflaged. so, there's going to be a trick actually finding it. i mean, this stretch of mountainside just does look like every other stretch of mountainside for miles in either direction. so, hopefull

then on the glacier express, will saver on board cuisine and the scenery of the swiss alps. so enjoy the ride, happy travel. ah, this steam locomotive has made hollywood history, appearing on millions of screens across the world. and today i get to write it. hi there. today i'm back in my home country travelling through the scottish highlands on the jacobite seemed right. the round trip is described as one of the greatest railway journeys in the world, but it's probably most well known for its rule as the whole courts express in the harry potter. maybe that's right. these very carriages took harry ron and her money from platform 9 and 3 quarters all the way to hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. in real life, the jacobite steam train travels a 135 kilometer along the west coast of the scottish highlands. before our round trip starts in fort william bennett, crosses the glenfield by a duct before ending up in the lake. a traditional fishing time, bend the train heads back to fort william lick. i am sitting in this exact train here, and here is a description of the hog

our 8 hour long trip through the swiss alps begins and sent more. it's continues through poor and matt and break and ends in their mat. the route connects to ski resort towns often viewed as the winter playgrounds of the rich and famous big glacier express cars itself. the world's slowest fast rate, averaging just 38 kilometers an hour. it passes through $91.00 tunnels and crosses at $291.00 bridges, including the land, faster viaduct, a unesco world heritage site. the train is making a somewhat longer stop to switch agent. so i'm going to see if i can have a quick chat with the train driver. carla went back hello. can you tell me right about what it's like to actually drive a train like this line? is they all snow? it's quite challenging. of you need to have a good concentration and an overview of the root all as well as know the mountains and where the dangerous parts are. and so i hurry back on to the train just in time for lunch. the glacier express prepares all of its food on board in this tiny kitchen. it offers a 3 course meal of traditional

there are climbing in the crimea , sometimes laser climbing is performed in the alps, sometimes in thethe himalayas, it will be higher than 8,000 m or eight, that is, in gradations of climbing difficulty. how much more or less vertical the wall is and in height, plus there is also a winter class or a summer class ice class technical class high-altitude technical, high-altitude class the class, that is, in general, there are a lot of directions in mountaineering, each direction has its own leaders. there are, let's say, recognized masters of the task of climbers base camp hmm to keep yourself in good physical shape, being in the base camp does not mean that you will rest there all day or whatever, there is bad weather. you can get sick the most important thing in yourself is to keep. this is health, because, well, at any moment you need to ascend sometimes and live for months. when we were on brutus peak, the team visits there in may a month on k2 and until september, they have their own radio station there, they even have their own life there, such a life flows there, who writes books,

resorts in austria italy and switzerland avalanches 13 people died there is a missing rescue work in the alps slows down poor visibility and weather the austrian authorities led, the fourth level of the threat of avalanches which means their high probability in romania 60 people fell into a snow trap due to for two avalanches descended in the mountains. fgorash in the carpathians rescuers quickly pulled them out from under the rubble of the victim, no one was injured. american attraction unprecedented generosity washington allocated 125.000 dollars for western integration and democratic development in georgia according to the project, the recipient will be engaged in the development of independent media, cybersecurity and the promotion of gender equality among georgians. true, states need proper democracy, so only graduates of us-funded exchange programs will receive funds. the state department previously announced that it would allocate up to $ 250,000 to strengthen cultural ties with georgia, the priorities for the grant will be strengthening democracy and civil society through the arts. hu

what french speed flyers shared this video from his screamingly rapid descent down a mountain in the alps, skimming wood appears to be just inches above the ground and jagged rocks and andrew regularly shares his dramatic paragliding adventures on his youtube channel. if he is ever afraid of speed bumps. it's pretty apparent he is over it by now. i mean, listen, one wrong turn and he's gonna be raking in the benjamins from the tooth fairy. you know, it's interesting enough. i've heard that paragliders do this, because if they just jumped out of a plane or whatever. there's no reference. so by being closer to the mountain, it actually feels likethey're going even faster. it looks like they're still going fast enough for me fast. but by being closer to the mountain, it's tricking their brain to allow faster. interesting alright, but wait, there's more. how about doing something like that in wingsuit? same thing. wait, what? what? wait, what? not in the don't try this at home category or even on vacation. professional wingsuit diver shared video of this high altitude race in northern italy .

we are told they are cease alps, also known as sea squirts sports that moved by contracting and pumping water through its jelly like body and what's called one of the most efficient examples of jet propulsion in the animal kingdom. it is terrifying, but it is more efficient. it strains that water it pumps through its body through its internal feeding filters. i think it's just the see through elements would have never picked it up. i'd be scared of what, you yeah , this guy looks like he knows what he's doing out of brave man. and finally, to a rare sight off the hawaiian coast. dazzling drone video shows a group of snorkelers off the coast of kona watching giant manta rays enjoying a nighttime feast. michael holsworth, who captured the video, says the lights attached to the bottom of the snorkelers. surfboards attract plankton, which is the main source of manta rays. diets so cool looking and all that clinton draws the manner raised to the ocean surface. so you could say the snorkelers were at least indirectly feeding the manta rays. that's pretty interesting. in fact, you know, i woul

leÓn: eso hizo posible que la mujer, que ya habÍa viajado en parapente sobre los alpes franceses se atrevieral: en pocas horas tendremos al nuevo director tÉcnico de la mÁquina cementera. dani: arrancamos en barcelona. el conjunto culÉ enfrentando al manchester united.

leÓn: eso hizo posible que la mujer, que ya habÍa viajado en parapente sobre los alpes franceses se atrevierao, no sé, bro, no he chequeado el chat, tengo mucha tarea. ay, ¿vas a seguir siendo el cerebrito de la prepa? ya, no seas payaso, mira, mira, ¿eh? ¿qué hubo, eh? ¿sí o no está buena? todo tonto, ¿eh? [ríen] gracias al caballero que nos mandó las nudes, ¿eh? vas a ver que, en menos de una semana, la voy a tener a paulina, mira, saltando en mi cama, ¿cómo ves, eh? [celular] [matías ríe] ¿qué?

it has also been said that the amount of snow in the alps has decreased by 53%. things are happening in europe, in the name of god with greetings and politeness and respect to the esteemed viewers of the khabar network in the world program today and to mr. dr. abedi , climate change is one of the most important challenges that can be faced today . it is caused by man-made factors and we must consider climate changes as different from climate fluctuations and in fact euclid's variability. today we can see that the last summer in europe was quite hot , they are heat and it decreased and it left its effects in winter. delicious with headache. we have and temperature we reported the winter temperature in europe, and the snowfall that is part of the winter nature of europe did not happen, and the heat of europe was included . these climate studies in the middle east region will be involved in climate change and it happened in higher latitudes and in europe and it was not really predicted . every nation in the shadow of perseverance, something that has gone well to pro

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they lived a valley right up with the alps on either side. it was a wheat growing area.nd in the 19th century, the great of wheat production on the great plains of the united states had started to flood the market in italy. the money the grain was pouring in along the train lines into their little town. and so the family's economy completely messed up. he was in a trade that people didn't need as much anymore from a region that was seeing the economic strain of mass industrialization. and there's a whole bunch of reasons i won't go into i bartolo mayo, vanzetti, lefty country because it turns out that immigration is not purely an economic thing. it's also tied with all sorts of personal. and believe me, bartolomeo vanzetti had a few personal issues. but it was tied to these transformations. here was a young man to 20 years old with a skill, a trade from a respectable farm family, not rich people, by a long shot, but not poor people either. not a poor person's house. emigrating to the united states because he felt he had to. that's the story of in the late 19th century, a

the amount of snow in the alps has also been said to have decreased by 53%. events are happening in europe, in the name of god, with peace and blessings. courtesy and respect to the esteemed viewers of the khabar world today program and mr. dr. samadi, climate change is one of the most important challenges that can be faced today . we should consider climate change as different from climate fluctuations in fact, the variability of euclid, we are witnessing today that the last summer in europe was quite hot, it was affected by the heat resulting from the reduction, and in the winter it has left its effects, and we have reports of temperature in europe and snowfall, which is part of the winter nature of europe. it did not happen. the european heat summary is included, and we expect that the frequency of heat waves will be higher and the duration of time that they will be used in a region will be longer. these studies will be in the middle east region under climate changes that occur in higher latitudes and in europe happened and really difficult and i am very g

and she heads to a hot—air balloon festival with a unique view of the swiss alps.te magical about being up here. but don't forget, until then, you can find a whole load of other amazing travel content from the bbc online by using the tags on your screen right now. until then, from me and the rest of the team here in cambridge, it's goodbye. wednesday brought big weather contrasts across the uk. some parts were tranquil light winds, early flog clearing to sunny spells. it was a different story here, strong wind, rough seas, cloud and outbreaks of rain. disputable satellite picture from wednesday tells the story nicely, this stripe of bright white cloud, whether front which has been weakening as it sinking southwards and by thursday morning, there is very little left on this weather front, a band of cloud, maybe the odd spot of rain clearing southern parts and then we see some spells of sunshine. but northern ireland will have some showers, scotland seeing some showers, scotland seeing some showers and these will be wintry over high ground on the far north in shetlan

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and become a modern country, the special reduction of rainfall in parts of italy, especially in the alpsas exposed this country to water shortage and drought, according to scientists and environmental groups, weeks of dry winter weather and a noticeable decrease in rainfall in the mountains have now raised concerns that parts of italy will be affected after the situation since last summer face another drought, these factors , along with sea currents, have increased the fear of more droughts in italy. for many years, this is the first time that the wreck of this ship has come out of the water, and we can see them, in the meantime, the canals of the historic city and after a very low tide, it has almost dried up, which can have environmental and other consequences for this tourist city and make the boats or rowing boats of water taxis and their lives unable to move in some waterways of this city. slow snowfall and rain in recent years in many areas of italy have decreased due to water shortages and droughts. river water levels are very low. environmental groups say that the po river , ital

and she heads to a hot—air balloon festival with a unique view of the swiss alps.ite magical about being up here. but don't forget, until then, you can find a whole load of other amazing travel content from the bbc online by using the tags on your screen right now. until then, from me and the rest of the team here in cambridge, it's goodbye. hello. there are two parts of our weekend weather story. the first part, a rather cloudy and mild weather for saturday. the second part of the weekend bringing some chillier but brighter conditions with lots of sunshine on sunday. but saturday starting off with extensive cloud cover, the odd spot of drizzle, the cloud breaking a little to give sunny spells across england and wales. northern ireland and scotland will see this band of rain pushing southeastwards with brighter skies eventually following behind. but also some colder airfollowing behind. and as we go through saturday night, a band of cloud and increasingly patchy rain sinks southwards, more and more of us getting into that colder air so a touch of frost in places to

and she heads to a hot—air balloon festival with a unique view of the swiss alps.t being up here. but don't forget, until then, you can find a whole load of other amazing travel content from the bbc online by using the tags on your screen right now. until then, from me and the rest of the team here in cambridge, it's goodbye. hello again. i'm sure you noticed the big change in weather pattern we had over the course of the weekend. saturday, the uk was underneath this area of cloud, not much sunshine around at all, whereas on sunday, we had much sunnier weather, particularly across england, wales, northern ireland and at times parts of scotland as well. now, with those sunnier conditions came quite a drop in temperatures. take kinloss in northern scotland — here on saturday, we had temperatures up to 12, but sunday, it's about four degrees cooler. now, high pressure is dominating the weather picture. that's what's actually brought the sunny weather during sunday. and that high pressure is still with us as we head into monday as well. now, with that comes a sharp fro

and she heads to a hot—air balloon festival with a unique view of the swiss alps. about being up here. but don't forget, until then, you can find a whole load of other amazing travel content from the bbc online by using the tags on your screen right now. until then, from me and the rest of the team here in cambridge, it's goodbye. hello. for the second part of the weekend, there will be a change in the feel of the weather. for most of us, we have said goodbye to the atlantic mild but cloudy weather that we've had for the past few days, and we have introduced through the night some much colder weather, and a strong ridge of high pressure. so it will be a frosty start on sunday, particularly across from southern england northwards, and there will still be a keen north wind blowing into yorkshire, lincolnshire, east anglia and the south—east. just making it feel chillier here. but i think, away from that breeze, with some sunshine and light winds, it will actually feel quite pleasant for early february. we did pick up a little bit more cloud, and the breeze starts to

. >> skiing or snowboarding down the alps is getting more and more difficult each year.'s because human-induced climate change is causing temperatures to rise in europe's mountains, shortening the winter season in the best case, and making it nearly impossible in the worst. even in switzerland, having enough snow is something you can no longer take for granted and for the people who earn their living from winter sports, the situation isn't easy. >> first there was no money, now there's no snow. patrick angehrn manages the chair lift at the hochwang ski resort in graubÜnden, and he's worried. donations are being collected to keep it running at all. >> we have fixed costs. unlike big ski resorts, we have only a limited number of customers to cover them. and that's the big challenge, reaching critical mass. >> it is almost impossible to manage both climate change and the exploding costs. in the valley, the lift operator explains that all the smaller ski resorts are on the brink of collapse. according to a study, a total of 40% of all swiss ski resorts have already closed. a

and she heads to a hot—air balloon festival with a unique view of the swiss alps.cal about being up here. but don't forget, until then, you can find a whole load of other amazing travel content from the bbc online by using the tags on your screen right now. until then, from me and the rest of the team here in cambridge, it's goodbye. hello there. this weekend's weather is certainly going to be a tale of two halves. part one of the weekend, rather cloudy and mild, limited brightness around, but by sunday, it's going to turn chillier and largely sunny as high pressure topples in right across the uk. so today we're in this wedge of milder air for one more day before the colder air starts to move in behind this weather front, introducing outbreaks of rain to the north and west of scotland and northern ireland through the afternoon period. some dry and bright weather towards the south and east of scotland for a while. but i think, for most of england and wales, we're staying dry. a lot of cloud around, limited brightness, some of the best of it towards eastern areas. on

. >> skiing or snowboarding down the alps is getting more and more difficult each year.ecause human-induced climate change is causing temperatures to rise in europe's mountains, shortening the winter season in the best case, and making it nearly impossible in the worst. even in switzerland, having enough snow is something you can no longer take for granted and for the people who earn their living from winter sports, the situation isn't easy. >> first there was no money, now there's no snow. patrick angehrn manages the chair lift at the hochwang ski resort in graubÜnden, and he's worried. donations are being collected to keep it running at all. >> we have fixed costs. unlike big ski resorts, we have only a limited number of customers to cover them. and that's the big challenge, reaching critical mass. >> it is almost impossible to manage both climate change and the exploding costs. in the valley, the lift operator explains that all the smaller ski resorts are on the brink of collapse. according to a study, a total of 40% of all swiss ski resorts have already closed. and t

and up high in the alps. up here, it's peaceful.nning with a drive two hours southwest, because i've heard that all around this country is a vast network of bunkers, some of which are open for travellers to explore. among them are old military forts, which you can still see hidden in the mountainside... glorious view. ..if you have a sharp eye. so i've been given a pin that tells me that there's a bunker basically here, somewhere. it's camouflaged. so there's going to be a trick actually finding it. i mean, this stretch of mountainside just does look like every other stretch of mountainside for miles in either direction. so, hopefully we are in the right place! of course, you shouldn't search for military bunkers that might still be in use. but what i'm looking for is something else. in recent decades, some of the bunkers have been sold off and made into everything from hotels to high security data centres. i'm told this one houses a local delicacy. how well camouflaged is it going to be, is the question. hope i can actually find it

group of research as in switzerland is observing. nighttime over lake geneva high up in the swiss alps on the coltish a mom mountain pass. leo, now marie is on his way to his nets. he catches migratory birds for research purposes. when he founded this bird watching center 30 years ago, when he was still a student to the, the next or 9 to 20 meters high, the tallest than switzerland. still we catch just the small fraction of the passing birds may be warned out of every 1000 or 10000, depending on the species with both. though the wind conditions aren't ideal, molly checks the nets and finds a surprise. up there a bag that's a bit unexpected. so late in the fall, most bats don't migrate, but rather seek shelter at higher altitudes in winter. about 20 bad species can be found here at the cold as a mom pass. mama, he has been observing them for a while and has seen their numbers fall over the years. intensive agriculture is threatening their food supply little so we thought that is the local, the bats are protected, but they've suffered a lot due to pesticides which have greatly reduce the

and she heads to a hot—air balloon festival with a unique view of the swiss alps.ut being up here. but don't forget, until then, you can find a whole load of other amazing travel content from the bbc online by using the tags on your screen right now. until then, from me and the rest of the team here in cambridge, it's goodbye. hello. the second half of the weekend is set to be the brighter half of the weekend. after a saturday that brought mainly grey skies overhead, sunday promises more in the way of sunshine but a slightly chillier feel. high pressure building strongly across the uk, keeping the vast majority dry with those lengthy sunny spells. this cold front has been slipping southwards and that's been introducing colder air, so quite a few places starting sunday morning around freezing. a little bit milder down towards the south of england, where we're closest to this area of cloud first thing, but that will be clearing away quickly and then, as you can see, there will be lengthy spells of sunshine. one thing you can't really see clearly here is some high clo