the restaurant lies right on lake constance with a stunning view of the mountains. many of his vegetables like this lettice are grown on right now island in lake constance but he's not a chef who uses only regional products this wilds turd that comes from france go back smacks him is serve up the very best food that the world has to offer the finance and. i always think that it comes down to the product and the quality and not the region or good is it for me to tell my guests it's not tasty but it's regional they're not rather say taste sensational and comes from canada but our philosophy of the ophelia or. the restaurant in the hotel riva is named after the beautiful tragic heroine ophelia from shakespeare's hamlet and the beauty of the surroundings was a major reason why dick old bag a former student of star chef had her voice moved to constance in two thousand and ten after traveling extensively bag was put down roots in this city on the border with switzerland he founded the restaurant and met his partner. and for almost a year dick whole bag has been cooking fo

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atver r 1800 squae kilometers, the dam's reservoir will cover an area three times the size of lake constance. its power station will generate over 6000 megawatts. that will supply all of ethiopia's electricity needs, with some left over for export to generate some income as well. project manager simegnew bekele says the dam is good for the soul of a country that the world underestimates. we know that we are poor, and we have committed ourselves to come out of this poverty level. reporter: it's an expensive way of tackling poverty, especially without foreign funding. ethiopia's government is financing the mammoth $5 billion dam out of the country's own pockets. quite literally -- because there wasn't enough cash available in the treasury, civil servants' pay was withheld -- ostensibly on a voluntary basis. public donations and lotteries also channeled money into the project's coffers. simegnew: this is a projecect tt willll benefit others equally s it will benefit ethiopia. and we know this is a historic river. we have a strong relationship to the downstream countries. they are our brothers,

the move from china to the shores of lake constance has meant a huge change for her.but even here, she lives in fear of the communist regime in beijing. and yet, she used to be part of that regime herself. as a sports doctor, she was responsible for china's top athletes during the 1980s. >> i was given this bag during the 1988 olympic games. i take it wherever i go. it's my last momento of that time. >> it was the pinnacle of her career. but she was soon to fall from grace. >> none of our friends dared to contact us anymore. our telephone was tapped. the police were always outside our house. >> she made herself unpopular by consistently opposing the doping of athletes. even when she was the head doctor for the chinese olympic team at the south korea games in 1988, she refused to keep quiet. 20 years later, when the games were hosted by china, it was the same story. she accused officials of state doping. >> i got great recognition for my work. but because i actively opposed doping, the state took everything away from me. that's the ruthless nature of an authoritarian r

interesting and the central thought inside the prehistoric piled welling's near unto olding and on lake constance in southern germany this is how people lived here seven thousand years ago the houses are reconstructions only fragments of the original buildings remain the limes roman border fortifications once ran through present day germany from the rhine to the danube. we decided that this really has some cultural significance or but you look at it and you just see all standing there. the tsunami but in this case i look at the background at night and i picture that makes the wall seem to glow against the landscape. the wall was originally five hundred fifty kilometers long punctuated by nine hundred towers and one hundred twenty roman forts it was the largest european structure of its time thousands of soldiers were stationed along its. border they were well paid for their families along they were tradesmen and lived in villages nearby the stations were all well supplied prostitutes innkeepers then everything there is on its. back to the future one nine hundred twenty four another world cultural

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bicycle in switzerland as the big freeze hits theice switzerland as the big freeze hits the ice of lake constancenquish its grip across the uk, not just relinquish its grip across the uk, notjust uk, relinquish its grip across the uk, not just uk, but relinquish its grip across the uk, notjust uk, but across the whole of europe at the moment with that still entrench across scandinavia and his siberian air spilling right across europe having such a genetic impact. yes, we have some snow across and we still have weather warnings in force. far northeast of england and also stretching down across the essex kent and sussex coastline, where we could see significant accumulation developing. at the met office has issued a weather warnings —— and amber weather warnings. that could affect kidneys into the london area and you can have an issue if you're driving to work or taking the train towards the northeast of england, as well. stay tuned to local radio stations, particularly first thing in the morning, but it looks like snow showers will continue being driven along by a brisk north easterly breeze, perh