easy walking distance from where the ship docked on the rhine river. and come back and take a break when you'd had enough, or wanted to simply warm up. the wooden stalls are loaded with an assortment of goods, everything from handmade holiday decorations to pretzels. ice rinks go up, ferris wheels and carousels go around and around. it attracts tourists, but it's embraced by locals. cologne's christmas markets can be very crowded, especially on weekend nights. for a quieter, more old school take.. let's keep heading down the rhine river.. (toward switzerland) ((wipe nats full vo tape 2)) cg2= r÷desheim christmas markets "christmas carol" welcome to r÷desheim (rude-is-heim). with a population of about 7,000 people (compared to cologne's million) the experience here is much different. artisans working in christmas stalls will have time to strike up a conversation with you, because they have the time to talk to you. there will be local kids running through the streets. you'll hear christmas music playing throughout the city, and plenty of lights. and agai

how can we prevent micro plastic particles from entering waterways like the rhine river. researchers in switzerland think of upgrading sewage plants could be the answer. roberto fry is the to. technical manager of waste treatment plant. he leads us down into civilizations netherworld where an infernal stench greets us. the source of the smell it's hard to miss the city's wastewater canals carrying everything a modern society flushes down its drains early in the morning the water carries animal blood from a nearby slaughter house. the moment oh if we get about eighty thousand cubic meters per day that's about a thousand liters per second. of. this waste cocktail is made up of tens of thousands of ingredients from households agriculture and industry some of them highly toxic and no one knows exactly what kind of chemical compounds it contains manufacturers aren't required to declare them still the plant has to clean the water the best it can. for massive spiral screw pumps carry up to ten thousand liters of waste water per second to the first treatment stage. ten metres fur

combine that with a dense network of roads and rail links at this end plus the rhine river connecting with rotterdam and also the burger on europe's west coast it's ideal. coming this will. turn out twenty five trains a week to do is book from china carrying both goods and hope for the future. located in germany's industrial heartland duesberg used to be a wealthy city but it's been in economic decline for decades. the city's representative for chinese affairs still remembers the steel plants lighting up the nighttime sky when he was a boy today like the coal mines across the river valley to most have been closed down. in the last twenty years we've lost around thirty or thirty five thousand jobs in the steel industry. which is why he welcomes trade from china. and the new silk road will boost the influx of investors such as ya mean one who has big plans for do is book. beginning here in china and we will be building a china trade center here. on this line behind us we will have one hundred twenty thousand square metres of office space over five stories. hundred twenty thousand metre.

combine that with a dense network of roads and rail links at this end plus the rhine river connecting with rotterdam and also the bridge on europe's west coast it's ideal. come to think. there are now twenty five trains a week to do is book from china carrying both goods and hope for the future. located in germany's industrial heartland duesberg used to be a wealthy city but it's been in economic decline for decades. the city's representative for chinese affairs still remembers the steel plants lighting up the nighttime sky when he was a boy today like the coal mines across the river valley to most have been closed down the lid since once again in the last twenty years we've lost around thirty or thirty five thousand jobs in the steel industry. which is why he welcomes trade from china. and the new silk road will boost the influx of investors such as ya mean one who has big plans for do is book. beginning here in china and we will be building a china trade center here. on this line behind us we will have one hundred twenty thousand square meters of office space over five stories. hund

unpack once and wake-up different places.. but the scenery that comes with a river cruise is a big perk as well. this is the rhines people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. it's a generational battle at the box office this weekend, as some senior citizens try to top the animated film that's ruled the chart the last two weeks. david daniel has more. "did you move to villa capri just to piss me off?""no, that was just a happy by-product." "you and i: just getting started."oscar winners morgan freeman and tommy lee jones vie to rule their senior community in the weekend's only new wide release, "just getting started." the action-comedy won't start on top: box office trackers are forecasting a five-million- dollar debut, far below what box office champ "coco" figures to make this weekend. "this town,