A closer look at the tradition behind this ancient sport. I want to welcome to another edition of euro max with meet your host. Megan lee. Heres a look at what else weve got in store for you today. A look at some of the secrets in the fairytale capital neu shrine shine. And how one portuguese artist was giving stucco building a contemporary twit. In the south of france, theres an unusual event that comes along once a year water jousting. Now this is when 2 rival boats approach each other and the joust. Try to knock each other into the water. Well, its a sport the dates back to Medieval Times and a little has changed since then. After a 2 year break, due to the corona virus, water jousting was back on in full force in the town of set. And we went along to witness the action. Ah, these water joust ers, are having at it in the port city of set in southern france. The tournament is dedicated to the cities patron saint, saint louis, making it to the next round, but requires a solid sense of balance. The event kicks off with a parade in the morning. There are 100. 00 participants and the role men. One is sebastian. I belong you did you did as you guy got started with water jousting in 1976. And i take charge in the santa we tournament every year. The biggest challenge is to win. Just participating isnt hard, but making it to the end is really tough upgrade for follow up with your typical julia. Im going to win this afternoon at the tournament opens with a leisurely ride down the canal coil. Each red and blue rowboat seats 10 rowers. They play a supporting role while the joust ers try to knock their opponents into the water using a 3 meter long lance. The winner is whoevers left standing in the championship match. Sebastian, i belong has already won the tournament twice in 232019 she was so good. Yeah, i feel great. And so im not under any pressure were. Im not one of the favorite since theyre a guys younger and stronger than we wanted. What the competition as far from decided, josiah, the dollars look up, the tournament gets underway. The downstairs all dressed in white. Kerry wooden shields in lances. Its a fierce competition. And one after another goes overboard. The rules havent changed since the port of set was founded in 1666. Ah, yes, every once in good spirits. Its a very traditional sparks with all the water just as who come here and he did. Yes. You know, were happy to be here with our friend. Well, its fun. We just dont know the rules. Like whos again and i will find out now with sebastian, albinos turn. Can he defend his title as the 2019 champion . He tries to keep his cool no luck this year. His dream of victory has been dashed. He may have lost his round, but sebastian, i belong, isnt about to lose his passion for the sport. What it is up. So im really disappointed that was on now. Ive spent 3 years eager to defend my title in the past, and then this happens. Its pretty sad. Were better. Well, ill just come back next years, stronger than ever had it bullshit of before night has fallen in set after 8 hours. The final round is about to get underway. 98 participants have been disqualified. The remaining 2 are the final is the row boats bear down on each other one last time for the final joust . The some 17000 spectators go while the sun we tournament has a winner. Benjamin ill know from set now for the 2nd time his trophy is a shield that will have his name engraved on it. The day ends in celebration. Sebastian abalone is there too. And already looking forward to next year. Its also a good way to stay cool in the summer heat. Moving on now to one of germanys most popular tourist destinations, the fairy tale castle neu schwanns time. Now maybe youve even been there and brought home a souvenir or 2 with you. Well, the castle was commissioned by bavarian kingwood big the 2nd when he was just 23 years old. But he actually spent very little time there before his tragic death in 1886. And even though the castle welcomes millions of visitors each year, it was never intended to be open to the public. Now that is just one of the surprising facts of this legendary structure. Oh, nice feinstein was the favorite castle at the various fairy tale, king ludwig the 2nd and hardly any one knows it better than this man whos here to reveal 5 little known facts about the castle because gross got been i am prince leopold bavaria hurriedly king look think the 2nd was my great, great, great uncle. Yet though, ill let you in on some of the background in secrets of this castle fire. The cornerstone was late in 1869 near the town of fuson bavaria. It said that up to 300. 00 crafts People Per Day worked on the site, creating an architectural masterpiece that still enchants people. The world over. Secret number one is obriens or its so impressive that even disneyland had a castle built thats based on it, dr. Bought so even walt disney realized this is the kind of castle that children and king little the 2nd would dream of kinda on when routing ty alshaun was that make the 2nd wanted noise feinstein to recall a medieval nights castle more than any other of his building projects this one embodies the ideals and streams of the fairy tale king. I bombed evolve more interested in the arts than politics with one of my i admire him because he had a vision that he was determined to make a reality for vacation mode. That might be what connects me to him as someone who comes from the house a bit and spa criminals, them all the computer. He was one of the best known kings, though hes also been misunderstood. Edwards, but he was called crazy things like that. Mcmurry been there, but in truth i was he was just a person who wanted to create something very special. This on the shopping boys to the halls have many surprises in star. I yeah, i just imagine of him, i really do. You go from the living room into a grotto and i called, thats the kind of thing he dreamed of jolla boards. He wanted to create something extraordinary. I was like something that transcended reality of the entity, the housework, and now for secret number 2 with ya noon 5 years now, ill show you something very special that nobody has been allowed to see, but at least none of the tourists was careful and there is a secret door here, im taylor. Ill open and markets of. He could disappear through here, leaving the grotto. And so far he could get away from everyone without passing by them a nick on he just vanished, provides a comb pushing it out. There is also another door that brought him back into the castle load for the 2nd was not only a dreamer, he was a pioneer of technological progress. And that brings us to secret number 3. Here my tire that here is part of the technology he had develop on this, and this is a telephone that was installed in 1884 because he wanted to have a connection to hone schwann, ga, castle gamer, a day he was always coming up with ideas and inventions and lindsay and boy, an electric bell system, where the switchboard would show the servants where the king was at any time with that central heating and up to date, kitchen appliances. The castle was far ahead of its time. And you said if id love to have a time machine and go back to the year 1884 and ask him why he did what he did out of agatha. The bedroom walls are covered with scenes from the offer is if they had back. Now, the castle itself is a tribute to the famous german composer and thats where secret number 4 comes in. Within here, here we see the shot. Wagner is tristan and his old over them a few big worked with him a lot and was really impressed by his music dragon. And he had that reflected here if you have freedom of kings. And vic only got to spend 172. 00 days that noise launched on castle. It had not yet been completed when he died in 1886. At that time, only the gate house at the entrance and the palace with the living quarters were finished, which brings us to secret number 5. Just because our noise bunstein castle was never completed the keyboard, only the torso is standing here now on music on this floor plan. You see here was going to be the chapel cappella group. And back there that gordon is, is where the castle keep was to be belong. Is that a . Unfortunately, it was never finished up that youve all, this is not the location he chose for noise feinstein. Castle is unique and figure out surrounded by mountains and lakes. Lower than bowden, he planned to have a dam built to create a lake here where he could go boating, mind see through shopping, where then so he had fantastically interesting ideas and it, it, it would have been nice to see what that might have looked like as in oscar shouted even in its unfinished state noise feinstein, castle fascinates people around the world to day. Its one of the most popular tourist destinations in germany. Now, one thing you notice when you tour castles like noise feinstein is the detailed artistry of the interiors. Theyre often enhanced by decorative mouldings, which is an ancient handicrafts seen in classical or broke architecture. Now hand, produce stucco moulding is associated with the past. But one artist in portugal is giving it a fresh new look. Oh those see all that when that is, its something very special to work with this material because its always such a great inspiration says that about every step in the process is important to me from the really big ones to the smaller ones because i enjoy every step along the way, the my skin last student fuss loops. This is so even the n. My names even vienna, and im a sculptor. I work exclusively with plaster, which has always been my passion you by shown this simple vienna do crushed at about 75 kilometers north of porto. Eva vienna lives and works here. In her studio, she creates stucco artwork in all shapes and sizes. Her creations are a departure from traditional or nate stucco decorations they grace private houses, restaurants and hotels, the world over in to look seasonal past. So everything from the past serves as great inspiration to me with through this theres a long tradition that i tried to draw on speed. Then i want to maintain respect for whats gone before, but employed the technique in a more contemporary fashion. To put a news, every project starts out with a sketch like this one for a private client in the united states. Lucas this, the, this for this panel. It was important to me to add the element of water, for example, into aqua. The client for this work is not from here. An ocean lies between his country and portugal. Lukes bottle, please. The stories that im telling through the work or my own re interpretation. Saudi is q, val vienileva content believe in tando, foreman, the artist pores, the liquid plaster into a silicon mold fashioned, especially for this relief. To make the stucco more durable. She mixes sized o hemp fibers into it. Spreading the paste evenly is hard work. Ah, it sets for about 15 minutes before the mold can be lifted off the dried stucco. In the end, there will be 17 separate stucco panels. Each one a work of art in itself, measuring about 3 by 5 meters. About 5 months of work go into large scale reliefs like this. Eva vienna prefers not to reveal what it will sell for, or who will buy it. He says, sell mince on sos thing, the people who commissioned Something Like this, have a taste for the unusual and a love for detail and build that done some places. These are one of a kind pieces sites and the price reflects valiant. The design is made especially for a single client. You and its not repeated to know. So the kind of person who Commission Says wants to invest in a work of art that yet in the artist was born in vienna. Do costa she wouldnt even think of leaving the area. Shes far too intimately connected to it. And its many stucco treasures such as the stairwell of this Designer Hotel and singleton guarding the fred. Its impossible to be indifferent to whats gone before. Buildings like this one have been restored so well that it makes me happy just to see the care that was put into it. Theyre an important inspiration for my own work. So fish he thing eat the, my son will get at least 3 to so to this, to some of her clients live right close by the entrance wall of the house belonging to the entrepreneurs, isabella, and shows a pe shaw tow is decorated by a stucco florida. Ceiling relief of 2 white dear. Hes about a shot to remembers her 1st meeting with the artist or even the school you all eva discovered a bit of the tenderness we feel at the family. Something quite deep, very much her own not eve, but these 2 little dear and the vines around them stand for the tenderness we have between us and our 3 children off the phone to receive it. And the mountain environment shows something of what we have all around us. That po cookie moves that i like, hilton, austin, had leveled the tradition of a craft, dating back centuries, reinterpreted for the present. Its this blend that makes eva viennas stucco. Work so captivating or back here in germany, berlin is gearing up for fashion week. And in light of this we thought we would take a look at some of the characteristics of typical german fashion. Now you might think of later hosen or a durned old, but in fact, there is so much more german fashion designers are making important contributions to the industry with modern looks like with this outfit that im wearing today. Oh, my british colleague Rachel Seward dared to give us her personal take on germans. And theyre interesting fashion choices. What i think of jem fashion really put me on the spot here. I mean, i dont want to generalize, but okay, here are a couple of things ive noticed. Every day is casual friday in germany, a jeans and sneakers convo is acceptable attire, not only in the pocket, the supermarket, but also most offices in like labs. I favor among men and women is the practical short preferably beige, an unflattering an absolute classic that screen german dad on holiday is the short sleeved check church. Something for the whole family, the sensible sandal ben. 7 points for keeping his office on. Studies show that despite having the highest g d, p in europe, germans on particularly big spenders when it comes to fashion. And what they do by tends to favor functionality overflow boys. In the german styles, definitely practical. Nice, simple, a bit reserved. It was nick. We, germans dont really know how to dress up anymore and seems on if we go to the opera wearing genie, that should really be a no go order. Or we got for dinner and our genes, and we just dont value fashion is if passion is a more doors average, what else . Saginaw, id also say it has a lot to do with the 2nd world war down back then, the idea of discovering yourself or developing your own style was just totally crushed with water to and pickin. Show him up on my grandma always says reuse everything over and over until its completely worn out. And i think you can still see that attitude in the way we drop it off in 5 years, figured that the germans are more back clack, than clutch back more high top than high heel. But thats not necessarily a bad thing. Sure, the french might be chic, but the germans, a comfortable. The overall trend for practicality and thrift in us also mean that your clothes, the less likely to mark you out with belonging to a particular social class. Oh, and the transition from day to night is a breeze. Some say this hawks all the way back to when most of modern day germany was part of the kingdom of prussia, the so called promotion virtues include a sense of order, self restraint and pragmatism. In 2007, germany decided it wanted a piece of the International Catwalk action and launched the bed and fashion week. The event is known for attracting Young Designers and tackling issues like sustainability, but can compete with the big guns barragans because the berlin fashion week really shines when it comes to its focus on sustainability. But apart from that, its 2nd or 3rd class in the lineup of International Fashion weeks. Im gonna hop, delta dental through non fission weeks. For longer. Morden is brooklyn. If fashion doesnt make it out onto the streets car, if it doesnt reflect the zeitgeist, the crop, then its just a piece of article. Thats where german fashion gets stuck with the doors. It hasnt succeeded in being warned on the streets offer presents was on different cities in germany, and 9 for particular fashion ticks in humbug. Its a passion for dark blue. Everything and bright yellow raincoat, the shaking mikayla in thisll doth prefer the finer things in life. And in munich, every one was laid. Holden every single day, just getting as delightful as that would be for us tourists. Its just not happening sorry than we have been in. So you know everything i told you so far about german fashion tendencies. Just look at it, berlin, kent, and start when it comes to fashion in berlin. Anything goes, vintage is key to the berlin, the style. Whats typical of berlin is a layer to look with a mix of materials and an animal prince are always ahead. I dont be afraid to mix and match them. Check out the fetish section. If you cant go wrong with latex in leather, in berlin, but i think i still need to help. Nope, not one inspired by lady dye and very berlin, a sporty sweater. Yet lets had a berlin techno club. Let this last look is perfect for sunday brunch. Has been on belinda ah i so sure about that last one. All right, and finally when is chef a pip lavelle needs ingredients for her restaurants. She just grabs her basket and walks out doors into nature. Well, lavelle now lives on the island of man between the u. K and ireland. So she collects wild herbs berries, seaweed and plants that others might consider weeds. And she creates a menu according to what ever she finds ah, just walking along and seeing what there is and browsing the eye on. That me is my c o 2, my name is priscilla under shut the restaurant, guys the on the on demand. And im going to show you how far is my union for the restaurants . Ah, i mean to be out of man, just a couple of years ago actually came to open a different restaurant and just completely fell in love with the place and the forage and opportunities and just decided, okay, my plans for the future. Im just going to do them now is the perfect opportunity and i did yeah, lemon is perfect for forages. Its literally a forage is heaven. Music and ground over. So its also got weeds, and this is like really have agent kind of partly play a nuisance with gardeners, though its like really invasive and intrusive. Gardner, who is ready to get rid of it. And ill use this in the restaurant in many ways will make really nice oil for fish, and im going to dry load this out and then just use it with a tie go different from available. This is really like why me it looks kind of an appeal. No, not actually with time. And then the hydrates such a bright green doesnt face like see with me i will never leave behind of man. Its the unesco buyers for everything, just grows in abundance issues. So biodiversity is just in say, ah, so in regards to ethan vasa, i just wanted to start something that was solely about the ingredients. Nature has to offer, im not going to use ingredients from here. Every life is not available, its not available a lake which is public in manx and to be honest, its not much cooking, gone into it just because efficient branch and thats what we do not wish cooking. Just make, ultimately in the weekly tank menu, just goes hand in hand and to create an, an exciting thing for me and a staff member passed on to the customers to get them excited about the idea. So just to round up tasty menu to see them. Weve got some meadows, me cookies, and then we have some storage black cards on top and just with a little bit of local cream. I think its really important to so from what nature you offer and what is about so that then they respect it and they want to look after it ah, on the big fight at the making each day. Enjoyable and making all jobs enjoyable, and actually enjoy and being a chef again with. So i really, really think that in the restaurant trade, sustainability should, should be at the heart of everything we do now. Because fundamentally, the one thing to me that everybody has in common is that everybody has to eat. And its something that can all chat with oh wow, what a glorious landscape. And with that we wrap up today show. 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