Duel on the water. Water jousting is back on in the south of france, will take a closer look at the tradition behind this ancient sports. I want to welcome to another edition of euro max with me, 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 is giving stuff, holding 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 citys patron saint saint louis, making it to the next round requires a solid sense of balance. The event kicks off with the parade in the morning. There are 100. 00 participants and the role men. One is sebastian. I belong she did, you did as you guy got started with water jousting in 1976. And i take heart 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. The tournament opens with a leisurely ride down the canal. Roy, 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 with, im not one of the favorite since theyre a guy is younger and stronger than me. What the, what the competition as far from decided, se a dollar hooked up the tournament gets underway, the jesters. All dressed in white. Kerry wouldnt shields and 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, you every once in good spirits. Its a very traditional sparks with all the water jesters who come here and you do . Yes. Okay. And you know, were happy to be here with our friends. So its funny. We just dont know the rules like whos again and well find out now with sebastian hub, announced 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, and then this happens. Its pretty sad that piece there better. Well, ill just come back next years. Stronger than ever had a portion of the fall 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 sandwich 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 all along 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 who is here to reveal 5 little known facts about the castle. Pasco, scott, whom i am prince leopold bavaria hurriedly king looked like the 2nd was my great, great, great uncle here though, ill let you in on some of the background. In secrets of this castle fighting, the cornerstone was laid in 18. 69 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 market bought. So even walt disney realised this is the kind of castle that children and king look like. The 2nd would dream of kinda on when routing ty, alshaun was there to make the 2nd wanted noise feinstein, to recall a medieval Knights Castle more than any other of his building projects. This one embodies the ideals and dreams of the fairy tale. King. I bombed evolve. More interested in the arts than politics. Young i been wounded by i admire him because he had a vision that he was determined to make a reality perfect in both. That might be what connects me to him. As someone who comes from the house of bitten spa, criminal san jose computer, he was one of the best known kings, though hes also been misunderstood. Edwards, but he was hold 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 border. 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 need court. Thats the kind of thing he dreamed of jolla boards. I am far, 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 were careful. Then theres a secret door here, im to, ill opening markets all, he could disappear through here, leaving the grotto and saw he could get away from everyone without passing by them. A indic on the just vanish provides the comb pursuing the death. And theres also another door, the broken back into the castle load pick. 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 developed 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, lindsey envoy, an electric bell system, where the switchboard would show the servants where the king was at any time with its 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 bought now the castle itself is a tribute to the famous german composer and thats where secret number 4 comes in with him here. Here we see a shot wagner is tristan and his old over them had few load, big worked with him a lot and was really impressed by his music, trying them. And he had that reflected here. If you feeling of kings and fig 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 of. Ringback 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. Your boat, only the torso is standing here now on physical endless floor plan you see was going to be the chapel. Competitive and back there were that gordon is, is where the castle keep was to be belong. Is that unfortunately it was never finished up. If youve all this is not the location he chose. Paranoia feinstein castle is unique and figure out surrounded by mountains and lakes home and garden. He planned to have a dam, build to create a lake here where he could go boating, mind seeds of shopping, where then so he had fantastically interesting ideas and it, it would have been nice to see what that might have looked like as in because i was consulted even in its unfinished state noise feinstein, castle fascinates people around the world today. 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. They are often enhanced by decorative mouldings, which is an ancient handicraft seen in classical or baroque 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 one, 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 foster. The process 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. Contemporaneous, 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. Looks bottles please the stories that im telling through the work or my own re interpretation and thought is cavil vainly of a 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 sy saw him fibers into it. Spreading the paste evenly is hard work. Ah, its sense 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 hell mince on sos thank the people who commissioned Something Like this, have a taste for the unusual and a love for detail and build done some faces. These are one of a kind pieces systems 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 commissions this wants to invest in a work of art 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. A singleton guiding the food. 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. There an important inspiration for my own work. Some fish he thing eat the my son look 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 joseph pe, chateau is decorated by a stucco florida ceiling relief of 2 white dear, hes about a shorter remembers her 1st meeting with the artist, or even the school you all eva discovered a bit of the tenderness we feel as a family, something quite deep, very much her own not eve, these 2 little dear and the vines around them stand for the tenderness we have between us and our 3 children will see the phone to receive it. And the mountain environment shows something of what we have all around us. That full cookie moves that i like. You can Austin Thomas of old, 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. Ah, what a, i think of german 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 only in the park or the supermarket. But also most often isnt like love a 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 sleeve. Check church, something for the whole family, for sensible sandal bonus points for keeping his socks 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 is, nick. We, germans dont really know how to dress up any more and seems on. If we go to the opera wearing genie, it 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 or which would of saginaw. Id also say it has a lot to do with the 2nd world war. Down back then, the idea of discovering yourself for developing your own style was just totally crushed. I would i in room order to and thicken, show him up on my grammar, 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 dress healthy 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 are 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 dont know to non fission weeks. So long and warden is brooklyn. If fashion doesnt make it out onto the streets car, if it doesnt reflect the zeitgeist, the cross, then its just a piece of article. And thats where german fashion gets stuck with the doors. It hasnt succeeded in being worn on the streets offer, presents was a different city than germany. And then for particular, fashion takes in hamburg. Its a passion for dot blue, everything and brian raincoats, the chicky micky law in thisll doth prefer the finer things in life. And in munich, everyone with lead a holes in every single day, just getting as delightful as that would be for us tourists. Its just not happening. Sorry. Then we have been in. So you know everything i told you so far about german fashion tendencies. Just look at it 1000000000 construct when it comes to fashion in berlin. Anything goes above it, vintage is key to the berlin, the style. Whats typical of berlin is a layer to look with a mix of materials and the animal prints are always ahead. I dont be afraid to mix and match them. Check out the fetish section. You cant go wrong with latex in leather, in berlin, but i think i still need to help. Nope, not one inspired by lady di and very berlin, a sporty sweater. Yet lets hit a berlin techno club there. Let this last look is perfect for sunday brunch. Has been i, melina . Ah, i so sure about that last one. All right, and finally, when is chef of pip lavelle needs ingredients for her restaurants . She just grabs her basket and walks outdoors into nature, while 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 names little about, im the chef. No restaurant on the, on the on demand. And im going to show you how far as my experience 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, man is perfect for forages. Its literally a florida heaven. Amazing. So found some ground over. So it was like will got weeds and this is like really have age is kind of part we play, but its a nuisance with garden as though its like really invasive and intrusive. God knows who is right, 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 tie, go, become available. This is really like to try me it looks kind of a actually with time. And then he has raised such a bright, beautiful green, doesnt face like see with me i will never leave behind of mine. Its of unesco buyers for everything just grows in abundance issues. So biodiversity just did say, ah, so in regards to ethan versa, 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. This isnt my lake which is public in manx and to be honest is not much gone into it just because the fish is not fresh and thats what we do not wish cooking. Just make, ultimately in the weekly tank menu of this goes handed, handing to create an, an exciting thing for me and a staff member passed on to the customers to get them excited about the i did so just to round of 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 sophie for what an h as in alpha and walk is about so that and 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 todays show. 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