Today, we stopped in the south west of poland in the city of watts, while its one of the largest cities in the country. Another. And he was so busy, its a christmas time youtube, a buzz you back shows you around hometown. It has a few inside a tips for you as well. So. So what else im able to do, like, im so excited to be here with you today because what else i have is my hometown. And im really one of the most underrated cities in all of poland. And you can see behind me, we bought the christmas log and happening here right now, and i promise we will come back here later on in the desert. But fast. I want to show you what do you think that im saying . What else was the rounds within poland for those that is known for hosting various cultural festivals and events and its home to several unesco World Heritage site. If you dont have a drawer, but you want us to move on around a few of the old times square, i know just the place, the aid. And now imagine being here on this bridge back in the 15th century, when it was originally built, the standing on the bridge is penitence. Youll probably be able to appreciate and well talk strategic location in the region. And thanks to its location. The city has a very long and a complex history. The 1st recorded settlements here date back to the 6th century. This market hall is a true melting pots. On the one hand, this is where you can come for a home made bread. Locally grown veggies and mushrooms straight from the forest. But theres so much more here, tease from around the wells, endless spices and cheese as a meat from all across europe. As for me, its time to have lunch at a restaurant that aims to recreate, but also helps Old School Traditional dishes. This is julia. She is a local guide, specializing in tours. And today she will share with us some of her knowledge about, but also have distinctive squeezing. So, when i will, we will try slightest bars to estimates from vermont and beats. And it is traditionally served to during christmas eve. Mm hm. Perfect. Its spicy and sour. A sweeps of yes, thats just everything, all the things. So what do we have here . I mean this, i know these on here are the most traditional, 3rd is the loving food. So here as long you have a spirited type that little book go here and a lot of us like to its in all times for to go a search to spirits of the ancestors during all same days. So yes, we have a lot, a lot of traditions comes and then we bought the cost of the arrest notice right. Wow. Okay, i agree. Ill finally back the christmas lock here and here in most of the old towns. And if youre into cross in odds and local food, this is basically is, this is the Perfect Place to try to initiative for food and drink. Stuck up on Christmas Decorations and gives austin sleep. Soak up the festive atmosphere the theres one last place i really want to show you. This is a place that not Everybody Knows about it. What does it get . But you have to go through this dark and creepy gaze, but i promise its worth it in the end of this year is neil inside gallery, a cookie collection of bent and vintage. He owns scarlet here by a private enthusiast. I may revise it because it also is my home town, but i really do believe that this city is one of colins hidden johns. It may not have the glitz and glamour of also, or the fame of crackles, but truly even in some of its darkest security, p. A school. And as it can find beautiful places like this. So you get a chance to visit, come and have a look for yourself. The christmas the festival is off. And as we all know, the way to the heart is through the stomach. Still need some inspiration will show you what to eat across europe over the past due periods. Have you not yet decided what to cook for christmas dinner this year . Or maybe youd like to try something new. We selected 5 european holiday favorites. We start out with germanys quinta, central christmas dish roast goose with red cabbage and dumplings the to so that the silent they dont have to be of free range goes from there in terms of size, id recommend between 4 and a half to 5 and a half p low. So infringement, like you know, for the stuff that we take, apples onions, salary stocks and finally chop ginger. Then we read the goose with salt and pepper inside and out. Add the stuffing and put it in the oven to bake for at least 3 hours. In the meantime, we chopped the red cabbage called blau code in southern germany and mix it with apples. We great the potatoes for the dumplings. This type of dumpling is typical of northern bavaria. Only a quarter of the mixture is made of boiled potatoes. The rest of the potatoes are stirred in wrong. Then its rolled into dumplings and boiled and salted water. To keep the goose from drying out while in the oven, it has to be repeatedly base it in stock. This dish is in season, mainly in december to kansas and binda always give a goose reaches full size in winter in the potatoes are harvested and red cabbages a winter bench. Simple. So these 3 things go together wonderfully. During this season, i just wonder about this of the roast goose is best when served as soon as it comes out of the of the in poland. Its all about bureau keys. There an unofficial symbol of polish cuisine. The serena irena restaurant in warsaw specializes in the stuff dumpling to the center here at the restaurant. We serve 15 different kinds of people, these goals. We have put all these in wild garlic in the cottage stuff and put in the cheese and not got the info just hi me. If they have a special flavor. We also have sweet pillowcase with poppy seeds raisins and not asking you at a time you theres a honey just right for the holiday season. Our payroll gaze with mushrooms and sauerkraut. The dough is made of flour, eggs, oil and water. To achieve a more intense flavor, some of the dr. Mushrooms are ground to a fine powder to mushrooms, sour, crowed, and mushroom powder are briefly roasted and mix well now they produce can be pinched together by hand and boiling water. No more than 3 or 4 minutes, so they dont get soggy. You dont get the keys or something. You dont forget, you know the ship over the phone lines, but they simply make people happy. Same. Are you fish . My . Yeah my, theres the bible that we move on to sweden where a juicy christmas time is an essential part of the christmas buffet called the us board. The christmas table is the most important thing for the swedish christmas. We herrings we solomon, and of course we use cream get the christmas time. Included in the ross with the pickles him are onions, studded with clothes, bailey and white pepper. Depending on the size, it can take about an hour and a half to back to a temperature inside the home of 72. 00 degrees celsius. The big term has to cool for an hour or 2 before it can be coated with a mixture of sweet and so a mustard and sugar. But 1st, the outermost layers of fat has to be cut away from him. I always do some bread crumbs before the coating because otherwise it wants the traditionally, the you wink carved in thin slices is the main event of every swedish christmas buffet. A gloss of piping had good cheated spiced wine, goes best with it. The cold out, the swiss, warm up with a cheese fondue. Traditionally, it served in a candle a pot. Usually a ceramic one thats kept heated. The diners spear ryan wheat bread on lawn from 2 forks and done some in the melted cheese. Youll need choose from the lifeline corn starch, lemon, garlic, cherry, brandy and pepper for a classic cheese. Going to 1st, its a good idea to great the cheese. This recipe calls for various kinds. I know that it doesnt make one is from the in gardena valleys and all the cheese is on past dry into alpine chains from cal milk. The blend makes for the right fund 200. The pot is coated with garlic to give it some extra flavor. Next, the cornstarch wipe, wine and lemon juice, or mix together and poured onto the grated cheese. Its getting rid of it to the shots and now we add a little black pepper. And the final ingredient is to send to leaders of cherry brandy. The family i started the cheese found due over medium heat. It is not too hot too high. This consistencies and the uniform window save while a swiss cheese on the phone. We top it off with a dessert from britain christmas putting no holiday dinner is complete. Without it youll need flour, so it shows up x and then before and we have a fruits youre going to want. And then ill hope traditionally just pointing brandy, both ineligible brandy, some spouts. And pedro jimenez, which is the chevy. Many families with up the christmas pudding, weeks in advance. So it will be well state the best uh, its most often from june. So yeah, each pressing the family would get ones that would space clockwise. The christmas pudding is steve and then sunday, and brandy. So what kinds of dishes will you have for your holiday dinners . For christmas k, kind of tony has a long tradition in italy. It comes in different shapes and sizes, but did you know that some of the best part of tony in the country is made in a prison . Behind these bars in the city of patio in northern italy, prisoners craft exquisite big treats. The bakers are hardened criminals with long prison sentences. We arent allowed to share their names or crimes because ive been in this prison for 14 years. So im paying for what i did back in 20082010 though i used to have some real issues or support. I mean those, i definitely made a big mistake, but ive changed and i just keep learning your story. For now, theyre mostly baking penny. Tony, a traditional italian christmas. Kate, the punny tony from his teacher. He a jump to in the prison or some of the best in italy. Even po francis has ordered some said, which is not his real name is proud of his success. Hes worked here for 3 and a half years. We make great products and im honored to be able to do this work. It does me good to put myself into my work here, murders, mafioso and others who have committed serious crimes are imprisoned here. Only those with good conduct, but still facing long sentences can work is bakers. Otherwise, its not worth it to train them. The head, pastry chef counts the knives at the end of each day, just to be on the safe side. Here they also learn to follow defined rules and schedules and to respect their superiors. You need to be humble, patient and ready to learn, or you wont make it far in here. And penny, tony does require patience. It takes 72 hours to make the sto, traditionally candied orange peels and raisins are added, but also chocolate ginger fix, and lavender. My favorite type is with, im a retina and new get. Everyone has their favorite pen to tony, depending on their change. And i think we make 1400 a day their shift begins at 4 in the morning. It takes 3 days before the pony tony is done and its typical paper wrapping. Once theyre out of the oven, said and his fellow bakers hang the cakes upside down. We turn them over fresh out of the oven, that helps them keep their round shape while cooling as well. For them of the inmates send their finished pony, tony all over the world, 100000. 00 a year starting at 30 euros apiece. Plus the chevy of giotto has even been hosting a cafe for a year. Now, in the center of pod why the company is making a profit, almost everything here is from the prisons. Pastry shop. Many customers have no idea these fine trees were baked by criminals. Really nice. Are they really, are they good faith for this . So i know the cakes were made in prison that makes them all the better and hopefully helps the people. And besides, theyre excellent qualities. The inmate bakers do actually have regular Employment Contracts and they receive a proper salary. My way just dont just help me but also my family. They need the money. Many of the prisoners send a pony tony home for christmas on days. When i get out and i can work as a pastry baker in the past the jetting. Yeah. Yeah, and im studying at a Hotel Management school so i can enter that profession later. And its not just a dream force. I need very few of the former prison bakers end up returning to a life of crime. One has even opened his own pastry shop. Straight from the street at bowie and t, u. D. W. Failing for us, discover one of the most vibrant cities in your experience was hot in boeings clubbing st. Explode the cities hidden gems, and learned to understand some peculiar german habits. Pals create is a here for you to join us now at the w underscore. Buildings fresh on take talks certainly seen in germany a christmas time town, which styles a note over the wells. They come from a small town called hans woods in eastern germany, but they have a long history. We went there to find out more, the distance of cuts play i just loved driving through the towns before christmas and seeing all the stars hanging like this down there. So i can give you this job. I put up the big paper star every layer and then place the little ones on the window around christmas time. Is that stuff . And just i learned how to make these kinds of stars in school. And i think its a really big part of our identity size that weve had. The stars named after the small town hand, who in the very east of germany, saxony region are shipped all over the world as Christmas Decorations. Around 700000 are created every year old by hand. It takes you on a bod, around one and a half hours to make one of her limited Edition Small stars. The this yearly, this is what the most difficult part. The folding decimal gets the folding that really counts. Getting that perfect cone with a beautiful tip, the kind of thing you know and making the edges fit together exactly so that the star hasnt even shakes done flies maces. The stars originated in the Moravian Church of the brethren. One of the oldest protestant denominations in christianity are from the office, and the oldest record of the stars being made in hand hooked schools, dates back to 1810. Now think about what was seemingly as a part of teaching geometry to children. Come up on this and, and when i, myself was a student that handled school and clinic said we also learned this an our math class now dish downs and bodies yet. So it wasnt to use of the star symbolizes jesus christ to i can be reached. He says its actually our most important symbol. Invite not just a hand, but really a sign of gods lives shining into the darkness and jesus christ. Im coming to us. Its happened to him, sounds that big guy worked on the star myself out and we made it in our congregation with a large group of 40 people and cut out the individual points and glued them together. Always be significant. There are a lot of wonderful memories associated with it. You know, when you have a 1925 business man Peter Hensley could be filed of happens for the 25 pointed star and its current shape nearly a century later. The hand whod factory greets more than 60000. 00 star lovers each year for a behind the scenes look at how the stores come together or to crap their own doesnt need to complete. Its not that hard once you get the hang of it and get it. Yeah, theyre just wonderful to look at the house and you get a warm welcome when you come home, so to speak. Spanish. I think thats the beauty of the stars, from the professionals. Also custom make stars in different sizes for churches, christmas, markets, or shopping malls. These are made from plastics for longer durability, like this one, measuring almost 2 meters across wall. At least the young and this number slips. And while i used to work in the streets unmarked and dressed and for many years, and i could see the tower of the file and kills you church from our sales booth and click and at the top of the church, there was of course, a large yellow a 19 type star hanging there, which i helped to make. Boy, that always may be proud. Now this does help. One off this one change starts off with or large or small. For many people around the world, the Christmas Spirit it arrives with a glow of a hand hoot star. Snapped off at the very resilient animals, they can withstand sub 0 temperatures and to live at the top performance in the middle of ice and snow. Only the past competes in the dont sled race nicole or the se, in the west of friends. In the french out, the region of civil house, the dogs lead race like holland otc. The system as well as mine, man is one of 66. 00 musters taken part. She and her team of dogs are competing in the open category. The race spans nearly 400 kilometers, split up into 10 stages. The. This is kevin, he is 4 years old. He goes as the leader, hes not the fastest leader, but hes a very safe leader. And there is a very difficult route that were going. So its nice to have a, a safe one. They get born always in my living room. This is a ride from the a little in norway, with 12 european sled dogs. She loves her dogs, and that even one her a special award as the musher who took the best care of her team during one of the stages. Before racing off. The dogs always get a Little Something to eat, mostly protein. The real feast comes after the race. The flood dog race is may still often be considered a male domain. But women one, several of the top places in the 1st stages of this years edition. Its generally dominated by man, especially the in the big clauses on top level, there is still more man, but theres more women coming. I just have to trust your team and the team. So you have to trust me and then it doesnt matter which gender you are really. The critics often deem sled dog races to be harmful to the animals health. But at lego hondo. The say a 12 person Veterinary Team takes care of the dogs. The staff examines them before each stage and if theres the slightest health concern, the dogs are not allowed to race full way. Yeah. Oh, dont seem to, i dont see any signs of animal cruelty in this discipline. Some pretty one for one simple reason on this. Did you just look at the dogs . They get all excited and play around together until they run really fast at the beginning. Im give it there. All. Thats good. I just want to run, you know, easy getting here in the winter sport resort. P z mom to the stage 6 is about to get started. The looped route spends 30 kilometers with the starting and finish line in the same place. Cecil and her assistants are harnessing the excited dogs, the hand off they go. There is no holding back. These dogs that belong to the sea is considered an extremely tough race covering a difference in altitude of 12000 meters. The sport is also physically demanding for the measures. They have to stick to the defined route and late into the curves with their dogs. When they go up hill, the most use for the dogs on going down hill, they break it takes. This will about 2 hours to finish this stage. Coming in 6. I very happy. Yeah, were running good. So yeah, i have a problem that theyre going a little bit slow in the field, but they just need training that because i have a very young team, so they need to learn type push a little bit harder in the appeals. They were born in very strong, downhill, and i had to really work to keep the slides where its supposed to be. But yes, hello, good. 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