A mobile art project takes to the roads in spain. Back to front profiling all that all over curtis and his take on her tara feat. The tourist magnet modern day pilgrims on the way of st james. There is a clear distinction between the ard we see on the streets and the works in museums but more and more there is crossover between the two mediums street artists are displaying in galleries and museums and now in spain a group of contemporary artists have taken to the streets so to speak for the truck art project now i traveled to madrid recently to see what this involved. At first glance this may look like an abstract painting on a wall but look again and its actually a work of art on the side of a truck. This is a truck art project an initiative in madrid twenty nine of spains most established artists have taken part. As one of them. Well its a painting in movement on this i feel you. For this project was a challenge but in a positive sense. Paintings normally hang on walls and not betwee
Will discover new perspectives them from famous tourist sites. In volcanic paradise why people are flocking to the nordic country of iceland. Where you start off in the dutch capital of amsterdam a city that simply never gets boring now amsterdam is a perfect getaway for the weekend it boasts the unesco World Heritage canal system a wealth of museums not to mention the parks restaurants and of course coffee shops and unlike many other capitals amsterdam is relatively small so you can reach pretty much everything on foot but if you want to do is the dutch do then youd better get on a bike which is what we did to explore the city. Dam is hands down europes capital of bicycle riders its home to an estimated nine hundred thousand bikes thats more than the population of the city center. In two films in one of the worlds first bicycle perking garage was built at the citys central rail station shaun cody has been offering individual sightseeing tours of the capital with his company joyride to
Windy, unseasonallably cool start in the u. K. Warm welcome by british officials as the president and first lady melania deplaned. Promises to be a very interesting state visit over the next several days. A lot of pomp and circumstance unlike the usual working visits, this will be less about policy and securing other issues and more about social events. Were certainly looking forward to bringing you all of that and a chance as you mention you had for the u. K. To roll out the red carpet. A number of stops. Stops at westminster palace. Tea with charles and camilla. Upheaval in the. British Prime Minister theresa may scheduled to step down. Contrast to the induring leadership to the monday north carolina. The very embodiment to the historical and cultural leadership that has withstood the test of time. Looking forward to see how this plays out during the president and first ladys visit. One more piece of business i do want to pass along the president aboard twitter he was busy with his t
Amazing artifacts. We expect the president to come back. There he is, the beast coming back with some booing and some cheering. Its pretty well balanced. Hes heading off there to Westminster Abbey, which is the queens church. Its where coronations are held. Its probably on, you know, a building of most Important National significance and religious life. State occasions held there and big royal weddings and many funerals in the past as well. Hes going to go there, and hes going to go to the west end of the nave in westminster asky to the grave of the unknown warrior. A body brought from france, buried there in 1920. It contains soil from france as well. A hugely symbolic sort of place for brits where we commemorate people who have died in service in battle. And its something that foreign heads of state will often visit to pay their respects. Hell then get a tour of the abbey. Huge amount of historical significance going back centuries. I dont know what theyre point out. Theres more than
The tomb of the unknown warrior. Now at any moment hes set to be arriving at Clarence House to join Prince Charles and wife camilla for the most british of british events possible, a proper tea. State visits like these, thats the entrance of Clarence House were looking at and well bring you the live moments as they come, as the president has just left, leaving Westminster Abbey. We see Prince Charles and the duchess of cornwall walking out now. They will be greeting obviously the president and the first lady as they arrive. These state visits, though, these are close relationships, symbolize the close relationship between two nations. And were seeing that on display right now. Lets watch. Lets listen. As we see it appears the president and the first lady arriving for the next of the events during this state visit. Arriving at the Clarence House, at Clarence House, to meet the prince of wales and the duchess of cornwall. Not that were going to hear much, but lets just listen for one sec