france and germany. home that s over then you can see the black forest of their of the mountains though the hardest to see and that is the cathedral. every year the e.u. names two cities as the european capitals of culture with the aim to and i quote highlight the richness and diversity of cultures in europe this year the baton was handed to lou martin and the netherlands as well as by letter on the island of malta and that s where we re headed right now to europe s smallest capital. the letter may be a capital but it has just six thousand residents of the island state of malta has