Belchite The Travel Show

This week, remembering the Spanish Civil War. We are in a village

frozen in time since destroyed in battle. Plus... Open wide. Close

encounters with hungry sharks in the clear waters of the Pacific. Tommy's

rolling into town with the recipe for a good time. This is where it

all goes down. Right here is my little one and sink area which is

where I like to cook little things for my guests. And we are in Rome,

turning simple ingredients into a classic Italian dish.

One place where the scars of the Spanish Civil War are too visible is

the old village of Belchite in north-eastern Spain. It's a ruin.

Streets are filled with the remains of buildings that were blasted to

pieces during the war, which started 80 years ago this month. It was

fought between the leftist Republicans and the far right

nationalists, led by General Franco, and a major flashpoint was the

village of Belchite. This was a sight of one of the bloodiest

battles of the war. For 13 days, back in 1937, this village was under

siege. Villagers were caught in the middle of the conflict and most took

to their sellers to try to survive. -- cellars.

During the siege, over 3000 were killed and the village of Belchite

was left devastated. Like so many buildings here in Belchite, this

church was completely destroyed during the fighting, and this bit of

graffiti he tells the story. It says old village of Belchite, you're

young people are no longer around to sing the songs that their fathers

used to sing -- your young. After almost three years of fighting the

civil war ended. The Nationalists forces to pick the Republicans and

Franco went on to rule Spain as a dictator. He decreed that the

village of Belchite be built in you and that the ruin of old Belchite be

left untouched as a monument to the wall. Thomas was 13 years old when

war came to his village. He managed to escape during the fighting, with

his sister, and now lives in modern Belchite, but the Belchite ruin

brings back many memories. Today Spanish-language tours of the

site catered to thousands of letters from this country and across the

world. This may be a very popular site for tourists but for local

Spanish people the question of how to memorialise the country's civil

war and fascist past is a subject of fierce debate. After the death of

Franco and his dictatorship in 1975, Spanish political parties agree to

an informal pact of forgetting, which meant the country's

nationalist past was widely ignored. That's changed in the last decade or

so. In 2007, a law was passed to condemn General Franco's regime and

honour the war's victims and many have called for a truth and can see

it in process, like in South Africa after the end of apartheid. Still,

many believe that the past should simply be forgotten, including

powerful symbols like the ruins of Belchite.

The tourists I met he also believe that the site should continue to be

preserved. -- here. As the anniversary of the civil war

approaches, Spain will doubtless continue to debate how it will

remember its past and perhaps 80 years is still not enough time to

bring about a full and frank national compensation. But whatever

happens, old Belchite will continue to stand as a striking monument and

a harsh reminder of what happens when national arguments turn to

violence. If our time in Belchite has pick your interest in other

historical sites at Epping preserved for posterity, here are some top

tips. This is Japan, just off the coast near Nagasaki. Though you

might recognise it from the James Bond film Skyfall, where it played

the villain's deserted lair. It was built to house coalminers and during

the Second World War it was filled with slave labour. The mine closed

and the island emptied in the 1970s, and now you can take tours of the

crumbling remains. There are more relics of the Second World War off

the English coast near the mouth of the River Thames. These forts were

built to shoot down aircraft on their way to attack London and deter

boats from laying mines. Later some of the towers were used for pirate

radio stations, and today both occasionally take people out to sea

for a closer look at the forts. There is a deserted town you might

instinctively want to avoid, Chernobyl. 30 years after the

nuclear accident, thousands of people now visit each year. What

they find is a deserted time Capsule from Soviet 1986, a town abandoned

overnight and left for dead. And in Naples in Italy there is a tunnel

made for a keen to make a sharp exit from his palace. The tunnel was dug

in 1853 for a nervous Ferdinand II, King of the two Cicely is but it was

never finished. It served as an underground hospital in the Second

World War and a store for empowerment cars -- Cicelys. There

are several ways to tour the tunnel and the favourite includes a hard

hat and a zip wire. Staying in Italy, this week's Global

Gourmet comes from Rome. They are not many cities without an Italian

restaurant in the world, but they aren't always authentic. So, let's

go to one of Rome's most popular restaurants. This is how to make the

perfect pastor. -- pasta. This is one of the oldest restaurants in

Rome. Three generations. We prepare this simple dish. The tomatoes,

fresh tomatoes, the cheek of the pork, the red pepper, which is

spicy... Youth put in half a pot of water.

Peel the skin of the tomato. -- you. It isn't the best thing to it, the

skin. This is the cheek of the pork. We

put the cheek of the pork... One of the white wines of Rome. Then we put

the tomato when there isn't much source. We do this until it is

ready. Then I take the pasta. Then we put

it to cook. Still to come on The Travel Show. ROCK MUSIC PLAYS. Yeah!

An cat and mouse with the great whites of the Pacific. -- playing.

And Tommy shows us why we don't want him in the tent next door. Can you

still hear me? The Travel Show, your essential guide wherever you are

heading. Yo, yo, yo, BBC, welcome to my crib.

That is right, British summertime is well in effect, and you can see how

I, the pop star, lives. This is how it all goes down. This is my sink

area where I like to cook for my guests. And this is my lounge room,

and my bedroom. And this is my shower and toilet and sync all put

in this little space. -- sink. This innovative design is a head turner.

It is quite spacious. Even though I am tall, my head still hits the

ceiling, but that is my only criticism. You are really just

paying for the design factor. It is a bit of an issue for me, the size.

But look at the size of this bed! If you don't have a retro caravan to

stay in, this is the cheaper alternative. A tent that its makers

claim you can put up in two seconds. Let's put that to the test. This

tent took me longer than two seconds to put up. More like a few minutes

for a novice like me is a bit but it is fairly straightforward to use. --

but. It is 100% waterproof and compensation prove. Things can get

hot and muggy inside but it won't feel bad. There is plenty of room in

here for someone to join me. So, if I want company, come in. And then

one of these, can you guess what it is? No? It is not the latest man

bag, it is a portable stove. The Primus, a stylish and compact double

burner stove. It is easy to add at. Once secure, you can start. --

attach. Remember, always be careful storing gas canisters. Use, the

burners are partially shielded from the wind. -- once in use. It is

super simple, light weight, portable, easy to get going, and it

is now lunch, so get out of the way, give me a bit of peace, please.

Thank you. If you like taking your music with you, you will value a

good portable speaker. There are many to choose from, including this

one. It may be a bit bulky to put in your rucksack, but it has had a

baby. It will light up our world. The GBL Pulse II is powerful for its

size, with a good balance. It's intriguing multicoloured LED light

show reacts to your music's tempo. But it is low on accessories, that

is the only disadvantage. It is difficult to fault. But it is

splashproof, not waterproof. You cannot submerge it like previous

models. That is important to know if you go somewhere with water. But you

are getting a massive 360 degrees sound something this small! I wonder

how far back it goes. Back up. Kenny Stills Niemi? -- can you still hear

me? Now to the Pacific, and the Mexican island of Guadalupe, nearly

250 kilometres off California. The volcanic coast drops off into the

bluest of Pacific waters, but underneath the surface it is home to

hundreds of great white sharks. This shark is around four metres long.

Some around here are half as big again. And if you could put them on

the scales, they weigh 2.5 tons. White sharks just captured the

public's imagination in a way not many other species can do, they are

the lions of the ocean. There is a magic quality. We should not fear

them. We need to protect them. We are all better off that they are

here. They are drawn here because these a ready supply of food. The

island is home to seals, easy pray for a great white shark. But they

can be tempted away from the seals with the taste of tuna, bringing

them up close to divers who want to get up close with the sharks. Yeah!

I have a lot of respect for an animal that comes out of the water

like that with its teeth this long and that can kill you. To get in the

cage, all you have to do is slide in. I can't wait. I am so excited.

And... Which fill up. This boat has three cages for divers. -- wish me

luck. The third one lives the deepest. OK... You don't need a

diving qualification to do this. There is a special supply from the

boat. The cages led to divers get astonishingly close to the sharks.

The gaps in the cages look big, but, don't worry, they are enough to keep

the sharks at bay. MUSIC PLAYS. And we've seals in abundance and tuna a

treat, humans and that much of a prospect of food to the sharks. --

and with. -- aren't that much of. That was amazing. You turn around

and there is one like in your face. They aren't after us like many

people like to think, Jaws, and all that stuff. I feel very privileged.

They seem to be living their lives. It was a privilege to see them. I

arrived scared and I leave scared. LAUGHING. MUSIC PLAYS. Going to the

island to dive with the sharks is not cheap. It may cost thousands of

dollars. But getting so close to one of the Earth's greatest predators

may be worth the incredible experience.

Well, that is all we have time for on this week's show. Coming up next

week... JAZZ MUSIC. We're in New Orleans, beginning a two week march

across the southern states of the USA. That is exactly how I imagined

it, a brass band going down the street and they hold crowd following

them and getting into it. Fantastic. And is taking aim deep in the heart

of Texas. So do catch up with us if you can. And in real time you can

keep up with us by signing up to the on line details which are on your

screen now. But for now and the rest of the team say goodbye. -- for now,

me and the. The change in the month

did not bring a change It will be a decent

start to Saturday. But this brisk westerly breeze

will bring the showers