06/02/2016 The Travel Show

All the world is a stage and all the men and women merely players. Hello

and welcome to the Travel Show. This week coming to you from

Stratford-upon-Avon in England. In 2016, this historic town will be

celebrating the life and works of a man who died 400 years ago, any

guesses who it might be? In a moment, I will be finding out about

the enduring appeal of England's most famous playwright, and meeting

one of his biggest fans. Fulsome coming up in this week's programme,

we talk to the man in LA who says that water definitely doesn't taste

the same. This water is slightly metallic... We head to Canada to

meet the iceberg cowboys of Newfoundland. And Carmen is here

with this month's top viral videos in Trending Travels.

It is amazing to think that 400 years after his death the plays of

William Shakespeare are still drawing such huge audiences. And

this year there will be events all over the world to celebrate the

400th anniversary. I want to find out a bit more about what is

happening and discover what it is about Shakespeare that keeps tourist

sites like this so busy and theatres pack so long after his death. Here

at Shakespeare's birthplace at Stratford-upon-Avon you can see

where it all began. With guided tours around the house he was born

in. In an exhibition for this anniversary year, you can also see

Shakespeare's plays. They have given me special access to take a look at

close. It was printed in 1623, and it brings together 36 of his plays

together in a single volume for the potentially been lost forever. How

much would they cost these days? The last one that came up for auction

went for about 6 million US dollars. The two people who pull these plays

together and spent seven years after Shakespeare's death compiling these

plays, without that hard work so much could have been lost. That is

where Shakespeare's legacy stems from. If that is where it all began,

let's fast forward nearly 400 years. Stratford-upon-Avon is not the only

place to claim Shakespeare as their own, and I have come to London to

meet one of the country's top Shakespearean actors. Perhaps one of

the most famous producers of Shakespeare plays was the Royal

Shakespeare Company. Lots of very famous well-known actors have played

Henry V, and you can't really escape that being the case, and that you

are going to be measured against those people. You look at the

lineage and doesn't feel quite daunting? Yes, it does feel very

daunting. I suppose what I try to take some solace in the fact that

the character is daunted by his own lineage, the fact that his father

and ancestors have been these great men. Follow your spirit and upon

this charge cry God for Harry, England and Sir John! As part of the

400th anniversary we are taking this to Asia and New York for six weeks,

which is extraordinarily exciting. I have no idea what it will be like to

perform in China, and it will be very exciting to see what they take

from it. I will raise there with so full of glory that I will dazzle all

the eyes of France. Shakespeare seems to have an amazing five for

the different experiences that a human being can go through and

attempt to tackle, perhaps more keenly than anyone else. Get you

hence and tell that are found his chest will show shallow wit when

thousands will weep rather than laugh at it. Fare thee well. Part of

what has kept Shakespeare so popular 400 years after his death is the

treatment of these stories, which have just kept evolving. An

international tour of tabletop Shakespeare this year may just see

him come to an unconventional stage near you. Claudius is with his

queen, Gertrude, and a whole load of courtiers including his special

adviser, Polonius. It is a project we remain versions of the plot of

every one of the Shakespeare plays, all with a single performer who sits

at the table and uses a set of everyday object as stand-in is for

the characters. A ghost appears. When you lean into the performances,

when you focus on them and you invest in the way that the stories

are being told, those objects in this very strange way to come to

life and you end up staring at the cheese grater or the Sultan

pepperpot. What is she going to decide to do? What is it going to do

now? And the ghost asks Hamlet to take revenge. It is not just the

stage adaptations, I am about to meet one of the great Shakespearean

actors of the stage and off the screen. To mark the 400th

anniversary year, the British Film Institute and the British Council

have an international touring programme of film adaptations,

including Sir Ian McKellen's Richard III. Now is the winter of our

discontent, made glorious summer by this son of York! He is a brand,

Shakespeare. He is on postage stamps, there are pubs called

Shakespeare. He probably never would have imagined this. He couldn't.

Over the years he has spread out from the theatre where you could say

he truly belongs into all sorts of other areas. You can get cartoon

versions, animated versions. I saw a production of the death the other

night in London, and half of it was dancing, which Shakespeare could not

have anticipated. That is fine, Shakespeare works very well on

television. Sometimes the characters speak directly to the audience. They

are used to that on television, people speaking directly to us.

Therefore, since I cannot prove another, I am determined to prove a

villain, and hate the idle pleasures of these days. It is the 400th

anniversary of his death so the BFI are here in London to show 40 of

their precious British Shakespeare films, and they will take 18 of the

very best around the world to 110 different places. That is a lot of

places. And there will be 18 films, and what an introduction, what an

education, what a fantastic opportunity, because some of these

films are the best ever made. If you are planning on coming to London

this year there is plenty of Shakespeare happening. You can watch

Shakespeare in the open-air Regents Park will visit the famous Globe

Theatre. But be warned, because tickets sell out fast. So, time to

give it a go myself. Back at Shakespeare's birthplace in

Stratford-upon-Avon, you can take to the stage with Shakespearean actors.

But soft, what light through yonder window breaks. It is the East and

Juliet is the son. Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Denied a

father and refuse thy name, or if thou wilt not be but sworn my love

and I'll no longer be a Capulet! If you put it that way, love, I'll be

up there! Next, our regular look at the faces

behind the places. We talk to the man in LA who says that all water

definitely doesn't taste the same. My name is Martin, and for me it is

mandatory to drink on the job. Without water, nobody would be on

this planet, so I think, why not give value to the most important

beverage in our lives, water? My job as a water so many is to create

water menus. I have 21 different spring and mineral waters. It is all

H2O, it is all the same chemical composition and it is all clear.

That is the beauty about water. But every single water in this planet

has a different mineral weather, and you can measure those. We start with

this quarter from Norway, which is a very low tedious level. This one is

slightly metallic, and why I love water so much, it is because on a

daily basis I discover new taste for water. I think it is incredible as

simple as water that would have so much variety. Many people think it

is all the same, it all looks the same, it is called the same, there

is nothing special to it. This is a very unique water from Denmark. When

I pour this into the glass, you will see very tiny bubbles. But it is

still water, there is no carbonation enough water. A lot of people make

fun of me with my job, as a only in LA job. But you should come to the

restaurant and really try this. Water is life, and water is love for

me. Still to come on this week's Travel

Show: we met the man who cycled across America on a borrowed like

and join the iceberg cowboys of Newfoundland as they go hunting. The

Travel Show, your essential guide wherever you're going. The World

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first, then their travel provider and insurance company. Hello, and

welcome to Trending Travel, where we explore what is hot online in the

world of travel. I will be bringing you through those essential apps,

videos and blogs to take with you when you leave home. For this

month's round-up of the top trending stories, we are taking a look at

what has been happening on photo sharing app Instagram. The snow to

hit the east coast of the US caused thousands of hits on social media

with snow hashtag is trending worldwide and images shared around

the world like these voters shared a fillip loom. When this woman left

sold to study in New York the couple found a way to combine their worlds

on Instagram -- left Seoul. Their project half and half has gathered

128,000 followers. Now, other long-distance couples around the

world are joining in as well. Our featured Instagram travel start this

month is from Belgium, whose year exploring Belgium is beautifully

told through his pictures. We asked him to tell us about his

experience. I was just a traveller with a camera and I just wanted to

travel and explore the country but by the end of the trip I was always

chasing the Golden hour for the perfect picture, you know? My

experience in New Zealand change me forever. And finally something we

don't recommend you try to yourself. Cycling schemes can be a great way

to get around the city but Geoffrey Cannon house took it to the next

level when he left his city of New York on a bike and kept on cycling

from coast to coast, over 3000 miles. He chronicled his adventures

on social media. I felt very trapped in a windowless office working as a

corporate planner and the cycle commute was the best part of my day.

This journey was more about travel than it was about cycling. My

favourite place that I rolled through was Tulsa, Oklahoma. Which

was the least likely, in my mind, I think, before I started out. Just

goes to show you that if you can put aside your stereotypes, it can lead

to great things. We love staying connected with you all online. And

don't forget we are on Facebook on Twitter and e-mail. And you have in

sending us great stuff this month. Your photos have been coming in from

around the world, especially on Tuesdays, using the Twitter hashtag

Travel Tuesday. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for exclusive online

Travel Show content. Plus we will be keeping you up-to-date with the top

travel stories. Now let's look at the viral videos which have been

clocking up the views this month. Vista was a Labour of love for Leif

Smith, from locations around the world including Oregon, Canada, and

the Himalayas. Time Drift II is a beautiful time lapse of the

Dolomites and Alps. Thanks to a lot of time and patience, this

mountainous region looks truly stunning. Rise and Shown by Robert

Macintosh and Eric Maloney shows a spectacular sight to Los Angeles'

Venice Beach at sunrise. This popular tourist destination, it

seemed nearly deserted from a small drone, has been viewed Ely 400,000

times, and we can see why. -- nearly 400,000 times. And don't forget to

check out our website for all the ways that you can get in touch, or

if you see anything online that you think we should be looking at. See

you next time. Well, to finish this week, let's head to Newfoundland, in

Canada, where thousands of icebergs float down the coast each year. They

are so iconic that many tourists make special trips just to see them.

But there is a group of people called iceberg cowboys who take it a

little further. They hunt enormous chunks of floating ice, then use it

to make wine, beer and vodka. Cheers. A lot of people don't really

believe that iceberg vodka is made with icebergs so they are very

amazed the story is actually true. When you measure what we call the

conductivity of Iceberg water, it is very low. It is about ten, compared

to tap water... You are going to see the big difference where this is

about 100. Because it is harvested from such a pure water source, being

12,000 -year-old icebergs, it is well worth the effort. Now these

iceberg cowboys are becoming something of a tourist attraction in

themselves. Iceberg cowboys, and iceberg wranglers, I guess we get

that name from going out and putting a tow line around a piece of ice and

lass doing it. What we do is we harvest ice from icebergs that come

up from Greenland, and we put the ice into... Make Iceberg vodka and

Iceberg here and also Iceberg wines. -- lassoing. Everything, from a

saltwater, the icebergs, boats sink and boats float, so... We've got to

keep on your toes. This is big for us to tackle. -- this is much too

big for us to tackle. What we call a castle. It can flip over all role at

almost any time. And that piece of ice is probably around 300,000 tons,

which is enough to fill the barge up 300,000 times -- 300 times. That is

a lot of ice there. We need a bigger gun! Sometimes the shop will break

pieces. Sometimes it works too good, the whole iceberg comes apart.

Looks like the rifle has worked. We fired a couple of shots at it, and

some small chunks fell off. So we are going to retrieve one of them

right now. That is an iceberg for you. Nice piece of ice, we will get

a Sample of that one. We've only got a two month window to get our

product in, and we do about 1.3 million litres a year. Hopefully the

market is growing now. Most tourists are fascinated with it, you know.

Actually, I think 99% of them. Look at that one! You are some of the

last people to get pictures of these icebergs, before they melt away in

these waters. We grew up in Newfoundland and we moved to the

west coast of Canada. We come back every year with my family to see the

icebergs just because they are so spectacular. I think they are

majestic, and mysterious, and water that is in there has been there for

so many thousands of years. It is just unfathomable, really.

APPLAUSE Good. Well, that is it from The Travel Show this week. Coming up

next week: we travel to Berlin, to go on a special tour organised by

some of the refugees who have made Germany's capital their home. Hello,

I just wanted to say it very welcome. I come from Saddam in March

2012. Join us for that if you can, and in the meantime don't forget you

can follow us on social media. All the details are on your screens

right now. For now, from the birthplace of Shakespeare, it is

goodbye. Hello there. Weather warnings are

being kept under close review. They may well be escalated through

Saturday morning,