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[intercom chiming]
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[Eugene Levy]
They say to travel is to live.
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Well, maybe, if a day at the airport
doesn't suck the life out of you first.
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I mean, where else would you be told
to arrive two hours early...
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- [metal detector beeping]
- ...only to become dangerously close
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to being two hours late?
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Still, I think my travels last year
were good for me.
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They seemed to broaden my outlook.
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To a degree.
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So now, I'm taking on
what is apparently a must-do
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for any respectable traveler.
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[intercom chiming]
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I'm doing Europe.
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All right. Where are we, exactly?
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I'm going all continental...
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from the very top to the very bottom.
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I'm heading off the beaten track
to discover some real hidden gems...
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Are you getting this?
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...and embrace
this budding spirit for adventure.
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Look at me. No hands.
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Oh.
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They're right here. What is this, the bow?
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I'll be educating my taste buds...
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- [laughs]
- Wow, that was so good.
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[whistles] Grapes are ready.
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- ...and trying to live like a local.
- [dancers singing, cheering]
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- Welcome to my village.
- [laughs]
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- [Levy] This is insane.
- [sheep bleating]
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I just saved your life. Remember me.
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I'm packing any worries in my luggage...
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[imitates moose call]
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Here they come. Here they come.
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You never know what the body's gonna do
when it's in abject terror.
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I don't think I've done anything
quite like this since I was a kid.
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- [cheering]
- ...and I'm about to utter three words
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I've never said before.
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Ready for takeoff.
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If Sweden taught me more than I thought
I'd ever know about mosquitoes...
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[lowing]
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...I'm hoping this next stop
on my European travels
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can teach me even more about me.
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Scotland is my mother country,
or should I say my mother's country.
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My mother was born in Scotland
and lived here till she was 13.
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This is my very first trip.
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And it's not just my family
with close connections to Scotland.
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{\an8}The family that's been coming back here
time and time again is the Windsors.
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The British royals.
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From Queen Victoria
to Queen Elizabeth II and now Eugene I.
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[horn honks]
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Thank you very much.
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{\an8}They say it's better late than never
and at the age of 76, I'm living proof,
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{\an8}as I've traveled nearly
a thousand miles from Sweden
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{\an8}to the far North of Great Britain to
touch my family tree in bonnie Scotland.
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My journey of self-discovery starts in
the place where the late Queen Elizabeth
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chose to spend her final days.
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The Highlands.
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I can kind of see why this would be a
place for them to escape to.
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Quite beautiful.
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And vast.
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The Highlands is home to roughly
10,000 square miles of stunning,
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if somewhat rugged scenery.
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[laughs] All right. Where are we, exactly?
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If I'm staying in a tent in Scotland,
this could be the last episode.
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My mum grew up in Glasgow.
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You know, there was a difference
in lifestyles, I think,
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between my mum's Scotland
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and, uh, the, uh,
Scotland of the Windsors.
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[drumming, skirling]
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I'm planning a pilgrimage back to Glasgow,
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but here in the Highlands,
I'll be staying in a pad that looks...
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[chuckles]
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...and sounds fit for a king.
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[chuckles]
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[chuckles]
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Welcome to Scotland. I'm Lynne.
I'm the owner of Candacraig House.
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Well, thank you.
This is what I call a welcome.
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[Lynne chuckles] Can I show you inside?
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- [Levy] I would love to see inside.
- [Lynne] Okay.
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[Levy] Yes.
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Candacraig is a luxury Highland estate
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dating back to the 17th century,
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which makes it
around 200 years older than Canada.
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But today, this whole place and its
12 bedrooms can be yours for a steal,
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if your steals start at $12,000 a night.
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Oh, very nice.
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[Lynne] This house is actually designed
by the same architect as Balmoral Castle,
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where the royal family are.
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- How close are we to Balmoral Castle?
- Yeah, about half an hour away.
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Wow, so literally, your neighbors.
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- [Lynne chuckles] Absolutely, yes.
- And they've-- they've been in here?
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- [Lynne] They have.
- Okay.
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The current king
and queen have been guests.
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[Levy] I guess when
you already own a castle,
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you kinda wanna nose
around in everyone else's.
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- In here?
- [Lynne] Yes.
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[Levy] But it's not just the royals
who like it here.
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[Lynne] This is our dining room.
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Oh. Well, you know you're in Scotland.
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[Lynne] Many of your Hollywood colleagues
have been in here over the years.
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- Okay. Who was here?
- Steve Martin.
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Robin Williams.
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Sean Connery.
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- Really?
- So I think you're in good company.
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[imitating Sean Connery]
Gentlemen, the answer is simple.
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[normal voice] Sean Connery,
he was sitting in one of these chairs.
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Tartan, we've seen it in kilts.
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I've never seen it on the walls and
on the ceiling, and on the lampshades.
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Tartan city.
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But an excess of tartan isn't
the only thing on my mind.
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I've arranged to meet Michael,
a Scottish expert in Jewish ancestry...
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- [Michael] It's good to meet you.
- How are you? Nice to meet you.
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...who's been unearthing the family history
of my mum, Rebecca "Betty" Kudlatz.
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Listen, it's a little scary.
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{\an8}You never wanna uncover the kind of
information that's gonna be embarrassing.
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"Your great-grandparents
were murdering thieves,
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unfortunately doing
a lot of plundering and pillaging."
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[stammers] "Really?
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Really? [stammers] Okay."
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{\an8}[Michael] First of all, we have
an extended family tree
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{\an8}and these are your great-grandparents,
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Samuel and Nellie.
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Um, I have never seen
these pictures before.
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[Michael] So these are Louis's--
your grandfather's parents.
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They came from a small
town called Nasielsk,
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{\an8}which is about 25 to 30 miles north,
northwest of Warsaw.
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And it was 1891 that
the family came to Glasgow.
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- [stammers] What was that name of the--
- Nasielsk.
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Nasielsk.
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Did your mother ever say why did
they go to Glasgow in the first place
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and then why did they decide
to go to Canada?
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[Levy inhales sharply]
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Well, people at the turn of the century
were kind of coming to America, right?
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Yeah.
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But I don't know necessarily
why they chose Scotland. Do you?
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Um, at that time,
it was actually quite rare
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to get boats which went from mainland
Europe all the way to North America.
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It was very expensive
and these were very poor families.
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So most families would do
the journey in two steps...
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- Right.
- ...to pay for the--
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- for the journey.
- Okay.
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[stammers] And they came to Glasgow,
and that must've been a bit of a shock
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because they went to live in the Gorbals,
which was a very poor area.
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- Right.
- Although they stayed there for 30 years.
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Yeah.
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[Michael] And here's
a photograph of the family.
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Your mother is-- I think
she's one of the youngest.
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- Is that her?
- I think that might be her.
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[Levy] Yeah, that's my mum.
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Yikes.
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I'm actually proud that I,
you know, had relatives
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who wanted a better life for their family.
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And to think what they had
to go through at the time,
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you know, that's pretty major stuff.
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If my mum had stayed in Scotland,
of course, I... [stammers] ...you know,
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I don't know who you'd
be interviewing right now.
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I-I-I certainly wouldn't be here, I mean,
because she met my dad in Canada.
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It's extraordinary to consider
these sliding door moments in life.
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And while I've never been
to this beautiful country,
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it clearly shaped my mother's childhood.
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Now I'm finally here,
I want to embrace everything.
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So I've accepted an invitation
from one of the locals
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to what I'm told is
a do-not-miss national pastime.
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- Robert.
- [Robert] Hello. How lovely to see you.
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[Levy] I'm assuming
it can't be as unnerving
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as moose hunting in Sweden.
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Or can it?
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What are we up to? Where are we going?
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Well, we're gonna do
something nice and traditional today.
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We're gonna take you down
to the River Dee in Royal Deeside
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to do some salmon fishing.
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- Salmon fishing.
- Yes.
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Okay.
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Why is salmon fishing
so popular here in Scotland?
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Well, Eugene, we've got really lovely
rivers, with some amazing salmon in them.
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You know, they're a very energetic fish.
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So, as tiny, little fish,
they sail down this freshwater rivers,
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they then will sail
right across the Atlantic Ocean,
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and that fish will then turn
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and go right back to
the same river it came from.
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It's coming back to spawn,
it's not coming back to get caught.
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[Robert laughs]
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[Levy] The salmon's migration
back to Scotland
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sounds considerably
more hazardous than my own,
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but these prized fish draw
anglers here from all over the world.
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And landing one isn't
quite as easy as you'd think,
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so Robert's enlisted
the help of an expert.
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- [Levy] John.
- Eugene.
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- Pleased to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
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- Welcome to Royal Deeside.
- Thank you.
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Excited to be here.
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John is a gillie,
a Gaelic word for attendant.
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I guess a kind of Highland guide.
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There's nothing he doesn't know about
fishing, except for how bad I am at it.
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Although, he'll soon find out.
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Right. Got something nice for you to wear.
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[Levy] The whole thing
is not to offend the gillie.
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Okay, lads, if we just get the braces up.
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I'm gonna be the good student.
I'm gonna be the-the good pupil.
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I'm gonna be really enthusiastic.
I don't wanna ruin his day.
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[Robert] Look at you.
Looking the part, Eugene.
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- [speaks Scottish Gaelic]
- [laughs]
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[John] The cast I'm gonna
teach you is the Circle C.
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Round.
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And the second part of the cast,
the actual coming round,
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is lift a tray of drinks.
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And it's whisky, and it's my whisky.
I don't want you spilling any of it.
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[Levy] If John
thinks I'll be able to do that,
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he must've raided
the drinks cabinet already.
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Right. Easy enough.
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But I guess the best
thing to do is just give it a go.
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[John] Sweep it right round.
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- Yeah, there you go.
- [Robert] Ah, look at that. Well done.
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- Spot-on.
- [Robert] That's good.
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- Huh?
- [John] Give it another go.
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Perfect.
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- [Robert] Ah. Well done again.
- [John] Superb.
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How's that?
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All we need to do is catch our salmon now.
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All right.
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This could be my whole new thing,
you know?
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Give up golf, pick up salmon fishing.
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I get why people might find this
the most relaxing thing in the world,
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because it is quite--
it is quite beautiful out here.
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How you doing over there?
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[Robert] Well, I haven't caught anything.
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How you feeling about it all?
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Thi-- This is now nosing its
way up as my number-one sport.
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[Robert chuckles] You look very happy.
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[Levy] I've heard that the royals
enjoy a spot of fishing here too.
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This river runs right
through their estate.
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And I hope they're
having more luck than me,
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because after an hour in the water,
I haven't had so much as a nibble.
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Hey, Eugene, any bites?
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Uh, nothing yet,
but I think I had a few close calls.
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You wanna call it a day?
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- All right. Let's do it.
- [John] Okay.
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[Levy] The salmon may be off the hook,
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but it seems that drowning your
sorrows is all part of the experience.
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Would you like a wee dram?
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[Levy] Time for my first hit
of the hard stuff.
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I don't-- I don't care for whisky.
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[stammers] It's a-- It's a tough drink,
but, uh, the guys that I was fishing with,
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I think they were both delightful, uh,
Scots, you know?
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It's kind of the bunch of guys just going...
[chuckles] ..."Good fish on you." You know?
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It made for a good afternoon.
246
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And what better way to round off a good
day than by channeling a previous guest,
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Sir Sean Connery,
and ordering a vodka martini?
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I'm kind of liking Scotland
and this is, like, one day in.
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There's a charm to it.
250
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My mum and that side
of the family is just--
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right at the forefront of my mind.
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You know, it's something I never
thought I-- would hit me this way.
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Tomorrow, I'm determined to discover
more about my family history here.
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Let's hope those bagpipes
don't start too early.
255
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After a majestic night's sleep,
256
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I'm beginning to enjoy being
the king of my very own castle.
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This is quite magnificent, isn't it?
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But today I'm leaving the Highlands behind
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and heading to Glasgow to learn
more about my mum's childhood.
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My mum only talked about family stories.
261
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It wasn't so much about her life in the
Gorbals, so I'm actually excited about it.
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It's over a hundred miles to Glasgow,
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and I've been told about
a pit stop en route I can't miss.
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One of the few remaining artisan
craftsmen who does everything by hand.
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I'm halfway there to have earned
the right to wear a kilt
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because half my family was Scottish.
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For family events,
they would put the kilt on
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and just kind of, you know,
have a great time.
269
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There'd be a lot of laughs.
270
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And if they can do all
that without wearing any underwear,
271
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then this is a family tradition
I have a duty to explore, nervously.
272
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- [kilt maker] Hi, Eugene. How are you?
- You must be Bill.
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I am so.
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Uh-huh.
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The key to a kilt is the tartan,
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and there are over 9,000
recorded patterns,
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nearly half of which symbolize
a different family or clan.
278
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I don't know whether, uh,
my family has a--
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- Yeah.
- [Levy] A tartan.
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I don't remember my family
talking about their particular tartan.
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[Bill] Okay.
282
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We got to try and find something
that would relate more to yourself,
283
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to be more personal.
284
00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:59,853
Well, my line of work is comedy,
285
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so is there a co--
is there a comedy tartan?
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00:17:02,189 --> 00:17:03,357
- Well--
- [Levy] Uh--
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Depends how comical you want it to be.
288
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[Levy chuckles]
289
00:17:06,484 --> 00:17:07,944
What about this one?
290
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It's known as the kosher tartan,
and it's a Jewish tartan.
291
00:17:12,657 --> 00:17:16,118
Well, that sounds like
it's right on the nose, doesn't it?
292
00:17:16,118 --> 00:17:21,583
Okay. Now I need to take
some special measurements.
293
00:17:22,291 --> 00:17:24,211
- How do you mean?
- Well, I need your waist,
294
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- your bum and your length.
- Oh.
295
00:17:25,503 --> 00:17:26,672
Yes. Okay.
296
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I need top of your hip bone
down to the center of your knee.
297
00:17:35,889 --> 00:17:39,434
[Levy] Apparently, Bill's
made more kilts than I've had bagels.
298
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Although, I'd have laid off them
299
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if I'd known he was coming at me
with a tape measure.
300
00:17:43,939 --> 00:17:44,857
All right.
301
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Keep in mind I just had lunch.
302
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[Bill] All right.
303
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Now, there we go.
304
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97 centimeters.
305
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I don't know metric.
306
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It would be around about a 38.
307
00:17:55,993 --> 00:17:59,663
Oh, it's not a 38. I'm not a 38.
308
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I'm a 34. Yeah.
309
00:18:02,499 --> 00:18:04,501
The tape measure doesn't lie, Eugene.
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[Levy sighs]
311
00:18:06,044 --> 00:18:09,506
I think I'm gonna be
in very safe hands with Bill.
312
00:18:10,340 --> 00:18:12,426
Well, I'll not tell
you the sizes for here.
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- I'll keep it all to myself, will I?
- [Levy chuckles] Okay.
314
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[Bill] Yeah.
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I think the detail that goes
into his work is quite intricate.
316
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There we go.
317
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- Okay. Whatever that is.
- Huge.
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- [laughs]
- Thank you.
319
00:18:26,899 --> 00:18:31,028
I sewed a button on a shirt once,
and it was exhausting.
320
00:18:31,820 --> 00:18:34,364
[Bill] Can I offer you a small libation?
321
00:18:34,364 --> 00:18:37,326
I can't honestly say
I'm a-- I'm a scotch drinker.
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00:18:37,326 --> 00:18:39,286
- Whoa, Nelly.
- [Bill] Really?
323
00:18:39,286 --> 00:18:40,329
That's good.
324
00:18:40,829 --> 00:18:43,081
Uh, well, here's to you, Bill.
325
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- [Bill] And to you, Eugene.
- Here's to you and here's to your craft.
326
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Your very good health, sir.
327
00:18:50,005 --> 00:18:54,551
[Levy] Two drams in 24 hours
and I'm still a hesitant whisky drinker.
328
00:18:54,551 --> 00:18:57,513
[Bill] Now, if I don't get going,
you're not gonna get a kilt.
329
00:18:57,513 --> 00:18:59,556
[both laughing]
330
00:19:00,390 --> 00:19:05,020
But for me, dressing in a kilt
will always feel like wearing a costume
331
00:19:05,020 --> 00:19:09,650
unless I'm able to more
profoundly understand my Scottish roots.
332
00:19:11,109 --> 00:19:16,490
If anything tells you I'm truly a
reluctant traveler, it's that only now,
333
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a hundred years after my mum left these
shores, I'm finally visiting Glasgow...
334
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the city where she was born.
335
00:19:32,381 --> 00:19:36,677
This is about as different
from the Highlands as you can get.
336
00:19:36,677 --> 00:19:40,556
I mean, it really does look
like a working-class town.
337
00:19:42,307 --> 00:19:45,227
And I'm kind of glad I'm here.
338
00:19:48,897 --> 00:19:51,733
When my great-grandparents
arrived from Poland,
339
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they and thousands of
other immigrant workers
340
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settled in the Gorbals, a housing district
on the south bank of the River Clyde.
341
00:20:00,117 --> 00:20:02,369
This is the Gorbals.
342
00:20:04,830 --> 00:20:05,914
This is it.
343
00:20:05,914 --> 00:20:07,374
It's an odd feeling.
344
00:20:08,333 --> 00:20:10,460
And I've had plenty of
odd feelings in my life,
345
00:20:10,460 --> 00:20:13,922
but this is-- this is a good odd feeling.
346
00:20:16,592 --> 00:20:21,013
The building that my mum lived in
until she was 13 was demolished
347
00:20:21,013 --> 00:20:23,182
when the Gorbals was redeveloped.
348
00:20:24,683 --> 00:20:28,312
But genealogy expert, Michael,
offered to show me around
349
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a time capsule that does still exist.
350
00:20:32,232 --> 00:20:33,775
So, this has been frozen in time.
351
00:20:33,775 --> 00:20:37,070
This is pretty much kept
as a tenement in Glasgow looked like
352
00:20:37,070 --> 00:20:38,739
in the early 20th century.
353
00:20:38,739 --> 00:20:42,576
So, this is the best we can do to
give you a flavor of what life was like.
354
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- Okay? So, you ready for it?
- [Levy] Okay. Let's take a look.
355
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[Michael] Okay, let's go.
356
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[Levy] With 60,000 people
crammed into an area
357
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about half the size of Coney Island,
living conditions in the Gorbals tenements
358
00:20:54,922 --> 00:20:58,008
were said to be
amongst the worst in Europe.
359
00:20:59,218 --> 00:21:00,427
[Michael] And here we are.
360
00:21:01,470 --> 00:21:04,515
So, this was the heart of the apartment.
361
00:21:04,515 --> 00:21:05,432
The kitchen.
362
00:21:05,432 --> 00:21:07,100
- This is where everything took place.
- Wow.
363
00:21:07,100 --> 00:21:09,269
- [Michael] A multipurpose room.
- Wow.
364
00:21:09,269 --> 00:21:11,271
[Michael]
They would cook around this table.
365
00:21:11,271 --> 00:21:13,273
- They would eat around this table.
- [Levy] Okay.
366
00:21:13,273 --> 00:21:15,734
And you may have noticed,
um, something in the corner.
367
00:21:17,653 --> 00:21:18,862
- Bed.
- Yeah.
368
00:21:18,862 --> 00:21:22,991
That's called the bed recess because,
um, people actually slept in here as well.
369
00:21:22,991 --> 00:21:27,246
You couldn't afford to have a
kitchen room not being used as a bedroom.
370
00:21:27,246 --> 00:21:29,331
Not when you have a large family.
371
00:21:29,331 --> 00:21:32,709
Also, underneath the bed,
you may have the bath,
372
00:21:33,252 --> 00:21:36,046
which you would pull out
to, um, fill up with water for the kids.
373
00:21:36,046 --> 00:21:37,297
Oh, my.
374
00:21:37,297 --> 00:21:41,552
[Michael] Um, your-- your mum and siblings
probably had a bath once a week.
375
00:21:41,552 --> 00:21:44,054
If you were lucky,
you were the first kid to have the bath.
376
00:21:44,054 --> 00:21:45,764
And if you were unlucky,
you were the last kid
377
00:21:45,764 --> 00:21:47,808
to have the bath in the same water.
378
00:21:48,809 --> 00:21:49,810
Wow.
379
00:21:49,810 --> 00:21:52,187
[Michael]
Um, this is the-- the 1921 census.
380
00:21:52,187 --> 00:21:55,732
Um, your great-grandparents
had passed away but, um,
381
00:21:55,732 --> 00:21:58,902
{\an8}we have your grandparents,
Louie and Flora,
382
00:21:58,902 --> 00:22:02,364
{\an8}eight children and the boarder
in the same number of rooms,
383
00:22:02,364 --> 00:22:04,199
but not as nice as this one.
384
00:22:04,199 --> 00:22:06,118
- Not as a nice as this one.
- [Michael] Yeah.
385
00:22:06,118 --> 00:22:10,330
Um, originally, when your family
arrived there would be shared toilets.
386
00:22:10,330 --> 00:22:14,668
So, you were probably sharing
a toilet with maybe 25 or 30 others.
387
00:22:14,668 --> 00:22:16,211
- Outside?
- Outside.
388
00:22:16,211 --> 00:22:18,755
Possibly with a door. Possibly not.
389
00:22:18,755 --> 00:22:22,092
I don't think that's something
that ever came up in conversation.
390
00:22:22,092 --> 00:22:23,343
Yeah.
391
00:22:23,343 --> 00:22:26,054
I wish I would've actually gotten into
392
00:22:26,054 --> 00:22:31,059
how did 11 people actually,
you know, get by.
393
00:22:31,059 --> 00:22:33,979
She never talked
about that kind of detail.
394
00:22:37,900 --> 00:22:40,444
[Michael] So, here we have the bedroom.
395
00:22:40,444 --> 00:22:43,071
The mattress
is actually made of horsehair,
396
00:22:43,071 --> 00:22:46,950
- and the bedding is, uh, made of straw.
- [Levy whistles]
397
00:22:46,950 --> 00:22:49,494
[Michael] So, I'm not quite sure, um,
how comfortable the bed would've been,
398
00:22:49,494 --> 00:22:51,330
but it-it probably was quite warm.
399
00:22:51,914 --> 00:22:55,125
[Levy] She was a lot of fun,
and she had-- she had a great laugh.
400
00:22:55,125 --> 00:22:58,962
And, um, she just enjoyed--
401
00:23:00,130 --> 00:23:05,552
basically enjoyed life
and always looked at the upside of things.
402
00:23:06,678 --> 00:23:11,475
Eleven people in
a two-bedroom situation, you know?
403
00:23:11,475 --> 00:23:13,769
- And yet, never heard a complaint.
- [Michael] Yeah.
404
00:23:16,271 --> 00:23:18,941
[Levy] While this might be
the closest I'll ever get
405
00:23:18,941 --> 00:23:21,109
to the home my mum grew up in,
406
00:23:21,610 --> 00:23:27,366
{\an8}Michael wants to take me someplace
I can walk in her actual footsteps.
407
00:23:30,619 --> 00:23:31,954
[Michael] When were you
last in a synagogue?
408
00:23:32,788 --> 00:23:33,622
It's been a while.
409
00:23:33,622 --> 00:23:34,790
- [Michael] Yeah?
- Yeah.
410
00:23:37,793 --> 00:23:40,045
The Garnethill Synagogue.
411
00:23:41,171 --> 00:23:43,966
[Michael] I'm not quite sure how it
compares to the ones in Canada.
412
00:23:43,966 --> 00:23:47,386
I don't think I've been
in a synagogue this old.
413
00:23:47,386 --> 00:23:50,639
[Michael]
Right. The synagogue was built in 1879.
414
00:23:51,932 --> 00:23:55,185
It was the first purpose-built
synagogue in Scotland,
415
00:23:55,185 --> 00:23:58,105
and the Gorbals is about
one-and-a-half miles away.
416
00:23:58,105 --> 00:24:03,777
So, I guess it's possible my mum's family
417
00:24:03,777 --> 00:24:05,696
would've been in here at some point
418
00:24:05,696 --> 00:24:07,573
- for some special occasion?
- [Michael] Yeah.
419
00:24:07,573 --> 00:24:09,741
They certainly would've
been here for a wedding
420
00:24:09,741 --> 00:24:11,493
or a bar mitzvah or something like that.
421
00:24:12,077 --> 00:24:13,120
[inhales sharply]
422
00:24:14,162 --> 00:24:15,205
Wow.
423
00:24:15,956 --> 00:24:19,668
She would've been, you know,
seven, eight, nine, ten.
424
00:24:21,295 --> 00:24:24,673
It's hard to think of her
as a-- as a little kid, but...
425
00:24:27,801 --> 00:24:33,932
Actually being here a hundred years later,
I'm feeling a bit of a, you know-- a tug.
426
00:24:36,435 --> 00:24:38,020
[crew member] Do you think of her often?
427
00:24:38,020 --> 00:24:40,189
Every day. Yeah.
428
00:24:40,189 --> 00:24:41,690
My mum and my dad.
429
00:24:41,690 --> 00:24:46,528
There's always one time in the day when--
when they just kind of, you know, uh...
430
00:24:49,406 --> 00:24:50,240
come into mind.
431
00:24:53,118 --> 00:24:59,833
I feel like I owe it to my mum to
have seen where it was it all started.
432
00:25:01,418 --> 00:25:07,633
I've never quite felt the
attachment to where the family is from.
433
00:25:07,633 --> 00:25:10,010
It was only an attachment through stories.
434
00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:14,932
So, I'm-- I'm-- I'm--
I'm glad I-- I'm glad I came.
435
00:25:14,932 --> 00:25:16,016
I'm glad I'm here.
436
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:22,105
Um, and, uh,
I'm glad I'm kind of reconnecting.
437
00:25:45,754 --> 00:25:49,341
As I wake up on my final day in Scotland,
438
00:25:49,341 --> 00:25:53,345
I know that what I learned about
my mum's childhood in Glasgow
439
00:25:53,345 --> 00:25:55,764
will live long in my memory.
440
00:25:57,975 --> 00:26:02,896
But to finish my family story,
there's one more stop I wanna make.
441
00:26:05,399 --> 00:26:07,651
I've discovered the final resting place
442
00:26:07,651 --> 00:26:11,154
of two of the bravest
people I'll never know.
443
00:26:11,655 --> 00:26:14,992
My great-grandparents, Samuel and Nellie.
444
00:26:15,576 --> 00:26:20,247
{\an8}"In loving memory of our dear mother,
Nellie Kudlatz.
445
00:26:21,456 --> 00:26:25,043
{\an8}Died January 1921."
446
00:26:25,669 --> 00:26:29,214
{\an8}And my great-grandfather.
447
00:26:29,214 --> 00:26:30,841
{\an8}How about that?
448
00:26:31,842 --> 00:26:33,719
Patriarch, right?
449
00:26:34,344 --> 00:26:38,307
Well, it's as close as you can
to touching your own family tree.
450
00:26:38,307 --> 00:26:41,185
Getting-- Getting to
the roots of the tree.
451
00:26:42,352 --> 00:26:45,063
{\an8}They were looking for a better life.
452
00:26:46,273 --> 00:26:48,275
They did a lot with what they had.
453
00:26:52,946 --> 00:26:56,742
Spending time in Scotland
has brought me closer to my clan...
454
00:26:59,077 --> 00:27:02,122
and I'm surprised by how at-home I feel.
455
00:27:03,165 --> 00:27:06,084
A little Northern Ontario to me.
456
00:27:06,710 --> 00:27:11,757
Now we have a-- kind of a full-blown
rainbow peeking up right behind me.
457
00:27:14,134 --> 00:27:15,511
Yeah. It's pretty, isn't it?
458
00:27:18,055 --> 00:27:21,183
When I think of Scotland now, I mean,
459
00:27:21,183 --> 00:27:23,894
I'm-- my mind's gonna
kind of run the gamut
460
00:27:23,894 --> 00:27:29,566
from Candacraig-- which
is just the grandest place to stay--
461
00:27:29,566 --> 00:27:32,027
to the Gorbals, you know?
462
00:27:32,027 --> 00:27:35,906
And, um-- And a connection that
I'm glad I was able to make...
463
00:27:37,741 --> 00:27:38,784
coming here.
464
00:27:44,289 --> 00:27:47,751
Before I go,
to celebrate my newfound heritage,
465
00:27:49,461 --> 00:27:53,715
tonight I've been invited to
a good old-fashioned Scottish shindig.
466
00:27:56,218 --> 00:27:59,388
But if I wanna raise a glass
like a true Scotsman,
467
00:27:59,930 --> 00:28:04,142
there's a family favorite I'm gonna
have to develop a taste for first.
468
00:28:05,310 --> 00:28:07,896
My grandfather would--
469
00:28:07,896 --> 00:28:14,027
had a little shot of whisky,
uh, once a week, every Friday.
470
00:28:14,027 --> 00:28:20,284
I've never been a scotch drinker but I've
always admired scotch drinkers, you know?
471
00:28:20,284 --> 00:28:24,663
There's something very cool
about a scotch on the rocks,
472
00:28:25,706 --> 00:28:28,584
but I've never been able to down one.
473
00:28:30,460 --> 00:28:34,548
So, in honor of my grandfather
and to look a bit cooler,
474
00:28:35,048 --> 00:28:39,011
I'm heading to a local distillery
to meet whisky expert, Gary.
475
00:28:39,011 --> 00:28:40,637
Nice to meet you.
476
00:28:40,637 --> 00:28:43,307
- Welcome to Loch Lomond distillery.
- Well, thanks for having me.
477
00:28:43,307 --> 00:28:45,642
So, this is where
it all happens, isn't it?
478
00:28:45,642 --> 00:28:48,145
Yes, very much so. The magic of whisky.
479
00:28:51,648 --> 00:28:54,276
[Levy] My God,
you've got some barrels here.
480
00:28:54,276 --> 00:28:57,738
We hold close to half
a million casks across all our sites.
481
00:28:57,738 --> 00:28:59,156
[Levy] Okay.
482
00:28:59,156 --> 00:29:02,284
{\an8}Scotch whisky
can only be made in Scotland,
483
00:29:02,868 --> 00:29:07,331
but most of the casks here
actually come from the United States
484
00:29:07,331 --> 00:29:09,833
and were once used to hold bourbon.
485
00:29:09,833 --> 00:29:13,420
What is it about the casks
that are so critical
486
00:29:13,420 --> 00:29:16,924
to the actual production of the whisky?
487
00:29:16,924 --> 00:29:20,552
It'll bring in more flavor,
um, and it also adds the color.
488
00:29:20,552 --> 00:29:23,388
So, the spirit that comes
from the still is actually clear,
489
00:29:23,388 --> 00:29:24,723
{\an8}but once it's in the cask,
490
00:29:24,723 --> 00:29:28,477
{\an8}that's where that gets that
wonderful golden, caramel, amber color.
491
00:29:28,477 --> 00:29:30,187
Comes from the cask as well.
492
00:29:34,024 --> 00:29:35,400
Welcome to the warehouse.
493
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:39,154
In here, we can store
up to around 8,000 casks.
494
00:29:39,154 --> 00:29:41,114
Before we try the actual scotch,
495
00:29:41,114 --> 00:29:44,910
uh, I've also brought
a sample of the new make spirit.
496
00:29:45,452 --> 00:29:47,538
So, this is the spirit
that comes off the stills.
497
00:29:47,538 --> 00:29:51,834
It's a clear liquid with all th--
all that color coming from the casks.
498
00:29:51,834 --> 00:29:53,710
You can give it
a wee swirl around the glass.
499
00:29:53,710 --> 00:29:54,795
Just bring it up to the nose.
500
00:29:54,795 --> 00:29:57,381
[Levy sniffs, sighs]
501
00:29:58,131 --> 00:29:59,967
- [groans] It smells--
- [chuckles] Sorry.
502
00:29:59,967 --> 00:30:03,220
I-I shou-- I should mention
it's a-- this is at 63% alcohol, so...
503
00:30:03,220 --> 00:30:04,888
- I was gonna say. Yeah.
- Yeah.
504
00:30:04,888 --> 00:30:08,350
'Cause that just cleared my sinuses
right-- you know, that-- that was,
505
00:30:08,350 --> 00:30:10,894
uh-- that was-- I wouldn't
say it was a healthy sniff.
506
00:30:10,894 --> 00:30:12,521
[Gary laughs]
507
00:30:20,863 --> 00:30:21,864
Ow.
508
00:30:21,864 --> 00:30:24,116
So, you'll get every bit of
sixty-three-and-a-half percent.
509
00:30:24,116 --> 00:30:26,076
Wow. [sniffles]
510
00:30:26,076 --> 00:30:29,121
Um... [clears throat] ...so... [clears throat]
511
00:30:29,872 --> 00:30:31,456
I'll be with you in a second, Gary.
512
00:30:31,456 --> 00:30:33,166
[coughs]
513
00:30:34,751 --> 00:30:35,961
Mama.
514
00:30:35,961 --> 00:30:42,384
[chuckles] It took-- That just stripped
a few layers of skin off the esophagus.
515
00:30:42,384 --> 00:30:43,594
That was tough.
516
00:30:43,594 --> 00:30:46,346
So, why don't we
move on to the whiskies then?
517
00:30:46,346 --> 00:30:49,683
[Levy] But apparently
some kind of alchemy happens
518
00:30:49,683 --> 00:30:53,979
once that jet fuel
is left to mature in an old cask.
519
00:30:53,979 --> 00:30:55,564
[Gary] This is 18 years old.
520
00:30:55,564 --> 00:30:57,941
It's been in a bourbon cask
for all that time.
521
00:30:57,941 --> 00:31:00,944
So, can you see straightaway, there's a--
there's a difference in the color,
522
00:31:00,944 --> 00:31:02,654
- and that's come from the wood.
- Yeah.
523
00:31:04,823 --> 00:31:06,325
So, you should hopefully get more of--
524
00:31:06,325 --> 00:31:08,535
- more of that fruit character, I guess.
- That smells better.
525
00:31:08,535 --> 00:31:09,578
Yes. So, it's mellowed out.
526
00:31:09,578 --> 00:31:10,787
Right.
527
00:31:11,288 --> 00:31:12,956
[sniffs] So, if you wanna give it a try.
528
00:31:12,956 --> 00:31:14,124
Here's looking up your kilt,
529
00:31:14,124 --> 00:31:16,084
- as they say.
- [laughs]
530
00:31:18,879 --> 00:31:19,838
That's wonderful.
531
00:31:19,838 --> 00:31:21,298
[Levy] This is actually
532
00:31:21,298 --> 00:31:25,093
- a very good-tasting drink.
- Yeah. Super.
533
00:31:25,093 --> 00:31:27,638
It's almost like a stewed apple character.
534
00:31:27,638 --> 00:31:30,474
I'm getting an almost-drunk sensation.
535
00:31:31,642 --> 00:31:33,477
That was better than
I thought it would be.
536
00:31:34,853 --> 00:31:36,438
I was surprised actually.
537
00:31:36,438 --> 00:31:37,814
You pick up any flavors on it?
538
00:31:38,815 --> 00:31:41,527
- Nope.
- [laughs]
539
00:31:44,279 --> 00:31:45,614
[Levy] Back at my castle,
540
00:31:45,614 --> 00:31:49,284
it's time to celebrate
before my journey continues.
541
00:31:50,285 --> 00:31:54,581
And I finally feel ready to
proudly wear my kosher kilt.
542
00:31:55,207 --> 00:31:57,584
- [all] Wow.
- Well, well, well.
543
00:31:57,584 --> 00:31:59,461
Well, well, well.
544
00:31:59,461 --> 00:32:00,671
Do you feel comfortable?
545
00:32:00,671 --> 00:32:02,798
[Levy] Yes, I feel very comfortable.
546
00:32:02,798 --> 00:32:05,342
My own-- very own tartan. Huh?
547
00:32:05,342 --> 00:32:09,054
- [music playing]
- [rhythmic clapping]
548
00:32:09,638 --> 00:32:13,058
Tonight, the best of Scotland
is on the menu.
549
00:32:13,058 --> 00:32:14,309
Good whisky...
550
00:32:14,309 --> 00:32:15,310
- Cheers.
- Here we go.
551
00:32:15,310 --> 00:32:16,436
Cheers.
552
00:32:16,436 --> 00:32:19,273
[Levy] ...which I
can now genuinely appreciate.
553
00:32:20,399 --> 00:32:23,068
Haggis, Scotland's national dish...
554
00:32:23,068 --> 00:32:25,070
- Quite good.
- [all laughing]
555
00:32:25,070 --> 00:32:28,866
...which might take me
a little longer to get on board with.
556
00:32:28,866 --> 00:32:31,034
And a wee Highland fling.
557
00:32:37,624 --> 00:32:41,461
Well, I grew up
not really feeling Scottish,
558
00:32:41,461 --> 00:32:47,050
and somehow,
it has seeped into me in a few days,
559
00:32:47,050 --> 00:32:50,345
that connection to
my mum's side of the family.
560
00:32:50,345 --> 00:32:52,973
And that surprised me in a good way.
561
00:32:55,058 --> 00:32:58,687
There's kind of an attitude
that my mum had, and her family.
562
00:32:58,687 --> 00:33:00,898
They were a very fun-loving people.
563
00:33:01,565 --> 00:33:06,945
Everybody that I've met seemed to
reflect that high-spirited affability.
564
00:33:09,448 --> 00:33:11,450
[all cheering]
565
00:33:16,580 --> 00:33:20,501
I was hoping for some adventures
on my European journey,
566
00:33:20,501 --> 00:33:25,756
but what I wasn't expecting was
a new perspective on my own life.
567
00:33:26,757 --> 00:33:29,760
I came to Scotland
feeling like a stranger,
568
00:33:30,260 --> 00:33:35,057
but I leave here knowing that
this country is part of who I am.
569
00:33:35,766 --> 00:33:38,393
And I think my mum would be proud.
570
00:33:38,393 --> 00:33:40,312
[all cheering, applauding]
571
00:33:40,312 --> 00:33:42,397
- Well done, Eugene.
- [Levy groans]
572
00:33:42,397 --> 00:33:44,942
- [Bill laughs]
- Good.
573
00:33:45,609 --> 00:33:47,986
- That's a workout.
- [all laughing]
574
00:33:47,986 --> 00:33:50,614
[pants] Luckily,
I've got air-conditioning.
575
00:33:50,614 --> 00:33:52,115
[all laughing]
576
00:33:52,115 --> 00:33:53,909
[all cheering, applauding]
577
00:33:55,702 --> 00:33:56,703
Next time...
578
00:33:57,412 --> 00:34:01,875
My European journey brings me to
the most visited country in the world.
579
00:34:01,875 --> 00:34:04,419
Let's do the French kiss.
You're in France.
580
00:34:04,419 --> 00:34:06,547
Full speed ahead, driver.
581
00:34:06,547 --> 00:34:08,882
You know you're in France
when a car was designed
582
00:34:08,882 --> 00:34:11,260
- for two farmers and a sack of potatoes.
- [Sonia laughs]
583
00:34:11,260 --> 00:34:13,594
Feel like one of the Backstreet Boys.
584
00:34:13,594 --> 00:34:15,597
That doesn't seem like a good idea.
585
00:34:15,597 --> 00:34:17,349
I don't think they like me.
586
00:34:17,349 --> 00:34:19,268
I try to have a joie de vivre every day.
587
00:34:19,976 --> 00:34:21,103
- [friend 2] This is pretty good.
- [friend 1] Whoo!
588
00:34:21,103 --> 00:34:22,353
- See that?
- I see that.
589
00:34:22,353 --> 00:34:23,730
- [Sonia] Left, left, left. [laughs]
- [Levy] Uh-oh.
590
00:34:23,730 --> 00:34:25,565
- [Levy chuckles]
- He's late.
591
00:34:25,565 --> 00:34:27,484
I don't usually wait for men.