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Bratislava Danube

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One of the most beautiful things to do in Bratislava is to have a nice walk around the Danube bank. Danube is one of the largest rivers in Europe and on eof the most famous. It passes Slovakia for a very short way howevwer it is the symbol of the city Bratislava. It flows through the middle of the city and it has 5 beautiful bridges. The Lafranconi bridge, the SNP bridge, Stary most or the Old Bridge, which was recently reconstructed and repainted in green, the Apollo bridge which looks like a wonderful opened fan and Pristavny bridge which is near the bratislava dock on the Danube.  This article will be about the wonderful things you can do ad visit along the Danube bank in the center of the city. As you step down from the bus in the city old center under the Most SNP you have the UFO and the Danube on the right and the Bratislava Castle and the Dome St. Martin on the left. In the beggining you can start by visiting the catle and cathedral. The view from in front of the

All Saint day in Slovakia (Dusicky)

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                                     Every year on November 1 all over the world the Catholics are celebrating All Saints Day. In Slovakia is is called Dusicky or "souls"and it is an official public holiday.  Since in Romania we are not celebrating it, I fell in love with this holiday as one of my favourites. It is a period when people all over the country are traveling to their hometown to visit the graves of their lost loved ones. The all saints atmosphere starts one week before the holiday. There are many lights in the cemetery, we can see people cleaning the graves and putting fresh flowers, the trains are full and in Bratislava the bus schedule is prolonged and more buses are added to acoomodate the big number of travellers. In front of the cemeteries there are many sellers with beautiful multicolored flowers and candles in many shapes and colors. Flowers and candle sellers in front of the cemetery On 1 November in the morning the believers are