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1997
Route in China (SLOVAKIA)
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Bratislava
Home away from home, the YMCA where I had a very small room for 23 US$ per night, which is still quite cheap for Europe.
The Slovak National Theatre on Hviezdoslavovo námestie (square) named after Pavol Hviezdoslav a popular 19th century poet who contributed to the emergence of a Slovak (slav) national consciousness after 900 years of Hungarian (finno-ugric) domination.
Amusing bronze sewer cleaner called "Cumil", on the corner of Panská & Rybárska brána (streets).
Courtyard of the Old Town Hall.
Below, Michaelska street with Michael's Tower on the left and on the right, the narrow Frantiskanska street (whose name was provided by a helpful Slovak viewer by e-mail because I had not noted it).
Further down, Church of the Holy Trinity on the left and quaint house between the narrow Mikulasska street going up to Bratislava Castle and the broad Staromestka avenue leading to the new bridge.
The houses lining Staromestka Avenue are quite new but they have been built in the same traditional style as those that had to be demolished to open the avenue to the bridge.
The Slovak National Parliament, it is modest but nevertheless the pride and joy of a nation finally free to determine its own destiny after centuries of foreign domination.
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