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see as it celebrates its european capital of culture stuff it's all through 2019. a new documentary film about the legendary opera singer luciano pavarotti's explores the musical genius of the 20th century most successful tenor. and on the high end restaurant scene is no longer just about food but also about fashion as establishment up their game with stylish duds. well it's listed by many travel advisers as a destination to visit in 2019 and nearly halfway through its run as a european capital of culture so time to get cracking garia 2nd largest city is often overlooked by tourists as they savor the more quirky post soviet charm of the country's capital sofia but its 8000 year history and beautiful roman ruins is seizing the opportunity to use culture as a binding thread for its social fabric.

of this year's european capitals of culture the bulgarian city of puffed if sharing this prestigious title with the island of my tara now plus if maybe a somewhat lesser known tourist destination but it is one of europe's all the cities and it has one of the best preserved roman amphitheatres in the world or we met up with a local gallery owner who showed us some of the city's hot spots. battle to come here is 2nd largest city plovdiv has a turbulent history it was once on to thresh and roman and ottoman rule. coastal communism has also left its mark making a cultural mix together is the motto of this european capital of culture. gallery owner vessel enough saeeda shows us her hometown close if it's also a place where the current minorities made as a turkey join. our main young people roma people and of course bog area and they're all proud of their almost 2000 year old roman theater which hosts events throughout the summer there is more history in the archaeological museum the world famous pentagon wristy treasure ritual thracian drinking vessels made of 6 kilograms of gold. in the

city plus the point of this year's european capitals of culture. the month of may is a popular time to get married here in europe now if you listen carefully move here the wedding bells. 2015 same sex couples have been able to marry in ireland and more and more countries all over the world are following suit taiwan of course being the latest or over the next few weeks we will be joining different couples from all over the world for the most important day of their lives and today we meet wayne and hater from ireland now they've been planning their big day for ages but well everything go off as simply as catching a wedding bouquet well let's find out. higher live. not far from the capitol don't let. your romex reporter andrea scorn was supposed to meet the happy couple here but then he gets a worry call from them the tailor made suits for wayne cavanagh and hate will not be ready in time they have to find a replacement i can see there are some colors. that are similar to what we were already so even used to suffocate it's for a wedding and it's kind of an american see last minute so t

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