Tuesday, November 01, 2005 - El puente de Noviembre

All Saints Day On November 1st, is a public holiday, fiestas called "Tosantos" (contraction of "todos los santos", or "all saints") are celebrated in the markets of Cadiz and the surrounding villages. As the 1st of November falls on Tuesday this year the weekend has been has been extended, and the majority of workers have taken monday off as well. The spanish call a long bank holiday a weekend El puente (bridge). It is also one of the busiest weekends on spains roads with record breaking traffic jams (colas) on Friday evening and again on the evening of the 1st and regretably one of the worst weekends of the year for road deaths. So if you are driving, give yourself plenty of room. Halloween is celebrated in some places in Malaga but it is not a Spanish tradition. 1st November - National holiday in Spain.

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