What is interesting modern England?

England - the largest administrative part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The population is over 82,5% of the total population of Great Britain. England was formed through the merger of once-warring counties in the year 927. Name of the country comes from the name of one of the Germanic tribes - Angles.

Until 1707 The Kingdom of England was a separate country, and in the same year, the first of May, was concluded a political alliance with the Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

England

- quite a large industrialized country with a parliamentary democracy, scientific, is the parent of the pilot community. State takes 2 / 3 of the island of Great Britain and is bordered by Scotland and Wales.

In the past, major administrative entities in England was the county that have arisen from the kingdoms, duchies, principalities land gentry Berkshire. Due to lack of self-government within the county have not been precisely defined their boundaries. Only after the industrial revolution arose large industrial centers, resulting in a metropolitan county, and their centers are big cities.

At the present time in England there are 39 counties, 6 metropolitan counties and Greater London .

Geography

England is unique: the landscape consists of rolling hills, but the northern area of the country more mountainous. Mountains and plains areas conventionally divided along the line, which runs from north-east of the mouth of the River Tees to the mouth of the river Ex to the south-west. Slashes, which was located in the east of the state, was drained for agricultural use.

Grasslands dotted pale yellow daffodils, lilies, purple orchids and Primula. Mountains - heather, juniper, blueberries, snowdrops, bluebells and buttercups.

England is famous for its deposits of granite, rich pasture. In coastal rocks and islands you can see their residents - gray seals. The British Isles, there are about 130 species of birds.

under the seabed of the Channel

England is the longest railway tunnel. Today London Underground is the most developed system in the world.

London - capital of not only England but also the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The city is located on the zero meridian, which is called Greenwich. Capital - the most important economic and financial center. The main branch of the economy of London - banking services, insurance, asset management, etc.

The capital of England has many historical and cultural monuments: Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, Castle Tower, Royal Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, National Gallery, British Museum, Museum of Sherlock Holmes, etc.

London is famous museum cinema , a zoo, a school of balloons, mazes, amusement. Equally attractive and shopping streets of Oxford Street for its fashionable shops, large department stores and boutiques of the leading couturier of the world.


Due to the unique nature, history and culture in England is widely developed tourism. This infrastructure has a network of hotels, hotels of different levels of the financial situation of any tourist.

Igor Andrishak
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What you need to know, traveling to EU countries, to avoid mishaps?

It will focus on small, but quite important elements of communication, leading to misunderstandings between the Russian people, first arrived in the country EU, and the inhabitants of these countries. To avoid conflicts and incidents, it is necessary to know a bit about the culture and language, before you came on a trip or vacation. But if you do not have time to do this or do not want, because you are simply lazy, and maybe once, then I'll give you a few tips that I hope will help.

On the road

So, you came as a tourist in any country of the EU. You stand near the road and want to switch it on «zebra». How to cross the road, depends on in what country you are. If

Spain, Italy, France

, then beware! The drivers of these countries, such as cabs, as well as in Russia. But if you come to Germany or England, then Step in bold, because hardcore drivers who are dedicated to the rules, will wait until victory, until you'll be the way first. But we should not forget that in addition to the right of Germans and British, live in these countries and our countrymen, as well as Turks, Albanians and others - that they sometimes forget about the rules of the road. So better yet, look around before you step on the striped road.

If you are a motorist and drive through France, then cook a lot of money and gasoline. Almost all the petrol stations in France, Card, and toll highways. But in Germany, by contrast, - motorways are free, and, unlike in France, in some places there is no speed limit. But only on certain segments. Driving in the UK by car, do not forget about the left-hand movement! In Spain and Italy have to be very careful - there are riding even more trenchant than any highway.

In a cafe or restaurant

You have arrived in Germany and came to the restaurant. Saw in the menu familiar word «burger»? Die Kotelette - this is a big beef bone, poured sauce, and not what you imagine, associating «cutlet» oval with roasted meat, onion and bread.

You are in Bavaria or in the specific German restaurant? Then the menu will definitely «Sausage Salad» ( «Wurstsalat»). This is not a salad with sausage, as you thought. This is a plate of sausage, sliced thin long «worms», poured vinegar with finely-finely chopped cucumbers, vinegar, which are hardly noticeable.

If you have arrived in Spain or Italy in the summer and you are thirsty, and the money you have left in the hotel, do not worry. You can ask for a drink in any seaside cafes, and you will be given a glass of water for free. (Do not forget to say that the money you have with them not!) Water will not mineral, of course, but from the tap, but, if in the throat quite dry, it has nowhere to go.

Sitting in English « Tea-House », do not even think about that «Cream-Tea» - a cream tea. Is an ordinary black tea, for example,

Earl Grey

, as it is fed to the magnificent bun, smeared with butter and jam or marmalade. In some parts of England on a muffin top and put more whipped cream, while others cover their tea. Actually, why it's called.

About different

If you are smoker, make sure you look around before you light a cigarette. In many cafes, restaurants and even in certain places on the street smoking. And necessarily take with you on a journey more cigarettes because it is cheaper than in Russia, you will not find a cigarette. For example, in Germany, one pack of cigarettes costs about 4 euros, and in England, about 5-6 pounds.

Beware in Germany show «composition of the three fingers». For this you not only can give, as they say in the face. At you can write a statement to the police, as usual Russian «fig» means something else in this country - namely, that you offer someone dirty, one-time sex.

If you do not know the German language, but you need to find a house and you call it a two-digit number, do not forget that in Germany the figures are read the opposite. For example, 47 - in German it will not read forty-seven, and the «seven and forty-».

Before you go to England , look for a hotel of today. Because in the old familiar British taps on the sink: one with hot water, and another, separately, with cold water. Dial the full sink of water to wash, as is customary in England, in a strange place, especially in the hotel, at least unpleasant and unhygienic.

This is only a small fraction of what you need to know about the country in which you have gathered. While in Russia, many ironic over fascism and Nazism, called the African-American blacks, to cross the road anywhere, but motorists do not give priority to pedestrians, in Germany, Britain, France, Switzerland, Luxembourg and other countries for propaganda of fascism, racism, Nazism, for name-calling, disrespect and rudeness can be put in jail. Be vigilant.

I wish you a good holiday!

Katerina Butushina
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