Food and restaurants

The first meal of the day is breakfast. Some people recommend a substantial breakfast, others prefer a light, healthy one, one that is easily digestible. A typical breakfast menu includes bread, rolls or croissants, butter, ham, salami, cheese, marmelade and honey. Another alternative is to have scrambled eggs, omelettes or pudding. Those who prefer a[…]

Holidays, traditions, festivals in the UK and CR

Introduction: Many festivals are connected with religions or pagan traditions. The English word  “Holiday” actually comes from the two words “holy” and “day”. As Holidays started because they were religious days. Nowadays the word is used differently. People use the word “holiday” to refer to any free day, when people do not have to go[…]

Australia

Australia, officially named the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and some smaller islands. The national currency is Australian Dollar and spoken languages are English (official) and the Aboriginal languages. It is the world’s sixth-largest country by total area, but the world’s smallest and youngest continent. – island – no, continent[…]

The United States of America

Basic facts Location: Northern America, boarders with Mexico and Canada Capitol: Washington D.C. Population: 254 million ppl. Political system: Federal Union consisted of 50 states   Geography The USA is the 4th largest country in the world after Russia, Canada and China; southern border is shared with Mexico, northertn with Canada; eastern bank is washed[…]

London

London “City of parks and gardens” Basic facts Capitol of the UK and England Situated on the river Thames Population more then 6,75 million people Two city centres: City of London, City of Westminster History London is the capitol city of UK. It has been major settlement for two millennia and its history goes back[…]

The United Kingdom

Basic facts Location: north-western coast of continental Europe Capitol: London -> 13 mil. ppl Population: 60,3 mil. Ppl Political system: Constitutional monarchy / Queen Elizabeth II Four countries: England (London), Scotland (Edinburgh), Wales (Cardiff), Northern Ireland (Belfast) Crown dependencies: Jersey, Isle of Man, Guernsey History The islands have been invaded from Scandinavia and the continent.[…]

Arts and Entertainment

Division Fine Arts – Sculpting, Painting Popular Arts – Cinema, Theatre Other Arts – Architecture, Books We are all surrounded by arts without actually realizing it. Every day we listen to music, see some architecture and some of us maybe read some book. We met culture as babies, when our mother singed lullabies to us.[…]