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My image of Britain

• What do you imagine when you think of Britain?

The UK is made up of four countries: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

There are many lakes in Great Britain . 

The weather in Great Britain is very changeable.

The English also say that they have three variants of weather:

when it rains in the morning, when it rains in the afternoon

or when it rains all day long.

The most unpleasant aspect of English weather is fog and smog.

Big Ben

Big Ben is the nickname

for the great bell of the

clock at the north end

of the Palace of

Westminster in London.

It celebrated its 150 th

anniversary in May

2009. The tower is

96.3 metres high

(roughly 16 stories).

Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge is a beautiful monument in London, over the River Thames. It is close to the Tower of London, which gives it its name. It has become an iconic symbol of London.

Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle is a medieval

castle and royal residence

in Windsor. The original

castle was built after the

Norman invasion by William

the Conqueror, and since the

time of Henry I it has been

used by a succession of

monarchs. The castle

includes the 15th-century St

George's Chapel (капелла св.

Георгия). More than

five hundred people live and

work in Windsor, making it

the largest inhabited castle in

the world.

The London Eye

The London Eye is a giant 135-metre tall Ferris wheel situated on the banks of the River Thames in the British capital.

It is the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe, and the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over 3.5 million people annually.

The London Eye is located on the South Bank of the River Thames in London.

Double-decker bus

• Buses are best for sightseeing, especially double-decker buses. However, they are rather slow, especially during the rush hour. On the traditional double-decker there were no doors and passengers leaped up and off the bus and conductor was moving about and collecting fares from the passengers. 

Red telephone box

• Despite a reduction in their numbers in recent years, the traditional British red telephone kiosk can still be seen in many places throughout the UK, and in current or former British colonies around the world. The colour red was chosen to make them easy to spot.

Stonehenge

Stonehenge is a prehistoriс

monument located in the

English county of Wiltshire, about 13  kilometres north of Salisbury. One of the most famous sites in the world, Stonehenge is

composed of earthworks

surrounding a circular

setting of large standing

stones.

The University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally

Cambridge University, or simply Cambridge) is

public, research university located in Cambridge,

United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university

in both England and the English-speaking world

and the seventh-oldest globally. It is one of the

best universities in the world. Graduates University

have won a total of 61 Nobel Prizes, the most of

any university in the world. Academic staff of

University won a total of 52 Nobel Prizes, second

most of any academic institution (after Columbia

University).

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is the London home and

primary residence of the British monarch.

Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms. These

include 19 State rooms, 52 Royal and guest

bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices

and 78 bathrooms. Buckingham Palace is the

Queens official London residence and is

used to receive and entertain guests on

state, ceremonial and official occasions for

the Royal Family. The Palace is located

between The Green Park, Hyde Park and St.

James's Park. Buckingham Palace's 19 state

rooms, ballroom and gardens are open to

visitors during August and September.

The Changing of the Guard

When I think of Britain, I picture the Queen and Royal Family.

fIVE O’CLOCK TEA

This pause for tea became a fashionable social event. During the 1880's upper-class and society women would change into long gowns, gloves and hats for their afternoon tea which was usually served in the drawing room between four and five o'clock.

Sherlock Holmes

Creativity of Arthur Conan Doyle was reflected on the streets of London: the regular museum flat of Sherlock Holmes and monument to Mr. Holmes was opened in London on Bakes street 221B (It must be noted that these attractions the British government has classified a historical monument).

Harry Potter

Wilcock village in Wiltshire and Gallery of Gloucester Cathedral in Gloucester are known by every admirer of the novels about Harry Potter by JK Rowling.

Hаlloween

October, 31 Halloween is also called All Saints’ Eve. It has ancient roots in the polytheistic Celtic harvest festival of Samhain (pronounced /sɑːwɪn/) and the Christian holy day of All Saints, but is today largely a secular celebration. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating , wearing costumes and attending costume parties, carving jack-o'-lanterns, ghost tours, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films.

Christmas

December, 25 In England Christmas is the most important of all the bank holidays of the year. it is celebrated much the same way as in the United States of America. On December 26, the Boxing Day, traditionally people give each other Christmas presents, which used to come in boxes. It is a very pleasant custom indeed.

London remains one of the world’s strongholds of pageantry much of which is centred on traditional observances connected with the Royal family. They are always attracting large crowds of spectators, native Londoners as well as foreign visitors. Here are two of them.

New Year’s Day

January,1 It is a bank holiday though many Britons do not celebrate on New Year’s Eve. In Scotland New Year’s Eve is called  Hogmanay  and is an occasion for joyous celebration. In London Scottish people gather on the steps of St. Paul’s Cathedral and sing "Auld Lang Syne“ at midnight.

Easter

April, 3 The word Easter owes its name and many of its customs to a pageant festival hold eostre which is the name of Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring time. Every spring European peoples celebrated the festival to honour the awakening of new life in nature. Christians related the rising of the sun to the resurrection of Jesus and their old spiritual rebirth. This "holy" day is celebrated in many countries of the world.

Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick"), is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March, the traditional death date of Saint Patrick the foremost patron saint of Ireland.

St'Patricks Day