The "fast food" popular in
the UK is “fish and chips”. Stores that sold fish made their
first appearance in the finals of nineteenth century and since
then, the “fish and chips” is the favorite dish throughout the
country. The dish is simple: fish (usually cod) is passed through a
mixture made of flour, eggs and water and then fried in hot oil.
Potatoes are also deep fried.
The best known British dish is the
roast beef, which is traditionally eaten on Sundays. The dish was so
popular in England that the French still refer to the British as 'les
roast beef'. The roast is served with roasted potatoes, vegetables
and 'gravy - a sauce made from
the juice of the meat and broth, thickened with flour.
Yorkshire pudding - thick mass based on flour and water baked in hot
lard - is the favorite accompaniment of roast meat.
We can find different ethnic groups:
White ( British and Irish) , Mixed ( black carbon/black African/South
Asian and white) and finally, South Asian ( Indian, Pakistani and
Bangladeshi).
LINGUISTIC VARIETIES
The London accent acquired the Cockney
label and was similar to many accents of the South East of Engalnd. In the 21st century the londoner
accent is variable, but it is becoming common is becoming common
among those under 30 years. Now, the people merges many accents:
Cockney, Received Pronunciation, and other ethnic accents, in
particular, Caribbean, which form an accent called Multicultural
London English (MLE).
England's national day isSt George's Day(April 23)
St. George isthe patron saint ofEngland.A history thatgoes backto the sixth century that St. Georgerescued ahaplessmaid
who was to be devouredby a dragon.On behalfof the saint, the knightsfoughtunder the protectionof the emblemwith the red crossof St. Georgehorizontallyin theHundred YearsWar(1338-1453).
November
5: BonfireNight Also known as"GuyFawkesDay"or
"Fireworks Night" on November
5, 1605is the daythat a
conspiracy, withGuyFawkesin fronttried
to killKingJamesIand membersof
Parliament.This conspiracyresulted
in thereation ofJamesI -Protestant- whostarted apercecusiónCatholics.
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February 2: Candlesmas
Day
Candelman is the ultimate celebration of the Christian year, and is a date that
refers to Christmas. In the west, the date of Christmas is set in the December
25, Candlemas and occurs in the following February 2. For Christians this date symbolizes
the presentation of Christ in the Temple in Jerusalem 40 days after birth, as tradition
required, with the purification of the Virgin Mary at the same time. Then
believed that women were impure for six weeks after child was born, and that
was the reason why they should go to the Temple to celebrate this ceremony
called the Purification.
Candlemas is the English name refers to the custom there that day, leaving people
flock to the streets with candles. The lights symbolize Christ and the light of
the world.
December 1: Advent
Advent is not currently held in England, this celebration emerged in Germany,
however I must say that although not much celebrated in the Church calendar,
Advent is the celebration that begins Christmas.
December 24:
Christmas Eve
In England not celebrated both Christmas Eve and in other countries, however,
where much emphasis IBS is 25 and 26 December. On Christmas Eve typical families
do is sing songs, go to midnight mass, or out for a drink at some pub.
December
25: Christmas The originsof the currenttradition of theChristmas celebrationare different from earlywinterdating from thes.VI.
Bythe Middle Agessettledthese importantholidays withtheir traditionalentertainment,customs, music andfeasts.Christian customswere incorporated intothese celebrations,and stillremain. However, in1647,the English Parliament passeda lawoutlawingChristmas,allpartieswere banned byPuritanleaderOliver
Cromwell, who saw the celebrationsasimmoral. The ban was
liftedwhen OliverCromwelllost power in1660.
December 26: Boxing Day In Englandon 26December
isBoxingDay,is traditionally aday to givepresents totradesmen, servants and children. It'soriginalmedieval
times, when every priestwas
preparing toempty thebox ofthe alms ofhis churchto distributethe donationsto the poor.Rich peoplegavetoChristmasbanquets, and when finished, they
packed up leftovers inboxes andgave them toservants. Todayis a holiday, some shops are open, but banksand offices areclosed.
December 31: New Year's Eve Instroke of midnight onNew Year's Eve, people offersand sing"AuldLangSyne." The song, whichmeans "long" or about"the goodold days", was
written by RobertBurnsin 1788.The night ofNew
Yearis thelongestholidayof the year.
The educational system in London is really similar as the Spanish educational system. There, you have nursery (ages 3–4), primary education (ages 4–11), secondary education (ages 11–18) and tertiary education (ages 18+).
And, other similar aspect is that London have a lot of famous too. Some examples are :
Famous
writers
William
Shakespeare, Brontë sisters (Charlotte, Emily, and Anne), Jane Austen, Agatha
Christie, J. R. R. Tolkien and Charles Dickens.
Famous
poets
Lord
Byron, Robert Burns, and Thomas Hardy.
Famous
composers
William
Byrd , Thomas Tallis , John Taverner , Henry Purcell , Edward Elgar, Arthur
Sullivan , Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Benjamin Britten.
You
may be surprised to know that a lot of London's museums and art galleries offer
free admission. We write some of them that you can visit for free all year
round.
The
Natural History Museum is one of the big three museums in South Kensington. It
is a wonderful Victorian building housing. The Natural History Museum is famous
for its dinosaur skeletons.
The
British Museum opened in 1753 and has prided itself on remaining free for all
that time. The British Museum have, more or less, 7 million objects and it
would probably take a week to see everything. The collection of Egyptian and
Greek antiquities are the largest and best known in the world.
The
National Gallery takes up the entire north side of Trafalgar Square. It have
important collections of Western European paintings in the world from around
1250 onwards. Its masterpieces include artworks from Botticelli, Titian,
Raphael, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Cezanne, Hogarth, and
Gainsborough.
The
Science Museum was founded in 1857 with objects shown at the Great Exhibition
held in the Crystal Palace.
On one hand, we are found this web page, where you can know more about « The London pass », which is a target for visit tourism places from London free.
You can inform yourself about what are the benefices of this card, what you can do for have it, how much can you save if you buy this pass and what are the most important places for visit in London.
We think that it can be really important if you will see more for less. It’s a good invention for make the travel more lovely.
On the other hand, we always consult this other web page for compare the price of the same travel with different companies. We write under the direction, and if you will make a cheap travel…(you can visit it) !!
Generally, the climate in London is temperate,
and in the summer it rarely gets too hot. There are precipitation almost all
year, but the amount change month to month.
The highest temperature ever recorded in
London was 100 degrees, during the famous European heat wave in 2003.
In this graphic, we can see approximately the
temperature and the precipitations in month to month.
If you are seeing this blog, you will know
more about London or you are thinking to travel to there. And we have a good new for you if you love
the sport in general : This summer, Olympic Games are going to take place in your
favourite city!!
We went to London this February, and in front
of the British museum we saw a platform with a calendar into there. This
calendar had the date of the Olympic Games, and every day it had one day less.
We put one link of the YouTube’s web page,
where you can see a view of what are, and what do people in this famous games:
Historians have
different theories from the origin of the London's name. They
supposed that the name comes from welsh, British, Anglo-Saxon or
Hebrew languages. One of the most popular theory is that “London”
is the evolution of the first name which the king Lud named
the city: “Kaerlud”.
The most important place at Medieval
period was the London Westminster Abbey, and the Crown Jewels were in
the Tower of London. In the other hand, since the eighteenth
century until the first half of the twentieth century has been the
capital of the British Empire. But, in 1666 a fire destroyed much of
the City, which was reconstruyed by the
architect Cristopher Wren. And then, London become the
largest city in the world.
The London's country is England, but it forms part of a sovereign state, UK (United Kingdom).
London have 7,825,200 inhabitants, who are 4,978 people for km2.
The best known British dish is the
roast beef, which is traditionally eaten on Sundays. The dish was so
popular in England that the French still refer to the British as 'les
roast beef'. The roast is served with roasted potatoes, vegetables
and 'gravy - a sauce made from
the juice of the meat and broth, thickened with flour.
Yorkshire pudding - thick mass based on flour and water baked in hot
lard - is the favorite accompaniment of roast meat.
