One day of the life in Ukraine

One day of my life.
I’d like to describe you an amazing evening on December, 13. On this day, the Ukrainians celebrate one of the most important religious holidays: St. Andrews Day. This holiday has a few traditions: unmarried girls tell fortunes on their future husbands, and the Ukrainian women make varenyks with the surprises inside. Yesterday’s afternoon I was  with my family. My mother  prepared dishes of  Ukrainian national cuisine for supper, necessarily including varenyks. What's about suprises inside varenyks? My mom put notes in some varenyks: a car, success, a new flat, strong health and so on. I found two notes inside my varenyks : happiness and strong health. I hope, that it will come true in the coming year! Maybe, it was the best supper in my life!

Varenyks

 

Daria Sharafan

My Diet

Daria Sharafan

My Daily Recommended Fat Intake should be 1127. gms.

Which includes the following

Saturated fats is 283.0 gms.

Monosaturated fats is 449. gms.

Polysaturated fats is 393. gms.

 

My breakfast:

1 apple – 41 calories

1 boiled egg - 28 calories.

1 cup of tea ,unsweetened, lemon-flavored, - 2 calories

My dinner:

100g of potatoes, cooked, in skin with salt - 105 calories

1 tomato - 26 calories.

100 g of meatless bacon - 290 calories

My supper:

100 g of buckwheat - 92 calories

1 croissant with apple - 255 calories

1 cup of capuccino - 150 calories

In sum all of it takes 994 calories for the normal result 1127. So,I must add something to my daily ration. 

 

 

 Delicious Charlotte

«Charlotte» - French dessert made from white bread, custard, fruit and liqueur. Preparation of a charlotte - a very long and laborious process that requires experience and patience, so I would not describe it. I will describe you our own, home recipe, which was successfully used by our mothers and grandmothers. Always economical and thrifty in the era of total deficiency and empty shelves, they invented with a recipe of charlotte, simple, like all genial.


Ingredients: 

1.  200 g of sugar
2.  5 eggs 
3.  200 g of flour
4.  500 g of apples

    Directions:

1. Shake eggs with sugar (shake for at least 5-7 minutes). 
2. Add flour and mix well.
3. Clean apples,core them, cut into small slices.
4. Grease a baking dish with oil. At the bottom of a form pour out a little dough.
5. Place half of apples on dough  (apples may be sprinkled with cinnamon)
6. Pour the remaining dough on the half of the apples.
7. Lay out the remaining apples on the dough .
8. Pour the remaining dough on the apples.
9. Place in a preheated over 180 degree oven.
10. Bake for 40-60 minutes (it's depending of the size of the form).
11. Don't open the oven door during the baking.

Daria Sharafan

Climate of England

Changeable and unpredictable are the two words that come to mind when speaking of the climate of England. Climate of England on the whole is mild and somewhat wet. Known as the temperate maritime, the climate of England has rarely gone down than 0 degree Celcius. Even in winters the temperature in England hardly reach 32 degree Celcius

Winters

Those who want to enjoy the shivering winters during England City Tours can very well visit England in the month of February, which is the coldest month in England. 

Summers in England

On the other hand July is the warmest month in England.

Rainfall in England

Rainfall in England is fairly distributed throughout the year. The Lake District is the wettest region in England with an average rainfall of 130 inches. It is the west coast that receives the most of rainfall (40 inches) and the east coast receives just the half of what the west coasts receives (20 inches).

Seasons from spring to autumn and from summer to winter, England enjoys all seasons much like in India.

Spring - Lasts from March to May

Summer- Lasts from June to August

Autumn - Lasts from September to November

Winter - Lasts from December to February.

Best Time to Visit England: England has a lot to offer you all round the year but those who want to extract the maximum fun during England Tours can plan their England Travel in summer. Lasting from May to August and with temperatures usually in low twenties degree Celcius, summer is the best time to visit England.

Trip around the London

London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom.

Location
London located an the north-east of England at the river Thames. The centre of London is Charing Cross, close to Trafalgar Square.

Places of interest

London, capital of the United Kingdom, attracts thousands of tourists every year as it is home to some of the famous attractions of the world. The glorious history of London can be seen in its historical forts and palaces and the modernistic thought of the British people can be seen in its fashionable contemporary London museums and buildings. The majestic buildings, museums and palaces of London are some great examples of human architectural work and skill. Some of the museums, bridges, galleries and parks are must-visiting places in London.

Big Ben

  



Westminster Abbey 

Piccadilly Circus

You can find some more information on this site:
http://www.gosomewhere.co.uk/greaterlondon/placesofinterest.html

Cultural Programme 

Our agency offeres this programme:

November,7 and 8 2012  10:30 am - 4:30 pm


At the Commonwealth Fair you can see variety of cultures as it offers culinary and artistic treats. At the Sri Lankan stall, for example you will find Barbara Sansoni linen for sale, special tea sets, coffee sets, Yolande’s hand-painted blouses and shirts, silver jewellery, regional garments and handicrafts, rice, curry and other delicacies. Proceeds from the fair will go to sponsor the secondary education of disadvantaged girls in Commonwealth countries.

November,10 2012  11:00 AM

On the Thames between Waterloo and Blackfriars fireworks display takes place.
For nearly 800 years, Lord Mayor’s Show is an annual event which has been taking place over the streets of London. In the parade the Lord Mayor travels in a gilded State Coach and over 60,000 people, bands, over 140 decorated floats, costumed performers take part. During the parade river barges are piled high with explosives and set adrift on the Thames with several brave men on board.  If you do not want to miss any point be there around the Embankment and Gabriel’s Wharf. At 11 am the procession leaves Mansion House after an RAF flypast and travels via St Paul’s, the Royal Courts of Justice and Victoria Embankment before returning from Victoria Embankment to Mansion House at 2pm and reaching Mansion House at about 4pm. With an impressive firework displays at 5 pm the grand finale day finishes.

November,14- 23 2012 5:30 PM

Every year fans of jazz flock to London for London Jazz Festival. The festival is held at various venues throughout London, venues on the South Bank leading the way. It is held in fashionable clubs like Cargo to jazz stalwarts like 606 and in restaurants as well. Jazz is very much alive which is proved by its brilliantly varied line-up every year. Jazz is also evolving and attracting more ardent devotee and organizers are successful in attracting some rare performers. Tickets are sold out as soon as they come on sale.
November,22- 30 2012 Time various


London Children’s Film Festival is dedicated to children and is equivalent of going to the Science Museum with lots of opportunities for kids to explore, touch and see for themselves. In the festival there are screenings, events and workshops (taking place at venues across the city) which are certain to bring alive the art of filmmaking in all its form. There are workshops to suit all tastes, from getting to grips with what happens behind the scenes to stealing the limelight. From animated shorts for toddlers to stories about growing up for young teenagers, you will wish to be young again.
Now that's all.

Holidays and festivities:

At this links you can read about some of London festivals and holidays:
http://www.londonparade.co.uk/
http://www.artlondon.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_parade
http://www.virginlondonmarathon.com/

 Transport 


By Air
London is one of the European cities serving as a base to several international and domestic airlines. London has 5 international airports- London City Airport, London Luton Airport, London Heathrow Airport, London Gatwick Airport and London Stansted Airport, which boast of comprehensive range of facilities for the travelers.

By Bus
Buses are not only considered to be the most convenient way to get around in London but also a perfect way to enjoy sight-seeing. Central London bus guide which is available from transport travel information center at tube station can help the travelers to have an easy access in the city. Most of the buses in London are low-floor vehicles enabling disable people to easily get on and off the buses. There are also many buses which provide night services and the nerve center for these buses is the Trafalgar Square.

Hosting


You can choose yourself such kind of hotel if you want at this site:
http://www.london-tourist-information.co.uk/Accommodation/

Food

No doubt, that after excursions you will be hungry. We propose you the site,where you can find the restaurant according to your tastes and preferences:

http://www.london-eating.co.uk/

For vegeterians we can propose such restaurants:

http://www.london-eating.co.uk/cuisines/vegetarian.asp

What about the local cuisine of England:

http://www.europe-cities.com/en/611/uk_england/london/eating-out/specialities/ 

London

A letter to my friend from UK

     Dear friend!

I am writing to you, because I am a member of “Connecting Classrooms” project and have UK Country Studies lesson in my school. Our class were divided into 4 groups, and each group has their own task: the first group – discovered England, second – Scotland, third – Wales and fourth – Northern Ireland. I am an administrator of group number one – England. I want to know more about you and your country. If you aren’t from England, don’t worry :).I’ll help my classmates with their task, and if you want I will tell you a few words about Ukraine. My name is Dasha, I am 15 years old. I live in Rivne, Ukraine and studying in the school №15. Maybe, you heard a lot about my school from other members of “Connecting Classrooms”, but I want to add only one thing: my school is the best in the whole world! Speaking about myself, I have to say, that  my hobbies are dancing, music and journalistic. What about other members of my group I have to say, that they are so cool and friendly persons, as I :).They are two boys: Artem and Maksym. Artem is 16 years old. He is interested in sport, because he is a basketball player. Maksym is 15 years old. He is a dancer. The style of dancing is Ukrainian folk. We are so interested of travelling, and we want to visit your contry,if it is possible. 

As for me, I have already been at 10 countries of the world: Poland, Russia, Romania, Czech Republic, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bulgaria, Belarus and Turkey. And, of course, I have travelled inside Ukraine too. I was travelled to Crimea last summer. I and my parents sunbathed, swimmed and simply rested. We lived at the pension, which was so close to the coast. It was really fantactic! At our dining room, we eat almost Ukrainian national cuisine. We had visited so many places of interest like the zoo in Yalta, sea port in Sevastopol, Khersonesse, Livadia and Massandra palaces and so on. At the seaside,I had feasted my eyes on the gorgeous Black sea, had turned my bad thouhts out and had thought about my cloudless future.

Here are some my photos:

 

 Crimea

And what about you? What’s your name? How old are you? Where are you live? What are your hobbies? What can you say about your country and travelling inside it?

I am looking forward to hearing from.

Yours faithfully,

Daria Sharafan

Holidays and Celebrations in England

History background of England

The history of England concerns the study of the human past in one of Europe's oldest and most influential national territories. What is now England, a country within the United Kingdom, was inhabited by Neanderthals 230,000 years ago. Continuous human habitation dates to around 12,000 years ago, at the end of the last glacial period. The region has numerous remains from the Mesolithic, Neolithic, and Bronze Age, such as Stonehenge and Avebury. In the Iron Age, England, like all of Britain south of the Firth of Forth, was inhabited by the Celtic people known as the Britons, but also by some Belgae tribes (e.g. the Atrebates, the Catuvellauni, the Trinovantes, etc.) in the south east. In AD 43 the Roman conquest of Britain began; the Romans maintained control of their province of Britannia through to the 5th century.
The end of Roman rule in Britain enabled the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, which is often regarded as the origin of England and the English people. The Anglo-Saxons, a collection of various Germanic peoples, established several kingdoms that became the primary powers in what is now England and parts of southern Scotland. They introduced the Old English language, which displaced the previous British language. The Anglo-Saxons warred with British successor states in Wales, Cornwall, and the Hen Ogledd (Old North; the Brythonic-speaking parts of northern England and southern Scotland), as well as with each other. Raids by the Vikings were frequent after about AD 800, and the Norsemen took control of large parts of what is now England. During this period several rulers attempted to unite the various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, an effort that led to the emergence of the Kingdom of England by the 10th century.
In 1066, the Normans invaded and conquered England. There was much civil war and battles with other nations throughout the Middle Ages. The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state until the reign of Richard I who made it a vassal of the Holy Roman Empire in 1194. In 1212 during the reign of his brother John Lackland the Kingdom instead became a tribute-paying vassal of the Holy See until the 16th century when Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church. During the Renaissance, England was ruled by the Tudors. England had conquered Wales in the 12th century and was then united with Scotland in the early 18th century to form a new sovereign state called Great Britain. Following the Industrial Revolution, Great Britain ruled a worldwide Empire, the largest in the world. Following a process of decolonization in the 20th century the vast majority of the empire became independent; however, its cultural impact is widespread and deep in many countries of the present day.

Information taked from:

http://www.historyofengland.net/

Flag of England.

The Flag of England is the St George's Cross (heraldic blazon: Argent, a cross gules). The red cross appeared as an emblem of England during the Middle Ages and the Crusades (although originally a white cross on red background) and is one of the earliest known emblems representing England. It also represents the official arms of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, and it achieved status as the national flag of England during the sixteenth century.
Saint George became the patron saint of England in the thirteenth century, and the legend of Saint George slaying a dragon dates from the twelfth century.




Information taked from:
http://www.pickatrail.com/jupiter/flag/england.html

Patron Saint in England

Patron Saint in England is St. George.

Saint George (ca. 275/281 – 23 April 303) was, according to tradition, a Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, who is venerated as a Christian martyr. In hagiography Saint George is one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic (Western and Eastern Rites), Anglican, Eastern Orthodox, and the Oriental Orthodox churches. He is immortalized in the tale of Saint George and the Dragon and is one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. His memorial is celebrated on 23 April, and he is regarded as one of the most prominent military saints.
Many Patronages of Saint George exist around the world, including: Romania, Bulgaria, Aragon, Catalonia, England, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Israel, Portugal, Serbia, Ukraine and Russia, as well as the cities of Genoa, Ferrara, Freiburg, Kumanovo, Ljubljana, Pomorie, Preston, Qormi, Rio de Janeiro, Lod, Lviv, Barcelona, Moscow, Tamworth and the Maltese island of Gozo, as well as a wide range of professions, organizations and disease sufferers.

Information taked from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George

The longest river in England

The longest river in England is Thames

The River Thames flows through southern England. It is the longest river entirely in England and the second longest river in the United Kingdom. While it is best known because its lower reaches flow through central London, the river flows alongside several other towns and cities, including Oxford, Reading, Henley-on-Thames, Windsor, Kingston upon Thames and Richmond.
The river gives its name to several geographical and political entities including the Thames Valley, a region of England centred around the river between Oxford and west London, the Thames Gateway, the area centred around the tidal Thames, and the Thames Estuary to the east of London.

Information taked from:

http://www.riverthames.co.uk/

http://www.thames-info.co.nz/

The highest mountain in England

The highest mountain in England is Scafell Pike in the Cumbrian Mountains.

Scafell Pike is the highest mountain in England. Its height is 978 metres (3,209 ft) and it is located in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria.
It is sometimes confused with the neighbouring Sca Fell, to which it is connected by the col of Mickledore. The name Pikes of Sca Fell was originally applied collectively to the peaks now known as Scafell Pike, Ill Crag and Broad Crag, which were considered subsidiary tops of Sca Fell (which looks higher from many angles). The contraction Scafell Pike originated as an error on an Ordnance Survey map, but is now standard.
The summit was donated to the National Trust in 1919 by Lord Leconfield in memory of the men of the Lake District "who fell for God and King, for freedom, peace and right in the Great War".Scafell Pike is one of three British peaks climbed as part of the National Three Peaks Challenge, and is the highest ground for over 90 miles.

Information took from:

http://www.english-lake-district.info/scafell-pike/scafell-pike.html

http://www.scafellpike.org.uk/

The capital city of England

The capital city of England called London.

London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who called it Londinium. London's ancient core, the City of London, largely retains its square-mile medieval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
London is a leading global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcare, media, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence. It is the world's largest financial centre alongside New York City and Tokyo and has the largest city GDP in Europe, and the fifth in the world. It has the most international visitors of any city in the world and London Heathrow is the world's busiest airport by number of international passengers. London's 43 universities form the largest concentration of higher education in Europe. In 2012 London will become the first city to host the modern Summer Olympic Games three times.

Information taked from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London
http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/

The emblem of England

   The emblem of England is Red Rose

The English rose is a traditional heraldic emblem of England and it takes its name and origins from the Tudor dynasty. It is often called the Tudor rose and was adopted as a national emblem of England around the time of the Wars of the Roses.
When Henry Tudor took the crown of England from Richard III in battle, he brought about the end of the Wars of the Roses between the House of Lancaster (Red Rose) and the House of York (White Rose). Henry's father was Edmund Tudor from the House of Richmond, His mother was Margaret Beaufort from the House of Lancaster; he married Elizabeth of York to bring all factions together.
In doing so he created the Tudor rose, conjoining the White Rose of York and the Red Rose of Lancaster.
In heraldry, the rose is depicted as white on red if placed on a field of a metal (gold or silver), or red on white if placed on a field of a colour, due to the rule of tincture.

Information taked from:
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/flowers.html
http://www.englandfootballonline.com/teamunif/Emblem.html