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GENERAL INFORMATION

COUNTRY: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

CAPITAL CITY: London.

POPULATION: 61,383,000 million. PEOPLE: New Comonwealth, North Asia, Eastern Europe ,

Australia, Spain, USA, Canada, India ,Pakistan, Somalia, Philippines.

LANGUAGE: Germanic, English, Norman, French ,Latin, Welsh, Gaelic ,Cornish ,German.

RELIGION: Christianity 71%, Islam 2,8%, Hinduism 1%, Judaism 0,5%, Buddhism 0,3%, No

religion 15% Others 9,4 %

GOVERNMENT: Constitutional monarchy.

PRESIDENT: Queen Elisabeth.

PRIME MINISTRE : Gordon Brown.

INDUSTRIES : Science, engineering and innovation.

TRADING PARTNERS: Practically with all EU members.

MEMBER OF THE EU SINCE: 1 January 1973 .

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PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Using public transport in theUK if you have never been tothere its a little bit difficultso we were bringing informationon connections. We went to theLondon Bridge hotel so in

Heathrow we took the Londonsunderground. When we arrivedto Jubilee Line we exitfollowing signs for BoroughHigh Street. Then we turned

right, towards London Bridgeand at last we went into LondonBridge Street. The Hotel is onthat street.

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IMPORTANTBUILDINGS ANDMUSEUMS

We visited the Natural HistoryMuseum because we are sointerested in nature.

The buildings that we went to

are the Big Ben, the CanadaSquare, the Buckingham Palaceand finally the Palace ofWestminster. Our favouritebuilding was the BuckinghamPalace because it is very big and

the gardens are so beautiful.We also visited the Harrodsmall because we love clothingand going shopping.

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A CONCERT OF A POPULAR BAND

One of the most popular localbands in the UK is called the

Grosvenor. They play in Londonnormally in pubs. This group makessoul, electro and also new wavemusic. Last week they were givingat concert in The White Lion, a pubin London and we went to it withthe friends that we made there.

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The guide said that they don't have typical food in the Uk. But if you

are going to eat in a

restaurant you can choose food from other countries. But we

were just hungry and we went

to a restaurant next to the Queen

Victoria street: Silks and spice.

Classic Lunch MenuSmoked MackerelPatewith Cherry TomatoConfit********Chicken, Leek and

Wiltshire Ham Piewith WholegrainMustard Mash andBraised RedCabbage

********Dark Chocolate andHazelnut Browniewith Vanilla IceCream

Fairtrade Tea orCoffee

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TYPICAL ACTIVITIES

At night, the most commonthing to do is going to thepubs. There you can drinkbeer, dance

In the Uk, practising sport ascricket,football and rugby isvery popular.

Some other typical activitiesare going to the cinema , goingto the theatre , go shopping...

We went shopping and laterwe went to see a play in theHaymarket theatre.

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PEOPLE

We saw Taylor Lautner, anactor from Twilight. He wasshopping in Harrods with hissister. We asked her sisterto make us a photo with him.

And he signed us anautograph, he was very niceto us. We also met LeonardoDicaprio visiting the BigBen. We didnt ask him foran autograph but we askedhim for a photo .Its been agreat trip with our friendsand sisters.