England

I have decided that I will write my blog post about England. I have never been to England, but it 
has always been a big dream to go there. 

England is not a particularly big country, but it lives about 60 million people there and only in London is home to 12 million. So that means of course that London is the capital of England. London is one of the largest cities in Europe, with a history stretching thousand of years back. (Wikepedia.org)

London has many attractions that people from all over the world come to see. 

We have big ben, Buckingham Palace, London Eye, Madame Tussauds wax museum and that is just some of what London has to offer. And let us not forget the shopping. London is a pure fashion city.

The climate of England is very similar to the climate in Norway. The grades range from 0-5 ° C in winter and 15-20 in summer. (Snl.no)

In England the school system is completely different than here in Norway. Their tradition for school uniforms is a bit more complicated than elsewhere in the world. Shortly the school uniforms are used mostly in the fine and slightly more privileged schools to the more fine and privileged children. As the finest private schools (histclo.com)

in England there are four steps in their school system. Nursery (ages 3–4),

The education system is divided into nursery (ages 3–4), primary education (ages 4–11), secondary education (ages 11–18) and tertiary education (ages 18+). (Wikepedia.org). 

The British Empire was the largest empire in world history, and the world's mightiest superpower in the 1700 - and 1800's. UK controlled to day by there queen Elizabeth II.

Random and Fun facts about England.

1. In English bars in the UK you are not allowed to become drunk.

2. It is said that Buckingham Palace is haunted by many ancient kings and queens like Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I, King George, and Charles I.

3. As everyone knows, it is said that the Englishman drinks a lot of tea, this is actually true, an ordinary Englishman drinks more tea than any person of any other nation (over 20 times more tea than an American).

4.One of the most well-known theatres of The United Kingdom is the Theatre Royal Bristol that has been continuously staging “Cats” since 1766. 

5. The London Eye is the tallest observation wheel in the world and each rotation takes about 30 minutes.(Fun facts taken from venere.com)

                                                                                       

  

England has its own flag, it's a pretty simple flag. One red cross in the middle and white around.

Queen Elisabeth 

Source list:
20.jan.2013, Wikipedia.org, http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/London

20.jan.2013 Feriepenger.no, http://feriepenger.com/674/fakta-om-england/
20.jan2013 Snl.no, http://snl.no/England/natur
20.jan.2013 histclo.com, http://histclo.com/schun/country/eng/schuneng.html
20.jan.2013 Wikipedia.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_England
20.jan.2013 venere.com http://www.venere.com/blog/uk-fun-facts/