Cultura Britanica

Welcome to United Kingdom!

The British are very polite. The generic rule is that every request must end with “please” and every fullfiment of requiring a “thank you”. They always greeting, usually with quickies “hi” and short handshakes. Also is important kwon that you body language revels more that you thing, for the British don´t look to the eyes when they are talking to you is a sign of youare not listening or are not interested. They don’t talk about their personal life and don´t take interest about strangers.

The U.K. is the union of four nations: England, Scotland, North Ireland & Wales. It´s extension is about 244,023 km2 and with a population of 62,908,330 habitants belongs:     53,013,000 to England. 5.078.000 to Scotland. 3,006,430 to Wales. 1,810,900 to NorthIreland.

One manner you must kwon is the “Tea time” usually is a period of break (between 4 and 6 o´clock) use to drink cup of black tea. Talk about the gastronomic of U.K is Talk about a several delicious dishes like the common fish & ship, a meal you can find even on the streets, the bubble & squeeks probably the salad with the most funniest name, until the roast beef the national dish of England,accompanist with a ginger beer.

Their government is a parliamentary monarchy, where the head of the state are his majesty the queen Elizabeth II. The flag of the U.K is the fusion of the standards of St. George, St. Andrew & St. Patrick.

But that didn’t finish it. On Scotland we can enjoy :

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On the part of religion the Christianity is the most common religion, overall on England, insecond place are the Presbyterian Church and the catholic. Also is professed the Baptist Church, Islam & Judaism. Something you should kwon when you visit U.K are the manners & costumes that they have.

Scoth broth a broth made with meal, vegetables and barley. Porridge is oats pap boiled on milk. Haggis, this is the typical Scotland dish, normal is made of lamb, but also can be done with deer,is the traditional dinner of the burns day that celebrate on January 25.

And don’t can forget the whisky, the national drink of Scotland

The secondary school covers the two stages rest. And consist on the preparation for the A.S. Levels . Also exist to ways to take the secondary school, ones is the grammar school that requires an admission exam, the other is the compressive school .Normally in this education system the class begins on September 1 and the school year have duration of 39 weeks with 4 weeks for vacations (2 weeks on Xmas & 2 weeks on spring). In the higher education this have duration of 3 years on England, Wales and north Ireland, while on Scotland the duration is about the 4 years. All these on Bachelor of Arts or Science. But on carriers like medicine, dentist orveterinarian, the education during almost 6 years. Takes one yeas obtain the master degree and two years if is for research. Mind while to get a doctoral degree takes 3 years. The most important universities on U.K. are: Oxford, (the first university on U.K) located on England, Also Cambridge, alma mater of renamed scientist like Isaac Newton, J.J. Thompson, and Henry Cavendish. On Scotland havethe universities of Aberdeen, the Edinburgh University, Glasgow University & Saint Andrés University. Cardiff University, University of Glamorgan, Swansea University, are in Wales. And In north Ireland have the Queen's University Belfast & University of Ulster. Some greats inventors graduated from this universities are:       Alexander Graham Bell (Telephone) Tim Berners-Lee (The world wideweb) Alan Blumenlein (the train) Michael Faraday(electrical motor) Charles Babbage (computer) Robert Watson (radar)

The Irish Breakfast is one of the more completed breakfast that exist. It consist on Eggs, bacon and black pudding or white pudding that are the most characteristic sausages Irish variant, also potato and Irish soda bread or soda farl, made with yeast instead of baking and main...