Good evening! Well, today I will talk about Britain! Let's start!

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain is a sovereign state in Europe. Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, it includes the island of Great Britain the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another state—the Republic of Ireland. The country has an area of 93,800 square miles, making it the 80th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe.

Flag of Britain

Coat of Arms of Britain

The United Kingdom is the 22nd-most populous country, with an estimated 64.5 million inhabitants. It is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of governance. Its capital city is London, an important global city and financial centre with an urban population. The current monarch—since 6 February 1952—is Queen Elizabeth II. The UK consists of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The latter three have devolved administrations, each with varying powers, based in their capitals, Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Belfast, respectively.

Queen Elizabeth II

The United Kingdom is a developed country. The UK is considered to have a high-income economy and is categorised as very high in the Human Development Index, currently ranking 14th in the world. It was the world's first industrialised country. The UK remains a great power with considerable economic, cultural, military, scientific, and political influence internationally. It is a recognised nuclear weapons state and its military expenditure ranks fifth or sixth in the world. The UK has been a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

I think that Britain is the greatest power! (After our country!)

Unfortunately, I have never been here! But I really want to go there!

In the next post I will talk about the first face of this country, Queen Elizabeth II!

Good night!

Good evening! Let's start to speak about culture and fashion and design of Germany!

From its roots, culture in German states has been shaped by major intellectual and popular currents in Europe, both religious and secular. Historically Germany has been called Das Land der Dichter und Denker ("the land of poets and thinkers"), because of the major role its writers and philosophers have played in the development of Western thought and culture. People with German ancestry make up a significant portion of population in the United States, Brazil, Canada, and Argentina. A German cultural influence can be observed in these countries. 

Germany is well known for such folk festival traditions as Oktoberfest and Christmas customs, which include Advent wreaths, Christmas pageants, Christmas trees, Stollen cakes, and other practices. As of 2015 the UNESCO inscribed 40 properties in Germany on the World Heritage List. There are a number of public holidays in Germany determined by each state. Only 3 October has been a national day of Germany since 1990, celebrated as the Tag der Deutschen Einheit (German Unity Day).

In the 21st century Berlin has emerged as a major international creative center. In 2014 Germany was the world's most respected nation among 50 countries (ahead of USA, UK, and France). A global opinion poll for the BBC revealed that Germany is recognised for having the most positive influence in the world in 2013 and 2014.

Fashion and design

Germany is a leading country in the fashion industry. The German textile industry consisted of about 1,300 companies with more than 130,000 employees in 2010, which generated a revenue of 28 billion Euro. Almost 44 percent of the products are exported. Berlin is considered as a fashion capital, its Berlin Fashion Week and the fashion trade fair Bread & Butter are held twice a year.

Munich, Hamburg and Düsseldorf are also important design, production and trade hubs of the domestic fashion industry, among smaller towns. Renowned fashion designers from Germany include Karl Lagerfeld, Jil Sander, Wolfgang Joop, Philipp Plein and Michael Michalsky. Important brands include Hugo Boss, Escada, Adidas, Puma and Triumph. The German supermodels Claudia Schiffer, Heidi Klum, Tatjana Patitz and Nadja Auermann came to international fame.

                    Claudia Schiffer                                                                               Heidi Klum

I adore fashoin! It's very beautiful!!!

In the next post I will tell about Britan!

Hi! Today my narrative will be about Germany!

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany is a federal parliamentary republic in western-central Europe. It includes 16 constituent states and covers an area of 357,021 square kilometres with a largely temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and largest city is Berlin. With 81 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state in the European Union. After the United States, it is the second most popular migration destination in the world.

Flag of Germany

Coat of Arms of Germany

In the 21st century, Germany is a great power and has the world's fourth-largest economy by nominal GDP. As a global leader in several industrial and technological sectors, it is both the world's third-largest exporter and importer of goods. Germany is a developed country with a very high standard of living sustained by a skilled and productive society. It upholds a social security and universal health care system, environmental protection and a tuition-free university education.

Germany was a founding member of the European Union in 1993. It is part of the Schengen Area, and became a co-founder of the Eurozone in 1999. Known for its rich cultural history, Germany has been continuously the home of influential artists, philosophers, musicians, sportsmen, entrepreneurs, scientists and inventors.

I was here!

In my opinion, Germany is a hospitable country!

What do you thank about this country?

Well, in the next posts,  I will continue to tell about Germany. They will be culture and  fashion and design of Germany.

Good night!

I want to share my photos about unforgetable trip to France!!!

I was here with my mom!
This trip was gift for me on my birthday! My parents gave me this present!
I was so happy!

The Eiffel Tower

Montmartre

The Palace of Versailles

Versailles

Notre-Dame de Paris

House Sleeping Beauty at Disneyland

I and my mom!

And the and I would like to share with you a short video about singing fountain

These photos and video are mine!
This is a small part of my travelling!
What can you say about my photos? My trip?

Good evening! I am here again! 
I wiil tell about Great Tower! It's Eiffel Tower!

The Eiffel Tower is a wrought iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. It has become a global cultural icon of France and one of the most recognisable structures in the world. The tower is the tallest structure in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world. The tower received its 250 millionth visitor in 2010.

The Eiffel Tower 

The tower is 324 metres tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building. During its construction, the Eiffel Tower surpassed the Washington Monument to become the tallest man-made structure in the world. It is the second-tallest structure in France, after the Millau Viaduct.

Work on the foundations started on 28 January 1887.

7 December 1887: Construction of the legs with scaffolding                                                                    20 March 1888: Completion of the first level

15 May 1888: Start of construction on the second stage

21 August 1888: Completion of the second level

                                                     

                                                                                        

26 December 1888: Construction of the upper stage                                                                  15 March 1889: Construction of the cupola


Although construction involved 300 on-site employees, only one person died thanks to Eiffel's stringent safety precautions and the use of movable gangways, guardrails and screens.


The tower has three levels for visitors, with restaurants on the first and second. The top level's upper platform is 276 m above the ground, the highest accessible to the public in the European Union. Tickets can be purchased to ascend by stairs or lift to the first and second levels. The climb from ground level to the first level is over 300 steps, as is the climb from the first level to the second. 

After dark, the tower lit by hundreds of gas lamps, and a beacon send out three beams of red, white and blue light. Two searchlights mounted on a circular rail use to illuminate various buildings of the exposition.


Well, tomorrow I will talk about Germany and its unreal facts!
Will you wait eagerly?
Bye-bye!

  

I promised to tell about France.

Ok, let's start!

France, officially the French Republic is a sovereign state comprising territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. The European part of France, called Metropolitan France, extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. France spans 640,679 square kilometres and has a total population of 67 million. It is a unitary semi-presidential republic with the capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. The Constitution of France establishes the state as secular and democratic, with its sovereignty derived from the people.

Flag of France

Coat of Arms of France

Throughout its long history, France has been a leading global center of culture, making significant contributions to art, science, and philosophy. France remains a great power with significant cultural, economic, military, and political influence. It is a very developed country. 

I was here, and you?

In the next post I will tell about the most popular Tower in France and in all the world.
I wish everybody a great evening!

Hi! Today I will talk about culture of Russia!

Handicraft, like Dymkovo toy, khokhloma, gzhel and palekh miniature represent an important aspect of Russian folk culture. Ethnic Russian clothes include kaftan, kosovorotka and ushanka for men, sarafan and kokoshnik for women, with lapti and valenki as common shoes.

Dymkovo toys

Gzhel

Russian cuisine widely uses fish, poultry, mushrooms, berries, and honey. Crops of rye, wheat, barley, and millet provide the ingredients for various breads, pancakes and cereals. Black bread is rather popular in Russia, compared to the rest of the world. Flavourful soups and stews include shchi, borsch, ukha, solyanka and okroshka. Pirozhki, blini and syrniki are native types of pancakes. Meat dishes include stuffed cabbage rolls (golubtsy) usually filled with meat. Salads include Olivier salad, vinegret and dressed herring.

Сabbage rolls  

     

Dressed herring

Russia's large number of ethnic groups have distinctive traditions regarding folk music. Typical ethnic Russian musical instruments are gusli, balalaika, zhaleika, and garmoshka. Folk music had a significant influence on Russian classical composers, and in modern times it is a source of inspiration for a number of popular folk bands. Russian folk songs, as well as patriotic Soviet songs, constitute the bulk of the repertoire of the world-renowned Red Army choir and other popular ensembles.

Gusli 

   Garmoshka

Balalaika

Russians have many traditions, including the washing in banya, a hot steam bath somewhat similar to sauna. 

Many Russian fairy tales and epic bylinas were adaptated for animation films, or for feature movies by the prominent directors like Aleksandr Ptushko (Ilya Muromets, Sadko) and Aleksandr Rou (Morozko, Vasilisa the Beautiful). Russian poets, including Pyotr Yershov and Leonid Filatov, made a number of well-known poetical interpretations of the classical fairy tales, and in some cases, like that of Alexander Pushkin, also created fully original fairy tale poems of great popularity.

Ilya Muromets

Vasilisa the Beautiful

Well, Can you tell me about culture of your country? What is interesting there?
In the next publication I will talk about France.

Take care! Good luck!