Pictures from the walk - day 4

Here is some pictures from the walk:









The North Ireland have a comfortable feeling in the wind. It's lovely!

- The backpack girl!

In North Ireland - Day 4

I just take a short visit here in North Ireland before I live UK. My mother have birthday tomorow so then I will bee home. I loves to go walks and look at the nature so I just will do that, now.

- The backpack girl

North Ireland!

I think I should set of my new trip to North Ireland?! Before I do that i most find som fact, like:


Place:

-The castle

- South Dublin City

- North County Dublin

- North Dublin City

- Beyond Dublin

People:

Edward Martyn 

James Larkin

William Martin Murphy

Johannes Scotus Erigena

Climate:
The weather here in Wales is wery changeable. This land is very wett countries in Europe. Irish weather is often cloudy, wet and windy, with warm summers and mild winters. The country's wide geographic variations cause localised differences in sunshine, rainfall and temperature.


Music:

Gerald Barry

Derek Bell

Enya

Bono 

Boyzone

Jerome de Bromhead

The Chieftains, traditional music group

The Corrs

Frank Corcoran

Phil Coulter

Museum:
- The national museum




Art:

• Francis Bacon
• Robert Ballagh
• John Behan
• John Coll
• Pauline Bewick
• Louis le Brocquy
• Dorothy Cross
• Edward Delaney
• Evie Hone stained glass
• Gene Lambert
• Sir William Lavery
• Daniel Maclise
• William Orpen
• Patrick Pye
• Camille Souter
• Imogen Stuart
• Jack B Yeats
• Patrick Collins
• Tony O'Malley

Schools and Royal family:
I had talked about this before.

- The backpack girl!

day 3 - Culture

I am wery preoccupied for culture in differente land, and then I most find out somthing about Wales! The people in Wales is so busy and I not get them, but I don't stop. I went to the libary. There I found somthing.



Literature:
Wales can claim one of the oldest unbroken literary traditions in Europe. The literary tradition of Wales stretches back to the sixth century and, with the inclusion of Geoffrey of Monmouth and Gerald of Wales, boasts two of the finest Latin authors of the Middle Ages.

Music:
Wales is often referred to as "the land of song". They have notable harpists, male choirs, and solo artists.

Museum:
The National Museum of Wales is the most famus museum, and of course it is national. It is made up of seven sites across the country. The National Museum Cardiff, St Fagans National History Museum and Big Pit National Coal Museum incude this bites.

Art:
Many works of Celtic art have been found in Wales. In the Early Medieval period, the Celtic Christianity of Wales was part of the Insular art of the British Isles.

Movies:
- Some movies from 2005 -->
- Ramble On
- Dirty Sanchez: The Movie
- Little White Lies
- Love You, Joseff Hughes
- The Haunted Airman
- The Baker
- The Edge of Love
- Believe
- The Eddie Izzard Story

Schools and royal family:
As same like Englan and Scotland, who I had talked about.

- The backpack girl

The weather - Day 3 in Wales

The weather here in Wales is wery changeable and now it is 0*C, but to night it's gone to bee -11*C. Wales is one of the wettest countries in Europe. Welsh weather is often cloudy, wet and windy, with warm summers and mild winters. The country's wide geographic variations cause localised differences in sunshine, rainfall and temperature.








- The backpack girl

Next country been… (day 3- travel to a new land)

Now i will travel to Wales! Before I travel to Wales I most know little bit of the country. Here is some facts:

-         The capital is Cardiff

-         They speak Wales/English

-         20779 km2

-         They have also Elisabeth 2. to there queen.

Populary place:

- Llangollen Wharf - Horse Drawn Canal Boat Trips

- Llanfair Slate Caverns

- The National Botanic Garden of Wales

- The Welsh Mountain Zoo

- Techniquest

- Alice in Wonderland Centre

- The Chocolate Factory

- The Welsh Chocolate Farm

The most famus person:
The most famus person most bee Diana. Diana was the princess in Wales and do many good things. Like charity and she give whole the world a new pictures to HIV- person. Before they think you been infection when you only tuch them, but that is not right, and that proved Diana. Afther a time Princ Charls and Diana divorce, and then Diana not been a princess eny more, but she bee called ''The people princess''. She died in a car/paparatsi accident.

Little bit fact before I leave, but now I haft to go.

- The backpack girl

Some fact about Scotland

I should tell some fact about Scotland who is great to know:

Geography and climate:

Scotland is 130 395 km2.

The climate of Scotland is temperate and oceanic, and tends to be very changeable.

Popularly place in Edinburgh:

• Arthur's Seat - For magnificent views across the Capital.
• Craigmillar Castle - Another Edinburgh castle.
• Edinburgh Castle - The centre of many of Scotland's great historical events.
• Edinburgh for the Family - Where to take the family when you visit Edinburgh.
• Edinburgh Photo Library - 70 photos of tourist haunts. Note that this is a separate feature.
• Edinburgh - Renaissance City - where to go, what to see, where to stay and eat - and the the festival.
• Edinburgh Zoo - One of the top visitor attractions in Scotland.
• Gladstone's Land - A 17th century merchant's house in the Royal Mile, Edinburgh.
• Greyfriar's Churchyard - Famous for the National Covenant - and Greyfriar's Bobby.
• Museum of Scotland - Magnificent building housing many of Scotland's treasures.
• National Library of Scotland - the world's leading archive for books and manuscripts on Scotland.
• National Portrait Gallery - Scotland's national portrait collection.
• Ocean Terminal - and the Royal Yacht "Britannia".
• One O'Clock Gun - The story of the gun which fires from the battlements of Edinburgh Castle.
• Palace of Holyroodhouse - The Queen's official residence in Scotland.
• Princes Street - With the best shops in Edinburgh and beautiful gardens and a castle too.
• Ramsay Gardens - High above
  Princes Street
  , beside Edinburgh Castle.
• Roman Antonine Wall - The World Heritage site and the Roman Wall across central Scotland.
• Royal Mile - Background to the buildings and people in Scotland's most historic street.
• St Giles Cathedral - The "High Kirk" of Edinburgh.
• Scotch Whisky Experience - an exhibition on the history and development of whisky.
• Scott Monument - The sugar-icing monument to Sir Walter Scott and the "Floral Clock" below.
• Writer's Museum - Dedicated to Robert Burns, Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson.

Literature:

Some popularly Romans:

• Dr. Jekyll og Mr. Hyde

• The Man of Feeling

• Skatten på sjørøverøya

Because Scotland is a part of Storbritania they have the same royal family, almost the history and school system.

- The backpack girl

Pictures from The National Gallery of Scotland

I take some pictures from The National Gallery of Scotland so I can show you how it look:










The national Gallery was wery interesting, but little bit to boring. It was old art, and that is good, but still little bit boring. I had not regretted to come there and look.

- Tha backpack girl

The National Gallery of Scotland

Yesterday I just look around and take a break before I start to travel around in Scotland, Edinburgh, but today I want to see The National Gallery of Scotland. They have art from Da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, El Greco, Rembrandt, Rubens and Van Gogh. It is open from 10:00 to 19:00, and now the clock is 11:36 so I think I should go.

- The backpack girl

Some fun and useful facts!

Some fun and useful facts!

- Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, apart from being its second largest city.

 

- Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland.

- The Kingdom of Scotland was an independent state until 1 May 1707, when the Acts of Union led to a union with the Kingdom of England, and then they been United Kingdom of Great Britain.

- The main religions in Scotland are Church.

- The official currency of Scotland is Pound Sterling.

- English (official) and Gaelic are the main languages of Scotland.

- The official animal of Scotland is Unicorn.

- The motto of Scotland is ‘No one provokes me with impunity’.

- Scotland is the second largest country in the United Kingdom of Great Britain.

- Scotland have 790 islands, and 130 are inhabited.

- Edinburgh was the first city in the world to have its own fire-brigade.

- Ben Nevis, at 1,343 m, is the highest point in Scotland.  

- Scottish surnames are divided in two main categories, namely Gaelic names and Germanic names.

- Scotland is very popular for there whisky.

- Television, telephone, video cassette recorder, finger printing, home of golf, tarmacadam, tyres are penicillin were all Scottish inventions.

- Scotland boasts of over 600 square miles of freshwater lakes, known as lochs, of which the most famous one is Loch Ness.

 - The backpack girl!

Day 1 - On the train in Scotland

Dear diary!

Now I am on the train in Edinburg. I take the fly from Norway (Gardemoen) to the airport in Edinburgh. The travel look to be good! Now it is 8*C, and it because it’s winter here too.  Here is some pictures from my travel:

Some nice tourist.

Some minutes ago I talk little bit with a British boy. I learn something important! Look at the dialog:

Me: Oh, you is a sweet little boy!

The boy: Thank you miss…

Me: Haavorsen, Siv Haavorsen, but just call me Siv. Everybody do that.

The boy: Okay.

Me: What is your name?

The boy: My name is Chris.

Me: Oh, that was a beautiful name! Where are you from, Chris?

The boy: I am from Great Britain!

Me: oh now! You are from Scotland, right?

The boy: Yes, but I am from Great Britain to and also United Kingdom!

Me: How can that be?

The boy: Great Britain is the same like England, Scotland and Wales together.

Me: But what with United Kingdom?

The boy: Yes, that the same like Great Britain and north Ireland.

 Me: oh, I understand!

The buy: do you really do?

Me: Almost, but why they are together?

The boy: because England and Wales had same king, and after that they take with us to. Then we had Great Britain, and so Ireland joined us and we been United Kingdom. After a time Ireland don’t want to bee with us anymore, but north Ireland stay.

Me: oh, tanks for all the information, but now I will take me some tea. Good bye!

The boy: Bye, Siv!

Now I haft to go out of the train!

- The backpack girl!

Day 1 - still home

Dear diary!

Today I am travel to Edinburgh, the capital in Scotland. Edinburgh looks like this:

Edinburgh is the next biggest city in Scotland. Scotland is a part  of UK. 448 624 people live in Edinburgh, but when I come they are 448 624 + a backpacker.

Now I eat my breakfast, bread and Norwegian Brown cheese. I think my breakfast been different tomorrow! I haft to go! Be back!

- The backpack girl!

England

Today I will talk about England!

Some fun facts:

-         The population is on 51 446 200 people.

-         They love their tea.

-         They speak English.

-         They have a queen, Elisabeth 2.

-         The English capital city is London.

Geography:
Where England lies?

England is a part with United Kingdom and Great Britain. England, Scotland and Wales are also a part of Great Britain. England, Scotland, Wales and North Ireland is also a part of United Kingdom. England lies in Europe, west (look at the map). The areal is 394,54 km2. England have North Sea in north and Celtic Sea  in south. England and France bound together by a tunnel. The tunnel is called Channel Tunnel. France is not the only one who is bound together. England have Wales and Scotland neighboring countries.

 

 Climate?

In England they have 0*C to 32*C. The weather is damp relativety often, but it can change. The coldest months are January and February. July is normally the warmest month. Months with mild to warm weather with least rainfall are May, June, September and October. The biggest influences on the climate of England comes from the proximity to the Atlantic Ocean.

Some popular places?

Some popular place:

- London eye, a famus farris whole.

- natural gallery, portraits of historically important and famous British people.

Portrait of Marie Antoinette

- Tower Bridge, wery famus tower.

- Madame Tussaud, famus wax people.

Miley Cyrus in wax

Some famus people?

- Mr. bean (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyDY0hiMZy8)

- Spice girl's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJLIiF15wjQ)


Culture:
Religion?
Christianity is the most widely practised religion in England, and today about 71.6% of English people identify as Christians.

Popular food and drinks?
- Fish and chips.
- Tea.
- breakfast: bacon, sausages, beans, fried breads and so on.
- Sausages.
- Apple pie.
- Scones.

Litterature?
Some popular people:
- William Shakespeare, write teather (Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream)
- Geoffrey Chaucer (The Canterbury Tales)
- Francis Bacon and Thomas Hobbes (scientific method and social contract)
- Marvell, poet (Commonwealth)
- John Milton, author (Paradise Lost during the Restoration)
The litterature is much about love, nature, drama and another things.
Music?
The traditional folk music of England has made many types music, like sea shanties, jigs, hornpipes and dance music. In the field of popular music many English bands and solo artists have been cited as the most influential and best-selling musicians of all time.
The most populary singers of all time:
- Beatles
- Led Zeppelin
- Pink Floyd
- Elton John
- Queen
- Rod Stewart
- The Rolling Stones

Traditional - Greensleeves (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f507MqIMgis):




Museum?
There are many museums in England, but the most notable is London's British Museum. They have 7 million objects, and they are sourced from every continent from this world. 

Natural History Museum are also a populary museum. They have historic sites, artefacts and environments of England.

Art?

In 1th. they made statues, busts, glasswork and mosaics. In the Early Middle Ages it was populary to made crosses and ivories, manuscript painting, gold and enamel jewellery. Someone fight for the English art, but somone else want to replace the early renaissance style.


Movies?
The most populary movies from England:
- Harry Potter
- Mr. Bean
- Lord of the ring
- Bridget Jones's Diary
- Yellow sumbarine
- James bond
Schools?
They have primary school (5 to 11 years old), secondary school (11 to 16 years old) and higher education (from 16 years old). They can choose between public school (free) and private school (not free).
They use uniforms and they get lunch on the school, at last they who go on public school.
 
Natonal symbols?


This is a Tudor rose and it's the English natonal flower.

The Royal Arms of EnglandThe national flag of England, known as St. George's Cross, has been the national flag since the 13th century.

Sports?
football cricket, rugby union, rugby league, tennis, badminton, squash, rounders, hockey, cricket, boxing, snooker, billiards, darts, table tennis, bowls, netball, thoroughbred horseracing and fox hunting is some of the sports in England, but football is the most popular.


 History:
Royal family?
Now Elisabeth 2. is the queen, but she is also over head of 16 countries. Sometimes the king had been king over a bigger area than England, like the Britsh empire. If you shoul bee in the royal family you most been:
Monarch
- The monarch's housband/ wife
- Widow or widower of former monarch
- Children of the monarch
- Grandchildren of the monarch
- Spouses and widows / widowers for a monarch's son or grandson.

 

Some great events?
- Nordmandie. It was a war there Hitler began to lose.
- 100 years war between UK and France.
- colonial war.
- The world war number 1 and 2. They was lucky.


- The Backpack girl!

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