LondonTHE BIGGEST CITY IN EUROPE

The capital of the United Kingdom

London- a modern city

8 million people live in London, 250 different languages are spoken there

It is a city with many different nations and cultures.

Famous buildings and places

in London: Buckingham Palace

The Tower of London

Big Ben

Tower Bridge

The London Eye

The Palace of Westminster/ the Houses of Parlaiment

The Queen`s home- Buckingham Palace600 _____, 72________, 300 _______, 400 _______

It has got 600 rooms, 72 bathrooms, and 400

people work there. Official sitehttp://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalResidences/BuckinghamPalace/BuckinghamPalace.aspx

Buckingham Palace has 775 rooms. These include 19 State rooms, 52 Royal and guest bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices and 78 bathrooms.

Buckingham Palace is an office for the Head of State, as well as a home for The Queen. Today over 800 members of staff are based at Buckingham Palace. Their jobs range from housekeeping to horticulture, catering to correspondence. Some of the more unusual jobs include fendersmith, clockmaker and flagman.

There are 1,514 doors and 760 windows in Buckingham Palace. All windows are cleaned every six weeks to keep them clean.

Buckingham Palace has its own chapel, post office, swimming pool, staff cafeteria, doctor's surgery and cinema.

There are more than 350 clocks and watches in Buckingham Palace, one of the largest collections of working clocks anywhere. Two full-time chronological conservators wind them up every week and keep them in good working order.

The Tower of LondonThe oldest castle in London. It was even a prison. Today Crown Jewels are kept there.

Big BenThe name of the clock bell.

Tower Bridge

The River Thames

London lies on the River Thames. There are 12 bridges across the river

1. Battersea Bridge 2. Albert Bridge 3. Chelsea Bridge 4. Vauxhall Bridge 5. Lambeth Bridge 6. Westminster Bridge 7. Waterloo Bridge 8. Blackfriars Bridge 9. Millenium Bridge 10. Southwark Bridge 11. London Bridge 12. Tower Bridge

The London Eye

the world's tallest observation wheel - 135m high

32 pods on the

wheel They represent the 32 boroughs of London.

15-20 people are allowed in one pod.

It takes 30 -40 minutes to go round once.

The Palace of

Westminster

The Houses of

Parlaiment

Double deckers and phone booths(boxes)

Buses and phone boots are red in London

Traditional food

English breakfastTraditional breakfast

Fish and chipsTradition fast food

Sunday roast beefTraditional Sunday lunch

Favourte food today

breakfast

Cereal with milk

Lunch

sandwiches

favourite dish

Chicken curry