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Great Britain
England
Oxford and Cambridge are the old university towns. Henley Street in Stratford-upon-Avon is the birthplace of William Shakespeare. There is also The Royal Shakespeare Theatre where his plays are performed and his grave.
Brighton, Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Blackpool, Sunderland and Scarborough are peaceful harbour towns with fishing boats, yachts, cottages and the English like to spend their holidays there.
Southern part of England is full of historical monuments and romantic scenery. Canterbury is a city with a magnificent Cathedral, which is a grave of St. Tomas Becket, executed by the King and it is the biggest pilgrimage site in England. In Winchester there is another old cathedral and once it was the capital of England. In Salisbury you can find the magnificent Cathedral of Saint Mary, which has the highest spire in England. In Salisbury Plain we can see a beautiful historic monument of Stonehenge, which are more than 3000 years old.
On the north is Birmingham, it is the second largest city in Britain. We can see Victorian architecture here and the network of canals. In Manchester we can visit the Museum of Science and Industry and Space Museum. Liverpool, the birthplace of Beatles, is the other big city here. The Battle of Hastings, where William the Conqueror defeated the Saxon King Harold in 1066, took place there.
Northern England is famous for Cumbria and Northumbria. There is The Lake District National Park with beautiful Windermere Lake. The other national parks here are Northumberland Park and Yorkshire Dales National Park.
Wales
You can find mountains, green valleys, sea resorts, big cities and little seaside towns there. Sometimes Wales is called the land of castles, the best known are Caernarfon and Harlech, which stand on rocky cliffs in the mountains of Snowdonia National Park.
Scotland
Scotland is a historically and culturally separate country from England. The biggest city is Glasgow, an old Victorian town, the culture centre and the heart of the arts in Scotland where the festivals like the Mayfest and the International Jazz Festival take place. Edinburgh is dominated by its imposing castle from 12th century Holyroodhouse. The city is full of attractive squares, tree-lined avenues and elegant shopping centres like Princess Street. The biggest lake is Loch Lomond and Loch Ness, famous for its "Loch Ness Monster".
Nature beauties in England are protected by an organisation called The National Trust.
USA
New York
It has about 118 million inhabitants. New York has five major parts: Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island. In the southern part of Manhattan Island used to be a wall against Indians, now there is Wall Street - the centre of financial life. Broadway is the centre of cultural life. In southern Manhattan we can find boroughs as Little Italy, Chinatown, Soho. East Village is a multicultural area with many ethnic restaurants, funky boutiques, rock and jazz clubs. Greenwich Village is the home of artists, writers and New York University students. New York is famous for a large number of skyscrapers. Famous rock concerts take place in Central Park. The most world known bridge is Brooklyn Bridge. You can find there the Statue of Liberty. It stands on Liberty island in New York Harbor. It is a symbol of freedom and the United States itself. It also commemorates French-American friendship. There are many galleries - The Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum.
Interesting places in the USA: In Los Angeles we can find the famous film centre where American Film Academy awards Oscars for the best film of the year are given. There is a Los Angeles university called California Technology Institute which is an important space research centre and there is the biggest ZOO in the world. San Francisco is known for the Golden Gate Bridge. Houston is known for the NASA centre. Florida is mainly a tourist area with long beaches in Miami.