ROMANIA

The name of Romania (Romania) comes from Român (Romanian) which is a derivative of the word Romanus ("Roman") from latin. The fact that Romanians call themselves a derivative of Romanus (Rom.: Român/Rumân) is scholarly mentioned as late as the 16th century by many authors among whom Italian Humanists travelling in Transylvania, Moldavia and Walachia. The oldest surviving document written in the Romanian language is a 1521 letter (known as "Neacşu's Letter from Câmpulung") which notifies the mayor of Braşov about the imminent attack of the Ottoman Turks. This document is also notable for having the first occurrence of "Rumanian" in a Romanian written text, Wallachia being here named The Rumanian Land - Ţeara Rumânească (Ţeara < terra =" land).">român" kept an ethno-linguistic meaning. After the abolition of the serfage in 1746, the form "rumân" gradually disappears and the spelling definitively stabilises to the form "român", "românesc". The name "România" as common homeland of all Romanians is documented in the early 19th century. Many Romanians take pride in being the most eastern Romance people, completely surrounded by non-Latin peoples ("a Latin island in a Slavic sea"). Personally I´d like travelling there and tell you the "lived reality" in that country, but all european countries are very interestings because they have placed far from here. I don´t Know about food, customs, people just internet says but I imagine that the weather is cold, the people are kindle and the women very passionables.

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: Brasil or República Federativa do Brasil, is the largest and most populous country in Latin America, and the fifth largest in the world in both area and population. Its territory covers 8,514,877 km² between central South America and the Atlantic Ocean and it is the easternmost country of the Americas. It borders Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana and the département of French Guiana to the north, Uruguay to the south, Argentina and Paraguay to the southwest, Bolivia and Peru to the west, and Colombia to the northwest. The only South American countries not bordered by Brazil are Ecuador and Chile.

Tropical climate is predominant. It is home to varied fauna and flora and extensive natural resources.
Brazil was colonized by Portugal from 1500 until its independence in 1822.

The Brazilian population tends to concentrate along the coastline in large urban centers. While Brazil has one of the largest populations in the world, population density is low and the inner continental land has large demographical empty spaces. It is a multiracial country composed of European, Amerindian, African and Asian elements, more often combined in the same individual than separated into different communities. The official language is Portuguese, and it is the only Portuguese-speaking country in all the Americas. Catholicism is the predominant religion, though Protestant communities have experienced significant growth in the last decades.

The Capital of this country is Brasília and the Largest city is São Paulo

Rio de Janeiro city was once the capital of Brazil (1763–1960) and of the Portuguese Empire (1808–1821). Commonly known as just Rio, the city is also nicknamed A Cidade Maravilhosa - "The Marvelous City".
It is famous for its spectacular natural setting, its Carnival celebrations, samba and other music, hotel-lined tourist beaches, such as Copacabana and Ipanema, paved with decorated black and cream swirl pattern mosaics, and also for its huge social disparities, shanty towns, violence and drug traffic. Some of the most famous local landmarks in addition to the beaches include the giant statue of Jesus, known as Christ the Redeemer....

Japan

Japan is at the moment the second economic power world-wide, after the United States and followed by Germany. The charecters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin".

languagues Japanese
Capital Tokyo
Area 377.873 km²
Population 127,433,494
Currency Yen

Japan is the main nation in the fields of scientific research, technology and medical research. Japan is leader in the manufacture of cars, machinery, electronics, industrial, optical, robotics, chemical agents, semiconducting and metals.

The education and health of Japan are one of the best ones of the world, the entrance level average of an inhabitant is of 38,341 dollars to the month and the longevity index is of 81 years

Japan is a country of over three thousand islands extending along the Pacific coast of Asia. The main islands are Hokkaidō, Honshū (the main island), Shikoku and Kyūshū. All these islands are known as the Japanese Archipelago. The highest mountain in Japan is Monte Fuji (Fujisan), of 3,776 ms of height.

Japan this located in the Pacific ring of the fire , at the juncture of three tectonic plates, gives Japan frequent low-intensity tremors and occasional volcanic activity.

The Japanese State is considered a constitutional monarchy with an emperor and a bicameral parliament directed by Prime Minister

Emperor HIM emperor Akihito

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Shintoísmo is the dominant religion in Japan. Good part of the population is neutral as far as religion

The national sport of Japan is sumo also judo, Karate and Kendo are practiced and enjoyed by peoplen in the country

The mos popular food the Japan is the sushi and rice

GREECE

Is a country in southeastern Europa, situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula. It is bordered by Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria to the north, and by Turlkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east and south of mainland Greece, while the Ionian Sea lies to the west. Both parts of the eastern Mediterranean basin feature a vast number of islands.
Greece lies at the juncture of Europe, Asia, and Africa. It is heir to the heritages of classical Greece, the Byzantine Empire,[2] and nearly four centuries of Ottoman rule.[3] Regarded as the cradle of western civilization and being the birthplace of democracy,[4] Western philosophy,[5] the Olympic Games, western literature, political science, major scientific principles and drama[6] (including both tragedy and comedy), Greece has a particularly long and eventful history and a cultural heritage which has been considerably influential in Northern Africa and the Middle East and fundamentally formative for the culture of Europe and what is now called the West.Today, Greece is a developed country, a member of the European Union since 1981,[7] a member of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union since 2001, NATO since 1951, the OECD since 1960,[8] the WEU since 1995, and the ESA since 2005.[9] Athens is the capital; Thessaloniki, Patras, Heraklion, Volos and Larissa are

Weather:

Greece generally has mild wet winters and hot dry summers. Winter temperatures can be severe in the mountains and even Athens can get viciously cold. Maximum temperatures on the islands hover around 30°C (87°F) in summer, but the heat is often tempered by the northerly wind known as the meltemi.

Geography

The peninsula that constitutes mainland Greece is surrounded by more than 1400 islands, of which 169 are inhabited. The islands are divided into six groups: the Cyclades, the Ionians, the Dodecanese, the islands of the Northeastern Aegean, the Sporades and the Saronic Gulf islands. The two largest islands, Crete and Evia, do not belong to any group. Roughly four-fifths of Greece is mountainous, with most land lying over 1500m (4920ft) above sea level. Epiros and Macedonia, in northern Greece, still have extensive forests, but goat grazing, felling and forest fires have seriously denuded the rest of the country.

Goverment

-Government Type
parliamentary republic
-Government Leaders
Kostas Karamanlis
Prime Minister (head of government)
Karolos Papoulias
President (head of state)

CANADA AND ITS FALLS

CANADA, I THINK IT IS THE PERFECT COUNTRY TO LIVE. WHY??? I AM GOING TO TELL YOU NOW: WELL THE FIRST THING I HAVE TO SAY THAT POPULATION IS ABOUT 32.225.000. ITS CAPITAL IS OTAWA AND THE PEOPLE SPEAKS BOTH LANGUAGES ENGLISH AND FRENCH. COOL RIGHT???.

A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THIS COUNTRY IS PERFECT TO LIVE BECAUSE THEY RESPECT THE LAWS, THE CHILDREN HAVE FREE EDUCATION UNTIL HIGH SCHOOL AND OFCOURSE THEY RESPECT EACH OTHER.

ALSO WHAT PEOPLE WHO LIVES IN CANADA, SAY THAT OVER THERE, ALL OF THEM HAVE A GOOD WORK, A GOOD HOUSE AND IF YOU GO THERE YOU WON´T SEE POOR PEOPLE, OR POOR CHILDREN WALKING AROUND THE STREETS LIKE IN SOME LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES.

I THING ONE IMPORTANT THING OF THIS COUNTRY IS THE GOVERNMENT HELPS TO ECUADORIAN PROFESSIONALS TO GET A PERMANENT RESIDENT VISA, WITH THIS DOCUMENT YOU CAN GET A WORK, STUDY AND AFTER THREE YEARS LIVING THERE YOU CAN BE A CANADIAN CITIZEN AND YOU CAN TAKE YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU. THIS IS COOL FOR THE PEOPLE WHO STILL WANTS TO FOLLOW THE AMERICAN DREAM, THAT MEANS UNITED STATES.

OH WELL NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INSERT A PICTURE OF THE NIAGARA FALLS, SO IF I GO TO CANADA THE FIRST THING I WANT TO KNOW IS THIS:

I LIKE SEEING THIS BECAUSE IS AMAZING, AT LEAST IN THE PICTURE. WELL WRITE ABOUT THIS COUNTRY WAS GOOD, BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO KNOW A BIT OF IT. I HOPE YOU LIKE IT.

AUSTRALIA

Australia is localited in Southern Hemisphere, It's know as the shortest continent of world, name Australia came of latin "Australis" it means "of the south". It is believed that first men arrived to Australia 42.000 years ago. Australia is in sixth place of big countries of the world and it is the biggest of Oceania. Its political system is democratic liberal and its currency is australian dollar, its capital city is Camberra. In Australia the official language is English, but they speak Chinese, Italian, Greek and Spanish. Sidney is the city with more habitants in Australia.

Weather: Big extesions of australian territory are desert and semi-arid, Australia is the continent drier and plainer, and it doesn't have many soils fertile. In Australia you can have different kinds of weather for example: temperate climate, tropycal climate.

Flora and Fauna: Although big Australia's territory is desert and semi-arid it has a lot of diversity of habitats, between its vegetation is rainy forests, forests, prairies, swamps and desert, so in Australia you can find a lot of variety of flora and fauna. In Australia you can see two unique species of animals in the world, its animals are the Kangaroo and Koala bear

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA

Official name the Commonwealth of Capital Australia Canberra. Surface 7.682.300 km²

Languaje
English and aboriginal lenguages.

Flag

In the Flag you can find a Kangoroo and an ostrich , because is the only place of the world that you can find them becasue this animals are natives of this zone. They reprent the australian flag becasue australians always walk ahead of everyone and never backwards same as this animals.

Main Cities

Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaida, Newcastle, Gold Coast, Canberra, Wollongong.

Currency
Monetary unit 1 dollar Australian = 100 cents.

Australia, is a continent located in the Southeastern of Asia, between the Indian Oceans to the west and the south, and Pacific, to the east. The island of Australia forms, along with the neighbor of Tasmania, the Commonwealth of Australia, member with independent government of the Commonwealth. Australia has 7.682.300 km ² of surface.

Opera House of Sydney, Australia

The building of the Opera House in Sydney is one of the most famous works of the contemporary architecture. It was designed by Jørn finalized Utzon in 1973. Sydney is the capital of New South Wales, in the Southeastern coast of Australia.

Koala

Most of the mammals of Australia are marsupiales, including koalas. This animal lives in the forests of eucalyptuses in the east of Australia, where they get feed with leaves and flowers.






Diamond Mine Of Kimberly

Diamond mine of Kimberley. The city of Kimberley is located next to a gigantic diamond deposit. Its operation has turned to Australia the first world-wide diamond producer as far as volume, with near 36% of the total, and sixth as far as value of market of its products.

Canion of Karijini

The rocky layers of different colors are typical of the tubes of the national Park of Karijini, located in Western Australia, where they also are famous the Fortescue Falls.

Eyre Lake

Eyre Lake is one of the salty lakes in Australia, its located in center and in the south of the Great Artesiana River basin; one of the most barren regions of Australia. These lakes receive water of seasonal rivers, which means that the provision is minimum and that, due to the evaporation, normally they are reduced to salt mines or inlaid marshy beds of salt. Esteem that the numerous rivers that they only feed the Eyre lake take water sufficient to twice cover complete the bed with the lake each century.

Australia is one of the most beautiful continents in the world, because it has snow, a red desert and is surrounded by beautifull beaches, the people are warm and very kind with tourists...

SPAIN

SAPIN


LANGUAJE

Spanish

Currency
Euro

SPAIN is wonderful, because have many place for visited also its rich monumental heritage and dazzling natural environment.There is a perfect destination for everyone that you can choose.




The capital of Spain in Madrid, is strategically located at the geographical centre of the Iberian peninsular, 646 metres above sea level. Its old town is exemplary among major European cities, and blends harmoniously with the most modern and convenient of urban infrastructure.
The city has 73 museums that cover all fields of human knowledge.

In Spain the visitors and residents alike can enjoy the sun, go for walks, go rowing or feed the squirrels in Madrid's large, impeccable parks and gardens.

Spain have gate routs for visit:

Vìa de la Plata
There has been a route between mountains, valleys and plains, which unites the north and south of Spain, where, in the lower basin of the Guadalquivir, the first great western culture flourished, under the mythical monarchy of Tartessos at the end of the Bronze Age.


Camino de Santiago

This is the route, from the French-Spanish border, which was and still is followed by pilgrims travelling to Santiago de Compostela. Along the route there are around 1800 buildings, both religious and secular, of great historical value. The Route played a fundamental role in the cultural exchange between the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of Europe during the Middle Ages. It is still testimony to the Christian faith in people of all social classes from all over Europe.


Ruta del Califato.


This is the route, from the French-Spanish border, which was and still is followed by pilgrims travelling to Santiago de Compostela. Along the route there are around 1800 buildings, both religious and secular, of great historical value. The Route played a fundamental role in the cultural exchange between the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of Europe during the Middle Ages. It is still testimony to the Christian faith in people of all social classes from all over Europe.









Spain is the ideal place for a holiday with all the family Whether in major cities or rural villages, Spain’s social traditions reserve a special place and special attention for children. This excellent treatment also extends to the rest of the family. You will find yourself well attended whether at the water park, museum, hotel or restaurant.

BOLIVIA

Bolivia is a country of South America. It capital is La Paz. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west. People speak three lenguages: spanish, quechua and aymara. The western part, enclosed by two chains of the Andes.

History:Famous since Spanish colonial days for its mineral wealth, modern Bolivia was once a part of the ancient Incan empire.Bolivia's predominantly Indian population was reduced to slavery. The remoteness of the Andes helped protect the Bolivian Indians from the European diseases that decimated other South American Indians.

Geography:Bolivia has been a landlocked nation since 1879 when it lost its coastal department of Litoral to Chile in the War of the Pacific. However, it does have access to the Atlantic via the Paraguay river. An enormous diversity of ecological zones are represented within Bolivia's territory.

Lake Titicaca is located on the border between Bolivia and Peru.

Culture: The best known of the various festivals found in the country is the "Carnaval de Oruro", which was among the first 19 "Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity," as proclaimed by the UNESCO in May of 2001.
Entertainment includes football (soccer), which is the national sport, as well as table football, which is played on street-corners by both children and adults.

Bolivia is the second poorest country in the Americans an d Caribbean, after Haiti.

Climate:

Altitude and the changes in annual precipitation toward the southwest dominate the climate of Bolivia. Widely varing conditions can often be seen over short disctances. Average seasonal temperatures ranges are generally smaller than the average diurnal ranges. The average temperatures of the coldest (June/July) and the warmest (November) months at La Paz .

Goverment:

Bolivia's president is Evo Morales.

ITALY

Italy is located in the European continent, their capital is Rome and the official language is Italian. It is a long peninsula shaped like a boot, it is bounded by France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia to the north. Italy is divided in 20 administrative regions, divided in counties and these in turn in municipalities.

At the moment the population from Italy is 58.883.000, its main cities are Rome, Milan Naples, Palermo, Florence, among others, its climate is varied and this between 11 and 25 centigrade grades.

Italy is known by its gastronomy, the famous plates are pizza and paste, accompanied by wine. One of their main attractives is the city of Vaticano, here the Catholic religion prevails.
The industrial activity is the motor of the Italian development, the main industries are tourism, machinery, iron and steel, chemicals, food processing, textiles, motor vehicles, clothing, footwear, ceramics, etc.

Italy is a beautiful country full with cultural wealth, every year it is very visited from all over the world by tourists

England

Is the largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and is located to the northwest of mainland Europe. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total population of the United Kingdom, the mainland territory of England occupies most of the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west. Elsewhere, it is bordered by the North Sea, Irish Sea, Atlantic Ocean, and English Channel.
England became a unified state during the tenth century and takes its name from the Angles — one of a number of Germanic tribes who settled in the territory during the fifth and sixth centuries. The capital city of England is London, which is the largest city in Great Britain, and the largest city in the European Union by most, but not all, measures.
England ranks amongst the world's most influential and far-reaching centres of cultural development. It is the place of origin of both the English language and the Church of England, and English law forms the basis of the legal systems of many countries. It was the historic centre of the British Empire. It was the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and was the first country in the world to become industrialised. England is home to the Royal Society, which laid the foundations of modern experimental science. England was the world's first parliamentary democracy and consequently many constitutional, governmental and legal innovations that had their origin in England have been widely adopted by other nations.
The Kingdom of Englandwas a separate state until 1 May 1707, when the Acts of Union resulted in a political union with the Kingdom of Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Climate
England has a temperate climate, with plentiful rainfall all year round, though the seasons are quite variable in temperature. The prevailing wind is from the southwest, bringing mild and wet weather to England regularly from the Atlantic Ocean. It is driest in the east and warmest in the south, which is closest to the European mainland. Snowfall can occur in Winter and early Spring, though it is not that common away from high ground.

Religion
Due to immigration in the past decades, there is an enormous diversity of religious belief in England, as well as a growing percentage who have no religious affiliation. Although the following percentages : Christianity: 71.6%, Islam: 3.1%, Hindu: 1.1%, Sikh: 0.7%, Jewish: 0.5%, and Buddhist: 0.3%, No Faith: 22.3%., the EU Eurobarometer poll of 2005 shows that only 38% of people in the UK believe in god and that religious belief is on the decline.

UNITED STATE OF AMERICA

UNITED STATE OF AMERICA

History
Native Americans and European settlers
The indigenous peoples of the territory that now constitutes the U.S. mainland, including Alaska, migrated from Asia. They began arriving at least 12,000 and as many as 40,000 years ago. Several indigenous communities in the pre-Columbian era developed advanced agriculture, grand architecture, and state-level societies. European explorer Christopher Columbus arrived at Puerto Rico on November 19, 1493, making first contact with the Native Americans. In the years that followed, the majority of the Native American population was killed by epidemics of Eurasian diseases.

Independence and expansion.

Declaration of Independence, by John Trumbull, 1817–18
Tensions between American colonials and the British during the revolutionary period of the 1760s and early 1770s led to the American Revolutionary War, fought from 1775 through 1781. On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress, convening in Philadelphia, established an army under the command of George Washington. The Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, drafted largely by Thomas Jefferson, on July 4, 1776. The Congress, lacking authority to levy taxes, had difficulty funding the Continental Army. It overprinted paper money, triggering hyperinflation. In 1777, the Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation, uniting the states under a weak federal government, which operated until 1788. Some 70,000–80,000 loyalists to the British Crown fled the rebellious states, many to Nova Scotia and the new British holdings in Canada.[23] Native Americans, with divided loyalties, fought on both sides of the war's western front.

Geography

The United States is the world's third or fourth largest nation by total area, before or after the People's Republic of China, depending on how two territories disputed by China and India are counted. Including only land area, the U.S. is third in size behind Russia and China, just ahead of Canada. The continental United States stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and from Canada to Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico. Alaska is the largest state in area. Separated by Canada, it touches the Pacific and Arctic Oceans. Hawaii occupies an archipelago in the Pacific, southwest of North America. The commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the largest and most populous U.S. territory, is in the northeastern Caribbean. Deciduous vegetation and grasslands prevail in the eastern U.S., transitioning to prairies, boreal forests, and the Rocky Mountains in the west, and deserts in the southwest. In the northeast, the coasts of the Great Lakes and Atlantic seaboard host much of the country's population. With a few exceptions such as the territory of Guam and the westernmost portions of Alaska, nearly all of the country lies in the western hemisphere.

Government and politics

The United States has vast economic, political, and military influence on a global scale, which makes its foreign policy a subject of great interest around the world. Almost all countries have embassies in Washington, D.C., and many host consulates around the country. Likewise, nearly all nations host American diplomatic missions. However, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Bhutan, and Sudan do not have formal diplomatic relations with the United States.
American isolationists have often been at odds with internationalists, as American anti-imperialists have been with promoters of Manifest Destiny and American Empire. American imperialism in the Philippines drew sharp rebukes from Mark Twain and many others. Later, President Woodrow Wilson played a key role in creating the League of Nations, but the Senate prohibited American membership in it. Isolationism became a thing of the past when the United States took a lead role in founding the United Nations, becoming a permanent member of the Security Council and host to the United Nations headquarters. The U.S. enjoys a special relationship with Britain and strong ties with Australia, Japan, Israel, and fellow NATO members. It also works closely with its neighbors through the Organization of American States bd free trade agreements such as the trilateral North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico. In 2005, the U.S. spent $27.3 billion on official development assistance, the most in the world; however, as a share of gross national income (GNI), the U.S. contribution of 0.22 percent ranked twentieth of twenty-two donor states. On the other hand, nongovernmental sources such as private foundations, corporations, and educational and religious institutions donated $95.5 billion. The total of $122.8 billion is again the most in the world and seventh in terms of GNI percentage.

Economy

The United States has a capitalist mixed economy. The private sector constitutes the bulk of the economy, with government activity accounting for 12.4 percent of the GDP. Most businesses in the U.S. are sole proprietorships with no payroll.Both the regulatory burden on its companies and its social safety net are smaller than in most developed nations. According to the International Monetary Fund, the United States GDP of more than $13 trillion constitutes 20 percent of the gross world product. The country ranks eighth in the world in nominal GDP per capita and fourth in GDP per capita at purchasing power parity.
The economy is fueled by abundant natural resources, a well-developed infrastructure, and high productivity. Americans tend to work considerably more hours annually, take less vacation, and produce more per hour than workers in other developed nations.n 2005, 155 million persons were employed with earnings, of whom 80 percent worked in full-time jobs.The majority, 79 percent, are employed in the service sectorThe United States is the largest importer of goods and second largest exporter. Canada, China, Mexico, Japan, and Germany are its top five trading partners.

Technology

The United States has been a leader in scientific research and technological innovation since the late nineteenth century, attracting immigrants such as Albert Einstein. The bulk of research and development funding, 64 percent, comes from the private sector.The U.S. leads the world in scientific research papers and impact factor In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was awarded the first patent for the telephone. The laboratory of Thomas Edison developed the phonograph, the first long-lasting light bulb, and the first viable movie camera. During World War II, the U.S. developed nuclear weapons, ushering in the atomic age. The space race produced rapid advances in rocketry, material science, computers, and many other areas. The U.S. largely developed the Arpanet and its successor, the Internet. Americans enjoy high levels of access to technological consumer goods. Almost half of U.S. households have broadband Internet service The country is the primary developer and grower of genetically modified food; more than half of the world's land planted with biotech crops is in the U.S The United States has had a powerful automotive industry for more than a century; the companies of Ransom Olds and Henry Ford pioneered assembly line manufacturing. The U.S. has the most roadways in the world and a relatively weak intercity passenger rail system. Only 9 percent of total U.S. work trips employ mass transit, compared to 38.8 percent in Europe.

Demographics

RACE ETHNICITY (2005)
White : 74.67%
Hispanic or Latino(of any race) : 14.50%
African American : 12.12%
Asian : 4.32%
Native American and Alaskan Native : 0.82%
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander : 0.14%
Other/multiracial : 7.92%

Language

Languages (2003)
English (only) : 214.8 million
Spanish, incl. Creole: 29.7 million
Chinese: 2.2 million
French, incl. Creole: 1.9 million
Tagalog: 1.3 million
Vietnamese: 1.1 million
German: 1.1 million

Food and clothing

Mainstream American culinary arts are similar to those in other Western countries. Wheat is the primary cereal grain. Traditional American cuisine uses ingredients such as turkey, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, squash, and maple syrup, indigenous foods employed by Native Americans and early European settlers. Slow-cooked pork and beef barbecue, crab cakes, and chocolat chip cookies are distinctively American styles. Soul food, developed by African slaves, is popular around the South and among many African Americans elsewhere. Syncretic cuisines such as Louisiana creole, Cajun, and Tex-Mex are regionally important. Fried chicken, which combines Scottish and African American culinary traditions, is a national favorite. Iconic American dishes such as apple pie, pizza, and hamburgers derive from the recipes of various European immigrants. So-called French fries, Mexican dishes such as burritos and tacos, and pasta dishes freely adapted from Italian sources are widely consumedLeading soft-drink producer Coca-Cola is the most recognized brand in the world, just ahead of McDonald's

Sports

Since the late nineteenth century, baseball has been regarded as the national pastime; football, basketball, and ice hockey are the country's three other leading professional team sports. College football and basketball also attract large audiences. Football is now by some measures the most popular spectator sport in the United States. Boxing and horse racing were once the most watched individual sports, but they have been eclipsed by golf and auto racing, particularly NASCAR. Soccer, though not a leading professional sport in the country, is participated in widely at the youth and amateur levels. Tennis and many outdoor sports are also popular. While most major U.S. sports have evolved out of European practices, basketball was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, and the regionally popular lacrosse was a precolonial Native American sport. At the individual level, skateboarding and snowboarding are twentieth-century U.S. inventions, related to surfing, a Hawaiian practice predating Western contact. Eight Olympic Games have taken place in the United States, four Summer games and four Winter games. The United States has won 2,191 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, more than any other country, and the second most in the Winter Olympic Games, with 216 medals. Several American athletes have become world famous, in particular baseball player Babe Ruth, boxer Muhammad Ali, and basketball player Michael Jordan. The West Coast (left coast) and New England tend be the most liberal regions, while the southern and Rocky Mountain states tend be the most conservative.

Germany "Land of Alamanes"

Germany is a country of Central Europe that forms a part of the European Union (EC). It limits to the north on the sea of the North, Denmark and the Baltic sea; eastwards with Poland and Czech Republic; on the south with Austria and Switzerland, and on the west with France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Netherlands. Germany means "land of the alamanes " it is not the same thing that German, in reference to one of the Barbarian peoples (villages) that crossed the river Rhine and they invaded the Roman Galia during the century V. Besides German, there is extended also the use of the national German one, derivative from the name with which the Romans knew to the zone and where there were other peoples(villages) to which it was known like German, Slang. During most of his(its) history, Germany was a geographical term(end) used to designate an area occupied by several States, the majority of which belonged (concerned) to the so called Sacred Empire Romano Germánico (of German Nation or Germanic). Germany turned into a State joined during 74 years (1871 - 1945 the so called German Empire, the known one as Republic of Weimar and the Germany Nazi.), but it(he) was divided at the conclusion of the Second World war in the Federal Republic of Germany (RFA), known as West Germany and the German Democratic Republic (RDA), known as East Germany. On October 3, 1990, the RDA happened to form a part of the RFA, for what Germany returned to be a unified State.

Germany has the most numerous population of all the countries of the EC. His territory spreads from the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, in the north, up to the Alps, in the south, and it they cross some of the Europa's major(bigger) rivers as the Rhine, the Danube and Elba. Germany is a federal republic. The legislators to national scale are the Bundestag (lower house of the Parliament or Federal Assembly), which members are chosen every four years by universal suffrage, and the Bundesrat (high chamber(camera) or Federal Council), that consists of 69 representatives of all 16 federated States (Bundesländer). After the fall of the Wall of Berlin in 1989, the former RDA (German Democratic Republic) joined in the Federal Republic, which supposed the entry of five new Bundesländer in the European Union. The German is the language that possesses the speakers' bigger number in the European Union.

Germany is the third economy of the world: It's produces cars, precisions devices, electronic equipments and of telecommunications, chemical and pharmaceutical products, and much more. His companies have realized strong investments in the countries of Central Europe and oriental that entered the EC in 2004. As cradle of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Wagner, between others, the contribution of Germany to the classic European music is very important. Regarding the thought and the literature, the immense German patrimony possesses Lutero's figures, Goethe, Schiller, Nietzsche, Kant, Brecht and Thomas Mann. Germany is the second world producer of hop, and the country is known by the quality of his beers. It produces wine in the valleys of the Moselle and of the Rhine.

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France

Officially the French Republic is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various overseas islands and territories located in other continents.[11] Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. French people often refer to Metropolitan France as L'Hexagone (The "Hexagon") because of the geometric shape of its territory.

France is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain. Due to its overseas departments, France also shares land borders with Brazil and Suriname (bordering French Guiana), and the Netherlands Antilles (bordering Saint-Martin). France is also linked to the United Kingdom by the Channel Tunnel, which passes underneath the English Channel.
The French Republic is a democracy that is organised as a unitary semi-presidential republic. Its main ideals are expressed in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. It is a developed country with the sixth-largest economy in the world.[12] France is the most visited country in the world, receiving over 75 million foreign tourists (including business visitors) annually.

I chose this country because one day I want to go to France. I want to go to París the fashion capital, cultural sites for example: Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, musiums (I would like to see "the Mona Lisa"). A friend told me that in France there are many canals and the people can rent boats and enjoy that. I can´t forget Notre Dame.

There are some reasons to choose this country and show this information. One day I will write about my trip. Ok?

blessings on you!