My Daily Routine!

I usually get up at 6:45 a.m. and I have breakfast. After that I brush my teeth and I get dressed, then I comb my hair.
At 7:40 I go to Martina's home with Caryma and then we walk to school.
The lessons start at 8:15 a.m. and they finish at 13.15, but sometimes also at 12.15.
After the lessons I walk to home with my friends, I have lunch and then I watch TV till 3 p.m.
I start to do my homework at 3.30 p.m. and, when I've finished, I go out with my friends or I go to dance.
In the evening I have dinner and then I watch TV, surf the internet or read a book.
Usually I go to bed at 11.30 p.m., but sometimes also at midnight!

Remembrance Day.

Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth countries since the end of World War I to remember the member of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty.
This day, or alternative dates, are also recognised as special days for war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries. Remembrance Day is observed in 11 November to recall the end of hostilities of World War I on that date in 1918. Hostilities formally ended "at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month", in accordance with the Armistice, signed by representatives of Germany and the Entente. 

Remembrance Day is held on the second Sunday in November, which is usually the Sunday nearest to 11th November. A national ceremony takes place at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London. The Queen lays the first wreath at the Cenotaph.


Wreaths are layed beside war memorials by companies, clubs and societies. People also leave small wooden crosses by the memorials in remembrance of a family member who died in war.


Remembrance Day is also known as Poppy Day, because it is traditional to wear an artificial poppy. 

The UK.

The UK is a political union of four countries:England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The capital of UK is London. London is also the capital of England. In fact the government resides in London.
The UK is a constitutional monarchy, which means the Parliament governs the country, not the monarchy.
The Parliament in the UK is divided in two houses:the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The monarch of UK is Queen Elizabeth II of Windsor, belongs to the Windsor Dynasty.
Originally Elizabeth's family name was different, it was German:Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Elizabeth's grandfather, king George V, changed the name to Windsor in 1917 because in that period, having a German name was very unpopular.
As Head Of State, the Queen goes on official State visits abroad. She also invites other world leaders to come to the United Kingdom. During their visit, Heads of State usually stay at Buckingham Palace, or sometimes at Windsor Castle or Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh.
The Queen is also the Head of the Armed Forces. She is the only person who can declare when the country is at war and when war is over.
She is Head of the Church of England. The Queen appoints archbishops and bishops on the advice of the Prime Minister. 
The Queen represents the nation at times of great celebration or sorrow. One example of this is Remembrance Day ceremony. The Queen lays a wreath there each year to honour the members of the armed forces who have died fighting for their country.

                                     The British Royal Family

The British Royal Family is the family group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom.
The monarch of the UK is Queen Elizabeth II, the first child of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
Her grandfather was George V, and he changed the name from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor.
At the death of George, his son Edward VIII became king, but he was king for a very short period because he abdicated to marry the woman that he loved.
So, Edward's brother, George VI, became the new king of England and he was Elizabeth's father.
When George died, Elizabeth became the Queen of England.
Elizabeth's husband is Prince Phillip of Edinburgh.

They had four children:

-The first son is Prince Charles, who has the title of Prince of Wales. It means that when Elizabeth dies, Charles will become the new king.

-Princess Anne is the second child;


-The third is Prince Andrew, Duke of York;


The last child is Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex.



Charles, in 1981, married Lady Diana Spencer and they had two children:William and Harry.


But in 1992 the British Prime Minister announced their formal separation in Parliament, because the couple's incompatibility and age difference had become visibile and damaging to their marriage.
When Diana died in a car crash on 31 August 1997, Charles flew there to accompany her body back to Britain.
In 2005 he married her previous girlfriend, Camilla Parker Bowles.

Charles' son, William, married Catherine Middleton on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey and on 22 July 2013 was born their first child, Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge

HALLOWEEN!✝

Halloween is a yearly celebration observed in a number of countries on october 31, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead.
Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treaking, attending costume parties, decorating, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighthing bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, telling scary stories and whatching horror films.


Today Halloween's costumes are thought to have been influenced by folk costums and beliefs from the Celtic-speaking countries.
Development of artifacts and symbols associated with Halloween formed over time. Jack-o'-lanterns are traditionally carried by guisers in order to frighten evil spirits.

The modern imagery of Halloween comes from many sources, including national customs, works of Gothic and horror literature and classic horror films.

Trick-or-treating is a customary celebration for children on Halloween. Children go in costume from house to house, asking for treats such as candy or sometimes money, with the question:'Trick or treat?"
The word "trick" refers to "threat" to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given.
In Scotland and Ireland, guising (children disguised in costume going from door to door for food or coins) is a traditional Halloween costum, and is recorded in Scotland at Halloween in 1895 where masquerades in disguise carrying lanterns made out of scooped out turnips, visit homes to be rewarded with cakes, fruit and money.

A popular variant of trick-or-treating, known as trunk-or-treating, occurs when "children are offered treats from the trunks of cars parked in a church parking lot", or sometimes, a school parking lot.
In a trunk-or-treat event, the trunk of each automobile is decorated with a certain theme, such as those of children's literature, movies, scripture, and job roles.

                                                                                                                                                                   
Halloween costumes are traditionally modeled after supernatural figures such as vampires, monsters, ghosts, skeletons and witches.

Haunted attractions are entertainment venues designed to thrill and scare patrons. Most attractions are seasonal Halloween businesses.

It is said that on the night of All Hallow's Eve the gap between the living and dead worlds are closer, and that dead souls come back to earth. The souls would then look for a living body to possess for the next year. People, not wanting to be possessed would leave food and drinks outside their doors to please the souls. Over time, beggars started taking and then begging for food and then children started to. This is only believed in some religions.