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7 Apr 2007

England


When you open the map, you will see two big islands in the Europe west band outside. One is Great Britain; the other is Ireland. It included England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The capital is London. The area is 240000 square km and the population is fifty-eight thousand. Because England is the center in the countrywide, people is used to call United Kingdom as Britain. It also has lots of places to travel. For example, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Hyde Park, London, London tower bridge and so on. I wish i can visit that for my travel.
Meets is the most downriver London tower bridge which in the bridge is most famous, is located east London. Because bridge body is four turrets connections, which is been called the tower bridge. West Bridge is the London urban district, the tower bridge also has name of the London main entrance. The London tower bridge completes in 19th century last stages, the modeling unique is grand and uses the Gothic style the construction style, harmonizes with the not far away London tower. The tower bridge main frame is two main turrets and two small turrets, between the turret the company has the ordinary bridge floor and the protection steel wire, The main turret was too splendid down to many people to neglect the small turret existence. Two hosts turrets are equipped with the staircase to be possible for about, between the turret to be the double level bridge, the upper formation for the fixed footbridge, the lower level are the bascule bridges which 6 traffic lanes may open and close. Two hosts turrets height 42.7 meters, the peak is towering separately five small steeples. In the turret it is also equipped with the museum, the exhibition hall, the store, the bar and so on. Ascends the tower to look out into the distance, you may appreciate the Thames River upstream and downstream ten miles scenery heartily.
In 1859, bell by English king engineering Minister Knight Benjamin □Hall supervised manufacture, bell altogether weight 21 tons, when casting spends 27,000 pounds. It is towering the high bell towel. Each an hour, the bell makes but the sonorous sound heavily according to the Greenwich Mean Time. You also can hear the ding outside the number mile the reverberation. Big Ben is regard as London the symbol. People, who go sightseeing to London, thought all around the bell tower. Stands there you will feel very happy.
England is a beautiful country. Cultural relic historic site can be found everywhere. What is more, nature scenery is very beautiful and traveling resource is very rich.