They say that our home is our castle and I can't but agree with it. My castle is a three room apartment in the suburb of the city. My favourite room in this castle is a kitchen. And not surprisingly — for me our kitchen is not only the place, where my mother cooks or where we eat, but it is the main meeting point for all our family. When our relatives or close friends come to visit us, we love to sit in the kitchen and discuss different things with a cup of hot aroma tea. As well as in many other families, our kitchen is the most creative and the noisiest room in the flat, and it is always full of people. There are many interesting, cute and even unusual things in our kitchen, so it is difficult to describe it in two words. First of all, it must be mentioned that our kitchen is quite big, light and ample, but very cozy. In the center of my favourite room, there is a round vintage wooden table. One can always find my books or magazines, my mother's porcelain vase with fresh flowers and my sister’s drawing pad on the table. Opposite the door, one can see a large window with lovely light-blue curtains. on the windowsill there are pots with beautiful plants – growing plants is my mother’s hobby..On the right, there is a modern kitchen cabinet. It is the place where my mom cookssour favourite dishes. All our kitchen appliances such as oven, dishwasher and microwave oven are integrated into the kitchen cabinetry. It is very convenient and space consuming. On the shelves, we have got not only plates and cups, pans and pots, dressings and spices, but also a lot of books with different recipes, photos, postcards and souvenirs. On the left, there is a side-by-side refrigerator. As my mother is on a diet, our fridge is full of fruit and vegetables. On the fridge, there are a lot of colourful magnets from all over the world, family photos, my sister’s drawings, funny postcards. I think our fridge can tell the story of our lives to our guests: here is a lovely photo of my younger sister, wedding and birthday invitations for the nearest weekends, and here is a magnet from Paris and a New Year postcard from our granny. Our entire world is there for everyone to see. Opposite our kitchen cabinet, there is a wall with a big old-fashioned clock on it. My parents have received it as a present when they gave a house-warming party twenty years ago. I love my kitchen because it is the place, where I meet my parents and my sister early in the morning, where we spend special occasions, where in the middle of the night we discuss problems and share our secrets, and, of course, where we can taste delicious and homemade food.
Big Ben (Engl. Big Ben — the name of the largest of the six bells of Westminster Palace in London, often the name refers to the clock and Clock tower as a whole. At the time of casting big Ben was the largest and heaviest (13,7 tons) a bell United Kingdom. In 1881 yielded to the bell Big Paul (English).Russian. (17 tons). It is believed that the bell was named big Ben (Big Ben) in honor of sir Benjamin Hall, the curator of the construction work. According to another version, he is named in honor of Benjamin count (eng.)Russian., popular boxer in the heavyweight division The tower was built by English architect Augustus Pugin in the Gothic revival style, 1859, the tower clock started on 31 may 1859. The height of the tower, including the spire — 96.3 meters. The lower part of the clock mechanism located at a height of 55 meters. The official name until September 2012 was the "Clock tower of Westminster Palace", in the press it was often called St. Stephen's Tower. According to the decision of the British Parliament renamed the Elizabeth Tower in honor of the 60th anniversary of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. The big clock of Westminster are the second largest in the world (next to the clock of the city Hall of Minneapolis) four-sided clock with fight.
The clock was designed by sir Edmund Beckett (English).Russian. and the astronomer Royal George airy. The creation of the watch was instructed in watchmaking master Edward John dent (English).Russian., after whose death in 1853 construction was headed by his stepson Frederick dent. Frederick completed the work in 1854.
The pendulum clock is installed inside the wind-proof box, located below the room with a clockwork mechanism. Its length is 4 meters, weight 300 kg. the pendulum is 2 seconds. The accuracy of the clock is regulated using coins, which are placed on the pendulum: the old (dodecahedra) coin 1 penny accelerates its motion by 0.4 seconds per day.
The total weight of the movement — 5 tons.
The dial diameter is 7 meters.
The length of the arrows is 2.7 and 4.2 meters.
At the base of each of the four dials is a Latin inscription "Domine Salvam fac Reginam nostram Victoriam primam" ("God save our Queen Victoria the First").
At the perimeter of the tower, to the right and to the left of the clock, is another phrase in Latin — "Laus Deo" ("Glory to God" or "praise the Lord")
July 27, 2012 from 8:12 to 8:15 the clock struck 30 times in honor of the opening of the XXX Olympic games. For the first time since 1952 chimes were working out the schedule.
1. The Emerald Isle. One of the informal names of Ireland – the Emerald Island, that's because of Ireland has a lot of lush greenery. Even Johnny Cash wrote his famous song about The Emerald Island called "40 shades of Green". 2. The national dance is Step dancing. Irish dance is special because the feet ad legs generally move very quickly but the arms and body almost do not move at all. 3. A fun fact: Prior to June 2010, each donor in Ireland after giving blood has gotten free pint of Guinness. Later, however, the company refuses to promote alcohol as a drug.
There are many interesting, cute and even unusual things in our kitchen, so it is difficult to describe it in two words. First of all, it must be mentioned that our kitchen is quite big, light and ample, but very cozy. In the center of my favourite room, there is a round vintage wooden table. One can always find my books or magazines, my mother's porcelain vase with fresh flowers and my sister’s drawing pad on the table. Opposite the door, one can see a large window with lovely light-blue curtains. on the windowsill there are pots with beautiful plants – growing plants is my mother’s hobby..On the right, there is a modern kitchen cabinet. It is the place where my mom cookssour favourite dishes. All our kitchen appliances such as oven, dishwasher and microwave oven are integrated into the kitchen cabinetry. It is very convenient and space consuming. On the shelves, we have got not only plates and cups, pans and pots, dressings and spices, but also a lot of books with different recipes, photos, postcards and souvenirs.
On the left, there is a side-by-side refrigerator. As my mother is on a diet, our fridge is full of fruit and vegetables. On the fridge, there are a lot of colourful magnets from all over the world, family photos, my sister’s drawings, funny postcards. I think our fridge can tell the story of our lives to our guests: here is a lovely photo of my younger sister, wedding and birthday invitations for the nearest weekends, and here is a magnet from Paris and a New Year postcard from our granny. Our entire world is there for everyone to see. Opposite our kitchen cabinet, there is a wall with a big old-fashioned clock on it. My parents have received it as a present when they gave a house-warming party twenty years ago.
I love my kitchen because it is the place, where I meet my parents and my sister early in the morning, where we spend special occasions, where in the middle of the night we discuss problems and share our secrets, and, of course, where we can taste delicious and homemade food.