Beauty spots in the USA and Great Britain

Beauty spots in the USA

New York

New York is one of the largest cities not only in the USA but in the world. The city has 5 parts: Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Richmond. It is an important seaport and harbor. NY is nicknamed the Big Apple.
Its first name was New Amsterdam. The Dutch colonizers bought the island from Indians for beads and ornaments for 24 dollars. The Florentine navigator entered to NY. Bay. The area was explored by Henri Hudson. After him is named the Hudson River. Manhattan means Heavenly land. Manhattan is the best – known and the most beautiful part and it is famous for its skyscrapers. The avenues run north and south and the streets run east and west.
Wall Street is the most important financial and commercial centre of the world.
Empire State Building – there is a beautiful view of NY. It was the tallest building for the long time.
World Trade Center was nicknamed the twins. On September 11th were destroyed in terrorist attack.
The Rockefeller Center is a complex of skyscrapers. There are many banks, expensive restaurants, luxurious shops and parks. You can meet many famous people there – actors and actresses, writers, artists. The apartments are very expensive.
The Brooklyn Bridge connects Manhattan and Brooklyn and is the best-known of NY´s bridges.
Statue of Liberty – stands on the Liberty Island in the New York’s harbor. It greets all the people coming to NY. It is a symbol of democracy, freedom and justice for all people. It stands on a huge pedestal. In one arm she holds a torch and under the other she has the book of laws. The statue was designed and made in France and was transported to the States on ships. It was a present from France.
Broadway – is the best known street in NY. It is a centre of culture, art and entertainment with many famous theatres, concert hall and cinemas.
The 5th avenue belongs to the most famous too. There are luxurious shops, office buildings and residential houses.
The Central park is the largest park in the world. New Yorkers come here to relax. They can do sports here, they can have picnics on the grass, play games, they can walk their dogs of have a meal or a drink in of many restaurants. But at night it is a dangerous place where many homeless people and criminals are. People can be easily robbed or even killed.

Mount Rushmore
It is the state of South Dakota in the mountains called the Black Hills. It is dedicated to 4 presidents– G. Washington, T. Jefferson, A. Lincoln and T. Roosevelt. Their faces are carved into a high granite cliff. These faces are the largest sculpture in the world.

The Grand Canyon
GC is deep gorge which was carved by the river into the rock. At some places, it is over a mile deep its walls are very colourful. It is a beautiful sight

Yellowstone Park
It is the best known national park in the States. It is the oldest park in the world with many beautiful waterfalls and geysers and many animals which are protected. = grizzly bear, black bear, eagle, bison, elk…
Beauty spots in Britain

Stonehenge
It is a mysterious stone structure. It was believed that it was built by Celts but it isn´t true. It was built by some unknown nation. It consist of huge heavy stones arranged into 2 circles. It is a mystery how these ancient people could transport these stones for long distances with their primitive tools. Another mystery is how they could erect these huge stones. There are many theories about it. The best theory is that they probably had to dig a hole in the ground, then they put the lower part of the stone into the hole, then they tied ropes around the stone and pulled on the ropes to lift the stone. Historians don’t know why this structure was built. Some people think that it was an ancient church or an observatory.

Loch ness
It is famous for its monster called Nessie. Many people believe that Nessie lives somewhere in this lake. Many people say that they have seen her and many say that they have a photos of her. All these photos are fakes. She looks like a snake, or the frog or worm or a dinosaur. The legend about Nessie started in the 6th century. It started because the water in this lake is very dark and thick.

Edinburgh
Edinburgh is famous for its beautiful old town with many fine buildings and for its medieval castle which stand on an extinct volcano. It is also famous for festivals. During this festival E. is crowded with people.