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The Palio is a700 year-old horse racein Siena Italy
A plimsoll is asneaker
The Plimsoll Mark is a load-linefor ocean going cargo ships
The four languages of SwitzerlandGerman, French, Italian, Romansh
In London, Big Ben is in theclock tower of the House of Parliament
A dirndl is afull-skirted dress
The original Magna Carta can beread in the British Museum
Vasco da Gama was the firstEuropean to reach India by sea
He wrote The Little Mermaid andThe Ugly Duckling
Greenland has two representativesin the Danish legislature
Loch Ness is a body of waterfull of mystery in Scotland
The British Crown Jewelsare in the Tower of London
Hadrian was a Roman Emperormade famous for building a wall
Napoleon met his waterloo innear the village of Waterloo
The village of Waterloo is inBelgium
The Mayflower sailed fromPlymouth, England in 1620
Heathrow is an airportthat serves London
The flag of the United Kingdomis called the Union Jack
The patron saint of Wales isSt. David
On Saint David's Day a Welshmanwears a leek in his hat
Before air conditioning in Spainsiestas were common
Saffron is a yellow spice that isused in cooking paella.
Antoni Gaudi is an architectnoted for ornate design
Switzerland exports theswatch
four of the eight alpine countriesAustria, France, Germany, Italy
If you sailed downstream on the Volgayou would end up in the Caspian Sea
The statue of the Little Mermaidis in Copenhagen harbor
Guy Fawkes was unsuccessfulin blowing up Parliament in 1605
Lorenzo Ghiberti's bronze doorsare found in Florence
The Hungarian Rhapsodies were composedby Franz Liszt
Home heating in Iceland is bysteam from hot springs
Three capital cities that start and end with the same letterAndorra, Oslo, Warsaw,
Corsica>Strait>SardiniaStrait of Bonifacio
Roman name for Scottish highlandsCaledonia
The Costa del Sol is inSpain
The Isle of Man is smack dabin the middle of the Irish Sea
Bavaria is a state inWest Germany
Zugspitze is a mountain inBavaria
The Basque live in Spain andFrance
Johann Strauss composed the waltzOn the Beautiful Blue Danube
Bosporus Strait connects the Blacksea to the Sea of Marmara
From the Sea of Marmara you canaccess the Mediterranean Sea
In Russian, Pravda meanstruth


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