Showing posts with label United Kingdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United Kingdom. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Great Britain

I received this postcard today...from Great Britain.


It shows the Houses of Parliament (south side) in London, England.


The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the parliament of the United Kingdom.  Commonly known as the Houses of Parliament after its tenants, the Palace lies on the bank of the River Thames in the City of Westminster in central London.

source:  Wikipedia

Sunday, June 29, 2014

British Isles

T also received this postcard...


from a special education teacher who lives in North Augusta, South Carolina.


The postcard shows a school room map of the British Isles.


The British Isles is a group of islands off the northwestern coast of continental Europe that consists of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, and over six thousand smaller islands.  Two sovereign states are located on the islands:  Ireland (the Republic of Ireland) which covers five-sixths of the island of the same name, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the United Kingdom).

source:  Wikipedia