{"id":1315,"date":"2020-09-07T12:30:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T16:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/?p=1315"},"modified":"2020-09-06T20:21:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T00:21:49","slug":"around-the-world-in-80-days-united-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2020\/09\/07\/around-the-world-in-80-days-united-kingdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the World in 80 Days &#8211; United Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>UNITED KINGDOM <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/09\/uk-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1318\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/09\/uk-1-300x188.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/09\/uk-1-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/09\/uk-1-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/09\/uk-1-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/09\/uk-1-624x390.png 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/09\/uk-1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Western Europe<br \/>\nCapitals: England \u2013 London; Scotland \u2013 Edinburgh; Wales \u2013 Cardiff; Northern Ireland \u2013 Belfast<br \/>\nLanguages: English<br \/>\nPredominant Religion(s): Christianity (Church of England, Roman Catholic) \u2013 most other religions are represented<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6\">\n<div class=\"note bg-lblue white-text min-350\">\n<h3 class=\"white-text text-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/09\/map_uk.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1316\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/09\/map_uk-300x240.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"223\" height=\"178\" \/><\/a>COMMON CHARACTERISTICS:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-editor\">\n<ul>\n<li>British people often describe themselves as reserved, but in fact they are quite funny and have a witty sense of humor!<\/li>\n<li>The UK\u00a0 is a very multi-cultural society and subsequently Brits are open minded to all beliefs and traditions.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s true that people from the UK love talking about the weather, preferably whilst drinking tea!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-6\">\n<div class=\"note bg-lblue white-text min-350\">\n<h3 class=\"white-text text-center\"><strong>FUN FACTS:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-editor\">\n<ul>\n<li>In the UK, if you reach your 100th birthday, you get a personalized card from Her Majesty\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/09\/UK-Sophia-Baik-flickr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1319\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/09\/UK-Sophia-Baik-flickr-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/09\/UK-Sophia-Baik-flickr-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/09\/UK-Sophia-Baik-flickr-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/09\/UK-Sophia-Baik-flickr-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/09\/UK-Sophia-Baik-flickr.jpg 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>the Queen!<\/li>\n<li>The estimated population of the UK is over 64 million; 84% of this population live in England.<\/li>\n<li>The UK is slightly smaller than the U.S. State of Oregon.\u00a0 It is just under half the size of France and 30 times smaller than Australia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999\">Photo by: Sophia Baik {flickr}<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED KINGDOM <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/09\/uk-1.png\"><\/a> Western Europe Capitals: England \u2013 London; Scotland \u2013 Edinburgh; Wales \u2013 Cardiff; Northern Ireland \u2013 Belfast Languages: English Predominant Religion(s): Christianity (Church of England, Roman Catholic) \u2013 most other religions are represented <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2020\/09\/map_uk.gif\"><\/a>COMMON CHARACTERISTICS: British people often describe themselves as reserved, but in fact they are quite funny and have  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdl\/2020\/09\/07\/around-the-world-in-80-days-united-kingdom\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,1],"tags":[669,275,871,731],"class_list":["post-1315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-global-awareness","category-uncategorized","tag-around-the-world-in-80-days","tag-global-awareness","tag-tea","tag-united-kingdom"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Around the World in 80 Days - United Kingdom - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Around the World in 80 Days - United Kingdom - Au Pairs in Southern Maryland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UNITED KINGDOM Western Europe Capitals: England \u2013 London; 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