Her name is Maria Sciaudone. She's from Mondragone (Italy). She likes chatting with her friends and listening to the music. In her free time she goes out with her friends, and goes to the cinema. She has a brother. Her favourite singer is Adele, she's very good!
Christopher Columbus,on October 12,1492, arrived in a new land. This day is called "Columbus Day". He discovered a new continent "The Americas". Christopher Columbus never realised he had reached a whole new world. In fact, Amerigo Vespucci was the first to understand it, so America took it's name from him. Every year people celebrate this event. This day is a national event and people organize parades, and wear costumes. Many military corps partecipate in the parade and fireworks are lit at the end.
Each year in November, the United Kingdom remembers the man and the woman who gave their lives in the two World Wars and subsequent conflicts. During the First World War, on 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the guns of the Western Front fell silent after more than four years of continous warfare. In many parts of the world, people observe a two-minute of silence at 11 a.m on 11 November.
