GRUPO13

The symbols are the most representative way to identificate a city, culture or region in any place in the world. England is recognized for their symbols, for example, the Buckingham Palace, the Royal Guardsmen, The Big Ben, The pubs, tea hour, in other hand in Colombia we are good symbols and sometimes bad symbols. Good Symbols like a Bolivar Square, Juan Valdez and the coffee, flowers, many typical foods, etc. Bad Symbols like drugs, terrorism, kidnapping, many cities unsecure, FARC.

THE FLAG

The flag is most representative country symbol, is used in all sports, in t-shirt, in a holydays. We always remember that the athletes put the flag in his shoulders after win any competition.

Yellow: Represented the gold and the sun. Blue: Represented our sea and rivers. Red: Represented the patriot's blood.	The flag have two theories: The first theory states that the flag was adopted during the Crusades A second theory states that St. George's cross was originally the flag of Genoa was adopted by England and the City of London in 1190 for their ships entering the Mediterranean to benefit from the protection of the powerful Genoese fleet.

NATIONAL FLOWER

ORCHID	RED ROSE
The Orchid is the National Flower of Colombia. Is considered the most beautiful flower of the all the world.	The Red Rose is the National Flower of British.

THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

While in a London is this kind of public transportation is used for tourist and is only for keep one of the first symbols of London, in Colombia is one of the public transportation. In Colombia, this system carried millions of persons by year, and travel around Bogota using many ways.

Transmilenio is the first public transport in Colombia. It operate since 2000 and is the object of a lot of criticism because is full of people in the main stations. We recommended visit this web page http://www.surumbo.com.co/ where you can simulate your station origin and the end station and return the best options that you take. In the web page http://www.transmilente.com/ you can see a lot of videos of crash between buses, cars and motorcycles generate by the people.

Double-deckers have become a symbolic image of the country in particular the use of the red double-decker buses in London. This type of buses was retired in 2005, but the Transport of London has established two heritage routes. We think that is fantastic travel in the second floor because we can see all the things without any interference.

TAXI

Taxi are the best way to know a city is a symbol in the city. In Colombia all the taxis are yellow and relatively are new. In London, taxis are a big symbol and usually are black and so huge. At the same in Colombia the drivers are organized in enterprises to render a good service.

THE TELEPHONE BOX AND PO BOX.

In London The Telephone box and PO Box are symbols, usually identified by the red color and this service work without problems and the citizens used it. In Colombia this service doesn´t exist in the streets only in a specialized sites. This services day by day are unless use it because exist new tools like email, virtual community like msn, facebook, twitter and the use of cell phones.

THE MOST POPULAR GAME.

In both countries the most popular game is the soccer. We share the same passion for the soccer, while in London exist the terrible Hooligans in Colombia exist many groups of bad "hinchas" that only generate problem to the teams. England has win many world cups, Colombia only is passion and the illusion of the people.

The video is the Scorpion made by Higuita in a soccer game between England and Colombia. Crazy…… Escorpion Video

THE COFFEE AND THE TEA

The tea hour is a British custom that generally is between 15:00 and 18:00, usually this happen when the people arrive to his houses. This symbol identified the British People around the world. In Colombia the custom is drink coffee in any time, our coffee is know in all the world, our main symbol is "Juan Valdez. Café de Colombia".

THE PUBS

Pub is a short name for public house, In Colombia is relative new this concept, we find in a different places in the city. In London is very restrict the consumption of alcohol in the streets only in a selected places you can drink alcohol. The beer is common in the cities. In Colombia our pubs also called "tiendas" and exist many kinds "de barrio", "paisa", "despecho", etc. In this places not only drink beer and alcohol but also dance, meet with different people. In Colombia in every corner can be a party. While in London only exist a Queen (Elizabeth), in Colombia is famous for the multiple "queens" , coffee queen, rice queen, papaya queen, fruit passion queen, fruit queen, "panela" queen, Barranquila carnaval queen, etc.

In Conclusion, we share a lot of Symbols but London's People take care his symbols because they are historical heritage.

Juan Carlos Ruiz Salazar. Group 13.