The European Alphabet

By Mariah Neuhauser
Period 7
F is for Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand is an indie post-punk art rock band that hails from Glasgow, Scotland.
The quartet’s, consisting of Alex Kapranos, Nick Mccarthy, Bob Hardy, and Paul
Thomson, band name is derived from an Austro-Hungarian monarch whose assassination
sparked the beginning of World War I.

(Source: http://www.nme.com/artists/franz-ferdinand#biography)
R is for rugby

Rugby is
A is for Anne Hathaway’s Cottage

Anne Hathaway was

N is for natural hot springs

Bath Spa, Somerset in England is home to natural hot springs that are around 114 degrees
Fahrenheit. The natural hot springs in Bath are a geological phenomenon. Due to Bath’s
geology, Bath seems like an unsuitable place to form hot springs. The Roman bath
pictured above was built nearly 2,000 years ago.

(Sources: http://geolmag.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/144/4/741 and

http://visitbath.co.uk/site/things-to-do/roman-baths-p25681)
C is for Cathedral Notre-Dame

Cathedral Notre-Dame is a gothic cathedral located in Paris, France. Construction on the

cathedral began in the year 1163 under the direction of Pope Alexander III. The main
builders included Jean de Chelles, Pierre de Montreuil, Pierre de Chelles, Jean Ravy, and
Jean le Bouteiller. Construction on the cathedral ended in the early 14th century. The
cathedral underwent renovations within the past few centuries to restore the sacristy, the
stain glass windows, and the organ.

(Source: http://www.notredamedeparis.fr/Building-history)
E is for the Eden Project

The Eden Project is an environmental organization based in Bodelva, Cornwall, England

that promotes the beauty and welfare of the planet. At their organization’s headquarters,
you will find bountiful gardens hidden from plain view by large domes. The Eden Project
does wonders by trying to help conserve our ecosystem.

(Source: http://www.edenproject.com)
L is for Lord Byron

Lord Byron was born in London, England in the year 1788.

(Source: http://englishhistory.net/byron/life.html)
G is for Giant’s Causeway

The Giant’s Causeway is

T is for trilby hat

A trilby hat
L is for lutefisk

Lutefisk is

(Source: http://netnet.net/~pineaire/Lutefisk.html)

W is for William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth was born in Cumberland, England in the year 1770. He became
friends with fellow writer Samuel Coleridge and co-wrote various literary successes. He
gained popularity with the public when he wrote Poems in Two Volumes. His most
famous epic novel, titled, The Prelude, has sparked much controversy over which version
of this novel is superior, the 1805 or 1850 version.

(Source: http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/ww/bio.html)
S is for