Scotland - SPORTS 1

Andy Murray

Andy Murray was born from Scottish parents , Will and Judy Murray. He began playing tennis at 5 years old, encouraged by his mother, she herself coached tennis, accompanying him in almost all tournaments. Murray has a brother , James, a professional tennis player too, with whom he sometimes associates , especially when they won the Valencia Open in 2010.

In 1996, when he was eight years old , he was at school at the time of the Dunblane massacre that cost the lives of sixteen children, aged four to six years , as well as their teacher . However, Murray said he did not remember it.

Since 2006, Murray lives with Kim Sears, the daughter of Nigel Sears, former tennis coach.

Andy Murray won the famous Orange Bowl in Florida at the age of 12. In 2001 he was a finalist of the tournament 'Les Petits As' in Tarbes, France (for 12-14 years). Novak Djokovic was eliminated in the quarterfinals that year. In September 2004, at the age of 17, he won the prestigious U.S. Open junior. Two weeks later, he was appointed member of the Davis Cup against Austria but did not play singles or doubles.

2005 - The Beginning
In April , Murray turned professional . He took part in the tournament in Barcelona but he had to give up in the first round against the Czech veteran Hernych. In May, he competed in the German challenger tournament in Dresden, where he lost in the second round .
Murray received shortly after a second opportunity, this time in the London's prestigious Queen's Club tournament . He reached the third round by beating Santiago Ventura and the powerful American Taylor Dent, before losing to Swedish Thomas Johansson in three sets , after injuring his ankle, injury that forced him to forfeit the tournament in Nottingham.

Rewarded for his good performance in the junior tournament in Roland Garros, Andrew Murray, ranked 374th player in the world , but he was defeated in five sets against David Nalbandian .
During the U.S. tour , Andy Murray received an invitation to the tournament on grass in Rhode Island , where he lost against the French Antony Dupuis. He then won the challenger tournament on hard in Aptos , California.

A new invitation allowed him to join the final table of the Masters Series tournament.

Fame

On September 10th, 2012, he beat Novak Djokovic in a match that lasted until 4:54 am, on the score of 7-6, 7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2. It was about his first title in Grand slam. On July 7th, 2013, he won the tournament of Wimbledon by beating Novak Djokovic on the score of 6-4, 7-5, 6-4. He became the first British to win this tournament since Fred Perry in 1936.
He won the US OPEN in 2012 and Wimbledon in 2013.

He won twenty eight ATP titles , including the U.S. Open in 2012 and Wimbledon in 2013 and nine Masters 1000. He was also a finalist for the 2008 U.S. Open , the 2010 Australian Open , 2011 and 2013 and Wimbledon 2012. His highest ranking to date is a second place in the world , reached for the first time on the 17^th of August 2009.

Allan

Scotland - SPORT 2

FOOTBALL in SCOTLAND

The Scottish football team consists of a selection of the best Scottish players representing Scotland in major international football competitions, the World Cup and European Championship. Its players are selected among all the Scottish players.

With the team of England, it is among the oldest national football teams. In 1872, they took part together in the first official international match. The team of Scotland cannot however compete for the Olympics, because Scotland is not an Olympic international committee member.

Murat

Scotland - STREET ART

The Military Tattoo

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, or just Military Tattoo is an international festival of military bands (tattoo) taking place annually since 1950 at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. It is part of the Edinburgh festivals that take place in August.

More than 200,000 people visit each year Edinburgh to attend performances that take place over 3 weeks. It is broadcasted on TV in more than 30 countries for a total audience of 100 million viewers per year. The first edition was held In 1950 with only a 8 bands programme.

Originally known as the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, the festival was renamed Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo after Queen Elizabeth II has added the title (Royal) in honor of its sixty years of existence in 2010.

Numerous international military regiments and some African tribes, have participated in the Tattoo since 1950.
The first regiment outside the United Kingdom who made an appearance was that of the Garderegiment Grenadiers in Jagers (Grenadiers and the Royal Rifles) of the Netherlands in 1952. Since then, over thirty countries were represented at the Tattoo.

Among the most popular ones were the Top Secret Drum Corps (Corps top secret drums), a Swiss non-military group (the first to participate in Tattoo) who participated in 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2012, the Norwegian regiment Han Majestet Kongens Garde (His Majesty's guards), and this eight times since 1961 and they have adopted as a mascot in 1972, Nils Olav, a king penguin from the Edinburgh Zoo and so on. In recent years, the festival has hosted groups of dancers and cultural music from several countries.

Enzo & Quentin

Scotland - ANIMALS

The Loch Ness Monster

Scotland has always been known for its legends of monsters moving into the deep waters of rivers and lakes. These aquatic creatures are called kelpie or " water horse" and have the particularity to drown unwary travelers . In ancient times, parents forbade their children to swim in the deep rivers, fearing that the water spirits could take their children away.

The Loch Ness Monster is an imaginary animal that is supposed to live in the Loch Ness, a freshwater lake in the Highlands (Scotland). The legends of the Loch Ness monster dates officially back to 565 AD when St. Columba , an Irish monk , saved one of his disciples from certain death while he was trying to cross the lake to swim to a stranded boat : a terrible monster suddenly surfaced and rushed to him, "with much noise and its mouth open." Saint Colomba made a sign of the cross and invoked the power of God, shouting at the monster not to touch the poor man , who was a" Niseag " ( Celtic name for Nessie ).

It is often nicknamed Nessie. The monster was baptized Nessitera rhombopteryx by scientists Sir Peter Scott and Robert Rines . It is often described as resembling a sea serpent or a plesiosaur . Many devotees go on the waters of the Loch since the late 1930s, when there was the first "modern" appearance of the monster. Photos and films were shown , but their authenticity is difficult to prove.

In the 1990s , the presence of salmon washed up on the shore with traces of very large bites, has been reported . In the same period, two fishermen friends, still skeptical about the existence of the monster, reported seeing a gray - brown bump protruding from the water. Getting closer to see what it was, the boat was surrounded by three distinct bumps of the same color. They eventually managed to return to the shore.

In 2007, a video showing a movement in the lake revived attraction around the site. In 2011 , George Edward, owner of a tourist boat , took a picture strikingly described as the clearest image of the legendary creature but it was a hoax. The brown bump appearing in the photo was in fact a fiber

reconstruction made ​​for a documentary about the Loch Ness monster .

Several expeditions were conducted to try to find the creature. In 1930, volunteers have tried to catch it with vulgar tools: barrels, son, hooks and pieces of fish as bait. Today means using technology such as submarines, naval radar, sonar and even webcam that scientists hope to identify or capture the animal (fish shipments in 1969, Yellow Submarine in 1972 and 1987 Deepscan). Several echoes indicating the presence of "large unidentified moving masses" and underwater caves have been recorded by the devices, but nothing conclusive.

Ibrahim & Luis

Scotland - FOOD

Haggis

The origin of the word haggis is uncertain.
It might have meant "chop" or "cut" It is also possible that it descends from the Old English "haggen" , the French "hacher" or Scandinavian "root." Icelandic also knows two basic words : "hoggva" and "haggw".

There are many recipes , but it usually consists of sheep offal (lungs , liver, heart ), onion, oats, mutton suet, spices and salt. Traditionally , this preparation is enclosed in a sheep stomach and baked for several hours in this manner, therefore the haggis is like a sort of ball in a pocket . The haggis is now cooked in a synthetic gut , with rare exceptions.
Variations of this recipe appeared recently . Some haggis is prepared with pork and more or less spicy . There is also a vegetarian haggis wherein cereals ( oats , bran, wheat ... ) replace the sheep base .
Traditionally, haggis is served with mashed potatoes and mashed rutabaga (English Scottish neeps and tatties ) . It is accompanied with a glass of whisky. Recently, Scottish cuisine has added a whisky sauce to accompany the dish and this new recipe is called "royal haggis ."

Chocolate and caramel shortbread millionaire

RECIPE
Preparation time : 20 minutes
Cooking time : 30 minutesIngredients ( for 15 pieces) :

For the base ( the shortbread )
- 175 g of flour
- 115 g of unsalted butter
- 50 g of powdered sugarFor the " caramel " ( the second layer ) :
- 50 g of unsalted butter ,
- a box of sweetened condensed milk,
- 50 g of powdered sugar ,

For the "chocolate " ( the third layer )
- 100 g of milk chocolate

• 115 g of unsalted butter .Préparation
  
  Take 175 g of flour and add 115 g of unsalted butter, then add 50 g of powdered sugar. Stir.
  For the " caramel " ( the second layer ), add 50 g unsalted butter , then a box of sweetened condensed milk, then 50 g of caster sugar.
  For the " chocolate " ( the third layer ) add 100 g of milk chocolate and 115 g of unsalted butter .

Théo & Océane