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Food and Festivals:
- Staple foods in Europe: Bread, fish, meat, potatoes and dairy products.
- The Europeans celebrate both religious and recreational (holiday) festivals.
- Important festivals of Europe: Christmas, Easter, Good Friday, the Saint Day, Redentore, Tomatina and Carnival.
- Games: Rugby, football, basketball, ice hockey and skiing.
- Bull-fighting in Spain is the world's attractive game.
A Comparison of Asia and Europe:
Asia and Europe integrated geographically, but separated politically. Europe is the giant peninsula of Asia, and it looks like a tail of the supercontinent Eurasia. Despite the various geographical hey have various similarities, Asia and Europe have a striking differences.
- Formation of Himalayas (Asia) and the Alps (Europe) took place over the same geological period.
- From Europe to Asia, the Steppe grasslands and coniferous forestsspread over several hundred kilometres.
- Generally, both the continents have the plains in the northern part and the mountains in the southern part.
- Both the continents are the homeland of ancient civilizations.
- Through the silk route and the spice route, two continents had a trade relationship from the ancient period.