Americans' First Time in England! Exploring London
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- It's our first day in England and we are spending it exploring London and finding unique and fun things to do. We visit the Sky Garden, Leadenhall Market, make our own little walking tour across the Tower Bridge over to Borough Market. On our second day we take a London music tour with Rock Cab Tours before checking out Berwick Street. We have loved visiting London England for the first time, but we have plenty more to explore in London and will be setting off on an epic UK road trip, so make sure you're subscribed and stay tuned.
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Just a quick fyi big ben is the name of the bell and the tower is called the Elizabeth tower as it was changed from the clock tower to the Elizabeth tower back on 2012 to mark the diamond jubilee of Elizabeth II
Glad you had such a good time
If you only visit London you've never been to England
Your very welcome 🙏 from England 🏴
Make sure you visit Bath in Somerset and West Dorset coast line...this is England
I love how you guys appreciate Britain & the UK, the same way we appreciate America!! love the content especially the London trip
What a load of bollocks
Thanks! So far we have enjoyed everything about the UK. 😃
Most English comment on here 🤣
Love to America. You should visit ulster
@@BillyBones4365 what a charmer.
It's so cool to see london though tourist eyes.
We take it for granted 🇬🇧🇬🇧
It's a great city!
I'm from Orange County CA and say the same thing every time I'm at Disneyland in Anaheim. Sometimes we need to visit other countries to appreciate environments others grew up in!!
Wrong flag mate 🏴🏴
wow. half you showed didnt exist when I moved to London 30 years ago. the other half has been there for over a thousand years! London is without doubt the Greatest city on earth!
We certainly loved it!
I'm from London and it still amazes me when I go to the city and see things I haven't seen before.
That's amazing. There were so many things we missed that we would have liked to see, I'm sure the list is just never-ending possibilities.
As an American who has lived in London for many years, for any people wanting to see some things a bit different, I recommend taking South Wester Rail from Waterloo to Hampton Court Palace. There was a lot to see at the palace but cross the bridge onto the south side and there are some excellent restaurants and pubs. Then, walk along the Thames heading south. You'll pass Molesey Cricket Club and Molesey Boat Club and then the path opens onto fields. It's a beautiful, little slice of England.
Thanks for the recommendations!
Too close to London !! You gotta get outa London to appreciate England !!
@@Sam_Green____4114 Technically, it is outside of London. Once you cross over Hampton Court Bridge onto the south side, you're no longer in London. You're into beautiful Surrey.
Ha, I live there cheers for the shout out
As a child I used to get a bus for 12p to Hampton Court, climb in over the wall and play all day in the gardens.
Born and bread in London , and still stirs my soul 60 years on
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I was born in London in 1957...yes an old guy. I have seen more of London in your video than I would have by myself. Looking forward to following your tour of London and other sights in Britain.
Thank you so much! We have a lot of fun adventures coming up. 😀
1957 ? No youngsters PLEASE Kev....:)Walworth, S D London Off THe Old Kent Road in 1954 and have lived right on the edge since 1983 so can travel in and out to Kent, Surrey and Sussex x 2, for example. This week: Tuesday: Greenwich Pier to Westminster Pier return: 2 hours 20 minutes.The total cost of all transport £9.33:). Wednesday out to West Sussex.Thursday night back to Waterloo in Inner London and tomorrow back to West Sussex.I really miss the beating heart of Inner London but go back often to visit. Where are you now Kev?
So you remember London during the swinging 60s and the gritty 70s..was it like what they depict in movies?
So glad you enjoyed our capital city. Always pleased to welcome our friends from the USA and around the world :-)
We had a great time. Thank you!
What a lovely couple. Great travel log. So pleased you have enjoyed yourselves in Britain.
Thanks so much! 😊
I love your love of our country. I'm English and it works the other way for me. I visit the US often and see it in the same way you see England.
Oh nice! Thanks for watching 😀
Welcome to the UK have a great time and safe travels...
Thank you!
Welcome to England you lovely two, have a lovely holiday. If you can manage it try and go and have afternoon tea somewhere. 😀💝👍
We tried afternoon tea. It will be a later video.
Now you need to visit the rest of the UK,my most favourite place in the world is the Lake District in Cumbria absolutely stunning.
Thanks for the recommendation! Unfortunately, we missed it this time, but it's on our list for next time.
@@TheMagicGeekdom should have gone there instead of the usual yay London lol
@@RockyBobbieBuster yeah right go to a field instead of the capital of England. The Lake District is nice but they probably have plenty of other nice lakes in America too. But yes if you have more time. Liverpool, Brighton, Bournemouth and maybe the Lake District are good additions to your trip for England in roughly that order.
Come upto the lake district. One of the most stunning places in the UK
The north is beautiful.
@@TheMagicGeekdom
Aye Lass.. The North Remembers !
They're all chuffin ard oop there any rord !
@@TheMagicGeekdom Rains too much though! 🙄🙁
dont come up north you dont wanna come here
unless the lake district
Always enjoy seeing people experience London for the first time 😊
Thanks for watching!
So happy your enjoying your UK holiday, so lovely to see you both having a great time 😁😁🇬🇧🇬🇧
Thanks so much! 😊
Great vid guys can't wait 2 see the next 1👍
Thank you!
Great Video Guys! I am 67 from Inner South East London and NO-ONE can see all of London in one lifetime, my friends.I moved to the very edge of S E London/Kent in 1983.
This week: Tuesday: Greenwich Pier to Westminster Pier return: 2 hours 20 minutes. The total cost of all transport was £9.33:). Wednesday out to West Sussex and the Countryside..
Thursday night back to Waterloo in Inner London and tomorrow back out to the Countryside to West Sussex.I really miss the beating heart of Inner London but go back often to visit.
Saturday darn The Den
Thank you for watching and for the kind words!
Welcome to England 🇬🇧
🏴 = England
@@pittarak1
Always find a pedant in the UA-cam comments section
Thanks!
@@pittarak1 correct... although many emoticon libraries do not host regional/national flags only the flags of recognised states. My phone only has 🇬🇧 ...the flag of England isn't included.
@@pittarak1 ...also for older generations like myself, the Union Flag was the only flag that mattered in past decades - if you look at video footage of England playing West Germany in the 1966 World Cup final you will see the Union Flag not the England flag.
Welcome to the UK, hope you have had or are having a wonderful time.
Thank you! 😃
Well, you taught me something new, as a Londoner I'd never heard of Sky garden, and so glad it's free, booking tickets soon, as I'm taking annual leave and want to roam around hidden parts of my beautiful, gorgeous city.
Thank you for your recommendation 😊.
Wonderful! Hope you enjoy it!
Thank you.
There's another sky garden free with cafa in canary wharf it lovely in summer
I am truly delighted to see that you're having such good weather for your exploring. If you stay for a year, you will still not see and do everything that London
has to offer, let alone the rest of the countries. Best wishes for the rest of your trip.............................................the ancient Englishman.
I wish we could stay for a year lol. We took an amazing road trip, but feel like we barely scratched the surface. Can't wait to go back. Thanks!
It's really nice to see you having a good time. Can't wait to see more of your trip!
Thank you!
What a great video! Love seeing two people I enjoy out enjoying my favorite place in the world. Thanks for the fun video!
Thanks Shari!
Hope you enjoy your stay in the greatest city in the world.😃
Well I mean London is great and all that. But wouldn’t say the greatest. But that’s the cool thing about opinions lol
We loved it. Thanks!
I lived in London for 8 years until 2016 and it had opened when I was there, but I've never been to the Sky Garden - it looks great. Maybe when I go back as a tourist, I'll head there early as you suggest!
Oh nice. It's a lovely place, especially for free!
As someone born in the UK to an American navy commander and a lady from Manchester I just love these US/UK videos. It's always funny to see first time in the other country. Two nations separated by a common language!!!!
Oh neat. Thank you for watching!
Hello, I have just subbed to your channel and am loving your content. Welcome to England. Hope you are having a great time.👍👍👍
Thanks for subbing! We love England!
The girl with a dolphin one of a pair of statues; there is a companion piece, boy with a dolphin further along the Embankment.
Oh thanks for the info!
Great to see people enjoying themselves on their travels. It is important that Americans(and other tourists from around) realise the UK isn't just about London, although it does have a lot of great places to visit. Looking forward to seeing more of your vlogs.
8 minutes into the video Cara and Jeremy are big mood. 😂🙌🏻♥️ 😃
Thanks for taking us on your first day in London, it looks amazing and I hope we can make it one day. I had heard nothing but amazing reviews about the Back to the Future musical so good to hear that was fantastic.
I watched back to the future in London and it was so so awesome. Well worth a trip
It was super fun!
You guys have to go. You'll love it!
I watched the Back to the Future Musical on its opening week, it was amazing! Glad you enjoyed London.
Oh nice! It was great. We loved London and can't wait to visit again!
I got your post card and I love it, thank you so much!! Looks like you are having such a fun trip, I really enjoyed all the sights you visited and WOW the views from the Sky Garden were amazing!!
Yay I'm glad it made it there. We had a great trip. Thanks!
Guys, next time in London, you have to visit an East End Pie n Mash shop!
Thanks for the recommendation!
Double mash double liquor!
Remember on your road trip to stay on the left hand side of the road 🤔 Also our roads can be very narrow so remember to breathe in deeply when passing other vehicles. The south west of England has beautiful scenery as does Wales and Scotland. Have fun, enjoy and stay safe 😀👍
Oh I did some deep heavy breathing alright haha. 😂
What a lovely couple , you’d be welcome back anytime, from a Londoner 🏴😊🏴
Thank you! 😃We hope to come back sooner than later.
Great entertaining video. Leadenhall Market in the late afternoon to evening is buzzing Monday to Friday with all the City workers drinking. Love it there! At Christmas it is beyond magical with all the decorations they put up. Slightly further down from The Sky Garden is... The Garden At 120! (120 Fenchurch Street) That is also free, and no need to book and is beyond amazing as it is a large roof terrace with exceptional views. Worth checking out and inches from Leadenhall Market. The Church All Hallows By The Tower is very old with a crypt (free!) worth visiting to see their Roman pavement and small museum and ancient chapels. The Tower of London's moat is being planted with flowers as a special one off in 2022 for Queen Elizabeth 2nd Platinum Jubliee, 70 years on the throne, celebration.
Thanks for the recommendations and info!
Welcome to England ☺️ glad you enjoyed London. Hope you get to travel up to the North of England and enjoy the many historical Towns and Cities with their attractions at a mutch cheaper price than the Capitol City. Also the beautiful countryside.
Hope the weather gets warmer for you to enjoy ☺️ 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Thank you! 😃
Nothing north of Luton but desolate wasteland and hordes of the Great Unwashed. lol
@@imperialdebauchery5988 Grow up.
I've loved watching this. This is my Home Town - so glad you felt the way you did about it - thank you xx
Glad you enjoyed it! We really loved it.
We just did a trip to London from April 10-20 …. it’s funny to be watching your video because it’s almost the same …. markets, record stores, great food, geeky rock n roll stuff!
Oh that's awesome!
Great vid and nice to see you lovely people enjoying our majestic city. Hope you got to see more stuff here, we have everything. Enjoy the rest of your trip to England. Hope you're going to York, it's amazing up there for history.
Thank you! Will do!
Glad you both had a lovely time here in my country. You’re very welcome here. Best wishes to you both.
Thank you! 😃 We loved it there so much!
@@TheMagicGeekdom good to hear! Best wishes to you both🙂👍
I am so glad that you seem to be enjoying London. I was born and raised there, and it will always be home to me. Enjoy your stay. 💖
Thank you! We loved London!
You're welcome here anytime. Have fun 😀
Thank you! Will do!
I used to work in London and I come from outside London but I've never visited any of those markets ! I think after watching your video I need to pay a visit as a tourist for a change. Glad the weather was kind to you, London is a beautiful city and always evolving. Thanks for sharing our city with the world. I hope you both come back soon and explore more of the UK, you'll always get a warm welcome. 👍
Thank you for watching! We really enjoyed our time in London. 😃
Looks like you are having a great time !!
We had so much fun, thanks!
I love the little "visiting special locations" spin you give your videos! Glad to see you had a great time in London, and what wonderful weather!!
Thank you! We definitely got lucky with the weather all throughout GB.
Love our American cousins. Glad you had a great time & come back soon. 🏴🇺🇸
THANKS for The Sky Gardens tip !!!
Last week I was on a Thames Boat Trip and they told us about the free views of London and I will go soon:)
You're welcome! It's pretty cool and great that it's free.
Thank You :)
Excellent video, guys. You both look so happy...
Thank you! 😃
Very well done- I visit London often and it’s nice hear your perspective on it and what you find enjoyable.
Great vlog! Those bus tours are without doubt the best way to see what's what. Many will allow you to get off at a sight then get back on.
Also, a boat tour of the Thames is also brilliant. So so interesting!
Thanks for the recommendation! We missed a boat tour, but would love to do one next time.
welcome to London ! lovely to be open to visitors again !! :)
Thank you! 😃We were so happy to visit.
Wow, I loved this video! Especially the bus view through Bank/ The Royal Exchange. Makes me miss my days in London. Thank you!
Jeremy is a quiet lad, but you can tell he's having a brilliant time.
Greetings from London, I'm really happy you both had a wonderful time.
Thank you! 😃
Wow so cool! I want to go there some day! That looked like a fun way to tour the town jut learning about the music that has been made there!
Yes, it was a great way to tour the area. Hope you can make it there one day. It's a pretty amazing city.
Hi nice to meet you both. New to your channel today. Love seeing tourist visit my town I was born in. I was in that spot at the record store in Soho 2 weeks ago, it's really good record shop. I am so glad you picked London for your holiday. xx
Welcome aboard! Thank you so much.
I'm a Londoner. I've always loved Tower Bridge, but maybe it's because my Great Grandfather helped build it. As you've now seen the moat at the Tower Of London, you might enjoy YT vid 'The Tower of London Poppies'. It was an art installation commemorating the British and Colonial soldiers who died in WW1
Oh, that's so cool!
Glad you liked London, England 🏴👍👍
We did. Thanks!
Glad you are travelling about. Not just London. Good luck
Thanks! 😃
You have come armed with a lot of local knowledge, good stuff!
Thanks!
What a lovely post!
My one recommendation, concerning souvenir shops, would be to avoid almost all of the ones in the tourist hotspots, as they're full of junk from China. The best shops for gifts that I've found (I've lived in London since 1990) are the shop opposite the Royal Mews (forgotten its name), Buckingham Palace and the shop inside the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace. They are 30 yards apart and much of the merchandise is a least made here
Thanks for the tips!
Love this! Looks like you are having a good time in London and the weather has been great lately where i am in suffolk too, enjoy the rest of your trip, looking forward to seeing more videos
We got really lucky with the weather. Hope you enjoy the upcoming videos.
Aww, two people from the pacific northwest appreciating London, exploring London, and learning more about the history of London than I probably ever will in my lifetime
I mean it's right there, I could get on the bus... but.. I dunno.. ehhh?
Lol but it's so much easier to be a tourist in other places then where you live, right?
Recommend visiting North Devon. Such a beautiful part of the country. There are many places worth seeing around the country.
Devon is pretty!
So glad you enjoyed our wonderful city. You visited quite a few free places which is what you should be doing. Nice video. 💖🇬🇧
Thank you! 😃
That’s was awesome. I work in Soho by the way. Your video was so informative. Well done, looking forward to part two. I love London. ❤️
Awesome! Thank you!
I'm 40 born and raised in the UK, lived here all my life (London specifically) and I had never heard of or seen Leadenhall Market. Thanks for introducing me to my own city ;)
What a lovely video - I hope you enjoy your time here in the UK. (You've given me some ideas and I live in London!)
Wow thank you!
Marvellous video! Seems you had a lovely time, here in London. Thank you for being such great ambassadors. 😄
Thank you! 😃
You two have done more in London in a few days than I've done in 20 years. Really enjoying you videos x
Oh wow! Thank you! ❤
London is always a great city to visit there is so much to see and do, with a lot history and it looks even better in the sun, but i remember going to London in the summer, sometime in August about 6 years ago and the weekend i went the temperature was 95F it was so hot! i remember walking around all the tall buildings with no breeze hardly any air and so stuffy i remember thinking i was going to pass out lol, i had run into the nearest pub to get a drink. i like high temps but much rather be on a beach when its that hot. looks like you packed a lot in on your visit.
Oh wow that sounds hot. We lucked out with the weather ourselves. We tried to see as much as we could, but we still missed a lot.
Thanks for the sky garden info , we live nearby & we did not know it was free , defo will visit , enjoy your visit to England 👍🍺
I just found your channel and am binge watching now lol thanks for the tour of London, we are hoping to go next yr to see my family, my uncle lives across the street from the Shard. Thanks for the great video and tips 😊👍
That's so exciting! We loved our time in the UK.
So glad that you found something helpful in the videos. We're not experts, but we try and help. We hope you have an amazing time!
Always interesting seeing a foreigners view of my country. Used to work in London for 16 years, and up till last year sailed on the River Thames. When you grow up and live in a place you take it for granted. I have worked locally in Dartford for the past 8 years so not been London for a while even though it's only a 25 min train journey away from where I live in Kent. I sail on the river medway near Rochester and Chatham now. I recommend Rochester castle, Chatham dockyard. Great video, lots of energy. 👍 Welcome to the UK
Oh that's neat. We didn't make it to Kent, but hopefully next time. Thanks for the recommendations!
I have just subbed to your channel, I am loving your videos, I stumbled across it my misstake, its great. I am glad u enjoyed your time in England ad thank you for being nice about our country :)
Thank you!
What a nice couple. Very open minded. They reminded of my visit to London years ago.
This was really great! Loved your enthusiasm and positive vibes. I walk around those places every day and often forget how lucky I am to live in London. Thanks for reminding me! :)
Thanks so much!! We really loved London.
Love from Shrewsbury England 🏴, uk, 🇬🇧
Thank you!
You might be better off pronouncing "ber-wick" as "berrick". (We do odd things with place names:). But so glad you're loving it all!
Lol when editing this video, after experiencing England for a few weeks, as soon as I heard us pronounce it the way we were, I immediately realized it was wrong. 😂
The silent W before ick endings-like Chiswick and Warwick. And if they felt like it, the same with other endings too like Norwich.
Same as Southwark being pronounced as Suth-erk and Holborn as Hoe-burn. Peculiar language British English
London is the coolest!
Lovely video.
Cheers!
Couldn't agree more! Thanks!
Go to St. Paul’s the Whispering Gallery is amazing especially if there are 2 of you, to check out how it works.
We missed it, but we will have to check it out next time. Thanks for the recommendation!
Glad you enjoyed back to the future I loved it too when I saw a few months ago.
Also never knew you can go up the walkie talkie for free thanks.
It was so good, wasn't it?! And yes, the Sky Garden is a pretty neat free activity. Thanks for watching!
I got married in Southwark Cathedral back in 1989 and the market was just a wholesale fruit and veg market without a tourist in site. It has changed so much.
Oh wow that's neat. That cathedral is so beautiful, but the area probably has changed a lot.
@@TheMagicGeekdom Being born a couple of miles south of Tower Bridge in the 60's I have seen so many changes, There was still War damaged areas for us feral kids to play on. Feeling old now ;)
Glad that you're enjoying your time in the UK!
It's been wonderful.
I don’t know if you have come across the famous quote from Dr Samuel Johnson -
‘ Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford. ‘ 😊😊
Very pleased you enjoyed this great city.
We haven't, but I love it!
Love all the history, everything looks so beautiful 🥰
Such an amazing place to visit. We got lucky with the weather too.
Welcome to the UK, we're an old country by comparison, lots of history. You have a great time here.
Thank you!
Just found your channel. Love your enthusiasm. Subbed
Thank you for subbing and watching it.
First time watching your videos, it was great. Glad you enjoyed our wonderful city. I go to university in London, one of my favourite place is Borough Market. You've probably seen more of the tourist sights in London than me. 😂
Welcome to my amazing city!
It is an amazing city!
Funny, my first ever visit to London as an adult - 1989 - I went to a pub in Leadenhall Market. I ended up living in London for almost 20 years.
Oh that's so cool!
So glad you guys enjoyed your stay in the UK... don't be strangers! 😀
We'll try not to be!
Awww, you showed earls court. That’s where I used to work before when I was still living in London. I am in the US now and don’t get me wrong I loved it here but UK especially London is just so magical and fascinating.
Good to see a couple of Americans willing to learn about the UK first hand...too many think they know it all without even leaving the USA and are just so ignorant...good your enjoying your visit.....
too many think they know it all…AND are ignorant?…..wow rude!..way to go Cherie.
I’m sure they appreciated your ignorant comment
Just discovered your channel. Really good to watch. Hope you guys got home safe
Fun fact for you: I have an elderly neighbour who used to be the cleaner at Abbey Road studios back in the 60s and she has told me she literally used to throw away tons and tons of paper with lyrics and songs that had been handwritten by so many stars including the Beatles. Imagine how rich she would be right now if she had kept all that paper instead of just throwing it in the bin!
I like this vid. You pair are quite likeable. I’m a Londoner and I like seeing tourists actually getting the most out of my home city. If you’re back soon, (in May I think) there’s a new VR ‘Gunpowder Plot’ experience opening at the Tower. If it works it’s going to be fascinating!
That sounds interesting. Sadly, we won't be back in May.
Really nice to see and hear other people's comments of your back yard.....nice posting....
Thanks!