I live in Shropshire, so if you ever need a tour guide feel welcome to reach out, as i take my friends & relatives on tour from Texas when they are over here. Ludlow is a cool town with a castle to check out, and Bridgnorth..
You do get used to reading the weather after a few years and can avoid getting wet if you really wish to but yes the rain is year round, we get very little snow most years out winters can get cold though.
We will be doing a lot of exploring all around the uk while we are here. We have 45 days' worth of traveling here. We will be going to London in a later video but it's only for 2 days. We much rather go to the less explored places.
Please come and see the National Parks of Yorkshire - you'd be very welcome! Beautiful countryside, pretty villages and market towns with cosy tea rooms and pubs, lovely coastline....and friendly folks. As for the 'rain' - check out the stats, we have less rain than many places in Europe.....it's true!
I was thinking the same and they are very respectful and can see the enjoyment of being over here seeing PROPER england in it best parts ❤❤❤❤ not really one for these sorts of videos but gotta say I love this
North enough for all the precipitation, but near enough the gulf stream for it to come down as rain not snow. Which is why it's perfect in every way, shape and form. Remember we're as far north as Norway and Newfoundland!
@@MostlyPennyCat Well, hardly, only northern Scotland comes to the same latitude as southern Norway, most of Britain ( the Island ) isn't and most of Britain has a lower rainfall than the northwest of England - places in Europe have a higher average rainfall, such as Slovenia. Norway is also huge north to south, where obviously as you go north the winters are long and dark and minus 20 for months. Nothing like that in Britain.
@ramadamming8498 half of Britain lies above the 55th parallel, that's quite far north although not as far north as northern Norway obviously, what has the rainfall in slovinia got to do with enything here ? Seems your arguing for the sake of arguing
@@elwolf8536 I wonder why people online seem incapable of just a normal conversation? The definition of which, is exchange of ideas and views, that hopefully is progressive, to seek, to question, to be objective and sane? Are you doing that? What is your issue with Slovenia or the mention of it? I mentioned Slovenia, to say, that Britain, does not have the highest rainfall in Europe. And? So what?
American here from Georgia. Moved to the UK in 2012, and its been great. Would never move back to the states. The people, the country as a whole, the laws, way of life, free healthcare. Just worlds above the US. Have since founds large American communities in the UK, such as Green Park in Reading.
@@personalcheeses8073 While the NHS is funded by taxes, making it free at the point of use, the term "not free" ignores that it's a publicly funded system ensuring universal access to healthcare regardless of income-a rarity in many countries. Grow up and read more.
@@personalcheeses8073 Yes there is the National Insurance which is taken out of your salary. But its so little i dont even think about it. Ive also had 2 operations since we moved to the UK and i didnt have to pay anything. We think its amazing compared to our previous life in the US.
@FnAVanLife England has some of the best costal towns and I have lived next to the sea all my life and have worked in London and at the end of the day I always could not wait to leave that dive and get back to the coast.
@@ashprice5752I live in London (outer London) and love it, but its completely different from the rest of the country,, so its important visitors do go out of London and explore other counties, the coastal areas too... Cornwall for instance is wonderful, totally different from London..
London get approximately half the rainfall of New York but no one ever mentions the rain when travelling to the big apple but everyone who visits mentions the UK rain.
Stereotypes I suppose. Frankie is actually a born and raised New Yorker and I lived there for a decade and oddly enough I wouldn't think of rain when I think of New York at all. I think of Pizza.... haha but that's just me!
UK IS FINISHED IT'S SO ANGLOPHOBIC ENGLISH FAMILY IS CLAIMING ASYLUM IN AUSTRALIA THEY PROVED TO THE AUTHORITIES THE UK WAS UNSAFE WITH ILLEGALS MIGRANT CRIMES TERRORISM
But don't tell too many people - you'll be inundated!! Love the county - lived there for 5 years back in the 80's and still return for a bit of walking and nostalgia.
@@JeanBeech-gc4iwditto Northamptonshire. Every newcomer screws it up for the locals. We have a beautiful county, but London prices are bringing the buggers up along with house prices. Go away! We don't want you! Piss off to Buckinghamshire.
As a Brit I really enjoyed watching this it’s wholesome everyday life and it’s so good to see it bigger up like this! It’s really put me in a good mood for the day you guys are so cool and friendly together all of you it’s just living good life! Spot on guys. Cheers 😊
Have been randomly fed this video but you are having probably one of the best first UK experiences you can get. Thank god someone took you to a proper cafe too.
@@pusb_87english63 ever had a warm scotch egg? you'd think they're a cold thing if you only ever had store bought but if you get home made or pub scotch egg warm, they're god tier so I imagine pork pie is same.
Yes, pork pies absolutely can be and are eaten hot throughout Yorkshire (and maybe even Lancashire) and served with mushy peas and a dollop of mint sauce. Why the rest of the country thinks this is weird is beyond me as they are so much tastier hot!
You need to live here at least 7 years to talk meaningfully about the UK weather. Then you'll have experienced grey dismal winter days, apparently endless rain, but also heatwaves and droughts and glorious long days of sun. We have it all.
We know that the people have been bringing us around have lived in the UK for more than 7 years of their life's. They keep saying we hope it does rain, lol. 🌧 But I will say for the 45 days we were in the UK we caught lots of sunshine. 🥰
@@davidz2690 most people restaurants and cafes use tea bags . i know some fancier cafes/restaurants that give you the choice. but im sure this was more about having a more authentic time like a normal brit would :)
Stumbled on this by accident, without realising you're less than 5K from where I am from. Thanks for showing this part of the world in such a positive light.
These Brits you’ve met are such nice people, respect to them for showing you what life is like over here, thanks for not being another just London reaction, I hope your daughter remembers her journey through these videos.
"This pork pie is smaller than I was expecting it to be" - she says, holding an ENORMOUS pork pie... So many British people haven't visited Ironbridge and the surrounding areas but it's a real jewel. Love Blists Hill! Thanks for showcasing the lesser-known sites.
@@lucyj8204 I spent my childhood in Blists hill before it was transformed into the museum the old bridge across the Coalport road was where a few of us crawled across the rusty steel to get into the Blists hill area was a bit scary. But we did daft things then . We used to have butterfly nets and would catch stickler back fish and crested Newts. The tar tunnel was also fun we used it to get to Coalport. They were great times to be alive.
I looked into once, I love history, its a 5 hours travel time, I don't drive and the hotel was like 100 quid a night, it was cheaper for me to go to spain for a week! 10 hours traveling, one or two night stay, I can see why spain is popular. An it costs 500 quid, I can snatch a all inclusive spanish holiday for that for a week.
The villages and small towns of the UK have much more in the way of community and I love it. You kind of lose that when heading into cities. I prefer a town over a city any day! Welcome to the UK !
You need to visit Beamish in County Durham in North East England! It’s similar to Blists - it documents life in Northern England with a 1920s town, 1950s school in the 1850s and you can go down a coal mine and visit school from the Victorian ages!
I live literally 5 mins away from ironbridge in Telford, my best friend lives just across the way in Jackfield. I recognised it as soon as the video started. Great place and lovely part of the world. I hope you liked it and I hope it treated you well!
That's extremely debatable. The origins have been claimed by restaurants in Glasgow, Bradford and Birmingham. They may all have invented it independently and it's impossible to say which did it first.
Yes lovely people were violence and verbal abuse is common place ,why on a Friday night you can see the gutters full of drunks, if drunks are not your bag there are trannies prostitutes homosexuals drug addicts homeless people beggars something for everyone . and as a special treat go to Liverpool esp when a football match is on, they will rearrange your liver and kidneys for free, very obliging like that . Then there is the food ,constipation is guaranteed everything is fried and salted to shorten the life span . England is no loner a country it is a thing .
I am here in Sydney Aust. Nov 24, watching this and it is raining, well drizzling and it is so beautiful, refreshing and clean after the humid hot weather we've had. People are smiling and looking less stressed. It won't last long.
0:44 i thought i recognised that road in the sped up footage!! then i saw the road sign behind you haha! i live about 10 minutes away from ironbridge. lovely area
I was going to make the same comment, lol! I couldn't spot the baked beans nor fried tomatoes, and I think they only got one hash brown (which is a total crime). Hope they get to try a traditional Sunday roast at a pub carvery. Yorkshire puddings are a must.
This is such a lovely video of lovely people actually engaging with Britain and our strange mix of old school culture but progressive society. You’re very welcome back any time.
If you watch back they're exchanging Canadian dollars not USD. At the moment it's 1 GBP to 1.80 CAD. So that £40 is 72 Canadian. Plus the exchange people add their bit on top.
You travel all that way, experience all the world from your van, your friends travel from the states to visit you and they experience the van getting broken into when you arrive back in England!!!! Welcome to the UK!! 🤦🏼♂️ The positives of the UK heavily out weigh the negatives. So good to see Americans embracing the UK cultures and going with the flow (and outside of London) 👍🏼
Watching you for first time. Your little baby girl is a natural star. Hey good for you both for being so open-minded and trying everything. You get used to the rain and eventually you might like it .
I really enjoyed this video and I subscribed … I’m pleased you enjoyed your stay in the UK and I can’t believe how chilled your sweet baby is… so adorable. Thank you for the wonderful video ❤️
Great, really got into the spirit of the different things and meeting up with your friends, all in all a wonderful adventure. Just can't wait for the next instalment!! 😃
This video is so wholesome and something I really needed to see right now as both a UK resident, and someone who suffers mental health problems. Peace to everyone trying to raise a family, anyone fighting through trauma or addiction, anyone just trying to find their way in life, peace to any good people going through bad times just trying to feel how good life can be ❤
We had an incredible time. 45 days wasn't enough. We will be back. But for now, we will be posting a video every Friday about our adventures around the UK.
I love this 😊 So pleased that you guys have shown that there is so so much more here than London. Showcasing part of our history, educating on life past and present. We have many amazing living museums and places of interest and history here. Lovely watch made even more happier by the fact this is the region I live in. 😊
I love how I immediately recognised Ironbridge at 0:31 which is fascinating as it's the first major bridge to be made of cast iron, so glad to see it in a video!
Crumpets are lovely served up as "French crumpets" as opposed to "French toast" where sliced bread is used. Served with a favourite topping, sweet or savoury. I like Bovril on mine (I can hear the screams).😊 An enjoyable video of your introduction to English culture and customs.
Really enjoyed this video, you kind of made it as if we the audience was there with you. Like someone said in the comments it’s nice to see England not seen as though only London , there is so much more England is a beautiful part of the world. Thank you for the video xx❤
High Tea is working class. It’s what you made for the workers in your household when they arrived home. It was called high tea because you sat at a high table rather than with side tables. Meat, fish, bread, cheese and pies. some jam for a bit of sugar too if you could afford it. And obviously a pot of tea! It was the main evening meal and was supplemented with supper later on in the evening. Afternoon tea is what you had. Which was the upper middle classes version because they didn’t eat until around 8pm for a formal dinner. It was a light meal versus the dinner which was the main meal. Was often taken outside the dining room, not at a high table. Even Google gets the two confused.
OK, pork pie. Slice that into 6 pieces. Get a jar of Branston Pickle and/or Sarson's Piccalilli, spoon a tiny amount on a slice and take a bite. Great stuff.
thats one of my favs although i just slice into 4 and put and a big fat dollop in the middle, and i don't touch supermarket pies (gross), Another alternative is to slice of the top of the pie, butter the Branston pickle on the inside and put the lid back on.
@@MostlyPennyCat Secret is....cold winter night, hot pork pie with mint sauce...never seen it outside of Leeds/West Yorkshire but its a bonfire night thing, genuinely works...
My great, great, great, great, great grandfather, was responsible for the erection of that bridge! 😅 I took my "lost" brother, from New Zealand and his family to Blists Hill and like you, they loved it! At least you guys got to appreciate some real English history, unlike most American tourists that seldom venture outside of London!
The Iron Bridge was the first major bridge made of iron in the world . Built with such a high clearance . So that sail boats masts could pass underneath . Remarkable constructed using only 4 poles stick into the bed of the river . No scaffolding was used. As of October 2024 £40 is $ 52, 28n cents . (77 British pence = one US dollar , ( 100 pence being One pound ) . I'm so sorry you get your van broken into . I do hope it doesn't ruin your holiday !
* Actually, regarding the bicycle with the latge front wheel and small back wheel, it's known colloquially as the 'Penny Farthing' to represent those old coins, (the penny being the larger of the two, the farthing, the smaller) but in fact, the _official name_ for that cycle is actually the ' _Ordinary_ '...👍🏴💜🇬🇧🖖
Be prepared cause we have a bunch more happy time videos about the UK coming up. Your country is beautiful, and there is a lot more to be happy about than most notice. ❤️ With all the negative news, it's easy to get catch up in it. We have the same in the US and Canada. But we know our countries are lovely places and actually very safe to explore. We are hopeful we can keep the Happy Vibes coming your way.
Great vlog, the next time you are in the UK, please visit the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria. I may be biased because I live here but it is a beautiful place.
Thoroughly enjoyed, and definitely subscribed. Thank you so much for sharing your happy experiences, and may you have many more during your stay. Oh, and Everly is the cutest, most contented young lady on UA-cam 😊
Pork pies are often very often eaten hot , don't know what your friend was talking about !! they are much better warm and you can get the variety with apple on top
You guys are so lovely and your baby is adorable! Enjoy the UK, we’re not without our problems, but it’s a beautiful country full of kind, loving people who will do their level best to make your stay as fun as possible.
At close today *USD $1 = UK £0.77* or to look at it the other way around UK £1 = USD $1.30, so _nothing LIKE double_ ...! It's almost exactly 3/4 vs 1/2 : 10:03 forty quid is more like $52.00
@@FnAVanLife awe, Everly is a sweetheart. Happy birthday sweetie! You can definitely tell she’s both of yours. When you hold her she looks like you and when Frank does she looks like him.
We're so used to rain that we go out most days without an Umbrella..it depends on how heavy it's coming down as to whether we can be bothered using one😂. We have lots of "types of rain!"😂
Mimi and I just watched TtG's homecoming video after unpacking this morning. Didn't realize you guys flew into Birmingham mere hours before Chris and Marianne got to Ironbridge! 😱 So glad you were there to represent North America at the finish line. Ironbridge was so beautiful! Loved all the old clinker brick infrastructure everywhere. Lovely thing about every tea I've experienced, it doesn't look like a lot of food stacked on the fancy service, but I always leave stuffed! Hugs to Chris & Marianne from both of us, please & thank you! 😎👍
(A) aron and Mimi it was awesome hanging with you two. You are incredible people. I'm happy we were able to represent North America at the end of the road. Looking forward to the day we all get to hang out again. Thanks for the ride helping us pick up our party clothes that I left behind.
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Your 1st U.K. food was a pork pie? Oh my word. They are disgusting. Was there no Greggs there?
I live in Shropshire, so if you ever need a tour guide feel welcome to reach out, as i take my friends & relatives on tour from Texas when they are over here.
Ludlow is a cool town with a castle to check out, and Bridgnorth..
Sadly this year has been dismal for weather, the previous four or five years have been great but this year has been wet a LOT!
You do get used to reading the weather after a few years and can avoid getting wet if you really wish to but yes the rain is year round, we get very little snow most years out winters can get cold though.
It doesn’t mature what you think is refreshing.
It’s refreshing to see an ‘americans in uk’ video and it’s not in London and actually exploring the countryside towns
We will be doing a lot of exploring all around the uk while we are here. We have 45 days' worth of traveling here. We will be going to London in a later video but it's only for 2 days. We much rather go to the less explored places.
@@FnAVanLife very much the way to go. The real uk is outside of london
Stay away from London at all costs haha.
Please come and see the National Parks of Yorkshire - you'd be very welcome! Beautiful countryside, pretty villages and market towns with cosy tea rooms and pubs, lovely coastline....and friendly folks. As for the 'rain' - check out the stats, we have less rain than many places in Europe.....it's true!
I was thinking the same and they are very respectful and can see the enjoyment of being over here seeing PROPER england in it best parts ❤❤❤❤ not really one for these sorts of videos but gotta say I love this
That "UK rain" is why most of the country is lovely and green and not a desert wasteland 😂
North enough for all the precipitation, but near enough the gulf stream for it to come down as rain not snow.
Which is why it's perfect in every way, shape and form.
Remember we're as far north as Norway and Newfoundland!
@@MostlyPennyCat Well, hardly, only northern Scotland comes to the same latitude as southern Norway, most of Britain ( the Island ) isn't and most of Britain has a lower rainfall than the northwest of England - places in Europe have a higher average rainfall, such as Slovenia.
Norway is also huge north to south, where obviously as you go north the winters are long and dark and minus 20 for months. Nothing like that in Britain.
Im from Peterborough the area which is most dry except this year its like 2012 all over
@ramadamming8498 half of Britain lies above the 55th parallel, that's quite far north although not as far north as northern Norway obviously, what has the rainfall in slovinia got to do with enything here ? Seems your arguing for the sake of arguing
@@elwolf8536 I wonder why people online seem incapable of just a normal conversation? The definition of which, is exchange of ideas and views, that hopefully is progressive, to seek, to question, to be objective and sane?
Are you doing that? What is your issue with Slovenia or the mention of it?
I mentioned Slovenia, to say, that Britain, does not have the highest rainfall in Europe. And? So what?
American here from Georgia. Moved to the UK in 2012, and its been great. Would never move back to the states. The people, the country as a whole, the laws, way of life, free healthcare. Just worlds above the US. Have since founds large American communities in the UK, such as Green Park in Reading.
Great to hear. I wish you all the best in our country.
Healthcare, the little we can get, is most definitely not free.
@@personalcheeses8073 While the NHS is funded by taxes, making it free at the point of use, the term "not free" ignores that it's a publicly funded system ensuring universal access to healthcare regardless of income-a rarity in many countries. Grow up and read more.
@@personalcheeses8073 Yes there is the National Insurance which is taken out of your salary. But its so little i dont even think about it. Ive also had 2 operations since we moved to the UK and i didnt have to pay anything. We think its amazing compared to our previous life in the US.
You know by now the healthcare isn't free, you pay in a different way. It's a better and more equitable system, but misleading to say free 😊
Thank God a video where they don't think that England is just London
Uk is way more than just London. But we did explore London for two days in a later video.
@FnAVanLife England has some of the best costal towns and I have lived next to the sea all my life and have worked in London and at the end of the day I always could not wait to leave that dive and get back to the coast.
@@ashprice5752I live in London (outer London) and love it, but its completely different from the rest of the country,, so its important visitors do go out of London and explore other counties, the coastal areas too... Cornwall for instance is wonderful, totally different from London..
Same for New York.
@@mjwilliamsb2676 I couldn't agree more
I love watching nice people love their lives it’s very soothing
Awww, this is lovely, thank you. New Video comes out tomorrow 😊
What lovely American Family. The UK welcomes you!
London get approximately half the rainfall of New York but no one ever mentions the rain when travelling to the big apple but everyone who visits mentions the UK rain.
Stereotypes I suppose. Frankie is actually a born and raised New Yorker and I lived there for a decade and oddly enough I wouldn't think of rain when I think of New York at all. I think of Pizza.... haha but that's just me!
@@FnAVanLife I've visited New York and I gotta say, Those Pizza slices were pretty good.
If you don't have the rain you don't get the greenest country on Earth.
UK IS FINISHED IT'S SO ANGLOPHOBIC ENGLISH FAMILY IS CLAIMING ASYLUM IN AUSTRALIA THEY PROVED TO THE AUTHORITIES THE UK WAS UNSAFE WITH ILLEGALS MIGRANT CRIMES TERRORISM
Paris also has more rain than London
Your baby is so well behaved - what a sweetie x
Awww thank you so much for noticing!! We love her to bits and are so glad we can explore the world together!!! Xo
aye lovely baby
She's gorgeous,brings back many memories.give her a little kiss for me.
Contented happy children are the result of happy contented parents.
Oh my god I'm so glad someone has come to Shropshire wonderful.
It's a beautiful area. 😍
But don't tell too many people - you'll be inundated!! Love the county - lived there for 5 years back in the 80's and still return for a bit of walking and nostalgia.
@philw4625 my heart is torn between where I am now, and Shropshire. I'm a Salopian by birth, but you are right, mum's the word.🤣🤣🤣
@@JeanBeech-gc4iwditto Northamptonshire. Every newcomer screws it up for the locals. We have a beautiful county, but London prices are bringing the buggers up along with house prices. Go away! We don't want you! Piss off to Buckinghamshire.
@@philw4625is that a small boat coming up the river😱😱😱
As a Brit I really enjoyed watching this it’s wholesome everyday life and it’s so good to see it bigger up like this! It’s really put me in a good mood for the day you guys are so cool and friendly together all of you it’s just living good life! Spot on guys. Cheers 😊
Fish and chips will always be the national dish to me
Haggis neeps and tatties.
Naw a beer and cheese and onion crisps followed later by more beer kebab or curry 😂
Yes national dish but the most fave probably not
Sunday Roast beef with roast potatoes and Yorkshire pudding vegetables is always the English national dish.
Cawl!!
Have been randomly fed this video but you are having probably one of the best first UK experiences you can get. Thank god someone took you to a proper cafe too.
😊. We have a new video coming out today. It's another part of our 45 days traveling around the UK.
As a Yorkshireman, you can eat a pork pie warm when they're fresh out of the oven they're amazing
Never had a warm one, don’t think I ever will either 😂
@@pusb_87english63 ever had a warm scotch egg? you'd think they're a cold thing if you only ever had store bought but if you get home made or pub scotch egg warm, they're god tier so I imagine pork pie is same.
Yes, pork pies absolutely can be and are eaten hot throughout Yorkshire (and maybe even Lancashire) and served with mushy peas and a dollop of mint sauce. Why the rest of the country thinks this is weird is beyond me as they are so much tastier hot!
With peas and mint sauce 😋
Absolutely a warm pork pie fresh out the oven is worth burning your mouth for.
You need to live here at least 7 years to talk meaningfully about the UK weather. Then you'll have experienced grey dismal winter days, apparently endless rain, but also heatwaves and droughts and glorious long days of sun. We have it all.
We know that the people have been bringing us around have lived in the UK for more than 7 years of their life's. They keep saying we hope it does rain, lol. 🌧 But I will say for the 45 days we were in the UK we caught lots of sunshine. 🥰
@@FnAVanLifetourists like you guys are always welcome back
@@EASYTIGER10 yes & that's how I like it...changing seasons, etc = 👍
Sometimes in one day!!
We can experience much of what you said in a few days.😅
Having a UK guide has really made this experience better for you. Most Americans just visit the big cities and call it a day xD
the first place they took them was a cafe which uses teabags though, yikes
@@davidz2690I've never seen a cafe that uses loose tea. Most people use tea bags. Although, personally I do have some speciality loose leaf teas.
@@davidz2690 most people restaurants and cafes use tea bags . i know some fancier cafes/restaurants that give you the choice. but im sure this was more about having a more authentic time like a normal brit would :)
Making them try a Tesco cheapo sausage roll before trying Greggs is diabolical
Gregg's sausage rolls are a weird colour.
Hahahaha it's all about where the bar is set, then you can only go up.
Greggs is tasteless bland pap.
@@FnAVanLife In many places there are better local bakers rather than the industrial supply ones
@@howardchambers9679 And they are horrible.
Stumbled on this by accident, without realising you're less than 5K from where I am from. Thanks for showing this part of the world in such a positive light.
You're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed our adventure. There is much more to come on our travels around the UK.
@@FnAVanLife look forward to it
These Brits you’ve met are such nice people, respect to them for showing you what life is like over here, thanks for not being another just London reaction, I hope your daughter remembers her journey through these videos.
"This pork pie is smaller than I was expecting it to be" - she says, holding an ENORMOUS pork pie...
So many British people haven't visited Ironbridge and the surrounding areas but it's a real jewel. Love Blists Hill! Thanks for showcasing the lesser-known sites.
We did and it's a beautiful part of the country. I don't know why anybody want to go abroad. I fkn love England
@@lucyj8204 I spent my childhood in Blists hill before it was transformed into the museum the old bridge across the Coalport road was where a few of us crawled across the rusty steel to get into the Blists hill area was a bit scary. But we did daft things then . We used to have butterfly nets and would catch stickler back fish and crested Newts. The tar tunnel was also fun we used it to get to Coalport. They were great times to be alive.
A lot nicer now they knocked the power station down, hard to believe a lot of the locals wanted to keep the eyesore.
A Melton Mowbray is very filling; you'd not eat one bigger than that for sure.
I looked into once, I love history, its a 5 hours travel time, I don't drive and the hotel was like 100 quid a night, it was cheaper for me to go to spain for a week!
10 hours traveling, one or two night stay, I can see why spain is popular. An it costs 500 quid, I can snatch a all inclusive spanish holiday for that for a week.
Black pudding and poppadums. That baby's an honorary Brit already!
What a beautiful video. So glad you enjoyed the UK, there is much more to us than just London. Thanks for visiting us
The rain in UK this year has been more then usual it hasn’t stopped
That's global raining for you!
Where the hell do you live, Scotland? 😂
Down here on the south coast we get more sunshine than anywhere else in the country. 😎
Summer was alright this year too
It's been worse elsewhere in Northern Europe.
I've been feeling a bit depressed lately, and your vid came up on my feed and made me smile :)
Same here, hope you continue to feel better m
Loved this video, I’m subscribed and looking forward to more. Everley is gorgeous 🥰. 👍x
Go for a nice walk tomorrow, that will help honest,
The villages and small towns of the UK have much more in the way of community and I love it. You kind of lose that when heading into cities. I prefer a town over a city any day! Welcome to the UK !
Same for us. We love small towns or villages.
Same goes for every country, not just the UK. You just can't have that same community in cities with millions of people.
I love seeing our cousins from accros the pond visit and enjoy themselves here
You need to visit Beamish in County Durham in North East England! It’s similar to Blists - it documents life in Northern England with a 1920s town, 1950s school in the 1850s and you can go down a coal mine and visit school from the Victorian ages!
Wish we would of known a little sooner. It will give us a place to go when we return to the UK 🇬🇧
To be fair, the weather in the UK this year has been the worst for decades.
Yep, it's been a pretty wet one unfortunately this summer
And is often the tailend of a hurricane or tornado that hit the USA!
It’s been like this every year since records began! Pissing it down all the time!
Not in hertfordshire
It’s been so wet here in Edinburgh, more than usual.
I live literally 5 mins away from ironbridge in Telford, my best friend lives just across the way in Jackfield. I recognised it as soon as the video started. Great place and lovely part of the world. I hope you liked it and I hope it treated you well!
Beamish co Durham is the best place to go for open museum in England x
The BCLM in Dudley is also fantastic
And St Fagans near Cardiff.
Beamish is the best and I’m Welsh
My family is from near Beamish museum. It’s fabulous. The fish and chips old style is wonderful
Chicken Tikka Masala was invented in Glasgow, Scotland by a Bangladeshi chef that was working there sometime in the 1970s
That's extremely debatable. The origins have been claimed by restaurants in Glasgow, Bradford and Birmingham. They may all have invented it independently and it's impossible to say which did it first.
A very uplifting video of people really enjoying themselves.
Awwww thank you
British people seem so homely I loved those two people that were in your video
First impression I got was she was a farmer tough logical and confident..
Yes lovely people were violence and verbal abuse is common place ,why on a Friday night you can see the gutters full of drunks, if drunks are not your bag there are trannies prostitutes homosexuals drug addicts homeless people beggars something for everyone . and as a special treat go to Liverpool esp when a football match is on, they will rearrange your liver and kidneys for free, very obliging like that .
Then there is the food ,constipation is guaranteed everything is fried and salted to shorten the life span . England is no loner a country it is a thing .
I am here in Sydney Aust. Nov 24, watching this and it is raining, well drizzling and it is so beautiful, refreshing and clean after the humid hot weather we've had. People are smiling and looking less stressed. It won't last long.
0:44 i thought i recognised that road in the sped up footage!! then i saw the road sign behind you haha! i live about 10 minutes away from ironbridge. lovely area
So awesome!!! We loved our visit to your neck of the wood 🥰
ive gotta say that 'full english' was about half the size of the one at my local
😅😅😅
maybe it was tourist sized
I was going to make the same comment, lol! I couldn't spot the baked beans nor fried tomatoes, and I think they only got one hash brown (which is a total crime). Hope they get to try a traditional Sunday roast at a pub carvery. Yorkshire puddings are a must.
And Hash Browns are NOT part of a full English.
@@kevinsavage808 they are now
you daughter is a gem!!!! so sweet, what a beautiful, cheerful character she has!!!
This is such a lovely video of lovely people actually engaging with Britain and our strange mix of old school culture but progressive society. You’re very welcome back any time.
My mum lives in Iron Bridge. Beautiful place. The iron bridge is the oldest bridge made from iron and the worlds most photographed bridge
Listen, the rain... you don't get a country so green and beautiful without it! And a people so... resilient and moany at the same time 😄
£40 is about $53 not $80! £1 is worth $1.31. About 20 years ago ...1£ was worth $2 about 20 years! Kind regardz Chris
The exchange rate was £1.85 so that's £74 Remember these were Canadian dollars.
If you watch back they're exchanging Canadian dollars not USD. At the moment it's 1 GBP to 1.80 CAD. So that £40 is 72 Canadian. Plus the exchange people add their bit on top.
@@stevemichael8458 The article said American (usually thought to be US) not Canadian couple! That's what led me.
@@stevemichael8458 The article said American (usually thought to be US) not Canadian couple! That's what led me.
In 1970 (my first time in USA) £1 was $2.40, so one penny was one cent - very convenient.
You travel all that way, experience all the world from your van, your friends travel from the states to visit you and they experience the van getting broken into when you arrive back in England!!!!
Welcome to the UK!! 🤦🏼♂️
The positives of the UK heavily out weigh the negatives.
So good to see Americans embracing the UK cultures and going with the flow (and outside of London) 👍🏼
Watching you for first time. Your little baby girl is a natural star. Hey good for you both for being so open-minded and trying everything. You get used to the rain and eventually you might like it .
I really enjoyed this video and I subscribed … I’m pleased you enjoyed your stay in the UK and I can’t believe how chilled your sweet baby is… so adorable. Thank you for the wonderful video ❤️
Welcome to UK. I hope you enjoyed your trip there is so much to see in every country and some areas are beautiful. Have a wonderful time 😊🎉❤
Everly is such a awesome happy baby
She really is. We feel blessed. Thanks for watching and supporting our adventures. 🥰
Nice to see Shropshire getting a shout out.
Ahhhrrrr, Ironbridge.....one of my favourite places in our beautiful country! I recommend the malt house for a stay over 👌
Three minutes in to this video and I already love the vibe of you three. Your family is as beautiful as life can be at it's best moments
We are so lucky to have the history in this beautiful country ❤❤
man this video makes me just keep smiling, good vibes and visiting rural areas rather than city
Great, really got into the spirit of the different things and meeting up with your friends, all in all a wonderful adventure. Just can't wait for the next instalment!! 😃
This video is so wholesome and something I really needed to see right now as both a UK resident, and someone who suffers mental health problems. Peace to everyone trying to raise a family, anyone fighting through trauma or addiction, anyone just trying to find their way in life, peace to any good people going through bad times just trying to feel how good life can be ❤
Sending good vibes to you you lovely person 😊
@lindamassie3708 thank you, sending them right back at you 😊
You have the happiest baby ever, so many smiles
Been following Chris and Marianne for a while now... it's so nice to see them at a different angle, not making videos but just only being in them!
That kid is so adorable, I'll bet she changes her own nappies. Thanks for the happy video.
I think you got exchange rate wrong. £40 is approx $48 not 80. Great kid, good luck for the future
Adorable family, hope you had fun making wonderful memories together. Life is a little more beautiful when the sun shines.
We had an incredible time. 45 days wasn't enough. We will be back. But for now, we will be posting a video every Friday about our adventures around the UK.
What a delightful video. So good to view the UK through visitors' eyes.
I moved from Ironbridge 3 years ago, mainly because it became too expensive to rent a property. We are now happily settled by the sea in Lancashire.
Sounds lovely! Sorry you had to go but sounds like you landed in a great spot 😍
Chicken Tikka Masala was invented in Scotland.
I’m amazed that little baby liked the black pudding!!! A didn’t think he was gonna like it never mind the little girl! 👍🏻👍🏻
I love this 😊
So pleased that you guys have shown that there is so so much more here than London.
Showcasing part of our history, educating on life past and present. We have many amazing living museums and places of interest and history here.
Lovely watch made even more happier by the fact this is the region I live in. 😊
That is amazing. We are glad you enjoyed it. Friday, another UK travel video will be up. We hope you continue the journey with us.
I love how I immediately recognised Ironbridge at 0:31 which is fascinating as it's the first major bridge to be made of cast iron, so glad to see it in a video!
What a lovely family. It was great to see all of you having such a good time. ❤
What a lovely vlog. I hope you have a wonderful time while you're here with us ❤
Thank you so much Paul!!!!
Red sauce with black pudding... I'm from Bury so I should know lol
Your excitement at being in Telford in wet weather is so infectious! 😁
Crumpets are lovely served up as "French crumpets" as opposed to "French toast" where sliced bread is used.
Served with a favourite topping, sweet or savoury.
I like Bovril on mine (I can hear the screams).😊
An enjoyable video of your introduction to English culture and customs.
Really enjoyed this video, you kind of made it as if we the audience was there with you. Like someone said in the comments it’s nice to see England not seen as though only London , there is so much more England is a beautiful part of the world. Thank you for the video xx❤
Do not have a vehicle accident and then tell the police you only had one hours sleep in the last twenty four!
glad you are having a great time and what could be better than being shown the uk by chris and Marian ,watch out for the cornish pasty 😀
For real. We have the best UK hosts. 🥰😊
High Tea is working class. It’s what you made for the workers in your household when they arrived home. It was called high tea because you sat at a high table rather than with side tables. Meat, fish, bread, cheese and pies. some jam for a bit of sugar too if you could afford it. And obviously a pot of tea! It was the main evening meal and was supplemented with supper later on in the evening.
Afternoon tea is what you had. Which was the upper middle classes version because they didn’t eat until around 8pm for a formal dinner. It was a light meal versus the dinner which was the main meal. Was often taken outside the dining room, not at a high table.
Even Google gets the two confused.
9:58 the baby vibing the whole video is the highlight 😂❤
Great footage of normal English life❤❤
OK, pork pie.
Slice that into 6 pieces.
Get a jar of Branston Pickle and/or Sarson's Piccalilli, spoon a tiny amount on a slice and take a bite.
Great stuff.
❤
thats one of my favs although i just slice into 4 and put and a big fat dollop in the middle, and i don't touch supermarket pies (gross), Another alternative is to slice of the top of the pie, butter the Branston pickle on the inside and put the lid back on.
Or warm with mint sauce...
@@dogsnads5634
I just can't get on with this warm pork pie thing. Room temperature yes (in fact that's the best temp) but hot? I just can't. 😂😉
@@MostlyPennyCat Secret is....cold winter night, hot pork pie with mint sauce...never seen it outside of Leeds/West Yorkshire but its a bonfire night thing, genuinely works...
Lots of people eat the pork pies hot. Its not only served cold.
Sacrilege, Madam!!!!
My great, great, great, great, great grandfather, was responsible for the erection of that bridge! 😅 I took my "lost" brother, from New Zealand and his family to Blists Hill and like you, they loved it! At least you guys got to appreciate some real English history, unlike most American tourists that seldom venture outside of London!
The Iron Bridge was the first major bridge made of iron in the world . Built with such a high clearance . So that sail boats masts could pass underneath . Remarkable constructed using only 4 poles stick into the bed of the river . No scaffolding was used. As of October 2024 £40 is $ 52, 28n cents . (77 British pence = one US dollar , ( 100 pence being One pound ) . I'm so sorry you get your van broken into . I do hope it doesn't ruin your holiday !
They have High Tea on Vancouver Island at the Empress Hotel in Victoria! Loved this video!!! Everly is getting so big!!!
Interesting. We found out afternoon tea and high tea is a matter of the timing and food that is served.
It is afternoon tea. High tea is a full cooked meal, served after work. It's a historical class thing, like so much in the uk.
* Actually, regarding the bicycle with the latge front wheel and small back wheel, it's known colloquially as the
'Penny Farthing' to represent those old coins, (the penny being the larger of the two, the farthing, the smaller) but in fact, the _official name_ for that cycle is actually the ' _Ordinary_ '...👍🏴💜🇬🇧🖖
That's quite correct and was replaced by the 'safety bicycle', which has more or less persisted to this day.
As an English man who has a negative view of my country. Thank you for this video. Reminds me of happier times
Be prepared cause we have a bunch more happy time videos about the UK coming up. Your country is beautiful, and there is a lot more to be happy about than most notice. ❤️ With all the negative news, it's easy to get catch up in it. We have the same in the US and Canada. But we know our countries are lovely places and actually very safe to explore.
We are hopeful we can keep the Happy Vibes coming your way.
@FnAVanLife thank you 😊 and hope you enjoy your journey ❤️
Great cafe been there many years not been in long time though
Awesome
Great vlog, the next time you are in the UK, please visit the English Lake District in the county of Cumbria. I may be biased because I live here but it is a beautiful place.
Thoroughly enjoyed, and definitely subscribed. Thank you so much for sharing your happy experiences, and may you have many more during your stay. Oh, and Everly is the cutest, most contented young lady on UA-cam 😊
Pork pies are often very often eaten hot , don't know what your friend was talking about !! they are much better warm and you can get the variety with apple on top
Ironbridge!! I live near there. Did you make it to Shrewsbury?
You guys are so lovely and your baby is adorable! Enjoy the UK, we’re not without our problems, but it’s a beautiful country full of kind, loving people who will do their level best to make your stay as fun as possible.
At close today *USD $1 = UK £0.77* or to look at it the other way around UK £1 = USD $1.30, so _nothing LIKE double_ ...! It's almost exactly 3/4 vs 1/2 : 10:03 forty quid is more like $52.00
Do the conversion for Canadian dollars.
I’m so happy y’all are having a wonderful time. I’m so jelly! 😂😂
It's pretty fun over here on the other side of the pond, and Everly is doing really well with the travel.
@@FnAVanLife awe, Everly is a sweetheart. Happy birthday sweetie! You can definitely tell she’s both of yours. When you hold her she looks like you and when Frank does she looks like him.
High Tea is actually correct!! 😊
We're so used to rain that we go out most days without an Umbrella..it depends on how heavy it's coming down as to whether we can be bothered using one😂. We have lots of "types of rain!"😂
Yup! Don’t bother with an umbrella, haha. Just get yourself a good waterproof coat.
Wonderful to see Ironbridge! I've lived here for 6 years and love it! I've also ridden my horse over the Iron Bridge 😊
Oh wow! Wonderful.
The Iron Gorge is an amazing place, the whole valley is one big museum.
Mimi and I just watched TtG's homecoming video after unpacking this morning. Didn't realize you guys flew into Birmingham mere hours before Chris and Marianne got to Ironbridge! 😱 So glad you were there to represent North America at the finish line.
Ironbridge was so beautiful! Loved all the old clinker brick infrastructure everywhere.
Lovely thing about every tea I've experienced, it doesn't look like a lot of food stacked on the fancy service, but I always leave stuffed! Hugs to Chris & Marianne from both of us, please & thank you! 😎👍
(A) aron and Mimi it was awesome hanging with you two. You are incredible people. I'm happy we were able to represent North America at the end of the road.
Looking forward to the day we all get to hang out again. Thanks for the ride helping us pick up our party clothes that I left behind.
How did you see this video? It's unlisted 😆 we haven't even shared the link for it lol
@@FnAVanLife it's available in your UK playlist. 🤷♂️🤷♂️ A-A-Ron done messed up again!! 🤣🤣
@@FnAVanLife C&M might say I did a Clinton Crook! (they can explain) 😁
😂😂😂@@Aaron-P
Y'all are so awesome...and that baby what a doll 💚💚💚
Awwww, thank you for the kind words. 🙏 🥰
The average rain band takes 3-4 hours to cross the UK. If it’s raining when you wake up it will usually have stopped by midday.
Rain before 7 fine by 11
Good to know!!!
Just found you guys on my recommended. Excited to binge watch some videos! Loved this one, loved to see what you thought of the uk!
What a great video. Subscribed.
Awesome, thank you!
@@FnAVanLife My pleasure.
Such an enjoyable video 👏👏🎉😀🎉❤️
Thank you 😊 💓