Lovely trip ? Why inhabitants run from this beauty country☺️seems soon only government and king continue to live well , any body remember what is money in UK?😆😆😆😆
On the whole 'jam vs cream' debate, speaking as a gannet, hear my word. Cream is structural. You can build walls with clotted cream, making a reservoir in which an ocean of jam can be scooped. You can't do that the other way round, so put cream first and allow gluttony to get the better of you. Simples, QED!
Writing from the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. This visit with your mum was delightful! Tea in Rochester looked the best! And at Christmas!! Traipsing through the beautifully decorated castle rooms - so elegant on a sunny day! But knowing I’ll never see the foregoing or the cathedral has brought me to tears which the singing reindeer dried! So much beauty and history!! Thank you for your videos!!
I always wanted to go to Britain at Christmas, so this was the next best thing! So glad you & your mom enjoyed yourselves....she must be so proud of you!
It sounds like you had a really great time! I'm sure your mother really enjoyed every minute. Take lots of photos with your mum because one day she'll be gone and the pics will help your memory.
Oh, Christmas pudding with brandy sauce is lovely, although i have a soft spot for brandy snaps with brandy cream piped in them too. (Im sure the brandy isnt a theme) and im with you on the salt and pepper pots. I collect them
That's my home county too, Kent, and fantastic sites you visited. Canterbury Cathedral has another function you may not have thought of: it was my university city in the 90s, and the graduation ceremonies take place in the cathedral, we entering and leaving via the main doors of the cathedral.
So glad your mom enjoyed her visit 🤗 another Canadian here in the UK 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 (grew up in Hamilton, ON, but dual citizen). Just wanted to stop by and say I love your videos. I'm so glad you're happy here. Keep up the fantastic videos !
I really like your educational approach to these videos. And how hilariously relentless your commentary is. Mince pies or Christmas puds? Don't like either. Never been to Leeds Castle. Been to Leeds a few times though, plus we have a castle here in Shrewsbury. We have a library, though it's also a home office and there are more CDs and DVDs on the shelves than books. Stoll lots of books actually. Nice hat, sorry about the snow and the trains.
Hi Alanna. I really enjoyed that. Don't apologise for finding the Christmas break difficult; most people who find themselves on their own, for whatever reason, really struggle at this time of year so you're not alone. X
Alanna, I am so pleased to hear your Mum had a lovely time on her visit to England. You used your local knowledge to enjoy the places most people who are born here don't blink an eye at. We are exposed to it as kids and our memories are usually intertwined with hours walking around the places as bored school kids. Taking time away from the Internet is a wise thing; young people don't tend to do much. As with many things with our parents, you must treasure the moments you have. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, Alanna.
Leeds Castle is stunning in the Spring and Summer months. They also do a Segway tour of the surrounding grounds, that’s a fun day. And for the adventurous, ‘Go Ape’, which is tree top fun (very tall trees mind!)
There was so much to enjoy in this video, Alanna, and the presention style was just great... (loving the candy cane mic and your favourite hat too 😊) I am so pleased to know you had special mother and daughter time this year; you must have loved showing her two of your favourite towns and visiting such beautiful buildings - I share your enthusiasm for the stained glass - and she certainly was lucky with the ground-snow and blue sky combination! I hope you show her - or she sees from here - just how much we all love your videos and your engaging personality 🤗💜
Happy Holidays Alanna and Family! ❤🌲❄️ You saved the Holidays by renting a car and sharing your lovely part of England and having an adventure with your Mom!👍 Best wishes for fun, happy and healthy adventures and naps for you all in 2023😊!
Takes me back, I saw Elton John in concert at Leeds Castle, heaven knows how many years ago. Hot mince pies can be enjoyed sober, while Christmas Pud tastes better when you're very much not sober. Delighted, your mum enjoyed her visit, and you both had fun. It's not always easy at this time of year, and I so respect your honesty. Take care.
I used to be a member of a 12th century living history group as a Benedictine monk. Speaking to visitors at events all over England, it became obvious that they all thought of medieval people as somehow less intelligent or skilled than modern humans. My response was always: "Who do you know with the skill and intelligence to build Rochester cathedral, Canterbury cathedral or Westminster abbey today?" Well done for appreciating that huge building project, which can never be equalled.
Alas, you can’t say Fred Dibnah anymore. 😕 However thanks to the likes of him, and his various TV series, his viewers have an insight into how such places, Cathedrals and castles, were built. 🙂
Hey Alanna, I'm so glad your Mum had a great visit & you both had a good time together. Hopefully it won't be too long before she can visit again and you can take her more places. Also nice to see the candy cane mike return, it's been a while since it was used last. 😊
The weekend after Thanksgiving Monday (yes I'm a Canuck) my dad would start making Christmas Puddings and my Mum would start making mincemeat. So we had both and I would eat the jam tarts. Cause I don't like either. I hope your Mum has made it safely back to Ontario. It is minus 15C today in the Niagara Region, but the sun is shining. Have a happy and prosperous new year. 🎉
What a beautiful tour in this episode! Literally, on a beautiful day, you took us to beautiful buildings with staggeringly beautiful interiors and we even saw lots of beautiful food, thank you!
If you have single pane windows and a large heating bill try taping bubble wrap to the glass. The bubbles catch the daylight and heat up, stopping the heat leaving through the window.
I love your videos, Alanna. I love your sense of humour and I love your smile. I lived in California for 14 years, and one thing I really missed was the history (200 years is nothing 😄). It is fantastic to live near wonderful centuries-old gothic cathedrals, and to imagine how they were built without mechanisation. The cranes to lift the stones were human-powered by men walking in treadmills. Stonemasons were incredibly skilled craftsmen who had spent years as apprentices. Look for mason’s marks on the stones. And look at the gargoyles. Gargoyles are high up rain spouts. They were often carved as faces, sometimes caricatures of people the mason knew (and had an opinion about 😁 ) Building the cathedral took several lifetimes. A real labour of devotion. Keep making your videos, please, Alanna. 🙂
Christmas pudding ☃️ but needs to be a good quality one Leeds Castle looks lovely - never been - will defo go now. I was in Canterbury on Christmas Day - nice place! Love stained glass - there are courses available where they teach you to make your own - very cool when you think that your work may still be appreciated in hundreds of years time
Hi Alanna love ❤️ your beeming smile thank you so much for the tour around that Beautiful castle 🏰 and nice bobble hat and talking through a candy cane instead of a microphone 🎤 very enjoyable happy new year Alanna ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hi Alanna! Thank you for the little trip around Rochester - my old stomping ground! I used to walk through The Vines Gardens every day to go to work in what was the Civic Centre in Strood, just across the bridge! My Dad and Stepmum lived in Canterbury for many years and my Stepmum was one of the people who 'signed' services for the deaf :-) I've been to Leeds Castle, but only once so I loved seeing inside there again - they scrub the place up well for Christmas!! :-) Agree totally about Christmas pudding - better left! Love a mince pie though and you totally eat your scones the right way - cream first! Loved this nostalgia trip - thank you again! x
A good pie with gravy and veg on a winter's day...what a treat. So glad you and your mum had a fabulous time Alanna and may I take this opportunity to wish you a very Happy New Year. Good to see Yorkshire Tea being featured again...not that I'm biased 😁😁😁
True what you say about the Holidays. I'm an American who's lived here in Japan longer than I'd care to admit, but as I discover every year around this time the Holidays can still get to me...
Glad you got to spend time with your mum. Absolutely love Christmas pudding. But only at Christmas! Same for Turkey. Anything else would be sacrilege! 🤣
So glad you had a Wonderful Christmas visiting with your mom. Thanks for the tour. You are hilarious and it was so adorable how your eyes opened wide when you declared "I want them I need them" referring to the Dachshund butter dish and hedge hog Salt and pepper shakers. " You don't understand I need these things" You are so endearing I wish you all the best in 2023 from Vancouver BC. Take Care
I went to school in Canterbury but I don't think I've been back since and I'm eighty now so it's been a while. Maybe I'll soon be due a visit now you've reconnoitred for me. Thanks for doing that. By the way what's better than one Alanna? The answer: two Alannas as in much of this ground-breaking video: bring it on I say. Very glad you and your mom had a good time in spite of freezing almost to death. My heart sunk at the beginning as I waited for the catalogue of disasters that would end with her declaring 'Never again' so it's a bit of a relief that you seem to have managed cunningly to avoid most of the predictable calamities of winter sight-seeing in England!
Anyhoo is this mad Canadian? Thank you for sharing your thoughts and video on your trip to Leeds Castle. You know what? You should be sponsored. Your image of the pie and potatoes left me hungry.
Hello Allana, So glad you liked Rochester, as I live right in the centre, just off the high street. I love your videos, and find it fascinating to hear views of living in England from your point of view. I suppose I take living here very much for granted, so maybe I will look at my town through different eyes. Thank you for being so complimentary. I lived alone in France for many years, so I have a pretty fair idea of what it's like to be a foreigner. I do hope you stay here always.
Love the hat!!! lol I like the pudding, with Custard. Hedgehogs look cute! Cragside is for you, contact the estate agent. A nice estate that had the first hydroelectric power station. It's still working today. No elec bills. In fact, they leave the heating on high all the time!
Used to live in Chatham, this sounds like basically every time my parents came to visit, Sans the snow... lived in kent over 5 years and pretty sure I was away every time it snowed.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you Alanna and your family!🎄❄☃️🎅 It sounds great you had fun and fantastic time with your mum! May 2023 bring happiness and new friends, success and good health! May new adventures creat great emotions and joy and all your dreams come true!🤗💝🎉🎊
4:25 I enjoy home-made Christmas pudding with home made vanilla and vodka ice cream (with a dash of ouzo), or orange segments with home made chocolate and Cointreau ice cream.
I have just realised I have never been to Kent, apart from driving through the part of it that leads to Dover. A Christmastime trip there is definitely needed. Lovely video.
I went to Canterbury one Sunday morning. Walking around the quadrangle at the cathedral I heard the choir practicing for the Sunday service. OMG!! It was the most beautiful sound I had heard in ages. Rochester, Canterbury & Leeds Castle are definitely some of the better places to visit in Kent. There’s loads more stuff to see though.
Love watching your videos I live very close to these places and watching someone from another country reacting to them makes me feel quite proud. (didn't want to use the word foreigner, didn't seem right somehow. You just seem like one of us now)
Thank you for this , l have a 3 day recuse from work due to an injury on the ice , nothing so terrible, no worries. It looked like a nice visit with your Mom. Tea looked great , the cathedral also. Hope you have a healthy, happy and prosperous new year.
There are quite a few 'moated manor houses' in UK because the moat provided a good layer of protection from the the turbulent natives that use live in the countryside....
I know that you are unlikely to get to Liverpool, it's up north. But we do still build cathedrals. Two were built in Liverpool. One modern, RC and one gothic, CoE. As you said, people still have a use for such buildings.
I have never been to Leeds Castle in my whole life, living in Kent for 60plus years. Boughton Monchelsea is the place closest to it, to pick up a parcel. Oops how could I forget Maidstone in a BT call centre for two years. Happy New Year.
What a truly lovely and endearing video. I think if you watch the British film The Holly and The Ivy then you'll get an insight into how some families run at Christmas.
I'm not religious but I do like a cathedral! Definitely been to some beautiful ones on my travels but I don't remember ever going to Canterbury's 🤔 I have been to Leeds Castle though, albeit quite a few years ago now! Glad your mums visit went well & you had a great week together 😄 I'll stick to Christmas yule log, everyone else can have all the mince pies/xmas pudding/xmas cake lol
Used to be the case that the sight of a Cathedral would make someone believe in God, now they are pictures on placemats! (not original, came from a BBC show)
@@Leocoz82 the Sagrada Familia is fascinating. Not just as a building but the Mathematics involved. Gaudi was clearly on the autistic spectrum. We might see his vision completed soon, but it's taken 3D printing to do some of it.
Great video. I've been to Leeds castle in the summer, they had a jousting tournament going on. It was between the English and the French, the announcer had tell us not to boo the French!
Thanks for the tour, nice job! Glad your mum enjoyed herself. On your Canterbury Cathedral visit did you see the stained glass depiction of the man with 3 big leaves?......Have fun searching for that one!
Hi Alanna, so glad you & your Mom enjoyed a few days together. It must be hard for you both being separated, especially at holiday times. Family time is precious & you obviously made the most of your time together. Hope you & Mr Naps had a great Christmas & are looking forward to the New Year. All the best from Yorkshire.
Some times it takes foreign eyes to show us the beauty of our own country. Glad you had a good visit with you Mum.
Well, only naive silly foreign can see something in UK .... In real life it is animals and mud....
Christmas puddings vary considerably, both in content and quality. The same applies to mince pies. Love them both.
That gorgeous smile of yours could have melted all the snow in Kent. Glad you gave mum a lovely trip.
Lovely trip ? Why inhabitants run from this beauty country☺️seems soon only government and king continue to live well , any body remember what is money in UK?😆😆😆😆
6:02 it was the Dowager 'house' for Queens of England
On the whole 'jam vs cream' debate, speaking as a gannet, hear my word. Cream is structural. You can build walls with clotted cream, making a reservoir in which an ocean of jam can be scooped. You can't do that the other way round, so put cream first and allow gluttony to get the better of you. Simples, QED!
Excellent point.
But jam is a spread. To me it would feel like putting making a sandwich and putting butter on top of your ham.
Oh, who really cares? It tastes the same any old hoo!! It is much more important how you pronounce scone. 🤭
@@revbenf6870 which is correct? 🤔
@@elizabethw.454 Scone, obviously
Leeds castle has lots of concerts in the grounds in summer.
Writing from the Pacific Northwest in the U.S. This visit with your mum was delightful! Tea in Rochester looked the best! And at Christmas!! Traipsing through the beautifully decorated castle rooms - so elegant on a sunny day! But knowing I’ll never see the foregoing or the cathedral has brought me to tears which the singing reindeer dried! So much beauty and history!! Thank you for your videos!!
Never see chatedral ? You are in prison ? You can move there right now and don't surprise if you be disappointed ....
I always wanted to go to Britain at Christmas, so this was the next best thing! So glad you & your mom enjoyed yourselves....she must be so proud of you!
Thank you so much!! ☺️🎄
That restaurant was something out of a christmas movie
It really felt like that! 😂
It sounds like you had a really great time! I'm sure your mother really enjoyed every minute.
Take lots of photos with your mum because one day she'll be gone and the pics will help your memory.
Oh, Christmas pudding with brandy sauce is lovely, although i have a soft spot for brandy snaps with brandy cream piped in them too. (Im sure the brandy isnt a theme) and im with you on the salt and pepper pots. I collect them
I'm totally here for the candy cane mic 😂 Hope you had a great Xmas Alanna, looks like you had a great time with your mum!
Thank you! We had a great time! ☺️ Merry Christmas!
That's my home county too, Kent, and fantastic sites you visited.
Canterbury Cathedral has another function you may not have thought of: it was my university city in the 90s, and the graduation ceremonies take place in the cathedral, we entering and leaving via the main doors of the cathedral.
So glad your mom enjoyed her visit 🤗 another Canadian here in the UK 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 (grew up in Hamilton, ON, but dual citizen).
Just wanted to stop by and say I love your videos. I'm so glad you're happy here. Keep up the fantastic videos !
2:25 zooming past Rochester NOW on the train
Thanks for calling her MUM. That is much better than the other word.
You mean MOM, the word that we use in England?
@@waylandtbadger Really......... maybe a regional thing but I only ever hear Mum or Mam (if you're from the North East) never head Mom used much.
@@richinleam - standard usage in the Midlands, people who say “mum” get laughed at, as it sounds fake/ put on.
@@waylandtbadger not in the part of the Midlands I'm from. Mum all the way.
@@richinleam - which bit is that?
Not Birmingham, Black Country or Coventry.
I really like your educational approach to these videos. And how hilariously relentless your commentary is. Mince pies or Christmas puds? Don't like either. Never been to Leeds Castle. Been to Leeds a few times though, plus we have a castle here in Shrewsbury. We have a library, though it's also a home office and there are more CDs and DVDs on the shelves than books. Stoll lots of books actually. Nice hat, sorry about the snow and the trains.
Hi Alanna. I really enjoyed that. Don't apologise for finding the Christmas break difficult; most people who find themselves on their own, for whatever reason, really struggle at this time of year so you're not alone. X
Thank you so much! 🙏🏻
On her own? she lives with her partner, he is the reason she moved over here, no sure why but she does not often mention him.
@@RobG001 presumably Mr Naps likes his privacy, and there's nothing wrong with that.
I love a cathedral. So thankful that we have so many amazing examples in this country.
Glad you and your mum had a nice time. There's something special about sharing experiences like that.
Ooooo! I (and my American wife) have been to Rochester many times. Always loved the place.
Alanna, I am so pleased to hear your Mum had a lovely time on her visit to England. You used your local knowledge to enjoy the places most people who are born here don't blink an eye at. We are exposed to it as kids and our memories are usually intertwined with hours walking around the places as bored school kids.
Taking time away from the Internet is a wise thing; young people don't tend to do much. As with many things with our parents, you must treasure the moments you have.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, Alanna.
You know you're growing old when you aren't sure which year it is. Happy new year, Alanna!
Chefs like phrases such as "I ate so much I nearly rolled down the stairs". Mission accomplished! Glad you had a nice time :)
😂 Thank you!
Alanna, Did I miss the family photos? I would have loved to see some.
Leeds Castle is stunning in the Spring and Summer months. They also do a Segway tour of the surrounding grounds, that’s a fun day. And for the adventurous, ‘Go Ape’, which is tree top fun (very tall trees mind!)
Sitting in a cold house watching this.... it's like I was there with you!
There was so much to enjoy in this video, Alanna, and the presention style was just great... (loving the candy cane mic and your favourite hat too 😊) I am so pleased to know you had special mother and daughter time this year; you must have loved showing her two of your favourite towns and visiting such beautiful buildings - I share your enthusiasm for the stained glass - and she certainly was lucky with the ground-snow and blue sky combination! I hope you show her - or she sees from here - just how much we all love your videos and your engaging personality 🤗💜
Looks like you and your mum enjoyed Christmas. You look and sound refreshed and happy. Thanks for the tour. So much history in the UK. 🎄🍻
Thanks so much! Merry Christmas!!
Happy Holidays Alanna and Family! ❤🌲❄️ You saved the Holidays by renting a car and sharing your lovely part of England and having an adventure with your Mom!👍
Best wishes for fun, happy and healthy adventures and naps for you all in 2023😊!
Takes me back, I saw Elton John in concert at Leeds Castle, heaven knows how many years ago. Hot mince pies can be enjoyed sober, while Christmas Pud tastes better when you're very much not sober. Delighted, your mum enjoyed her visit, and you both had fun. It's not always easy at this time of year, and I so respect your honesty. Take care.
I used to be a member of a 12th century living history group as a Benedictine monk. Speaking to visitors at events all over England, it became obvious that they all thought of medieval people as somehow less intelligent or skilled than modern humans. My response was always: "Who do you know with the skill and intelligence to build Rochester cathedral, Canterbury cathedral or Westminster abbey today?" Well done for appreciating that huge building project, which can never be equalled.
Alas, you can’t say Fred Dibnah anymore. 😕
However thanks to the likes of him, and his various TV series, his viewers have an insight into how such places, Cathedrals and castles, were built. 🙂
The Tudor rose society
Here in Thanet, I think we had a small flurry of snow, we get less snow than the rest of Kent, let alone the rest of Britain.
If Leeds castle was build on that date then it’s older than the Aztec Empire.
It's basically twice as old as the fall of the aztec empire
so glad you had such a lovely time with your mum xx
Hey Alanna, I'm so glad your Mum had a great visit & you both had a good time together. Hopefully it won't be too long before she can visit again and you can take her more places. Also nice to see the candy cane mike return, it's been a while since it was used last. 😊
Thank you so much! Merry Christmas!
The weekend after Thanksgiving Monday (yes I'm a Canuck) my dad would start making Christmas Puddings and my Mum would start making mincemeat. So we had both and I would eat the jam tarts. Cause I don't like either. I hope your Mum has made it safely back to Ontario. It is minus 15C today in the Niagara Region, but the sun is shining. Have a happy and prosperous new year. 🎉
What a beautiful tour in this episode! Literally, on a beautiful day, you took us to beautiful buildings with staggeringly beautiful interiors and we even saw lots of beautiful food, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! ☺️
Glad to hear that your Mum had a great time. Merry Christmas Alanna.
Thanks! Merry Christmas!
My, you have a gorgeous smile. All you needed to do, was to stand amid the trees and smile and all the snow would melt.
Very happy for you and your mum that she had a good trip
Thank you! ☺️
If you have single pane windows and a large heating bill try taping bubble wrap to the glass. The bubbles catch the daylight and heat up, stopping the heat leaving through the window.
Hi Alanna, good to hear you had a good time with mom, will have to come back in the summer, if we get one also well done for lasting 7 years Cheers
Thanks so much! Merry Christmas!
that restaurant in Rochester looks very cool I bet your mom loved that.
Your mum must be very proud of her super confident, funny, adventurous daughter . Seems like you had a great time . 🇬🇧✌️🇨🇦
I love your videos, Alanna. I love your sense of humour and I love your smile.
I lived in California for 14 years, and one thing I really missed was the history (200 years is nothing 😄).
It is fantastic to live near wonderful centuries-old gothic cathedrals, and to imagine how they were built without mechanisation.
The cranes to lift the stones were human-powered by men walking in treadmills.
Stonemasons were incredibly skilled craftsmen who had spent years as apprentices.
Look for mason’s marks on the stones. And look at the gargoyles.
Gargoyles are high up rain spouts. They were often carved as faces, sometimes caricatures of people the mason knew (and had an opinion about 😁 )
Building the cathedral took several lifetimes. A real labour of devotion.
Keep making your videos, please, Alanna. 🙂
Christmas pudding ☃️ but needs to be a good quality one
Leeds Castle looks lovely - never been - will defo go now.
I was in Canterbury on Christmas Day - nice place!
Love stained glass - there are courses available where they teach you to make your own - very cool when you think that your work may still be appreciated in hundreds of years time
Ahh Canterbury on Christmas Day, how cool! Hope you had a great time 🙏🏻
@@AdventuresAndNaps thanks, a good time was had by all ☃️
Hi Alanna love ❤️ your beeming smile thank you so much for the tour around that Beautiful castle 🏰 and nice bobble hat and talking through a candy cane instead of a microphone 🎤 very enjoyable happy new year Alanna ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Alanna, tell us about the lollipop!
Glad you had a lovely time with Mom and are as lively and lovely as ever. Pete
Hi Alanna! Thank you for the little trip around Rochester - my old stomping ground! I used to walk through The Vines Gardens every day to go to work in what was the Civic Centre in Strood, just across the bridge! My Dad and Stepmum lived in Canterbury for many years and my Stepmum was one of the people who 'signed' services for the deaf :-) I've been to Leeds Castle, but only once so I loved seeing inside there again - they scrub the place up well for Christmas!! :-) Agree totally about Christmas pudding - better left! Love a mince pie though and you totally eat your scones the right way - cream first! Loved this nostalgia trip - thank you again! x
That the snow came down so quickly (four inches in a couple of hours) and lasted for a week was pretty rare for Kent.
Love the green screen! Thank you for sharing part of your Mom's (Mum) visit with us...
Thanks for watching!!
A good pie with gravy and veg on a winter's day...what a treat.
So glad you and your mum had a fabulous time Alanna and may I take this opportunity to wish you a very Happy New Year.
Good to see Yorkshire Tea being featured again...not that I'm biased 😁😁😁
Another great video! Glad you and your Mum had a nice time even if it was freeeeeeeeeeeeezing!
Wow Alanna really committed to that candy cane Mike and I absolutely love it.
Happy New Year Alanna & everyone else!
Wow , that reminds me ...I love Christmas pudding but haven't eaten any in donkeys years ,as none of my family or friends like it ! 🤦😅
Jam first and cream after, the jam will soak into the scone and help stick the cream on top .....
True what you say about the Holidays. I'm an American who's lived here in Japan longer than I'd care to admit, but as I discover every year around this time the Holidays can still get to me...
Glad you got to spend time with your mum.
Absolutely love Christmas pudding. But only at Christmas! Same for Turkey. Anything else would be sacrilege! 🤣
So glad you had a Wonderful Christmas visiting with your mom.
Thanks for the tour.
You are hilarious and it was so adorable how your eyes opened wide when you declared "I want them I need them" referring to the Dachshund butter dish and hedge hog Salt and pepper shakers.
" You don't understand I need these things" You are so endearing
I wish you all the best in 2023
from Vancouver BC. Take Care
Canadian here. I have been to Leeds Castle when I was visiting my niece who lives in Kent. Also, I love both mince pies and Christmas pudding!
Very cool!
I went to school in Canterbury but I don't think I've been back since and I'm eighty now so it's been a while. Maybe I'll soon be due a visit now you've reconnoitred for me. Thanks for doing that.
By the way what's better than one Alanna? The answer: two Alannas as in much of this ground-breaking video: bring it on I say.
Very glad you and your mom had a good time in spite of freezing almost to death. My heart sunk at the beginning as I waited for the catalogue of disasters that would end with her declaring 'Never again' so it's a bit of a relief that you seem to have managed cunningly to avoid most of the predictable calamities of winter sight-seeing in England!
At 12:01, I was saddened to hear that Alanna is still frigid. Poor girl. And even worse for her partner.
Aww, so happy for you that you got to see your mum and that your mum had a lovely time. 🤗
I was so grateful to share England with her! ☺️
Rochester looks super historic and picturesque - must visit someday. Sounds like your Mom had an awesome time in the UK
Anyhoo is this mad Canadian? Thank you for sharing your thoughts and video on your trip to Leeds Castle. You know what? You should be sponsored. Your image of the pie and potatoes left me hungry.
I’ve never been a fan of Xmas pudding but my dad bless him absolutely loved them on Christmas Day x
Hello Allana, So glad you liked Rochester, as I live right in the centre, just off the high street. I love your videos, and find it fascinating to hear views of living in England from your point of view.
I suppose I take living here very much for granted, so maybe I will look at my town through different eyes. Thank you for being so complimentary. I lived alone in France for many years, so I have a pretty fair idea of what it's like to be a foreigner. I do hope you stay here always.
Love the hat!!! lol I like the pudding, with Custard. Hedgehogs look cute! Cragside is for you, contact the estate agent. A nice estate that had the first hydroelectric power station. It's still working today. No elec bills. In fact, they leave the heating on high all the time!
Used to live in Chatham, this sounds like basically every time my parents came to visit, Sans the snow... lived in kent over 5 years and pretty sure I was away every time it snowed.
Absolutely beautiful castle, though it reminds me of why my people left England.
I am glad that your Mother's visit was successful one, though cool.
Yes we are very lucky in this country to have all theses beautiful Cathedrals and Churches
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you Alanna and your family!🎄❄☃️🎅 It sounds great you had fun and fantastic time with your mum! May 2023 bring happiness and new friends, success and good health! May new adventures creat great emotions and joy and all your dreams come true!🤗💝🎉🎊
Christmas Pudding for ever! Brandy butter on warm Christmas pudding is something one grows into over the years....
Hi Alanna, lovely video. Thank you. As you may know, Rochester is also associated with Charles Dickens. Have a good 2023. God bless you.
4:25 I enjoy home-made Christmas pudding with home made vanilla and vodka ice cream (with a dash of ouzo), or orange segments with home made chocolate and Cointreau ice cream.
I have just realised I have never been to Kent, apart from driving through the part of it that leads to Dover. A Christmastime trip there is definitely needed. Lovely video.
I went to Canterbury one Sunday morning. Walking around the quadrangle at the cathedral I heard the choir practicing for the Sunday service. OMG!! It was the most beautiful sound I had heard in ages. Rochester, Canterbury & Leeds Castle are definitely some of the better places to visit in Kent. There’s loads more stuff to see though.
I love Rochester too. Nice to see it again, thanks.
What a lovely little insight into your Mums trip. I'm glad you had such a nice time. Good God, it looked cold though. Red noses all round I bet.
Had my new English Heritage card in the post the other week.. can't wait!
Love watching your videos I live very close to these places and watching someone from another country reacting to them makes me feel quite proud. (didn't want to use the word foreigner, didn't seem right somehow. You just seem like one of us now)
Thank you for this , l have a 3 day recuse from work due to an injury on the ice , nothing so terrible, no worries. It looked like a nice visit with your Mom. Tea looked great , the cathedral also. Hope you have a healthy, happy and prosperous new year.
There are quite a few 'moated manor houses' in UK because the moat provided a good layer of protection from the the turbulent natives that use live in the countryside....
They do loads of stuff in and at Leeds castle they fly birds and do events and conserts and so on
If it gets to cold in the U.k I have warm cuddles here in Toronto for you 💝
That was so interesting. I was born in Rochester and was then moved away so I have no memory of it so I must visit now. Mince pies all the way,
I know that you are unlikely to get to Liverpool, it's up north. But we do still build cathedrals. Two were built in Liverpool. One modern, RC and one gothic, CoE. As you said, people still have a use for such buildings.
I have never been to Leeds Castle in my whole life, living in Kent for 60plus years. Boughton Monchelsea is the place closest to it, to pick up a parcel. Oops how could I forget Maidstone in a BT call centre for two years. Happy New Year.
What a truly lovely and endearing video. I think if you watch the British film The Holly and The Ivy then you'll get an insight into how some families run at Christmas.
I know the gods of the weather were looking down on you both for that visit! Cherished memory's i'm sure. Oh! and Happy New year lass lol!
I'm not religious but I do like a cathedral! Definitely been to some beautiful ones on my travels but I don't remember ever going to Canterbury's 🤔 I have been to Leeds Castle though, albeit quite a few years ago now!
Glad your mums visit went well & you had a great week together 😄 I'll stick to Christmas yule log, everyone else can have all the mince pies/xmas pudding/xmas cake lol
Cheers Gem!! ☺️ Definitely gonna go back to Leeds to see it in the summer, as long as I don't lose my ticket by then lol
Used to be the case that the sight of a Cathedral would make someone believe in God, now they are pictures on placemats! (not original, came from a BBC show)
@@hairyairey Sounds like heard on Qi.
I'm not religious but the architecture of cathedrals are awe inspiring. I visited a couple while in Italy and I was in complete awe.
@@Leocoz82 the Sagrada Familia is fascinating. Not just as a building but the Mathematics involved. Gaudi was clearly on the autistic spectrum. We might see his vision completed soon, but it's taken 3D printing to do some of it.
Great video. I've been to Leeds castle in the summer, they had a jousting tournament going on. It was between the English and the French, the announcer had tell us not to boo the French!
Thanks for the tour, nice job! Glad your mum enjoyed herself. On your Canterbury Cathedral visit did you see the stained glass depiction of the man with 3 big leaves?......Have fun searching for that one!
Hi Alanna, so glad you & your Mom enjoyed a few days together. It must be hard for you both being separated, especially at holiday times. Family time is precious & you obviously made the most of your time together.
Hope you & Mr Naps had a great Christmas & are looking forward to the New Year. All the best from Yorkshire.
Really interesting visits Alanna.
Yesssssss cream first.Your a born again devon girl
I visited Leeds Castle many years ago .
But ironically never went to Cantebury .
Still to do Rochester too .