London is one of only two Alpha++ category cities in the world, the other being New York City. Alpha++ is the highest category of city. It basically means it has everything and anything you can think of to the extent that if you had to choose a city to represent the world and be the capital city of the world, it would have to be an Alpha++ city. The biggest difference between NYC and London though, is that London has 46% green space vs. 13% in NYC (with over 8.3 million trees, lakes and parks the UN classes it as the world’s largest urban forest), and London has over 2,000 years of history and architecture, which NYC doesn’t. For those reasons, there’s talks of making it the only Alpha+++ city. It really is the ultimate city.
Just a small correction: those are not fries, they’re chips. Chips are a thicker, fleshier cut of potato whereas fries are from France and are a thinner, crispier cut of potato. French fries are also called fries in the UK.
I think the reason British food is looked down on is just because the dishes are less complex than other countries’ dishes. And that’s not a bad thing. It’s like pub food being the national standard, and pub food is great 👍🏻
@@asenseoftravel , excellent video and well explained , love you showing the narrow streets and a bit of history and you walk a few yards low and behold next door is a new tall building with it's quirky nick name , gherkin , Lloyd's insurance inside out building , walkie-talkie etc etc. ( anything less than 100 years is new lol ) . Even just adding the date that the building were built does add that bit of class . In Trafalgar Square there is a old police box that has a blue dome on the top that used to flash to let police officers know they were wanted , sadly no longer used but you can see some items through a window. The box is " molded " into the background of the square and most people totally miss it.
It's to do with Rationing During & After WW2; There was limited Ingrediants and the (Mostly) Women did amazing and were very Creative, keeping the Nation Nourished! 🤘
Nice original style of blog. And a slightly different take from the usual USA blogs. But there is much much more to London. As for food, the prices you paid were well over the top if you just get into Londoners London, prices are significantly lower. Plus, there are magnificent restaurants of all types plus street vendors and of course pubs. But pubs are rarely the best place for food, but they do have a very relaxed ambience and a good vibe. Entertainment is everywhere, and the theatre district is amazing.
Excellent content, mate. however, did you know that the river Thames is the cleanest river that runs through a city in the whole world? It has a muddy sediment bottom, which gives it its (unfortunate) gloomy brown colour
I didn’t know that, but it makes sense! I know that the Potomac River in DC, where I live, is un-swimmable. I’m sure you’ve seen images of the river in Cleveland on actual fire before haha
This is the first time that I've seen this channel - what a brilliant video, I absolutely loved it. I'll watch some of your other videos tomorrow. Excellent 👍
Impressive! It's also well worth getting out of the very centre of London and seeing some of the sights slightly further out, say Kensington and Holland Park, Notting hill and Portobello Road, Hampstead and the Heath, Richmond and Kew, Camden Market and Little Venice, Chelsea and Battersea Park, Greenwich and Canary Wharf.
Looking through your catalogue of reviews, one sees that the world has as much to offer, culturally and architecturally, as London. Paris remains a favourite, although, it has changed dramatically in recent years.
It’s always comforting to remember just how unique and distinctive even different cities within a country can be! As for Paris, I agree, one of my favorites. I was there recently and a bit disappointed to see a lot of that soulless, boxy 21st century architecture starting to pop up
Lovely video, trying to evoke all the senses. A small point - Westminster Abbey is an abbey, not a cathedral. There is a 'Westminster Cathedral', the Catholic building, but several hundred yards away from Westminster Abbey, nearer to Victoria Station,.The actual (Church of England) cathedral for London is St Paul's, probably the fourth on the site since Anglo-Saxon times. And there is Southwark Cathedral, on the south bank.
Wow, my first time watching one of your videos! I never realized how much you use your senses when visiting a new location. Such a great video and a fantastic concept, I am going to binge watch your other videos now! PS you should do a video on London public transport. I feel that can attack the senses sometimes
Well done, you! Informative and interesting. You took time to research, and it really shows. If I was giving stars for effort, you would go straight to gold. Bravo
Come and see London when you like. But when the children our at school. And Buckingham place is big because it goes back a lot. As you probably witnessed with our Queen Elizabeth 11 funeral. It's an Amazing place that's why it's the Capital of Capitals. And the number 1 Capital of the world for 9 years to visit. Plus most of our many museums are free. Enjoy your stay in London. Thanks for sharing your post.
Of all of the tourist places in London, some are rubbish, some good but I will always say the Tower of London is by far the best, and if you visit one place, this should be it (saying that as a Londoner).
Growing up in London although it is officially the Elizabeth tower and it’s the bell that is called Big Ben nearly every Londoner refers to the tower as Big Ben. Really enjoyed your video and can see you put a lot of thought and care into it.Great stuff. Incidentally the main reason the Thames is that brown mirky colour is because it is a tidal river but still far from clean as it shoud be. It’s a big scandal in the UK at the moment where water conpanies are making huge profits and polluting the rivers including Old Father Thames.
I knew the Thames was tidal, but I didn’t realize that’s why it was so murky! I’ve read so many interesting accounts on the Thames and its old uses. The “Great Stink” in the 19th century immediately comes to mind haha.
THANK GOODNESS !!! Someone actually got the name of the tower correct !! The ELIZABETH TOWER and not BIG BEN.👍👏 Where was the BLACK PUDDING in your full English !? You would have paid a lot less for your food if you had stepped off the touristy areas !.
You missed out the smell of Indian food. You cannot walk for more than 10 minutes in any UK city without catching it. I really notice its absence when I'm away.
True! For me it kind of blended with all of the international cuisines that you could smell in the tight alleyways. But Indian food in London is definitely quintessential
Interesting and different video, for info Warner Brothers studio for Harry Potter, you need the train to Watford Junction, not Watford, which is a completely different location, Americans tend to chop names short which can cause problems, make sure you get the fast express train, not the stopping London overground.
That flag you have up on the video 🇬🇧 should really be this one ➡️🏴. London is in the country of England 🏴 and the UK 🇬🇧 encompasses Scotland 🏴, Wales 🏴 and Northern Ireland too. London isn't in their countries though it's part of England 🏴. Being an English 🏴 Londoner I hate being stuck in with Scotland 🏴 and Wales 🏴 and Northern Ireland. Enjoyed watching your video though 😃.
the view from the top of the shard is great if you are a vlogger and do a deal to get in for something less than the astronomical price i saw when i went there (and refused to pay btw).
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This has to be your most detailed and well produced travel vlog yet. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks a ton! There's really no way to capture London in a video, but I certainly tried my best 🇬🇧
London is one of only two Alpha++ category cities in the world, the other being New York City. Alpha++ is the highest category of city. It basically means it has everything and anything you can think of to the extent that if you had to choose a city to represent the world and be the capital city of the world, it would have to be an Alpha++ city.
The biggest difference between NYC and London though, is that London has 46% green space vs. 13% in NYC (with over 8.3 million trees, lakes and parks the UN classes it as the world’s largest urban forest), and London has over 2,000 years of history and architecture, which NYC doesn’t. For those reasons, there’s talks of making it the only Alpha+++ city. It really is the ultimate city.
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Just a small correction: those are not fries, they’re chips. Chips are a thicker, fleshier cut of potato whereas fries are from France and are a thinner, crispier cut of potato. French fries are also called fries in the UK.
I think the reason British food is looked down on is just because the dishes are less complex than other countries’ dishes. And that’s not a bad thing. It’s like pub food being the national standard, and pub food is great 👍🏻
Pub food is awesome, couldn't agree more!
@@asenseoftravel , excellent video and well explained , love you showing the narrow streets and a bit of history and you walk a few yards low and behold next door is a new tall building with it's quirky nick name , gherkin , Lloyd's insurance inside out building , walkie-talkie etc etc. ( anything less than 100 years is new lol ) .
Even just adding the date that the building were built does add that bit of class . In Trafalgar Square there is a old police box that has a blue dome on the top that used to flash to let police officers know they were wanted , sadly no longer used but you can see some items through a window. The box is " molded " into the background of the square and most people totally miss it.
It's to do with Rationing During & After WW2; There was limited Ingrediants and the (Mostly) Women did amazing and were very Creative, keeping the Nation Nourished! 🤘
This has to be the best London travel vlog 😍 you did such an amazing job at capturing the essence of the city
Thanks so much! I'm glad to hear you say that, I really wanted to capture the "many sides" of London, and I know I still only scratched the surface!
always love watching your vlogs! super detailed and well thought out!
Thank you! I've tried to be more and more in-depth as time has gone on, although the videos are starting to push the half-hour mark!
Great job!
Thank you! And thanks for watching!
This video is simply beyond my words to express thanks, beyond expectations, beyond praise. You sir are a master. Thank you, thank you.
I'm truly glad to hear this! Thanks so much for watching!
Nice original style of blog. And a slightly different take from the usual USA blogs. But there is much much more to London. As for food, the prices you paid were well over the top if you just get into Londoners London, prices are significantly lower. Plus, there are magnificent restaurants of all types plus street vendors and of course pubs. But pubs are rarely the best place for food, but they do have a very relaxed ambience and a good vibe. Entertainment is everywhere, and the theatre district is amazing.
Excellent. A high-quality narrative. Well done!
I appreciate this, thank you!
Great review mate,plus it’s some of the highest quality/resolution video that I’ve seen in a travel vlog👍
Excellent narrative on London. Great video.
Excellent content, mate. however, did you know that the river Thames is the cleanest river that runs through a city in the whole world? It has a muddy sediment bottom, which gives it its (unfortunate) gloomy brown colour
I didn’t know that, but it makes sense! I know that the Potomac River in DC, where I live, is un-swimmable. I’m sure you’ve seen images of the river in Cleveland on actual fire before haha
This is the first time that I've seen this channel - what a brilliant video, I absolutely loved it. I'll watch some of your other videos tomorrow. Excellent 👍
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed - hopefully you like some of my other vlogs as well! Cheers
Really enjoyed the video! Very professional 👍 I hope you do other areas of the England like Manchester, Liverpool, York and The Cotswolds 😁
Don’t forget the pelicans in St James’s Park lake - never seen them anywhere else except in a zoo
Lots of seabirds in general in the parks!
Nicely done. Looking forward to London.
🙌🏽👌🏽✨
Thank you!!
That was perhaps the best blog of London I have come across. I am guessing that you are a Romantic at heart.
Very much so! And thanks a ton, I really wanted to do London justice, so it’s great to hear that I was able to capture it well
Beautiful city and clean
Impressive! It's also well worth getting out of the very centre of London and seeing some of the sights slightly further out, say Kensington and Holland Park, Notting hill and Portobello Road, Hampstead and the Heath, Richmond and Kew, Camden Market and Little Venice, Chelsea and Battersea Park, Greenwich and Canary Wharf.
wow, amazing shots
Thank you! The city did most of the work for me
Looking through your catalogue of reviews, one sees that the world has as much to offer, culturally and architecturally, as London. Paris remains a favourite, although, it has changed dramatically in recent years.
It’s always comforting to remember just how unique and distinctive even different cities within a country can be! As for Paris, I agree, one of my favorites. I was there recently and a bit disappointed to see a lot of that soulless, boxy 21st century architecture starting to pop up
The pie looked good 👍 😂
oh it was fantastic!
Lovely video, trying to evoke all the senses. A small point - Westminster Abbey is an abbey, not a cathedral. There is a 'Westminster Cathedral', the Catholic building, but several hundred yards away from Westminster Abbey, nearer to Victoria Station,.The actual (Church of England) cathedral for London is St Paul's, probably the fourth on the site since Anglo-Saxon times. And there is Southwark Cathedral, on the south bank.
Interesting, thanks for the corrections there! Is St. Paul’s used for anything ceremonial?
Wow, my first time watching one of your videos! I never realized how much you use your senses when visiting a new location. Such a great video and a fantastic concept, I am going to binge watch your other videos now!
PS you should do a video on London public transport. I feel that can attack the senses sometimes
Thanks a ton! I hope you enjoy some of my other vlogs! As for London transport, I agree. That could be a sensory vlog on its own
I’ve been in London couple weeks ago ! This video is awesomely informative
You just forgot one thing the museums
I did miss the museums! I could dedicate an entire vlog to museums alone
Well done, you! Informative and interesting. You took time to research, and it really shows. If I was giving stars for effort, you would go straight to gold. Bravo
Come and see London when you like. But when the children our at school. And Buckingham place is big because it goes back a lot. As you probably witnessed with our Queen Elizabeth 11 funeral. It's an Amazing place that's why it's the Capital of Capitals. And the number 1 Capital of the world for 9 years to visit. Plus most of our many museums are free. Enjoy your stay in London. Thanks for sharing your post.
A great video of London by this lovely young American gentleman. More please.
Thanks so much for watching! And many more to come - keep an eye out for an Edinburgh adventure in the near future!
Of all of the tourist places in London, some are rubbish, some good but I will always say the Tower of London is by far the best, and if you visit one place, this should be it (saying that as a Londoner).
Wonderful video,😍 you did such an amazing job at capturing the essence of the city💗💖
Thank you!!
BRILLIANT VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Appreciate it!
Awesome video! Welcome mate 😊
Thanks a ton!
A very professional and detailed view of my capital, excellent 👌
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it - cheers!
Growing up in London although it is officially the Elizabeth tower and it’s the bell that is called Big Ben nearly every Londoner refers to the tower as Big Ben. Really enjoyed your video and can see you put a lot of thought and care into it.Great stuff. Incidentally the main reason the Thames is that brown mirky colour is because it is a tidal river but still far from clean as it shoud be. It’s a big scandal in the UK at the moment where water conpanies are making huge profits and polluting the rivers including Old Father Thames.
I knew the Thames was tidal, but I didn’t realize that’s why it was so murky! I’ve read so many interesting accounts on the Thames and its old uses. The “Great Stink” in the 19th century immediately comes to mind haha.
THANK GOODNESS !!! Someone actually got the name of the tower correct !! The ELIZABETH TOWER and not BIG BEN.👍👏
Where was the BLACK PUDDING in your full English !?
You would have paid a lot less for your food if you had stepped off the touristy areas !.
You missed out the smell of Indian food. You cannot walk for more than 10 minutes in any UK city without catching it. I really notice its absence when I'm away.
True! For me it kind of blended with all of the international cuisines that you could smell in the tight alleyways. But Indian food in London is definitely quintessential
One of, if not, the best London review. The Sky Garden maybe for your next trip?
I didn’t realize it was free, or I would have gone this time!
As always, you make me want to be there!
No place in the world quite like London!
Great video
Thank you for watching!
Love the love for our city, have a sub.. and at 4:20, that's my office right there on Whitehall overlooking Trafalgar Square!
That’s a pretty sweet spot for an office!
Interesting and different video, for info Warner Brothers studio for Harry Potter, you need the train to Watford Junction, not Watford, which is a completely different location, Americans tend to chop names short which can cause problems, make sure you get the fast express train, not the stopping London overground.
That's a good point! We Americans do tend to shorten words and sayings as much as we possibly can, so I can see where that could cause confusion.
Thanks!
Thanks a ton, very much appreciated!
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Thanks a ton!
British food is great the problem is during the 40s and 50s we still had rationing from the war not now
actually it was rubbish up to the eighties and then it took off. I got a hamburger in London in 78 and it was boiled in water with onions!
Yeah I’ve gotta say, I don’t think British food deserves the bland reputation, especially the meats in pies and pasties
That flag you have up on the video 🇬🇧 should really be this one ➡️🏴. London is in the country of England 🏴 and the UK 🇬🇧 encompasses Scotland 🏴, Wales 🏴 and Northern Ireland too. London isn't in their countries though it's part of England 🏴. Being an English 🏴 Londoner I hate being stuck in with Scotland 🏴 and Wales 🏴 and Northern Ireland.
Enjoyed watching your video though 😃.
Excellent, but missing yhr multicultural side. And Indizn food.
Brilliant video..one point, it's C-ov -ent like "of" not Cove
Thanks for the correction! I knew there'd be at least one word in there I'd mess up, haha.
the view from the top of the shard is great if you are a vlogger and do a deal to get in for something less than the astronomical price i saw when i went there (and refused to pay btw).
Sky Garden has a pretty good view (though not as high), and it's free.
It’s definitely pricey, but I’m a sucker for a good panoramic view! I went on the London Eye a few years ago, but it didn’t quite scratch that itch.
Is the Sky Garden the tall observation tower out near Notting Hill?
@@asenseoftravel No, it's in the heart of The City, just off Fenchurch St. It's the top floor of the "walkie-talkie" building.
Great vlog. I think the only thing you missed was the scent of the Chavs with their Lynx Out of Africa body spray.
LOL!