London Is Not What We Expected...
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- We made it to LONDON!!! After spending a couple days on the outskirts of London, we finally check out the city for the first time and share our first impressions ;)
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As a suspicious northerner (I live in Newcastle) I'm always on the lookout for these 'rude & unfriendly Londoners' so far, I've been disappointed, people down there seem friendly enough & are generally more polite
Haha damn Londoners defying stereotypes!!
You want some ? Bleedin' Geordie saying us Londoners born an bred ain't friendly..:( I've a good mind to come up and ask Mike Ashley to sort you out.....
Oh ! I am most terribly sorry about the above. No words can adequately express my remorse regarding my inexcusable comments.. I am mortified that I got to make such a foolish and erroneous statement. I can only try to crave your forgiveness for my brief moment of total complete and utter insanity in making this mistake. I have no excuses and I can only apologise ,profusely,
Most ordinary Londoners are genuinely friendly and will talk to people, especially tourists.
Christopher Dennisto Thank you Christopher. I live in London and despite the bad publicity people are generally helpful. In the 6 years I can’t recall a bad experience.
Geordies are very friendly
Just a point re. the decoration on the Apple store, those mosaics were put in place when the building was built in 1898, and are nothing to do with the fact that the building currently houses an Apple store!
Really? Wow, I thought the Apple store had been there since ancient times!! How else would cavemen get their iPhones?
That's what I was about to say, building first apple store after.
I couldn't help but think that as well but know it was just a badly structured sentence, so all is forgiven.
@@shamteal8614 Seems less badly structured and just not at all hinted towards. No ill will intended, but it was said as if the designs were made purely for the Apple shop and weren't there prior.
@@theangriestbrit1289 This isn't an important issue for me.
You didn't see The Tower of London.. Or even visit Kew Gardens.. The City Of Westminster is NOT all of London. London is a massive history museum.
Hi Darrell! Here's a link to our full playlist in England. We have 6 videos that are just in London: ua-cam.com/video/Zh7-C828c-g/v-deo.html
We do actually visit the Tower of London in the playlist. I don't think it is feasible to show everything London has to offer in one video. Hope you find what you're looking for in those other videos of ours!
There are over 100,000 official "places of interest" Daniel. You can not see them all even in one lifetime...lol
Darrell Powell
Presumably they’re limited for time! You could add thousands of things to your list but people on a quick trip have to prioritise!
Since retiring, I’ve been volunteering as a Tour Guide at a couple of historic houses and now under training as a York city guide. Always a pleasure to meet American friends, but here is a few tips to help get the most out of your trip:-
1) Please don’t ask questions such as “What movies were made here?” Remember that what you are looking at is real. Just try to take away with you, a few bullet points of the real history, not the fiction.
2) Always respect the fact, that many historic buildings are someone’s home or workplace. So no peeking through windows and taking photos of an old man in his underpants, who forgot to close the curtains!
3) Visit a pub and socialise with the local people. You will find that any Englishman with a pint in his hand is going to be friendly. You will learn so much this way and also have a very memorable good time.
Great advice! We absolutely love history, and we love learning about it. I (Harrison) also have a major in videography and film. I mean no disrespect in asking what movies were filmed in a certain location; I have great admiration for it because it has so much to do with my career!
The second point made us laugh XD I can't imagine being that old man caught in his underwear! I think they would have to owe them a pint at the pub after that haha.
We did go to a few local pubs and socialize- just off camera. We didn't want to be those rude people who shove cameras into peoples faces while they're trying to relax at a pub. We are in Ireland now and we just had one of our best pub experiences ever just by talking to the locals :)
Thank you for he great advice!
-Harrison
Re "What movies were made here?" I find if sad that many people can only see the world through movies. Surely most cities have much more to offer than the fact that certain films were made there
Big Ben is actually the bell that chimes. The tower is the Elizabeth tower.
I live London but I hate crossing Westminster Bridge since there are so many begs performing for money.I'm glad you spot that out
agreed. Mass tourism has ruined so many famous sites in London but fortunately the city is large enough to still retain great areas that are not on the tourist hot spot list and even in the worst touristy areas, except maybe Piccadilly Circus, most of the crowds tend to disappear at the end of the day.
I was up there last week, beautiful weather and about 3 people on the bridge. :D I'm loving this lockdown.
More to see? You could NEVER see ALL of London's 100,000+ Official attractions in one lifetime.
I am a 65 year old Londoner and I have tried :)
They could spent a month in the British Museum alone and not see it all.
"Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."......................Samuel Johnson 1777 !!!
One does one's best, my friend. One does one's best....
Good Luck :)
I’m that weird American that isn’t interested in the Palace.I just want to see where the regular people live and eat.Walk around the neighborhoods and look at the homes.
Kim Wright Same, we did tons of that in our London videos, daily life is the most interesting aspect of travel in my opinion :D
In that case avoid central London and hop on a tube to Upton Park 😀
The best place to hear buskers is the underground, the acoustics are so good.
So true!
I had to laugh when on Tottenham Court Road station.
There was a busker who was absolutely terrible and an announcement over the PA said, "London Underground apologise for the noise on platform 4, someone will be there to deal with it soon".
@@grahvis Is that a true story? That is amazing hahaha
@@MoreTravelPlease .
Yes, perfectly true.
It made a lot of the people there laugh.
Big Ben is the bell, not the clock faces
Its not construction its preservation - some of the buildings are incredibly old and the reason they have survived so long is because they have been cared for over centuries
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO. I WALK THROUGH CENTRAL LONDON MOST DAYS AND I MISS THE LITTLE DETAILS YOU HAVE POINTED OUT.
Robin Hood Thank you for watching!! :)
Beautiful girl, beautiful City
I never ran across a swindler or even anyone asking for money or trying to sell something. I was there just a few weeks after you guys. I guess I look like a MEAN old lady! One of the best free things i found was the National Gallery that is on one of the corners of Trafalgar Square. SENSATIONAL art, very famous paintings, if you like that kind of thing.
Here's my advice for seeing London: Read some history, scour the map, walk walk walk, you will encounter amazing things.
Lots of things to see for free in London, such as the British, Science, and Natural History museums.
The National Gallery was awesome! London is definitely a walkable place!
London very good 👍.thank you so much 👍😍
No problem! 😄
Thanks for this nice video . I'm a Londoner and I love it here but it was really a treat to see it from your perspective . ♥
MrGotmymojoworkin Thank you so much!! :)
I’m in London too! Like my 5th or 6th visit and also for like 6 weeks so no rush to be touristy
That's awesome!! Have a great time! :)
The year of "re-construction" we are an old country.
What a shame that you didn't go into Westminster Abbey. One of the most amazing places I ever saw in London. there are hundreds of graves, marked by huge slabs of marble and effigies as well of monarchs from hundreds of years ago and notable scientists, writers etc. DO NOT MISS IT. The price of admission is nothing compared to what is in there. Americans spend anything from $600. to $3500. just to get to London. DON'T save 20 pounds by skipping places like Westminster Abbey.
Interesting about the parakeets. They come from north Africa. I don't know if they stay in London all year. I was walking to Paddington Station very early, just after dawn one morning and a FOX crossed the street in front of me and trotted right into the bushes. Amazing.
One explanation for the presence of those parakeets in London is that they came from Isleworth where ‘The African Queen’ was filmed. They provided background for Bogart and Hepburn.
It definitely sucks to not be able to go into places like Westminster Abbey, I wish we could have gone in. But traveling for 6 months and not making any money means that we have to be extremely choosey with what we purchase. We just couldn't swing 23 pounds per person, which would have been over 55 dollars. That's our food budget out the window! We were happy to enjoy the free sights of London and take in the atmosphere. One day maybe we will have enough success on UA-cam or support on Patreon or otherwise come into more money to spend on things like that.
@@barrygower6733 That's cool!
All you had to do was to check the times of services in the Abbey and to book a place. There is no charge for admission and you have the added benefit of the choir music.
@@barrygower6733 We were not aware of this until now!
Big Ben is the actual bell the tower it’s. In is actually the Elizebeth tower !
BUT, the PEOPLE choose to call it it BIg Ben...millions of them! So, no matter what some stupid committee decides, Big Ben is its name..from Westminster to China,and beyond. If that doesn't make sense, What if a"committee" decided to rename the Statue of Liberty "The Trump Monument".
@@musik102
Big Ben is the name of the bell, not the tower.
Just because lots of people are wrong, doesn't make them right.
"an argumentum ad populum (Latin for "argument to the people") is a fallacious argument that concludes that a proposition must be true because many or most people believe it, "
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum
musik102 Don’t even bother, people really seem to have a thing about Big Ben/Elizabeth Tower. We get at least three new comments a week on our London vlogs about the damn thing, they’ve even started sending me messages about it on Facebook. It’s to the point where I’m not sure that most commenters actually care at all, maybe they just like to copy other people’s comments. OR they’re trolling me. Or if not, I guess it really is a big deal to these commenters. I personally find it extremely pedantic, but I can’t complain about the endless stream of comments!
@@musik102: "Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance" (George Bernard Shaw)
Great job of sharing London on a budget. Nice footage.
Love&Flight Thank you so much!! :)
I totally agree, I come from London but somehow they do a far better job of showing off my home city that I can
The Clocktower is the Elizabeth Tower, Big Ben is the bell inside it 💖
But! 99% of the world call the tower Big Ben. I guess 99% have got it wrong! Does that make sense?
@@musik102 yes it's a shame it's not known but like you say its widely known as big ben, but its also quite wrong 😄
@@FluffysMum Yes, like the "correct" name for the Tower in Paris is "The Centennial Tower" but 99+% of the world call it The Eiffel Tower. How can so many billions of people be so wrong!
@@musik102 I think it's just the general public at the time these were built gave it a popularised name, and it stuck. There must be many more buildings around the world that have the same thing happening 💖
musik102 Comfortable ignorance!
If you want to call it big Ben go for most people in England call it that anyway. That what I call it and live in London
Thank you for your acceptance
Yeah, everyone calls it Big Ben. It's actually just the name of the biggest bell in the the tower, in case you didn't know. The tower itself was called the Clock Tower (original, huh?) Actually, I believe it is now called the Elisabeth Tower since the Queens' Golden Jubilee. So, by extrapolation you could now call it Big Liz. No one does though. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed your stay in London. If you haven't already I would seriously recommend getting away from the West End. London is really a collection of villages which have merged together, all with their own personality. I would try Clapham, Brixton, St. John's Wood and Maida Vale as a few examples.
All Brits call it Big Ben, ignore the pedants 👍😁
You can go into Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s for free if you go into one of the daily services , they have evening song at about 5 pm
That's amazing!! Thank you for the info!! :)
Can you walk around after Evensong is over? I went to Evensong at St. George's Chapel in Windsor because I couldn't get in during the day. there had been a private funeral. But they wouldn't let me walk around.
@@velvetraptor8540 No, you can't walk around either at Westminster Abbey or St Paul's after the service -- they usher you out gently but firmly. But at least you get to savour the architecture of the place, and if it's during school term time you will likely be able to sit near the choir and hear the beautiful singing.
That is not Big Ben. All the scaffolding around that building is St. Stephens Clock Tower though it’s has been renamed recently in honour of the Queen. The bell is Big Ben.
We talk about you in this video: ua-cam.com/video/hBqRlMA3gJQ/v-deo.html
@@MoreTravelPlease it was not a mean comment it was a statement of fact. If you have had to work in that area with hundreds of tourist guides showing people and telling them ‘this is Big Ben’ it would be like a tourist guide in America saying of The Statue of Liberty ‘this is the Lady with the Flame’ (bad analogy!). It’s my one of my countries most iconic landmarks and nobody ever gets it right. We just want it named correctly.
@@marcuswardle3180 I feel like you didn’t actually watch the video :P
@@MoreTravelPlease Not really! I was on my lunch hour and saw that it was 27 minutes long! And had a zoom seminar call coming up. In fact that’s what I’m doing at the moment, trying to listen to some moronic idiot about the storage of 18th century archives!
I think the people have decided that's it's Big Ben just like they decided that it's the Eiffel Tower and not the Centennial Tower ( to give it's "proper" name )
Amazing that the National Gallery is FREE. And you're in in three minutes. The queue for the British Museum was more than I could deal with last Sunday..
London's free museums are such a gem!! Especially in cold months. Unless the line is horrendous haha, that stinks!
@@MoreTravelPlease €28 to get in the Uffizi
CHECK OUT THE NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM IN CHELSEA. IT'S VERY GOOD AND FREE TOO
All budget travelers should know you get free church entrance if you go to a service pick a evensong and you get a free show thrown in
This, is probably one of the best vids I have ever seen of London. You describe what you are looking at but don’t whitewash anything. You are quite honest about your encounters with those shakedown artists who call themselves “street musicians” Other observations were spot on. You. have a wonderful future ahead of you. Many thanks
Longfordboy Aww that is so nice, thank you so much!! :)
The present Westminster Abbey (Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster) dates from the 13th century rather than the 11th century. Later works include the western towers, which were added during the first half of the 18th century.
Big ben is the bell, the clock tower is the Elizabeth Tower.
My sister worked at Liberty’s during her Gap year.
I’m lucky enough to travel to central London in 30 minutes from where I live. I’ve been hundreds of times and just scratched the surface. Conservation is much needed for future generations ...sorry to inconvenience instagrammers
The UK weather finally broke today after breaking records - it was 33.7C just two days ago - 5 full months of sunshine but some still say there's no climate change
Stupidity is too pervasive :(
J130 G810
I see you’re more knowledgeable than all the worlds climate scientists who have studied these things for their whole lives and careers. Impressive.
Of course we've never had heatwaves before.😱 and plenty of climate scientists disagree on the causes and effects of climate change.
Lived in London for most of my life then I moved to Kent with my mum and it’s wayyyyyy nicer then London. U can actually cross roads without feeling ur swimming upstream
I am sorry about the lady getting peed off about you with the flowers. As a gentleman I would buy the flowers for you. As an apology for the ladies behaviour
Not many tourists, and indeed UK people know the Big Ben does not refer to the tower or clock but to the main bell. The tower is called the Elizabeth Tower and was renamed thus on the Queens Golden (Sixtieth Anniversary) of ascending to the throne).
I should take a shot every time someone comments about the Elizabeth Tower hahah
@@MoreTravelPlease You'd have one mother of a hangover the next day.
@@Gynra I think i'd be dead hahah
Very professionally made. I enjoyed this. What no pubs? Still a bit too dear in London. Cheaper in the sticks. What about those parakeets?
you've got wetherspoons or if you ask any local they'll know where best to go to eat .
Zoran Milovanovic
It’s dear cos it’s good and people want to be there so overheads are high.
You’d be pleased to know there is now a FAO Schwartz in London now, it’s inside Harrods!
Fun!!
Beautiful photography...and so interesting...
Thank you!!
BIG BEN is the bell and not the tower, it's known now as the Elizabeth tower. Use to be called the clock tower.
Ohio tickets with Robert. Everyone knows that. But everyone except the most pedantic of pedantics still call the clock tower “Big Ben”.
@@maxmullen6337 well she didn't to seem to understand that or care to research it.
I'm glad that you know what I do and don't understand and what I've researched!
@@MoreTravelPlease well if you did research then you would had know not to call it big ben like you did the whole time!
@@OhioticketswithRobert Who seriously calls it the Elizabeth Tower? As the comment above said, "Only the most pedantic of pedantics." BUT I do appreciate the info in the comment section.
The current Westminster abbey building was not built in 1066!
@Des M. The current building is thirteenth century. Building in the Gothic style didn't exist in Saxon or Norman times.
British people love to point out "ERRORS" and "INCORRECT" facts within this video ... Plus they LOVE to criticise ANYTHING about the video that might make them seem superior ... These guys are just presenting a fun travel VLOG and are not professionals ... CUT THEM SOME SLACK FFS ...!!!!!!
Thank you!!! Yeah, it’s kind of insane the amount of super negative comments we are getting on this video for such ridiculous reasons haha. But the good thing is every comment, good or bad, does help the video to be more popular!
What's the point in posting a Vlog if you are giving out false information?
@@johnroberts3066 We don't give out false information. What these people in the comments consider "false information" is calling it Big Ben instead of the Elizabeth Tower. This comment section is full of Hermione's going, "It's LeviOHsa, not LeivoSA." Except these commenters are worse because she at least had a point of making her spell work right 😂
@@MoreTravelPlease It isn't negative comments. It's British folk merely offering you the correct info. Nothing wrong with that and you should perhaps acknowledge the fact that British folk are watching your video and are more than happy to offer you that free info.
Now you have learnt , among other things, that the Tower is called The Elizabeth Tower and the bell inside, is named Big Ben.
I would also reckon here that you discovered that London is also a bloody rip off if yo let it happen. Good to see here you didn't get caught out. Personally I would rather have me keks ripped off and dragged over hot coals than visit London. It used to be a fine city not any more, now its nothing more than an over populated over rated dump.
frantic storm7 Wow, what a sacrifice those British people have made in giving me FREE info like talking about the Elizabeth tower for the 15th comment in a row or talking about how they hate my voice or that this video sucks. Some comments are from people being helpful, some are from pompous wankers. Which do you think your comment is more like?
The woodwork in Liberty is from an old ship
stunman1000 That’s amazing!!
My sister worked there for a few months during her Gap Year.
2018 is the year of renovation.
Yes, for about the next five years.
EVERY FUCKING YEAR WORKS ARE HAPPENING IN LONDON. NEVER STOPS
Yes, apparently so!
Robin Hood
Use your indoor voice.
But yeah, it has to be that way. People would complain much more if London was just left to go to ruin.
great footage. almost feels like I'm there.
Aww, that's so nice to hear. Thank you so much for watching!! :)
NICE TO SEE CENTRAL LONDON THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES I SUPPOSE. WELL DONE YOUNG LADY
I used to work in that building on the end of Carnaby Street. Did you go into the National gallery or portrait gallery, they are free. I will be at the Palladium to see Madonna in January. Oh by the way its called the Elizabeth tower, the bell is called Big Ben. And my American friends who came to stay with me about 20 years ago just walked into the exit of the Palace of Westminster and got in for free, but they where New Yorkers.
We did go into the National Gallery! Loved it! Lol New Yorkers live by a different set of rules
Westminster abbey has the oldest door in England.
9:26 See black dude flipping you off .
Bloody wanker
Well said.
Are they going to convert big ben into a digital clock blinking 12:00???
Yes I believe so
OMG Slow down when you are talking! What the hell is the speed talking for?
Ayshah JB Just so that you specifically will comment about it 💖
Ayshah JBI saw you comment after i left the same comment about her monotone speed talking, she's obviously just rude with her response, oh well now she has endless neg comments on her vlog for people to view.
Halloweenville “Monotone.” You keep saying that word, I do not think it means what you think it means
@@MoreTravelPlease Monotone, a continuing sound, especially of a person's voice, that is unchanging in pitch and without intonation.
I do know what i think it means.
Halloweenville Oh ok, because in your other comment you also called us overly enthusiastic, yet I’m also monotone...🤔 Maybe it’s the word enthusiastic that confuses you? Anyway, do I talk fast? Yes. Monotone?? Seems off the mark.
Big Ben is named after a boxer
Oh god at around 7:20 I see Greene King, the company I work for OOF
London is the best city in the world!!!.🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧❤
It really is awesome!
The chances of seeing Big Ben are remote: it's the bell, not the tower.
That's it. This must be the 20th comment about Big Ben on this video, not including the person who directly messaged me on Facebook about it, and I have taken a shot for every one. I am dead now. This is my ghost comment. Thanks a lot, Jonny!
@@MoreTravelPlease I've no idea what a ghost comment is, but glad to have helped out!
@@jonnyfrench19 A ghost comment is a comment made by a ghost. Which is me now, because I died of an overdose of tequila and pedantics
@@MoreTravelPlease Well; that tells me all I need to know. Toodle Pip!
@@jonnyfrench19 *ghostly moans*
London is in england but not england if that makes sense
England is my city
ab fan
No it doesn’t make sense. Over 5 million English people live in London, which is more than 3 times more than any other English city. It’s very English.
@@nick260682 and 65 million dont.
sid stewart
Ha. 65 million of a total England population of 55 million.
Nice maths.
I don’t even know what your point is.
@@nick260682 apologies..meant the UK. However.. 50m dont live in London...which is great to live in if you have money and enjoy the rat race. If you have no money itsxa shithole
They are renovating Bucking ham palace . Will take 10 years. By the way it's not pronounced BuckingHAM palace. It's pronounced Buckinghm palace. Don't sound the HAM so.
Sylvia Black HAM HAM HAM
Hard to believe I know, but London was once an English City.
Strange that it was founded by the Romans, then the Saxons from Germany then the Vikings and Normans.
And this mixture ruled one third of the world for centuries.
So when was London English ? whatever that means.
@@alanpattinson6211 I suspect your stupid answer represents your intellect 😸
@@padgepadgham3238 Thanks for the compliment.
Big Ben is the name of the bell, that strikes the hour. Not sure what the clocktower is called anymore 🤣🤣
Apparently it's called the Elisabeth tower
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Piccadilly Circus isnt the Times Square of London, it's even a shadow of its former self when the neon caked the buildings for blocks around (they were slowly taken away to reveal the beautiful facades behind, some of which noone had any idea what they'd look like) from the 1920s to 60s. One corner has been kept for 'tradition' - now it's a tourist trap that Londoners avoid. The 'busiest' part of London is the financial district - 570,000 per square mile by day (go in lunch hour or rush hour), falling to 3,000 by night and quite quiet when everyone's actually in the office again. The main tube stop, Bank-Monument is a mini-city that gets closed down on average every 3 days due to overcrowding - its capacity is 100,000 people aka as Hell.
For footfall nowadays, Oxford Circus gets something like 560,000 visitors a day. Funnily enough the busiest part of town used to be at night, in Soho/Leicester Sq/ TCR triangle, where half a million punters used to pass through till 5am, and doubling on weekends. However the high rents have now largely decimated this, what was once the worlds largest nightlife district.
Why does it look like Autumn but this is posted in Spring?
Because we were really late in editing and posting 😭 but we’re pretty up to date now! We’re usually posting videos we’ve filmed only 1-3 weeks before the post date. Cheers!
@@MoreTravelPlease Haha ah ok I figured. Hope you enjoyed your time there. Weather looked great which is a rarity!
Yeah there are too many projects currently going on in London, that is why we can see more cranes right now. It is estimated by year 2025 most of this project will come to the end and I hope London skyline will look great again without this cranes.
The parakeets are all escaped pets that bred
So crazy! It was a really cool sight
They have spread as far north as Manchester. Regularly see them at my rugby club.
That was fun, loved watching thank you
Thank YOU!! :)
London was not what they expected........
Was it better? Or worse??????????
And although you didn't name WHAT part of london you was in, was it right near the border in what would be described as greater London?
When I'm talking in front of the National Gallery, that should answer your question :) Also, no, we did not name where we were staying in London, because we were housesitting and we kept their privacy.
@@MoreTravelPlease obviously I missed your comments first time around, but glad you enjoyed your stay,
I appreciate you wish to retain people's privacy and naming a district of London would, in your view, breach that privacy, but given it can in some cases, by road at least, take an hour to reach the outer london border, it is a vast city, sprawling, and I was just curious about how long your journey time was from your clients location to the centre
Carnaby Street - What a let down.
I hope you took your squirrels back home with you.
You should see it all lit up at Christmastime!
Jimi Hendrix,though American,made London his home.He loved Living here in London,and the swinging late 60's London music scene propelled him to fame.He lived in Kensington,he acquired an apartment with a cage full of parakeets(these exotic birds were never indigenous to the Uk).Jimi felt bad about keeping these exotic birds in cages,and thought it was cruel.He released them .They procreated ,and there you have it.Parakeets living free in London skies,thanks to the iconic Mr Jimi Hendrix.
Marian Spain
That’s a myth
Piccadilly circus is not the Times Square of London. Times Square is the Piccadilly Circus of New York. London pre-dates New York by over a thousand years! Show some respect please.
Gaz You’re right that it predates Time Square, but from an Americans perspective, it is not our standard. Times Square is also more iconic for being an over-the-top advertising space, (more billboards and bigger bill boards) which is where I drew the correlation. Try to see things from other people’s perspectives please! No disrespect! -Harrison
Get a grip of yourself, Gaz!. It's really not that important is it?. Don't be so offended by tiny, insignificant matters.
@@MartinT5600
Whoaaaa there Captain.I'm not offended. I love the bond between our 2 countries. Just pointing out that sometimes Americans can get a bit self centred about the US and forget other countries are also proud and patriotic. For example The WORLD BASEBALL SERIES. It's only the US where it's competed for not THE WHOLE WORLD.
@@TheBeeseven Sorry mate. Was a bit overboard with my message.
@@MartinT5600
No problem bud
Sorry to spoil your happiness but, you will NEVER see Big Ben. Big Ben is a bell which cannot be see from out side.
If I took a shot for every comment about the damn clock or tower, I'd be dead
Richard Severn zzzzzx
when I went to the US it was drive drive drive...so vast.....especially LA!!
So true!
Westminster Abbey is expensive to go in, and they don't allow photography. That's why
we didn't go in when we stayed in London.
tectorama oh wow! The no photography definitely puts me off. My feeble memory relies on images to remember things lol
Westminster Abbey may be expensive, but remember that parts of this increadible building are a Thousand years old. The Abbey receives no financial help from the government so when you pay to get in you are helping with the upkeep of this beautiful place. I can understand the need to keep to a budget when you visit a different country, but if you miss going into the Abbey you are depriving yourself of a big chunk of English and British history.
I was under the impression it was built on the site of a Benedictine monastery. One of those that Henry VIII knocked about a bit. The Abbey (as it then was) was built from 1245 onwards. I wouldn't mind paying say £15 max to go in, and another couple of pounds to be allowed to take photographs. As it is, it's just another expensive tourist attraction...As for financing it, I'm sure the queen doesn't mind putting her hand in her pocket.
@@tectorama
"It's just another expensive tourist attraction" Well you will never know just how incredible it is, will you, how sad.
She got a bit of Brexit propaganda on the ground.
That chick near the phone booth was so beautiful!!!
sallyjane326 so true
THE PIC OF HER MUM? YEAH SHE IS HOT LIKE HER DAUGHTER ☺
Yea in 1980
So glad you have visited other parts of England. London is dirty, crowded, full of tourists and as representative of England as NYC is of the USA. BTW if you want to learn more about the city I'd recommend a walking tour.
London obviously isn’t dirty. Some bits are crowded, some aren’t, and it’s England’s capital and over 5 million English people live here so it’s the most English city, so it’s very representative of England. Whether you like that or not, those are the facts.
It’s an astonishing city, and it’s the most visited city in the world for a reason - it’s incredible. Your jealousy doesn’t change that.
@@nick260682 Over 40% of Londoners weren't born here so I'd dispute it's the most English city.😕
It's not 'the' Buckingham Palace. There's only one, so we don't need the 'the'.
We also say, "THE White House", "THE Lincoln Memorial", "THE Statue of Liberty." Seems a lot more natural and most people say it like that.
@@MoreTravelPlease Maybe so, but I'm informing you of how it's done in the UK. It's what seems more natural to us.
@@nulanula5302 Very informative
Moreganplease You call the White House the White House because that is its name. Likewise the Lincoln memorial and the statue of liberty. The name of the place you visited is Buckingham Palace. You did the same when you visited tower bridge. It's tower bridge. Not the tower bridge. Just wrong.
@@spencerwilton5831 Well egg on my face!
that is not big ben ...big ben is the bell inside the tower
Pete Jones You should stand on the sidewalk in London and loudly correct every single person who walks by and says, “Look it’s Big Ben!” That’ll show em
Super super! How about the word VERY? Just an idea.
VERY sweet and considerate of you to comment this!
@@MoreTravelPlease You are very welcome!
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You should’ve said super sweet. I’d have enjoyed that.
Big Ben is the bell, not the tower. The tower is Queen Elizabeth tower
Murphy J This is my fate. Every day we get a new comment about this. I am forever haunted by Big Ben/Elizabeth Tower comments. On my tombstone it will read “Here lies Morgan. She didn’t mention in her video that Big Ben is just the bell and the tower is actually called the Elizabeth Tower.”
Murphy J booorrrriing
So true the dancer performers/ in piccadilly ate the worst
Glad you agree!! Haha
Dear lord how do you cope wit these miserable old getts in the comments? Decent video as a guide for doing what most people go for
There are a lot of miserable wankers on this video, aren't there? 😂 Our London videos have really brought them out of the woodwork for some reason! It's ok though, every comment, good or bad, and every time I reply to their comments and then they reply to my reply, that just means more engagement for the video and might make it fare better on UA-cam. And thank you!
@@MoreTravelPlease Thats just how it is on here I suppose.
If you havnt already I would go to York and Edinbugh next time, cos like me you seeem to really appreciate nice old buildings
@@Ukraineaissance2014 We actually did go to York! We have a couple videos there, and we are going to Edinburgh this fall! :) I am very excited. We loved York. You're right, we definitely appreciate old and beautiful architecture!
@@MoreTravelPlease oh cool sorry I missed them. Il have a watch
Yungee Yungee Hahaha thank you!!
Can everyone stop telling them about Big Ben??? It’s fucking boring and you’re the 100th person to tell them.
I’m from London born and bred and I don’t care. Imagine how little someone from America cares.
Thank you for this hahaha
Trafalgar 'scare?'
Nice one lol
You talk too fast....Can't follow
Consider it a brain workout xD Keeps you sharp! In the last few videos we have filmed (not up yet) I have made the effort to speak slower
SOME PEOPLE SPEAK FAST. GET USED TO IT
@@robinhood7874 Who rattled your cage? And THERE'S NO NEED TO SHOUT
Robin Hood Yeah Robin Hood you tell em!! 😂
Please don't cross swords with Robin. He has many Men and they are not all Merry....
You didnt go inside of Westminster? Really?
Hey if you want to pay for us, we will happily go back! :)
@@MoreTravelPlease I will pay if I can come too.
@@johnottr I'll send you a message next time we are in London!
@@MoreTravelPlease We are going back on the 14th of September.
She said they would be there for a month. Plenty of time. I really don’t think this young lady deserves the comments some of you leave. Her voice, her rapid speech and on and on. She is a KID for Christ’s sake. And I think and so do many others that there is much much more to her than meets the eye. Perhaps she is just smarter than most.
...its not English ppl trying swindle ger out of her money
Why isn't it not what you expected?
It's better than expected!!
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Did you expect it to be bad?
I think Leicester Square is more like Time Square than Piccadilly Circus is.
Fair enough!
Rob W
You’re wrong
Oh, and please, PLEASE drop the Calif from the Valley upspeak/uptalk. Intensely irritating..
Aww but if I didn't talk like that then you wouldn't be here commenting
Ok, fine, for sure, for sure, she’s a valley girl and there is no cure.
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Talk however you like. The OP can fuck off and watch someone else if they’re gonna cry about how you talk.
why are people feeding the damn pigeons noooooo
London is not England and even more so nowadays as sadly not many English live there anymore.
English people do live there ?
@@paulmcdonough1093 Yes but they are a gradually reducing minority I'm afraid.
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Not many at all. If you consider over 5 million not many. By that measure it’s the most English city of all. By fucking miles.
You don’t know London do you?
Please, old buildings have been taken over by new companies (Apple etc.) not built for them!
Do I really have to explain every single thing I say with a whole paragraph of, "Yes I know this building was clearly not made FOR the Apple Store, but rather right now I am marveling at the fact that this beautiful building is not part of a museum or something but rather used for a lowly Apple Store. This shows the combination of history and modernity in the city." Do I really need to write a dissertation every time I make an obvious observation so that you keyboard warriors don't cream your pants over the idea of having something to nit pick even though it's suchhh a fucking stretch that I believe an old ass building was made FOR the Apple Store instead of my obvious meaning of the Apple Store is in a magnificent building? Guess so!
@@MoreTravelPlease Haven't you heard of the 'ye olde Apple shoppe' built in the Medieval period? Lol!
Sophie S Lol that’s right, right next to Ye Olde McDonald’s
I understand this beard thing , I don't understand this unkempt part benath your lower jaw. What exactly do you try to be or express with that? It is a mystery to me.
Why does everybody who visits a city, especially London, for the first time have to do a video with their first impressions? It becomes boring, monotonous, and a good excuse to turn off and watch something worthwhile. Why not go places like Kew Gardens, Hampton Court, and other places that are rarely shown. Sorry folks, but your comment is a common mistake even made by natives of the land. You do no go to see Big Ben because it is a bell. You go to see the clock tower in which Big Ben is located. Never say that Piccadilly Circus is the Times Square of London. They are very different and Piccadilly is older than Times Square which was originally known by another name - Long Acre.
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Hi! People probably often make "first impressions" vlogs because when you go somewhere new and you haven't experienced a lot of it yet, it's better to say your initial opinions of a new city are your "first impressions" rather than present your judgements as fact without knowing the place fully yet!
And as far as showing places that are rarely shown, this video is only the first of our 6 videos made in London. In our other videos, we do show lesser known places - like The Nomadic Community Garden, Gods Own Junkyard, St. Dunstans in the East, Barbican Conservatory, Nunhead Cemetary, etc. etc. etc. We also have videos outside of London, all throughout England. Feel free to check them out, we have a whole England playlist which you can find by clicking this link. ua-cam.com/play/PLTZhiMPYl0AW_31thRZe0gQOR6DUzlKiH.html
Also, Kew Gardens and Hampton Court are a bit outside of the center of London, and we didn't want to venture far out of the city as we were pet-sitting. And besides, we wanted to see everything within the center of London, maybe on our next visit to London we will venture more outside of it. But those places aren't what you would see when visiting central London, those are day trips, which is not what this video is about.
And because we are from the US and most of our viewers are from the US, we used the Times Square comparison because it's easy to understand for most viewers. Times Square is much more well known in the US than Piccadilly Circus, even if the latter is older.
Go north, see the real UK xxx
Check out our video in York!
There is an awful lot more to the UK than London.
george waite We have a whole playlist in England with 12 videos if you took a look :)
@@MoreTravelPlease Ok will do.
Good video (and good legs)
Try to visit India please visit
We'd love to!!
Good video but please lower the volume of the added music and as already mentioned try to speak slower :)
London is not what it used to be now its a big Disneyland very few English there.
Its all show a facade of what once was.
harry potter isnt real either
and living there is a bit shit :D
Well, I lived there for a month and thought it was pretty rad! Still haven't been anywhere that beats the tube system. There were a lot of different cultures of people living there, but I think it's a big stretch to say that there are very few English people, they were easily the majority. And I see that you are a muggle・ﾟ* But anyway, that being said, I have never been to London before last year so I can't judge if it's a worse place to visit now. I can imagine that it's much more expensive. Why do you think it used to be better? What changed?
Moreganplease it’s never been better, that is not true if anything worse. However London is as good as you can afford.
Moreganplease. The white people you see are either tourists like yourself or workers who travel in each day. They are the people who fled as the immigrants from backward cultures took over.
GO CRY IN A DARK ROOM RACIST
the sort of tourists i cannot stand, ticking the most banal stuff off the first google list of tourist attractions they find. At least you all seem to stay in these awful areas so i can avoid you when i'm trying to actually enjoy my city that is so full of history and culture. Perhaps if tourists did a little more research they might be inspired to get out of hole that is Piccadilly Circus.
Marina Tinsel Perhaps if YOU did a little more research, you’d find that this is only the first of our 6 videos taken in London, in which we explore much more of the city - including places like the nomadic community garden, St Dunstans in the east, Nunhead cemetery, Barbican Conservatory, God’s Own Junkyard, pop up vintage markets, etc etc etc. Feel free to check out our England playlist. Either way, believe it or not, most people enjoy seeing famous places in person. I don’t know why that pisses you off so much.
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Not surprising they didn’t reply. You absolutely ruined them.
like most cities now it's more like a theme park of what the city was, with lousy music.
London is enormous. You’re basing you’re opinion on a giant city on about 5% of London in the centre. Which means you aren’t from here and probably don’t know it very well.
@@nick260682 I wasn't picking on London. I was referring to cities in general.
Michael Rapson
My comment probably applies to most cities also.
@@nick260682 I guess if they remove traffic and cars I could learn to love cities again.
Michael Rapson
Why? That’s ridiculous- in London you literally don’t need a car.
YOU'RE CUTE
Loon alert
@@Joe-dj4xz THANKS