Stratford Upon Avon and Oxford University!
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2018
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Today we took a little road trip to see more of England, outside of London, and we are SO glad we did!
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You know, it takes two Americans to grasp just how extraordinary the landscape and buildings and heritage of England are. They are nothing but praiseworthy of everything. I salute them.
Thank you so much! We loved it here :)
Well Said....
They do keep calling it "cute". They could use something a little less demeaning, which is what it feels like as a English national. However, I actually agree with you, @2eleven48
You went to Oxford to see the school ? Good stuff, classic.
And theres a lot more of England that this it would take 9 months of travelling to see the majority
Nice to see tourists actually leave London and venture out into wider England. You can only get one perspective of a culture within a city. Hope you enjoyed your trip.
We had the best time! Thank you!
👍😁
@Catfish Billy Large cities such as Manchester and London are British, not English. You can only see true English culture when you go to places such as Cambridge and Oxford.
@Jkinsg92 down in the tail of England is amazing too.
to be fair at the rate of growth in the London borough pretty soon oxbridge is likely gonna be considered a part of London.
Love that you love our country, but what I love most is that you are so respectful, so many people not just Americans traveling to the UK but anyone travelling abroad think it is funny to say nasty mean things about the country they are in. That is the reason people travel abroad to see things & try things that are different from home not to slag them off because they are different. Love your vlogs. Xx
This is so kind. Thank you! So glad you are enjoying our videos :)
I was thinking the same. I worked in tourism, and I have to say, American tourists were some of my favourite. They just seem so excitable and friendly.
Also never seen anyone so excited over a Sainsbury's 😂😂 made my day
Haha we love a good treat :)
Sainsburys are common as mud :0)
If you want really cheap food, try an aldi. And keep an eye on the sandwich area, as if there big enough, they sell sushi
Prefer TESCO.
It's lovely to see how respectful they are.also if they have ancestors from our beautiful islands then it is their history as well.i see more of our country through these videos than I have ever seen before.keep visiting and posting.xxx
Enjoyed your video guys. I’m a Londoner by birth but ran away to Scotland. It really does help me to appreciate my own land when I see others enjoying it. Glad you had fun 😁
Visit Wales when you're next in the UK. Beautiful country with its own distinct culture and language; also famous for its castles. Caernarfon and Conwy Castles in North Wales are super impressive as is Caerphilly Castle in South Wales.
The crimped edge of the pasty is used as a handle when your hands were work dirty to allow you to eat the main body. The crimped edge could then be thrown away . Particularly useful for the miners in cornwall who used to eat them at work.
Correct!
So lovely to hear from educated visitors and people genuinely interested in the City they're in?
Well done you two...
Enjoy your stay, please.
Cute couple, loved your energy and I'm really happy you took that decision to travel outside London!
The real Britain lies outside of cosmopolitan London, and these were some really nice spots.
Peace and love. Come back soon! X
It’s really nice to see you all genuinely enjoying some of the things the UK has to offer.
You have to be my favourite Americans in the uk,you’re both so respectful of British people ( some aren’t) I love your enthusiasm for everything x
It's great to see you guys visiting us, mainly because so many Americans don't have a passport. I have friends who visit me from Wisconsin and they are in love with England, so much so they want to live here. Stay safe and call again.
You're not 'on campus' lol. You're in Oxford. The colleges of Oxford University are spread throughout the city. There is no, 'Oxford University Campus'. Though each college will have their own grounds. :)
Codex7777 That's how they wangle so many places in University Challenge. How convenient for them.
@@zacmumblethunder7466 Cambridge is the same and I think it is each college that enters a team not the University as a whole ...
1chish They do indeed. The two places take up a ludicrous number if team places. And have you noticed how Pacman seems to favour Oxbridge?
That should read Paxman, but for once autocorrect has put something in that I quite like.
@@zacmumblethunder7466 As I was born in Oxford but too dumb and poor to go to its University I must disagree ... Oxford is simply better ... Lol ..
1chish I've been to Oxford and Cambridge. Twice each. Lovely days out in both.
For those visitors to the UK who do not know anything about the Celts who lived here before the Romans arrived you might be interested as to how the the river Avon got its name. Some Roman surveyor or official, seeking the local name for the river, pointed at it and asked what it was called. The local gave a very logical answer he said River, which in Welsh ( a celtic language) is Afon or Avon. So the River at Stratford is the River River
6:06 Stratford from the Anglo-Saxon Straet-ford, for here was a ford by which an ancient Roman road (street) crossed the River Avon. The ford eventually was replaced by a bridge, the present structure (Clopton Bridge) dating from the late-15th century. Any place in England which has Stratford as a part of its name is situate where a Roman road forded a water course, whilst Avon simply is the anglicized version of afon, the Celtic word for river. There are five rivers in England named Avon, the one flowing through Stratford-upon-Avon sometimes referred to as the Warwickshire Avon or Shakespeare's Avon.
I'm so glad you both enjoyed England, our beautiful country! Loved your vlogs! If you ever head back to England you need to check out the Lake District in Cumbria (northern England) for some seriously breathtaking views, insanely picturesque English towns, the best pies in the country and a look into Northern English culture.
Just looked this up. You are right, it looks BEAUTIFUL!
@@TheJoshAndMelissa I'm not sure they have a Sainsbury's Local in the Lake District though! 😂
William Shakespeare : Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more super super cute.
Shakespeare was born on St George's day and died on St Georges day,
Your enthusiasm is infectious and heart warming.
People like you are always welcome back. Glad you both enjoyed it!
Thanks :)
Walking around with coffee is so American. 👍
Haha we do love our coffee :)
I see people in london drinking coffee on the run all the time.
Echo 9970....if you mean tourists, then, yes, there's a whole lot of them, but if you mean residents in London, then you are talking out of your arse and merely expressing racism and ethnic xenophobia. Go preach your ignorance and prejudice somewhere else.
Who dares - you must be thinking of decades past. London has so many gourmet coffee shops only a fool would say they're all shit!!
Another classic by your good self. I'm loving all your videos there unique and very joyfully.
Thankyou for spending time in this great country. I just hope the weather was on your side during your visits. Kev
You walked right near where my grandma has a memorial bench, along the river in Stratford :)
I live 15 mins from here. I'm glad tourists love it as well
Hey, Melissa. Thought you might like to know that the clock tower you admired at 3:30 is known as the American Fountain -- it was donated to the town by the Philadelphian publisher and philanthropist George Childs and unveiled by the renowned actor Henry Irving in 1887. Also (since you asked!), the riverside park at 6:17 is called the Recreation Ground.
Thank you for this! Loved that little clock tower.
"It comes in pints" - good Tolkien reference! Melissa coming out with new names for the Eagle & Child is not without precedent, as some locals refer to it as "The Bird & Baby" 🙂
The round building you see at 11:55 and later walk past is called the Radcliffe Camera. It was finished in about 1748, so it is only a paltry 3 decades older than the USA! It is now part of the Bodleian Library (2nd largest library in the UK) and serves as a reading room. The camera is joined to the main library building by an extensive two storey underground archive room and tunnel called the Gladstone link; as you walked around the camera, people were probably studying under your feet!
I like Oxford a lot. The feeling you expressed of being inspired to learn by the architecture was captured by the Victorian poet Matthew Arnold, who called Oxford the 'city of dreaming spires'.
British comedian Russell Brand (Katy Perry's ex) made an interesting point once about the architectural similarity of Eton School, Oxford University & the Houses of Parliament. They all look much the same, giving the privileged elite like ex-PM David Cameron (who moved through all three) a feeling of comfort and familiarity not accorded to other people moving into British politics.
Love this. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Of course idiots with chips on their shoulders like Brand chose to ignore or are ignorant of the fact that Eton was set up as a charity school to give an education to poor people who would then have entry to Cambridge university to better themselves but I guess that does fit his ‘act’
There are many pubs of the same name. The one nearest to me was called locally, just, the 'Eagle'.
I watched this and was hugely impressed by your respectfulness; thank you. It's fantastic that you were able to go to some of the generally lesser visited areas when it comes to tourists visiting the UK. Genuinely, you really had a great checklist of places to visit (Warwick Castle is beautiful I agree! Also just a quick heads up; we generally pronounce Warwick as you might say Warrick. We do tend to pronounce things quite strangely and I get some place names wrong all the time so it's very understandable!) and I hope you had a nice stay here in England and if you ever come back here then we welcome you all warmly!
I love your excitedness :) glad you had a nice time
If you liked Oxford, then please visit Cambridge when you are next in England. On a warm and sunny day, it’s sublime.
We would love to!
I would take a Punt that you are right, mon ami....
TheJoshAndMelissa If you do, that's not far from Ely. The cathedral there is beyond words. It's known as the ship if the Fens as it towers above the flat landscape.
Another good cathedral to visit us the Anglican one in Liverpool as that was built in the 20th Century along the classical lines and gives an idea if what the medieval ones would have been like when new. The bell tower chamber is an amazing space as well and the view from the top is beautiful.
WhoDarestheMAN gamer We've just had our hottest summer for 40+ years. Temperatures in the mid to high thirties. I spent most of it trying not to pass out at work or carrying out endless buckets of water to stop my garden dying. I was hoping for a long cooling autumn but we just plunged straight into winter instead.
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No. A lot of people have become nesh here. Central heating, foreign holidays. They moan if there's a slight breeze and if there's a drop.in the temperature it's the end of the world.
I am a true Northern Briton though, never liked the heat. More so since thyroid went kaput. Unfortunately for me everyone else seems to love being baked alive indoors and out.
I love it when Americans find buildings that are older then their country.
Especially when they are cute AND quaint!
@@neilcaress9036 The country was there before the people ?
@@nigelangel6659 ????
@@neilcaress9036 I was simply replying to the above comment explaining the land, what we call America, was there before the immigrant people landed there, and stating the comment is wrong !
@@nigelangel6659 Nitpick much, I think we all know what they meant.. Anyway the land was there but it wasn't a country.. Pretty sure 'country' has a specific set of criteria to get the name. Set borders is definitely one, not sure about the others.
That castle was epic and the princess walking through the garden was beautiful....i can just amagine archers standing at the battlements
Right?! It was one of our favorite castles ever!
Archers very rarely stood on the battlements during sieges, that's what arrowslits are for.
A word of advice to visitors to the UK that want to visit castles etc. Many castles, abbeys etc charge an entrance fee but if you join English Heritage you can visit most of them and places like Stone Henge for free as many times as you like
Thanks for posting your clips, its really good to see what visitors to the UK really think, I wish you well on your travels and come back and see us sometime your always be welcome.
Thank you! We can't wait to come back!
The mound in the top left of the picture at 10' 40" would be the original castle, a Motte and Bailey originating sometime from the first millenium BC/AD
Come to Wales, Visit our castles , I'm just up the road from Caerphilly castle 👍
It was lovely to see Hill Close gardens as I visted them a couple of years ago there were so many flowers. With my tribal style belly dance troupe I have danced in the grounds of Warwick Castle several times during the Warwick Folk Festival at the end of July.
Thank you for your genuine emotion and appreciation of our heritage. That came through very well. You are welcome here any time. So glad you like our pasties and pies. They're not viewed as health food, but most Brits don't eat them every day. There's no such thing as bad food, just bad diet. You can't beat a tasty pastie when you're ravenous.
Thank you for your sweet words. We loved our time here :)
Coming from Oxford, I can't imagine what it feels like going inside universities that are older than your country. It's a shame we won't be around to see what American culture will be like once it's fully matured in another few hundred years. Glad you enjoyed the food!
What lovely people. Love from the UK
Not far from Warwick Castle there is Kenilworth Castle about £6.00 to get in as I remember but it is a bit of a ruin. Once a very important castle in England.
Just looked this up, it looks amazing!
@@TheJoshAndMelissa Yep here in England remote castles are next door to each other.
I love Stratford. I work there once or twice a year but also have played there many times with my band. When I have visitors it is the first place we go to. Glad you had a great time there. Looking forward to my next visit when this lockdown is over.
The female of these American travelling couples are always so cute and full of life.
You should have caught a show at the RSC :) Glad you went to Warwick castle it’s amazing, if you go to the “front door “ the car park its an amazing view over the moat and draw bridge
Hire a row boat on the river and see the castle from an unusual angle for just the cost of the boat!
So cool to see you in oxford, it’s where I live and I’m so glad you enjoyed!!!!
We loved it there!
Great vlog. So glad you enjoyed our lovely country.
Also did you know spiral stairs in castles usually go upwards from left to right. This is to give the advantage to those defending the castle as most people are right handed and can swing their sword downwards onto the invaders.
You guys energy is awesome! I literally smiled through this whole vid. 😁
9:25 That largest tower on the corner is known as Ceasar's Tower, built during the reign of Edward III, when the castle was owned by Thomas Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick, third founder knight of the Order of the Garter which still exists today.
Great video. I feel hungry just looking at that Cornish pasty. To vary 'cute' you could try picturesque, charming, quaint, sweet, scenic, picture-postcard, historic or pretty. Being in the birthplace of William Shakespeare it wouldn't hurt to expand your vocabulary.
The Park-upon-Avon - LOL!!!! You guys are hilarious.
Haha glad you liked it :)
TheJoshAndMelissa And you called it The Avon, not The River Avon, because Avon means "river" already.
Hard to think how you get so excited about everything day things.....we do the excite thing, when we visit your country. Very nice video.🙂
Sainsbury's cookies are indeed epic. Been fun to watch you lot travel around! Subbed :)
Welcome! They are the best!
Thank you for the respect you pay to your surroundings in this video.
I worked around the corner from the very Sainsbury’s you visited. You’re correct. The cookies are insanely awesome
Just wanted to add that if its castles you're interested in, most historic towns and cities have at least one. If you go further west into Wiltshire, Dorset and Devon you'll find Iron Age hill forts in abundance and they are all free to enter. (Wiltshire also happens to be the home of many famous Neolithic monuments like Stonehenge, Avebury and West Kennet Longbarrow).
Live near Stratford upon Avon,my wife always goes to the Christmas shop,open all year round. If you go again check it out! 👍Lol
Having a great time in Shakespeareshireville
Haha yes we did
Simply a great vlog. Love your commentary and the beautiful places you visited. The question is, is Oxford now your favourite town in England, or does Stratford hold onto its crown?
Warwick Castle is pronounced Worick. I spent the night there with nothing but a torch, it was dark, spooky and awesome!
I'm so proud that you like Stratford Upon Avon. (I live there)
i love roadtrips, my last was in 2016. Seen northern France and Italy. Now a subscriber
Welcome!
You guys should get the English heritage trust memberships. They're really good to have in your pocket and you can visit any heritage sites listed.
Nice video you guys, I'm glad you enjoyed the scenery. And the food
Thank you! :)
Josh looks and sounds like Matt Damon. Great content 👌
Warwick Castle is stunning but it's not even close to the most impressive. That said, shame you didn't go in. It is incredible and for Americans it would have blown you away. BTW Shakespeare section brought a tear to my eye. Thanks for the video.
war-wick castle? that made me smile. it's pronounced worrik. and thanks for posting this lovely, smiley visit. I loved it.
Haha sorry! Different accents make it hard some times. But so glad you enjoyed :)
Should at least have a bit of a look up north - Liverpool, Manchester, whitby, Edinburgh. So much to see, but the north is best for walking and outdoors holidays. Wales is also extremely nice btw.
Warwick castle is a privately owned venue. It's expensive because if all the activities there. Actors, maintenance, props, etc.
It's also the most complete castle as it was of no strategic importance at all and thus avoided Cromwell's castle wrecking tantrums.
The best English castles I've been to are Tutbury, Lincoln and Ludlow. Ruins all, but full of history. Lincoln also has a Victorian experimental prison that is fascinating, as well as a stunningly beautiful, massive cathedral that was once the largest outside if Rome.
Tutbury is the most ruined of the three as it was of major strategic importance and was a real threat to Cromwell. It has stunning views.
Ludlow is massive and looks incredible from the river.
I’m not sure you can say ‘most complete’ either it is complete or it isn’t. There are a lot of complete castle. There is for example that little pile the Queen has at Windsor - largest fully inhabited castle in the world - and there is largest castle in the UK, sitting atop the white cliffs, not to mention the one right in the middle of London. They are all complete.
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Well spotted. I was waiting to see who'd spot that. I was thinking of ones that are solely tourist attractions. Although that doesn't explain why I forgot the Tower of London.
I think you can say "most complete" if you're referring to things that are generally incomplete. As in if you had three people completing jigsaws. The one closest to finishing would have the most complete jigsaw of the three. I think.
I’m so glad you decided to visit here. A lot of foreigners think that London is really British. It’s far from British now. If you really want a taste of England it’s places like in the west of England Bath Bristol Cornwall Devon. That’s where you really see England at its finest.
Or North like YORK.
How do you do it? Everything you post is better than the one before. I'm really loving watching your travels. FYI, Warwick Castle is pronounced Warrick,
yes, I know it doesn't make any sense at all but it's OUR language and we can mangle it any way we like. Keep up the great work......the ancient Englishman.
This is so nice of you to say! Thank you!
@@TheJoshAndMelissa you have fallen into the trap of speaking like French and Indians who see a lot of letters in a word and think that they all need saying. There is a UK word to be made from these letters. C, D, L, W, Y. Can you make a word from these letters? And can you say it?
You should have gone to the turf Tavern! The oldest pub in Oxford
At certain times of the year Warwick castle (pronounced Warrick) holds jousting competitions and have medical markets.
Curiously Avon is also Welsh for river. Spelt afon but f in Welsh is prounounced as a v. Double f - ff - is prounounced as f.
V entertaining, loved the drone sequences.
Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it :)
"Avon" was the Celtic name for "river" so there are River Avons all over England. The City of Bristol sits upon one River Avon and the City of Salisbury sits upon another, entirely different, River Avon. Cornish Pasties (or "Tiddy Oggies") originated in the Royal Duchy of Cornwall where they were the staple diet of the tin and copper miners. A proper Cornish Pastie has meat in one end and fruit in the other!
there's a place near me called Breedon hill, which the river Avon flows around, Bree= hill, don=hill hill= hill, so it's basically 'hill hill hill, by the river river'
Had a lot of fun watching that - you all have charm
Enjoyed you video. May I point out one misunderstanding of terminology. In Britain, school is for children. When you leave school you might go to University. You might say I go to Uni.
Although within universities there are schools (i.e. departments) as in e.g. school of engineering, business school etc.
"Oooh my god...this town is so cute" With 'The Inklings' Josh has done his research on Oxford
He is a big LOTR fan :)
@@TheJoshAndMelissa - You should have enjoyed a pint of Real Ale in the (well hidden) Turf Tavern, where a young American Law student called William Jefferson Clinton smoked dope but didn't inhale.
You are right about the Belgian shortbread!
You're not going to believe this, but I was actually eating a Sainsbury's shortbread and chocolate cookie when you guys were buying them!
Josh & Melissa, it was a pity that you never actually got to see the inside of Warwick Castle as its stacked with old armour and weapons etc. Part of the castle is still actually lived in and not open to the public. My son got married at the castle 2 years ago and spend his first honeymoon night there in their honeymoon suite with a four poster bed!
That sounds amazing!
TheJoshAndMelissa I watched the trebuchet display there. A giant sling shot that fired a ball of burning hay across a huge field. Boing, whoosh, splat, fwoomph! Fantastic.
If you get the chance you should visit Warwick Castle itself, it’s a little pricey but it’s worth it.
I know this is posted very late, but - "avon" is the Welsh word for river, so it's the River River!
I was just about to post this too, apparently it was the Romans who asked the locals. "What is this called?" and the locals just called it "The River".
Sahara Desert comes to mind. XD
Parts of Harry Potter were filmed in Oxford in Christchurch and also the Bodleian library.
4:35 'with the cookies!?' man that made me laugh!
If you plan on retiring in Stratford then I suggest that you get saving. House prices aren't cheap there. Thanks for the video. I enjoyed watching
So glad you enjoyed :)
I live about 40mins drive from Warwick, which is pronounced War-ick, no middle w sound.
Thank you! We try so hard to say things correctly but fail often!
TheJoshAndMelissa There are placenames here that bear no relation to their pronunciation. And the locals will gleefully correct you. If any seem patronising about it, don't be upset, they take the same tone with their fellow countrymen.
One tip though, let the "shire" part of county names sort of drop away. The emphasis is on the first part and the shire is more of a shuh. Except if you are just saying Shire as in the Hobbit thing, which is just how you pronounced it.
That's Dionne - who can't pronounce her own name.
philipm06 Dionne's real name is Warrick, the record company misspelled it on her first record and it stuck. Warrick is the English pronunciation of Warwick. Any US town with that name would probably be pronounced with the middle "W" as that is the US custom.
@@donepearce yeah exactly, Russel Hogben is fucking useless.
I live 10 minutes from Stratford-upon-Avon.....so fortunate 🙏
Hello chaps, I like your videos. Next time you come to the UK, come to East Kent. Canterbury Cathedral was built by St Augustine, within its precincts is the oldest school on the world KINGS. In the Cathedral, you can see where Thomas a Beckett was slaughtered. Go out of Canterbury by 6 miles and you will be in Sandwich, the most intact medieval town in the world, my local boozer opened in AD 1458. Then Dover Castle.
Just looked some of this up and it all seems great! We are really wanting to come back soon!
@@TheJoshAndMelissa Magic, let me know and I will stand you both a pint in the Admiral Owen in Sandwich
I do not generally believe at all in the paranormal. But, being in the dungeon of Warwick Castle about 30 years ago, with about four other groups of people, all of us experienced total camera fail. Nobodies camera would work! Got back outside and clicking was resumed! Something funny going on in that there dungeon.
towns are not CUTE...theyre NICE! there are a lot o towns in uk just like stratford-u-avon like york,chester,cambridge,oxford etc
Aside from the note on pronouncing Warwick, Avon is also pronounced 'Avun' rather than with such a laboured 'ON'. Same with places like
Birmingham - 'Birmingum', not 'BirmingHAM'!
The reason the Cornish pasties have the Big Crust is it use to be Known as "Miners food" so when they finished there work the would get a Cornish pasties but there Fingers were Dirty form the work and didn't want to get there food dirty so they put big Crust on them. These pasties (and the alleged venison pasty 1660s London diarist Samuel Pepys suspected was actually beef) were little more than cuts of meat wrapped in pastry dough. By then the Cornish pasty-made from chipped beef, potatoes, swedes (rutabagas) and onions-had already taken its place in Cornwall's regional cuisine. Also If you want to see A Beautiful Castle Go to Windsor Castle my home Town Now that a Castle.
Beat me to it Ha Ha. But also I think its worth mentioning the very thick crusty edge is not supposed to be eaten - unless your really hungry!
We have been eating pasties for years (Josh's great grandmother came from England). But we had never known about people not eating the edge!
It is the bit you hold with your dirty hands while eating the nice stuff inside. The Cornish tin miners knew that Arsenic was in the rocks they were handling so it would be a good idea not to eat the dirt it left on your hands! No washing facilities underground!! Hold the edge, eat the very tasty middle!! Throw the edge away! Really enjoyed the video, keep them coming! @@TheJoshAndMelissa
That’s a great Vid chaps, 👍
Warwick Castle is well worth the money but it's a full day out xxx
thanks for sharing! I'll be checking out more of your adventures in England :) you got a new sub!
The second W in Warwick is silent and pronounced Warick. When Dionne Warick first appeared in the U.K. the flyers used the Warwick spelling. She liked it and changed her name to this spelling as a result.
humbled you like our country thanks
Yes those square shorbread cookies are the best, I get some every time I order food online :)
There is no truer statement than "croissants are the watermelon of pastries." Brb, dying, lmao.
Haha YES!