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  • @CodyJensen
    @CodyJensen  5 років тому +51

    Watch our second day in London: ua-cam.com/video/cM_4wuNp254/v-deo.html

    • @JBGOONERLIFE
      @JBGOONERLIFE 4 роки тому

      You all seemed really nice. Glad you all enjoyed your holiday/vacation. Should have gone to Camden town and somewhere less touristic like Brixton or West London , maybe Ealing near me. Lots of cute pubs there

    • @georgegeorge7831
      @georgegeorge7831 4 роки тому

      Programme is alright but the stupid faces all the time .eeehhhee URGH

    • @miaschu8175
      @miaschu8175 4 роки тому

      If you ever come back, the oldest pub (probably) where Shakespeare is reputed to have staged a play or two in the courtyard, is just off Borough High Street (the road leading to Borough Market).

    • @Pstephen
      @Pstephen 4 роки тому

      @@miaschu8175 - The George? There is a great picture of Alfred Hitchcock and Ingrid Bergman in one of the booths there. I think this is from the same series: avax.news/pictures/41128

    • @richnflow3708
      @richnflow3708 4 роки тому +1

      Did you know the real London bridge is in America ,Arizona

  • @ActionGoVideos
    @ActionGoVideos 5 років тому +576

    As a British Londoner, nothing makes me more proud than to see tourists enjoying the city (even with bad weather) Great video. Proud to live here

    • @lloydfrancis9149
      @lloydfrancis9149 4 роки тому +4

      Yeah right you may fool the Americans but you cant fool me!!! London is an overpriced Housing crisis, Universal credit, soon to be NHS privatised, Owned by Chinese and Russians, gentrifying overpopulated, damp, Brexit stalling about to trade with USA, millennial Generation RENT, Shithole and that's why I sold my house in West London and moved to Milton Keynes and currently living in USA for now and I wouldn't exactly call it England tbh

    • @RaijinGod-Indra
      @RaijinGod-Indra 4 роки тому

      @Alqu001 ! True.

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 4 роки тому

      @Mike Oxbigger Where did you move to Mike?

    • @tikmik1789
      @tikmik1789 4 роки тому +7

      One less northerner in London. Happy days

    • @tikmik1789
      @tikmik1789 4 роки тому +9

      @Mike Oxbigger you'll be missed. Perhaps they will erect a statue in your honour

  • @Iskandar64
    @Iskandar64 5 років тому +609

    This is possibly the best American vlog of London I have seen. London is my home and it is always interesting to see it through other's eyes. Also I take it for granted, so it is refreshing. Most other vlogs focus on the major tourist sites, places I rarely ever go to. But this has a different feel, with a smattering of the other London as you live it. Beautifully shot and edited as well.

    • @olevet75
      @olevet75 5 років тому +3

      @Frank Clarke but NYC not much different believe me...20 years living here

    • @c3realK1ll4h
      @c3realK1ll4h 5 років тому +11

      Frank Clarke you an idiot, London food is much much more better and flavoursome, also it rains 126 days in New York City and in London 105 days, both cities are great in downtown areas, however, London much more to do, and New York is depressing outside downtown areas, this is how the real New York looks where everyone lives, and London suburbs are way better:
      ua-cam.com/video/iI2hJ3kiF0k/v-deo.html

    • @c3realK1ll4h
      @c3realK1ll4h 5 років тому +2

      Frank Clarke so u used some very old pics of London, and made it officially one part of London, infact very very small number of London has bad areas left, however, and oh the tube closes up around 1am and 24hrs on Friday through to Sunday, entire New York areas look like that and this:
      ua-cam.com/video/RViyWk3Hxjc/v-deo.html

    • @c3realK1ll4h
      @c3realK1ll4h 5 років тому +5

      Frank Clarke so u want to play that game? First u started slagging off my city and now u posting videos about London poverty, but u know the truth when you see shithole areas like Bronx/queens and Brooklyn, son, here’s one on poverty:
      ua-cam.com/video/6niWzomA_So/v-deo.html

    • @c3realK1ll4h
      @c3realK1ll4h 5 років тому

      porter0161 better than shitty Manchester

  • @vanquishpurr
    @vanquishpurr 4 роки тому +105

    I’ve been to many capital cities around the world, but nothing touches London. There is something very magical about the place. There is so much history and I have never been to any other city in the world that has so many famous sites to see, and if course it is home to the most famous monarch in the whole world Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

    • @ITheMystery-sc2kw
      @ITheMystery-sc2kw 3 роки тому +2

      Nah london is overrated yall need to see Manchester

    • @vanquishpurr
      @vanquishpurr 3 роки тому +11

      @@ITheMystery-sc2kw that’s your opinion. I’ve been to Manchester. Manchester is the capital of the North of England. My opinion is London is the best city in the world and the capital of the world.

    • @georged4578
      @georged4578 3 роки тому +1

      Come to Peckham

    • @user-itschad1954
      @user-itschad1954 3 роки тому +7

      @@ITheMystery-sc2kw Christ, have a day off. London by far is so superior. I'm a south Londoner, there's more good in south London than the whole of Manchester. I'm not saying it's bad, it isn't but London it ain't

    • @welshpete12
      @welshpete12 2 роки тому +2

      @@ITheMystery-sc2kw Nah ! you need to come to Wales ! 😉

  • @user-oo8xp2rf1k
    @user-oo8xp2rf1k 5 років тому +404

    If you grow up in the UK (or Europe), it is easy to forget how lucky you are with culture history and in particular built heritage.
    It only just struck me a few years ago that my town has a basically a twelfth century cathedral.. And that I was baptised in font that was almost a thousand years old. '' How crazy is that'.
    It is like suddenly realising the old picture in your hallway is a rembrandt.
    Americans go crazy if they have baby clothes that were worn by their grandfather. I was baptised in a font that comes from a time when there were no printed books.
    America is a great place - but the heritage here is so overflowing, we hardly notice it.

    • @me-ln4pd
      @me-ln4pd 5 років тому +17

      Yes, I've been increasingly appreciating this about the UK. We have lovely old buildings everywhere (alongside modern ones of course, but still).

    • @user-oo8xp2rf1k
      @user-oo8xp2rf1k 5 років тому +5

      @@me-ln4pd When I visited I did not find new York State or San Francisco ugly though. To me everything looked like Sesame Street or a scene from an Edward Hopper painting. Cool!

    • @EASYTIGER10
      @EASYTIGER10 5 років тому +6

      I live in the English Midlands and remember talking a few years back in a chatroom to someone from northern Oklahoma about how I was 90 minutes by train from London. I just took it for granted but he was blown away by it.

    • @thomas8099
      @thomas8099 5 років тому +1

      Are you from Exeter?

    • @MrsMBrandDesign
      @MrsMBrandDesign 5 років тому +7

      Funny you say this, I was was married in a church that's mentioned in the Domesday Book! History is everywhere and we do tend to take it for granted at times.

  • @dasreich5126
    @dasreich5126 4 роки тому +85

    I was born and raised in NYC and spend a lot of time in the UK, I agree London is better then NYC.

    • @MontageMania
      @MontageMania 3 роки тому +2

      I'm born and raised in London and I'm going to apply to columbia soon to live in nyc for a period of my life. I've always wanted to.

    • @kuerpotino8401
      @kuerpotino8401 3 роки тому +5

      London sucks ass compared to nyc

    • @kuerpotino8401
      @kuerpotino8401 3 роки тому +2

      @Alfie Green nyc downtown is bigger and better and once you leave Manhattan, there is still stuff to do

    • @jvictormelo145
      @jvictormelo145 3 роки тому +10

      ​@@kuerpotino8401 In NYC you can't drink on the streets and bars/clubs close at 2am. I won't even talk about New York's public transportation and health system. London wins.

    • @xuserakx
      @xuserakx 2 роки тому +1

      @@kuerpotino8401 u haven't even been there lol.

  • @carltonurwin3923
    @carltonurwin3923 5 років тому +132

    British person here. I love this video. You have an amazing eye for the City and show the contrast between the modern architecture of the city and the old. You've created an intimate and emotional vibe. One of the best tourist representations of the city I have seen, you've captured the feel of London. 10/ 10. Thank You for sharing x

    • @moptopbaku6022
      @moptopbaku6022 4 роки тому +2

      @Ashwin Sawarkar Typical ignorant Jingly comment

  • @theguvnor5964
    @theguvnor5964 4 роки тому +64

    London is the capital of the World

    • @NeilAcharya156
      @NeilAcharya156 3 роки тому +5

      NYC IS THE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD.

    • @NeilAcharya156
      @NeilAcharya156 3 роки тому +1

      @Kilian Sheehan THE UNITED NATIONS IS IN NEW YORK CITY.

    • @londonvsnewyorkcitywhowill1034
      @londonvsnewyorkcitywhowill1034 3 роки тому +6

      Neil Acharya
      Shush right now London is the capital city of the world!
      Right now on my list, London has 49 points and New York has 47 points

    • @userjim83
      @userjim83 3 роки тому +5

      “The United Nations”
      What a weird flex 🤣

    • @NeilAcharya156
      @NeilAcharya156 3 роки тому +2

      @@londonvsnewyorkcitywhowill1034 YOUR LIST IS NOT OBJECTIVE AND IT IS THEREFORE INVALID.

  • @XEcckh
    @XEcckh 4 роки тому +113

    When he said Thames as Tames I died 🤣
    It is pronounced Tems

    • @krashd
      @krashd 4 роки тому +3

      @@yunusemir6601 Tem as in mem-ory but with an S on the end.

    • @nicklpantis
      @nicklpantis 4 роки тому +4

      @@yunusemir6601 You basically have to learn phonics. I don't know if you get taught phonics wherever you are, but knowing how to read and pronounce words, helps alot when you're trying to pronounce the word Thames.

    • @damedusa5107
      @damedusa5107 4 роки тому +1

      ao_lets_go 123 not sure phonics helps with Thames tho. Using phonics it would sound very different don’t you think .

    • @Jreidesq9586
      @Jreidesq9586 4 роки тому +2

      Yea but there are so many things that are impossible to pronounce unless you know before hand. Take Southwark for example, not pronounced South-Wark like you’d think but sutherk in real terms, so cut them a break!!.

    • @colinharbinson8284
      @colinharbinson8284 4 роки тому +1

      Was originally pronounced Thames as in 'that'. But King George being German could not pronounce it ,so it became Tems.

  • @jazzmills2465
    @jazzmills2465 4 роки тому +39

    i feel like a lot of Londoners - myself included - can take the city for granted. definitely need to take some time out of my day to appreciate it more because I feel like I forget sometimes what an amazing history and culture our city has

  • @paulsmith7793
    @paulsmith7793 5 років тому +64

    London has a lot to offer in terms of history sight seeing ect.The countryside from top to bottom of the country has really stunning views,each area is different.

  • @alisabucarciuc4924
    @alisabucarciuc4924 4 роки тому +27

    I use to live in London in 2000 - and I still have London in my heart- I wish I go back one day again. I love London

  • @ktj4691
    @ktj4691 4 роки тому +21

    I had a 10-hour layover in New York a couple of weeks ago and I explored Manhatten and a bit of Brooklyn. I felt like I needed a shower afterward. But London...the architecture, the trees, the parks...absolutely no comparison between the two. And not to mention that the tube is LOADS cleaner than the New York subway.

  • @uscitizen3252
    @uscitizen3252 5 років тому +61

    I may have mentioned this in a previous video, but I was born in London and moved to the States when I was one years old. I just returned this past summer to visit family and it was MAGICAL. My sis and I just booked tickets to go this summer. She hasn't been back in over 30 years. We can't wait!

    • @chipsthedog1
      @chipsthedog1 5 років тому +1

      Please come back to this comment thread and tell us how it goes

    • @dumbvedeoz
      @dumbvedeoz 5 років тому +1

      ALL these people who are raving about London instead of visiting come and live in London see if after 18 month you still feel the same with the dirt and overcrowding and expensiveness not to mention the violence

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 4 роки тому

      Did you enjoy our hottest ever summer? :)

  • @WyeExplorer
    @WyeExplorer 5 років тому +63

    I'm British and live some 150 miles from London and can honestly say this is the best and most fun vlog I've seen Americans do of London. You captured the mood alright - I can see you love it. All the best. Mark

    • @WyeExplorer
      @WyeExplorer 5 років тому

      @Commando England hay mate at the mo I'm interested in London. Yeah I love all regions mate - I am British - Hereford in fact border of England and Wales. I'm not here to make it a battle. Just liking a London video.

    • @AlfieFenton
      @AlfieFenton 4 роки тому

      AngloSaxon. I don’t think tourist would want to go to Plymouth tho 😂

  • @stu2333
    @stu2333 4 роки тому +36

    Funny how we take things in our daily life for granted, I live in the North of England. I'm looking out of my window and I can see a building, I see this building everyday, walk past it most days, most days I don't give it a second thought. The building I'm talking about is an 9th century castle 🤷‍♂️

  • @Isleofskye
    @Isleofskye 4 роки тому +112

    "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

    • @bobhope7375
      @bobhope7375 4 роки тому +5

      Mr Johnson may have bee correct back in 1777, but London is a bowl of everything shitty. I say turn the m25 into a road around a lake.

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 4 роки тому +5

      Why , Sir, you DO realise that would include the area of Eltham where you were born.I had 29 great years in my beloved Inner London and made a snap move to go to The South East London / Kent Suburbs in 1983. Been a fantastic last 36 years with few problems.Close to London's 100,000+ Official "Places Of Interest" and yet 15 minutes from the heart of Kent and less than 10 minutes from The M25. I have a near 200 acre park,literally,on my doorstep with endless fields,woods and meadows nearby.It's still predominantly British and I don't even have a lock on my back door in the same house I bought in '83....

    • @BubsyWubsy-nk8mw
      @BubsyWubsy-nk8mw 3 роки тому

      He also said "the best view in Scotland is the road to England !" Heheheh racist old git !

  • @louiem2
    @louiem2 5 років тому +252

    You made me want to visit London!!
    (and i bloody live here!!) 🤣

    • @debs6475
      @debs6475 5 років тому +2

      Hahaha me too

    • @bradthompsonuk2011
      @bradthompsonuk2011 5 років тому +8

      Pretend you're a tourist, pick a day, and spend a couple of hours on a Thames cruise and a walk through the parks around Buckingham. Show up one morning and take in the Guard change or have your photo taken next to a Queen's guard. Walk across the Tower bridge and back, stroll around Piccadilly Circus and Covent Garden. Stop in at Harrod's, just to say you were there. Take in the city's fantastic museums. Dine in Chinatown. Do a Jack the Ripper walk. Have someone take your photo crossing Abbey Road. By then, you'll have checked off more blocks than most tourists ever could. I lived and worked on the Channel, but spent the weekends in London, so I always had a to-do list on my trips.
      Now, for day two....

    • @me-ln4pd
      @me-ln4pd 5 років тому +2

      @@bradthompsonuk2011 Do tourists really prioritise London Chinatown? Oof, bad decision. It's not very good at all.

    • @bradthompsonuk2011
      @bradthompsonuk2011 5 років тому +1

      @@me-ln4pdey, there are some great restaurants there. (That's actually about the only reason I head there...)

    • @hanniffydinn6019
      @hanniffydinn6019 5 років тому

      I got a stab vest especially. 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

  • @lapstreet21
    @lapstreet21 5 років тому +69

    Lived in nyc my whole live, went to london and fell in love

    • @salb5610
      @salb5610 5 років тому +2

      Is there anything in particular you enjoyed? I love hearing about how people view my city

  • @peterb2286
    @peterb2286 4 роки тому +37

    I am from the north of England, traditionally we don't get along with Londoners. That said. London is the best city I have ever been to and it truly is magical. Regards comparisons, it's hard to compare NYC with London. The history alone blows you away. I always get warm and fuzzy when I am in London. It has so much history, it is though the city is talking to you and dragging you on a journey. Love the place.

    • @mikewilson9601
      @mikewilson9601 4 роки тому +5

      I am from Birmingham (UK), and i totally agree with your sentiments about London. The place buzzes on all levels. I go every year for a few days. Just love the place.

  • @gazdenny7074
    @gazdenny7074 5 років тому +61

    Probably one of the most beautiful vlogs I've seen on any city, exquisite lighting and the music is sublime, you should think of going into film making or something similar, you have a rare talent

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 4 роки тому +2

      100% right !

    • @JohnnyZenith
      @JohnnyZenith Рік тому

      I asked him why they haven't come back and visited London since, like in the summer.

  • @super-sim1665
    @super-sim1665 5 років тому +194

    Smiling on the underground is forbidden.

    • @_Sakidora_
      @_Sakidora_ 5 років тому +8

      Super -sim This is something English people always claim applies to the underground but nobody really smiles on the NY or DC metros. It’s not just a London thing.

    • @tomosprice8136
      @tomosprice8136 5 років тому +19

      Smiling in the UK in general is forbidden

    • @alligatorinthesewer8425
      @alligatorinthesewer8425 5 років тому +3

      @@tomosprice8136 I agree

    • @namispondjamispond9282
      @namispondjamispond9282 5 років тому +2

      @@tomosprice8136 When someone looks at me, I usually give them a little smile but they usually look right through me or look at me like I'm an idiot! I tend to just make mongle noises at them when they do that.

    • @ultrademigod
      @ultrademigod 4 роки тому +7

      @@namispondjamispond9282 Wandering around London smiling at people is likely to get you stabbed.

  • @leod-sigefast
    @leod-sigefast 4 роки тому +64

    London is cool but you really need to explore the rest of the UK and Ireland.

    • @danielstewart6603
      @danielstewart6603 4 роки тому +4

      @Santos Morales no no it isn't

    • @zero_meercat8624
      @zero_meercat8624 4 роки тому +4

      @Santos Morales New York is a shitehole

    • @jayhenley9951
      @jayhenley9951 4 роки тому +2

      No why would they wanna see old boring houses and sheep everywhere. I think London and my home, Oxford is a must for tourists.

    • @bamptonbred
      @bamptonbred 4 роки тому +2

      @@jayhenley9951 Yeah i go to Oxford a lot,I like drinking in the Jericho. I live near Witney so not far for me

    • @jayhenley9951
      @jayhenley9951 4 роки тому

      Ghada Gassim yes of course I have it’s beautiful. Been going since I was very young and go to the parts I love the most like Camden, Mayfair, Marylebone, St Jas, Piccadilly, Knightsbridge, Chelsea, and Kensington.

  • @peachyhoney8330
    @peachyhoney8330 4 роки тому +9

    I’m British and thank you ☺️
    For being the first American flogger that is actually respectful
    And who doesn’t scream at every underground sign
    This warms my heart ☺️❤️

  • @landonbarretto3139
    @landonbarretto3139 4 роки тому +23

    London kicks ass. NY wishes it were London. It's clean for starters.

  • @Luppe75
    @Luppe75 5 років тому +20

    Agree with you, I and my wife visited London in 2017 and love London so much. That's why we will always include London in our next trip to Europe.

  • @MenelikTheFirst
    @MenelikTheFirst 4 роки тому +25

    I mean... you can’t really compare them. London existed first as Londinium in the Roman Empire.
    It predates the whole of America by over a thousand years.

  • @webmart70
    @webmart70 4 роки тому +85

    London Paris & Rome have magic in them like no other cities in the world......

    • @damedusa5107
      @damedusa5107 4 роки тому +29

      Kay Flip real cities? Rome is a city rich in history and culture. Just because your ignorant to it doesn’t make it not so

    • @webmart70
      @webmart70 4 роки тому +1

      @Kay Flip I'll give u NYC but The other 2 soulless places

    • @danimari6554
      @danimari6554 4 роки тому +14

      @Kay Flip because a city needs skyscrapers to be "real"... grow up idiot

    • @subconscious.com_usa6691
      @subconscious.com_usa6691 4 роки тому +11

      ​@Kay FlipGlass huge boxes are no match for beautiful classy historical building that are 1000's of years old, the best part of those cities you have mentioned are the old historical building, i would put Hong Kong and Tokyo
      along side London Paris and Rome for beauty but i would defiantly swap New York for San Francisco which is easily america's most prettiest city mainly because of the setting the streets and those old pretty wooden american houses,

    • @colmfarrel4742
      @colmfarrel4742 4 роки тому +6

      @Kay Flip Rome is incredible don't even try compare it to Hong Kong.

  • @jodymarket9112
    @jodymarket9112 5 років тому +141

    I agree London is better than New York and I’m a New Yorker. Lol. Nice vid 😄

    • @purdy9431
      @purdy9431 5 років тому +3

      @@qwertyjeffers I agree, London is full of crime, I monitored crime for over a decade in the London area, robbing people is basically a good night out for some people.

    • @GoWestYoungMan
      @GoWestYoungMan 5 років тому

      As a tourist destination they're both comparable. To live full time neither would crack my top 10. I should add that I'm a former Londoner (born there) and been to NYC many times.

    • @MrMentalz2
      @MrMentalz2 5 років тому +13

      If you are getting robbed or attacked in London than that means you probably are not street smart or have a low iq.

    • @markhepworth4804
      @markhepworth4804 4 роки тому +4

      MrLewizz 👈😂Of course "white British" people never commit crime...it's only "the foreigners".....

    • @colmfarrel4742
      @colmfarrel4742 4 роки тому

      @Billy McCarthy Must say i found Blackheath nice, the crime in Lewisham seemed higher from personal experience.

  • @CalebDoesStuff
    @CalebDoesStuff 5 років тому +120

    I really, really liked this video. I don’t know if it was the color grading, music selection, or simply how “cute” London is, but I really liked it. Keep up the great work and I hope you had happy holidays!

    • @tilerman
      @tilerman 5 років тому

      Hi. Ive lived and worked in London all my life and i have never ever heard of London being described as cute! Trust me, like in every major city the planet over, there are some very very grim nasty parts of London that are no where near and never will be 'cute'!

    • @me-ln4pd
      @me-ln4pd 5 років тому

      @@tilerman Yeah but the centre, probably the only bit most tourists will go to, is generally pretty charming. I especially think the narrow roads are "cute" to Americans/Canadians/Australians (no idea where the above poster is from, though) because everything there is super spread out.

    • @Riku-Leela
      @Riku-Leela 4 роки тому

      I'm from South England and when I visit London I find the backstreets pretty cute. Its dampened by the depressing British news often.

  • @linda5628
    @linda5628 5 років тому +37

    Absolutely gorgeous shots of London. I would love to go there some day.
    You all looked so happy, Sarah was just beaming. Cody you are an artist with the camera! Congratulations on your 10th wedding anniversary, and thank you for sharing your trip!

  • @tazephillips9040
    @tazephillips9040 4 роки тому +19

    Born and raised in London and even I will admit that looks like the greyest day ever! Ahah welcome to London and enjoy it!

  • @mlguy8376
    @mlguy8376 4 роки тому +15

    Funny story, all the buildings in London when they started to get tall had to be built so certain places around london (and in the surburbs like Richmond) could still see St Pauls from that location line of sight.

    • @ellaf3877
      @ellaf3877 4 роки тому +7

      robert Chin I live in Richmond, and in Richmond park there is a spot called king kenry's mound where you can see st pauls from. There is a narrow strip of land which is protected and there have never been trees planted in it so nothing blocks the view. Its pretty cool

  • @johnbonner258
    @johnbonner258 5 років тому +42

    Shame you didn't come in the spring, summer, autumn to experience London in its full glory

    • @_Sakidora_
      @_Sakidora_ 5 років тому +1

      John Bonner okay I get the idea that spring or summer might have been more pleasant but autumn? I don’t see how autumn displays London in It’s ‘full glory’. It’s not like New England with lots of pretty foliage or anything.

    • @rotwart
      @rotwart 5 років тому

      @@_Sakidora_ He is just one of those annoying and boring people that no matter what you do his response is always that there's something better. Yawn.

    • @johnbonner258
      @johnbonner258 5 років тому

      @@_Sakidora_ you need to checkout all the Royal parks plus Richmond Park, Syon Park and Hampstead Heath etc. London is the greatest capital city in the world.

    • @me-ln4pd
      @me-ln4pd 5 років тому

      @@_Sakidora_ The trees do turn yellow and red, it's just that the leaves don't last very long. Also you'd have to get out of central London, I guess, less trees there than the residential areas.

    • @homeone4054
      @homeone4054 4 роки тому

      I agree it's fantastic in the Autumn

  • @spearce39
    @spearce39 4 роки тому +10

    My granddad was the foreman at courage brewery (Anchor Brewery) in park street up until the early seventies when he retired , I still have the engraved watch they gave him .
    I get a bit sentimental when I see the plaque on the wall.

  • @MoebiusUK
    @MoebiusUK 5 років тому +40

    London is simply the greatest big city in the world.

    • @masterknife8423
      @masterknife8423 4 роки тому

      No it really isn't

    • @masterknife8423
      @masterknife8423 4 роки тому +1

      @Gorgon Don Dude 95% of cities worldwide are like that

    • @masterknife8423
      @masterknife8423 4 роки тому

      @Gorgon Don Majority of cities are expensive and busy

    • @JohnnyZenith
      @JohnnyZenith 4 роки тому

      @@masterknife8423 Yes it is.

    • @spencerwilton5831
      @spencerwilton5831 4 роки тому +2

      Master Knife It's certainly the worlds most visited city, and has been for year after year for ages. 30 million annual visitors can't all be wrong!

  • @COPPETsan
    @COPPETsan 5 років тому +77

    I don’t know why this popped up in my recommended.... but... I’m glad it did.
    Whoever is reading this, have a good day ^^

    • @hanniffydinn6019
      @hanniffydinn6019 5 років тому

      There’s no politics. They don’t want you to use your brain dumb ass.

    • @Ourglobetrotting
      @Ourglobetrotting 4 роки тому

      It popped up in ours too. We did a London video too but not nearly this good

  • @JamieWhiffen
    @JamieWhiffen 5 років тому +30

    Couldn't wipe the smile off my face as I watched this video! Super happy you enjoyed my city and please come back soon!

  • @MikeB-rr5hh
    @MikeB-rr5hh 4 роки тому +23

    This is some of the best cinematography I have seen. Not just on youtube, but anywhere. There are frames in here that would win photography competitions and the editing is top quality, sublime in places. What an eye! And on top of that, it's also an understated poem of love and friendship. A delight to watch.

  • @suzywhitfield1708
    @suzywhitfield1708 4 роки тому +14

    Gosh! You have a beautiful eye. My Home town has never looked so pretty, even in the rain! As others have said, you made me want to visit it again. Thank you both and y'all come back now x

  • @AmateurishAstronaut
    @AmateurishAstronaut 3 роки тому +5

    I’m a Londoner, I feel like I’ve never had the pleasure of seeing London ‘for the first time’.. I kind of take it for granted sometimes and forget how incredible it is. It’s just always been part of my life. So it’s really interesting to see a video from the perspective of people experiencing it as new thing.

  • @AnneMB955
    @AnneMB955 4 роки тому +13

    Been to London and NYC four times each (from Australia). Both have their unique endearing qualities.
    Love this London vid. It shows how enamoured you are with travel. Back there in 6 months. Can’t wait.

  • @David-sc2ir
    @David-sc2ir 4 роки тому +8

    London is lovely, while NYC is gritty! I'm not a fan of big cities but in my travels London and Budapest are the two most beautiful cities in Europe.
    I feel safe in these cities while NYC keeps me on edge the whole time I am there. I am forever panhandled in NYC while I never had that happen
    in London or Budapest. I'm sure there are dirty parts of London and Budapest, but I sure didn't see it.... so clean and friendly! My favorite US cities
    are Washington DC and San Francisco. As far as overall cleanliness of European countries, Germany and The Netherlands are unbelievably clean
    places. I am always amazed at how spotless everything is there.

  • @inlondon500
    @inlondon500 3 роки тому

    *great video! what camera and what settings are you using for this particular cloudy day? thanks!!*

  • @seandoc8463
    @seandoc8463 5 років тому +5

    I live in London and I go out most weekends wandering around discovering new places and finding out new things. Great footage, what camera do you use? Congrats on the anniversary

  • @redsquirrel1086
    @redsquirrel1086 5 років тому +215

    Both great cities but NYC has very little history and not much in the way of iconic sites.
    London wins hands down for me.

    • @brucemarsico6
      @brucemarsico6 5 років тому +13

      It's obvious you don't know New York City very well....if at all...…New York is more dynamic and energetic than London.

    • @redsquirrel1086
      @redsquirrel1086 5 років тому +37

      @@brucemarsico6
      I have lived in New York City for the past 7 years and know it rather well actually!
      Perhaps it is you who doesn't know London.

    • @brucemarsico6
      @brucemarsico6 5 років тому +13

      Beautiful....Then, don't disparage New York. It can't be London. Only London is London.

    • @redsquirrel1086
      @redsquirrel1086 5 років тому +14

      @@brucemarsico6
      I'm not disparaging anything Sir.
      Am simply expressing a personal preference.
      Let's agree that they are both great cities.

    • @brucemarsico6
      @brucemarsico6 5 років тому

      Estoy de acuerdo!And Hooray for Hollywood.....!

  • @DeniseFactor
    @DeniseFactor 5 років тому +7

    Iv'e been to NYC five times and lived in London for five years now, i'm actually from the north of England but i'm 62 and i'm never going to leave this fabulous place.Thank you for this wonderfully edited video and thank you also for your kind observations on what I do regard as the greatest city on earth. And by the way I am and always will be, in awe of NYC,

  • @tanki-online1196
    @tanki-online1196 5 років тому +24

    Im living in Los Angeles I believe London is the best city in the whole world.
    1)London
    2)Paris
    3)Tokyo
    4)Berlin
    5)Bangkok
    6)NYC
    7)Istanbul
    8)Los Angeles
    9)Chicago
    10)Shanghai

    • @MESSIfan10
      @MESSIfan10 5 років тому +3

      Visit eastern Europe, city like St. Petersburg, Kyiv, Warsaw, Moscow, or Budapest, might make it to your top 10 list ✌

    • @samuelthornton9179
      @samuelthornton9179 5 років тому +1

      @@MESSIfan10 what about Kraków?

    • @DisconnectedRoamer
      @DisconnectedRoamer 4 роки тому +1

      really don't understand what people like about Paris, it's dirty and looks like North Africa

    • @monoranjanghose8637
      @monoranjanghose8637 3 роки тому

      Come to Indian cities such as Delhi, Bangalore, mumbai, Kolkata, etc.
      I know these r not even on list of best cities, but these cities have more culture and history than whole england!
      And the food is also awesome!
      One thing that India is the best in food!
      No one can beat India when it comes to food😋😋😋😛😛

    • @krackajackz
      @krackajackz 3 роки тому +1

      Monoranjan Ghose no one likes India it smells

  • @richardsmith2825
    @richardsmith2825 4 роки тому +7

    Seeing the City I know so well through American eyes made me realise just how stunning she is! She's seen everything from the Romano-Welsh holding out against the Saxons in 700 AD to defying the Nazis in 1940. She reinvents herself with ease!

  • @pradipkhakhar353
    @pradipkhakhar353 5 років тому +6

    Congrats on your 10 years together Cody and Sarah. Love the vid, looks like you had a blast. Just got back from London a few days ago already missing the food. ❤️ London!

  • @ForVegansByVegans
    @ForVegansByVegans 5 років тому +6

    Hi! I really enjoyed this video. It was nice to meet you randomly in London! Hope to see you in the future.

  • @hopebgood
    @hopebgood 4 роки тому +12

    There's a saying that goes "You can't impress a Londoner" (cos we've seen it all before), but your wonderfully shot and fun vid certainly impressed THIS Londoner! :) xx

  • @STANDREW2
    @STANDREW2 5 років тому +8

    The original London Bridge is now in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. A wealthy American bought it and had it dismantled and shipped to America, he thought that he was buying Tower Bridge.

    • @bradthompsonuk2011
      @bradthompsonuk2011 5 років тому

      @@Daisy-bn9fhnd that one was falling down, falling down.

    • @julesburton4649
      @julesburton4649 4 роки тому +1

      That's a myth, apparently he knew quite well what he was buying.

    • @simac8640
      @simac8640 4 роки тому

      @@bradthompsonuk2011 pulled down by raiding vikings

  • @stuartd5166
    @stuartd5166 5 років тому +4

    As a Londoner I wanted to say this is a great video, if you are going to enjoy the city you have to ignore the unpredictable weather and you did not let it spoil your trip. Congratulations on your anniversary

  • @donna699
    @donna699 4 роки тому +7

    As a true Londoner, the best place in the world, your blog makes me more proud to call London my home xx

  • @aayansh3919
    @aayansh3919 5 років тому +5

    London has a soothing vibe🍃😌
    The music, the color grading and the vlog in general was amazing
    Great work!
    You've got a new subscriber

  • @thenekomaniac5317
    @thenekomaniac5317 4 роки тому +7

    The way you film is so beautiful. I've lived here all my life and never seen the city look so good even on a grey day.

  • @dangercat9188
    @dangercat9188 3 роки тому +13

    I'm from Brooklyn. can't wait to leave this dump. New York state itself is beautiful but nyc has gotta go. I don't get why people like it so much 🤷‍♂️

  • @alex_knight
    @alex_knight 3 роки тому +14

    "To be born English is to win first prize in the lottery of life." - Cecil Rhodes

  • @emmettbrosnan3318
    @emmettbrosnan3318 4 роки тому

    What camera do you use for filming? Great quality.

  • @CiaraGan
    @CiaraGan 5 років тому +4

    just visited london a few days ago, and this pops up on my recommended. i already miss this city immensely 😭❤️

  • @flyingmoodys9054
    @flyingmoodys9054 5 років тому +13

    As a Brit we absolutely love London and luckily work there at least twice a month. We also love our fantastic American friends/family visiting us.

  • @MrWalker1000
    @MrWalker1000 5 років тому +6

    a friend of mine who went to londo said same thing. he said london is cleaner and more organized

  • @MrPercy112
    @MrPercy112 4 роки тому +1

    I thoroughly enjoyed your London vids - brilliant camera work!

  • @bobbyrickson
    @bobbyrickson 5 років тому +5

    As a Londoner born and bred - videos such as these make me realise how beautiful the city really is. I guess us Londoners take it for granted. I would advise travellers to not just stick to Central London where you'll sort of only get the touristy feel of the city. Explore the suburbs such as; Hampstead, Richmond, Wimbledon and Shoreditch to name a few! There you'll meet real Londoners as the only people who live in Central London are multi-millionaire Russians!!

  • @ennahh76
    @ennahh76 5 років тому +3

    Interesting fact for you, the slightly curved building at 8:22 had a design flaw that they found during construction. Because it is curved it reflected sunlight down to the street below, and it got so hot that cars physically melted. They had to change the type of glass they used so that wouldn’t happen.

    • @andyrosiak7775
      @andyrosiak7775 5 років тому +1

      This is true! On the London news they actually showed people frying eggs on car bonnets. Was so funny.

  • @christians9664
    @christians9664 4 роки тому +11

    I'm going to London in a week - this video just made me so excited. I already know I'm going to fall in love.

    • @bravexpl0skullz302
      @bravexpl0skullz302 4 роки тому +3

      how was it?

    • @christians9664
      @christians9664 4 роки тому +3

      @@bravexpl0skullz302 Wonderful! Want to go back. Would move there in a heart beat.

  • @mohamedadan6678
    @mohamedadan6678 4 роки тому +7

    My university is LITERALLY in the heart of london(central london) and I walk past all these places every day to the point where I'm not even impressed by it anymore lol
    I'm so ungrateful sometimes

    • @-green-405
      @-green-405 4 роки тому

      Do you go to King's College by any chance

  • @badwolf66
    @badwolf66 4 роки тому +22

    She is madly in love with that nerd.

    • @neomasoeu3400
      @neomasoeu3400 4 роки тому +4

      Absolutely nothing wrong with that.

    • @badwolf66
      @badwolf66 4 роки тому +3

      @@neomasoeu3400 I never said their was :P

    • @leelaturanga5461
      @leelaturanga5461 4 роки тому +3

      What's not to love? He's adorable! Cute couple.

    • @kennythelenny6819
      @kennythelenny6819 3 роки тому +1

      They're a cute couple.

    • @domebeel2922
      @domebeel2922 3 роки тому

      You're just broke to be him

  • @taylormatthew379
    @taylormatthew379 5 років тому +7

    WOW this was such a lovely vlog

  • @igorvyacheslavtherussianmu3142
    @igorvyacheslavtherussianmu3142 5 років тому +42

    london is the capital but there is better place go to new castle, leeds, scotland or the costworld these place are the best on earth and uk. as a russian guy we and the English fight a lot but UK is the best country in the whole wolrd. british people are amazing. nothing is perfect like their bad wheater for example but the culture is amazing. TO me you don't live till you go there

    • @baylessnow
      @baylessnow 4 роки тому

      You will also be in trouble if Banana Man sees you suggesting other parts of the UK. X¬D

    • @honggao7992
      @honggao7992 4 роки тому +1

      Omg cotswold and Cornwall is beautiful they represent the real england. London is becoming like nyc these days and it's sad

    • @BoraCM
      @BoraCM 4 роки тому +3

      It's odd to see a Russian liking Britain so much.

    • @honggao7992
      @honggao7992 4 роки тому +1

      @@BoraCM aren't there many rich Russian flocking to live in London?

    • @krashd
      @krashd 4 роки тому

      @@honggao7992 Because we're the largest nation in the EU that allows residents to keep their money offshore so you get the benefit of living in a major European city but paying a tiny rate of tax in Bermuda or Luxembourg.

  • @vickyrushton1783
    @vickyrushton1783 4 роки тому

    Happy anniversary best wishes for all the years to come😍

  • @makhan200007
    @makhan200007 4 роки тому +4

    The production quality of this vid is next level. Happy you liked London, my home city.

  • @jonjohnson2844
    @jonjohnson2844 5 років тому +41

    I'd say come in summer, the trouble is no-one knows what day summer will be :D

    • @johndiamond7776
      @johndiamond7776 5 років тому +4

      So true,,but if you catch London on one of those blissful weekends..you will never forget it!

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 4 роки тому

      I was about to say LOL until I remembered we have just had our hottest ever Summer in history !

  • @HannaMoki
    @HannaMoki 5 років тому +13

    I really loved the mood in this video, made me feel very very calm.

  • @robinhooduk8255
    @robinhooduk8255 4 роки тому +15

    please keep it a secret that christmas pudding isnt vegan and contains suet

    • @1956gooner
      @1956gooner 3 роки тому

      I make mine with vegetable suet, don't have any idea how you get vegetable suet

    • @daneelolivaw602
      @daneelolivaw602 3 роки тому

      Most Christmas puddings, and mince pies, are vegetarian these days, and it ain't difficult to find vegan alternatives.

    • @Em280483
      @Em280483 3 роки тому +1

      The puddings sampled in the video are vegetarian & they are delicious. Obviously, that part is subjective.

  • @MrDeadhead1952
    @MrDeadhead1952 4 роки тому +3

    It really isn't fair comparing London a 1000 year old city with New York which has barely reached its teens.

  • @airportshotels3060
    @airportshotels3060 5 років тому +4

    Such a wonderful vlog! How could anyone not love London?

  • @Megan-zq4fo
    @Megan-zq4fo 4 роки тому +6

    thank you for this video. I haven’t really been loving my country recently, I often think that it’s quite boring, and this video showed me how beautiful britain is. thank you again :)

  • @aflightofbumblebee749
    @aflightofbumblebee749 4 роки тому

    Hi,,,,what was the music used?thanks.,!.

  • @mattbeardsworth3201
    @mattbeardsworth3201 4 роки тому

    What is the name of where you stayed?

  • @eyeballpaul294
    @eyeballpaul294 5 років тому +3

    Outstanding photography and Superior Editing guys, Very Impressed.

  • @jeffturner1658
    @jeffturner1658 4 роки тому +3

    Wow, stumbled across this by accident and to be honest very impressed with the whole thing, the shot angles, seamless transitions and light humour and banter. Very well done guys, as an x pat living in Portugal it is good to see my homeland so positively unlike the tv news.

  • @paulashby4952
    @paulashby4952 5 років тому +2

    Great stuff you guys. Beautifully shot and edited. Very atmospheric. You captured this amazing city so well. So proud of our capital.

  • @blotski
    @blotski 5 років тому +1

    Beautiful photography, wonderful editing and gorgeous music. This film is absolutely amazing. It's good sometimes to see your own country through visitors' eyes and learn to appreciate what you just take for granted. I love London too ... and I'm from Manchester - (ask someone about north/south rivalry).🤣

  • @jjwatcher
    @jjwatcher 4 роки тому +4

    The original London Bridge was bought by an American who thought he was buying Tower Bridge, Anyway he had London Bridge dismantled Stone by stone and had it shipped to Lake Havasu, in Arizona.

    • @LordInter
      @LordInter 4 роки тому +2

      well an older London bridge, the original was OLD and theres been a lot of them, also when I say old I mean something like 1,000 years not 100 lol

    • @spencerwilton5831
      @spencerwilton5831 4 роки тому +1

      Lord Inter Yours correct. The Arizona bridge was built in London during the Victorian era. It replaced a medieval stone bridge, that in turn replaced one of several earlier still structures, many made of wood.

    • @DisconnectedRoamer
      @DisconnectedRoamer 4 роки тому +1

      London Bridge existed long before your nation did lol

    • @billrutherford487
      @billrutherford487 2 роки тому

      Not true he knew what he was buying

  • @THX_1138
    @THX_1138 5 років тому +5

    I'm amazed that you managed to make my crappy home town look as good as you did in this video (especially on such a miserable dull and dreary day). The video was beautifully shot, and it has made me see London in a whole new light! It guess it's easy to take familiar surroundings for granted when you see them every day, and so you don't really appreciate what's on your own doorstep until you see it from someone else's perspective.

    • @krashd
      @krashd 4 роки тому

      If you think London is crappy then you are spoiled and wouldn't be happy anywhere, my city has fewer people than the smallest London borough (not including City of London) and doesn't have even a fraction of the things you have right on your doorstep.

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 4 роки тому

      Do you remember Edward G Robinson to Steve McQueen in The Cincinatti Kid ? The closing scene (it;s on here ) sums up the difference between the old maestro ) Edward g. AND LONDON and the young talented Steve McQueen and New York.......
      After The Maestro; LONDON has won everything he leaves the table surrounded by his cohorts and says to the dispirited Steve : New York......." Now see here you're good kid...but while I'm around you will always be second best...." LOL....you can't beat 2,000 years of history,my friend...:)

  • @brookemorgan7673
    @brookemorgan7673 5 років тому

    What camera do you use to film???

    • @CodyJensen
      @CodyJensen  5 років тому

      All gear is linked in the description!

  • @AliMohamed-yq4wn
    @AliMohamed-yq4wn 4 роки тому

    What’s the song playing in the beginning?

  • @MI-pk3iu
    @MI-pk3iu 5 років тому +7

    It shows when someone puts time and effort into editing 👏🏻

  • @TheRealBleach
    @TheRealBleach 5 років тому +4

    Thanks for the kind words about our city, keep up the quality! I am subscribing

  • @Cicely667
    @Cicely667 4 роки тому

    Just found the fab channel. Loving it. Can anybody tell me if the music is Bon Iver, or maybe one of Justin's other bands? Many thanks

  • @albamartinez4987
    @albamartinez4987 3 роки тому +1

    Top tip next time you're in London:
    the building featured at 8.22 is affectionately known as the Walkie Talkie building and at the top there is a fab viewing platform called Sky Gardens that also has a bar, café and restaurant all in a miniature rain forest setting. It's free to go up there but it's best to book in advance as space is regulated. Amazing views especially at sunset on a sunny (rare) day.

  • @crazycatfish183
    @crazycatfish183 5 років тому +3

    Stunning VLOG for production values, camera work and music. You should show it to the tourist people. Also got the feeling you really loved it and could easily live there. Dont forget the UK isnt just London and it isnt all about the biggest and best architecture. Subscribed to watch more of your work.

  • @TheGiantKillers
    @TheGiantKillers 4 роки тому +4

    London is, without compare, the greatest tourist city on earth. There's something around every corner in the main body of the city itself. I was fortunate enough to be a native, although I left to live elsewhere in the UK as a child but, as much as I've loved travelling the world, and visited many cities that I've hugely enjoyed, I've never found a city that compares to London. However. If you're making your first trip to the UK and wanting a 'British' or 'English' experience, take note. London is a fantastic tourist city with a fantastic history and iconography, but it's also a hugely international city and not truly reflective of a British lifestyle. To experience British culture get out and visit another British city. Personally, my own recommendations would be Liverpool, Edinburgh, Bristol and Belfast as the best four provincial cities in the UK to visit.

    • @Isleofskye
      @Isleofskye 4 роки тому

      Where do you live now,my friend ? I loved your knowledgeable comments...

  • @KiatHuang
    @KiatHuang 2 роки тому +2

    Very cool opening footage (camera work, music, editing) - well done. It's really nice to hear foreigners appreciate our fine country - even London!

  • @hari20001
    @hari20001 4 роки тому +2

    Lovely vlog of your travels in London. So many iconic parts of London beautifully captured. Many thanks. Really enjoyed this thank you. Another Brit. P.S. Your camera is really good!

  • @samlynn1171
    @samlynn1171 5 років тому +4

    This is absolutely amazing! I study in London and I love it. It's clearly obvious you loved it too. This is definitely the best video I've seen🙂

  • @jamesrivis620
    @jamesrivis620 5 років тому +10

    The original London ( not Tower) Bridge was sold to an American and shipped stone by stone by sea to California.

    • @paullewis2413
      @paullewis2413 5 років тому +4

      Actually it was shipped to Arizona. -lol. It wasn't the original it was built in the early 19th c. to replace an earlier bridge.

    • @Parseenfroo
      @Parseenfroo 5 років тому +4

      The original London Bridge fell down, hence the nursery rhyme.

    • @elliottslab
      @elliottslab 5 років тому +3

      The original London Bridge had all buildings on it also it was a lot more than just a bridge

  • @ThatGuy_92
    @ThatGuy_92 5 років тому

    The music and editing makes this video so nice 🙂 good job, I live in London and love it