Spoiler alert: I left the country! I hope you enjoy the mixture of stories, travels, beautiful visuals, etc. Give it a thumbs up and have a peaceful week, everyone ❤❤
“These are people that allow me to be ME.” Can never be said enough. I wish more people understood this when it comes to finding meaningful friendships
i've been watching your videos for 7 years and i'm currently in the midst of my early onset quarter life crisis in college but somehow your videos always make me feel so calm and reassured that things are always gonna work out in the end
New Zealand has always felt like home to me, I studied abroad back in 2020 right before the pandemic hit and got to stay for a month before having to come home to the US. It was the only place I felt authentically me and I didnt pretend to be someone I wasn't. I promised myself once I graduated college I would move back to NZ and stay for a long period (3-5 years) fast forward three years, this year 2023, and I am now living in New Zealand, doing a graduate degree for teaching and then am going to teach here, dreams do come true😍
Fellow Minnesotan here! I can totally understand the feeling of home not literally at home. I am currently temporarily in Ireland for a little over a month and I also was here 3 years ago for a study abroad semester and there’s a reason I came back haha like I literally just feel so serene and at peace here and the nature and beauty of the country just always feels magical. ❤️
@@ConnorFranta Oh wow hi! 🥰I have been watching your videos on and off for years, I think actually since you moved to LA and I sadly drifted from TH-cam for a while and finally got back into watching my favorite creators and you have always been one of them and this makes me so happy you saw my comment! I hope you find peace in a decision whether or not it's time to move and hope for only the best life for you! 💗
I lived in London for just under 2 years and it was honestly the best time of my life. I made such great friends and fell in love with the city! Enjoy your time and if you do decide to up and move, you will not regret it! Just make sure to thoroughly read through the visa application because the refund process can take up to 3-6 months if it’s messed up. Oh and I did find using my debit card through contactless on my phone was much easier than an oyster card when using the public transport. ❤❤❤
Just to jump in - using the Oyster card can save you a lot of money! The rates are changing I think but you still get a cap on the Oyster you don't on cards
@@intercity125 Ooh interesting. I guess for Americans it might also be worth considering bank charges on their cards but if that's not an issue I guess you'd be right
One of my closest and longest friends I met via Tumblr and they live in the UK. It's crazy how moments of random connection can form friendships that are long lasting and wonderful! Glad you have been able to keep those friendships thriving!
I'm living in central London at the moment for uni :)! I moved from a small village a few months ago, I'm finding it quite hard adjusting to city life haha, but im slowly getting there. I knew it would be a big step and its difficult but I know when I settle in it'll pay off! My home is still the village I'm from but I'd like to think of london as my home too someday. I love your videos :)
I resonate with this so much ! moving across the world years ago was scary at the time but now I feel at home because of the friendships I've built. as you said, *"relationships are the most important thing in life,"* and sometimes life coerces you to step out of your comfort zone to make those lifelong memories 💖 loved this video, con (and uk men for the win fr ✊🏼😭)
Just finished your memoir. I have never heard of you before. Your book touched me. I'm also born and raised in Minnesota. Thought I'd come check out your TH-cam content and it translates beautifully from your book. New fan here!
Connor! Over 10 years of admiring your work and now we're in the same country for a while 🥺 My best friend and soulmate lives in Poland, so long distance friendships are very understandable to me. It's both magical and disappointing when we travel to see each other around the world; it's such a beautiful and unique adventure but it always ends too soon 💜
I absolutely LOVE and ADORE you and your videos ..so aesthetic, so cinematic, so therapeutic in a strange way..I love your dramatic self❤never change..hoping to see more from your london era✨️
I traveled to Switzerland over the summer and the people and views were unmatched. I just felt so calm and at peace. The cobblestone streets and the strangers speaking over the quiet lull of the stream that ran through the city. I have never felt more safe in my life. The old ferris wheel that was seen by all, over the small barren trees. The quaint chocolate shops and the way the aroma filled the alleyways. Perfection. Absolute perfection.
it's so crazy to realize how I grew up watching your videos. I was maybe 10 or 11 watching your first videos in your college dorm, now I'm in my 20s and in college and still watching your videos. Truly you're such a comfort and inspiration for me. My little sister and I met you a long time ago for your Notes to Self book signing and meet and greet and you're genuinely the sweetest most kind person I've met. Thank you for being you.
First, love your style! So natural and so fitting to you! Second, i get the feeling, I’ve been to Toronto several times in the past and this 2023 hit me with a nostalgia that came out of nowhere. So here I am 1 month away from moving officially to Toronto. My advise, follow your heart, it never lies 😊
I've never lived in London, but i'm from France so I can go there quite often and for some reasons I NEED to go to London at least once a year, it's for the well-being of my mental health because that's where I feel the most me, I'm at ease, my social anxiety is almost nonexistent when i'm there. Also when I'm travelling to London I love to tell my friends "I'm going back home! 🥰" because somehow that's how it feels to me, it feels like home even if I don't live there
My home away from home is Norway. Did my exchange semester there in 2019 and it was the most freeing 4 months of my life. Met people that will always be dear to me and felt like myself for the first time in forever. Every decision I made was for me and me alone. I found myself surrounded by like-minded beautiful people that also pushed my boundaries in the most sensible way and allowed me to be myself simply by them being themselves as well. Of course the situation of exchange semester is very unique and it will never be the same in Oslo when I come back because all these people are scattered around the world now, but I have so many wonderful memories.
Damn, I wish you could know how much I love & appreciate your videos/content. It feels like a peaceful, nice catch up with a close friend. I'm so happy that once upon a time I found you!
Hi Connor! The video was gorgeous! My favorite place I have been to was also London. I went there in 2014 with my girl scout troop. My best friend and I put a lock on the Tower Bridge while we were there and kept the key. Next year will be ten years and I am going to go back and couldn't be more excited. Love you and your videos 💙
i had a travel experience sort of like that!! i went on a two week trip all over northern italy and greece and fell in love with florence. i met some amazing people, and i miss them ALL THE TIME. i also went during a time in my life where i was doing the same thing. wallowing. hoping things would change themselves. i came back, quit my job, and have been doing so much better since then. love the video!
the fact that you definetely walk past the restaurant I worked in for almost 2 years the day after I left makes me want to scream, but glad you enjoyed the city, hope you'll come back soon! It does wonder when you're lost and not sure who you are. Have a good day! Ciao for now
c’mon con you’re making me miss london so much ;-; almost exactly a year ago I did my first solo overseas trip to the uk and maaaan that was so good for the soul. loved this beautiful lil video lots ❤
As someone from SoCal I don’t know how you lasted in LA for 10 years. I totally understand why you want to move and I definitely think you should! If you try it and don’t like it you can always find somewhere else but if it’s calling you go do what will make you happy!!
My number one dream is to be able to travel more, not being able to afford to leave my home much makes me feel so trapped. I feel like I won't start living until I get that freedom to see more of this world and experience it fully. I've wanted to move for as long as I can remember, I just hope I'll get the opportunity to do that and find a place where I belong. It's so hard being stuck in this limbo, but Connor's story makes me hope that there's more for me in the future after this confusing lonely stage of my life is over.
it's so comforting to me to hear you say that things like home and where you belong make more sense as you grow older!! i am in my early twenties right now and moved out from my hometown (which i felt i was deeply rooted in and would never want to leave) to study somewhere else around one and a half years ago. and this year, i moved even further to the other side of the planet to study abroad for a year and its just. so! overwhelming! to switch between all these different places, getting used to new beautiful surroundings while missing my old homes and meeting so many new lovely people wherever i go that i will all eventually have to leave behind though. it's like you said, most of my closest and dearest relationships are long-distance now which keeps making me feel extremely torn apart and lost, yet also, i am somehow still doing fine?? it feels so scary, yet so good and exciting to explore these new places, continuously making me question where i belong and where i should go so it just feels so so reassuring and calming to hear that with time, it will all make more sense. thank you for that connor!!
I’ve lived in London for 5 years now and I am really happy here! I definitely came to London when I needed a new start and it’s been a great new start!!
I also went to London in a desperate attempt to learn something about myself and feel like ME and it was amazing. I'm hoping to go back soon for even longer!
i don't watch you a lot anymore because its not my content but i stay subscribed so it reminds me to keep up. i know this video is 2 months old but hi glad to see you doing well
Ever since college, I haven't felt like I have been "home". Whether it was in my first dorm room, my apartment, or going back to my childhood house, I just haven't found that feeling in a place. What I realized was that my home isn't within a place but in the people in my life. That feeling radiates from a person now, and I can't wait to see all the other homes I will experience throughout this life.
I love your videos so much, whenever you post it brightens my day so much. The vibe of your videos... immaculate. The style.... immaculate. This cinematography... immaculate. We are so similar and I just wish I could be your friend so bad omg.
I’m currently in a phase of life where I’m searching for a place that feels like home. I’ve visited North Carolina a few times. Raleigh a few times and then recently Charlotte. Visiting Charlotte only once, I fell in love. It’s been 7 months and counting since I was last in Charlotte and I think about living their constantly, even if it’s for a year. I thought I was crazy for falling in love so quickly, but now I know I’m not. Thank you for that reassurance
I moved to London a few years ago & it was the best decision! I love it here! If you feel a pull towards the city, I think you should take the leap and move.
I have a friendship like the one you described! we met because I made a pack with myself the first day of college that I would talk to the first nice person I saw and she was it. she is from Iran and I always think, what if she didn't come to the US, what if I didn't introduce myself, etc. my life would be completely different. we live multiple states away now but her place feels like a second home because I know I am always welcome there
I just moved (for only three months) to a new state for school, and it was the first time I've ever left my home state. This video was exactly what I needed to feel comfortable. Excited for the experiences and the people I will meet here. Thank you :)
LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS CON. I LOVE YOU 🌷📹 thank you for sharing your life with us. it's a blessing and LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT YOU DO LOOK ADORABLE IN THIS. so so adorable.
i had a similar experience but in spain!! i moved to valencia, spain from london (ironically) for my masters for a year from 2020 to 2021 and genuinely found myself there. my overall mood, my aura & my state of being did a complete 360. i met some of the loveliest and most creative people that I still consider friends and learnt a lot more about myself! i'm so much more sure of myself now after that trip, the city has my entire heart!!✨
Honestly i feel like everyone is doing big change and moving and stuff and im just finally settling into my city after 5 years of being here. Finding new friends and community is so nice, i dont think im gunna leave anytime soon
i notice how there are so many ppl rn who are moving and making big changes in their lives (by ppl i mean youtubers i’m following 😂) BUT YES YOU SHOULD DEF MOVE!!! london looks good on you ❤ it’s been awhile since i’ve religiously watched your vids but it’s good to be backkk 🫶🏻
Very grateful to have visited many parts of this world but it means my heart is set in SO many places. I graduated college in December so I am yet again in another transitory phase. Funny-- I started looking for apartments then went to TH-cam for some background and this popped up. I'm not sure if I'll ever feel "at home" or maybe home is a composite of many different things. But I can't imagine myself living somewhere for more than maybe a year or a year and a half, which is exciting but also heartbreaking. So, you know. We'll see where life takes me.
OMG thank you for being so nice and open and just cool! Started watching this video, got inspired went for a walk ( I am currently in Glasgow for an exchange semester, but also been traveling a lot for the past 2 years and have lived in different places) and the feeling of home sometimes hits, it is like u don't know anymore where u belong. But at the same, I feel that it is so cool to have this opportunity now to just travel and live in different places. By the way, isn't London too much and overwhelming to u? Looking for more London videos or wherever you ll be xxx
So glad to see you love London, i live about an hour from London. Wish I knew you was here, would of kept my eyes peeled for you! My husband and i love your videos 🙂❤️
I'm from the Arizona desert, but currently I'm on the other side of the county in the rain and snow. I miss the sun on my face, but I am going back this summer so all is well
I’d love to hear more about the long distance… and even Arden and will’s side of this? I LIVE for your content when you show them visiting you in LA or you visit London, it’s something I relate to *so much*. I am currently not in a relationship, and my closest friends moved away last year to NM and CA. At 26, it’s hard to reconcile that distance, and I wish I could visit them all the time. I’m also considering moving to be closer. Only time will tell what will happen…
I had the time of my life when I visited India for a work trip. Met a new friend while I was there and he and I still keep in touch. I for some reason felt at peace/home while there. I totally get how you feel about London.
I went on a dream trip to London last year to visit some harry potter filming locations and I litterally had the exact same feeling you have, being there felt a bit like home to me. I also met up with a friend I got in contact with online, crazy experience! I would for sure would love to go back to London one day! 😊❤🇬🇧
I’m on the stunning Isle of Man (a short flight away - hint!) and I love London! A few days there energizes me. I’ve got two weeks off very soon and am seriously considering a short London trip. Enjoy your stay, Connor! 😁
recently visited Amsterdam and i'd been trying to shake off the feeling ever since!!! it felt so much like home and i felt so at peace that i've been trying to figure out ways to eventually end up there. this video came at a very convenient time for me.
moving abroad, one of the best decision of my life, met the best people and most importanltly I remet me! :)) if you feel like London is your next home then go for it, you can always move again ;) I do believe home is where your people are, and it is hard when all of the are far away, so if you can move closer to them go for it. That way you will feel a bit more at home.
I used to watch all the time but life got away from me but I saw your name on thread and was like what’s he up to and wow the progression you’ve made but also the familiarity of your humor is so conforming after all this time
Dude, my sister and I were in London in March too. We were literally talking about the superiority of normal men in London verses American. It’s just….so much better
I recently went on my first international trip to Roatan Honduras for scuba diving... It really changed me as a person. And now I want to go back and spend a couple months there... Its an incredible experience if you're wanting to learn more about how important our oceans really are to our planet. I've never been much of a go getter till now and all I have to say is: Live dangerously! :)) sending love and all of the positive vibes on all of your travels moving forward!
really lost right now, i’m going to London in June to visit my best friend, i hope this video is a sign from the universe and that maybe i something similar happens to me when i go there . loved the video as always ♡
I got to spend a month in England too last summer (and I'm also a fellow Minnesotan)! I spent the first 2 weeks with friends I met online, which included celebrating my 23rd birthday, and the rest of the time I stayed with a family friend in her gorgeous estate just outside of London! I fell in love with that city as well; however I had also fallen in love with nyc earlier that year, as well as Montréal when I was a teenager! While I still feel at home in Minneapolis, the city I was born and grew up in, I hope one day I can have more opportunities to travel to and live in any of those other cities I visited before, along with any other parts of the world I'd love to see!
I went to England & Scotland for just over two weeks once & it rained literally everyday but it wasn't too bad. It didn't rain all day every day. I had a raincoat with a hood & I went to museums & castles & palaces & cathedrals. I wasn't going on a beach vacation. I also went in July so it wasn't a cold rain.
I spent 1 semester at uni in Porto, Portugal and since I'm coming back as often as possible. I'm a different person there and then whenever I'm back I'm implementing all the small things that make me happy in Porto into my life in Poland.
I'd never been here so early and I have been following you for like 10 years maybe. You always bring me joy with your videos, like an online friend or something. Love from Spain!
hey! just responding to your little prompt at the end of the video. i've been DYING for a change of scenery lately - i live in a very small rural australian town, i turn 20 in a few months and have lived in this town all my life. this year literally every single one of my friends moved to the nearest capital city and i literally have been feeling so lost. your hometown can really leave you feeling stuck and weighed down - it really doesn't help that i live in a dysfunctional household with my parents and am a closeted queer girl. i have to remind myself frequently that, on the bright side, this is only a season and one day i'll be living my best life in a town/city far away from here. (not bold enough to move abroad lol). anyway, love you connor and am glad you've had such a fun time in london
yeah, it's especially difficult making the leap the first time when you've lived in such "isolation". it's scary! there's a lot of unknowns. but, it always comforted me that I could always just... return. Anyways, sending you love! ❤
I went to the UK but as much as I loved London, the Yorkshire County is the best region to be in. Criminally underrated. Also, the scenic beauty is (chef’s kiss) Next time, try Leeds with an outing to Whitby.
I’ve lived in Ohio my entire life and have been more than ready for a change for awhile now, though it seems like something always pops up that delays this plan. I feel happiest and most at home in Boston, and the entire New England region in general. There’s just so much to love about it❤
i've been feeling really lost and stuck lately and this video was such a breath of fresh air and it's really made me start to feel hopeful that there's more out there for me. thank u love u
I feel kind of in limbo, where I know I’m moving out of one city but the one I’m moving back to doesn’t feel like home. Well, it’s where I’m from so it will always be home but it doesn’t feel like current home like where I’m meant to be (if that makes any sense). One thing I do know is that a place doesn’t make a home, the people do🥰
I went to a writer's residency for the first time and didn't know what to expect. It was only 5 other artists and me. We all became really amazing friends and I felt myself in away I haven't been able to feel in such a long time (and since!). Four of them live in Chile (I live in US) and I miss them soooo much!
Haven't seen your videos in a really long time and this just came up in my suggested videos. I'm glad you're doing so well! That's also a very, very nice camera but I choked when I saw the price tag hahaha
Been to Asia south Korea first grade one of the most versatile experiences I member from mountains churches and rural areas your so entertaining I get a learn something everyone of your videos teach preach 😊
It is an amazing city. I moved to London 6 years ago and don’t regret it. It been the one place where I felt the most free to be me, and finding that in one of the world’s greatest cities has been an absolute blessing
born and raised in the uk, but has never stepped foot in london, *whoops* perks of living in wales i guess ;) glad you're thriving here connor, it's so great to see you happy
You do look so damn adorable in this vid!(but also as always!) I would be so excited if you actually moved to London, it would actually make UK be a little more home for me believe it or not. Thinking about the possibility to bump into you in London is wild.😮
this hits homeeeeee I lived in Osaka for four years before returning to my home country and I've never felt the same since. Cause those years abroad were the years I really came into myself and now I keep wondering whether I should move back there or not. It's like I have two lives on two opposite ends of the world and I can never have both so I'll always be missing one or the other, which ever I choose. I can't winnnnnn so anyways this is why I really think we should be working our sience brains and make teleportation a thing already
Spoiler alert: I left the country! I hope you enjoy the mixture of stories, travels, beautiful visuals, etc. Give it a thumbs up and have a peaceful week, everyone ❤❤
Lol you can always go back. Personally I live in two countries now so I can see my family and enjoy my time alone. but jetlag is real🤣
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Finally 🎉❤
I'm guessing you noticed the music was too loud during the voiceover parts.
You can come to Birmingham next time move in with me for a bit 😜 ❤️
You feel adorable? You ARE adorable!!! I love you! I miss you!! ❤
i love you & miss you too!! ❤
“These are people that allow me to be ME.” Can never be said enough. I wish more people understood this when it comes to finding meaningful friendships
and, you dont know it's missing until you find it
I feel that too
i've been watching your videos for 7 years and i'm currently in the midst of my early onset quarter life crisis in college but somehow your videos always make me feel so calm and reassured that things are always gonna work out in the end
aw im happy i can bring you peace and confidence!
New Zealand has always felt like home to me, I studied abroad back in 2020 right before the pandemic hit and got to stay for a month before having to come home to the US. It was the only place I felt authentically me and I didnt pretend to be someone I wasn't. I promised myself once I graduated college I would move back to NZ and stay for a long period (3-5 years) fast forward three years, this year 2023, and I am now living in New Zealand, doing a graduate degree for teaching and then am going to teach here, dreams do come true😍
Fellow Minnesotan here! I can totally understand the feeling of home not literally at home. I am currently temporarily in Ireland for a little over a month and I also was here 3 years ago for a study abroad semester and there’s a reason I came back haha like I literally just feel so serene and at peace here and the nature and beauty of the country just always feels magical. ❤️
kindred spirits! a lot of the UK has that familiar, comforting feeling for me as well❤
@@ConnorFranta Oh wow hi! 🥰I have been watching your videos on and off for years, I think actually since you moved to LA and I sadly drifted from TH-cam for a while and finally got back into watching my favorite creators and you have always been one of them and this makes me so happy you saw my comment! I hope you find peace in a decision whether or not it's time to move and hope for only the best life for you! 💗
Also a fellow Minnesotan here, just moved to Phoenix Arizona 6 months ago! It feels crazy!
I lived in London for just under 2 years and it was honestly the best time of my life. I made such great friends and fell in love with the city! Enjoy your time and if you do decide to up and move, you will not regret it! Just make sure to thoroughly read through the visa application because the refund process can take up to 3-6 months if it’s messed up. Oh and I did find using my debit card through contactless on my phone was much easier than an oyster card when using the public transport. ❤❤❤
Just to jump in - using the Oyster card can save you a lot of money! The rates are changing I think but you still get a cap on the Oyster you don't on cards
@@RB-747 oh! I left right before lockdown so I don’t doubt that stuff have changed
@@RB-747 On the contrary; the only time Oyster is worth it now is if you have a railcard. Otherwise the caps are the same.
@@intercity125 Ooh interesting. I guess for Americans it might also be worth considering bank charges on their cards but if that's not an issue I guess you'd be right
One of my closest and longest friends I met via Tumblr and they live in the UK. It's crazy how moments of random connection can form friendships that are long lasting and wonderful! Glad you have been able to keep those friendships thriving!
right?? connect with distance is a beautiful thing!
I'm living in central London at the moment for uni :)! I moved from a small village a few months ago, I'm finding it quite hard adjusting to city life haha, but im slowly getting there. I knew it would be a big step and its difficult but I know when I settle in it'll pay off! My home is still the village I'm from but I'd like to think of london as my home too someday. I love your videos :)
I resonate with this so much ! moving across the world years ago was scary at the time but now I feel at home because of the friendships I've built. as you said, *"relationships are the most important thing in life,"* and sometimes life coerces you to step out of your comfort zone to make those lifelong memories 💖
loved this video, con (and uk men for the win fr ✊🏼😭)
Just finished your memoir. I have never heard of you before. Your book touched me. I'm also born and raised in Minnesota. Thought I'd come check out your TH-cam content and it translates beautifully from your book. New fan here!
Connor! Over 10 years of admiring your work and now we're in the same country for a while 🥺 My best friend and soulmate lives in Poland, so long distance friendships are very understandable to me. It's both magical and disappointing when we travel to see each other around the world; it's such a beautiful and unique adventure but it always ends too soon 💜
I’m having the worst week and getting the notification for this video was like a beam of happy light
hope you enjoy it angel ❤
@@ConnorFranta I did so much 😭😭 thanks pal
I absolutely LOVE and ADORE you and your videos ..so aesthetic, so cinematic, so therapeutic in a strange way..I love your dramatic self❤never change..hoping to see more from your london era✨️
aw thank youuuu ❤!!
I traveled to Switzerland over the summer and the people and views were unmatched. I just felt so calm and at peace. The cobblestone streets and the strangers speaking over the quiet lull of the stream that ran through the city. I have never felt more safe in my life. The old ferris wheel that was seen by all, over the small barren trees. The quaint chocolate shops and the way the aroma filled the alleyways. Perfection. Absolute perfection.
it's so crazy to realize how I grew up watching your videos. I was maybe 10 or 11 watching your first videos in your college dorm, now I'm in my 20s and in college and still watching your videos. Truly you're such a comfort and inspiration for me. My little sister and I met you a long time ago for your Notes to Self book signing and meet and greet and you're genuinely the sweetest most kind person I've met. Thank you for being you.
First, love your style! So natural and so fitting to you!
Second, i get the feeling, I’ve been to Toronto several times in the past and this 2023 hit me with a nostalgia that came out of nowhere. So here I am 1 month away from moving officially to Toronto. My advise, follow your heart, it never lies 😊
LOVE LOVE LOVE the green color for the shirt! So so so pretty!!!! I did also really like the grey in the sweatshirt/jumper.
Super cute! 🥰 Happy for you, Connor! ❤ Thanks for the update!!
I've never lived in London, but i'm from France so I can go there quite often and for some reasons I NEED to go to London at least once a year, it's for the well-being of my mental health because that's where I feel the most me, I'm at ease, my social anxiety is almost nonexistent when i'm there. Also when I'm travelling to London I love to tell my friends "I'm going back home! 🥰" because somehow that's how it feels to me, it feels like home even if I don't live there
My home away from home is Norway. Did my exchange semester there in 2019 and it was the most freeing 4 months of my life. Met people that will always be dear to me and felt like myself for the first time in forever. Every decision I made was for me and me alone. I found myself surrounded by like-minded beautiful people that also pushed my boundaries in the most sensible way and allowed me to be myself simply by them being themselves as well. Of course the situation of exchange semester is very unique and it will never be the same in Oslo when I come back because all these people are scattered around the world now, but I have so many wonderful memories.
That music resolution on 2:35 with the word ✨sun✨ really hit me.
Damn, I wish you could know how much I love & appreciate your videos/content. It feels like a peaceful, nice catch up with a close friend. I'm so happy that once upon a time I found you!
Hi Connor! The video was gorgeous! My favorite place I have been to was also London. I went there in 2014 with my girl scout troop. My best friend and I put a lock on the Tower Bridge while we were there and kept the key. Next year will be ten years and I am going to go back and couldn't be more excited. Love you and your videos 💙
i had a travel experience sort of like that!! i went on a two week trip all over northern italy and greece and fell in love with florence. i met some amazing people, and i miss them ALL THE TIME. i also went during a time in my life where i was doing the same thing. wallowing. hoping things would change themselves. i came back, quit my job, and have been doing so much better since then. love the video!
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the fact that you definetely walk past the restaurant I worked in for almost 2 years the day after I left makes me want to scream, but glad you enjoyed the city, hope you'll come back soon! It does wonder when you're lost and not sure who you are. Have a good day! Ciao for now
c’mon con you’re making me miss london so much ;-; almost exactly a year ago I did my first solo overseas trip to the uk and maaaan that was so good for the soul. loved this beautiful lil video lots ❤
As someone from SoCal I don’t know how you lasted in LA for 10 years. I totally understand why you want to move and I definitely think you should! If you try it and don’t like it you can always find somewhere else but if it’s calling you go do what will make you happy!!
My number one dream is to be able to travel more, not being able to afford to leave my home much makes me feel so trapped. I feel like I won't start living until I get that freedom to see more of this world and experience it fully. I've wanted to move for as long as I can remember, I just hope I'll get the opportunity to do that and find a place where I belong. It's so hard being stuck in this limbo, but Connor's story makes me hope that there's more for me in the future after this confusing lonely stage of my life is over.
I relate so hard with this. I hope only good things happen from now.
it's so comforting to me to hear you say that things like home and where you belong make more sense as you grow older!! i am in my early twenties right now and moved out from my hometown (which i felt i was deeply rooted in and would never want to leave) to study somewhere else around one and a half years ago. and this year, i moved even further to the other side of the planet to study abroad for a year and its just. so! overwhelming! to switch between all these different places, getting used to new beautiful surroundings while missing my old homes and meeting so many new lovely people wherever i go that i will all eventually have to leave behind though. it's like you said, most of my closest and dearest relationships are long-distance now which keeps making me feel extremely torn apart and lost, yet also, i am somehow still doing fine?? it feels so scary, yet so good and exciting to explore these new places, continuously making me question where i belong and where i should go so it just feels so so reassuring and calming to hear that with time, it will all make more sense. thank you for that connor!!
I’ve lived in London for 5 years now and I am really happy here! I definitely came to London when I needed a new start and it’s been a great new start!!
People, who support you and hold your hand and accept you when you're in your lowest, are your besties. Its understandable. I am happy for you Connor
I also went to London in a desperate attempt to learn something about myself and feel like ME and it was amazing. I'm hoping to go back soon for even longer!
have fun and peace in London lil bean! off to a new adventure ^^
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i don't watch you a lot anymore because its not my content but i stay subscribed so it reminds me to keep up. i know this video is 2 months old but hi glad to see you doing well
Ever since college, I haven't felt like I have been "home". Whether it was in my first dorm room, my apartment, or going back to my childhood house, I just haven't found that feeling in a place. What I realized was that my home isn't within a place but in the people in my life. That feeling radiates from a person now, and I can't wait to see all the other homes I will experience throughout this life.
Thus is soo much relatable!! Booked a ticket to Bangkok once and now more than a year later, I'm still there. The city just feel like home
I love your videos so much, whenever you post it brightens my day so much. The vibe of your videos... immaculate. The style.... immaculate. This cinematography... immaculate. We are so similar and I just wish I could be your friend so bad omg.
I’m currently in a phase of life where I’m searching for a place that feels like home. I’ve visited North Carolina a few times. Raleigh a few times and then recently Charlotte. Visiting Charlotte only once, I fell in love. It’s been 7 months and counting since I was last in Charlotte and I think about living their constantly, even if it’s for a year. I thought I was crazy for falling in love so quickly, but now I know I’m not. Thank you for that reassurance
I moved to London a few years ago & it was the best decision! I love it here! If you feel a pull towards the city, I think you should take the leap and move.
I have a friendship like the one you described! we met because I made a pack with myself the first day of college that I would talk to the first nice person I saw and she was it. she is from Iran and I always think, what if she didn't come to the US, what if I didn't introduce myself, etc. my life would be completely different. we live multiple states away now but her place feels like a second home because I know I am always welcome there
I just moved (for only three months) to a new state for school, and it was the first time I've ever left my home state. This video was exactly what I needed to feel comfortable. Excited for the experiences and the people I will meet here. Thank you :)
LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS CON. I LOVE YOU 🌷📹
thank you for sharing your life with us. it's a blessing and LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT YOU DO LOOK ADORABLE IN THIS. so so adorable.
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i had a similar experience but in spain!! i moved to valencia, spain from london (ironically) for my masters for a year from 2020 to 2021 and genuinely found myself there. my overall mood, my aura & my state of being did a complete 360. i met some of the loveliest and most creative people that I still consider friends and learnt a lot more about myself! i'm so much more sure of myself now after that trip, the city has my entire heart!!✨
I'm so happy for you! Spain is gorgeous and I've only heard good things.
@@ConnorFranta it has such rich history & beautiful weather, i highly recommend visiting!
Honestly i feel like everyone is doing big change and moving and stuff and im just finally settling into my city after 5 years of being here. Finding new friends and community is so nice, i dont think im gunna leave anytime soon
i notice how there are so many ppl rn who are moving and making big changes in their lives (by ppl i mean youtubers i’m following 😂) BUT YES YOU SHOULD DEF MOVE!!! london looks good on you ❤
it’s been awhile since i’ve religiously watched your vids but it’s good to be backkk 🫶🏻
I'm so glad you're enjoying yourself in London!
Very grateful to have visited many parts of this world but it means my heart is set in SO many places. I graduated college in December so I am yet again in another transitory phase. Funny-- I started looking for apartments then went to TH-cam for some background and this popped up. I'm not sure if I'll ever feel "at home" or maybe home is a composite of many different things. But I can't imagine myself living somewhere for more than maybe a year or a year and a half, which is exciting but also heartbreaking. So, you know. We'll see where life takes me.
i think a lot of us can relate, Pheobe :)
OMG thank you for being so nice and open and just cool! Started watching this video, got inspired went for a walk ( I am currently in Glasgow for an exchange semester, but also been traveling a lot for the past 2 years and have lived in different places) and the feeling of home sometimes hits, it is like u don't know anymore where u belong. But at the same, I feel that it is so cool to have this opportunity now to just travel and live in different places. By the way, isn't London too much and overwhelming to u? Looking for more London videos or wherever you ll be xxx
1:27 I’ve always been a fan of your eyes. They’re so bright and beautiful.
So glad to see you love London, i live about an hour from London. Wish I knew you was here, would of kept my eyes peeled for you! My husband and i love your videos 🙂❤️
I’m in that just do it mode! Been in Sonoma Wine Country, CA for 13 years. Palm Springs has caught my eye! Enjoy London!
I'm from the Arizona desert, but currently I'm on the other side of the county in the rain and snow. I miss the sun on my face, but I am going back this summer so all is well
I’d love to hear more about the long distance… and even Arden and will’s side of this? I LIVE for your content when you show them visiting you in LA or you visit London, it’s something I relate to *so much*. I am currently not in a relationship, and my closest friends moved away last year to NM and CA. At 26, it’s hard to reconcile that distance, and I wish I could visit them all the time. I’m also considering moving to be closer. Only time will tell what will happen…
Every time you upload my day gets a bit better :) i hope London treats you well
I had the time of my life when I visited India for a work trip. Met a new friend while I was there and he and I still keep in touch. I for some reason felt at peace/home while there. I totally get how you feel about London.
I went on a dream trip to London last year to visit some harry potter filming locations and I litterally had the exact same feeling you have, being there felt a bit like home to me. I also met up with a friend I got in contact with online, crazy experience! I would for sure would love to go back to London one day! 😊❤🇬🇧
watching your videos cleanses my skin, thank you
I’m on the stunning Isle of Man (a short flight away - hint!) and I love London! A few days there energizes me. I’ve got two weeks off very soon and am seriously considering a short London trip. Enjoy your stay, Connor! 😁
recently visited Amsterdam and i'd been trying to shake off the feeling ever since!!! it felt so much like home and i felt so at peace that i've been trying to figure out ways to eventually end up there. this video came at a very convenient time for me.
moving abroad, one of the best decision of my life, met the best people and most importanltly I remet me! :)) if you feel like London is your next home then go for it, you can always move again ;)
I do believe home is where your people are, and it is hard when all of the are far away, so if you can move closer to them go for it.
That way you will feel a bit more at home.
I used to watch all the time but life got away from me but I saw your name on thread and was like what’s he up to and wow the progression you’ve made but also the familiarity of your humor is so conforming after all this time
Dude, my sister and I were in London in March too. We were literally talking about the superiority of normal men in London verses American. It’s just….so much better
you get it :')
Our high waisted king!! I will never give up my high waisted pants. NEVER
I had the same feeling you have in London about New York. Two years in, it’s been fantastic.
I'm so glad you have a place like that!
Connor jumping into every scene warms my heart
i only noticed that i did it for literally every. single. scene. while editing haha
I recently went on my first international trip to Roatan Honduras for scuba diving... It really changed me as a person. And now I want to go back and spend a couple months there... Its an incredible experience if you're wanting to learn more about how important our oceans really are to our planet. I've never been much of a go getter till now and all I have to say is: Live dangerously! :)) sending love and all of the positive vibes on all of your travels moving forward!
really lost right now, i’m going to London in June to visit my best friend, i hope this video is a sign from the universe and that maybe i something similar happens to me when i go there . loved the video as always ♡
I got to spend a month in England too last summer (and I'm also a fellow Minnesotan)! I spent the first 2 weeks with friends I met online, which included celebrating my 23rd birthday, and the rest of the time I stayed with a family friend in her gorgeous estate just outside of London! I fell in love with that city as well; however I had also fallen in love with nyc earlier that year, as well as Montréal when I was a teenager!
While I still feel at home in Minneapolis, the city I was born and grew up in, I hope one day I can have more opportunities to travel to and live in any of those other cities I visited before, along with any other parts of the world I'd love to see!
I went to England & Scotland for just over two weeks once & it rained literally everyday but it wasn't too bad. It didn't rain all day every day. I had a raincoat with a hood & I went to museums & castles & palaces & cathedrals. I wasn't going on a beach vacation. I also went in July so it wasn't a cold rain.
Connieee💕 I hope you’re having a great day ☺️
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I love you Connor. Your videos *always* brighten my day.
I spent 1 semester at uni in Porto, Portugal and since I'm coming back as often as possible. I'm a different person there and then whenever I'm back I'm implementing all the small things that make me happy in Porto into my life in Poland.
I remember watching your videos when I was in highschool and it's so special to revisit your channel all these years later and seeing you thrive. 🥰🥰🥰
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idk what you waitin’ for !
hahaha i thought about you the entire time i filmed and edited this
I'd never been here so early and I have been following you for like 10 years maybe. You always bring me joy with your videos, like an online friend or something. Love from Spain!
Out of all the places I’ve travelled, London is definitely my home away from home too🤍
hey! just responding to your little prompt at the end of the video. i've been DYING for a change of scenery lately - i live in a very small rural australian town, i turn 20 in a few months and have lived in this town all my life. this year literally every single one of my friends moved to the nearest capital city and i literally have been feeling so lost. your hometown can really leave you feeling stuck and weighed down - it really doesn't help that i live in a dysfunctional household with my parents and am a closeted queer girl.
i have to remind myself frequently that, on the bright side, this is only a season and one day i'll be living my best life in a town/city far away from here. (not bold enough to move abroad lol). anyway, love you connor and am glad you've had such a fun time in london
yeah, it's especially difficult making the leap the first time when you've lived in such "isolation". it's scary! there's a lot of unknowns. but, it always comforted me that I could always just... return. Anyways, sending you love! ❤
I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU ARE IN LONDON. I live here too! I hope you enjoy your stay
I went to the UK but as much as I loved London, the Yorkshire County is the best region to be in. Criminally underrated. Also, the scenic beauty is (chef’s kiss)
Next time, try Leeds with an outing to Whitby.
I’ve lived in Ohio my entire life and have been more than ready for a change for awhile now, though it seems like something always pops up that delays this plan. I feel happiest and most at home in Boston, and the entire New England region in general. There’s just so much to love about it❤
i've been feeling really lost and stuck lately and this video was such a breath of fresh air and it's really made me start to feel hopeful that there's more out there for me. thank u love u
sending you so much love, molly!
I feel kind of in limbo, where I know I’m moving out of one city but the one I’m moving back to doesn’t feel like home. Well, it’s where I’m from so it will always be home but it doesn’t feel like current home like where I’m meant to be (if that makes any sense). One thing I do know is that a place doesn’t make a home, the people do🥰
I missed you 😢. London is indeed beautiful ❤ have fun!!!
I went to a writer's residency for the first time and didn't know what to expect. It was only 5 other artists and me. We all became really amazing friends and I felt myself in away I haven't been able to feel in such a long time (and since!). Four of them live in Chile (I live in US) and I miss them soooo much!
Haven't seen your videos in a really long time and this just came up in my suggested videos. I'm glad you're doing so well! That's also a very, very nice camera but I choked when I saw the price tag hahaha
Well, welcome to London Connor! Never thought we’d live in the same country, let alone the same CITY! 😍
Beautiful, Connor, beautiful! I hope you don't move, but understand if you do!
Been to Asia south Korea first grade one of the most versatile experiences I member from mountains churches and rural areas your so entertaining I get a learn something everyone of your videos teach preach 😊
It is an amazing city. I moved to London 6 years ago and don’t regret it. It been the one place where I felt the most free to be me, and finding that in one of the world’s greatest cities has been an absolute blessing
London has always suited you! You need to move here and come up to Liverpool, and the north generally, to explore 🇬🇧
born and raised in the uk, but has never stepped foot in london, *whoops* perks of living in wales i guess ;) glad you're thriving here connor, it's so great to see you happy
i do love wales as well, too too gorgeous
Daaaaang! Sponsored by Sony! Heck yeah!
that camera is freaking amazing for being able to capture your beauty in high quality🥰
It's genuinely perfect. I adore it.
Paris for me, everything about that beautiful city was lovely. ❤
"I feel adorable" ❤❤❤
Ilysm Connor!! Do you have any film camera recommendations for a beginner (me) 🥲?
LOve London, too... especially now that they have limited traffic. I used to always get a "London sore through" from all the pollution, not anymore.
it's so funny because coming from LA, I feel like anywhere has better air quality hah
You do look so damn adorable in this vid!(but also as always!) I would be so excited if you actually moved to London, it would actually make UK be a little more home for me believe it or not. Thinking about the possibility to bump into you in London is wild.😮
this hits homeeeeee I lived in Osaka for four years before returning to my home country and I've never felt the same since. Cause those years abroad were the years I really came into myself and now I keep wondering whether I should move back there or not. It's like I have two lives on two opposite ends of the world and I can never have both so I'll always be missing one or the other, which ever I choose. I can't winnnnnn so anyways this is why I really think we should be working our sience brains and make teleportation a thing already