That Rapture place is the main financial district, the City of London aka The Square Mile and actually one of the most crowded spots on Earth - just no one lives there as it's designed as a lean, mean money making machine for the world. Something like 560,000 work there by day, and only 3,000 gilded people get to live there. Simultaneously the oldest and newest part of the city, riddled with ancient alleyways (inc parts of the 2,000 year old Roman wall and ruins), pubs and 120 churches, 90 of them over 350 years old in between the skyscrapers -the only churches in the world that only open on weekdays and close on weekends. The place is a ghost town outside work hours.
Yea any weekday evening you’ll have bankers and insurance brokers stress-testing their expense accounts in the innumerable bars restaurants and nightclubs . Could be worth checking out Leadenhall Market, as featured in the Harry Potter films. It is at the back of Lloyd’s of London, so an epicentre of underwriters.
London is a magical city but hearing the sound of all the people in the background reminds why I left London for somewhere more relaxed. Still a fantastic place to visit and even live especially for younger folk but as I got older I wanted space and peace.
Great vlog and a good reminder for me to appreciate London more. My walk to work takes me past Buckingham Palace, through Trafalgar Square and past the National Gallery, then up to Covent Garden as that is where my office is. It is a great location to work and your vlog made me appreciate how lucky I am, thanks!
My walk to work used to take me past St Pauls, down Ludgate Hill and along Fleet Street, to my office next to Dr Johnson's house in Gough Sq. I used to get heart palpitations doing it. I miss London so much.
There's something very laid back about you two that is relaxing to watch! I hope you enjoyed your visit and pay us another visit sometime in the future.
I know someone who grew up in The Tower, it was her childhood home! Her father was a serving Yoeman Warder ( don't call them beefeaters). When she had friends round after school, they had to be checked out by the military before they could visit! (Imagine that!. She also had to be in before The Ceremony of the Keys at 10pm, or give fair warning beforehand. One day she forgot and got challenged and had to wait for her dad to come and sort it out, He was furious! 😂 The bit that was empty was The City...nobody lives there, its just all banks and finance. London Bridge of old, was sold in 1960's to a guy in Arizona, I think. But the reason that the old bridge wasn't rebuilt, was because it was difficult for boats to go under it, and that caused massive problems at the time. Plus the fact that the old bridge was the only bridge that was over the Thames in that area. It was incredibly busy and had houses and shops all along it. It took ages to actually get over the bridge and it was dangerous, full of pickpockets and theives.
when i was ten we used to go on our bikes to buck palace and climb into the fountains outside there was always a bit of change enough to buy some sweets 1955.
My apologies in advance if I sound like a condescending old English snob/xenophobe but it was so refreshing to hear an American visitor referring to TraFALgar Square instead of the occasional TraffleGAH which we hear! A delightful impression of first visit to London.
When you were pointing out London Bridge (while walking over Southwark Bridge) - 'fraid that wasn't London Bridge - it was just the rail bridge that runs into Cannon Street Station. London Bridge is the other side of that rail bridge. You didn't miss much though - the actual London Bridge is quite a boring 1970s road bridge and the previous one we sold to Lake Havasu is prettier. BTW - that wasn't the Imperial War Museum you pointed out in the last video. That museum is a mile or so away from Parliament Square, in Lambeth, south of the river, but DEFINITELY worth a visit.
You deserve a good long rest after all that. I'm afraid that nowhere looks quite as green as usual as, this year, we seem to have missed out on our traditional summer weather (i.e. rain). Congratulations on seeing so many things so quickly...................................the ancient Englishman.
Guy Fawkes was imprisoned in the Tower of London after his attempt to blow up the houses of parliament. He was tourtured In the Tower before being dragged to the old palace at Westminster to be hung drawn and quartered. Guy Fawkes was caught red handed on November 5th about to blow up the houses of parliament with Barrels of gunpowder stored under Parliament ( The Gunpowder Plot ) This is where Bonfire Night in England originates from. And after that bit of gruesome and useless information LOL, that you probably already knew about ... It's great to see you enjoying your time in London and hope you can get over again to visit the many different historical Towns and City's of the UK. Thank you for sharing your visit.
Cannon Street station was so quiet because it's in London's central business district? The place is basically empty on the weekends. Most of the sandwich shops, dry cleaners etc. don't bother to open? The whole place is solely about makin' money, Monday to Friday 😁
Hope you enjoyed your time - you would a need a week to do London and even then, you would have to be selective on what to choose! I have lived in London over 10 years and still haven't scratched the surface.. madness?!
I'm very surprised you were asked not to film the Beefeater tour, there're dozens of them on TH-cam, the most popular are by a Beefeater called Bill Callaghan, his tours are educational and hilarious. Most of them have views in the hundreds of thousands, the highest has over 2 million.
Thank you! Currently, the ceremony happens at 11am on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday at the Palace, but I recommend checking The Household Division website to be sure.
Anne Boleyn was beheaded by a french swordsman especialy brought in she was the only one of Henrys wives who did not face the Axe.Her Tudor style house was built solely for her but the only time she used it was whilst waiting to meet her Fate!! It is now the home of the Constable of the Tower, The Tower is a Village in its own right all that work there live there, It has its own Church, Doctor, & Pub !!
There is a nicer London Bridge in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. It was originally built in the 1830s and spanned the River Thames in London. But in 1968, the bridge was purchased from the City of London by Robert P. McCulloch and moved to Arizona.
I hope we didn't come across negatively when we said that! We mean that it felt similar to our home city of Portland and not as different as we expected. No two cities are exactly alike, of course. :)
Apologies if my question hinted at any negativity! You saw the Tower of London, the changing of the guard, Buckingham Palace which you deffo don't have in Portland! I don't think there is anywhere like London, but Paris is close in history and architecture.
Haha yes, very true! The history of the city is very different. What we mean is that the current people, culture, and ways of the city feel familiar and not intimidating or uncomfortable. We enjoyed being there!
@@RachelCheyann I apologise. It’s not been a Royal Residence for 500yrs. The Tudors all used Greenwich. The Stuarts also used new Palace at Greenwich then after that they all moved West to Kew and Buckingham Palace etc. Think Royal Residence at the Tower must have been before then? am interested now.
@@RachelCheyann I knew that about staff lodgings. that’s normal in Royal Palaces. BUT the last Monarch to actually LIVE there was HenryVII ( cheated via Google !). pre 1500AD. next time come Greenwich way. am biased but it’s beautful. perfect place to stay to visit London. getting the river taxi each morning beats the train or tube 😎
Haha yeah, we never know when or if we'll get to return to the places we visit, so we try to fit in as much as possible. If only we had unlimited money and time!
@@RachelCheyann Born and bred in Northern England, Never been to the Tower of London, but saw a programme on the TV 📺. The other day that some gave some facts .Hope your holidays in the UK 🇬🇧 and I believe France 🇫🇷 was your destination. Looking forward to your next video.
That Rapture place is the main financial district, the City of London aka The Square Mile and actually one of the most crowded spots on Earth - just no one lives there as it's designed as a lean, mean money making machine for the world. Something like 560,000 work there by day, and only 3,000 gilded people get to live there. Simultaneously the oldest and newest part of the city, riddled with ancient alleyways (inc parts of the 2,000 year old Roman wall and ruins), pubs and 120 churches, 90 of them over 350 years old in between the skyscrapers -the only churches in the world that only open on weekdays and close on weekends. The place is a ghost town outside work hours.
Wow! That is so interesting! Thank you for sharing that info. Hopefully we can come back one day and explore more!
Yea any weekday evening you’ll have bankers and insurance brokers stress-testing their expense accounts in the innumerable bars restaurants and nightclubs .
Could be worth checking out Leadenhall Market, as featured in the Harry Potter films. It is at the back of Lloyd’s of London, so an epicentre of underwriters.
City of London is also a separate entity,own police own laws. You need to look into the city of London as its a mad Banking mini country.
I'm guessing they were there at the weekend. Few people have any reason to go to Cannon Street station if they're not going to or from work!
So great to see this video. I've been to London several times (from SC, USA) and your video brought back wonderful memories. Thank you for posting! 😊
Oh we are so glad you enjoyed it and that we could bring back fun memories for you! Thank you for watching!
London is a magical city but hearing the sound of all the people in the background reminds why I left London for somewhere more relaxed. Still a fantastic place to visit and even live especially for younger folk but as I got older I wanted space and peace.
Lovely next instalment of your time in London. You certainly saw the sights. You got a good show at Buckingham palace. Thanks for sharing 🍻
Yes, we did! Thank you for following along with us!
Great vlog and a good reminder for me to appreciate London more. My walk to work takes me past Buckingham Palace, through Trafalgar Square and past the National Gallery, then up to Covent Garden as that is where my office is. It is a great location to work and your vlog made me appreciate how lucky I am, thanks!
My walk to work used to take me past St Pauls, down Ludgate Hill and along Fleet Street, to my office next to Dr Johnson's house in Gough Sq. I used to get heart palpitations doing it. I miss London so much.
There's something very laid back about you two that is relaxing to watch!
I hope you enjoyed your visit and pay us another visit sometime in the future.
Thank you so much for the kind words and for watching! We hope to visit again sometime!
I know someone who grew up in The Tower, it was her childhood home! Her father was a serving Yoeman Warder ( don't call them beefeaters). When she had friends round after school, they had to be checked out by the military before they could visit! (Imagine that!. She also had to be in before The Ceremony of the Keys at 10pm, or give fair warning beforehand. One day she forgot and got challenged and had to wait for her dad to come and sort it out, He was furious! 😂 The bit that was empty was The City...nobody lives there, its just all banks and finance.
London Bridge of old, was sold in 1960's to a guy in Arizona, I think. But the reason that the old bridge wasn't rebuilt, was because it was difficult for boats to go under it, and that caused massive problems at the time. Plus the fact that the old bridge was the only bridge that was over the Thames in that area. It was incredibly busy and had houses and shops all along it. It took ages to actually get over the bridge and it was dangerous, full of pickpockets and theives.
You guys just seem like such lovely people! Glad you came to the UK for your trip! Come on up to Scotland next time too!
Thank you so much for the kind words! We would love to visit Scotland one day!
Hope you had a lovely time in the UK
Thank you so much! We definitely did!
when i was ten we used to go on our bikes to buck palace and climb into the fountains outside there was always a bit of change enough to buy some sweets 1955.
My apologies in advance if I sound like a condescending old English snob/xenophobe but it was so refreshing to hear an American visitor referring to TraFALgar Square instead of the occasional TraffleGAH which we hear! A delightful impression of first visit to London.
George Stubbs - Whistlejacket, was the horse painting in the National Gallery
Enjoyed your vlog, it surprises me how many Americans miss George Washington's statue in Trafalgar Square.
Thank you so much for watching!
London really is a week long visit if you want to take in the historical sites, probably 2 weeks if you include cultural.
When you were pointing out London Bridge (while walking over Southwark Bridge) - 'fraid that wasn't London Bridge - it was just the rail bridge that runs into Cannon Street Station. London Bridge is the other side of that rail bridge. You didn't miss much though - the actual London Bridge is quite a boring 1970s road bridge and the previous one we sold to Lake Havasu is prettier.
BTW - that wasn't the Imperial War Museum you pointed out in the last video. That museum is a mile or so away from Parliament Square, in Lambeth, south of the river, but DEFINITELY worth a visit.
You deserve a good long rest after all that. I'm afraid that nowhere looks quite as green as usual as, this year, we seem to have missed out on
our traditional summer weather (i.e. rain). Congratulations on seeing so many things so quickly...................................the ancient Englishman.
I am surprised with how much we were able to fit in during our time in London! We really enjoyed it there. Thank you for watching!
Hope you enjoyed your visit in our little City.
Thank you! We did!
Look at historic drawings of the old London Bridge. It was packed full of shops and houses, like any street in London at the time.
Guy Fawkes was imprisoned in the Tower of London after his attempt to blow up the houses of parliament. He was tourtured In the Tower before being dragged to the old palace at Westminster to be hung drawn and quartered. Guy Fawkes was caught red handed on November 5th about to blow up the houses of parliament with Barrels of gunpowder stored under Parliament ( The Gunpowder Plot ) This is where Bonfire Night in England originates from.
And after that bit of gruesome and useless information LOL, that you probably already knew about ... It's great to see you enjoying your time in London and hope you can get over again to visit the many different historical Towns and City's of the UK. Thank you for sharing your visit.
Thank you so much! My work colleagues in the UK have shared that background story of bonfire night, but not in that detail, so thanks for sharing!
Big Ben is the bell the tower is The Elizabeth Tower
Cannon Street station was so quiet because it's in London's central business district? The place is basically empty on the weekends. Most of the sandwich shops, dry cleaners etc. don't bother to open? The whole place is solely about makin' money, Monday to Friday 😁
Hope you enjoyed your time - you would a need a week to do London and even then, you would have to be selective on what to choose!
I have lived in London over 10 years and still haven't scratched the surface.. madness?!
We did! Thank you! Yeah, there were plenty of things we wanted to do, but didn't get to. We would also like to get out to Stonehenge.
The round building across the Thames from Tower of London is City Hall. It’s on the south side of the river.
Yes, it's still City Hall even if it's no longer City Hall. Maybe one day it will get new tenants who'll change its name to their company name.
I'm very surprised you were asked not to film the Beefeater tour, there're dozens of them on TH-cam, the most popular are by a Beefeater called Bill Callaghan, his tours are educational and hilarious. Most of them have views in the hundreds of thousands, the highest has over 2 million.
Beautiful video. How often is the changing of guards parade done, do you know?
Thank you! Currently, the ceremony happens at 11am on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday at the Palace, but I recommend checking The Household Division website to be sure.
@@RachelCheyann thank you so much
i hope this is a compliment, but your look reminds me of Megan Rapinoe :)
Hope you enjoyed London!!
I'll take it as a compliment, thank you! We definitely did enjoy our time there.
There was once a zoo at the Tower of London. And yes by the way, Anne Boleyn was beheaded at the tower.
We learned about that on the tour! Very interesting!
Anne Boleyn was beheaded by a french swordsman especialy brought in she was the only one of Henrys wives who did not face the Axe.Her Tudor style house was built solely for her but the only time she used it was whilst waiting to meet her Fate!! It is now the home of the Constable of the Tower, The Tower is a Village in its own right all that work there live there, It has its own Church, Doctor, & Pub !!
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It is a security reason you cannot take photos in Buckingham Palace lots of the pictures etc are priceless
There is a nicer London Bridge in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. It was originally built in the 1830s and spanned the River Thames in London. But in 1968, the bridge was purchased from the City of London by Robert P. McCulloch and moved to Arizona.
But the Tower Bridge is nicer than both London Bridges and that is the bridge that the developer in Arizona initially thought he was buying...
But the Tower Bridge is nicer than both London Bridges and that is the bridge that the developer in Arizona initially thought he was buying...
Hi just so you know I believe the person who lives in the queen's House. His title is the Constable of the Tower.
In part one, you said London was like any other city. Do you still think that?
I hope we didn't come across negatively when we said that! We mean that it felt similar to our home city of Portland and not as different as we expected. No two cities are exactly alike, of course. :)
Apologies if my question hinted at any negativity! You saw the Tower of London, the changing of the guard, Buckingham Palace which you deffo don't have in Portland! I don't think there is anywhere like London, but Paris is close in history and architecture.
Haha yes, very true! The history of the city is very different. What we mean is that the current people, culture, and ways of the city feel familiar and not intimidating or uncomfortable. We enjoyed being there!
The Governor of The Tower of London lives in The Queen’s House, during WW2 Rudolf Hess was held here after his capture in Scotland.
NO. Tower of London was NOT a residence.
Greenwich. Go there. That’s the Royal Palace. It’s 5mins walk from me.
The Yeoman Warder tour at the Tower of London told us that it is. I think they would know. :)
@@RachelCheyann I apologise. It’s not been a Royal Residence for 500yrs. The Tudors all used Greenwich. The Stuarts also used new Palace at Greenwich then after that they all moved West to Kew and Buckingham Palace etc. Think Royal Residence at the Tower must have been before then? am interested now.
@@RachelCheyann it started off a residence and later became a prison.
Yep, that's what they told us! And people live there again now, the people who work there mostly.
@@RachelCheyann I knew that about staff lodgings. that’s normal in Royal Palaces. BUT the last Monarch to actually LIVE there was HenryVII ( cheated via Google !). pre 1500AD.
next time come Greenwich way. am biased but it’s beautful. perfect place to stay to visit London. getting the river taxi each morning beats the train or tube 😎
I believe you guys are Americans the original London bridge was bought by one of your fellow citizens and rebuilt in Arizona
Not quite the original, the original collapsed into the Thames eventually and was demolished , so they built a new one but without buildings on it...
Your itinerary is a little tight, you might knacker yourself.
Boy you did a lot!
Haha yeah, we never know when or if we'll get to return to the places we visit, so we try to fit in as much as possible. If only we had unlimited money and time!
What you say about the buildings is true in the USA it is more like Minecraft, so square and without soul or character
We do nt say "hanging out" in this country. 'Hanging out' is what happens to comandos with their zip undone!
The Crown jewells are worth at least £ 35 BILLION IN todays money.
Wow! They were beautiful! I wish we could have taken video and pictures.
@@RachelCheyann Born and bred in Northern England, Never been to the Tower of London, but saw a programme on the TV 📺. The other day that some gave some facts .Hope your holidays in the UK 🇬🇧 and I believe France 🇫🇷 was your destination. Looking forward to your next video.
Thank you so much for watching and sharing that interesting fact! :)
London Bridge was brought by an American billionaire and shipped to Arizona then it was replaced by that concrete mess