Been watching this series since episode one in the uk.. to see Americans truly embrace England and our vast amounts of cultures and not just try stereotype how England would be is so refreshing to see. Absolutely loving seeing all 3 of you grow from the experience and learning just how different England is to what is portrayed in American movies
@@FnAVanLife The original London Bridge, not far from the new London Bridge, originally had shops and houses on it. The buttresses were close together and caused a very fast water flow. Earlier bridges would have a hard time standing against that.
If you are doing it with a baby, you should always navigate from museum to museum. The toilets and baby change facilities in most of the museums are excellent and are free. I especially recommend those in the British Library (a must for any literature lovers)...
Like the vlog. A little cost saving thing with the london underground is to use contactless payment as that has a cap on how much you spend going on the london underground. A day travel card works out more expensive. In some cases, can work less expensive than an Oyster Card.
The “British bad food” rumour was started by American servicemen stationed here when food rationing was in full swing! Thank you very much for reversing this misconception 🙏
I was born anf raised in London (soutb east London). I moved to the coast 10 years ago, and I have severe back problems, would love to walk around my home town again but the pain would be too much for me. To see you walking around was great, I often used to take my kids into central london when they were small for a trip out so I was a little teary watching this (happy tears of course). I was a single mum in those days and to watch you playing with your little baby filled my heart with joy, so forgive you for calling Tower Bridge London Bridge😂. My favourite place of all to take them was Greenwich (south of the river) , there are so many green spaces in London but Greenwich is really special, you can take the River bus to get there. Glad you enjoyed it there, London has a negative rep sometimes, but the old city is quiet magical❤
I took my (Chinese) wife on the London Eye on her first trip to London 10 years ago, it was not as expensive as you quoted, I booked the tickets in advance and pre paid just the day rather than a specific time. That day it was misty in the morning, so we did it in the afternoon :) I planned the day to visit as many of the most famous landmarks as possible using the Tube to do most of the work, the day ended after crossing the Millennium bridge and finding that the riverboats had stopped for the day.
One explanation (and there are a few) for the song about "London Bridge is falling down" is because the businesses _on_ the bridge paid a fee for maintenance. However, the King at the time (Henry III) gave the revenues to his consort and she spent the monies on fripperies instead of on maintenance. But there are plenty of songs about dilapidated bridges all around Europe - it seemed to be a common theme. There have been several London Bridges of timber from Roman times, stone (medieval and later) and now concrete. The latest is definitely not the prettiest!
fun fact... that's tower bridge lol - aha you worked it out! well in that case its pudding lane as in rice pudding not puhdding. Don't worry Im sure we made our place names difficult just to mess with people anyway.
Telling us that you are american without telling us you're American... London Bridge? No my friends it's Tower Bridge🙂Don't worry loads of people make that mistake
so cool to see you guys touring my home town(city) all the places i get to see regularly, really good to see you enjoying yourselves,the bridges to the west of london are worth seeing at night all lit up from vauxhall bridge upstream
On the bright side.... signs are in English! And you had a marvelous driver waiting for you! Thank you so much for bringing us along. Y'all are such a joy!
Oh my gosh Everly is growing like a weed. I have really enjoyed watching 👀 all of your UK 🇬🇧 videos, and loving them. It's a good thing you two are experienced walkers. I think you saw so many things. I love your family. Thanks for sharing.
Better to use an Oyster card, it cost the same, they will want one as a souvenir anyway, and a lot easier to replace than a lost/stolen bank card or phone !
Love the video. Had to do a playback and get a second look at Frankie's do back in the day😊 As a Harry Potter fan I'd also be disappointed in the closures. Thanks for sharing your adventures!
Two minutes in and I'm already so enchanted by this video. The chemistry of the three of you, plus the videography just makes for such a charming experience. Your vibes just flow full of love and I love that! Peace be with you on your travels and in life ✌️
As a Londoner I’m not sure why so many tourists consider Leicester Square an attraction. It’s somewhere best avoided in my opinion, like Oxford Street (except for Selfridges).
Hi, that's not London Bridge, that's Tower Bridge its a bascule bridge and opens for tall ships. Edit: oops you corrected that and saw a ship pass through!
Don’t believe that UK bad food thing, it came from when GI’s were over here in WW2 and there was food rationing. London is a major international food destination for home grown and beyond!
UK doesn't think we have bad food, this came from the soldiers of WW2 when due to rations, we could only make stodgy filling but dull food. Since then we've had all different cultures coming to UK so our food is now a mix n match of hundreds of country's flavours
Pubs are cool with kids and babies, at all times. Bars are less likely to allow kids under 16 to be there after dinner hours. And in the future, if you have a phone with something like Apple or Google pay, or a credit/debit card with chip and pin, you can use that for travel (one per person going through), your travel will be capped at the max of the day trip card.
Yeah, cause I'm from there, so I know the actual names of the bridges. Also, we realized that later in the video, we were making jokes on the wrong bridge. That's is what makes it all funny. We are ok with being wrong and finding it out later on. That is called learning lol.
Hello, thanks for your videos, It seems, Children under 16 are not able to enter Sky Garden after 6pm weekdays and 9pm weekends, that's not unreasonable. Many pubs and bars have a no children after 9pm cut off time.
I was surprised that they wouldn't let you in The Sky Garden with a baby with some lame excuse about them selling beer and wine. Most pubs, bars and restaurants have licenses that allow under 18s in up to 9PM, though it is at the disgression of the landlord. One little recognised place that ought to be of interest to people from North America is the church with the green spire that can be seen at 2:45 .. it's "All Hallows By The Tower" and is where William Penn (who founded Pennsylvania) was baptised and where John Quincy Adams (who became The USA's fifth president) got married.
Hi just wanted to say how much I enjoy watching tourists enjoy our great country and capital but I must also correct your description of the bridge you were crossing that is in fact Tower Bridge easily recognisable with the tall towers London Bridge is in fact further along the river and much less grand in design.
St Pauls cathedral is where Princess Diana was married to King Charles. Henry 8th and his six wives occurred long before the current St Pauls was built.
1:30 you're stood on Tower Bridge, London Bridge is too your Right as you look at the Camera, and one of "the" london bridges was sold to a rich American that made the same mistake and is now rebuilt somewhere in America
The idea of the UK having bad food, normally comes from americans, and beans on toast. Just because we still enjoy ww1 food, doesnt mean we dont have amazing food. Beans on toast is amazing, and its dirt cheap. Once youre brought up on beans on toast you will always love it.
We notice that later in the video. No, it's more fun to stumble on the correct bridge and have the realization that we were wrong about which bridge we were on. In life, we make mistakes, and we learn from them. That is how we grow and get better.
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You should travel to Ireland 🇮🇪 take in Belfast Dublin, and cork. Newgrange is great if you like ancient things since it’s older then the pyramids
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Been watching this series since episode one in the uk.. to see Americans truly embrace England and our vast amounts of cultures and not just try stereotype how England would be is so refreshing to see. Absolutely loving seeing all 3 of you grow from the experience and learning just how different England is to what is portrayed in American movies
You know it’s Tower Bridge not London Bridge folks
Ahh you realised 🤣
Hahaha, yeah, that was silly. I'm glad you keep watching to see us realize it, hahaha. 🤣
@@FnAVanLife The original London Bridge, not far from the new London Bridge, originally had shops and houses on it. The buttresses were close together and caused a very fast water flow. Earlier bridges would have a hard time standing against that.
@@RonSeymour1 To see what the original london bridge looked like, you need to see Pulteney Bridge in Bath :)
I was just about to comment that!
London is classed as a forest due to the amount of trees, it’s one of the greenest cities in the world.
If you are doing it with a baby, you should always navigate from museum to museum. The toilets and baby change facilities in most of the museums are excellent and are free. I especially recommend those in the British Library (a must for any literature lovers)...
Like the vlog. A little cost saving thing with the london underground is to use contactless payment as that has a cap on how much you spend going on the london underground. A day travel card works out more expensive. In some cases, can work less expensive than an Oyster Card.
I use the visitors oyster card.
Oh these are the people went round In a van.Lovely couple.
The “British bad food” rumour was started by American servicemen stationed here when food rationing was in full swing! Thank you very much for reversing this misconception 🙏
Honestly London is in my Top 5 cities in the world, along with Buenos Aires, Lisbon, Budapest and Vancouver
I’m a new subscriber, found you via Tread the Globe. Really love you guys and your enthusiasm for the UK.
WISH I'd known you were In London. Would have LOVED to have shown you round all the lovely bits tourists don't see.
Fantastic to see you discovering England under your own steam! Undiluted and wonderful ‼️
I was born anf raised in London (soutb east London). I moved to the coast 10 years ago, and I have severe back problems, would love to walk around my home town again but the pain would be too much for me. To see you walking around was great, I often used to take my kids into central london when they were small for a trip out so I was a little teary watching this (happy tears of course). I was a single mum in those days and to watch you playing with your little baby filled my heart with joy, so forgive you for calling Tower Bridge London Bridge😂. My favourite place of all to take them was Greenwich (south of the river) , there are so many green spaces in London but Greenwich is really special, you can take the River bus to get there. Glad you enjoyed it there, London has a negative rep sometimes, but the old city is quiet magical❤
What a great video I hope the UK is treating you kindly x
I took my (Chinese) wife on the London Eye on her first trip to London 10 years ago, it was not as expensive as you quoted, I booked the tickets in advance and pre paid just the day rather than a specific time. That day it was misty in the morning, so we did it in the afternoon :)
I planned the day to visit as many of the most famous landmarks as possible using the Tube to do most of the work, the day ended after crossing the Millennium bridge and finding that the riverboats had stopped for the day.
One explanation (and there are a few) for the song about "London Bridge is falling down" is because the businesses _on_ the bridge paid a fee for maintenance. However, the King at the time (Henry III) gave the revenues to his consort and she spent the monies on fripperies instead of on maintenance. But there are plenty of songs about dilapidated bridges all around Europe - it seemed to be a common theme. There have been several London Bridges of timber from Roman times, stone (medieval and later) and now concrete. The latest is definitely not the prettiest!
This video is really shocking. 🙄. I'm shocked by how shocking it is.
fun fact... that's tower bridge lol - aha you worked it out! well in that case its pudding lane as in rice pudding not puhdding. Don't worry Im sure we made our place names difficult just to mess with people anyway.
Merry Christmas and happy new year! ✨☮️💖
It’s not Big Ben, it’s the Elizabeth Tower, the bell is Big Ben.
We all call it Big Ben I have all my life!
To Brits it's Big Ben...end of 😂
Telling us that you are american without telling us you're American... London Bridge? No my friends it's Tower Bridge🙂Don't worry loads of people make that mistake
so cool to see you guys touring my home town(city) all the places i get to see regularly, really good to see you enjoying yourselves,the bridges to the west of london are worth seeing at night all lit up from vauxhall bridge upstream
On the bright side.... signs are in English! And you had a marvelous driver waiting for you! Thank you so much for bringing us along. Y'all are such a joy!
So glad you enjoyed it!
The Victorian Original London bridge was sold and now in Lake Havasu in Arizona
Apparently the Americans expected Tower Bridge, also thinking, mistakenly, that it was London Bridge that they were buying!
It wasn't the original. The Romans built that.
@@aliciathom9633I think that's an urban myth.
Fun way to explore London. Great video!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
London looks fun
We had a blast. Good to see you back, Bob.
It’s Tower bridge
Oh my gosh Everly is growing like a weed. I have really enjoyed watching 👀 all of your UK 🇬🇧 videos, and loving them. It's a good thing you two are experienced walkers. I think you saw so many things. I love your family. Thanks for sharing.
When you use the underground it is usually cheaper to just tap your bank card. There is a daily limit, after which, all journeys are free.
Better to use an Oyster card, it cost the same, they will want one as a souvenir anyway, and a lot easier to replace than a lost/stolen bank card or phone !
Henry the eigth was nuts
u 2 are always happy its great
Love the video. Had to do a playback and get a second look at Frankie's do back in the day😊 As a Harry Potter fan I'd also be disappointed in the closures. Thanks for sharing your adventures!
Two minutes in and I'm already so enchanted by this video. The chemistry of the three of you, plus the videography just makes for such a charming experience. Your vibes just flow full of love and I love that! Peace be with you on your travels and in life ✌️
As a Londoner I’m not sure why so many tourists consider Leicester Square an attraction. It’s somewhere best avoided in my opinion, like Oxford Street (except for Selfridges).
Agreed Leicester Square is to be avoided
merry christmas🎄
Hi, that's not London Bridge, that's Tower Bridge its a bascule bridge and opens for tall ships. Edit: oops you corrected that and saw a ship pass through!
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Don’t believe that UK bad food thing, it came from when GI’s were over here in WW2 and there was food rationing. London is a major international food destination for home grown and beyond!
I have no idea how I found your channel, but I'm so glad I did! Love watching you guys explore the UK 😊
I love you three!
London and other big cities are much more expensive than rural areas, try to avoid tourist traps as much as you can
UK doesn't think we have bad food, this came from the soldiers of WW2 when due to rations, we could only make stodgy filling but dull food. Since then we've had all different cultures coming to UK so our food is now a mix n match of hundreds of country's flavours
You would have liked Horse Guards parade where you could have had a photo taken next to the cavalry soldiers on horses.
Tower Bridge!
Queen Elizabeth’s second silver anniversary ?
I take it you mean Golden JUBILEE ?
What about all the amazing free museums
Tower Bridge guys not London Bridge
Keep watching it funny to see us realize it hahaha
That's Tower Bridge NOT London Bridge which is also on the Thames. A common tourist mistake!
Lol, yeah, we had that realization during the video when we started walking over where London Bridge was or is actually located. 🤣
Pubs are cool with kids and babies, at all times. Bars are less likely to allow kids under 16 to be there after dinner hours. And in the future, if you have a phone with something like Apple or Google pay, or a credit/debit card with chip and pin, you can use that for travel (one per person going through), your travel will be capped at the max of the day trip card.
Very good to know for next time we visit. Thank you.
I thought I knew London quite well, but I didn't know that there was a statue of John Wesley in St. Paul's churchyard.
Henry VIII divorced 2 wives, beheaded 2 wives one died during childbirth and then he died leaving the last one still alive
Are you sure your first date was on the Brooklyn Bridge?
Yeah, cause I'm from there, so I know the actual names of the bridges. Also, we realized that later in the video, we were making jokes on the wrong bridge. That's is what makes it all funny.
We are ok with being wrong and finding it out later on. That is called learning lol.
tbf when you google London Bridge it brings up Tower Bridge
That's Tower bridge not London bridge
Don't forget the free museums
Already been said, but ……. That’s not London Bridge, that’s Tower Bridge
Yeah, when you keep watching the video, you will see we have that realization in the video.
48 Hours is NOT enough time in London.
Train apps are a valid way to get last minute discounts of you dont mind relying on a lucky discount
Hello, thanks for your videos, It seems, Children under 16 are not able to enter Sky Garden after 6pm weekdays and 9pm weekends, that's not unreasonable. Many pubs and bars have a no children after 9pm cut off time.
Yeah, we agree we didn't think it was unreasonable.
I was surprised that they wouldn't let you in The Sky Garden with a baby with some lame excuse about them selling beer and wine. Most pubs, bars and restaurants have licenses that allow under 18s in up to 9PM, though it is at the disgression of the landlord.
One little recognised place that ought to be of interest to people from North America is the church with the green spire that can be seen at 2:45 .. it's "All Hallows By The Tower" and is where William Penn (who founded Pennsylvania) was baptised and where John Quincy Adams (who became The USA's fifth president) got married.
That is an awesome fact. 👌 We will have to check it out next time. 😀
Hi just wanted to say how much I enjoy watching tourists enjoy our great country and capital but I must also correct your description of the bridge you were crossing that is in fact Tower Bridge easily recognisable with the tall towers London Bridge is in fact further along the river and much less grand in design.
Thank you. Yeah, we had the realization during the video when the second bridge we started walking over was, in fact, London Bridge, lol
St Pauls cathedral is where Princess Diana was married to King Charles. Henry 8th and his six wives occurred long before the current St Pauls was built.
1:30 you're stood on Tower Bridge, London Bridge is too your Right as you look at the Camera, and one of "the" london bridges was sold to a rich American that made the same mistake and is now rebuilt somewhere in America
The idea of the UK having bad food, normally comes from americans, and beans on toast. Just because we still enjoy ww1 food, doesnt mean we dont have amazing food. Beans on toast is amazing, and its dirt cheap. Once youre brought up on beans on toast you will always love it.
The vocal fry is killing me
Never heard it pronounced ‘puhdding’ lane- it’s pudding as in dessert
That's tower bridge, not London bridge.
London bridge was sold off to an American years ago
Yeah, we realized that during the video, it is pretty funny.
why is it shocking?
Tower Bridge.
It’s tower bridge you Americans have got the original London Bridge
Pop to the Harry Potter studios in Watford, you'll love it.
300 Years ?
Oh God! Is there no end to the number of "shocked" Americans posting here?
Preserve us.
It's NOT London bridge. But London Bridge is in AMERICA now.
Kinda wild.
Thats not London Bridge its actually Tower Bridge.
Yeah, we realized that during the video, it was pretty funny.
Aaaargh! Tower Bridge. Do your homework, please!
We notice that later in the video. No, it's more fun to stumble on the correct bridge and have the realization that we were wrong about which bridge we were on.
In life, we make mistakes, and we learn from them. That is how we grow and get better.
It’s pronounced Buckingham - ie buckingum you don’t day the word ‘ham’
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Thanks
White american motherland 🇬🇧
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Keep flying the Union Flag and You will find out about all of it.