I think you confused London with New York when you said Blacklock City was between St Patrick's Cathedral and the Tower of London. I assume you meant St Paul's. 😁
I did! You caught me! It was our first afternoon. We were in New York City a few months ago, so that's probably where the name popped in my head from! We got to visit St. Paul's later in the video; and we enjoyed seeing it very much! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! 😁
The fish and chips looked dry and overcooked. Potatoes are grown in the UK but also come from Jersey that produce excellent, small new potatoes, best served with butter.
We will definitely have to try them again somewhere else! Do you have a recommendation? Those Jersey new potatoes sound delicious! Thanks for answering our question about where they are grown! 😁
Potatoes are grown in both UK and Ireland. A dish with roast potatoes beats any fries you care to mention. Yes, I agree with your commentator about your fish and chips - there are fish-and-chip places for tourists, and there are fish-and-chip places for locals. Who do you think knows best where to go? Fortnum & Mason - yes I have had afternoon tea there - one again, for down-to-earth locals, the nearest equivalent is probably Marks and Spencers where I get a selection of quarter sandwiches each with a totally different fresh filling, and tea of your choice. We also have local independent tea-houses. I'm a coffee drinker, but I STILL go there for my coffee - it's a different world to any kind of Starcrups chain!!!
I'd love to try Marks & Spencers! I could have had afternoon tea every day if I could afford it! 😁 Ryan preferred the food and experience at Fortnum & Mason, but I preferred our time at Claridge's. I'll have to prioritize getting roasted potatoes next time! Another commenter suggested the roasted new potatoes as well. Do you have a good suggestion for a fish & chips shop?
What do I like about London, well... everything!!! 😂 I'm glad you enjoyed your trip, you certainly did some awesome, (and pricey), things, but hey you only live once! I always do my research, when traveling, it always pays off, especially getting a lie of the land, it makes it easier to plan a days route. Also, I work out the transport options, or lack of them! I hope you make it back to the UK again soon 🙋♀️🇬🇧🤪
Yes, we really enjoyed our trip! We used credit card points for our flights and hotels, so we were able to splurge a little on our food and activities. Thanks for your travel tips! We hope to make it back soon as well! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Hi Guys , as much as I think londons a great city yo explore you need to venture further out , so many more places like York, Canterbury, Bath etc . England alone has 68% of its land which is agriculture so probably English potatoes . Best place to get fish and chips is the coast all the seaside towns halesowen great fish and chips . Come back sometime and see more 😊
Thank you! When we were there, we definitely said next time we want to explore other parts of England! This was our first time traveling in Europe, and it was so hard to pick where to go! I'll definitely try to get some good fish & chips on the coast! Wow! 68%, I'm sure they do grow potatoes! 😁 Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Kudos for pronouncing Thames correctly, and also for calling it "the River Thames", and not "the Thames River"! We do of course grow our own potatoes, although I think McDonald's states that their fries are made from British and Irish potatoes!
Thanks! We tried our best!😁 Thanks for answering our question about the potatoes. Interesting about McDonald's. We did grab a quick meal at a McDonald's one night because we were in a hurry. The fries tasted different than here in the US. I figured it might be the oil or the lack of chemicals! 😂 Maybe it's the potatoes! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
😁 Thanks so much! We did get to do to Windsor and Hampton Court on this trip, but we definitely decided that next time we want to go see some other cities and countryside outside of London! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Jaffa Cakes are called cakes for a legally defined reason. USA people tend not to like them due to the more sophisticated blend of chocolate and orange and restricted sugar content, no doubt.
I read about that after another commenter mentioned it. It was interesting to read about the process and attributes they used to determine it was a cake! I remember having chocolate oranges growing up around Christmas time, but it's definitely not a common flavor profile here. And yes, our food is over-sugared! I noticed that with food in Europe for both salt and sugar. Our 10 year old nephew loved the Jaffa Cakes and finished the whole sleeve in no time!
The best Afternoon tea is probably at The Savoy, you will not even have to pour your own tea, the service is so personal. I agree with other comments, that Fish and Chips was not the best, trust me on that one, what you had was average at best. Great video and content 😊
Thank you so much! 😊 We will have to check out The Savoy! If my budget allowed for it, I would have had afternoon tea every day! Yes, fish and chips were unremarkable, but I was so hungry that day I think anything would have tasted good! 🤣 Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment!
I guess that was a succinct description now that you mention it! We couldn't film inside, so I didn't have anything to show. But it was an impressive collection! I thought it would have more actual jewelry pieces inside. I was surprised by all of the banqueting pieces. $3 billion is a staggering number!
Unlike meat, fish starts losing its flavour from the moment it's caught. I checked two lists on Google - top 50 fish restaurants in UK and top 10 fish restaurants in UK. Nearly ALL are at seaside towns with fishing ports (in US you'ld call it "nearly all are by the ocean"). This also confirms my own personal experience. My local café makes a great fish lunch on Fridays for £9. And his fish is well acceptable by my high standards. I dont usually put roast potatoes with fish because the dish could be too dry. I prefer mash potato with butter, and I also squirt a little garlic sauce into it, in that café where I go. Most of US is far from the ocean, but I think you have river fish, do you not? The river fish we have here is salmon, and it's almost exclusive to Scotland. So, if you go there try the salmon. But once again, check, because I would expect to find the best in the Scottish Highlands. Smoked salmon is usually one of the sandwiches you'ld get for afternoon tea at Marks & Spencer.
I had read in my research that the best fish and chips were in seaside towns, so thanks for confirming that. Those mashed potatoes with garlic & butter sound delicious! We do have river fish in some areas. We used to live in Tennessee, and there you could get trout caught from the river. Now we live in Texas near the Gulf Coast. We can usually get some good fresh shrimp. We lived in Hawaii briefly and had the best fresh caught seafood! I love salmon, so we'll make sure to have that in Scotland.
@@shoretoshoretx , there was a big court case between Jaffa cakes and the tax man , the tax man said they were biscuits / cookies so are taxable but Jaffa said no they are not they are cakes and proved it because biscuits / cookies go spongy when they get older but cakes dry out and Jaffa Cakes dry out 😂😂? ? Westminster Abbey and St Pauls are free if you go in for a service so do the service and have a look around after the service !!
The raven legend dates back to the ironage - The hill on which the tower is built was beleived by the celts to be the burial place of the head of Bran the raven god. the nearest city gate is still called Bran gate.
You’re really interesting people to watch, thanks. Would you say your biggest lesson for fellow travellers is the amount of walking they will do in London?
Thank you so much! And thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! We did do a lot of walking! I looked back at my steps from that week, and we averaged about 17,800 steps a day. One thing we learned pretty early into the trip is that using the CityMapper app was a lot more reliable in Europe than Google maps in deciding on tube, train, and bus routes. Google Maps had a lot of misses the first day on road closures and arrival/departure times, so that would be one tip I'd share. Are you planning to travel to London?
Oh, nice! Next time we visit, we hope to explore further out from London. We did make it to Windsor and Hampton Court on this trip. Then we went on to the Netherlands and Belgium. We've had some great recommendations in the comments for other places to visit in the UK.
@@shoretoshoretx I'm in Kent, The Garden of England, South East of London (as you know). More importantly, I'm returning to Dishoom this week for dinner. I would also suggest visitors look up Mowgli, a restaurant that also focuses on Indian Street Food.
Chicken Tikka Masala is a relatively modern invention by Bangladeshi immigrants to the UK a few decades ago. I'm surprised it was being served as an authentic dish from the sub-Continent unless it was butter chicken. Tikka Marsala is a UK national dish now.
They have both tikka masala and butter chicken on the menu. The butter chicken is noted as a Punjabi specialty, but the tikka masala is not. Maybe next time we'll have to try the butter chicken. My favorite is the korma!
Good vid. One of the better ones 😊 However!!!!! It's a cake, NOT a "cookie." The manufacturer, McVities, even took the government to court to prove it was a cake and won.
Thank you for your kind words about our video! Ok! I had to know more about this, so I googled it! So interesting! I didn't realize the distinction mattered so much for taxes! We will try to refer to them by their legal name going forward!😁 My nephew loved them and ate the whole roll in about 5 minutes! Next time, we'll have to bring home more boxes! 😂 Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Interesting! I know I had read in my research that it's considered a British national dish, but I didn't realize it was first served in Glasgow. We can usually get it at Indian restaurants here in the US, too. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
@@shoretoshoretx something else I noticed. You mentioned you saw “Big Ben”. Big Ben is the largest bell the tower was originally St Stephen’s Tower. It has now been renamed Elizabeth Tower. The bell was cast the Whitechapel Bell foundry as was the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia
Ah! I had no idea it had another name! Thanks for letting us know! We went to see the Liberty Bell several years ago. That's interesting that they were made at the same place!
@NigelUnderwood-b1g It's even catching on in India now, too! I recently flew with an Indian airline from Paris to Delhi, and one of the meal choices was CTM!
I asked a friend at work about it. She is from India and travels back frequently. She said the tikka masala is eaten all over India, especially in the northern part, and is well liked!
Haha! 😂 We just knew Ireland was well known for potatoes, so we wondered if they were grown there! 🤷♀️We've learned in the comments that they are grown in both Ireland and England! Thanks for watching!
Next time you come to UK Avoid London, not that there's anything bad about it but that's where all the tourists go because that's the only place they've heard of. Instead have a look at some maps like a food map which will take you to all the places where food came from like Cheddar Gorge in Somerset (Cheese), Cornwall (Pasties and Clotted Cream Tea), Gloucester (Cheese and Pork) etc there's so many more places which won't be so touristy busy and will be easier to access. Or you could get a Historical Map which takes you to all the Castles, Palaces, Stately Homes and Royal residences
We definitely want to get back and see other areas outside of London. Our UK bucket list is growing longer and longer! I love this idea of going to where the different foods came from! Thank you so much for the great suggestions! We appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment!
They were okay after having not eaten all day. We've had some pretty good ones here at a local pub in Houston! Any recommendations from a local for next time we visit? Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment!
Yes! That was our first day, and I got it confused! We visit St. Paul's later in the video and get it correct 😂! It's a beautiful cathedral, I enjoyed touring it, hearing the history and the prayer at the top of the hour. Thanks for watching and catching my mistake!
@shoretoshoretx Yes it is a beautiful Cathedral. But my Favourite is York Minster I absolutely Love the Cathedral and the City of York .I was only Teasing you .hope you had a nice time in London..
Thank you for the recommendation! We hope to get back to the UK sometime to see areas outside of London. I'll put York on the list! Oh, no worries! I'll take the teasing! 😂 Thank you for taking the time to comment and engage with our video!
@shoretoshoretx You definitely won't be disappointed with York. The Minster has a Roman Fort underneath Which has been preserved and is opened to the Public. Also Viking and Anglo-Saxon the City is Surrounded by a Medieval Wall you can walk .
Very touristy places, but then, that's how it is on your first trip. But getting to mingle with the locals requires going to places where locals live. And this brings to question - what about outside London? You'ld need to bring your Britrail pass with you (payable only in dollars and in the US), or you could rent a car (if you're OK going around hundreds of roundabouts and all on the left side of the road!). I've met people just two hours away by train who have never been to London, and others who have been just once in their life (usually to a rock concert or football match at Wembley). So, there's another world out there where the locals are waiting to show you THEIR world.
Yes, you have to hit the touristy places first, don't you? 😁 Next time, we definitely want to explore some of the cities and towns outside of London. We'd love to meet locals and get some good local experiences. We've already had some great suggestions in these comments! We did ride the train to Hampton Court & Windsor, so we got to see how easy it is to do! I'd probably let Ryan drive if we rented a car! 😂 Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Yes, when I was researching for the trip, it definitely had mixed reviews. I decided to skip it the first trip. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment!
I love Kensington Palace! I have visited KP twice. The last time was in 2015, it was late in the afternoon and raining, so there were only a few visitors. I have wonderful pictures of the exterior gates of KP and surrounding park, with no people. It’s well worth touring the palace. I’m going again in a few weeks, with a friend who has never been. I’m looking forward to it!
@@sassyt1545 Thank you, I did say that I have never been. I guess it is all about expectations. Put a review on here for Shore to Shore to see, perhaps in detail as to what to expect.
🤣 Probably not the best we could do! We'll work on that! More history, more details. Yes, I had to correct myself all week about the pounds! Thanks for watching and taking the time to give feedback!
I had to research this! I do remember the verger telling us that it was under the rule of the monarch and not under the authority of the church. I didn't know the title for it! Thanks for watching and sharing!
Please let us know what the proper name is! I accidentally called St. Paul's Cathedral St. Patrick's on our first day. Glad we got to go back and tour it later! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
The habit American citizenx have if prefacing place names with "the" eg "the Green Park" etc, is a particular bugbear of mine (sorry) but it's 'Green Park', St.James' Park, Buckingum - nit -"ham" Palace, (though, 'the Tower of London' is acceptable!) And, there are meant to be _six_ ravens there!!) Its already been mentioned that you misnamed St.Paul's by calling it St.Patrick's so I shall leave that there. Jaffa Cakes are not "mushy in the middle"😮!? How very dare you missname them as cookies, sir?!! The clue is in the name. Jaffa CAKES. Dark chocolate in the top of the 'orangey bit' under the chocolate, on top of _sponge_cake_. _NOT_ cookies. Cakes go _hard_ when stale. ...cookies / biscuits go _soft_ when stale. Jaffa Cakes seldom go stale as we - who love them - eat them _before_ the chance would otherwise occur to become stale!! _Scone_ is pronounced to rhyme with _gone_ - end of story! ("shone" also rhymes with _gone_ btw!) 👍😊 🏴💜🇬🇧🙂🖖
Thanks for the pronunciation tips! Yes, others have informed us about the Jaffa Cakes and that it is even legally considered a cake. Thanks for watching!
We've actually had fish & chips here at a pub in Houston that were just as good! We looked for something fast. We were so hungry after not eating at the Tower of London. Do you have any recommendations for next time we're in the UK? Thanks for watching!
Watch TH-cam Gary Eats, he goes all over the country but has some real cracking places in London for when you next visit. He is a great genuine guy and is very fair with his critics.
Thanks for the recommendation! I don't think I came across his channel in my research for the trip. I'll have to watch his vids to add more places to my list to try! Thanks for watching and commenting!
London is just a tourist trap that will cost you 4 times the price to stay there for 5 days than almost everywhere else in the uk! My advice would be is to fly into the uk to another destination and stay there and just jump on a train to london for a day. Cheap city to stay with lots of tourism history and things to do is liverpool and also only 30 minutes from Manchester airport and 3 hours in the train to london. Gaurentee it will save you half the cost of london. For example sunday roast in london £25 and sunday roast in loverpool £10-£15 pint of beer in london £9 pint of the same beer on liverpool £4.
This sounds like great advice for helping the budget when traveling to the area. Thankfully, we had credit card points that we used for our hotel on this trip. While we enjoyed seeing the sights in London, we both agreed that next time we'd like to see parts of the UK outside of London! Thanks for watching and taking the time to share your advice!
@@shoretoshoretx I'm glad you enjoyed london. UK has alsorts to offer and if I was you look into the price of rail card deals because if you stay in a city with a main railway station in the centre of the uk then you can travel to most of the uk in 3 hours or less. I suggested liverpool because of all the history and things to do for free for example most amount of free world class museums outside of london and also the safety and friendly people plus it's got a kick ass food scene and nightlife to cater for everyone. York is also lovely but very limited and can be seen in a day.
Liverpool sounds like a really fun city to visit! And maybe a good place to be a base for day trips to other places. We did use the trains to take some short day trips to Hampton Court and Windsor from London, and it was so easy to travel that way! Another commenter also suggested York as I nice place to visit. I'm putting together my list for next time!
That fish and chips is the worst I have ever seen. No wonder the place needs a gimmicky name. I hope you get to try the real thing soon. Jaffa cakes are cakes, mot biscuits.
The Hubris that you think as first time travellers to London you have found the best things to do in London. Oh boy. Did you walk past the globe? Did you , is that you having had a good experience? You didn’t think to go inside, not for a performance, but just to go inside to see what the seating arrangements are like. You know you could do that for free? And you saw the London eye, you ,didn’t think to ride on the eye? Then you went for a Chain restaurant for lunch? And you thought it was “ neat “ that that they stopped for prayer on the hour. What a disgusting thing to say about a practice that has go on for over a thousand years undisturbed. Can’t you even imaging the history of the faith behind that. I gave up after “ neat “ was such a dreadful word to use . Just to say London is not Disney land and the very religious practices that you deemed “ neat” are important. I am not even a religious person but I would never describe a religious practice as neat. Fed up with you
Thank you for your feedback and for taking the time to watch what you did. We're still learning to express our thoughts well when filming, so we apologize if our word choice was offensive. Honestly, as a Christian who does not come from a liturgical religious tradition, I was having a difficult time conveying my thoughts and reflections about the hourly prayer in the moment as we filmed as it was a meaningful and emotional experience for me that I wasn't quite sure how to share with others yet. I should have taken the time to process my thoughts more before turning on the camera. We hope to grow as people and as content creators, so we will receive your feedback and take it into consideration as we plan and film our future travels. Thank you for letting us know the tip that we can go into the Globe for free! I did not know that. If you have any other places we should visit next time, please share! Apparently, we need better fish & and chips, too! 😁 We had a great time in London and hope to visit again in the future!
A bit harsh, don't you think? I will admit to having watched some terrible vlogs of Americans visiting London and the UK, which are liberally peppered with misinformation and a condescending attitude. This most definitely is not one of those vlogs.
@dianeshelton9592 As a born and bred Londoner who's lived in and around London my entire life, I disagree. Your comment was rude, arrogant, and totally uncalled for.
I often put milk in tea! Sometimes, I notice that some teas are recommended without milk. I almost always put sugar in my tea. Is that common in the UK? Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
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I think you confused London with New York when you said Blacklock City was between St Patrick's Cathedral and the Tower of London. I assume you meant St Paul's. 😁
I did! You caught me! It was our first afternoon. We were in New York City a few months ago, so that's probably where the name popped in my head from! We got to visit St. Paul's later in the video; and we enjoyed seeing it very much! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! 😁
Thanks for asking that I was confused.
Mistook a child dressed up as the green goblin for a leprechaun, hence Saint Patrick! Hopefully never spent too much time looking for the pot of gold!
Great video of your trip to London. As a long time lover of the city, I really enjoyed hearing your initial impressions. Thanks!
We did have a wonderful time! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
London is a magical place. One has to say.
We agree! Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment!
Thanks for coming. Glad you had a good time.
Thanks so much! Hope we are able to visit again! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
The fish and chips looked dry and overcooked. Potatoes are grown in the UK but also come from Jersey that produce excellent, small new potatoes, best served with butter.
We will definitely have to try them again somewhere else! Do you have a recommendation? Those Jersey new potatoes sound delicious! Thanks for answering our question about where they are grown! 😁
Potatoes are grown in both UK and Ireland.
A dish with roast potatoes beats any fries you care to mention.
Yes, I agree with your commentator about your fish and chips - there are fish-and-chip places for tourists, and there are fish-and-chip places for locals.
Who do you think knows best where to go?
Fortnum & Mason - yes I have had afternoon tea there - one again, for down-to-earth locals, the nearest equivalent is probably Marks and Spencers where I get a selection of quarter sandwiches each with a totally different fresh filling, and tea of your choice.
We also have local independent tea-houses.
I'm a coffee drinker, but I STILL go there for my coffee - it's a different world to any kind of Starcrups chain!!!
I'd love to try Marks & Spencers! I could have had afternoon tea every day if I could afford it! 😁 Ryan preferred the food and experience at Fortnum & Mason, but I preferred our time at Claridge's. I'll have to prioritize getting roasted potatoes next time! Another commenter suggested the roasted new potatoes as well. Do you have a good suggestion for a fish & chips shop?
Can't wait to see all the rest of our adventures! 😁
What do I like about London, well... everything!!! 😂
I'm glad you enjoyed your trip, you certainly did some awesome, (and pricey), things, but hey you only live once!
I always do my research, when traveling, it always pays off, especially getting a lie of the land, it makes it easier to plan a days route.
Also, I work out the transport options, or lack of them!
I hope you make it back to the UK again soon 🙋♀️🇬🇧🤪
Yes, we really enjoyed our trip! We used credit card points for our flights and hotels, so we were able to splurge a little on our food and activities. Thanks for your travel tips! We hope to make it back soon as well! Thanks for watching and commenting!
This was a great video and I loved watching the two of you share your trip to London!
Thank you so much! We did have great time!
Hi Guys , as much as I think londons a great city yo explore you need to venture further out , so many more places like York, Canterbury, Bath etc . England alone has 68% of its land which is agriculture so probably English potatoes . Best place to get fish and chips is the coast all the seaside towns halesowen great fish and chips . Come back sometime and see more 😊
Thank you! When we were there, we definitely said next time we want to explore other parts of England! This was our first time traveling in Europe, and it was so hard to pick where to go! I'll definitely try to get some good fish & chips on the coast! Wow! 68%, I'm sure they do grow potatoes! 😁 Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Kudos for pronouncing Thames correctly, and also for calling it "the River Thames", and not "the Thames River"! We do of course grow our own potatoes, although I think McDonald's states that their fries are made from British and Irish potatoes!
Thanks! We tried our best!😁 Thanks for answering our question about the potatoes. Interesting about McDonald's. We did grab a quick meal at a McDonald's one night because we were in a hurry. The fries tasted different than here in the US. I figured it might be the oil or the lack of chemicals! 😂 Maybe it's the potatoes! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Great job guys….an enjoyable video. Come back sometime soon and explore the uk outside of London.
By the way “Do dat things” is a great description 😀
😁 Thanks so much! We did get to do to Windsor and Hampton Court on this trip, but we definitely decided that next time we want to go see some other cities and countryside outside of London! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Jaffa Cakes are called cakes for a legally defined reason. USA people tend not to like them due to the more sophisticated blend of chocolate and orange and restricted sugar content, no doubt.
I read about that after another commenter mentioned it. It was interesting to read about the process and attributes they used to determine it was a cake!
I remember having chocolate oranges growing up around Christmas time, but it's definitely not a common flavor profile here. And yes, our food is over-sugared! I noticed that with food in Europe for both salt and sugar. Our 10 year old nephew loved the Jaffa Cakes and finished the whole sleeve in no time!
The best Afternoon tea is probably at The Savoy, you will not even have to pour your own tea, the service is so personal. I agree with other comments, that Fish and Chips was not the best, trust me on that one, what you had was average at best. Great video and content 😊
Thank you so much! 😊 We will have to check out The Savoy! If my budget allowed for it, I would have had afternoon tea every day! Yes, fish and chips were unremarkable, but I was so hungry that day I think anything would have tasted good! 🤣 Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment!
Enjoyed your Vid.
Thank you so much!
'We saw the Crown Jewels' was an amusingly succinct précis of the experience for me. Estimated value $3 billion.
I guess that was a succinct description now that you mention it! We couldn't film inside, so I didn't have anything to show. But it was an impressive collection! I thought it would have more actual jewelry pieces inside. I was surprised by all of the banqueting pieces. $3 billion is a staggering number!
Unlike meat, fish starts losing its flavour from the moment it's caught.
I checked two lists on Google - top 50 fish restaurants in UK and top 10 fish restaurants in UK.
Nearly ALL are at seaside towns with fishing ports (in US you'ld call it "nearly all are by the ocean").
This also confirms my own personal experience.
My local café makes a great fish lunch on Fridays for £9.
And his fish is well acceptable by my high standards.
I dont usually put roast potatoes with fish because the dish could be too dry.
I prefer mash potato with butter, and I also squirt a little garlic sauce into it, in that café where I go.
Most of US is far from the ocean, but I think you have river fish, do you not?
The river fish we have here is salmon, and it's almost exclusive to Scotland.
So, if you go there try the salmon.
But once again, check, because I would expect to find the best in the Scottish Highlands.
Smoked salmon is usually one of the sandwiches you'ld get for afternoon tea at Marks & Spencer.
I had read in my research that the best fish and chips were in seaside towns, so thanks for confirming that. Those mashed potatoes with garlic & butter sound delicious! We do have river fish in some areas. We used to live in Tennessee, and there you could get trout caught from the river. Now we live in Texas near the Gulf Coast. We can usually get some good fresh shrimp. We lived in Hawaii briefly and had the best fresh caught seafood! I love salmon, so we'll make sure to have that in Scotland.
The Egyptian Goose is actually a DUCK!
Hmmm.... interesting! Wonder why it's called a goose? Thanks for watching!
@@shoretoshoretx Apparently its habits are more like a goose than a ducks, and falls between geese and ducks regarding scientific classification.
Jaffa cakes are a cake not a cookie as they are a sponge cake. Topped with a Jaffa orange jelly and then topped with chocolate.
Thanks for letting us know! They were different for us, but we liked them! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
@@shoretoshoretx , there was a big court case between Jaffa cakes and the tax man , the tax man said they were biscuits / cookies so are taxable but Jaffa said no they are not they are cakes and proved it because biscuits / cookies go spongy when they get older but cakes dry out and Jaffa Cakes dry out 😂😂? ?
Westminster Abbey and St Pauls are free if you go in for a service so do the service and have a look around after the service !!
The raven legend dates back to the ironage - The hill on which the tower is built was beleived by the celts to be the burial place of the head of Bran the raven god. the nearest city gate is still called Bran gate.
Interesting! We did think it was a curious legend. That makes more sense now. Thanks for watching and sharing that information!
You’re really interesting people to watch, thanks.
Would you say your biggest lesson for fellow travellers is the amount of walking they will do in London?
Thank you so much! And thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
We did do a lot of walking! I looked back at my steps from that week, and we averaged about 17,800 steps a day. One thing we learned pretty early into the trip is that using the CityMapper app was a lot more reliable in Europe than Google maps in deciding on tube, train, and bus routes. Google Maps had a lot of misses the first day on road closures and arrival/departure times, so that would be one tip I'd share.
Are you planning to travel to London?
@@shoretoshoretx Yes I am, however I live only one hour away by train 😁
Oh, nice! Next time we visit, we hope to explore further out from London. We did make it to Windsor and Hampton Court on this trip. Then we went on to the Netherlands and Belgium. We've had some great recommendations in the comments for other places to visit in the UK.
@@shoretoshoretx I'm in Kent, The Garden of England, South East of London (as you know).
More importantly, I'm returning to Dishoom this week for dinner. I would also suggest visitors look up Mowgli, a restaurant that also focuses on Indian Street Food.
Nice! Thanks for the restaurant recommendation. Enjoy your dinner!
Chicken Tikka Masala is a relatively modern invention by Bangladeshi immigrants to the UK a few decades ago. I'm surprised it was being served as an authentic dish from the sub-Continent unless it was butter chicken. Tikka Marsala is a UK national dish now.
They have both tikka masala and butter chicken on the menu. The butter chicken is noted as a Punjabi specialty, but the tikka masala is not. Maybe next time we'll have to try the butter chicken. My favorite is the korma!
Good vid. One of the better ones 😊
However!!!!!
It's a cake, NOT a "cookie."
The manufacturer, McVities, even took the government to court to prove it was a cake and won.
Thank you for your kind words about our video!
Ok! I had to know more about this, so I googled it! So interesting! I didn't realize the distinction mattered so much for taxes! We will try to refer to them by their legal name going forward!😁 My nephew loved them and ate the whole roll in about 5 minutes! Next time, we'll have to bring home more boxes! 😂
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Chicken Tikka Masala. This is classed as a British dish. It is thought to have been first served in an Indian restaurant in Glasgow.
Interesting! I know I had read in my research that it's considered a British national dish, but I didn't realize it was first served in Glasgow. We can usually get it at Indian restaurants here in the US, too. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
@@shoretoshoretx something else I noticed. You mentioned you saw “Big Ben”. Big Ben is the largest bell the tower was originally St Stephen’s Tower. It has now been renamed Elizabeth Tower. The bell was cast the Whitechapel Bell foundry as was the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia
Ah! I had no idea it had another name! Thanks for letting us know! We went to see the Liberty Bell several years ago. That's interesting that they were made at the same place!
@NigelUnderwood-b1g It's even catching on in India now, too! I recently flew with an Indian airline from Paris to Delhi, and one of the meal choices was CTM!
I asked a friend at work about it. She is from India and travels back frequently. She said the tikka masala is eaten all over India, especially in the northern part, and is well liked!
For a proper Sunday Roast, don’t go to a chain.
Thanks! I'll remember that for our next trip! Do you have any recommendations? Thanks for watching and commenting!
Where do we get our potatoes ? 😂 I do believe we can grow our own because we are clever 🤔🤨😂
Haha! 😂 We just knew Ireland was well known for potatoes, so we wondered if they were grown there! 🤷♀️We've learned in the comments that they are grown in both Ireland and England! Thanks for watching!
@@shoretoshoretx correct 😉👍
Next time you come to UK Avoid London, not that there's anything bad about it but that's where all the tourists go because that's the only place they've heard of. Instead have a look at some maps like a food map which will take you to all the places where food came from like Cheddar Gorge in Somerset (Cheese), Cornwall (Pasties and Clotted Cream Tea), Gloucester (Cheese and Pork) etc there's so many more places which won't be so touristy busy and will be easier to access.
Or you could get a Historical Map which takes you to all the Castles, Palaces, Stately Homes and Royal residences
We definitely want to get back and see other areas outside of London. Our UK bucket list is growing longer and longer! I love this idea of going to where the different foods came from! Thank you so much for the great suggestions! We appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment!
Where's 'Lundin'? ;)
Hahaha! Our southern accent definitely creeping in there! Thanks for watching!
Fish & chips looked nasty . But loved your vlog - from someone whose lived in the city for 20 years
They were okay after having not eaten all day. We've had some pretty good ones here at a local pub in Houston! Any recommendations from a local for next time we visit?
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St Patrick?
Yes! That was our first day, and I got it confused! We visit St. Paul's later in the video and get it correct 😂! It's a beautiful cathedral, I enjoyed touring it, hearing the history and the prayer at the top of the hour. Thanks for watching and catching my mistake!
@shoretoshoretx Yes it is a beautiful Cathedral. But my Favourite is York Minster I absolutely Love the Cathedral and the City of York .I was only Teasing you .hope you had a nice time in London..
Thank you for the recommendation! We hope to get back to the UK sometime to see areas outside of London. I'll put York on the list!
Oh, no worries! I'll take the teasing! 😂 Thank you for taking the time to comment and engage with our video!
@shoretoshoretx You definitely won't be disappointed with York. The Minster has a Roman Fort underneath Which has been preserved and is opened to the Public. Also Viking and Anglo-Saxon the City is Surrounded by a Medieval Wall you can walk .
Wow! That sounds really interesting to be able to see! Thanks for the tips!
They looked like pretty manky fish and chips tbh
We will definitely have to try some different ones when we make it back again! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Very touristy places, but then, that's how it is on your first trip.
But getting to mingle with the locals requires going to places where locals live.
And this brings to question - what about outside London?
You'ld need to bring your Britrail pass with you (payable only in dollars and in the US), or you could rent a car (if you're OK going around hundreds of roundabouts and all on the left side of the road!).
I've met people just two hours away by train who have never been to London, and others who have been just once in their life (usually to a rock concert or football match at Wembley).
So, there's another world out there where the locals are waiting to show you THEIR world.
Yes, you have to hit the touristy places first, don't you? 😁 Next time, we definitely want to explore some of the cities and towns outside of London. We'd love to meet locals and get some good local experiences. We've already had some great suggestions in these comments! We did ride the train to Hampton Court & Windsor, so we got to see how easy it is to do! I'd probably let Ryan drive if we rented a car! 😂 Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Check reviews on Kensington Palace. I have never been but I understand it isn't really worth the visit.
Yes, when I was researching for the trip, it definitely had mixed reviews. I decided to skip it the first trip. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment!
I love Kensington Palace! I have visited KP twice. The last time was in 2015, it was late in the afternoon and raining, so there were only a few visitors. I have wonderful pictures of the exterior gates of KP and surrounding park, with no people. It’s well worth touring the palace. I’m going again in a few weeks, with a friend who has never been. I’m looking forward to it!
@@sassyt1545 Thank you, I did say that I have never been. I guess it is all about expectations. Put a review on here for Shore to Shore to see, perhaps in detail as to what to expect.
Hopefully, we'll make it back, and we can check it out! Thanks for sharing your experience and taking the time to comment!
Those two spent 5 days eating
😂 yep! And most of it was pretty good! Thanks for watching!
Welcome to the Tower of London. This structure is very old 🤦🏻♂️…..come on is that the best you can do. Oh and it’s pounds not dollars.
🤣 Probably not the best we could do! We'll work on that! More history, more details.
Yes, I had to correct myself all week about the pounds!
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Westminster is not an abbey it's a peculiar
I had to research this! I do remember the verger telling us that it was under the rule of the monarch and not under the authority of the church. I didn't know the title for it! Thanks for watching and sharing!
Americans do not know the proper name of the Church in the middle of central London..
Please let us know what the proper name is! I accidentally called St. Paul's Cathedral St. Patrick's on our first day. Glad we got to go back and tour it later! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
The habit American citizenx have if prefacing place names with "the" eg "the Green Park" etc, is a particular bugbear of mine (sorry) but it's 'Green Park', St.James' Park, Buckingum - nit -"ham" Palace, (though, 'the Tower of London' is acceptable!) And, there are meant to be _six_ ravens there!!)
Its already been mentioned that you misnamed St.Paul's by calling it St.Patrick's so I shall leave that there.
Jaffa Cakes are not "mushy in the middle"😮!? How very dare you missname them as cookies, sir?!! The clue is in the name. Jaffa CAKES. Dark chocolate in the top of the 'orangey bit' under the chocolate, on top of _sponge_cake_. _NOT_ cookies.
Cakes go _hard_ when stale.
...cookies / biscuits go _soft_ when stale. Jaffa Cakes seldom go stale as we - who love them - eat them _before_ the chance would otherwise occur to become stale!!
_Scone_ is pronounced to rhyme with _gone_ - end of story!
("shone" also rhymes with _gone_ btw!) 👍😊 🏴💜🇬🇧🙂🖖
Thanks for the pronunciation tips! Yes, others have informed us about the Jaffa Cakes and that it is even legally considered a cake. Thanks for watching!
Those fish & chips were nothing like proper fish & chips, the fish looked dry & unappetising, it looked rubbish go to a proper chip shop.🏴🇬🇧👍
We've actually had fish & chips here at a pub in Houston that were just as good! We looked for something fast. We were so hungry after not eating at the Tower of London. Do you have any recommendations for next time we're in the UK? Thanks for watching!
Watch TH-cam Gary Eats, he goes all over the country but has some real cracking places in London for when you next visit. He is a great genuine guy and is very fair with his critics.
Thanks for the recommendation! I don't think I came across his channel in my research for the trip. I'll have to watch his vids to add more places to my list to try! Thanks for watching and commenting!
A second vote for Gary Eats! He's a lovely bloke and very down to earth. He tells it like it is!
Thanks for the recommendation! I'll definitely check him out as I plan our next visit! Thanks for watching!
London is just a tourist trap that will cost you 4 times the price to stay there for 5 days than almost everywhere else in the uk! My advice would be is to fly into the uk to another destination and stay there and just jump on a train to london for a day. Cheap city to stay with lots of tourism history and things to do is liverpool and also only 30 minutes from Manchester airport and 3 hours in the train to london. Gaurentee it will save you half the cost of london. For example sunday roast in london £25 and sunday roast in loverpool £10-£15 pint of beer in london £9 pint of the same beer on liverpool £4.
This sounds like great advice for helping the budget when traveling to the area. Thankfully, we had credit card points that we used for our hotel on this trip. While we enjoyed seeing the sights in London, we both agreed that next time we'd like to see parts of the UK outside of London! Thanks for watching and taking the time to share your advice!
@@shoretoshoretx I'm glad you enjoyed london. UK has alsorts to offer and if I was you look into the price of rail card deals because if you stay in a city with a main railway station in the centre of the uk then you can travel to most of the uk in 3 hours or less. I suggested liverpool because of all the history and things to do for free for example most amount of free world class museums outside of london and also the safety and friendly people plus it's got a kick ass food scene and nightlife to cater for everyone. York is also lovely but very limited and can be seen in a day.
Liverpool sounds like a really fun city to visit! And maybe a good place to be a base for day trips to other places. We did use the trains to take some short day trips to Hampton Court and Windsor from London, and it was so easy to travel that way! Another commenter also suggested York as I nice place to visit. I'm putting together my list for next time!
English potatoes come from England
Oh, good to know! Thanks for watching and taking the time to answer our question!
That fish and chips is the worst I have ever seen. No wonder the place needs a gimmicky name. I hope you get to try the real thing soon.
Jaffa cakes are cakes, mot biscuits.
I hope we can! We actually have a place near us here in Houston that was opened by a family from Scotland. They have pretty good fish & chips.
The Hubris that you think as first time travellers to London you have found the best things to do in London. Oh boy. Did you walk past the globe? Did you , is that you having had a good experience? You didn’t think to go inside, not for a performance, but just to go inside to see what the seating arrangements are like. You know you could do that for free?
And you saw the London eye, you ,didn’t think to ride on the eye?
Then you went for a Chain restaurant for lunch? And you thought it was “ neat “ that that they stopped for prayer on the hour. What a disgusting thing to say about a practice that has go on for over a thousand years undisturbed. Can’t you even imaging the history of the faith behind that. I gave up after “ neat “ was such a dreadful word to use .
Just to say London is not Disney land and the very religious practices that you deemed “ neat” are important. I am not even a religious person but I would never describe a religious practice as neat.
Fed up with you
Thank you for your feedback and for taking the time to watch what you did. We're still learning to express our thoughts well when filming, so we apologize if our word choice was offensive. Honestly, as a Christian who does not come from a liturgical religious tradition, I was having a difficult time conveying my thoughts and reflections about the hourly prayer in the moment as we filmed as it was a meaningful and emotional experience for me that I wasn't quite sure how to share with others yet. I should have taken the time to process my thoughts more before turning on the camera. We hope to grow as people and as content creators, so we will receive your feedback and take it into consideration as we plan and film our future travels.
Thank you for letting us know the tip that we can go into the Globe for free! I did not know that. If you have any other places we should visit next time, please share! Apparently, we need better fish & and chips, too! 😁
We had a great time in London and hope to visit again in the future!
A bit harsh, don't you think? I will admit to having watched some terrible vlogs of Americans visiting London and the UK, which are liberally peppered with misinformation and a condescending attitude. This most definitely is not one of those vlogs.
@@andybaker2456 in your opinion , in my opinion as someone who lived in London for 15 years it most certainly was not
@@shoretoshoretx thank you for your personal apology but it’s not me you should be apologising to.
@dianeshelton9592 As a born and bred Londoner who's lived in and around London my entire life, I disagree. Your comment was rude, arrogant, and totally uncalled for.
I will never understand why Americans drink tea without milk. It's vile stuff.
I often put milk in tea! Sometimes, I notice that some teas are recommended without milk. I almost always put sugar in my tea. Is that common in the UK? Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!