Love this video ... it's kind of a tourist view of my journey to work ... and covers some of the reasons why I love the feeling of being in London. I'd get off the train at Fenchurch Street station, walk past the Sky Garden building, cut through past The Monument, across London Bridge, through Borough Market and down to Southwark ... a few minutes from the Tate Gallery and the London Eye. Going for drinks after work at Christmas time and just pausing while crossing back across London Bridge to take in the lit up view of the sites blending the modern world with hundreds of years of history was always pretty inspirational.
Oh, **Ted Frey...!* Quite the same situation, for/with me; and, watching (many parts of) the video actually made me very 'home-sick'...and rather emotional!!
Second video I've watched and I absolutely love your style, its really refreshing. Also thank you for introducing me to my own city. I live on the outskirts of London, I have worked in the city, I go there often and I know it very well and yet you have shown it to me in a way that I have never seen it. You have made my own city even more wonderful to me. I think that is a pretty amazing thing to do. Thank you so much
Glad you've enjoyed these London videos! We have a few more as well as some more from the UK you might enjoy. Currently uploading videos about our visit up north in Scotland!
i'm headed home to london tomorrow after 2 years in australia and i'm so grateful for these videos to remind me of how much i love my home town, thank you
Kyde and Eric you both have very good dry humour. Apart from the accent you would blend in well with us English. Thoroughly enjoy these videos, it is great to see your views on Britain.
Hi you two, I just wanted to share how much I am enjoying your channel. I am an Englishman living in Vietnam and really respect your style of getting under the skin of the UK, (I have only watched your UK clips so far). There are so many other videos of people looking at ‘Big Ben’ etc, but you guys go deeper and I really like that. I love that you have ventured north (I am a northerner) and are showing the world some of the beauty of the rest of England. It also helps that you have such fun and inquisitive approaches to your filming and come across as very likable and humble individuals. Great work peeps.
You guys have a unique ability to make anywhere look fun and exciting! I live about 70 miles from London and I've never really been a fan, but I really like these videos :)
Welcome to London, glad you enjoyed it. I've lived in most parts of it over the years, from slummy NW10 to very posh E1 (docklands) and everywhere in between. And I've not seen all of it there is to see. Most of it, but not all of it.
We thoroughly enjoyed watching your program, brilliantly done, informative, amusing and done with a lot of love and good humour and as a Londoner from some time back I enjoyed it greatly, thank you so much.
God bless you two people, really nice people seem to be in limited supply nowadays, maybe I need to get out more!! Your descriptive abilities are what captivate us the most, particularly food!! Keep up your awesome work!!
This is like i'm being taken on tour around my own capital city of things I've never done, or seen the inside of, but drove past on a daily basis for years. Brilliant, really informative, Thank you.
I'm from London and I live in Tokyo. I've always thought that the two cities are very similar- they are huge, old and new architecture, modern and ancient, city parks, refs, old areas, new areas, markets, customs, lots of small villages clumped together, tiny churches/ temples, canals, a LOT of events and concerts each day some of them free, a lot of artistic exhibitions and music played live, and small areas you don't know about til you're walking by on the street.the two cities are limitless and endlessly big.
I love these videos. Firstly its great seeing how other see our country. I love the honesty. There is good and bad in all countries .Please come again.
Really great interpretation of our Capital City guys. Always good to see and hear someone else's perception of who we are. London isn't England and certainly not the UK but its a great place to understand our history and what makes us the rather odd people we are and makes more sense of the rest of the country Oh and its pronounced the River 'Tems' . yes I know - our language can be rather odd as well as us.
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Kyde and Eric nearly all public toilets are gross, you have to go into a proper restaurant to feel clean(a nice one) btw London is so massive that it depends on what area you are in for safety and how clean it is. Do you know where you are off to after England?
Hey guys. I just watched a few of you videos and i am English. Really enjoying watching you experience the city hope you had fun. upstanding individuals.
LOVE the video!!! This sounds cheesey but the London Bus Tours (open-top Buses) are the best way to spend your first day in London. London is WAAAAYYY bigger than your feet are prepared for. The Bus tour lets you put London in perspective and see the distinct areas before attacking the pavement on foot.
Good point and you're 100% correct that even the regular buses make for some amazing views from the upper deck. It's amazing how many people walk around London and only ever see modern shop windows in a 19th century masterpiece of a building. There's sooo much architecture going on above the shop windows that you get to see from the bus. I'm subscribed!!!!! Looking forward to your English countryside videos. (I'm from Manchester, in the North West of England, so I'm used to the fluffy clouds (Sheep) everywhere)
McDonalds toilets are rank, you're best off using toilets in pubs when caught short in London. London Bridge is often confused with Tower Bridge (the original London Bridge now being in Arizona - go figure). You can go on board and tour the battleship HMS Belfast, I'd also recommend going on board the Cutty Sark, a 19th century tea clipper, which links in well to the history of the City of London and the East India Company.
Yes, Yeoman warders are all warrant officers with at least 22 years service & awarded the long service & good conduct (LSGC) medal. My wife missed out, she completed 18 years (got a LSGC) but left just before promotion from SSGT to W.O.2.
Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke built the monument to double-up as a scientific instrument. It has a central shaft meant for use as a zenith telescope and for use in gravity and pendulum experiments that connects to an underground laboratory for observers to work (accessible through a hatch in the floor of the present-day ticket booth). Vibrations from heavy traffic on Fish Street Hill rendered the experimental conditions unsuitable. At the top of the monument, a hinged lid in the urn covers the opening to the shaft.The steps in the shaft of the tower are all six inches high, allowing them to be used for barometric pressure studies. Another monument, the Golden Boy of Pye Corner, marks the point near Smithfield where the fire was stopped.
Finally caught up with all the missed out videos. Next is today's upload. To be honest I was not excited about the Europe journey because Asia is more interesting/weird/complete different atmosphere and life. But as usual, your perspectives and views of things plus the simple natural humorous way you two deliver is just perfect. Wasn't expecting this but I'm thoroughly enjoying this series no less than your Asian videos. Well done guys.
Soo glad you are lovin' my old home town. Been away from this place (Only 50 miles) for far too long. Chatting in the pub earlier with a guy, about how I would move back to certain parts of North London in an instant, if only I had the funds.
Little interesting thing, In the Tower of London, as you were walking down the old stone spiral staircase, you notice the all wind anti-clockwise down like the one there. Giving your right hand space to swing a sword, the enemy coming up the stairs attacking you will have a hard time swinging his sword at you ; )
The Tower is kept as a Royal residence, as they can stay there if they want. I think it's actually administered by the Duke of Westminster or someone. He remains in control of a lot that happens in London, such as building standards, etc.
Great video. I normally go to the nearest Marks & Spencer and use their toilets. Some public toilets (including those at railway stations) charge 20p so always carry a few of these coins with you.
As a Londoner it is nice to see it from a different perspective. I was married in Southwark Cathedral and the market there was an early morning fruit and veg market . It smelled a bit rotten at times lol.
You guys are awesome :) I love watching the places y'all visit, and you guys are so much fun to listen to :) Take care, be safe, and keep up the vids :) Luv U Guys
I loved the warders! Did the tour myself forever ago and had such a great time. The dragon is all kinds of badass. I really agree with Eric's comment about the world not being as dangerous as we tend to think it is. I've been traveling and living abroad on my own for about ten years now, the last five using my blind cane everywhere, and I've never felt unsafe. Just last night I was walking around Minsk at like 11pm and no one was anything but friendly. I speak all of five words in Russian and the area wasn't the best, but I didn't feel anything off. Of course I'm probably jinxing it now, but really, bad things can happen to anyone at any time so I feel like if you do your best to be sensible and safe there's no real point in worrying over it. I've learned to trust my instincts and know some basic self defense (well, and my cane can be used as a mace if i really got determined, it's metal xD) so I figure I should just enjoy what I can. Great vid, glad you enjoyed London! It really is huge, I need to go back and really explore sometime soon.
TravelsWithBlindCane what a brilliant post! Hope you have many more happy travels and if you do re visit us, as amazing as London is, so much more to experience 👍
The cross on the shield that the dragon is holding is the Cross of St George. The drop gate is called a Portcullis. Mobile phones put an end to telephone boxes.
Before today, if someone said city of London, I would have just thought they were talking about London. Also that's interesting how most of the city is clean but apparently the public bathrooms could use a little more attention.
An interesting fact about The White Tower, which gives the entire castle its name, was built by William the Conqueror in 1078 whereas Construction of Durham Castle (which is approximately 69 miles South of the present Scottish border) began in 1072 under the orders of William the Conqueror, six years after the Norman Conquest of England, and soon after the Normans first came to the North. William the Conquerer tried to invade Scotland soon after 1066 but was defeated by the Scottish tribes.So he built a castle at Durham so that the Scots (if they tried to invade Northern England) would have the Normans on their backs. This happened in the early 12th Century as the Scots were unsuccessful at Durham castle and were turned back by the Normans. I like your videos .Thanks.
The standard 'Norman' style castle exists in several places in Britain, as they tended to be built at the same time, sometimes by the same masons. Rochester castle for example is less well preserved, but has three original square towers, while the Tower of London had more money spent on it and gained round towers in a modernisation with the arrival of gunpowder cannon.
Awesome video, Will be checking out that tour and that Ethiopian food when there next month. That message in the church is quite a powerful one. Thanks for the insight.
Some things you can do in London if you feel the need to feed your brain. All the universities have public lecture programmes, lunch times or evenings, there are loads of academic societies that are hundreds of years old and they all have public lectures. You can spend every evening and lunchtime at a interesting lecture on science, art, politics and so on. It's one of the few places in the world where you can do that, and tourists, even most Londoners don't know about it.
To be a Yeoman Warrder you need to have done 22 yrs in the British Army and left with an exemplary record....then you have to train and learn a 2 hour tour verbatum...a tough job but very rewarding....love your videos 👍👍👍
The White Tower is the original tower, commenced 1078. The Tower of London officially is Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London - hence the guard - rather than a castle. Last execution was in 1941, and used as a prison until 1952. The dragons mark the boundary of the 1.12 square miles of the City of London. It is the only part which is a city (always been the case), and the smallest city within the United Kingdom in respect of both size and population.The remainder is Greater London, a ceremonial county (all 606 square mile of it) and not all of it urban: there are on its outer fringes quite a number of small towns and vilages. Don't imagine that when looking at (say) Buckingham Palace that one is in the City of London because one is in fact in the City of Westminster. Most prominent of the citys' dragon boundary markers is that which stands atop the monument indicating the site of Temple Bar, and which at this point marks the boundary between the City of London and the City of Westminster.
I loved this video. Thank you. You two make me laugh so much. I grinned non-stop for 10 minutes, at least, when Eric just slipped in that his rapper name is Crusty White Roll !!! ROTFL
When I lived in London I never thought there was much to do there and how boring and unsafe it is, and when I visited Tokyo I was in awe about how much bigger and cleaner it is compared to London and how much more stuff there are to do....strange how the grass is always greener...:)
You guys do a very good vlog, even though you are (or were) travelling England and the places where ive been (as im from here) its enjoyable to watch, you guys should really come to Manchester, you would love it
That interactive light show looks similar to Dark MoFo that is held throughout the city centre of Hobart, Tasmania during winter. It is also very artsy and they always have some creepy yet fascinating exhibitions going on. It is a yearly event held by the museum called MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), which is the most interesting museum I've seen in my life (there is a poo machine that gets fed and poops every day and a wall of plaster cast vaginas haha). If you ever come to Australia, I highly recommend seeing this place. I think you'd love it!!
Is that dragon always there in the Tower of London? I swear I didn't see that. I love the gold in the belly. :) I felt really safe in London. I expected it to feel a little sketchy but I felt perfectly safe everywhere we went. That may be because we generally stuck to the tourist areas. The public toilets are bad and you have to pay to get in. So what are they doing with that money? That pong game is fantastic! Wow!
The Gherkin is 30 St Mary Axe. While you were there you should have visited the church of St Andrew Undershaft. The City of London is usually just referred to as 'the square mile'. If you like markets you should try Walthamstow Market, which is the longest street market in Europe. While there go into Manzie's which is a pie and mash shop, also selling jellied eels.
Kyde and Eric thank you. I have been trying to learn about it through video and it seems there are different suggestions. Want to travel light. Love the videos. Ty 🙏🏻
English countryside, yesss! Enid Blyton. Brontes, E.Nesbit, Arthur Ransome and not to mention lovely sitcoms like The Darling Buds of May....and poems and whatnot.
Love the way Eric pronounces Thames ... here's a wiki ... The pronunciation of 'Thames' comes from the word's original spelling, which had pre-Celtic roots. Simply put, the river's name has always been pronounced 'tems', with a simple 't' sound. The modern spelling of the word Thames illustrates an interesting phenomenon in the history of the English language.
Sorry for my rambling lol. You mention a Roman walls that aren't there any more, there's a bit at London wall near Bank, you were close, there's also some Roman wall left over are tower hill you prob saw it. But anyway you probably came across places called Moorgate, Bishopsgate, Aldgate etc, apparently they were where there were big gates /entrances in the Roman wall that surrounded London ;)
Oh, also during the early stages of construction, the grave of a young Roman girl was found. While the building was finished the girl was preserved in the Museum of London and then re-buried at the base of the skyscraper when it was finished.
That metal gate is a portcullis. The Yeoman Wardens, live there, they have all mod cons, TV programmes about their lives. The City of London is a Borough, its not the oldest part of UK, we have, way older structures.
The dragon statue you showed looked like a Basilisk from Greek times but some of the dragons on heraldry are called Cockatrice and have the head of a rooster. You find Basilisks depicted all over the world from Russia through Byzantium to Europe. Great video.
If you hit up Borough on a Saturday around 4, you can score awesome bread for a quid, and other stuff cheap or free - they don't want to waste what didn't sell.
It's not just a tower as such. It functioned as a fortress, a royal residence, and a prison for those extra special types who you didn't want running around - rebellious nobility and such. I believe the last prisoner there was Rudolf Hess after he flew to Britain in the Second World War to attempt peace negotiations without Hitler's knowledge. The yeomen there might have mentioned all this already, but it was built by the Normans after their invasion in 1066 and expanded upon later. It's my favourite historical attraction in London.
I discovered your videos 2 days ago - a bit late! I have no idea where you are now in the world. Perhaps you're back home in the US. I love your videos. So incredibly interesting to see the UK from your point of view. The loos in London do vary depending on the area. Best to use the ones in cafes, bars and restaurants which are normally very clean.
Thrilled to hear from you - thank you. I've now gone right back to your videos in 2013, and just love your style, so warm and natural. I shall keep watching as your lives are absolutely fascinating. Your Japanese must be fantastic! If the mood takes you...check out Rochester, Kent where I live. Dickens wrote some of his novels here. If you're interested in ancient buildings we have a medieval castle, cathedral and so much history.
Hey was the Sky Garden at 11:55 that concave building? Isn't that also one of the infamous "Solar Death Ray" buildings that melt cars? You guys could've warmed up on the sidewalk in the daytime, LOL! Eric, was your "lamb" actually lamb, or was it mutton? Earl Grey tea essence is oil of Bergamot, a kind of orange. Cocks are male chickens. Your luck is running true to form, stumbling upon the 4 day window for the luminary show and discovering the clothes display! Can't wait for the next one! Thanks!
Gee Ell Yes the sky garden is inside the concave building. It's officially known as the "walkie talkie" but since it started melting cars, prior to modification, people call it the "walkie scorchie"
Trivia: they reckon the reason we Brits drive on the left these days is due to years of combat on horseback whereby the sword (or Lance) was carried in the right hand, so you would pass your enemy/foe on the left side whilst riding/charging on horseback; It just seems more natural. Great upload guys. p.s. if ya gonna use a bathroom just go into a bar/pub, thats what most of us do.
There are several explanations, but they are complimentary on that theme. We salute and shake hands with the sword bearing (right) hand as a sign of trust or truce: you can't draw weapons holding hands. To do that on horseback is easier if you each keep to the left. If you are wearing a sword, it'll be on your left side if you're righthanded. That leads to mounting horses from the left so the sword isn't in the way when you throw your leg over its back. If you want to ride off without turning round or being stood in the middle of the road then the left side of the road becomes the kerbside.
I've been a little apprehensive with you coming to the UK even holding my breath a little lol but so far phooooow yiu both seem excited and enthusiastic keep up the good work ♡♡♡♡♡
Not sure if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but the River Thames is pronounced 'temms'. Great video - you guys should check out Cornwall (you can say 'ello to me Mum :)).
to confuse things the City of London has a lord mayor, an old title and the surrounding areas is just London and consists of all the towns that have been absorbed by the greater London area GLC.it now has a Mayor who tries to get thing s working together there used to be a London county council LCC but they kept on returning labour councils which was out of step with some conservative national governments so it was abolished, for a time
Love this video ... it's kind of a tourist view of my journey to work ... and covers some of the reasons why I love the feeling of being in London. I'd get off the train at Fenchurch Street station, walk past the Sky Garden building, cut through past The Monument, across London Bridge, through Borough Market and down to Southwark ... a few minutes from the Tate Gallery and the London Eye. Going for drinks after work at Christmas time and just pausing while crossing back across London Bridge to take in the lit up view of the sites blending the modern world with hundreds of years of history was always pretty inspirational.
From a Londoner born and bred but who no longer lives there I enjoyed that. Thanks guys and girls enjoyed a tourist perspective on the Tower.
Glad you enjoyed it! -E
Enjoy your stay.
Oh, **Ted Frey...!* Quite the same situation, for/with me; and, watching (many parts of) the video actually made me very 'home-sick'...and rather emotional!!
Second video I've watched and I absolutely love your style, its really refreshing. Also thank you for introducing me to my own city. I live on the outskirts of London, I have worked in the city, I go there often and I know it very well and yet you have shown it to me in a way that I have never seen it. You have made my own city even more wonderful to me. I think that is a pretty amazing thing to do. Thank you so much
Glad you've enjoyed these London videos! We have a few more as well as some more from the UK you might enjoy. Currently uploading videos about our visit up north in Scotland!
"The world isn't as dangerous as you tend to assume it is" - this made me feel better today. Thanks. :)
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its way worse . earth is flat . they adrenochrome .
i'm headed home to london tomorrow after 2 years in australia and i'm so grateful for these videos to remind me of how much i love my home town, thank you
Kyde and Eric you both have very good dry humour. Apart from the accent you would blend in well with us English. Thoroughly enjoy these videos, it is great to see your views on Britain.
Glad you are enjoying! -E
Hi you two, I just wanted to share how much I am enjoying your channel. I am an Englishman living in Vietnam and really respect your style of getting under the skin of the UK, (I have only watched your UK clips so far). There are so many other videos of people looking at ‘Big Ben’ etc, but you guys go deeper and I really like that. I love that you have ventured north (I am a northerner) and are showing the world some of the beauty of the rest of England. It also helps that you have such fun and inquisitive approaches to your filming and come across as very likable and humble individuals. Great work peeps.
So happy you found us! We did a series in Vietnam a few years back too, if you are curious!
I also enjoyed your brief rendition of The Boosh’s ‘eels’! Can’t remember if that was in this video or a different one....
You guys have a unique ability to make anywhere look fun and exciting! I live about 70 miles from London and I've never really been a fan, but I really like these videos :)
I'm a simple man. I see a Kyde and Eric video, and I drop everything to watch it.
Hope you weren't driving! Hahahha. Enjoy! -E
Welcome to London, glad you enjoyed it. I've lived in most parts of it over the years, from slummy NW10 to very posh E1 (docklands) and everywhere in between. And I've not seen all of it there is to see. Most of it, but not all of it.
3rd time watching your London journey- you are both so great, wish I could re-live watching your London vlogs like the first time. xxxx
We thoroughly enjoyed watching your program, brilliantly done, informative, amusing and done with a lot of love and good humour and as a Londoner from some time back I enjoyed it greatly, thank you so much.
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed! -E
God bless you two people, really nice people seem to be in limited supply nowadays, maybe I need to get out more!! Your descriptive abilities are what captivate us the most, particularly food!! Keep up your awesome work!!
Yeoman Warders of HM Tower are all ex military who have achieved the rank of Warrant Officer 2nd class and more than 20 year's 'unblemished' service.
This is like i'm being taken on tour around my own capital city of things I've never done, or seen the inside of, but drove past on a daily basis for years. Brilliant, really informative, Thank you.
Glad you are enjoying!
Dudes it's Spring Break. I'm binge watching all of your videos, I don't care if I've already seen them
Haha rad. Enjoy!
I finally been able to watch one of your videos again. This was refreshing...now I'll go binge watch everything else I've missed.
Enjoy!!
I'm from London and I live in Tokyo. I've always thought that the two cities are very similar- they are huge, old and new architecture, modern and ancient, city parks, refs, old areas, new areas, markets, customs, lots of small villages clumped together, tiny churches/ temples, canals, a LOT of events and concerts each day some of them free, a lot of artistic exhibitions and music played live, and small areas you don't know about til you're walking by on the street.the two cities are limitless and endlessly big.
We live in Tokyo too! -E
I love these videos. Firstly its great seeing how other see our country. I love the honesty. There is good and bad in all countries .Please come again.
Thank you!
I love Borough Market! Glad you like my favourite city. Crazy and huge.
Really great interpretation of our Capital City guys. Always good to see and hear someone else's perception of who we are. London isn't England and certainly not the UK but its a great place to understand our history and what makes us the rather odd people we are and makes more sense of the rest of the country
Oh and its pronounced the River 'Tems' . yes I know - our language can be rather odd as well as us.
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Kyde and Eric nearly all public toilets are gross, you have to go into a proper restaurant to feel clean(a nice one) btw London is so massive that it depends on what area you are in for safety and how clean it is.
Do you know where you are off to after England?
Hey guys. I just watched a few of you videos and i am English. Really enjoying watching you experience the city hope you had fun. upstanding individuals.
Thanks so much, awesome when locals are enjoying videos too! -E
LOVE the video!!!
This sounds cheesey but the London Bus Tours (open-top Buses) are the best way to spend your first day in London. London is WAAAAYYY bigger than your feet are prepared for. The Bus tour lets you put London in perspective and see the distinct areas before attacking the pavement on foot.
We we're just as happy cruising around in the (heated) second floor front window of the normal red buses, amazing view!
Good point and you're 100% correct that even the regular buses make for some amazing views from the upper deck. It's amazing how many people walk around London and only ever see modern shop windows in a 19th century masterpiece of a building. There's sooo much architecture going on above the shop windows that you get to see from the bus. I'm subscribed!!!!! Looking forward to your English countryside videos. (I'm from Manchester, in the North West of England, so I'm used to the fluffy clouds (Sheep) everywhere)
McDonalds toilets are rank, you're best off using toilets in pubs when caught short in London. London Bridge is often confused with Tower Bridge (the original London Bridge now being in Arizona - go figure). You can go on board and tour the battleship HMS Belfast, I'd also recommend going on board the Cutty Sark, a 19th century tea clipper, which links in well to the history of the City of London and the East India Company.
Up close, on the street and very informative. The foods look amazing. Ps. I could eat a dragon's portion of M&M's. Cheers
Yes, Yeoman warders are all warrant officers with at least 22 years service & awarded the long service & good conduct (LSGC) medal.
My wife missed out, she completed 18 years (got a LSGC) but left just before promotion from SSGT to W.O.2.
Love from England guys. Great video. Glad you enjoyed my home.
Sorry if someone has already mentioned this but the river Thames is pronounced 'Tems'. Great to see London through your eyes 🙂
Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke built the monument to double-up as a scientific instrument. It has a central shaft meant for use as a zenith telescope and for use in gravity and pendulum experiments that connects to an underground laboratory for observers to work (accessible through a hatch in the floor of the present-day ticket booth). Vibrations from heavy traffic on Fish Street Hill rendered the experimental conditions unsuitable.
At the top of the monument, a hinged lid in the urn covers the opening to the shaft.The steps in the shaft of the tower are all six inches high, allowing them to be used for barometric pressure studies.
Another monument, the Golden Boy of Pye Corner, marks the point near Smithfield where the fire was stopped.
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A satin pillow?
How thoughtful.👀
Wonderful tour.
Thank you.
Finally caught up with all the missed out videos. Next is today's upload.
To be honest I was not excited about the Europe journey because Asia is more interesting/weird/complete different atmosphere and life. But as usual, your perspectives and views of things plus the simple natural humorous way you two deliver is just perfect. Wasn't expecting this but I'm thoroughly enjoying this series no less than your Asian videos. Well done guys.
Great to hear! We basically find everywhere interesting, maybe that's why it's easy to enjoy through our lens. -E
The Injera bread is a pancake cooked on "one side" made from teff-flour and is sourdough-based
Soo glad you are lovin' my old home town. Been away from this place (Only 50 miles) for far too long. Chatting in the pub earlier with a guy, about how I would move back to certain parts of North London in an instant, if only I had the funds.
Yeah I love London, moreover, your video shows it's beauty in a terrific way.
I live in London and missed out on the Trafalgar square balloon lights 😪. Lovely vid guys.
Little interesting thing, In the Tower of London, as you were walking down the old stone spiral staircase, you notice the all wind anti-clockwise down like the one there. Giving your right hand space to swing a sword, the enemy coming up the stairs attacking you will have a hard time swinging his sword at you ; )
The Tower is kept as a Royal residence, as they can stay there if they want.
I think it's actually administered by the Duke of Westminster or someone. He remains in control of a lot that happens in London, such as building standards, etc.
Great video. I normally go to the nearest Marks & Spencer and use their toilets. Some public toilets (including those at railway stations) charge 20p so always carry a few of these coins with you.
So happy you are both enjoying my country :)
As a Londoner it is nice to see it from a different perspective. I was married in Southwark Cathedral and the market there was an early morning fruit and veg market . It smelled a bit rotten at times lol.
Hope it smelled OK for your wedding! -E
@@kydeanderic Luckily it was a bit nippy as it was November. ( 29 years ago ) It was worse in summer.
You guys are awesome :) I love watching the places y'all visit, and you guys are so much fun to listen to :) Take care, be safe, and keep up the vids :) Luv U Guys
I loved the warders! Did the tour myself forever ago and had such a great time. The dragon is all kinds of badass. I really agree with Eric's comment about the world not being as dangerous as we tend to think it is. I've been traveling and living abroad on my own for about ten years now, the last five using my blind cane everywhere, and I've never felt unsafe. Just last night I was walking around Minsk at like 11pm and no one was anything but friendly. I speak all of five words in Russian and the area wasn't the best, but I didn't feel anything off. Of course I'm probably jinxing it now, but really, bad things can happen to anyone at any time so I feel like if you do your best to be sensible and safe there's no real point in worrying over it. I've learned to trust my instincts and know some basic self defense (well, and my cane can be used as a mace if i really got determined, it's metal xD) so I figure I should just enjoy what I can. Great vid, glad you enjoyed London! It really is huge, I need to go back and really explore sometime soon.
TravelsWithBlindCane what a brilliant post! Hope you have many more happy travels and if you do re visit us, as amazing as London is, so much more to experience 👍
The cross on the shield that the dragon is holding is the Cross of St George. The drop gate is called a Portcullis. Mobile phones put an end to telephone boxes.
Before today, if someone said city of London, I would have just thought they were talking about London. Also that's interesting how most of the city is clean but apparently the public bathrooms could use a little more attention.
An interesting fact about The White Tower, which gives the entire castle its name, was built by William the Conqueror in 1078 whereas Construction of Durham Castle (which is approximately 69 miles South of the present Scottish border) began in 1072 under the orders of William the Conqueror, six years after the Norman Conquest of England, and soon after the Normans first came to the North.
William the Conquerer tried to invade Scotland soon after 1066 but was defeated by the Scottish tribes.So he built a castle at Durham so that the Scots (if they tried to invade Northern England) would have the Normans on their backs. This happened in the early 12th Century as the Scots were unsuccessful at Durham castle and were turned back by the Normans.
I like your videos .Thanks.
The standard 'Norman' style castle exists in several places in Britain, as they tended to be built at the same time, sometimes by the same masons.
Rochester castle for example is less well preserved, but has three original square towers, while the Tower of London had more money spent on it and gained round towers in a modernisation with the arrival of gunpowder cannon.
The Building you were 'in' ("SkyGarden") is called the "Walkie Talkie" All prominent buildings in London have a name/nick name.
Great Stuff Guys!
Gherkin building names = 30 St Mary Axe (informally known as the Gherkin and previously as the Swiss Re Building
The drop-gate is a Portcullis, depicted on pennies. A Drawbridge is the bridge you draw up or back.
Awesome video, Will be checking out that tour and that Ethiopian food when there next month. That message in the church is quite a powerful one. Thanks for the insight.
Yea, don't miss either the food or the tour! Definitely highlights.
Some things you can do in London if you feel the need to feed your brain. All the universities have public lecture programmes, lunch times or evenings, there are loads of academic societies that are hundreds of years old and they all have public lectures. You can spend every evening and lunchtime at a interesting lecture on science, art, politics and so on. It's one of the few places in the world where you can do that, and tourists, even most Londoners don't know about it.
Very cool! -E
To be a Yeoman Warrder you need to have done 22 yrs in the British Army and left with an exemplary record....then you have to train and learn a 2 hour tour verbatum...a tough job but very rewarding....love your videos 👍👍👍
The White Tower is the original tower, commenced 1078. The Tower of London officially is Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London - hence the guard - rather than a castle. Last execution was in 1941, and used as a prison until 1952. The dragons mark the boundary of the 1.12 square miles of the City of London. It is the only part which is a city (always been the case), and the smallest city within the United Kingdom in respect of both size and population.The remainder is Greater London, a ceremonial county (all 606 square mile of it) and not all of it urban: there are on its outer fringes quite a number of small towns and vilages. Don't imagine that when looking at (say) Buckingham Palace that one is in the City of London because one is in fact in the City of Westminster. Most prominent of the citys' dragon boundary markers is that which stands atop the monument indicating the site of Temple Bar, and which at this point marks the boundary between the City of London and the City of Westminster.
I loved this video. Thank you. You two make me laugh so much. I grinned non-stop for 10 minutes, at least, when Eric just slipped in that his rapper name is Crusty White Roll !!! ROTFL
Rollin Crusty
When I lived in London I never thought there was much to do there and how boring and unsafe it is, and when I visited Tokyo I was in awe about how much bigger and cleaner it is compared to London and how much more stuff there are to do....strange how the grass is always greener...:)
Also, the City of London is basically the equivalent of a ward, same with Westminster, Camden, Kensington and the other boroughs of Greater London.
Haha, I'd never say a bad word about Tokyo, to us both sides of the grass are green! -E
You guys do a very good vlog, even though you are (or were) travelling England and the places where ive been (as im from here) its enjoyable to watch, you guys should really come to Manchester, you would love it
Love Borough Market. Glad you enjoyed London. Crazy and huge.
That interactive light show looks similar to Dark MoFo that is held throughout the city centre of Hobart, Tasmania during winter. It is also very artsy and they always have some creepy yet fascinating exhibitions going on. It is a yearly event held by the museum called MONA (Museum of Old and New Art), which is the most interesting museum I've seen in my life (there is a poo machine that gets fed and poops every day and a wall of plaster cast vaginas haha). If you ever come to Australia, I highly recommend seeing this place. I think you'd love it!!
HAHA, wait, what? -E
Is that dragon always there in the Tower of London? I swear I didn't see that. I love the gold in the belly. :) I felt really safe in London. I expected it to feel a little sketchy but I felt perfectly safe everywhere we went. That may be because we generally stuck to the tourist areas. The public toilets are bad and you have to pay to get in. So what are they doing with that money? That pong game is fantastic! Wow!
The Gherkin is 30 St Mary Axe. While you were there you should have visited the church of St Andrew Undershaft. The City of London is usually just referred to as 'the square mile'. If you like markets you should try Walthamstow Market, which is the longest street market in Europe. While there go into Manzie's which is a pie and mash shop, also selling jellied eels.
Just found your vids you guys are great i love london
Thanks! Glad you found us!
What would you recommend for foot wear in London and Isle of Man. It will be in April. Thank you 🙏🏻
It was a bit muggy, if you have waterproof shoes it'd be smart! -E
Kyde and Eric thank you. I have been trying to learn about it through video and it seems there are different suggestions. Want to travel light. Love the videos. Ty 🙏🏻
Also. Did you happen to see the northern lights from the Isle of Man. I heard it is possible. I am hoping to have that experience when i go.
We did not see the northern lights.
English countryside, yesss! Enid Blyton. Brontes, E.Nesbit, Arthur Ransome and not to mention lovely sitcoms like The Darling Buds of May....and poems and whatnot.
The "Dropgate" is actually called a Portcullis derived from the Norman French meaning sliding door. Its on the reverse of the English penny.
Looking good clean shaven Eric my man. You've inspired me to do the same. It's been years since I've done it.
Haha, I don't look anything like that anymore! -E
To get more of an idea of what a royal court was like to live in you should have checked out Hampton Court Palace.
Love the way Eric pronounces Thames ... here's a wiki ... The pronunciation of 'Thames' comes from the word's original spelling, which had pre-Celtic roots. Simply put, the river's name has always been pronounced 'tems', with a simple 't' sound. The modern spelling of the word Thames illustrates an interesting phenomenon in the history of the English language.
Sorry for my rambling lol. You mention a Roman walls that aren't there any more, there's a bit at London wall near Bank, you were close, there's also some Roman wall left over are tower hill you prob saw it. But anyway you probably came across places called Moorgate, Bishopsgate, Aldgate etc, apparently they were where there were big gates /entrances in the Roman wall that surrounded London ;)
Oh, also during the early stages of construction, the grave of a young Roman girl was found. While the building was finished the girl was preserved in the Museum of London and then re-buried at the base of the skyscraper when it was finished.
Neat! -E
one of my ancestor's sir water Raleigh was locked up in town of london 3 times and spent 13 years in the tower has prisoner.
That metal gate is a portcullis. The Yeoman Wardens, live there, they have all mod cons, TV programmes about their lives. The City of London is a Borough, its not the oldest part of UK, we have, way older structures.
Did anyone else see Kyde's eyes roll when Star Wars was mentioned. 😊
Excellent videos of your time in London!
The dragon statue you showed looked like a Basilisk from Greek times but some of the dragons on heraldry are called Cockatrice and have the head of a rooster. You find Basilisks depicted all over the world from Russia through Byzantium to Europe. Great video.
The gate drops down is a port cullis
Great video, love the tower of London 🙂
Great video! Absolutely perfect for an absolutely city! 🙂
Glad you enjoyed! -E
I love you guys. I live 20 miles from London and worked in London for 40 years and I hate it. But you made it seem ok
Haha, as a visitor we quite liked it. -E
If you hit up Borough on a Saturday around 4, you can score awesome bread for a quid, and other stuff cheap or free - they don't want to waste what didn't sell.
Good tip!
Still love you guys - wish you had gone to Museum of London near remnants of London Wall at the Barbican as it's really great there
A nice video again and again!
She's so adorable!
I agree! -E
Just catching up but "Shit better not fall down" made me laugh out loud
It's not just a tower as such. It functioned as a fortress, a royal residence, and a prison for those extra special types who you didn't want running around - rebellious nobility and such. I believe the last prisoner there was Rudolf Hess after he flew to Britain in the Second World War to attempt peace negotiations without Hitler's knowledge.
The yeomen there might have mentioned all this already, but it was built by the Normans after their invasion in 1066 and expanded upon later. It's my favourite historical attraction in London.
It was also the place where they executed high ranking people such as Mary Stuart.
It was also a armoury where muskets and alike were tested for reliability before being issued to the army
The American Cook?
Steven Deaville Didn't she have a giant, invisible rabbit?
I discovered your videos 2 days ago - a bit late! I have no idea where you are now in the world. Perhaps you're back home in the US. I love your videos. So incredibly interesting to see the UK from your point of view. The loos in London do vary depending on the area. Best to use the ones in cafes, bars and restaurants which are normally very clean.
We are home in Tokyo now! Glad you found us and are enjoying! -E
Thrilled to hear from you - thank you. I've now gone right back to your videos in 2013, and just love your style, so warm and natural. I shall keep watching as your lives are absolutely fascinating. Your Japanese must be fantastic! If the mood takes you...check out Rochester, Kent where I live. Dickens wrote some of his novels here. If you're interested in ancient buildings we have a medieval castle, cathedral and so much history.
Yay i love cgp grey too.
that hoodie snack is so brilliant! coool
Gotta bring a pack mule!
Love your travel vloggs - brilliant.
Thanks! Glad you found us!
Hey was the Sky Garden at 11:55 that concave building? Isn't that also one of the infamous "Solar Death Ray" buildings that melt cars? You guys could've warmed up on the sidewalk in the daytime, LOL! Eric, was your "lamb" actually lamb, or was it mutton? Earl Grey tea essence is oil of Bergamot, a kind of orange. Cocks are male chickens. Your luck is running true to form, stumbling upon the 4 day window for the luminary show and discovering the clothes display! Can't wait for the next one! Thanks!
Gee Ell Yes the sky garden is inside the concave building. It's officially known as the "walkie talkie" but since it started melting cars, prior to modification, people call it the "walkie scorchie"
20:30 CGP Grey is very clever YT Creator
34:58 There be a monstrous M&M store in Time Square, NYC...
Lumiere looks like fun... :)
Excellent video!! Thanks for sharing
Trivia: they reckon the reason we Brits drive on the left these days is due to years of combat on horseback whereby the sword (or Lance) was carried in the right hand, so you would pass your enemy/foe on the left side whilst riding/charging on horseback; It just seems more natural.
Great upload guys.
p.s. if ya gonna use a bathroom just go into a bar/pub, thats what most of us do.
I've heard that before! Even if not true it's still a fun story. -E
There are several explanations, but they are complimentary on that theme.
We salute and shake hands with the sword bearing (right) hand as a sign of trust or truce: you can't draw weapons holding hands. To do that on horseback is easier if you each keep to the left.
If you are wearing a sword, it'll be on your left side if you're righthanded. That leads to mounting horses from the left so the sword isn't in the way when you throw your leg over its back. If you want to ride off without turning round or being stood in the middle of the road then the left side of the road becomes the kerbside.
I've been a little apprehensive with you coming to the UK even holding my breath a little lol but so far phooooow yiu both seem excited and enthusiastic keep up the good work ♡♡♡♡♡
34:09 - the look of pure love on Eric's face.
Not sure if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but the River Thames is pronounced 'temms'. Great video - you guys should check out Cornwall (you can say 'ello to me Mum :)).
Hah, Yea, we goofed the name hard, we know. Oh well. -E
Fantastic little guide.
to confuse things the City of London has a lord mayor, an old title and the surrounding areas is just London and consists of all the towns that have been absorbed by the greater London area GLC.it now has a Mayor who tries to get thing s working together
there used to be a London county council LCC but they kept on returning labour councils which was out of step with some conservative national governments so it was abolished, for a time
The City (one Roman square mile) is the commercial/mercantile centre. The Royal and political centre is the City of Westminster
You should have seen the poppies in the moat
FYI - The river Thames is pronounced 'Tems' and the Royal Jewels are the 'Crown Jewels'. Enjoyed the video and you have a new sub.
It's interesting to think when you touch the walls of the Tower of London, is this the spot a Tudor lady put her hand.
Yea, we had that very though when we were there! Very cool. -E