I'm a Londoner, over 60 years of age. I love watching video's of London from a tourist's viewpoint. They often give me a different, or new, perspective on my home town. Your observations and insight, accompanied with humour, plus including your young children's opinions; is wonderful.
welcome to the UK you lovely bunch, i hope you have an amazing time, don't let the rain spoil anything us Brits never let the rain ruin our fun. Enjoy ❤
@@palmsandpalaces , as you are walking in London do you know that you are walking past history on the pavement ( sidewalk ) a lot ? There are Black Ballards on the edge of the pavement if you look carefully they are upsidedown cannons that was captured by the Royal Navy in battles , the council thought that they looked good so when work was done on the pavement they had bollards made that looked very similar .
I live in London & quite often watch tourists vlogs - loved yours , your enthusiasm was lovely & glad you enjoyed come back soon . My experience- USA tourists very friendly & fun to meet always welcome ❤
What a delightful Family, welcome to London. We love American visitors, our long lost cousins. Listen ! Many a Londoner myself included will secretly admit that they also love to see the city from the top deck of a bus. Also a great alternative of the tube and on the red buses all you need is your Oyster card. Have a fantastic trip !
The eggs are coloured like that due to the food the hens are given. We get local eggs here in Cornwall (St Ewe, they’re amazing) and the ‘super feed’ gives those darker yolks. Zero fake colours. Glad you’re having a fab time 😊
Thanks for a really great video - beautifully shot and edited. So nice to see such a lovely family with two absolutely delightful and charming children. Welcome to the greatest city on earth! I know I'm biased as a Brit, but London still knocks my socks off every time I visit. I lived in London for 8 years and always loved meeting American tourists and other visitors from all around the world. 🇬🇧❤🇺🇸
Regarding the underground, you need to come up with a plan. Decide that if the same thing happens again, the first ones on the train get off at the next stop and wait on the platform at the same spot. Then when the other train comes the rest of you will be on it in that carriage and you can board.
@@Avfc-m4w Yes! We googled it (🤣🤣), and saw that. You just don’t see that here in the States. One of the things that we love about the UK - the better ingredients and fresh food!
Looks lovely. Borough Food Market is well worth a visit, it's been going for about 1000 years. If you do go, get there early, say about 10 to 10.30am as it gets REALLY busy in the afternoon. There is even a Hotel Chocolat store there, and if you've not been in one of those yet you're in for a treat 😁
Will have to check out Hotel Chocolat next time! Sounds spectacular! The next vlog will cover Borough, but we barely scratched the surface. Thanks for sharing!
The tubes in London move fast with tubes every 1-2 minutes in central London so no waiting around I'm afraid. Best to get positioned near a door after the stop before. The bus tours are an ok way to see some sights but London buses are much cheaper and may be a better solution for some. Dishroom is usually pretty good regardless of which restaurant location you eat at. Did you try the favourite dish of the UK, chicken tikka masala?
Great tips. Thanks! And one of us got the tikka masala and it was delicious. I just regret not getting more Indian while there! Do you have a favorite Indian restaurant in the city?
A Big British Welcome Hug 🤗❤ A fantastic video & I loved to see You & Your family smile & Enjoy all the Uk has to offer. Sorry about the weather, But apart from that I wish You all a fantastic stay & I look forward to watching the rest of Your journey. Big Love ❤
Yes some nice food choices, the eggs looked good, always interesting to hear language differences, we would say those yolks are golden rather than orange, also Americans have orange cats we have ginger cats, and our traffic lights have an amber light not orange, but we do have blood orange soft drinks (Sanpellegrino)
This is a good reminder to "spice" up our vocabulary. Haha! However, I must say that even though we're back in the States, the kids have adopted some British slang and pronunciations. We often pass a sign that says "Cunningham" (we Americans pronounce it Cunning-HAM), but they now say "Cunning-um" every time we drive by!
If they were British, they would have REMAINED in the same seats just so they could happily indulge in doing a raised eyebrow, a side eye look and making a glorious “tutting” noise at their despair of “noisy Americans” 😂😂. No British person would deprive themselves of a having a reason to have a good old mumble n grumble by moving away from the source of their annoyance! What’s the point of that then eh?! 😂😂
I love this video - your kids are adorable, so much enthusiasm! It brings back memories of seeing the sights with our son - who is 20 now!😢 He’ll still do the odd day out with us, we have a Christmas tradition of going to the theatre and for dinner. One thing the children might enjoy next time is “Dino snores” at the Natural History Museum - you have a “night at the museum”, which is a treasure hunt in the dark and then get to sleep on the floor (on a rolled out mat!) underneath the whale or T. rex. Well, I say sleep, I probably got about an hour when we did it but the kids love it! They also do an adults version too 😂
@@marsh3368 We were just talking about the NHM last night at dinner. The kids brought up one of the exhibits and Scott mentioned he was bummed he didn’t get to go this trip, so we promised him we’d all check it out next time. Maybe we will look into those activities you mentioned - they should sound right up their alley!! Cannot WAIT to return! And thanks for the reminder about how fast time flies. I hope you get an extra squeeze from your 20-year-old this week!! And thanks for being here. Our vlog on Windsor and Bath is coming up next! ❤️
Do you listen to the news, when British newsreaders refer to the tower it is always called Big Ben ninety nine percent of the British population only know it as Big Ben so why do you bring up that the bell is Big Ben no one cares.
It’s so refreshing to see such a lovely American family. The Americans we see on the news seem to hate everything and everyone with their MAGA hats etc. This video restores my faith in the US and proves they also have caring and intelligent people - so glad they enjoyed London
lol it was supposed to ! It was tongue in cheek as we say - British humour. As a Londoner it’s weird seeing places I haven’t been since my children were small like yours. With free museums London is a great place for little ones. Enjoy your travels 😊
What colour are YOKES in USA? If it’s Bright Orange it’s the Pièce de résistance,If their yellow it’s battery, if its grey it’s the worst life a chicken had!😢
Hello @Palms & Palaces nice vlogs but while you are in England there are loads of fun places for you to visit. You must visit the Barbicsn Conservatory and do a vlog on it. You must also do a flog on the Tower Bridge Experience and Flamingoland Theme Park And Zoo.
We will be covering the Tower Bridge in the next vlog. And I will look up the others that you shared. Thank you so much for passing these along, and for watching! :)
Cassis is French for blackcurrant. Its not especially common to find it on menus in the USA as cultivating it was banned for a long while in an effort to protect your timber industry.
It's just too busy now, thirty years ago it wasn't like this and I find it a shame how the native population has been driven out. It used to be an English city and now it's just a generic globalist one :/ Sadly that is happening all over the UK, everything is being turned from working towns to theme parks and like Venice it's just a place for the rich to have second homes and B&Bs. Makes me worried for the future of the world because eventually everything will be the same and different cultures will be gone. All this has happened only since airliners in the 60s and for the working classes since the 80s. Only the last twenty years have we seen mass tourism from places like China..... What will happen with the working classes in China and Indian gain capital? Gonna be another couple billion making everything even more crowded.
Thank you for sharing. We found the city to certainly be busy and definitely a melting pot of cultures. The history of the city and the personality of the different neighborhoods was still charming to us.
I'm a Londoner, over 60 years of age. I love watching video's of London from a tourist's viewpoint. They often give me a different, or new, perspective on my home town.
Your observations and insight, accompanied with humour, plus including your young children's opinions; is wonderful.
Thank you so much for being here! I am glad you are enjoying it.
Very impressed that your children were prepared to try all sorts of foods
Thanks, Andy! They loved the food in the UK!
welcome to the UK you lovely bunch, i hope you have an amazing time, don't let the rain spoil anything us Brits never let the rain ruin our fun. Enjoy ❤
@@howardgrice6682 Thank you so much! We are in love with the UK. What a beautiful place!
@@palmsandpalaces , as you are walking in London do you know that you are walking past history on the pavement ( sidewalk ) a lot ?
There are Black Ballards on the edge of the pavement if you look carefully they are upsidedown cannons that was captured by the Royal Navy in battles , the council thought that they looked good so when work was done on the pavement they had bollards made that looked very similar .
That is fascinating! I had no idea!
What a nice family. Really enjoyable vid.
@@andrewdoubtfire4700 Thank you so much. Appreciate the kind words. Have a great day! ♥️
Excellent footage, reactions, and family. Please come back and explore the rest of the Incredible UK
Thank you so much for your kind words and for your support. Stay tuned for more! Have a wonderful day!
I live in London & quite often watch tourists vlogs - loved yours , your enthusiasm was lovely & glad you enjoyed come back soon . My experience- USA tourists very friendly & fun to meet always welcome ❤
Thanks so much! I appreciate the kind words more than you know! Already talking about getting back to the UK!
Great video, hope you & your lovely family enjoy your stay & welcome to the UK 👍
@@MWB5150 Thank you so much. Appreciate the kind words!!
There’s never anything wrong with showing emotion. I cry occasionally when I see people enjoying our country. Thank you for visiting ❤
Thank you. Beautiful place. Miss it already.
London museums are fantastic but very tiring so one needs lots of tea breaks. British museum really great in fact i must go back soon
Very tiring, but oh so fun. Enjoy on your return trip! Are you a UK resident?
What a delightful Family, welcome to London. We love American visitors, our long lost cousins. Listen ! Many a Londoner myself included will secretly admit that they also love to see the city from the top deck of a bus. Also a great alternative of the tube and on the red buses all you need is your Oyster card. Have a fantastic trip !
Thanks! We love to hear when people love their own city and look to experience it too. Appreciate you taking time to watch and interact!
Awesome post.... that apartment was stunning !
Thanks! It was a great home. Just wait til you see the other apartments in England!
The eggs are coloured like that due to the food the hens are given. We get local eggs here in Cornwall (St Ewe, they’re amazing) and the ‘super feed’ gives those darker yolks. Zero fake colours.
Glad you’re having a fab time 😊
The eggs there are so dreamy! Wish we saw that more here in the States.
Thanks for a really great video - beautifully shot and edited. So nice to see such a lovely family with two absolutely delightful and charming children. Welcome to the greatest city on earth! I know I'm biased as a Brit, but London still knocks my socks off every time I visit. I lived in London for 8 years and always loved meeting American tourists and other visitors from all around the world. 🇬🇧❤🇺🇸
Thank you! We enjoyed meeting so many lovely people. Appreciate your kind words.
Take a trip on the Thames...fab way to see the City
Love it! Great tip. Thanks!
Regarding the underground, you need to come up with a plan. Decide that if the same thing happens again, the first ones on the train get off at the next stop and wait on the platform at the same spot. Then when the other train comes the rest of you will be on it in that carriage and you can board.
@@RonSeymour1 I absolutely agree! Lesson learned!
Lol it's orange good quality free range eggs in the UK.
@@Avfc-m4w Yes! We googled it (🤣🤣), and saw that. You just don’t see that here in the States. One of the things that we love about the UK - the better ingredients and fresh food!
@@palmsandpalacesgreat video guy's keep it up.
@@Avfc-m4w Thank you. Really appreciate it. ♥️
Looks lovely. Borough Food Market is well worth a visit, it's been going for about 1000 years. If you do go, get there early, say about 10 to 10.30am as it gets REALLY busy in the afternoon. There is even a Hotel Chocolat store there, and if you've not been in one of those yet you're in for a treat 😁
Will have to check out Hotel Chocolat next time! Sounds spectacular! The next vlog will cover Borough, but we barely scratched the surface. Thanks for sharing!
@@palmsandpalaces Just FYI Borough Market is not open on Mondays.
It's worth getting walking guides of London. The Guardsman at Heathrow is Garrison Sergeant major Mott Welsh Guard. A friend of mine now living in USA
Good to know!!
Welcome to the UK! I hope you all have a great experience and fingers crossed the weather stays nice for you!
@@gaynorhead2325 Thank you so much!! We had best experience!!
The tubes in London move fast with tubes every 1-2 minutes in central London so no waiting around I'm afraid. Best to get positioned near a door after the stop before.
The bus tours are an ok way to see some sights but London buses are much cheaper and may be a better solution for some.
Dishroom is usually pretty good regardless of which restaurant location you eat at. Did you try the favourite dish of the UK, chicken tikka masala?
Great tips. Thanks! And one of us got the tikka masala and it was delicious. I just regret not getting more Indian while there! Do you have a favorite Indian restaurant in the city?
A Big British Welcome Hug 🤗❤ A fantastic video & I loved to see You & Your family smile & Enjoy all the Uk has to offer. Sorry about the weather, But apart from that I wish You all a fantastic stay & I look forward to watching the rest of Your journey. Big Love ❤
Thank you so much!! 🇬🇧❤️
Yes some nice food choices, the eggs looked good, always interesting to hear language differences, we would say those yolks are golden rather than orange, also Americans have orange cats we have ginger cats, and our traffic lights have an amber light not orange, but we do have blood orange soft drinks (Sanpellegrino)
This is a good reminder to "spice" up our vocabulary. Haha! However, I must say that even though we're back in the States, the kids have adopted some British slang and pronunciations. We often pass a sign that says "Cunningham" (we Americans pronounce it Cunning-HAM), but they now say "Cunning-um" every time we drive by!
And ,😀 a great time had by all
@@ernestknoxknox7075 Indeed! ♥️
Outrageous prices,and I’m a Londoner!
London is pricey!
No they moved to the front of the bus to get a better view
Nice big window at the front
@@twominutesturkish6664 It wasn’t a better view, but I’ll accept that response because it makes me feel better about myself. Haha! 🤣
If they were British, they would have REMAINED in the same seats just so they could happily indulge in doing a raised eyebrow, a side eye look and making a glorious “tutting” noise at their despair of “noisy Americans” 😂😂. No British person would deprive themselves of a having a reason to have a good old mumble n grumble by moving away from the source of their annoyance! What’s the point of that then eh?! 😂😂
The best seat on the bus is at the front upstairs, if they are empty someone always jumps on them.
We will try to squeeze our way to the front next time! 😉
Lovely family, hope you enjoyed London and the UK 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 💚💚💚💚
@@udeychowdhury2529 Thank you! We loved it and miss it so much! More England vlogs to come!
What a delightful family! Glad you enjoyed your London stay - make time to visit Australia next!
Thank you so much for your kind words. Australia is on the list! Top three cities to visit?
was there anything Oliver didn't like to eat ? , glad you had a good time despite the rain
He loved it all and already longs for the UK fare (we all do). 😉 I told him I'd attempt to make a pasty sometime soon.
I love this video - your kids are adorable, so much enthusiasm! It brings back memories of seeing the sights with our son - who is 20 now!😢 He’ll still do the odd day out with us, we have a Christmas tradition of going to the theatre and for dinner. One thing the children might enjoy next time is “Dino snores” at the Natural History Museum - you have a “night at the museum”, which is a treasure hunt in the dark and then get to sleep on the floor (on a rolled out mat!) underneath the whale or T. rex. Well, I say sleep, I probably got about an hour when we did it but the kids love it! They also do an adults version too 😂
@@marsh3368 We were just talking about the NHM last night at dinner. The kids brought up one of the exhibits and Scott mentioned he was bummed he didn’t get to go this trip, so we promised him we’d all check it out next time. Maybe we will look into those activities you mentioned - they should sound right up their alley!! Cannot WAIT to return! And thanks for the reminder about how fast time flies. I hope you get an extra squeeze from your 20-year-old this week!! And thanks for being here. Our vlog on Windsor and Bath is coming up next! ❤️
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Hope you have a Nice time in the UK 🇬🇧. And weather holds up for you all ,It's been more miss than hit I'm afraid this Summer.
@@MaxwellMoore-d1u Thank you so much! It started off a bit wet and cool, but turned out to be quite lovely! Appreciate your comment!! ♥️
Looking forward to seeing you eat you way through the uk
You'll definitely see that! 😋
Just a heads up people Big Ben is not the tower it is in fact the giant bell that hangs inside the tower
Do you listen to the news, when British newsreaders refer to the tower it is always called Big Ben ninety nine percent of the British population only know it as Big Ben so why do you bring up that the bell is Big Ben no one cares.
Thanks so much!
7 dials !! my fave place is all of London
It’s such a cool area. Wish we were able to eat there. Do you have a favorite?
Me too! So pretty, especially at Christmas 😊
Swifties are the kindest
@@TheAlex808 🩷🩷
The London Underground system has wonderful procedure for quickly reuniting separated parents and children.
Good to know!
Got to be quick on your Toes in Britain Lass ,especially in London.
Indeed!
It’s so refreshing to see such a lovely American family. The Americans we see on the news seem to hate everything and everyone with their MAGA hats etc. This video restores my faith in the US and proves they also have caring and intelligent people - so glad they enjoyed London
Thanks for the compliment! This comment makes me both laugh and cringe. 😂 Thanks for watching, and stay tuned for more!
lol it was supposed to ! It was tongue in cheek as we say - British humour. As a Londoner it’s weird seeing places I haven’t been since my children were small like yours. With free museums London is a great place for little ones. Enjoy your travels 😊
Nothing wrong with a MAGA hat. Lovely family and video. Thank you
What colour are YOKES in USA? If it’s Bright Orange it’s the Pièce de résistance,If their yellow it’s battery, if its grey it’s the worst life a chicken had!😢
So interesting! I wish we saw more orange yolk here. Bright yellow here in the States!
Hello @Palms & Palaces nice vlogs but while you are in England there are loads of fun places for you to visit. You must visit the Barbicsn Conservatory and do a vlog on it. You must also do a flog on the Tower Bridge Experience and Flamingoland Theme Park And Zoo.
We will be covering the Tower Bridge in the next vlog. And I will look up the others that you shared. Thank you so much for passing these along, and for watching! :)
@@palmsandpalaces and the exhibition but you have to walk on the bridge to the entrance but it's one 1⃣ aide at the base of the tower.
@@palmsandpalaces one more attraction you must do a complete vlog on is Sandworld in Weymouth
Your kids eat Thai and Indian food😊
When in London! 😉
Cassis is French for blackcurrant. Its not especially common to find it on menus in the USA as cultivating it was banned for a long while in an effort to protect your timber industry.
Thanks for sharing!
@@palmsandpalacesAnd the pronunciation is 'ka-cease'.
Cry away if you want to hun, i blub like a child when i hear a military band
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With regard to the people on the bus who moved , well you and your family seem charming , so ignore their rudeness
LOL. Well thank you!
It's just too busy now, thirty years ago it wasn't like this and I find it a shame how the native population has been driven out. It used to be an English city and now it's just a generic globalist one :/ Sadly that is happening all over the UK, everything is being turned from working towns to theme parks and like Venice it's just a place for the rich to have second homes and B&Bs. Makes me worried for the future of the world because eventually everything will be the same and different cultures will be gone. All this has happened only since airliners in the 60s and for the working classes since the 80s. Only the last twenty years have we seen mass tourism from places like China..... What will happen with the working classes in China and Indian gain capital? Gonna be another couple billion making everything even more crowded.
Thank you for sharing. We found the city to certainly be busy and definitely a melting pot of cultures. The history of the city and the personality of the different neighborhoods was still charming to us.