American’s First Time in Britain Solo - Manchester
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Good to see an American not just visiting London.Hope you enjoyed yourself.
Raining in Manchester wow, what a surprise 😂
Quelle suprise.
It was actually given it was sunny the whole of June!
it is also raining in the S and London right now, so although the NW is wetter and cooler and the SE, it is nothing like the disparity lot of people imagine.
as if it's not been raining everywhere in the uk 😏
I've done quite a bit of solo travelling.. if you feel like you haven't spoken to anyone all day, it can feel isolating. You can always have a chat in a pub with a friendly local or the pub landlord. They'll probably also tell you about the local attractions too. Use hotel wifi to research the area. Safe travels!
Plenty of people on here would have met up for a pint - no need to be lonely
Yeh, definitely. Find a quiet-ish pub and tell people you're making a RUclips vid - people will be accommodating.
Manchester is known for being wet, there’s an old joke that if you see someone with a tan they’ve gone rusty.
LOL, NW England is definitely wetter than down the SE due to our Atlantic driven weather.
That said, it was glorious for the whole of June and just changed end of June.
@@Muckylittleme I know. I’m in the NW, and a hell of a lot closer to the sea than Manchester.
What happened to the other guy you were with.
Haha,I haven't heard that joke since 1979 ha
Very true, heard that joke many times. Or we don't have a climate, our kid, we have weather. My fave was Les Dawson, who joked his house as a kid was so damp it had a rainbow in the hallway. Its either grey dampness or the occasional humid heatwave.
Personally, as an introvert, I love travelling on my own. Not socialising isn't just easy for me, it's a relief. I like being alone.
I'm the same as you.. some people confuse being alone and being lonely
I guess I’m quite an introvert, I travel and get out and about solo all the time.
That’s not to say I’m ignorant to meeting people along the way. If I’m out hiking in the Peak District for instance, I’ll say hi to people I walk past, hold footpath gates open for someone close behind me, I often do stuff that others APPEAR to ignorantly avoid, but I travel alone mainly to do everything at my own pace.
@@bdn9041 I'm.a widow I'm getting used to living alone I do see family but I. Alright by myself
I've spent decades going away on my own. Even been to America on my own, and spent two weeks in Tenerife on my own. I go away with mates and its one or two weeks on the pi ss hence going on my own I can take in the sights and culture of another country. Its not being lonely, its wanting to be alone.
Being an introvert doesn't mean you like being alone, though. Just that your personality is more introverted when it comes to socialising with other people.
The reason I follow you was because of your trip with will last year, and I ended up spending a week in Manchester last year, to be honest with you I liked Manchester more than London !
I’m from Stockport, 6 miles from Manchester City centre and love seeing Manchester being seen from others viewpoints x
I live in Manchester, wished I'd known you were coming here. I'd have met you for a drink (or two) you could have pretended that I was your English Grannie!!😉😉
Shambles Sq, Football Museum, the Roman fort in Castlefield, art gallery, John Ryland Library, St Peter's Sq, Albert Sq, loads of good pubs - love Manchester!
Shame you only had one day in Manchester- there is so much more to see! Seemed surreal to see you walking around my nearest city!! At least you got typical Manchester weather, it’s always colder the further north you get!!! You may even need a coat in Glasgow!! Really enjoying watching your travels!!!
"It seems like there's an enormous cathedral in every English city"... almost yes... historically in the UK it could only be called a city if you had a cathedral (though that's not the case anymore).
Hi Joel I hate to sound teacherly but thats because I am a teacher!! If you have a quick stop in a city it's a good idea to go on Trip Advisor or go to the Tourist Information to find out what the main sites are so you don't miss the highlights. Walking around is a good way to see a city too so I hope you continue to do that as well.
People are generally friendly so you can always ask someone in a shop, cafe or pub about good places to visit and you might strike up a conversation with them. It's great to see your Vlogs. I hope you continue to enjoy yourself. The weather is due to improve soon!
You arrived a week late. June was cooking. I visited Manchester for a weekend in April. I absolutely loved it and the weather was really good. So easy to get around with the tram system and the people were very friendly.
Manchester is a fun city for young people, with a great university. A lot of the red brick buildings were built in a time when brick was a sign of affluence. It was a wealthy cotton town during the Industrial Revolution and I have ancestors who were married in Manchester cathedral. Yes it’s famous for its rainy weather, but that rain fed mountain streams that flowed into rivers which powered the mills of the industrial north of England. So don’t knock it! Enjoy your visit.
I too have great grandparents who married in Manchester cathedral!
And home to some of the most dangerous gangs in the world. Broughton Red.
Hi Joel. You definitely need to spend more time in Manchester, the city has a lot of very cool places to explore. There’s also Liverpool a short train ride away and some very beautiful countryside nearby.
So many things you could have done there! I live 45minutes away from Manchester and my husbands from Bristol! We love the museum of science and industry in Manchester but there are quite a few other awesome museums there too. Fantastic for shopping and the restaurants! Not to mention the Manchester arena and other venues which put on shows weekly.
The Adidas hoodie looks cool. Kudos to you for doing the trip solo - it's tough at times, but character building. Hostels are prob best for a friendly, sociable guy like you :) Great video Joel. Weather is supposed to be picking up soon I think. We get whatever the southern US / Gulf of Mexico throws at us via the Gulf Stream & North Atlantic Drift !
Except he says Adidas so wrong lol
@@adrianhempfing2042 Agreed, as do a lot of people. I was ridiculed at school (70's-80's) when I used to pronounce it "Addy das". Which, it later turned out, was correct.
Solo traveller - very brave 💙🏴💫
I'm an introvert, so I've travelled solo quite a bit. I recommend asking at the hotel about day trips and tour buses. You meet other solo travellers.
Manchester is a big place - the Greater Manchester area has a population of 2.8 million people. I've worked in the area since 2005 and love the place. Some great places to eat, drink and hear live music. And yes - it always rains there!
I have five happy years living in Manchester, lovely place.
Smile a bit more dont look so worried your doing great and think of it as a adventure, i love all towns and citys in the uk and each one offers something historical or new. I love the cathedrals and churches and buildings.
If you ever visit Manchester again, try the coach tours that go from the Northern Quarter The Smiths Tour, for eg. and take you around various places associated with the music scene and the band. I think its still going. There are usually similar things in most cities around various cultural/historical themes. Sometimes walking tours , boat trips (the Manchester Ship Canal has some great ones). Liverpool has a great Beatles one. Its a good way to fit in lot on a short visit and usually has friendly & knowledgeable local telling you the stories of the city etc, and often has like minded travellers aboard you can chat with. As a Mancunian, I saw and heard things I never new about before in different locations across the city and outskirts, and would have taken ages to get to if I had attempted to do it myself.
Enjoy the rest of your trip, kudos to you for adventuring out there.
Yes, I have countless umbrellas consigned to the umbrella graveyard, due to the wind and rain. Having said that the sometimes miserable weather, is pretty mellow compared with the meteriological extremes experienced elsewhere .
Manchester is a city I always enjoyed visiting when I lived in England. It's a shame you didn't have a wee bit longer to explore though. I'm sure you'll be back in the UK ASAP though to do more exploring :)
The Wimbledon coverage in the hotel room dates this - this is very recent! Good stuff. Manchester needs a lot of time, but at least you've had a taste of an important UK city.
That good ol Mancunian rain is the reason why the city has produced so many bands throughout the years; can't go outside so folk end up staying inside and learning an instrument. Why else were Oasis originally called Rain when they first formed.
Liverpool is one of the few cities in the uk with 2 cathedrals
Another vote for Liverpool. I took in Chester and Port Sunlight in same trip, easy train route.
Sheffield is another
Birmingham has two too.
Newcastle has two.
London has more than two. Even Southwark within London has two.
Belfast, Armagh, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Oban, Newcastle, Norwich, Birmingham, Bristol, Portsmouth, Manchester (if you include Salford), Cardiff (if you include Llandaff) and Sheffield all have at least 2 cathedrals.
Not such a small list.
Few have two cathedrals which are so well known as Liverpool's, I will grant.
Can't believe you visit Manchester and don't call on liverpool which is only 40mins away by train. Fantastic waterfront 2 cathedrals loads of venues for young crowd. Don't miss it next time !!!!
You can’t go everywhere 🤷🏼♂️
My thoughts exactly.
He was probably worried if he'd get out of there alive 🙄
@@fresh.prince7472 i mean, it only takes a quick google search to not sound like an idiot…
Is Liverpool Rougher Than Manchester? According to Numbeo's Crime Comparison between the two cities, Manchester has the highest crime index at 56.34, compared to Liverpool at 44.50, meaning that you are more likely to be a victim of crime in Manchester.
@@mdx7460 you sound triggered ask James Bulger and Reece Jones they'll confirm your theory
Manchester’s cathedral is actually quite small, if you ever visit Liverpool definitely check out their cathedral. It always used to blow me away as a child how enormous it was
...and of course, ever on the lookout to outdo Manchester, Liverpool has two cathedrals!
Which one?
Liverpool's Anglican cathedral is the largest in the UK; it was built between 1904 and 1978, but its neo-Gothic style makes it look superficially 400 or 500 years earlier!
Liverpool has 2 cathedrals. The Roman Catholic one is the most modern, being round, hence the nickname Paddy's Wigwam. It's real name is Christ the King. These 2 cathedrals are at each end of Hope Street.
Joel.... you got out of Deutschland in time. Berlin has 18 inches of rain, with golf ball sized hail. (Look on-line when you have time.) Massive flooding.
I have to say, an American man in Manchester is pretty cool
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I hope this trip helps you to love the UK even more. Happy discovering!
I’m a Mancunian and that’s pretty nice weather tbh🤣 the night life is buzzin and there’s loads of characters knocking about. Travel safe 😊
Its great how you show Britain as it really is Joel,not just the shiny bits,and how you turn English when you're here is great too ha,great video mate
I hope you managed to see more of Bristol than just the centre, if you walked up Park Street into Clifton you would have seen some great sights buildings galleries/museums parks, shops and in Clifton village you could go to see the world famous suspension bridge and the gorge.
Joel, you should have connected up with some of your viewers, I'm sure you'd have made arrangements to meet up in all your destinations, if only to get an overview of best places to go. Have fun Joel, enjoy and take care ❤ I hope the weather improves, it was hot hot hot about a week ago, turned chilly now ( I'm in the Lake District )
Gutted I missed you coming to Manchester Joel, was hoping to show you a bit of the place ... ah well ... enjoy the rest of your trip
I live in Bolton, home of Fred Dibnah and Peter Kay who I know you've reacted to, which is part of Manchester. Bolton is 14 miles from Manchester and whilst also over populated, there's some lovely scenery and as i'm in "real estate" I could have showed you where Peter lives and where Fred used to live.
Hello Joel, in Germany the cold front at the beginning of July is also known as sheep cold. This cold period regularly occurs at this time and in the past sheep were sheared in late June, early July - so they were without fur when it was another year with the cold front and were freezing.
My son used to live in Manchester so I visited quite a few times. I found the city to be a very young place...teens everywhere! It was mostly raining or icy winds each time I visited. I can’t say it was one of the best cities I’ve visited. No disrespect to all who live there. 😉👍 great to see you again Joel....oh! It does say it’s getting a lot warmer next week 🤞
Definitely picking up the British lingo - “Rain pissing down on us” 🤣😂🤣
Welcome to Manchester. Having a cathedral was the old way of being classed as a "city", hence why the major cities have big cathedrals :-)
Edinburgh boasts of 2 cathedrals 🤣 both have the same name which an get confusing St Mary RC Cathedral and St Mary Episcopalian Cathedral Edinburgh lol beat THAT Manchester 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Actually 3 Cathedrals I forgot to mention the high kirk that is St Giles Cathedral.
@@Theresabrown1805 Well I went to Rome for an Irish friends wedding and asked taxi driver to take us to St Patrick's Church and he said which one?! (There are three).
Manchester Cathedral wasn't originally a cathedral. It was Manchester Collegiate Church, was the mother church of the Parish of Manchester, and was built in the 1400s. Manchester became a city in 1853, six years after the collegiate church became a cathedral with the creation of the Diocese of Manchester, carved out from the Diocese of Chester. The parts of Greater Manchester in Cheshire (other than those in the City of Manchester) are still under the Bishop of Chester, not Manchester.
Thus your comment doesn't apply to Manchester and its cathedral, nor, indeed, to most other cities. Sheffield, for example, has a small cathedral because the Parish of Sheffield was a lot smaller than was the Parish of Manchester. What is true is that big parishes had big parish churches, and quite a lot of them became cathedrals as new dioceses were created. Our parish church in Bowdon is absolutely huge, although Bowdon is now only a small district of Altrincham. see:
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@@Theresabrown1805 It's a smashing Cathedral St Gile's I always like to visit when I'm in Edinburgh
Liverpool also had two cathedrals
You remind so much of my young nephew, he looks like you and travels at every opportunity, I admire that I’ve never had the ambition to travel. Great vidyas J
It's unfortunate it's so cold right now. It's normally warmer than this in July! It's ridiculous how cold it is at the moment.
So nice to see Manchester again! I went to College there and have some grest memories! 👍🏼
I travel solo a lot because to me it has more perks than downsides. You are totally free to do whatever you want on a whim. Nothing beats that.
About traveling on a tight itinerary with a backpack like that (not too big, but heavy) I do this strategic thing: if I arrive in a larger city and it is too early to check-in to the hotel, I often get onto a hop-on hop-off bus. Tours usually take between 90mins to 2 hours or so.
Their tickets are expensive, but you get a very good overview of the city, with audioguide, while not exerting yourself and you get to pick out the spots you can revisit once the tour is done and you're checked-in, it is a relaxing form of recon.
Of course you can hop-on/off, but I usually complete the tour in one sitting, so I don't waste time waiting for the next bus to arrive at the stop or having to check the clock to catch a particular bus to continue the tour.
If the luggage is too big, you can't get onto the bus and need to drop your stuff off at the hotel until you can check-in.
Geography means that Britain has a warmer wetter West and a colder, , but dryer East. Manchester, being in the North-West, is particularly wet.
Was in Manchester today ( Wed 5th July 2023) had to pick up B'day present for my granddaughter's 11th b'day. Shame I missed you though who'd want a 61 year old Gramp's hanging round lol. Hope you enjoyed your time in our great city stay safe JP 👍
It's a difficult city to get full appreciation of in a short time, Its not built for Tourists exactly but it is a great city to live in and really grows on you.
'Live and learn', is the best fitting UK expression!
Hope you enjoyed your time in Bristol and that it didnt get too messy! Bristol can be full on when you're young the problem isnt finding the party its finding the time to chill. Enjoy you're trip up north and your rest of your time here. Give us a shout if your ever coming back to Bristol will give you a bit more of a tour.
Dude I wish I knew this earlier... if you're ever in Manchester again you need to hit me up!! My friend group is international, and I showed a lot of them around when they first came here. It would be our absolute pleasure to show you around properly! There's so many hidden gems in Manchester. Right by where your hotel is, there's like a miniature Amsterdam around the canals with bars and pubs and it's beautiful, and even a roman building haha. But yeah it's not been windy or rainy here for a while, its been 38°C. You came on the worst day. And next week it will be 40 😂. Hope you enjoyed your stay!!
It's a shame he didn't contact his viewers. He was tired too. As for architecture I think he'd have loved the Corn Exchange and St Anne's Square, The Shambles and a walk up to Lincoln Square where there's a statue of Abraham Lincoln commemorating Lincoln's connection with the Mill workers of Manchester during the American Civil War. Some nice pubs around there too.
@@kat2270ye I would of said on instagram etc
Ive done several solo trips i think if you slowed down a bit you would see more and meet people get to know your way around a bit better no fun rushing around feeling tired all the time as they say less is more so by doing less you get so much more out of a trip rather than a quick glimps.
Nice you saw manchester and the rain its part of the fun, but friendly people and well it is due to warm up soon. Take care and enjoy Joel
I admire your liver : D
Have fun, greetings from Germany
I love visiting Manchester! Only 40 minutes on a train for me but it's such a great place to visit, especially over the Christmas season. Highly recommend you coming over to Manchester around that time as the Christmas market is amazing
Haha. This trip should be called "The UK by Hangover"
It's been cracking flags in Manchester for 3 weeks. Only just started being crappy. Glad you made it up here anyway, even if it was only brief.
Lived in Bristol for ten years. Such an amazing city! Glad you had a good time.
Dude you were so close to the remnants of an old Roman Fort near Castlefiled at the start of your Manchester segment.
Happy Valley Season 3 has won yet another award for TV drama, in the South Bank Show Awards: another reason to look forward to watching it with you, Joel.
He should have gone to Halifax!
It’s gonna be freezing the further north we go lol….we are all wearing shorts in Scotland 😂
Joel here's a travel tip from a Brit when visiting the UK always pack for the four season's. Xxx
I can't believe you went to Bristol and didn't see or walk over the suspension bridge!
You missed some great views. That's like going to Bath and not visiting the Roman baths.
I was going to say 'it's a long way from the city centre' but looking at the map that seems to be because I tried to walk there via the riverside. Looks like it's much quicker to get a local bus.
@@chrisamies2141 it's not that far from the city centre. Walk or bus up Redland Road or Whiteladies Road. You need to talk to the locals to find out things like this.
Joel, I'm actually feeling a sense of loneliness for you going solo this time round, but also I feel inspired! At 65 years of age, and for the first time since 2006, I'm travelling overseas by myself for two weeks in September. Off to Paris. One part of me is totally petrified at the prospect, the other fobs my fear off by saying: hey, it's an adventure! The world, and travelling the world, has doubtless changed and drastically so since 2006. Yikes! Noddy goes to Paris, ha! So, you are unknowingly affording me some faith that I can do what you are doing now, even though I'm way, way older than you! Let's say fragile :) Note to myself: Just pretend you're Joel in Paris and all will be well! Keep inspiring us as you do! God bless you!
I think Paris is a good choice for a solo trip. Having dinner on your own in a restaurant is quite common and considered perfectly normal. Have a great trip.
@@digidol52 Thank you! I am looking forward to sitting in cafes watching Parisians pass me by. You've helped put me at ease :) Blessings!
Out of all places you chose the one with civil unrest. The city centre is not as bad I heard but it's a good idea to stay out of the suburbs.
Phillip good for you enjoy your trip and safe travels.
@@user-gy1im9mc9u Thanks :)
I love the red brick buildings in Manchester. It makes Manchester stand out from the rest of the UK.
Manchester literally gives it's name to a category of cloth: sheets and bedclothes are referred to as 'manchester'
Make sure you claim delay repay for your delayed train - you will get a significant amount back. 100% refund if over 60 mins, 50% for 30 mins and 25% for 15mins. You can do it online.
Hi Joel... omg you passed my office near Piccadilly station. Would have been nice to meet you. Let me know when you come to Manchester next. You should also visit North Wales next time! Happy to be your tour guide. Genuine.
I hope you got a picture next to Alan Turing while you were in Sackville Gardens. I’ve been very drunk there before and been jump scared by that statue.
I’m from Manchester and know the place by heart. You should’ve spent more time there as there’s a lot to see and do but it’s nice watching foreign people visit places in the uk that aren’t just in London.
Its unusually chilly this July in the UK. Hope you enjoy your travels
Have a good time and remember you are on vacation, and we can always wait for your video uploads in couple of days. Stay Safe and Have Some Fun.
Aww mate I live in Manchester I would have loved to have got you a beer whilst you were here and shown you the sights
Well at least you went to The Waterhouse Pub Joel! Nice one, I frequent it every week 😂
Hey Joel
Not sure when you are coming to Glasgow but I hope you get a warm welcome.
Unfortunately the weather has turned after almost a month of unbroken sunshine . Will look out for you . Thanks for your blog . 😎
Great video as usual man, welcome to the UK! I especially like the final clip, proper cliffhanger
“At the next station, the doors will not open. Please move forward if you wish to..”
I’m hooked for episode 2
Good morning Joel...Welcome back to the UK, Noticed you had Wimbledon Tennis on in your hotel room, Manchester is growing larger in population, It's home to Media City where both BBC & ITV have a major Northern base, Manchester is also known as Rainy City a term which I believe was devised by CB radio chat because of it's proximaty to the hills of the Peak District, When you take the train to Glasgow you will see some great views of the Lake District, Hope you enjoy the rest of your trip...Keep The Faith
"its raining, oh well" That the spirit lad.
Yes the red brick buildings are iconic but it’s the friendly Mancunian people that make it a fantastic place 😃😃😃
Sacadilly gardens got me 😂 Shame you couldn’t spent longer in Manchester and explore with a companion!
For those who don't know the city there are 2 nearby gardens in that part of the city centre: Piccadilly Gardens by the bus station and Sackville Gardens in the Gay Village (where Joel went!) 👌😎
Joel... You missed the best part of Bristol. The stunning Suspension Bridge, the Caves, Ashton (deer) Court, and the high end Clifton area - which is similar to Bath.
“Sackadilly” was too good. 😂
Piccadilly Gardens. + Sackville Gardens = Sackadilly Gardens ❤
Also Bristol is pretty much food and street food capital. The tunnel art was part of a city wide graffiti art project many years ago, it was called see no evil xx
Btw, Manchester is the rainiest city in England 🌧
no it isn't 👍
It isn’t
In the UK you have to have either a university or a Cathedral to qualify as a city. Otherwise you are a town. I am Manchester born and bred and it’s the best city in the world. It’s a shame you didn’t have longer to explore. It’s the home of many world firsts and inventions. Home of the Industrial Revolution. It’s also the home of the very first computer. Yes, we Brits invented it. The city’s science and technology achievements are second to none.
I hope you get chance to visit again in the future and take a lot longer to look around.
I like the quick cuts; no messin about. I honestly wouldn't say that rain is typical British weather during the summer months; not down south anyway.
Completely missed this episode! Strange to think you were walking around in Manchester around a couple of miles away from where I live 😊
Please come back one day and do a tour of Yorkshire, England's biggest county. The people are friendly and the countryside beautiful.
But he's American. He thinks a country is a set of cities.
I recognise that IBIS Styles room straight away as I used to have to inspect them for my job, you have a nice central location there Joel. The issue with the trains is commonplace when travelling across and up the country as opposed to London to another bigger city. Sorry you got to experience standard UK rail delays but glad you got there in the end.
lovely to see you enjoying Bristol, then visiting our other favourite city, Manchester! (Motel One..? excellent German chain!)
Welcome back to the UK!
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you HAVE to go back to Manchester - one of they best nights out
Wow Manchester was amazing
Your stop off in Macclesfield Station is about a 15 minute walk from my home. xx
Bristol has an amazing suspension bridge! And a great music and uni scene, But sadly it has a crime reputation now days and covid has hit the city centre, anyway glad you’re having a good time man :)!
It was in the late 70s /eighties all thou June. Shame, tbe weather changes the whole vibe. Hope the sun comes out. When you were in Germany it was the same sunny weather here!
People robbing the Tesco for beer, cancelled trains, rain... A meal deal... You're getting the full and real English experience here mate 😂
Yay! I see you found Macclesfield, on your way into Manchester, then. (st. Michael's field, the church you could see was st. Michael's, on the hill.) That's my home!👍K
Noway u came to Manchester - awesome
I spent 3 minutes or so not recognizing my city before I realized that the first part is in Bristol. You had me worried for a while.