AMERICAN'S EXPLORE ST PAULS CATHEDRAL LONDON... IT WAS TERRIFYING!
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- SO ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS PLACES TO VISIT IN LONDON IS SAINT PAULS CATHEDRAL LONDON , AS AMERICANS WE WAS DRAWN FOR ITS STUNNING BRITISH ARCHITECTURE, WONDERUL HISTORY, AND OF COURSE ITS HARRY POTTER FILMING LOCATION, WHAT WE SIGNED UP FOR AND WHAT WE GOT WAS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. WE KNOW YOU GUYS LIKE AMERICANS TRYING BRITISH THINGS , SPECIALLY ONE OF THE TOP THINGS TO DO IN LONDON... BUT THIS SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF US LOL.
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Just keep in mind we was walking a very fine line making this video, so if your wondering why we didn’t delve more into the history or into the church… There are reasons for that. Would we have like to? YES…. But out of respect for the church of Englands policies and situations right now…we chose not to… we are not in a “position” to talk about the church of Englands history or St. Paul’s, which go hand in hand.
People record in the church all the time mate, so long as there is not a service going on if that is your issue
@@andymac900 so the rules and what people do is not the same lol. We consider ourselves Christians we have respect for holy places in our faith. People recording for personal use is one thing, to record to put on RUclips for clout is another lol. Also, when we were there, we were not professional videographers… now we are, so there was a whole other channel to go down for that, we chose a compromise. To not be disrespectful to the church’s wishes. Just to maintain our respect. To be fair there is video of me talking a lot about the history. But we chose not to use it.
@@Trippingthroughadventures I feel somewhat you did not do your research fully enough as if you had done all necessary research you would have been aware it is required to undertake a six month fitness training exercise before. Visiting the UK can be challenging as historic buildings were often not designed with elevators in mind, and it's unlikely that they will be retrofitted with one. So please bear in mind if you do visit the UK again Please engage in a six-month fitness and exercise regimen before visiting.
@@MrCoxy38 well obviously we wasn’t aware did you see our last video where we destroyed a bunch of doughnuts at a market …. Same day 🤣😂🤣😂
@@TrippingthroughadventuresI saw that video, and please correct me if I'm mistaken, but I believe you commented that it was the best doughnut you've ever had. If I'm wrong and have confused you with another RUclipsr, please let me know.
How St Paul's wasn't blown up during the blitz is amazing in itself.
So we couldn’t really talk about that cuz, when we went there we was not making money, now we are, the church has rules to really talk about the history we needed to set up and appointment and everything make a donation ect.. we didn’t, well because at that time we didn’t fall under the category of professional…. Now we do, so we focused more on the reactions of ourselves so we didn’t get to talk about much history, we felt that was a good compromise to not take advantage of the church lol. Make it purely reaction, lol. But it did seem like a big and obvious target to attack. To kind of get at the heart of Great Britain. Our personal we belief we believe god protects certain places for certain reasons.
The dome of St. Paul’s Cathedral was pierced by a Nazi bomb, leaving the high altar in ruin. It was one of the few occasions that the 17th-century cathedral suffered significant damage during Germany’s nearly ceaseless bombing raids on London in the fall of 1940.
Plenty of incendiaries landed on the building roof too.. A few very brave guys put the incendiaries out to protect the cathedral
During the blitz fire wardens used buckets of water passed along by a human chain to put out the burning incendiaries before the roof structure itself caught fire. And presumably they had to walk up all those stairs and carry buckets of water up with them - amazing feat of human determination.
@@gdok6088 My late father was a young curate up in the North of England during the War. He was given the job of fire watch duty at Liverpool Cathedral, which meant every night he had to sleep high up in the roof among the rafters, waiting all night, listening for those bombers to come over... Fortunately there was never a direct hit, at least not while he was on duty. With only a few sand buckets provided, I don't think his confidence was high he'd be very successful at putting out any major fire. Still, he stuck it our, doing his bit for the war effort.
Meanwhile his future wife, my mother, was working in South London as a secretary to the scientists at Woolwich Arsenal, which did get hit, with several people killed. They all got pretty blase about it. Some nights she'd go to the ballet or theatre, and walk back across the River, all the way home afterwards in the middle of a bombing raid, with London in complete darkness due to compulsory blackouts, without turning a hair...
I'm an American. I've visited St Paul's many times. I thought it was beautiful.
Very beautiful 🤩
St Pauls was designed by Christopher Wren. He is interred there with a plaque that shows "Reader, if you seek his monument - look around you"
In Latin. Si monumentum requiris, circumspice.
Thank you for quoting me! There are so many extraordinary happenings in our history.
Now, I don't know how to break it to you gently; but we have a lot of spiral staircases in Britain... It is a common way to get up old towers. I've seen many a lot more worn than that one; in my local Church I don't think the steps have been repaired since the fifteenth century, and the bell-ringers use them regularly. Wait till there's a crowd on the stairs and loud bells start ringing next to you...
Of course, in castles, they weren't made to be easy to get up. A defender would want to push you to the bottom... And the angle of turn was deliberate, so that most people being right-handed, your sword-arm was impeded.
Possibly you'll have to avoid going to the tops of things...
Thank you for the awesome info, yes I think we can handle it better now we know how to gauge what we are in for! lol
Love your videos.
The funniest comment I heard from an American woman who was walking behind me on Tower Bridge one day was when she said to her husband "Wow it's amazing that Henry Vlll would have built such an amazing bridge that can still handle all the traffic and lift up for the ships!".
I'd struggle with the steps at St Pauls at the moment as I am not that fit at the moment. I am 61 and will get myself fit again and then I'd be fine. When I was in my twenties I virtually ran up those steps in high heels.
Go to the north entrance. It's all ramped.
As most people no doubt realise, the current cathedral was built to replace the much older one that had been destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. The original building was of gothic design, complete with spire, and there's an excellent model of it on display at the Museum of London (currently closed pending a move to a new site and due to reopen in 2026). Christopher Wren's choice of baroque for the design of the current building was very controversial at the time because it was considered to be too Catholic, and the critics wanted another gothic design, that being more traditionally English (and therefore Protestant).
I was lucky enough to be in this church during a service, I believe it was Good Friday and the choir was singing, the sound was amazing.
I bet that was amazing to hear!
Lawrence off Arabia is buried in a small village called Moreton in Dorset. It is near to the cottage he lived in. The church where he was buried only held 170 people and he asked to be wrapped in a Union Jack and there there to be no flowers on his coffin with no inscription. Also all of the mourners were to wear plain clothes whatever their rank! Lawrence of Arabia was an archaeologist in the Middle East before the First World War and was instrumental in uniting the different Arab factions against the Ottoman Empire, which controlled the region. The main country created from this was Saudi Arabia and also the surrounding countries. He tried to escape his fame after the war by first joining the RAF as an aircraft's man fitter and then joined the Tank Regiment under the name of T.E.Shaw.
So he was a real man, wanted to preserve and help the world, without any of the
Accolades that when with it. I’m going to research him.
@@TrippingthroughadventuresIf you are ever in Dorset, Moreton church is well worth a look in itself. Beautiful etched glass windows and a very unusual layout. The grave is just down the road in a detached cemetery, and there is a lovely ford across the local river that is a wonderful family bathing spot
@Trippingthroughadventures Watch the epic movie Lawrence of Arabia, it's excellent. 'Aurance' is still revered in Arabia. Also check out Wilfred Patrick Thesiger and Gertrude Bell.
@erikadavis2264 funny you say that right now as we speak “Aurance” is marching his men into Damascus lol, trying to learn as much as can about him lol.
I would advise people to look carefully at videos such as yours before they attempt the climb. If you are claustrophobic and/or scared of heights to any degree, then definitely don't even think about it. These stairs and heights do strange things to peoples' minds. Well done for warning others.
Thank you, I know a lot of people personally that would regret these stairs lol
That was hilarious. I didn't understand at first what you were saying about the regulations around video-photography, but having read further, I got it. I think...
Since you're Christians (and even if you weren't) I'd highly recommend looking online and checking out the service times next time you're in an English city with a Cathedral. My particular favourite is Evensong. Not 'Evening Prayer' - 'Song' is key here, because it means it'll involve lots of singing and music. This is a great way to truly feel a part of the deeper meaning, atmosphere and beauty of a great Church of England Cathedral, instead of just visiting tourists - and no entrance fee, of course! You'll usually find a very well-trained choir (probably from the Cathedral's own Choir School) a skilled organist and a variety of music taken from many centuries of beautiful English sacred music, which honestly brings the whole place to life, filling all those echoing heights and ornate spaces with glorious sound. You can just feel how the space is designed, and the music written, all to the glory of God, as understood by past generations. If the form of service is unfamiliar to you, just sit a few rows back so you can watch and follow what everyone else is doing. It will give you a truly magical memory to take home with you, I promise!
We wanted to attend on while we were there but our schedule didn’t allow it, next trip we are going to make a special time out to attend a service and have a Sunday roast after. We would like to feel a little more of our faith inside those walls as to (as you said ) a tourist. lol
@@Trippingthroughadventures Sounds like a great plan!
I remember going up those stairs yrs ago when I was at school yes it's very steep and bit scary. I love st Paul's but westminster Abbey has the most amazing sculptures and the details in that place are mindblowing . 😊
We wanted to go and actually went but the line was wrapped around the outside of the building, we would have had to sacrifice some other things but next trip we will go 😇
@@Trippingthroughadventures cool .
Cathedrals are a massive testament to man’s ingenuity, vision, artistry, dedication, drive, tenacity etc. It is especially impressive when you consider the time when they were built. You should be very pleased that you were able to witness the structure from the perspective that you did. No mean achievement in itself. Give yourself a pat on the back for not only doing so, but videoing it too! 😎🤘
We really are ignorant to grand architecture of the past. Even in our own constructions in America. The things that we consider old and amazing, was actually standard maybe even outdated/perfected, by the time it was built here in the states. lol
Fully British here, and I would happily trade in my passport and take the American route up in the elevator to the Sky Garden (15 mins walk down the road inside the 'Walkie Talkie' sky scraper), rather than endure that death trap of a staircase! The bonus of the Sky Garden is that it's free, and you can see St Pauls from it.
Chapel for the Order of the British Empire - 1957 the decision was taken, approved by Queen Elizabeth II as the Sovereign of the Order, to establish the Order’s Chapel in St Paul’s Cathedral. The pre-existing St Faiths Chapel, located in the Crypt of St Paul’s, was dedicated to the Order and thereafter also known as the Chapel of the Order of the British Empire. The Chapel was dedicated to the Order in a service which took place after the completion of the restoration of the Chapel
On May 20th 1960. The Order has held a close relationship with St Paul’s Cathedral ever since. With the inclusion of the Chapel in the Order, it was decided that the Dean of St Paul’s Cathedral would be instated as an Official, as the Dean of the Order; another ex officio position which continues to this day.
This is available for use by Members and Medallists of the Order for weddings baptisms and funeral services.
Hiya. Two questions.
1) Did either of you climb the vertical ladder and look out of the ball that supports the cross on the very, very top of the Cathedral? That's as far up as you can go.
2) Did you experience the phenomenon of the Whispering Gallery?
Stay safe. All the best to you.
I went up to the golden ball gallery many,many years ago.I recall the vertical ladders and it being very dark!!
Lawrence of Arabia…..read his book The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. A remarkable man.
So Tiffany would have not I would have but I was unaware of it I would have like to see it. Yes we did walk through the stunning whispering gallery, but it had a strict no photo policy so we didn’t take no pics.
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One of you should have walked round until you were opposite each other and then you can whisper to each other and hear it clearly.
Lawrence of Arabia(Thomas Edward Lawrence) CB DSO (16 August 1888 - 19 May 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer who became renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt (1916-1918) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915-1918) against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. The breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and his ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as Lawrence of Arabia, a title used for the 1962 film based on his wartime activities.
Your reactions are so honest, and nieve, (in a good way) that was quite heartwarming. You have experienced new things given us your reactions. Good job. Best wishes from Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
My Local Church is called the Crooked Spire. The Spire was made using Green Oak ,When the Lead was added it Twisted and Leaned over a bit .Hence the name Crooked Spire .but it Was over 700 years ago...But the Urban myth is a lot better. One day the Devil was Flying over when he Noticed a Wedding he settled on the Spire and it Twisted. It's Said the next time a Virgen gets Married it will straighten that was over 700 years ago 😮.
That'd be Chesterfield then.....
@@erikadavis2264 Yep .
@@user-ze5tu4ck1t 700 years? A major dearth of virgins in Chesterfield then?! 😀
As a child in sixties i can remember climbing the vertical ladder up to the top most point and looking around London before skyscrapers were everywhere and wasn't expecting gale force winds on my face . There was no wind at ground level . What really interested me after climbing down the vertical ladder was the glass window in the floor at the centre of the dome . Raising the view through the window also raised the cathedral floor many times more like a magnifying glass . Perhaps it was .
You need to watch the film Lawrence of Arabia, one of the best films ever made- It was the film that inspired Stephem Spielburg to become a director.
We did yesterday, wasn’t disappointed, he really seems like the inspiration for Indiana jones.
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When you reached the top of the wide stairs...to the 'Whispering Gallery' did you whisper each side of the doorway to each other?
That used to be my reason for climbing up the wide steps up to
'The Whispering Gallery', but due to poor health and mobility issues, I can no longer visit such historical and beautiful sites.
I visited the Leaning Tower of Pisa in the early 1970s before they straightened it a bit. There were no guard rails on most of the floors - I stepped out on one of those without realising it and due to the angle nearly slid off into space as its slippery marble. Far more scary than medieval church steps! You have to understand these ancient places and watch your step. You can't expect elevators in these old places - its the reason one goes sightseeing, to marvel at these ancient structures...don't expect out of context mod cons!
Yes we really did appreciate the historical aspect, we just really thought it be fun to poke fun at ourselves a little bit. That’s why we mention so many other people having zero issue 😂🤣😂
Yep, had a similar experience a few years later, though I didn’t slip. Scary enough, that must have been terrifying!
Yep. Went up it in the 1980s. There was an iron rail at the top, but it is at topple height. The number of fellow tourists pushing their way around makes the whole experience quite interesting. IIRC There is a small staircase at the top with no guard rail. Getting past people who won't wait a second for one to ascend is a joy in itself.
The less people go up an area, the narrower the staircase. It was built before the era of thousands of visitors each day
Yes that does make sense things was different back then.
Cathedrals and Minsters in the UK and in Europe have small chapels, some reserved for rich families, who often pay for them to be built, which are used for private and smaller services rather than using the whole of the cathedral. Our churches and Cathedrals also have graveyards, but important people were (are) often honoured by being buried in the house of God itself. Imagine if Queen Elizabeth had just been buried in a graveyard.
So, the chapel connecting to the crypt wasn’t significant to the crypt it’s just for smaller events ?
St Paul’s Cathedral is an awesome building beautiful and majestic ❤
It really is 🤩
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Have you visited
'Westminster Cathedral'? (In London)
Please note: _not_ "Westminister"!)
I say, I really enjoy your videos, you seem like really nice people, I believe there are seven places around the outside of London were there must be a view of St Paul's and I that is why the cheese grater building is that shape, so St Paul's can still be seen from that direction. Looking forward to your next video 🙂🏴
Thank you very much for the kind words we got more to come lol
Totally understand your fear. I climbed those stairs when I was a just teenager with loads of energy and as thin as a rake, size 4, agile and fit, and I also found the experience claustrophobic and scary because it was so narrow, steep, and winding. The view from the top was amazing but very exposing to the elements, with just some metal railings restraining from the drop, which added to the vertigo. Well done for making it up and down. And regarding churches having crypts underneath, one of the reasons, apart from the importance of the person buried there, was due to the body snatchers in London.
Body snatchers ? Was this during the time that the colleges were hiring people to steal bodies to do research on them ?
@@Trippingthroughadventures yep, that’s right.
To your point about Windsor Castle being so close to Heathrow Airport, I've seen so many comments about that on RUclips videos over the years. But the interesting thing is, the person making the comment generally claims that it was THEY who heard "this American lady" ask why they built Windsor Castle so close to the airport! By that reckoning, someone must be overheard asking that question every few weeks! 😁
Yes it’s a growing trend in America these days, the whole “ don’t let knowledge get in the way of a good debate “ should be our new slogan here.
Went up to the top of St Paul's Cathedral in my late teens (or possibly early twenties) - I was young, fit, agile (though still large) and did lots of hill walking at the time.... yep - the stairs were NOT nice! (especially the bits where I had to climb them sideways as they were too narrow).
I'd forgotten all about this combined stair-climbing & fitness-test experience (it was 35+ years ago) so thanks for jogging my memory.
Another great video about your UK experiences - I'm looking forward to seeing your next one (I've recommended your Tower of London video to a few American friends/colleagues who are thinking of visiting us in the near future).
PS REALLY appreciate your respectful attitude to somewhere that is a working church (and not just a monument).
Yes a lot of peoples upset we didn’t do more of the history, but theres certain guidelines the church outlines that we did not meet… we are not going to rob from a church so it is what it is lol.
I had climbed the Great Fire of London Monument which is 311 step right before going to St Paul's, so when we saw the stairs we turned right back around 😂 The chapel and the crypt were more than enough to satisfy us!
😅 if I did that in the same day, I’d either be in the hospital or I would have a bottom that just wouldn’t stop 😂🤣😂
With spiral staircases being quite narrow, it was impossible to launch a mass assault, as any attackers would have to ascend one at a time, with little space available for wielding weapons. Furthermore, for those ascending, the spiral staircase in a castle would be designed to turn in a clockwise direction.
I am afraid you got it wrong, you should never be afraid of heights or falling, they will never hurt you, it’s the bump at the end is the problem😁.
Okay yea , that’s fair 😇😂🤣😂
I was a lead roofer doing church and cathedral roofs and they all the same on steps
I don’t know if the roofs made of steel but I know something else was to do that 🤣😂🤣😂
They do let you do the scary metal stairs in America .... inside the Statue of Liberty. We went up there Sept 2013. The spiral stairs were identical, but as we had already done St. Pauls, we had had practise. lol. 🤪😝🙃
The stairs are like it because it's old, no health and safety back then. Why is a crypt weird and scary ? It's normality back in the Day throughout Europe 🤔. The closer you were buried to the church the closer you were to God and protected. Great video but over reaction to normality regarding old things.
Thames is pronounced Tems
My brother was a tour guide, and yes he was asked why the castle was built nr an airport, n ot urban myth
We actually question ourselves on that same thing you just questioned us on, “why did we think the crypt was weird? why would it be better if they were next to the church and not under it” in the video lol as far as being scary any type of grave yard is creepy lol, keep in mind terms like crypt is not used in America unless it’s in a scary movie type setting. So we obviously relate to a more eerie type feel than Brit’s do, that’s why we found it so amusing when the person said it with such a chipper attitude lol.
@@Trippingthroughadventures As my father told me when a little boy and scared as we walked past a grave yard “the dead will never hurt you, the living might but the dead never will”.
@@Trippingthroughadventures you've been watching far too many Hollywood horror films 😂. Keep up the good work, you are a great couple and love the respect you show for architecture and history. All the best my friends 😉🙂👍
Yay! Another video! The interior of the church does look beautiful. That's a lot of stairs!
It was so beautiful, unfortunately life has been getting away of dreams so the videos are coming out slower than what we want lol.
I use lifts only when have my wife with me as she's disabled. Otherwise i use the stairs. Went to st Paul's in the late 70's beautiful church some wonderful memories. I still have the visitors book I bought when there.
"are you ok?" " no i hate you" ahh that brings back memories, my ex used to tell me she hated me every day lol
lol she was mad cuz I told her 500 steps was no big deal and this was very early on in the day, so she was not happy 😂🤣😂. I don’t think she’s ever said that to me out of anger lol.
Dan from Yorkshire. If you think St Paul's is big, did you know it could easily fit inside St Peter's in Rome. Meanwhile the Medieval Gothic York Minster is bigger than St Paul's in London.
Most important people were buried inside churches in the past, only lesser people were buried outside. Westminster Abbey is full of the graves of important people, Kings etc.
Lawrence helped the Arabs throw off Ottoman rule during the first world war. In St Paul's crypt are buried Lord Nelson, the great Naval hero, & the Duke of Wellington. But buildings like St Paul's don't have 'storeys' like skyscrapers. I have been right to the top of St Paul's, above the dome, to just below the cross. St Paul's is only 350 years old, after the earlier version burnt down in the Great fire of London in 1666. The ruins in the crypt were fragments of the older building. The place was not built as a tourist attraction, but for use. What a pair of absolute wimps, frightened of a few stairs, how did you think people got up to a height? Nobody has to go up the stairs, it's a choice you made. Clarence didn't volunteer to be drowned it wine. He was just trust in there because it was nearby. He had planned to overthrow his brother.
An American actually asked me once in Edinburgh why they built the Castle so far from the Railway Station, & why did they put in on a hill? The train station is really very near the Castle, just at the bottom of the hill that it was built on. As you say, very little common sense.
America is really just so modern I guess everything is used in modern terms, we are not good with historical sites and understanding how it goes.
But I think that’s what makes our channel great we embrace that, the more our viewers watch the more they will see us transform into more enlightened people….hopefully lol.
Now here’s a dumb question: was beef Wellington named from duke Wellington?
@@Trippingthroughadventures Yes, in recognition and celebration of his defeating Napoleon.
@@Trippingthroughadventuresit's great your willing to learn . 😊
Sometimes I wonder if we are not missing the joke ...
You recognised Lawrence's name..... but not Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington, or Sir Christopher Wren?
..is he the beef Wellington guy? lol
your honesty has me in stitches...so funny
Thank you, we try not be know it alls and just give real reactions, like most people sometimes it’s heart filled & sometimes it’s really dumb 😂🤣😂
The original cathedral burnt down in 1666 during the Great fire of London. The one you visited was a design of Sir Christopher Wren and he started the building also with much more of London. The closeness of the tomb to the alter reflects the status and importance of the occupants. You will have walked on tombs when you went along the knave. If you were not famous enough or wealthy enough then you might be entombed in the crypt, under the knave, or lower in status, just outside the walls.
Did you go up in the dome sufficiently to be able to use the whispering gallery where a whispered comment can be heard on the other side of dome? There is a famous photo of St. Paul’s from world war 2 where above it can be seen the tails left behind by the fighting aircraft, the RAF and the German Luftwaffe.
I’ve been up there, sure it’s not to modern standards but it’s 400 years old. If you didn’t like that the iron stairs on the Eiffel Tower it is terrifying.
I’m probably going to film my heart attack on the Effel tower one day 😂🤣😂
Lmao! Definitely not worth climbing those stairs. Loving these videos, looking forward to the next one now lol.
Thank you much for the kind words
If you think the stairs at St. Paul's are bad wait until you go to St. Paters in the Vatican City! There, to get to the top, you have to go up the stairs which are between the Outer shell and Inner shell of the Dome of the Cathedral! This means that as you go up in a massive spiral the roof over you makes you lean over to one side! Also to compound this is that you cannot stop as all the other tourists are behind you. There are windows, but not many, built into the outer dome where you can sit in while everybody files past! When you do get to the top it is so crowded that you don't get to appreciate the view of Rome! Then you have to walk all the way down leaning as you go!
Don’t say it we will have to do it lol.
I’ve done St Paul’s twice (most recently just a few weeks ago), and St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City a few months ago (I’m in my 40s). My boyfriend and I climb cathedrals and church towers all the time. I’m no fitness freak and don’t do any kind of formal working out, but your body gets used to steps. The first time we did St Paul’s was during the summer, and it was around 30 degrees, so the heat made it absolute murder. The second time was literally a walk in the park. Took us about ten minutes to get to the top.
Did you see the coverage of the late Queen Elizabeth II funeral. Over the days of mourning you would have seen many great sights of London. She had her laying in State inside Westminster Hall, for 4 days, then carried by gun carriage to Westminster Abbey for the state funeral service, after in procession up Whitehall, the Mall, past Buckingham Palace, to Wellington Ach. She was transferred to a Hurst for the drive to Winsor Castle, and a service at St. Georges Chapel, to remove the chattels of office of state, and lowered down into the Crypt, where she rests in peace.
I don't know how well America covered the events, but they can be seen on RUclips.
*hearse* carries coffins... (_Not_ "hurst".)
As a brit, I tend to be a bit blasé when it comes to castles and old buildings. To put it into perspective, my local pub was built in the 13th century.....still cant get a decent phone signal there in the 21st century though🤯👍
it's a shame u spent more time on your walk in the video instead of the majesty of the building and the very famous people who are buried there !!
So we actually didn’t but, while we was there we were not monetized, and in order to talk about the history and create a show that does, you really need to go get the church’s permission to do so. I’m not big on going against church’s so we talked about our own interactions and not so much the history, although the majority of what we originally had was about the history, but it felt disrespectful to post. This is the compromise we came to. That’s why it was only pictures in the crypt and chapel and we filmed only us on the stairs to honor their rules.
I love stairs like that, they are in many old buildings, castles, etc. That's just they way they were made back then.
No they are really cool for what they are , I wonder if the iron steps was added later because when you walk out on the first balcony there was and actual stone stair case blocked off outside that may have either been another route or the actual stairs from the original design. But the idea of them carved from stone is amazing.
I've been up there.
I was a kid with my Dad.
I told you to go up monument before.
I'll now tell you not to 😂.
I might still go up now that I got a gauge on stairs 🤣😂🤣😂 but it will probably be solo, tiff ain’t having it no more😂
St Paul's was only Catholic until the Reformation, so since the 16th century it has been an Anglican church (Protestant). Medievil 'old St Pauls was consecrated in 1240. The St Pauls cathedral as seen now was rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren in 1668 after the okd one was burnt down in the great fire of london in 1666.
Fun fact... The gunpowder plotters were executed outside St Paul's in 1606
Is there really anything in London that wasn’t affected by the great fire ?
@@Trippingthroughadventures Lots of places still exist in the city of london which were built before the great fire of 1666. its amazing when you find them .
People were much smaller in those days so had smaller feet to fit the stairs. Try the sky garden.
We will try them we actually had a few observation towers across from our hotel in London city… but where’s the danger in that 😂🤣😂
NOT true that people were smaller.
Some of these churches have massive doors, which means the people were much bigger?
It makes no sense. The difference between us & them is a couple of inches at most. The stairs are small to fit in the thickness of the walls, & some are very wide.
@@danielferguson3784 Go on HMS Victory and into Nelson's cabin. Mind your head on the ceiling.
@@robertwhite952 Yes I know Nelson was short, but the headroom on a ship was the same for all, nothing to do with his height, but the amount of wood needed for these ships. The ceilings of many houses
in those days were a lot higher than they are in most modern buildings, which; by your measure; would make people giants, which is also nonsense. They didn't make steps small because they had little feet, but because they had little space, & to conserve materials, & many stairs were much larger than necessary in any case. People, on average, were a little smaller than today; but it was not as much as many suppose, & the dimensions of building features is not a good guide for estimating this.
Love your videos and your reflective thoughts and curiosity. You are a lovely couple. And if you get any pompous or critical comments from odd people, just ignore them. Some folk are way too serious and don't understand that you are sharing your vacation videos, and not creating a history and culture documentary just for them.
We love it, we live on a world that people think it takes a smile and a “weee” for you to enjoy it, but moments like that will be in your memory forever lol. There’s a lack of common sense people lack. The idea of “ oh you didn’t like it? Well that’s because 🤬” No…. We did like it, we actually loved it. These things being so unique and different and kind of scary is why we did love it. We were freaking out walking up a 300 year old staircase up to amazing view of one of the greatest cities in the world…. What’s not to love lol
That '80s comment had me lol for real, as while watching your videos I had been thinking about the pubs in my local town that I went drinking in as a twenty something. It could be so cliquey, unwelcoming and downright intimidating! I did Route 66 back in 1996 with a group of friends, to begin with, we made the mistake of going to the CBD thinking it was like "down town" in the UK or Europe, we eventually realised that in US cities it is the suburbs where things happen not the centre. I remember going to a wonderful bar in one city on a Friday night which was so refreshing because of the mix of younger and older people all having a good time. Ohhhhh and I am with you on those stairs, you wouldn't catch me going up them for all the tea in China, I did go up the Sears Tower and also the Gateway Arch....... interesting 😱
So American bars change through out the land you are in here in the states, here in our part of Florida, here we have
tourist/sports bars ( mixture of food and drinks very well themed and usually safe) then you have random biker style bars ( usually a lot rougher in appearances but despite the name, bikers tend to be some of the friendliest people you will meet)
Then you have your rougher bars that are run down
Then you have your Latin bars ( pretty common in Florida from Orlando down if you don’t speak Spanish your going to have a 50/50 shot of getting a drink lol)
Some are safe some are very very dangerous. If you watch the news it’s pretty easy to see which ones are safe and which ones are not lol.
I believe that you Americans had something to remember in 1776. This building was started in 1666. One hundred and ten years earlier. We do not alter buildings that old and older.! History!
in America the Castillo de San Marcos was built in 1672 so it’s around the same time as the modern cathedral. lol but yes we do tend to destroy our history for modern convenience in more ways than one sadly.
I’m sorry we broke you ! But you do have great stories to tell your family & friends for years to come 🇬🇧
I was going to say “it didn’t break us”…but well… the videos right here 😅😂🤣😂 it’s was so fun and epic to look back on you nailed it lol.
What did you think about the whispering Gallery? Brilliant, ain't it?
Saint Paul's Cathedral is the Home of the Protestant Church of England. So glad you liked it, crypt and all. Not quite the same as the Bone Chaple Crypt in the Roman Catholic Church in Rome!
Sorry the lift, (Elevator on the way up, de-elevate on the way down), was being serviced on the day of your visit but it is 350 years old and even with British Engineering, it needs a break some time!
And the phrase "We WAS terrified" should read "We WERE terrified"!
Your poster who was merely pointing out that pub etiquette can get quite full-on at times and most locals have sessions that start early, finish late, Lock-Ins, Shut-Ins, Afters, proper sessions, where the local plod might even pop in for a pint! They are not for the faint hearted, those that couldn't stay the course!
There is nothing like having a proper sesh and drinking all night, Newcastle Brown in one hand and a full english in the other and then straight to work at 06:30! It's ok, i didnt drive, until the return journey!
So yes it was a very beautiful place, but alas no pictures allowed lol,
yes the bone chapel would be amazing to check out
lol the lift is fine, there was a lift but I think it only made it up to the whispering gallery. The rest you was on your own lol.
It was so hard doing this video because there were so many rules that we didn’t want to break, that would of came across so disrespectful to the church if we did, so we really had to keep it to our feelings and not so much the history. So this video even though it had a good laugh, we didn’t get to talk about the things we truly wanted to, but we got tons of material to move forward with.
Yes indeed... "WAS" instead of 'WERE' grinds my gears every time !! 🥺🇺🇲😟
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I took myself on a trip arround St Pauls, two bits had me in bits. At Nelsons tomb it was surrounded by Spannish students, while walking in the roof it was full of German students. If you know some of our history you will understand why i laughed. Nelson was our strongest navel comander who had victory over the Spanish Amada.
The Germans in the roof was a referance to WW2 during the Blitz a bomb got stuck in the roof, a brave fire watch man unlodged it and saved the roof so having a bunch of German students shows how times have changed.
Larance of Arabia is a must see film, he was a truly amazing man he was in our army. He died sadly in a motorbike crash in England. He is much admired so diserves his place in St Pauls.
Thought it was Sir Francis Drake who defeated the Spanish Armada not Nelson.
@@chriswhitcomb8675 It was actually a fleet combined of French and Spanish
@@mikeymikeFType Agreed but it wasn’t Nelson, he was at the battle of Trafalgar years later.
@@chriswhitcomb8675 The battle of Trafalgar involved the Royal Navy against a combined fleet of French and Spanish
@@mikeymikeFType Sir Francis Drake is always associated with the defeat of the Spanish Armada during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and Horatio Nelson with the battle of Trafalgar years later regardless of the combined nationalities of the opposing force. That was my point.
David Lean's movie on the life of Lawrence of Arabia is an absolute masterpiece, a must watch, made in the 1960's. In fact the movie begins on the steps of St Pauls........
Did you expect a lift (elevator) to the dome?
You spent a lot of time complaining about all the steps.
I’ve been up there several times and it’s not all that bad.
So couple reason for that.
1. kind of funny to poke fun at ourselves
2. With not being able to take a lot of video of the actual cathedral, we didn’t really have to much to work with, as well as how touchy the church of Englands politics is right now, as Americans, we better off not sticking our nose to deep in the church of Englands business right now out of respect to the attendees of the church.
It wasn’t terrible, the surprising things was how the stairs was allowed to stay original for most part. They type of stares they was, and being American it was shocking to see that lol.
If you go to the church’s website and videography rules, you’ll see we are walking a fine line making this vlog.
Lawrence of Arabia died in a motorcycle accident in County Dorset. He is buried in a church in Wareham Dorset. His figure on his tomb is dressed in Arab costume. His motorbike was a Brougham Superior.
This guy was literally a B A of his day, uniting people fighting wars dodging awards for all of it and riding motorcycles! He was like what James dean was pretending to be lol.
Used to get free tickets thru work went up St Paul's lunchtimes when tickets were going.
The Tomb was made for Cardinal Wolsey when he fell out of Favour he gave it to Henry8th & Also Hampton Court Palace to regain favour but because of the Anne Bolyne problem & Wolseys failure to gain compliance by the Pope it brought about Wolseys Downfall (Although he died of natural causes)!! Hampton Court was the first Italianate castle built in England Henry on acquiring it set about altering it to his requirements the South Eastern range was a later Georgian build (Now "Grace & Favour" apartments)
You seem to have been scared a lot!
In the mid 70’s I was working in the bowels of St Paul’s installing cabling for a new telecoms exchange and while we were sitting in this dim chamber opening cables and pairing them all up,a wooden bench in the corner flew across the floor.
😱
We were outta there in seconds flat.
Yea see that’s called “motivation to complete the task in a timely manner” 😂🤣😂
Respect to you two for climbing those stairs. I've never actually visited St Paul's Cathedral myself but I have heard of the 'whispering gallery' which I understand faces into the dome. I don't know if anyone answered your question about TE Lawrence but he's actually buried in Dorset, not far from the cottage in which he lived. It's a lovely part of Britain if you get the chance to visit. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
The whispering done was unspeakably beautiful unfortunately no pictures allowed at all. Thank you for the information !
Did you not visit the whispering gallery?
We did but strict no camera policy
Do hope you guys enjoyed yourselves though hopefully able to put the stairs behind you.
Come on guys, you're only walking up the steps,😂 someone had to build them one at a time. 😊
This is true 😂🤣😂
Having been in a few castles I know what stairs in these towers are like .
I would have passed on the opportunity to climb the tower as I've done the hands /knees/scrabble ascent, and it's for young fit people !
The building itself is majestic and well worth the visit
It was worth it I don’t care what Tiffany thinks 😂🤣😂 nothing worth doing is easy lol.
The Polar Bear didn't survive very long in London. There were lots of other animals over the years, until they were removed & a proper zoo was built in the 19 th century.
It's best to read a guide book if you're visiting someplace!
You know this is the only place we didn’t read the guide book, why….i couldn’t tell you. We just walk right by it, full audio tour. We didn’t do that any where else but here… if I had to guess, I think we was so taken back from what we was looking at we kind of, just walked to it to look at it, not being able to video, I don’t think people get the true idea of how astounded we was by this place. As far as the polar bear, it was mention on the tour, as far as many, many, many other unbelievable things lol.
This is one of the funniest reactions l've watched.
Thank you 😊
The chapel underneath the main church is the OBE Chapel (the Order of the British Empire). It’s a chivalry award and the citation is handwritten on a vellum scroll with gold lettering and seal, and is signed by the Monarch. The more visible sign is a medal. My father received an OBE for services to another country’s Air Force while they were having serious race riots and insurrection, and my sister received an MBE (the more junior rank of award) for services to a particular Government Department. She has her scroll framed in her home office but I never saw my father’s scroll as he just tucked it away somewhere and gave his medal to his youngest grandson ‘because he asked if he could have it’! As the daughter of an OBE recipient I could actually have got married in that chapel (and done the long descent down the front steps like Princess Diana!), but instead I used the RAF church of St Clement Danes, another Wren church, which is situated in the middle of the road right by the Royal Courts of Justice a couple of miles West of St Paul’s.
In those days I was young and fit and practically ran to the very top of St Paul’s up the final vertical ladder. I know I certainly left my husband trailing in my dust. Now fifty years later and I can hardly walk. Old age has its limitations, but it’s a lot better than the alternative….😊
Is this a good time to mention you can get a great view of St Paul's dome and the London skyline for free by taking the lift to the top floor in the shopping mall opposite it.
I would have much rather done that! If I would have known 😂 -Tiffany
In the name of God!!! And these are 21st century Americans. God help us all!!!!
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If you love churches you really need to go to Malta, they have 365,1 every day for a year omg an so much more beautiful than ours. ❤
Wow 365 church’s that amazing are they catholic?
Good morning yes they are for such a tiny country, and the wealth is amazing, the mosta dome was bombed during the 2nd World War, a bomb fell through the roof into a packed church an didn't explode, god was there that day. Well worth looking it up. ❤❤❤
If you go to Repton in Derbyshire there’s a church crypt where Anglo Saxon kings of Mercia were buried dating back to the seventh century
We got to add that to the list, I was wondering how come we didn’t see any kings graves while we were there.
Visited a pub in the east end of London asked where the toilet is landlord your innit mate.
Look up the difference church- cathedral and a minster.( your compairing churches and a cathedral)
Honestly coming from America, had no idea there was a difference, never ever crossed my mind there even was, just thought it was different words for the same thing lol.
@@Trippingthroughadventures No problem, your not allone, I forgot even one, the Basilica !! (again different), When y'all get bored maybe look at some videos " the most beautiful, and or, the biggest cathedrals" best rgrds
@@user-zu2dg1re3d will do thank you for the tips, that’s the point of our channel we don’t act like we know it all lol and we never get upset at a correction, we love the learning experience lol.
Just imagine how imposing it looked when it was built,with no tall buildings in London.
It was probably even more amazing!
“We’ve learned…..” 😂🤣😂🤣😂
I was at a church in Shropshire where the person who paid for the building of the church had his heart buried in the entrance way so everyone who enters has to walk over his heart. It was years ago so I cannot remember his reasoning.
I feel like people of wealth really put a lot of thought in their passing, they try to make it as poetic or as ornate as possible
Now try any great cathedral or castle in Europe. Not one will have an "elevator" and many are more ornate than St. Paul's.
Wow more ornate than that ? That kind of hard believe lol
@@Trippingthroughadventures Anything European Rococo will be vastly more ornate, St Paul’s is Protestant so much less decorated and even less when it was built.
@@Trippingthroughadventures Salisbury cathedral is very impressive and none of those scary narrow staircases 🤣
The architecture is truly astounding when you stand inside a place like that!
Westminster Abbey is an incredible building (I’m sure that’s one you’ll have seen), others that spring to mind Durham cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral, Liverpool Cathedral (which I believe is the largest of these), York Minster also.
Of these I’d definitely encourage a visit to Salisbury if you’re in around London on a visit it’s south west and about 1hr 45 driving but there are some amazing places near to Salisbury including the new forest with wild horses roaming about the place 🤣🤣
@@ianoo23you perhaps haven't been up the spire then? Narrow, twisted steps all the way up! 😅
I kind of disagree. The Europeans do have some but they don't look after their history as much as we do. If you go to places in Spain for example lots of the places are shit.
😂 this is comical
But not in a good way.
1675 it was build
That spiral stair case of 500 steps is very similar to walking up the statue of liberty 😮😮
Don't forget to practice your cardiology 😂😂❤
I’m going to start jogging before we return.😂🤣😂
You should go to other places in the UK it is literally full of history. Where i live there is a lot of Roman history Britain is history from i end to another.
We are really wanting to, depending how well these vlogs do we are planning a trip to northern uk.
12:35 wait this is hilarious
Christians that like Harry Potter? You should have taken the tour then you would know. People were smaller back then. Always do your research. Should have taken a tour of the Tower of London. I recommend Beefy409. Yes there were animals at the Tower of London. Also respect the country and it's traditions of the country you are visiting.
Yes we are of the understanding that there was entertainment theater during Jesus time in Israel, As well as being relatively new. There was multiple theaters around Jesus in his travels, yet he never mentioned anything negative about them. Almost as if Jesus knew the difference between entertainment and reality lol. We regret not taking the tour if St. Paul’s but we did take the yoemans tour at the Tower of London it was very interesting. We do, respect rules and. Culture, that is why we did not talk about the history to much about St. Paul’s,
There is some rules we are aware of that you may not be, we are not allowed to film in the cathedral or really use the historical facts of the church learned that day to film a historical video for profit.
We did not profit from videos while we was filming, however, now we do, so out of respect for the church, we did not film in the sanctuary or crypt and we did not add anything of historical knowledge we obtained from the church there. Because we respect the rules and traditions of the church.
Sorry to rain on your parade but if your assent was only by stairs then you didn't actually make it to the top of St Pauls. I did so the the 1960s and that climb to the very top (beyond where you stopped) was accomplished by climbing ladders without safety equipment.
We WERE terrified.
That’s what it says, I’m not an idiot 🤣😂 🤫🤫🤫
stairs are half the fun,.
Sorry, but I just burst out giggling when you said it wouldn’t let you climb up those stairs in America, but they let you buy guns in Walmart 😂
Well a dead man can’t sue you 😂🤣😂
Back in the day women weren't allowed because they wore hooped skirts. Men however, dressed like Beafeaster's climbed those stairs daily. As did many before. However, St Paul's Cathedral was never hit once. Accuracy back in the day was hit n miss. Sir Christopher Wren designed it. It is Anglican and not Catholic. Was the only building not hit at all during The Biltz. Which lasted 5 years. Great Britain after the war started feeding Germany and the US followed on. Then came the Candy Bomber... HMS Queen Elizabeth II was in Germany in 2015. Rules on the German autobahn. Don't run out of petrol and don't have Swiss numberplates. They closed the autobahn for Queen Elizabeth II in 2015. I really don't think they would have done the same for Prince now king Charles... Bit too expensive at the time but well worth it. In today's money even more. Which King Charles III clocked he grows food without pesticides and sells produce at competitive market rates. We can buy them in a local grocery store. Just have to look for Duchy on the label... Her late Majesty did that with black currents and started farming in Norfolk. We have a cordial drink make with them since world war II. Called Ribena. Pity, they sold it off though...
One of the things that concern me most is the number of Americans who seem to construct things around Harry Potter and who seem to think that he is real. He is a fictional character
Okay yea what ever, Harry Potter is Fake, we will play along, you Brit’s and your secrets. lol…..
I’m going to disagree with you partially, I do in fact, agree that Americans conflate entertainment with real life to often, but keep in mind, a lot of our jumping off points was, Harry Potter inspired, however, it quickly got flooded away by the actually true greatness and history.
So, we went to Saint Paul’s because of the stairs, but in England, history has a way of sucking you in, we walking the halls in amazement, learned the history, we was baffled by the story’s, petrified by the stairs, and by the time we walked out, we didn’t realize we didn’t see anything from Harry Potter, but was so amazed by what we did see, there was no love lost. lol so take that for what you will.
But, hey, that's a trip you'll never forget. Right?
I’m surprised you’ve filmed this video and not read anything about one of the most beautiful churches in the world!!
First went up there when I was about 10. It was O K . Still is
Lawrence of Arabia was Thomas Edward Lawrence
I’m going to watch the movie and do some research today on him
2nd to St Peter’s in the Vatican it’s the largest church in the world..
...and Home of the Brave!!!!!!!!
😂🤣😂 just not a fan of heights, plus bravery is not about being scared, bravery is about doing something even if your scared, lol.
its not a church its a cathedral you would not call a castle a house?
Kind of but no, because the grandness is not what makes it a cathedral. A cathedral is a church that contains a cathedra , or a seat for a bishop. But in fact it is still a church.