American’s FIRST TIME on London UNDERGROUND! & Walking Abbey Road
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- Опубликовано: 24 апр 2024
- We were bot able to ride the Underground at the beginning on our trip to London due to a strike, but it’s back open and we are hopping on!!
We are heading to Abbey Road to walk the zebra stripes made so famous by The Beatles! Will our first time go perfect… or do we get lost in the big city???
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Oh no! As soon as you mentioned Abbey Road and DLR in the same sentence I knew you were headed in the wrong direction! Glad you got there in the end! 🇺🇲
Same here! I was screaming..lol
Ahhh! Same here! Bless them.. All part of the adventure. I've lived in London for 30 odd years and never have I been on the DLR! I might try it
Yes when I saw them at Stratford and they said about the DLR I thought no!!
@@abi7183 I was screaming, "Walk to Euston Square and change at Baker Street, not via Bond Street" - didn't even think they would be going to Abbey Road DLR!
I suspected as soon as they mentioned the central line.
Standing on the left-hand side of the escalator _every_ time! lol. You're lucky it wasn't busy or you would have had some very angry Londoners to deal with.
exactly what i was thinking!!
We corrected ourselves pretty quickly
@@EECCTravels 😂
@@EECCTravels Are the "Keep right" signs no longer there?
Came for this comment
Abbey Road station is always able to cheer up a Londoner when passing through. You'll not find another station on the network with a higher concentration of confused looking tourists.
Although Stratford comes close!😀
I say this constantly. Brits are terrible at signage. They just don't get it at all. They've got no clue what it's for. Yet they're smart and usually lovely people.
@@RodZamora_is_the_best amazing comment.
@@RodZamora_is_the_best London signage was revolutionary and has been adopted and imitated all over the world, think you're being a little harsh and over the top there...but yes, its unfortunate that there is a station called Abbey Road that is nowhere near the particular part of Abbey road that everyone is familiar with.
@@RodZamora_is_the_best What are you talking about?
Towards the end of his life Freddie said “All my lovers asked me why they couldn’t replace Mary, but it’s simply impossible' The only friend I’ve got is Mary, and I don’t want anybody else. To me, she was my common-law wife. To me, it was a marriage.” ...... She was a constant throughout his life - and she still lives in that house.
Fuk dat
NY Subway is dirty
Now that is ❤️
As a Londoner you gave me a good laugh seeing you both trying to find the Beatles Abbey Road. I nearly choked with laughter when you said you were using the DLR and were not on the Jubilee Line. Glad you posted your adventure as you saw and experienced a lot of the network. By the way, if you had stayed on the DLR it might have taken you to Greenwich where you would have experienced a bit of UK's maritime history and could also straddle the prime meridian line ie one leg east of 0 degrees and one leg on the west side. Loving your blogs.
I was about to write something similar. A little more research was called for. Entertaining to watch and at least they did post their mistake for those of us who live in London to have a good laugh at.
Same here I was telling them no, but they didn't listen.
We had a good laugh after the fact. Sometimes mistakes can turn out for the best.
@@EECCTravels Should have gone to Penny lane or Strawberry fields and the Cavern club Mathew street,the Magical Mystery tour and where the Beatles began and where they grew up and hung out or whats the point?
@@marksimons4108 are you out of your mind ? You want them to go to Liverpool for a London blog ?
I left London 26 years ago & when I went back for a visit with my husband he was amazed I could navigate the Underground without a map. One never forgets after living there.
As a Londonder your journey to Abbey Road station to find the famous zebra crossing literally had me in stitches.... and yes, Londoners expect you to stand on the right, or they will ask you to move over or just give you 'the look' lol.
I'm a Californian. I love it over there. Welcome to the Underground. May you visit it often. And I love it as much as I do.
The first time I went to London in 1994 I felt so overwhelmed by the Underground that I didn't bother to figure it out. On the second trip I was determined to get the hang of it. Now I'm overwhelmed with joy when I take family members for the first time. "No, no. You're going to love it!" Oh I miss the Isles!
The standing on the right. On one trip as I came from the train I could hear someone in the distance shouting something. As I got closer to the escalators I could see a pretty well inebriated man standing at the bottom of the escalators. A security guy was keeping an eye on him but hadn't yet stopped him to escort him out. As I stepped on the escalator the inebriated man drew in a big breath and let out in a sing song voice the yelling I had heard from a distance but hadn't been able to determine what was said. In that booming voice "Staaaaaannnnd on the right! Staaaaand on the right!" It still cracks me up.
Works though doesn't it!
I was born and raised in London and started using the underground in 1960 when I first started work. Finsbury Park to Goodge Street back in those days. I am an old lady now and still miss my hometown. Love watching it in 2022.
...and your hometown misses you too. 😉
Don't míss it..........come home......
Where on earth have you gone that's better than London?!!
London is always the first place new visitors to the UK head to. The UK is much more than just London. There is beauty beyond belief and so many attractions such as castles, beautiful villages etc throughout the rest of England, Scotland and Wales 😊😊
I took this advice on my very first trip there and spent half of my trip in Kent, basing myself out of Canterbury. You are so right. Next trip is booked and though I have a few places in London I want to see, I'm actually going to treat those as the day trip and base myself somewhere close by. What Americans need to remember is that over there, places that are "far away" and seem like they shouldn't be done are actually what we Americans typically consider a daily commute. Or less. Look up your distances and travel times and judge for yourself.
@@DenaInWyo you are still staying near London. Kent is and Canterbury are still very close to London. You need to venture out more. Go north to Yorkshire, the lake district with big hills and mountains., peak district, you barley left the London area. Im sorry but like more forign tourists they only do the south of England. I think the North of England is way more beautiful and picturesque than the South. And people would eb supprised
@@lifetruthseeking5808 Nah, Kents the 'Garden of England!!
@Life Truth Seeking
True dat!
The DLR Abbey Road station is literally on the opposite side of the city! Thankfully you guys seem so stress-free that you probably enjoyed the adventure anyway.
There should be a sign at the DLR station under Abbey Road saying 'No. Not THAT Abbey Road'.
They have posters at the Abbey Road DLR station telling tourists that and what station to goto ;)
@@martinsearle714 the only trouble with that is that you have to get there to see them !
@@booth2710 Yep, from the outset. By jove, i do like your "monica", btw.
@@peterwilkins7013 There is.
Your enthusiasm for everyday London things is great!
You guys were really happy enjoying the sights of London our capital city thanks for coming to visit us 🇬🇧♥️🇺🇸
I think it's terrific that you guys took advantage of the underground system. I like the way you two aren't timid about trying new things. Looking forward to your next video! 👍🙂
the London underground system is the best way to on and off in London , the double deckers are great too
I couldn't help noticing you standing on the left of the escalator: please stand to the right.
We figured that out pretty quickly and corrected it.
Love you guys!!!! Really hope you enjoyed it over this side of the pond...🇬🇧🇺🇸 🤝✌
7:17 Just as a fun fact, the longest escalator on the London Underground is actually at Angel station, at 60 metres (197ft) long
We went to London for a week in 2018 and my daughter loved the underground system. We are from NYC and she at 11 years old said that it was cleaner and more convenient than the NYC subway. We can't wait to go back and see more of England!! Thanks for the tour!
Remember on signage it's called the Underground but it's called the Tube by Londoners.
I found the NY subway difficult to understand and pay for when I was there in 2019 and the lack of station staff didn't help matters one bit.
@@johntomlinson6849 I concur.
@@rain-bender4712 We call it the Underground as well.
Oddly, having used the London Underground many times I had the same experience of the NYC Subway. Easy to navigate and pretty clean. Neither are any competition for Toronto's UP though. But I travelled on that when it was just a few months old and has fewer stations on it's network than a single line of London Underground.
My wife and I love the London Underground and yes they are super clean if you've never been out in London super late you would never know at midnight the tubes close down so cleaning crews go through. I truly wish New York would do the same
You two are lovely. So glad you made it to the real Abbey Road zebra crossing. I hope you had a great time & enjoyed all of the usual tourist destinations.
In the 1970 I was at uni in Stratford and there was a campus at Abbey Road . Trust me the Beatles weren't there - a very nice sewage pumping station was though
As a 68-year-old Londoner,I can confirm that the Underground/Tube has been brilliant all my life and I have never any real time for a train and it is fantastically designed with 272 different stops.
I have never needed THe Tube in Rush Hour though and would be sticky😀
By THe Wayy It is IMPOSSIBLE to see all of London in one lifetime and I did try😀
So true about seeing London though it’s worth noting there are areas that no one would particularly want to see 😆
As an American who has lived in the UK / London for 35 years, I would recommend highly a visit to Hampton Court Palace. It's a 35 minute train ride from Waterloo Station. There is a beautiful park across the road and on the southwest side of the Thames, a road with antique shops, pubs and a great Lebanese restaurant. The grounds of Hampton Court Palace are large and beautiful. It's a great half of full day out.
I hate to say this but on the central line and Northern line well on most most deep level tube trains it's not that the air con don't kick in so good, it's that don't have air con apart from the window you can open at each end of each car lol. Nice to see your enjoying London here in the UK
Everyone does it so don't feel bad. Glad you enjoyed your trip.
That was fantastic. Underground is so spotless. Thanks for sharing.😎
London is spotless, the underground, everthing. Why do people seem so surprised ?
Hello welcome to England 🏴 I’m a new substitute to your RUclips channel. Enjoy your stay.
Getting lost is the best way to see a new place in my experience of travel. Getting REALLY lost is the start of an adventure 😮😂
People have managed without apps for well over a 100 years, that's the point, the tube map is so beautifully easy & simple to navigate, it's almost insulting not to use it!
Freddie's childhood home 22 Gladstone Av in Feltham has a commemorative blue plaque outside
that's got to be the best painted zebra crossing in the UK!
these creatures are the greatest, most sincere beings to grace London
Abbey road DLR...😊😊
Glad you got there in the end.
I was super confused when you said you were getting on the central line after saying you were going to Abbey Road, I was noooo you're going in the wrong direction!! Bless you guys, really enjoyed this ☺️
London Underground or “the tube”as it’s more commonly known is the best in the world...and relatively easy to navigate ....enjoying your trip guys..
have you seen other underground's to compare. Bangkok's underground and sky train is pretty impressive
Being on Paris and new York and still they don’t compare to London ....Bangkok is a lot over ground and is a more modern system,but London still trumps it..
@@johnmcgarry7149 Have you been to Shanghai? Tokyo? Seoul? Stop talking nonsense.
You both make it look so easy to get around on the underground train. Abbey Road was exciting to see. Thank you for sharing all your videos.
FYI, Jerry Springer was born in the London Underground Highgate station of the Northern Line which is the deepest line during a night of bombing. RIP Mr. Springer.
Hope you had a great time in Britain! 🇬🇧
When you headed south to change to Central line, then said "Abbey Road" I heard alarm bells. Still, you'll be able to tell this story forever!
Our underground is much cleaner than the filthy NY metro subway. Glad you liked our underground trains.
The Northern Line is probably the worst of the London Underground 😁
@@TheVaughan5 Always blaming Northerners. 😃😃
I love watching your videos. Your videos are always informative about what location you are at. I also enjoy watching you two and your relationship together is uplifting to watch. Thank you.
The underground looks great...our NYC subway does NOT look like that haha. Abbey road looks so cool!
Britain being the first country to build the subway system takes extreme pride in it for sure
Its very clean
@@John76125 There are lots of mysterious tales about the underground too. That adds to the drama.
@@John76125 Some of it was built by an American. Look up Charles Tyson Yerkes.
Like so many other commenters, as soon as you said you were going to Abbey Road, I had a bet with myself that you would end up at Abbey Road station. But then I though nah, they will have done their research and realised that not every random street in London has its own station and that there are many streets in a city as big as London that have the same name. But my heart sank as soon as I saw you waiting for the DLR! Glad you found it in the end, but I hope others will learn from your mistake. 😊
Thank you for your excellent video. As a city London has so much to do and see. Hope you enjoyed your stay.
I have found most of the staff on the underground are amazing. They can tell you off the top of their heads which line to take and where to change. I'm sure they have almost the entire underground memorised.
This is the classic mistake that a lot of tourists make, as soon as he said DLR I was like "oh no, I know how this ends" 😂 St John's wood is the station, at least you got to have a nice little ride on the DLR and see some parts of the city that you may not have.
How cool is that! So happy you both had a great time. Great video's!
Fun fact. Before the underground map you used was designed, previous maps were drawn as geographical locations, which was very confusing to travellers.
Henry Charles Beck was an English technical draughtsman who created the present London Underground Tube map in 1931. Beck drew the diagram in his spare time while working at the London Underground Signals Office. He believed that Underground passengers were not concerned with geographical accuracy and were more interested in how to get from one station to another and where to change trains. Which is the map you used. Beck's system has now been adopted all over the world.
Yes in deed , and he never got a penny for his work , sad .
Map men map men map map map men men
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@@welshpete12 One website suggests he was paid five guineas (£5,25 in modern money). The British pound has lost 99% of its value since 1930 (!!!), so £525 in current money. Bt still not very much.
Delightful , seeing my home city through the eyes of 2 Americans. Lovely couple. Oh and buskers despite made illegal centuries ago. London ....Thanks guys..
Regarding the hot trains, the (deep level) tube lines .were bored through London Clay which has absorbed the heat generated by the trains passing for many years and the temperature has been steadily rising all that time, despite the constant ventilation.
The sub-surface lines were built by the cut and cover system and had much more ventilation, as they were originally designed for steam trains.
Already knew the ending when you mention Abbey Road but traveled southward from Warren Street😉 it's a common mistake, they even have a sign in Abbey Road station telling Tourists how to get to the actual Abbey Road they are looking for. I'm Glad that you had a good time in our great city👍
If you wanted to see something very old and and religious, if you walk down the hill past the roundabout and turned left, just across the road is The hospital ofcSt John and St. Elizabeth. Attached to the side of it is a very old church, if you are lucky they used to have choir practise there. Lovely old church with a very good vibe inside.
Oh wow! what memories that brings back to me... I went there ouf... 30 ish years ago... My brother went to the Abbey Road Studios to record a master for a disk... I accompany him on his trip and oh my Lord... at some point, fell in the arms of.... yes, I'm telling you... David Gilmour... on my way to the toilet... how poetic is that! LOL... I grew up with the music of Pink Floyd... Never been such a groupie kind of person but I admit I had a moment there... and that without saying... all the references to the Beatles... My older brother was a HUGE fan, I mean, he is in encyclopedia for all things related to the Beatles... so it meant a lot to me to even enter that space! Such good memories coming back! Thank you both for this!
Public transportation can be daunting for us Americans who don't have it. We are in Ireland & figuring out the bus system has been quite the learning curve. But, yes, definitely beats walking all the time!
Don't worry guys; you're not the only ones to have mixed those two Abbey Roads up! ;-)
There was a sign so we figured many had made that mistake.
You two have great vlogs. They are informative and well filmed. On the plus side you both enjoy each other and are enthusiastic about your adventures. Even if it is a super market in another country. Great job, thanks for sharing your adventures.
Ha! We actually went to the supermarket in Amsterdam and love it! But we didn’t have our camera with us.
It's an amazing system for getting around London, some parts I believe date back to Victorian times. When we travel to London we always stop at the outskirts and travel on the underground, quick and easy to get from A to B, glad you enjoyed it.
Another entertaining yet informative video! You guys are the best and girl you look great!
I love travelling on the underground in London.
There are few places where you’ll be shoulder to shoulder with such a diverse bunch of people with accents & languages from all over the world
L.underground. modernised GREATLY IN LaST 20 YERS OR SO..PEOPLE NOT SCsRRED.M8
Sorry 4 typos..due Meds .Best WAY OF GETTING AROUND NN OF THE RIVER..SOUTHSIDE NEED TO TRELY MUCH MORE ON SURFACE TRaaINNS AND BUSES. TREA ENJOY. YOUR TRIP B4 THaT. NICE MR PUTINN nukes the crud out of us .
I'm living vicariously through you two! I did a university study-abroad in London in the mid-90's, then returned and watched Big Ben chime 12 midnight at the turn of the millennium, and most recently in 2018, where I proposed to my wife on top of the tower of Bath Abbey. My wife & I cringed when you went for "Mexican" food. Yeah, they haven't quite got that figured out. But their Indian food is to DIE for! I'm a homebrewer, so there was lots to sample & get inspiration for. Funny fact: in 1994, the only place you could get free soda refills (at least that I could find) was at the Taco Bell, near the Earl's Court Tube station.
The Indian food was fabulous!!
well speaking of taco bell there is now one in shepherds bush
@@iurope4834 And its vile stuff. 😳
@@EECCTravels best Indian food is up North!
@@iurope4834 There are 17 in London apparently, I've only ever seen one in or near Leicester Square somewhere. Bearing in mind that they are franchises of an American company, the food should be pretty similar if not absolutely identical. (I'm told our UK McDonald's food tastes slightly different from the US version.)
Thank you for this honest video. It's all well and good to hear "do this and this and boom you're there!" It's better to know what you did and how you had to fix it. Very educational!! Thanks for taking one for the team.
I've never seen one of your videos before and man, are you hilarious. I've subscribed, purely on the basis that you will make me smile. 😂
You are a lovely fun couple which makes this a joy to watch
In the UK we don't really need air conditioning as our climate is not usually as hot as it's been this year. Well done for navigating the tube etc.
Its a bit different on the underground. There is nowhere for the heat generated by the trains to escape too.
You've not been on the Underground in summer, have you!
You guys are excellent, bit of an error, but totally owned it and made for great viewing.. hey, at least you got to see more of the city and parts not normally seen by tourists 👍☺️
One aspect about the DLR (Docklands Light Railway) is that the trains have no driver! So you can sit in the front and pretend that you're the driver! cool!
Thank you for the info. Very useful for us for next year.
It's a four minute walk from Warren Street to Tottenham Court Road. In the time you get down the escalator you can walk there and back.
I really enjoyed watching your videos, even being from the UK it was very informative. I haven't been to London for over 50 years.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 that warren street station I’ve travelled for free so many times. They used to let me sneak behind people when getting through back when I was young. Love that station
Oh, and the zebra crossing on the actual Abbey Road in St Johns Wood isn't the one in the album cover. It's moved!
As a Brit I love to see people coming and enjoying London. Hope you guys come back and visit Wales, soooo many castles and beautiful historic spots. I recommend the slate mines in North Wales, incredible experience and soooooo stunning there.
With all these videos I am ready to take a trip to London!
Nice couple. Hope they had fun all the way!
6:20 It's staggering to think that modern culture and society was transformed by the creativity that went on in that building by the Fab Four.
Good on you mentioning the escalator etiquette. I was going to call you out on it and there you were warning others NOT to do what you'd just done. [thumbs up]
Enjoyed the video. Well done !
Thats the fun parts of vacations..getting lost and seeing new things...no worries
Loving all your vids X
When you wear a backpack, watch out for people who silently unzip your bag to steal . I had that happen to me and now wear a backpack with the zips next to my back while on the tube.
We keep everything of importance deep inside and hard to get to.
A bit of trivia for you, the escalators at Tottenham Court Road featured in a certain scene, in An American Werewolf in London.
The moment you mentioned Abbey Road I was "yup, they going to the wrong one!". Trust me you ain't the first. But hopefully you enjoyed your detour!
Hi, a born and bred Londoner here, I got to say you were quite sensible to get to Tottenham Court Road before or after rush hour otherwise you would have looked a little dishevelled coming off of that particular train lol
I live London and it’s fabulous fun working out how to get to places. Sometimes it’s quicker to walk between stations e.g. Marylebone to Baker Street or do quick short cuts which they don’t tell you on the app
Got on the DLR! lol that really tickled me, I can see its confusing though
That was awesome seeing Freddie’s house
Just wanted to say how much I love your videos, guys. I’m autistic and find you two to be so calming and friendly. I often find life to be overwhelming, but your videos bring me back to earth. Also, I just love your accents 😊 (I hope that’s ok to say).
Quite a few people with autism love the Underground, too.
I'm new to your channel, when you showed Warren Street station it brought back memories of my commute to school, then Stratford which reminded me of when I was an London 2012 Olympic volunteer, but Abbey Road, I cringed as I knew you were the completely in the wrong part of the city. Pleased to know you found the right place, the tube is a great way to travel, to get about town with minimal fuss. Happy travelling!
The London Underground network is over 250 miles long in total. Some of it very old, some like Stratford (where our Olympic stadium is - much much newer. That Abbey Road mistake happens to many people. Gotta get to North London for that zebra crossing 😊
At least you had a chance to ride DLR ☺️
I remember when the Abbey Road DLR station opened thinking did no one at Transport For London realise the confusion and wasting of time they would cause thousands of tourists for years to come by calling it Abbey Road. The adjacent Baker's Row has an entrance to the station so surprised TFL didn't use that for the name although assume it took the Abbey Road name as it's a more major route. Still, TFL must have figured it out after so many people ask station staff that they now have a massive advertising board at the station entrance/exit with "Looking for The Beatles Zebra Crossing?" It has directions how to get to the more well-known Abbey Road so at least that is helpful after the fact.
I love the tube. It's so easy to get around the whole of London.
Another musical landmark to check out is at 304 Holloway Road, Joe Meek's studio
Good job that you were not going to Church Street. The Tube is sub-terranean. The Undergound is just that at basement level like the subway in NYCity. Most Londoners do not recognise the distinction. The Underground was constructed to put the trams down out of the way - cut and cover - and was first operated by steam locomotives.. The Tube was bored at a much deeper level through London clay with pockets/stratas of gravel and had to have electricity to operate.
Love you guys
Perdiéndose en las ciudades es como llegas a conocerlas y apreciarlas, es parte de la experiencia. Además, ese paseo a Abbey Road Studios no lo olvidaréis jamás 🙂
Haha, I thought what, Stratford?? They're going the wrong way.🤦😂
I did laugh when you said you were getting on the DLR. Glad you made it in the end!
The Tube certainly used to be more dirty, greasy and scary so your expectations weren't too far off. But there's been a lot of modernisation in recent years. They havn't fixed the heat issue yet though, not on the Central Line anyway, it can be pretty hardcore in the summer.
Ref the heat on the Underground in London. The ambient temperature of London Clay is about 12 degrees ( Celsius) . Over the years through 'braking' of the trains has generated heat which goes back into the London clay ( it has nowhere to go) . The ambient temp now ( year round) on some lines is 26 Celsius.
I started sweating just at the mention of the Central line in summer 😅
Brilliant that you explored & went out of your comfort zone !!!.....never be afraid to ask for help ...from fellow travelers or staff...I'm a Londoner & know parts of London like the back of my hand ...but still ask for help sometimes....all the ones on here taking the pi** have all made errors lol....London is fab but very big xx
4:20 In the '70s I remember a USAF officer who had travelled from Kings Cross to Huntingdon, on his way to Alconbury aerodrome, panicking when trying to open the train door. The doors had no internal means of opening - it was necessary to open the door window and use the outside handle. It may seem strange in these days of modern electronic locks, but it provided a level of security so that people could not easily and accidentally open the door and fall out.