Hang out with me in Canterbury! | Kent, England
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- Опубликовано: 3 май 2021
- Let's explore Canterbury! Today I'm meeting up with friends in Canterbury, Kent for some thrifting and lunch. Join me while I wander through the city on my own little walking tour of Canterbury. As a Canadian living in England, I always love visiting Canterbury and seeing so much beautiful architecture and history!
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Hey! I'm Alanna - a twenty-something documenting my life as a Canadian living in England.
I share the ups and downs of an expat living abroad and what it's really like living in the UK. It's not always easy, but there's been so many wonderful experiences, too. I post a RUclips video every Tuesday and an additional video every Saturday on my Patreon account. I also livestream every Wednesday and Sunday at 6:30pm GMT on Twitch.
Alanna x
Been in lockdown for so long I have forgotten what a day out looks like. Thanks for talking me out with you for the day, it was refreshing.
Thanks so much!
Alanna says your turn for the tea & cake next time. 😂
i went to canterbury 2 weeks ago... first time ive left ashford for months because of lockdown and it isnt the same yet. normal canterbury that high street is manic, the under pass to the place u had dinner would be heaving. that place u had dinner used to be a trash by the way lol nice to see its improved. did you get confused in the streets? its ok to sat yes... ive lived in kent all my life and canterbury is truly unique. not overfussed with all the e scooters dumped every where though..
It is cold.... this time last year it was BLAZING!!! but in all honesty this weather this werk is on average close to normal. when it gets hot it will get hot (fingers crossed)
i hope u get to go inside the cathedral one day, its jaw dropping 😀 same as any old building in britain x
I love ancient architecture. Thank you for sharing this. As an American, I don't get to experience this sort of thing regularly, so even seeing it on video is appreciated!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I was extra exited for 3pm today. You and your unique ability to make the viewer feel like we are there with you, really came over in this. 👏
You are so kind!!
@@AdventuresAndNaps You are too cool... 😁👍
09:24 Your American viewers might like to know that one of the cafes on the right hosted some of the 17th century pilgrims who travelled from Plymouth, England to Plymouth rock, USA.
Our county hosts the town (Billericay) which 4 of the pilgrim fathers originated. And sailed on the Mayflower.😏
Is it just me or do we Brits look awkward sitting outside of cafes or restaurants but we look really comfortable sitting outside pubs?
Restaurant culture is much more European, pubs are very British :P
Unless the cafe serves beer what’s the point?
@@Dan-B For sure. I remember when I was in France a couple of years back, everyone just sort of sits around outside of cafes and on benches, and they stare at you as you go past. They're not even necessarily drinking / eating, just people-watching! There's actually such a thing called the 'French Stare' which classifies as a legitimate pastime - unlike in the UK, it's not considered rude in France, particularly Paris, to stare at people.
@@harrypike5140 that is really weird. Why would people want to do that? Looool.
@@MrJC1 French people Frenching
Old English places. Love it.
Me, too!
That truly was a Canterbury tale 🇬🇧🌹
Damn shame that closed over a year ago. :-(
Can we start a GoFundMe for Alanna to get new jeans? Them ones have gone right through at the knee.
I agree. They are well past their shelf date at SV De P. Perhaps Alanna could post them home to her mum for repair.
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Er I think they are in meant too look like that fashion you know!
@@kbeau9538 They know.
Was thinking Alanna could get some newer ones at the kilo thrift meet as they've got the arse hanging outta them 😂
My daughter lives in Cambridge and is Canadian. Been there about 6 years. I love to watch these videos!
Hello from Toronto. Dreary rainy day here and still on lockdown. Oh well you have a great day. ( I see you're almost at 100k subscribers. Well done )
Hello from Kent!
Ah, now that was familiar. 🙂
I used to travel by train from Chatham to Canterbury East, walk across town to Canterbury West then catch another train round to Margate.
After spending some time wandering along the sea front, grabbing some lunch and spending a few quid in the arcades I would complete the circuit by heading back to Chatham via the Whitstable line.
Ah, good times. 🤔
Should have changed at Faversham. Would have saved you a lot of walking.
@@Sorarse the route was deliberate to walk through the city then move on to somewhere else along the coast.
Other times I went straight to Margate, Broadstairs or Ramsgate and walked along the coast from one to the other.
My daughter went to uni in Canterbury and loved the place especially the cathedral and the sense of a thousand years of history you get
It would be really cool to get to uni there!
You sort of forgot a few years of history. Canterbury pre dates the romans (2000 years).. :)
Canterbury has two universities. University of Kent and Canterbury Christchurch University. Love this city.
Hi Alanna am liking your new glasses they make you super classy
The cathedral in Canterbury is the most beautiful building I've ever been in and I've travelled a lot......it has a certain magic to it.....
It's incredible! I always see something new when I visit
What a great video. After Aylesford Priory, my favourite place EVER - you give us Canterbury another one of my favourite places. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I am loving these videos. You do such a friendly job of presenting as well. Brilliant.
Glad you enjoyed it!! ☺️
@@AdventuresAndNaps If you ever get the chance to go to Derbyshire - do Chatsworth as well. It's glorious.
@@halcroj : Yes, Chatworth House and its beautiful grounds are a full day out in themselves. So much to see there.
I went to the university at Canterbury from 1993-96. And have been back a couple of times since including 2 years ago). What was so cool was I studied The Canterbury Tales (by Chaucer) in my A Levels before going there, which enhanced the feeling that I was on some sort of spiritual journey, like an atheist pilgrim or some such. Lovely days. I had a girlfriend back home for two of those years and would get her cards from Zebra Cards there. When I went back two years ago, Zebra Cards had changed to a new shop but I could still see the "Zebra Cards" writing through the painting over the top. Awww! And, of course, so many things were almost unchanged from back in the 90s. Great stuff. I hope to go there again this year or next. I'm still good friends with my old mate Kate from uni there, and she's still miles better at map reading etc than me - so an asset during adventurous walks!
I imagine Chaucer narrating Canterbury Tales whenever I come across the very name of the city.
You probably know that the Cathedral dates back about 1000 years but did notice the church history goes back several 100 years to when a "missionary" was sent from Rome to establish an Abbey. The ruins of that St Augustines Abbey is still present to view. Also did you notice the roads in the town centre follow a grid pattern that goes back to Roman times. There is a museum in town where the plans and model of the Roman town can be seen; the layout is so similar to today it is, for me fascinating.
Amazing to think that that round hill you sat next to was built by hand 900 years ago.
My home town! If you get the chance you might like to seek out an old black and white film 'A Canterbury Tale'. It was made during WW2. The story is not great, but the 'pilgrims' travel to Canterbury towards the end of the film. You'll be surprised at how much of the city you'll recognise, and it gives you a good idea of how much of the city was levelled during WW2, and why chunks of the city are so 'modern'.
Hi alanns so glad to see your vids and so glad that you are with your friends you look so well god bless stay happy
Thanks so much!
I really enjoyed watching that, thank you for sharing your day out.
Thanks for watching!
That first station is rainham 😁
It's nice to see you out and about - life is starting to get back to normal!
Hopefully more village/town/city trips this summer!
Unfortunately not for long, there’s more lock down coming. See the Agenda.
Fun little tour of this classic and classical town. I could spend all day just looking at the architecture. Really enjoyed it. Thanks for posting. Am looking forward to the 'summer tour'.
Thanks so much!
It’s cool that you chose a saxophone track. Canterbury’s quite a saxy city, with some famous saxophonist residents, including Tony Coe, who played the Pink Panther music. Admittedly, you may know this already and it might have been the reason for choosing the sax track, or maybe Canterbury just oozes a saxophonic vibe that made you choose it.
I went to university here and loved everything about Canterbury! There’s so many more places to see! Hopefully when you go in the summer you can go punting down the river!
I've been punting there before, so peaceful ☺️
@@AdventuresAndNaps they do a night time punt in the autumn with the darker history of the city. Murder mystery and ghost stories etc. The city looks amazing lit up from below.
Punting in Autumn does sound amazing! Canterbury was amazing in Autumn and Winter; I just remember the carol concerts in the Cathedral every year! It was free for UKC students back then (but it was amazing being there just before going home to a family Christmas.)
Please also see Whistable and Harbledown!
Wooow Alanna, that was super cool. Thanks for taking us along. If you we nervous on camera out-doors it definitely didn't show one bit. Well done Napster!!! 😊
Thanks for watching!
@@AdventuresAndNaps 😁
I was a student in Canterbury back in 2005 and the scaffolding was around the Cathedral then! It’s a lovely place but sadly much of the older architecture was lost to the Luftwaffe.
It's the destiny of many English cathedrals to be scaffolded for the foreseeable future. Hand crafting masonry is a long process.
@@caw25sha Absolutely, time consuming but necessary.
Great new video. really nice and interesting .it's your take on a Canterbury tale .
More like this please
Thanks, will do!
that's some mega camera shy friends you have their. another great out n aboot vid again tho. thanks for taking us along.
Did you know that up until 2005, the Cricket county cricket ground in Canterbury had a 27m tall lime tree inside the boundary? Imagine Wrigley Field, Chicago having a huge Oak tree in the middle of the diamond! Only in England !
Lovely to see my home town again, even if it is on a screen rather than walking the streets. 48 years of memories watching familiar streets and buildings going by. Been in West Sussex for the last 6 years, but Canterbury will always be home to me. Thanks for the nostalgia, Alanna. Xx
Glad you enjoyed it!
PS. Love the new spectagoggles too. They suit you, dear.
My home and I love it, the history and the architecture. Lots of green spaces too which is also nice.
It's years since I went to Canterbury but thanks for the reminder because its definitely another stunner. It probably sounds awful but I miss a lot when I'm passing through all these places and it takes someone who wasn't born here to remind me that there's a hell of a lot to appreciate right on the doorstep. Nice meal too!
It's a beautiful place!!
The cathedral was built in 597, so is over 1,400 years old. I think repairs to this and other cathedrals are pretty constant.
I have literally no idea why this came up in my feed, but I'm glad it did. Went to uni in Canterbury and seeing Dane John, the Cathedral and the high street brought back a ton of memories. I never thought I'd see someone vlog the underpass in Canterbury East station 😆 you've earned a random sub from me!
Hi, Alanna, great video, Canterbury looked good, I've never visited there. Really enjoyed the video. Now we are waiting for the biggest celebration of the year, balloons, fireworks, dancing in the street, with music by Leonard Cohen as Alanna celebrates 100,000 subscribers. Looking forward to your next video soon
Thanks so much! 😊
Yes less than 500 to go.
I love Leonard Cohen's music 😄
Yes! It is you! What happiness to see you!
It is a lovely City and a 11th century Cathedral, thank you so much for showing us it’s been ages since I was there
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for taking us on your little tour.
Any time!
Only 500 subscribers to go and you will be a celebrity!! Keep up the good work
Will be? Alanna already is!
History walks with Alanna! Love it 😁
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@@AdventuresAndNaps: Maybe that could be a topic for future videos? Alana has a day in Whitby...a day in Norwich...a day in Dover.
🔥Alanna's rocking her new glasses 😎
Stopped to look at the Cathedral on the way from the tunnel, in the undercroft mum thought a dummy was very life like peering very closely at it, turned out to be a German tourist. She was in hysterics as it was the quiet contemplation area and she was trying to be quiet, she had to leave 😂
I liked Alanna’s old glasses.
@@MrNicopa Yes they were natty too.
Studied abroad in Canterbury. Best time of my life.
Beautiful place!
I just love Canterbury...been there many times...it is one of my favourite places in Kent
It's a really neat place!
Alanna - Have you been to York? Walked round the walls and The Shambles. And whilst in Yorkshire, magical Fountains Abbey and beautiful Rievaulx Abbey and SO MUCH MORE,
The city centre is lovely in the summer and during the run up to Christmas. Carol services at the Cathedral are wonderful. Strange to be writing about Christmas as we look forward to the summer - sorry.
Alanna,since the very beginning of the lockdowns,Ive always been looking forward to your vids,it’s been really tough for us all,but your Tuesday treats always make me happy.& they’ve help me get through it,let’s hope that when you go back to Canterbury for another tour for us,it’s sunny & hot,with everyone back to our old way of living.Thank you.😊
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!!
Well said Sir !
I hope your knees get better soon Alanna. 😉
That was lovely! You've cheered me up on a crap day! Thankyou....
I'm so glad!
From Chaucer's Canterbury Tales:
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And specially, from every shires ende,
Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,
The hooly blissful martir for to seke,
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I took a friend who's into vintage stuff to that kilo sale in 2019 (we're Folkestone based) for her birthday. told her to get what she wanted then I paid for it. then met another friend for lunch at Cote. Canterbury is great.
Also, 4:30 Cafe Mauresque, on the left, one of the best places to eat in Canterbury. Or, it was, haven't been for a long time.
My favourite foodie place in Canterbury is the Foundry. The last time I was there I had a mini tour of the micro brewery/distillery and a chat with the brewer. I was peering through the window into the brewery bit ('cause I'm interested in that sort of thing and I was being nosey) and he waved me in through the door. Ah well, hopefully I can go back soon.
That's awesome!
Canterbury has TWO big universities; The University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University.
I should know I've studied at both!
Kent was for the longest time the senior establishment but now Christ Church has really got big and has educational properties all over Canterbury including the recently rebuilt, impressive, Augustine House, just next door to the cop shop.
The parklands of Kent University, which is on a hill, gives an amazing view of the whole of the city and the Cathedral.
Check it out.
Nice place Canterbury thank you so much Alanna ❤️❤️❤️
Glad you made it back to this side of the pond, Looks like you had a cracking day out. 😀👍🏻
Canterbury is/was my favorite place for a day out and a nice lunch. Looking forward to life re-opening this summer. You should visit Deal for a day. Wander the crooked smuggler streets, visit the castle, pick up a coffee on High St and sit on the beach beside the Channel.
That's a great idea!
With every visit video you get closer to my gaff! I'll keep an eye out the window :-)
Lived in the UK since birth and there is so much I have never seen. You put me to shame. Pork belly looked scrumptious, stay safe, Alanna. 🌹
Thanks for watching!
Thanks Alanna 👍 Canterbury's really nice! It's like York in so many ways, with its differences as well 😁
I got that feeling, too!
I know Canterbury very well, I only live 7 miles away from it and I went to college & uni there, plus worked most of my jobs there and of course partied at various pubs. The cathedral has been under going renovations and cleaning for years now which is why half of it looks like new. The fountain in the park once had bubble bath put in it and the foam went everywhere which was hilarious. I recommend the restaurant Oscar & Bentleys very highly, food is great in there and they are 100% gluten free and cater for other allergens too. Lots of good things in Canterbury, if anyone has questions about it just comment below :)
i too see canterbury as a univercity too! (i came up with that by myself (cool guy))
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Found the track now. Have a great day.
Stop for a coffee and a baklava next time at the King's Corner! Always was my fav spot right next to my flat before I moved.
I've never been to Canterbury, but I read somewhere that it lost a lot of it's historic buildings during WW2.
Correct
Yeah many of the German pilots didn’t fancy the longer trip to London, so just dumped their bombs on the first City they came across!
That was a very quiet byyyeeeee at the end 😉😄
What a brilliant surprise, to see you 'out and about' as I have requested many times!
Never been to Canterbury, but it does have an aura of York, and I would love to see more of this stuff, with the absence of grey sofas!
I havent been to England since 98. thanks for the video I love your adventures. Greetings from Toronto.
Thanks for watching!
Another great video. I watch another channel "Itchy Boots", by Noraly Scheonmaker a Dutch woman who's been riding all around the world on motorcycles, of which I'm a long time rider, . I mention this because your music interludes and editing and hers are both so good. Also after that cider comparison back in Ontario-I'm from Vancouver, but we're both Canucks, right- I've started drinking cider. So thanks to that, and keep up your videos-I love'em. (PS, your smile does reminds me of my niece, so it's like visiting family.) Cheers.
Loved the video Alanna. I love a cathedral. It always blows my mind how such places were built hundreds of years ago without power tools, diggers or even artificial light. Canterbury is one of the loveliest for sure.
Glad you enjoyed it!
and the first shop that comes into view in this historic city is………JD Sports! Yes, we are definitely on an English high street! :-)
How do you know your on a British high street, J D Sports Boots and pubs.
Canterbury looks lovely.
One of my favourites!
I miss Canterbury, haven't been since just before the pandemic started. I went to the theatre there.
"Did you know ... " that under the basement of the old Boots store (now Pret A Manger on the corner of Mercery Lane and The Parade) is the remains of ancient Roman Canterbury?If you go down into the basement floor you'll see a small wooden door behind the sales counter. That's the entrance to the Roman remains. It used to be the case that if anyone wanted to visit the Roman site Boots had to let you, they couldn't stop you (though I dare say you had to make an appointment). That might have all changed, though, now that Pret have the place. 🤷🏻♂️ There are several other shops in the city that have similar access points too.
I think we've had the coldest April since 1922 this year. One of the driest too.
So surprised to see Rainham station at the start! My hometown!
Canterbury tales!!
Good Tuesday afternoon to you from wellington Somerset
Hello there!
I’d recommend Ely as a place to visit, I don’t really find days out in the UK too interesting but I’m grateful I live in a nice little place such as Ely
only live 20 minutes on the train from Canterbury such a lovely place
The cathedral looks nice can't wait to go in again.
Me, too!
You should visit Wells. They have a moated castle and a cathedral..so beautiful there! 🤩
Sounds great!
The Canterbury Tales
Ah UKC my alma mater. Haven't been back in 30 years. Nice to see Cloppa Castle again (Westgate) not much changed by the looks of things.
I was a student in Canterbury back in the 90s - good to see some of the pubs I got kicked out of are still there.
Damn surprised to see the scaffolding is still up at the entrance. It was there 6 years ago!
What a great video!! Beautiful photography & commentary! Your choice of background music was perfect! Gotta give it a 10
Glad you liked it!
I'm also a Canadian living in the UK! Just moved here during the Pandemic and I'm so glad I found your channel for some inspo on where to visit. Canterbury is definitely on my list now :) Will probably wait until I can get inside that Cathedral though! May 17th can't come soon enough..
Awesome! Thank you!
Try York, loads to see up north👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
Somewhere else to add to the list of places to explore. Must say I've never heard of kilo sales but very famier with jumble sales as pre covid my mom uses to help at local ones, I did aswell when younger & not shift working.
That belly pork looked incredible, i can imagine it wasn't cheap but i'm one happy to pay abit more for good food
I live in Kent (Isle of Sheppey) it's so weird seeing places that I've been to myself so many times, really enjoyed this.
Thanks so much for watching!
Just Wonderful yo see you out and about Take care Dear Lady... :-))) xx
Yey pub lunches again. We had a hailstorm here today, in May!
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I know I went on a school trip to Canterbury when I was in secondary school, and I remember something about the Canterbury tales, but nothing about the actual city itself XD but then it WAS almost 18 years ago.
My high school trips were so boring 😩😂
@@AdventuresAndNaps well mine could be boring at times but they took us to interesting places sometimes XD Canterbury, 3 days in Ghent (Belgium), 3 days in Maastricht (the netherlands). Last trip in our final year I went to Paris for a week! :D This was with a secondary school in Belgium though.
I can see the cathedral from my kitchen window but never knew there was that much scaffolding on the main gate entrance. It’s been a while since I’ve properly walked around the town centre.
Great video, brings back memories of when I
Visited. Beautiful cathedral and nice shops.
Thanks for watching!
Love the new retro specs 👍👍
Canterbury looks great! Haven't been there in a long time, I really need to revisit & explore the local counties more lol... Also quite fancy a pub lunch now, that food looked amazing! Glad you had a great day, can't wait to see you explore more places!
Thank you so much!!
Hi Alanna, another great video - this can't be a coincidence - a seemingly effortless, entertaining portrayal of Canterbury all in less than 14 minutes.
Alanna, I'm sure your peeps back in Canada WOULD LOVE a video of a visit to Leeds Castle and it's gardens. It's on your manor so to speak; you love Castles; it's beautiful. So it'd be a win\win!!!
Sorted! :)