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As a Brit, I notice smoking is much more prevalent in some European Countries than the UK
yup
I suspect London's huge European population is partly responsible for their impression
That is because it is particularly in South and Eastern Europe
You should have been around Iin The 60s and 70s. Some pubs were like smog ridden
Oh yeah.
I went skiing in Austria and they all smoke like troopers. In a bar you could barely see. The Dutch are similar also.
The US has 197 Michelin Star restaurants. The UK with a fifth of the population has 184. The terrible food in the UK idea comes from American soldiers returning from the UK after World War II when Britain had rationing.
You gotta love Google, it knows everything 🤫
Our teeth are better than Americans too
And the UK had rationing long after the rest of Europe had stopped it
@@kevingrant7098 In Mexico if someone has discolored, crooked teeth, they are said to have English teeth.
It is hilarious that Americans criticise British food when their staple is sugar filled, processed, fat filled, msg full rubbish.
“There were people in BROAD daylight smoking”
Interesting that smoking is more shocking to Americans than guns being legal..
😂😂
It's absolutely preposterous. I particularly cackled at the bit where he said "we were always told at school not to do that"😏.... I know he's only a young kid but that's like an 8 year old, rather than an 18 year old. If he's shocked/upset/inconvenienced by that.... Well, put it like this, he's in for a rough ride. He has a lot of growing up still to do
@@helenayamez I’ve noticed that, if it wasn’t for the fact they had I.D. to drink I would have guessed they were around sixteen.
These are Americans who can afford to come to England, most Americans never leave the country
Ikr smh 🙈
"They spoke our language", no, you speak our language 😉 Keep travelling, keep learning, its all out there
Good point. What is British English? Its English English. The other nations have their native languages, its not our business that very few people speak it. Perhaps even Americans may hit upon the absurdity of comparing American English to English English
@@johnsmith-eh3yc The book Proverbial Tongue is a great read around this
You don't own the Engish language mate
Absolutely. correct. Although when I lived in London many U.S tourists said they were surprised we spoke English so well in the UK to me at work. I had to explain the truth 🤣🤣
English comes from England?! 😂🤦🏽♀️ what else would we speak….
Meals deals are the backbone of our construction industry 😂
Cornwall you squeeze a couple meal deals in so you don't live off pasties
@@havoc6021 haha very true
And picnics in a hurry when the grandkids drop by. Oh the agonies of making the choices!
Meal deals make sense when the whole deal usually costs only marginally more than the cost of the most expensive item alone.
I find it funny that Americans still call people your age kids. When I was your age I’d have felt offended if someone had classed me as a kid in the UK. I’d been working for a few years by then, and hadn’t felt like a kid for quite some time. Even older actual ‘kids’ in the UK tend to be known as young adults rather than kids. Great video, glad you had a good time 👍
I feel that, but at the same time still know that older people see me as a kid even though I rent and have my own business
I find that really strange as well! As soon as we’re in our teens we don’t want to be called kids
I find this interesting too, at 16 in UK you'd generally be classed as a young adult, even younger kids in some NHS trusts, maybe at 14 can opt to "transition on' into adult services.
Just highlights the different expectations ✨️
Everyone calls anyone under 25 kids in the UK. Or my experience anyway. I'm in London if that makes a difference.
Young 20s is still a kid… very little experience in the real world IMO
Actually, road safety in the UK is statistically safer than in the US: “Despite being much more densely populated with both people and cars, British roads are much safer than those in the United States. In 2013, there were 12.9 deaths per 100,000 vehicles in the US compared to 5.1 deaths in Britain.”
I was going to post a similar comment. UK roads are much much safer
We drive better
I feel like our roads are quite hard to drive on, in the sense we have many built up roads full of obstructions, tight roads, lots of bends etc. But I feel like all of that makes are driving standards a step above, we have to be more aware of the hazards surrounding us. Compared to the us, which are mainly straight and wide roads. I can imagine Americans being terrified to drive here in what we find the norm.
safer but still not safe enough IMO
@@mdx7460 They are. When we had people over for work they take public transport everywhere rather than deal with driving.
As a UK resident, this really made me chuckle. You lads are so lovely. Glad you had fun - and got to enjoy a pint!
Ditto I was thinking the very same and I'm from the s.e.
So true but around 15-20 years ago smoking was much more accepted I guess and trends are definitely changing here around it
I came here to say the same thing.
I agree! Loved the fact they liked Tesco so much 🤣
Our country doesn't have enough space for wider roads!! Really interesting to hear their reaction to the roads as we are so used to it, but we do moan about ALL of the roads.
Interesting about the smoking - as a Brit, I wouldn't have thought we had a smoking problem, because it's much less than there was even was I was a kid 20 years ago before smoking inside was banned everywhere. And smoking was very strictly warned against in schools, the effects very much explained.
I also went to Italy a few months ago and I felt smoking was such a big thing there, I really noticed it compared to what I see in the UK. So I was surprised that smoking seemed so big to you, here.
Glad to hear it's really rare round where you lot are though, it's a good sign
There is a massive smoking problem Wdym? Lmao. I work in a shop cause I’m at uni. I have like 20-30 kids from 13-18 coming in every single day tryna buy elf bars and vape pens. It’s massive here, especially in cities
The fact that smoking in public indoor places is illegal in the UK, means that people will congregate outside pubs and nightclubs to partake of their habit. It may seem that there are loads of people smoking, but if you compare that to the number of people INSIDE the venue NOT smoking, it doesn't seem too extreme.
BTW, I can't let this go in passing without mentioning it: "They spoke with a Yorkshire accent in York" - That kind of remark is what is known over here as a "No-shit Sherlock?" moment! 😉
LOL !!!
When l was in New York,l came across signs " No Smoking Allowed" that was at the entrances of the parks,squares and gardens.l felt uncomfortable as a smoker,but l understood why this approach as been taken .
@@seanhopton. its a good thing and if you feel uncomfortable then its doing its job, it would be fine to smoke if it only harmed you however second had smoke is very bad for younger teens and kids so in public places it shouldnt be allowed
Yes but I think it's probably different from the Whitby accent (where I live) my sisters partner is Glaswegian and I can hardly understand a word he says
@@theaces3697 And yet, we don't care nearly as much about breathing in the toxic fumes from the vehicles we drive. Compare the average exhaust nozzle with the average cigarette. I know what I'd rather be stuck in a garage with! Double standards are rife in this day and age!
(I gave up smoking 11 years ago, fwiw)
The American myth about British food stems from American service personnel returning home after World War 2 and seeing what the UK population were having to eat owing to food rationing, which actually lasted until 1954. The same with dentistry in the UK, despite what some Americans think, the quality of dental hygiene and tooth care in the UK is among the highest in the world. These misconceptions really do need to be dispelled once and for all.
Our dental care and hygiene is good but not the aesthetics and orthodontistry. When Americans judge our teeth it's because many of us have wonky ones and we don't routinely have them bleached white.
@@Knappa22 Agreed, as they're meant to be and not looking like a row overly white tombstones, which actually look false.
Diversity is what improved British cuisine,seasoning ect were not not common place before the influx of people from the commonwealth,and the typical British cuisine before was very bland ,now Britain's enjoy Asian , Caribbean, and more exotic foods
@colin Francis that’s not true, we traded in spices for centuries, we had plenty before ww1. After ww2, an whole generation had to cook without using any spices or seasoning, and were not taught to use them as at the time we had none, but before that we had plenty of herds and spices
@@colinfrancis8213 And the crime that comes with it
Im really happy that you guys got out of London on your trip.
The uk has so much to offer outside of the capital
Its OK if you want to shop and enjoy night life etc, but outside of that there are so many beautiful places to visit across great Britain. So much history and beautiful landscapes
Yes, I also think they may have got more out of Matlock than Bath. 😁
Agree I am 58 and never been to London and never intend too.
You gentlemen are a credit to your country and I'm glad you had a great time in the UK - come back soon!
I always found it weird how in the US, by the time you reach 18, you’re allowed to drive, get married, join the army and die for your country, vote, (all pretty big adult decisions!), are considered old enough to be jailed for life or even face the death penalty….but you can’t have a beer?!
I find it weird if you are really mature grown up adults making sensible decisions why anyone wants to drink in thr first place n make it legal for any one of any age it is a drug and should be treated like any drug it affects you n people around you. My best friend was murdered by her ex while he was drunk. Not drinking isn’t the end of the world.
@@healingandgrowth-infp4677 whilst I have every sympathy I can have a beer quite easily and enjoy it, this issue is those that cannot stop and become aggressive when under the influence. Sadly these people ruin it for the 99% who drink responsibly
@@healingandgrowth-infp4677 Without coming across as a dick, your perspective is a little naive. People like to drink (and take drugs) because they feel good, and for some people it's a means/form of escapism. I agree that our attitudes towards alcohol and the cultural normalisation of excessive consumption is incredibly harmful and needs addressing though. Tobacco companies were banned from advertising their products and I believe the same should be the case for alcohol companies.
First visited the US in 1999 and was aghast when I watched someone buy cigarettes and they got them from a hidden cupboard, but I saw guns for sale on show 😂
@@healingandgrowth-infp4677 it's more about options-i have a glass of wine at the weekend.but denying someone that option is kind of wrong.doesn't mean everyone will become an alcoholic
I'm in my forties now, but I'm remembering the 90's when you could smoke anywhere and in most night clubs people were smoking joints , doing coke and god knows what else. It seems strange to me that you find the modern sanitised England shocking. Goes to show how much things change.
We haven't smoked indoors since 2007 but the rest hasn't changed mate, coke is everywhere.
@@infectedvoice7293 pepsi too
@@Joysticknerd Fuck Pepsi, horrible.
Yeah weve lost england now
It's not changed much lol, you just obviously don't go out much anymore lol 😂
The food myth started during WW2. When Americans came over to Britain, we had strict food rations, so the American soldiers didn't have a good representation of British food. They then spread their experience of the food and thus began the British bland food myth.
What I'm not keen on with this type of channel/presentation style. Is that, this dude is on a global platform, coming from a G7 nation but pretending to be Amish! It's 2022 and everything shocks him/them, but when a few English lads engage them in the street, these two give them a load of attitude(not the innocent response of a couple of jocks).
@Awyatt 人生の ☮️ Fast forward to 04:00 on Day 2 in Bath and remember this is his/their edit)
I would say that following on from rationing food remained bland in the UK until the 80s. Its not any more
@Awyatt 人生の ☮️ Which is it, being obnoxious doesnt have anything to do with looking for trouble. Being obnoxious only ever causes trouble, if the other side are looking for it.
Food was quite bland and not just because of rationing. In the 20th century We lost a lot of native animal breeds, apple species and our cheese making industry was nearly wiped out. The mass production of products like bread also hit quality and taste.
The bland food misinformation is from the well-fed US troops being stationed in the UK during WWII. They didn't actually realise that the UK population had almost no food because transport ships were being sunk by the enemy and what they DID have was rationed in tiny amounts along with what they could grow or barter.
In many cases of US personnel being invited for a meal in a private home, they didn't know that, out of British pride, they were being offered most of the food that the family possessed in one meal that was supposed to last that family for one week. There was no way to make the food tasty as rationing was only designed to keep the people alive during wartime. So that idea that still persists for Americans is completely wrong.
Excellent points and makes a lot of sense. Of course you have other cuisines that rely very heavily upon spices (Spanish and Mexican) and sauces (French and Italian). So if you took away the spices and sauces, what do you have: what seems to be bland food. Basic British & American cuisine have one adding spices after to the taste of the individual.
This is absolutely correct
Saying that, whilst you are absolutely right, I know for sure that there are still a lot of hangovers from those times. I think there a lot of home meals which are quite bland - I remember occasionally getting the most dry, tasteless potatoes with overly hot, chewy stew, many times when I was young, and a few greasy spoons will still serve blandish and overly fattening, cheap food (There is definitely such a thing as a bad full English). But in terms of restaurants, national dishes, proper cuisine - I think the UK has a lot of diverse, tasty, filling, wonderful dishes. On top of that, our small comfort food dishes are also amazing, yes they are very simplistic (Beans on toast for example) but they are absolutely banging.
British people think their food is bland also. It’s the stupidest reason given in support of even more immigration.
The Yanks called chips French fries when they were actually from Belguim. Not the brightest bunch were they.
As a brit, visiting Italy was a real shock in terms of smoking - it was everywhere! Step off the train and almost everyone on the platform instantly lights up. When I ate food on the street I got a smoky flavour from people passing by smoking. Was pretty grateful to get back to the UK where it is way more limited
What you have identified is that many things are relative.
Here in the UK, there is much less smoking than there was before the ban. Back then, the atmosphere inside any pub, club, or even many offices was rank. I remember one of my Uni lecturers was a chain smoker and he used to smoke in the lecture rooms - and allowed students to smoke in lectures, too. That was the culture we once had, and the people who were involved in it are largely still around - and still smoking.
It's also worth pointing out that the air is rank in a 30 metre radius around the smoking area at any pub or club (even when no one is using it).
Having said that, it is much worse now than it was in the years after the ban, as people have found they can abuse the Law and still smoke without being prosecuted.
But all of that is completely different to many European countries - France, Italy, and Germany especially. There has always been a smoking culture over there, and much stronger than ours even after the health risks with smoking became fully known. That is what you witnessed. Just different cultures.
All these two guys are saying is that what they experienced in the UK was different to how it is in the US as far as smoking was concerned. It was an observation, not a judgement or quantitative statement. They were complimentary on pretty much everything else when compared to home.
I'm glad they enjoyed it, because I remember my own first time travelling on my own once I turned 18. It is a major experience which everyone goes through.
@@sualdammacsamildanach8154I’m 41 and I remember smoking rooms on hospital wards lol
As someone who's British-Portuguese, I'm surprised about the smoking thing, because to me, very few people smoke in the UK compared with what I see in Portugal. So maybe the reason people disagree is because the amount of smokers also reduced a lot in Europe, and especially the UK seems to have a lot less smokers than at least western Europe (I'm familiar enough with Portugal, Spain and France, and they all have a lot more smokers than the UK).
I think these days it's people smoke when they go to clubs and not smoke all the time.
Smoking has gone down over the years; when my dad was young, you weren't considered a man unless you smoked. In recent years smoking among girls/women has been on the rise in the UK.
@@peterc.1618 Bullshit
I think the price is a factor too. In spain the tobacco costs over half the price of what it is in the UK.
U.S. rate is 12%
Had to laugh at your winding/curvy narrow roads comment - In the UK we learn to drive on those roads, so they're not daunting. Most drivers in the UK are just courteous.
When the were looking from that hilltop after their Tesco visit, they could see another hill nearby. That hill has an insanely narrow and steep winding lane. I wonder if that Ed guy drove up it on the way. Try driving on the roads above Funchal, Madeira. That's an experience you won't forget. They drive on the wrong side too.
So true! I had my driving test on a winding country road I had never driven down before & no clue on speed limit 😂😂 that’s the uk for u
Winding roads are the fucking best, nothing worse than a boring straight road lol
@@_Professor_Oak I'm sure I read yesterday that one county is making their country roads 30mph
I hate curvy windy roads, especially when someone is driving up your back wanting you to go faster than I feel safe to go. I'm glad there aren't many where I live!
Tap water in the UK is safe to drink in most places. Cafes aren't allowed to refuse a request for water, as long as you don't stay in the cafe without paying for something. If you need to fill up a bottle just walk in and ask and they will fill it up or give you a glass of water. I think this is one of the main reasons we don't have many water fountains.
I believe no one is allowed to refuse water ie you can knock on someones door and they have to give you water if you need it. Water is needed for survival.
It's safe to drink but in some places it's pretty nasty, I've lived in Hertfordshire my whole life and was shocked how nice the tap water was in other parts of Britain, like up north in Yorkshire or even Scotland. The tap water where I'm from is full of limescale and chalks up a kettle really fast, that's why I mostly drink bottled water or filtered
I've just checked the stats on Wikipedia and the UK actually has the lowest rate of smoking in Europe it is also lower than in the US currently. I suppose it depends where you were hanging out that perhaps gave you that impression. London is not typical because of the tourists and racial mix.
It's because people have only ever been in their own state, but somehow they speak for the entire 50 state union
I think in London particularly there are so many on the streets because it’s the only place left to smoke so they are often in clusters and visible, the sheer number of people make them more obvious. Living in the south west but working in London a lot the numbers of smokers always seems really high.
@@davidshipp623 Yes, smoking indoors is not allowed so all the smokers hang about in the street giving the impression that the %age of smokers is high.
@@davidshipp623 Yeah it's all the people who come to London from the South West to work who are outside smoking on the street. If I'm in an office with 500 people and 10 of them go outside to smoke that might appear to be a lot to someone on the street but they don't see the 490 inside who aren't smoking.
@@corleth2868 haha, nice burn. But yes that the point I was badly making, you don’t see the people in the offices and indeed inside the bars/restaurants etc. For the record though, my business is based in the South West, I just have some clients in London.
The smoking one, actually it has decreased a lot here in the UK in comparison to even ten years ago. It's much less accepted, but is tolerated. Most people tend to only socially smoke, which is why most bars and clubs have outdoor areas for this.
most bars and clubs have outdoor smoking areas because it was banned indoors. There is no other reason. Businesses made these areas to stay in Business
The whole of Europe smokes a lot more than US. I can say france and Italy in particular. I was in Italy last week and I was told don't leave for outside the restaurant for cigarette, this is Italy!
A lot more people have reverted to e-cigs as well
@@rupertbailey1666 Yuck - that would totally put me off visiting Italy, I have to say.
Bs I've never had anyone come up to to me and tell me off for smoking everyone smokes here
Guys, I'm a 60 year old brit who has lived in America, I absolutely loved your take on the UK, your innocence is incredibly endearing and made me smile out loud, I hope to read both your names many times in the future, good luck and God bless.
How do you smile out loud?
@@GodsCosmicBollock I was wondering the same lol
@@GodsCosmicBollock Maybe it's like when people can hear you smiling down the phone ?😂
@@GodsCosmicBollock With creaky lips?
Glad we don’t have the headache of the tax thing here. Thanks again for embracing our culture boys was a great watch xx
I don't see why they couldn't use our system in the states. Yeh the taxes are done state by state, but pricing on the shelves is done shop by shop.
@@c_n_b much easier than the way USA do it
Our tax is hidden from the consumers. I'm not sure that's a good thing at all.
@@JeremySpencerJJWS same with america. U only find out at the till
@@JeremySpencerJJWS It's not hidden, we all know it's added, one difference is that it is uniform. Makes life much easier. Price you pay divide by a sixth, that is the amount of Vat.
My most important advice for next time is: stay longer (3 or 4 days) in one place. Don’t rush to get a train to somewhere else every day. There are loads of museums and art galleries in London, as well as the London Eye.
I totally agree with you. I see too many Americans, that come to the Uk. Do Europe in less than a week in each country or city. A week in one cityi sn't long enough,to really get a feel of anywhere. I personally don't take holidays for less than 3 weeks anywhere. 1st relaxing, getting my bearings,2 week really exploring 3 week whining down preparing to return home.
You can't beat an English breakfast lads and Tesco is a live saver for us Brits aswell. Respect from the UK🇬🇧
Will, 'they were speaking our language'. No, Will. You are speaking OUR language!!!
The yanks forget that and the water thing erm don't they know our water is fine out the tap and our food is not full of shit lol
Water: I never buy bottled water in Britain. (I might in a foreign country.) Any water from the Main water supply in Britain is drinkable, so a restaurant giving you tap water is safe.
My house isn’t very old but we don’t drink the water upstairs. I live in the U.K. water supply is fresh but for upstairs it’s in a storage tank which isn’t food grade
@@Landie_Man Your house is breaching building standards then. Hot water in a tank is still a thing in old houses, but cold water coming from a tank essentially barely exists. I've seen unchanged 200 year old houses that don't do that. Anything even slightly new means something has gone very wrong for cold water to be in a tank.
@@wyterabitt2149 only 1970s! Obviously downstairs is all straight off the mains.
The further North you are, the better the water is.
🏴 second cleanest drinking water in the world
How wonderful to see two worldly young Americans travel to the U.K. and report on it, warts and all. Come back soon.
It's so great to hear how you enjoyed our country, your interest in Britain is fantastic and I'm sure you'll come back again and have a total blast. There is practically endless history here for you to explore and learn about. Europe is also brimming with history and stunning places to explore, and it's right on our doorstep.
I think the smoking/vaping thing is something found more in cities here rather than all over the country.
I live in a small town in the south-west of England, and you rarely see anyone smoking or vaping in public.
Also your illness on return I think was due to contracting a virus from the recirculated air on the flight, which seems to be quite common.
Will seems to be a very nice fella, a good travelling companion for you.
I live in a medium sized town in the south-west of England. I'm going to use that word ... I've noticed a lot of used fags strewn about the benches in my local parks. The other thing I notice, not in the parks but on the roadside, are the tiny aluminium canisters that look like miniature scuba tanks. They once contained nitrous oxide (laughing gas).
@@Violet-to4qq I don't think that any official record is kept of respiratory infections after flights, but my experience matches yours. From around 2006 to 2014 I was taking several flights each year and often got chest infections, some of them really bad. Maybe we should be wearing masks when flying.
I live in Poole and lots of people I see vape here. Including myself, I stand outside work to vape before work or on my break and lots of people walking around me vaping, more people vape than smoke here it feels.
@@peterjf7723 you have it backwards how masks work, lol
I live in a bloody provincial town in Devon and u see ppl smoking/vaping all the time. Any Americans who reads their comment - they are wrong u can see it everywhere city or not
Next time you should also check out the south west of England, known as “the Westcountry” - the counties of Devon, Somerset, Cornwall and Dorset. Of course you saw a little of Somerset when you were in Bath but it’s not the same as exploring further south. Fantastic national parks with wild moorland in each county and incredible huge sandy beaches.
Though from London l spent time on Cornwall's north coast......simply beautiful......l had friends there who knew the little coves, etc., which were great.......ever seen the movie, "The Beach", similar...........
Regarding the water fountain thing, anywhere that sells alcohol in a glass in the UK has to provide free water. Places like Wetherspoons have water coolers on the bar with glasses that people can help themselves to.
NEVER seen a water cooler in any of the Wetherspoons that I have been in !
Water coolers in weather spoons !? Never seen one yet ,
They used to be extremely common, all around Towns, Parks etc, mostly provided by the Town / Parish Councils. They started to disappear once Bottled Water became a thing that could be profited from. ... wonder why ;)
I always get a free cup of water while in Spoons.
@@enemde3025 Never seen one either? Then again they're not something I would look for when beer is near? It's only recently I found out tea and coffee had free refills in "Spoons"?
Joel: “While we’re on the topic of food, I think we need to get into Tesco.”
Me: “I feel like I understand everything that happened before he describes it any further.”
Other Supermarket Meal Deals are available 😉
@@Paul_W.E_Ingham lmao he was showing footage of Sainsbury's while talking about Tesco
But WHAT was the 3 for 3 deal? He didn't explain.
@@thomashernandez8700 It's 3 items for £3. Usually a choice of sandwiches or wraps, a savoury snack and a cold drink. Considered very good value if you chose the right options.
Smoking has been banned in indoor public places since July 2007. I was working in a pizza restaurant and remember the managers putting the no smoking signs in the windows. Some pubs and clubs lost revenue when people stopped going due to the smoking ban. When I left school 40 years ago you could smoke anywhere. The bans first came in on public transport in the late 80s/early 90s.
I was working in a grotty student pub when the ban came in. I came into work 2 days after it came into effect and the smell was so bad - a mix of vomit and sweaty student BO. 😂
Whatever happened to the 'We'll only have one beer per day because we don't want to get into trouble??' 😂🤣
They were drinking with Brits. It was never going to happen lol
You can’t drink a beer until 21 because you’re not considered responsible enough. But you can own a gun! 🤔 You notice smokers because smoking is banned inside, so those who do will step outside. Hence, 2 or 3 people outside each establishment. Which, I must admit, would look like we’re all heavy smokers.
I don't know, smoking is banned inside in the US too and you don't see swatchs of people flocking out to smoke
Yes the usa has a higher amount of smokers and the amount of teenagers that smoke is roughly the same between countries so maybe they just don't notice ij the usa
My last memory of my visit to the US was in LA we checked into our hotel we were just relaxing when we heard rapid gun fire, I phoned reception to see if there was a problem. She said quote “ it’s just two rival drugs gangs fighting”” we never unpacked our cases we left and went to Las Vegas that was safer than LA. I have been back since to NYC and loved that. But I must be honest I don’t feel safe in the US with the amount of guns in private hands.
Many 18-year-olds in Britain take what’s known as a gap year. This is after they finish school and before they go to university. Typically they will spend a lot of the time travelling during this time . Countries like Thailand and Vietnam are popular destinations. Many will then head off to Australia or New Zealand where they can obtain a young persons temporary work permit which allows them to legally work while in the country. This helps them to continue funding their trip.
The gap year was very much a right of passage for middle-class kids before lockdown. It will be interesting to see if it becomes popular again now countries are opening up.
@@Violet-to4qq I've always found "working class" to be a weird term. It's almost like saying middle & upper class don't work? 🤷♂
Many middle class/upper middle class kids, perhaps? Working class kids (who make up the majority) do not go off on gap years funded by Daddy.
@@Violet-to4qq when I was 18 the only kids I knew doing travelling were the middle class well off kids not one of my working class mates went on a year long trip 😂
Never heard of this before are you sure it’s middle class sounds like posh brats
@@joshs7372 man when I was a teen I was in an abusive family home n tried to work my way out of it but wasn’t even allowed holidays until I earned it over many years up to 5 years n even then no matter how hard I worked if bosses were envious of you they can just fire you for no reasons and prevent you getting more work. Had envious female employees who done this too. And discrimination due to gender by male bosses who didn’t want females working. If it weren’t for a friend n getting into the abuse care. I’d probably be dead now. Kids are getting spoilt and spoilt now a days no wonder teens are getting more and more disrespectful and lack morals and don’t respect their elders. Using disrespectful phrases like I’m dead to boot. When someone they love dies those words will haunt them forever.
Ones first solo trip is a big thing. You were lucky to get along so well together . Planning trips is a big part of the fun. I think European youth travel to other countries a lot more than American kids do.
I just watched your whole trip to the UK 🇬🇧... I'm a women who's old enough to be ur parent but I had to subscribe as I enjoyed it so much. Travelling definitely helps us grow. Go see the world guys 🙏🇬🇧
"weren't expecting having chips and a kebab after a night out" That's the staple weekend diet here mate lol.
and a punchup for good measure
Need to be tipsy to eat one!
I lost a few umbrellas because I stopped to eat a burger on a bench in the town centre and left them behind lol must have lost a dozen during my youth 🙄 happy days 😆
In places like Norway, Finland - the goto good after a night out is a sheep's head
@mary carver ok Karen!
If you think it's difficult to understand the Edinburgh accent, just wait until you get to Glasgow. That is something else.
"Purple burglar alarm" 🤣🤣🤣 if you know, you know 😏 🤣
I'm a Glaswegian and I can't understand a strong Glasgow accent
No one can understand a Glasgow accent everyone just smiles and say yes😊
As someone from the UK the smoking thing made me laugh 😂 when you were talking about the smoking shelter in Bath being unusual it was funny because most of our colleges (for people age 16-18 usually although I started at 14) have smoking shelters too 😂 I have never really thought about whether it is the same in the US or not haha, although I think compared to other parts of Europe we're not that bad
They’re smoking areas not smoking shelters. But yeh I don’t really get what he was on about, smoking cigs isn’t that common in the UK compared to other places and has decreased in the last few decades. Vaping and weed is pretty common though, but those are safer than cigarettes.
Weed is bad for your brain, don't be fooled by the in crowd types.
@@hmalik5232 I mean they're considered 'smoking shelters' aswell. Smoking has decreased maybe when the smoking ban came in but generally speaking its about 14% of the population smokes which is still significant. If we looked at New York for eg, recently the smoking demographic decreased significantly in 2 decades from around 21% smokers down to 12% in 2020. There seems to be many factors that can drastically alter our habits and I think the reason there isn't an actual ban on cigarette shows that there are still ulterior motives that our government have.
In 2022-2023 guess how much the government made on cigarette tax?
10.9Billion.
Sugar tax gives the government an extra £530 million a year.
Alot of what happens in the UK is for the economy not for our wellbeing.
@@paksallion Yeh I suppose you could call them that. And yeh the government tax the shit out of cigarettes, it’s a rip off. They make billions from it and have strict regulations for it. But it’s people’s own choice if they wanna smoke.
Cigarettes are bad for your health though. Most illegal drugs are safer than alcohol and tobacco, it doesn’t make sense why they’re not legal.
@@hmalik5232 ultimately yes it's our decision BUT the government had the authority to ban a substance that is extremely harmful to our health YET they choose not to.. That's the point I'm making. There's a ban on weed. It doesn't kill you BUT the government knows that if it were legalised there would be alot of independent weed factories that would diminish the government's taxes. Tobacco is being sourced cheaper but usually from behind the counter, we can't grow our own tobacco and alcohol can be very cheap or very expensive but there's options for all demographics.
It seems like the economy relies on people purchasing alcohol and tobacco even though its 2 huge killers in the West. They added sugar tax as if they actually cared about our health but how is a few pence going to deter someone from sugar? It's impactless but very impactful for the amount of money the government makes off us.
I remember once when I went to Scotland to see my daughter and family we called at a chip shop and as I was paying I stayed in whilst the others waited outside, the man there talked to me the whole time and being 'older' hearing is fading a bit so I watched his face carefully and copied what he did like when he looked angry I shook my head and smiled when he did - still don't know what we talked about.
LOL. 🤣
I once lived in / studied in the Republic of Ireland. On the first day of meeting my fellows we all had to pair up and have a discussion. I am English and was `paired` to a chap from County Donogal ( they have extremely broad Irish accents ). Each pair talked to each other for about 20 minutes, and I didn`t understand a word of what this lad said, so God knows what he must have thought to my nodding and shaking of my head and "Oh, really... ?" at the times I was guessing were appropriate.
Then, when the discussions were over with, each of us had to tell the life story of the stranger we had just met and spent 20 minutes chattting with.
`Nightmare !
But I am also well acquainted with how difficult it can be understanding our northern Scottish neighbours.
Hey up. I don`t know where you are from, but thrice people then, Englishman and Scotsman and Irishman met at Heathrow Airport to catch flight BA747 JFK to New York City. The Englishman said that he`d like to have a seat in Upper Class.The Scott couldn`t care less ( and it surprises me that the Englishman did ) so long as there were drinks available and bag pipes playing... and the Irish fella could hardly care less either way - so long as his seat was on the inside of the f`cking plane. I was there when the Irish bloke said it.
I`m 1/3 English, 1/3 Irish and 1/3 Scottish - which makes the world a rather amuzing place for me.
have a laugh today, JMO.
The UK's roads are actually pretty good. Our driving standards are quite high so the roads are safer than you would think. You need to check out Cornwall for beautiful countryside and the narrowest roads you’ve ever seen. If you meet oncoming traffic you have to either pull into a passing place or one of you might have to reverse to one. It keeps you awake!
You 2 are so ADORABLE X hugs from the UK
Joel, you and Will make the perfect travelling companions!!! You’ll have to do another trip together next year!! You were only in UK for one week so you were only able to scratch the surface. My advice is for you to consolidate on what you’ve gained, by doing a two or three week trip, staying at people’s houses rather than hostels. I am sure there are so many people who would be delighted to offer you both accommodation in their homes. You have a huge number of fans and followers who are really interested in what you do and in your reflections of life in Britain 🇬🇧 I have literally been amazed at the sheer detail and length of the comments you received - and around 200 and 300 of them for each Vlogging!!! PS If you stayed for 3 weeks you could take a short trip by train to say Paris from London for 2 or 3 days!
Ireland is about half an hour cheap flight time from Leeds Bradford also.
Yes! As previously offered you 2 are welcome to stay here - 4 lads is a bit of a push!
If you ever go to Devon or Cornwall the roads there will terrify you. My brother drove a fire engine, and even in the towns the roads are very narrow. He used to take off peoples wing mirrors often lol
I did some ambulance driver training (St John Ambulance) in Kent. The instructor found all of the narrow, bendy roads he could, and took us down them, at or as close to the legal speed limit, in an ambulance sized vehicle. Now that was truly scary.
In the 80's in Devon we used to have a game in the Summer time of racing around the country roads at breakneck speed to scare the Grockels (holidaymakers) Best done in the evenings where you know the road like the back of your hand and can see headlights coming the other way - Not that I would approve of such things nowadays
Those farmers lanes gets us all lol
This video gave me a good few laughs, especially the accent part. I'm from Nottingham and driving 7 miles away to Mansfield, which is still classed as Nottinghamshire, they got a slight Yorkshire twang in their speech. Carry on 20 mile after that and they talking some 'ye olde worlde' type stuff. If you guys struggled with Scottish accent, try going Newcastle 😁
yo im from nottingham too!!!
Hew us Newcastle lot are the bread and butter and Tyneside English is a delicacy 😂😅
Scabs
My dads side of the family is from Grantham, I know its Lincolnshire but its close😂Then he moved to Shropshire as a young adult and met my mum lol. Never been to that side of the country apart from when I was younger - do you think its much different to Shropshire??
Smoking in the UK has dropped dramatically, in the last few years, due largely to government taxes, and the banning in so many places particularly pubs, also being made to feel a criminal by smoking even in open spaces.
So the UK, is kind of where California was with smoking in the 90s?
@@theConquerersMama Errr no smoking in the UK hasnt dropped "dramatically in the last few years" its been on a steady decline since the 1970s due to public health campaigns. The tax rate per packet has been increasing steadily since the 1990s and public indoor smoking ban 2007. The "feeling criminial smoking in open spaces" is hyperbole on the OPs part, I wonder if they pick up their cigerrate ends?
The younger generations are all smoking now.
@@chickenmadness1732 What a load of a crap, where are your statistics?
@@suburbia2050 Just real life experience having been to University 6 years ago and then returning recently. smoking and vaping is way more popular with gen z than it was with millenials. Found it pretty surprising how much more pervasive it is now.
Even in Britain we can struggle with strong accents. My Dad who was from Yorkshire and worked in Glasgow for a short time and he struggled with the strong Glaswegian accent . Sometimes it can be a language of its own.
When I moved from an Oxfordshire village to Bristol it took me a while to understand what was being said by the locals.
My mother is from N Yorkshire and I grew up in the Midlands, every time we holidayed up with my Yorkshire grandparents (out in the middle of nowhere) took me at least 36 hours to tune in to their accent!
Scots IS a language!
@@helenreid4174 I know there is a Scottish Gaelic language but it’s accents we are really talking about and not just from Scotland but different parts of the UK that often have very strong accents which can make it difficult for people from outside to understand.
I am a Yorkshireman and when I visited the US I was barely understood and had to repeat myself regularly.
I'm glad you guys enjoyed your visit to our little old island. You're a credit to the US.
Glad you have recovered from the bug you caught, you and Will appear to be finding the transition of being back home quite hard. I know our country has its faults but we love all we have here and its nice that you both got to experience that as many of your fellow Americans are not able too. Your honesty has been a breath of fresh and for that I thank you both. Hope you come back we would greet you with open hearts.
I've just returned from a month in the US. I've driven many miles in the UK and some in Europe, but US roads were by far the easiest to drive on. Larger, straighter, more signage etc. I can see why people visiting the UK from the US might be terrified of our roads considering how twisty and narrow they can be.
Some of the roads are more narrow that our driveway. It's an adjustment.
Its the product of a culture that has fetishised and privileged the motor car far more than in Europe and built a huge industry around it that used its economic power to entrench its dominance over the culture.
I think my scariest experiences when driving in the US were the lack of lane discipline and the lack of a speed cap on HGVs.
Seeing people bounce from lane edge to lane edge would be enough to get the police called on you for DUI in the UK, but in the US it's every other car. Also what's with everyone following 1 car length behind at 80mph?
The lack of a speed limit on HGVs is also pretty scary, getting overtook by a HGV doing 80mph is wild. Heaven forbid someone slams on the brakes in front of them! Fast way to get obliterated.
@@VoxelLoop That's a good point! It was rather unnverving seeing trucks zooming past over 70mph. The overtaking and undertaking meant I had to keep an eye on both mirrors rather than just my right, it kept traffic flowing but at the same time kept me on my toes.
Twisty and narrower roads actually encourage drivers more alert and force you to slow down and pick up speed again, which is much safer than a big road where you can put your foot down and switch off. Why do you think amercians run into buildings
I'm British and I know someone who went to America to celebrate their 18th, forgetting that they couldn't drink once they got there
😂😂😂
If you got a shock with smoking in U.K….you definitely would if you visited countries in southern & Eastern Europe where it’s much more prevalent…not forgetting Amsterdam with their (completely legal) marijuana cafes😀
The narrow country roads, you just drive carefully & learn to give way if need be.
We have many accents, our country is small but diverse both its people & landscape. I have enjoyed watching you both discover it (although I was amazed at the amount of travelling you did in a week). Favourite bit…your attempt at a Yorkshire accent….Valiant….but doomed😂
It's not legal in the Netherlands.
@@january39 The Dutch government allows sale up to 5 grams in licensed coffee shops.
Will comes across as being a really nice and pleasant dude. Shout out to Will! Great content Joel 👍
I'm glad you lads had a good British experience!! 😁 I think all of your points are valid, and I'm glad you've realised that food here is mostly decent, that stereotype is one of the most false 😂
And the teeth… well idk actually 🙄
@@murasakino5304 UK is 5th on the DMFT index. The USA is 9th. The UK has better dental hygiene than America.
@@musicistheanswer6234 we just have better healthcare as well tbh
@@murasakino5304 Our healthcare is free but it isn't better. Private healthcare is much better than the NHS.
@@musicistheanswer6234 not for those that can't afford it 🤦
Loved your UK vlogs. So glad you enjoyed our country!
Again, really good to hear you guys reflecting upon your trip and I am very happy that most of these reflections are positive. You gave us a fair go. Smoking is not good of course but life consists of balancing risks with rewards and individual freedom is being able make a free choice having balanced those factors. As a lifelong pipe smoker, the pleasure of puffing on my pipe in the garden on a beautiful summer evening (suitably distanced from non smokers, of course) is priceless. But there are lots of simple pleasures in life so I am not advocating smoking by any means
On the topic of roads:
If you thought Cotswold roads are narrow, you haven’t been down to Kernow (Cornwall).
You could be going down a road so narrow the hedge will give you a new paint job and meet a land rover and horse box coming the other way. Because that’s a two way road.
You’ll often also meet horses, dog walkers, sheep, tractors etc.
And come tourist season Emmet (tourists) pour down here with their shiny cars and refuse to reverse for a tractor coming the other way causing a massive traffic jam.
As someone from England I feel smoking is way less ‘popular’ than it used to be here, but when out drinking a lot of people do smoke socially. Have really enjoyed your videos, you are both a credit to your country!
people and smoking dont kill
If anything smoking socially is worse than smoking normally why feel the need to smoke socially on a night out if you wouldn't usually smoke just looks like being peer pressured.
@@charliezz6746 not sure what Nanny state your from, but in England its how to unwind, a cigar and a warm stoat
@@matspurs1629 A cigar is different from smoking cigs on a daily basis though.
You two are literally the coolest folks. Proper appreciative of your experiences - I think a lot of people could learn from that. Will looks like the perfect travel companion too… glad you got to share it JPS. Hope you get back to our country soon!
The adult smoking rate in the UK as a whole is similar to that of the US, around 12-13% so I would suggest it was just a perception due to observation at that locality. Smoking outside on the street is the popular pragmatic approach to the public indoor smoking ban introduced in 2007. You might be confusing middle-class attitudes to the sort of heavy mix of socio-economic attitudes/behaviours you will see a typical UK town or city, US urban areas can be expansive and more mono-cultural which would equate to Middle Class suburbia in the UK (which in reality spreads all the way across old rural small towns and villages). Also cigarrette smoking rate is far higher in Mediterranean and Eastern European populations which have a large diaspora and visitors in places like London, there is a large Eastern European diaspora in my location and you see groups of their teenage children all smoking together which made me think of the 1970s and 1980s. The cultural habit of littering is probably more prevailant in the UK than the US and ugly cigerette ends can build up in areas quite quickly especially if there is only a weekly or less street sweep. Vaping is currently a new trend that is very unregulated as it was originally thought of as a way to get existing smokers to quit cigarettes (let the market decide) but there is evidence it now attracts a certain socio-economic group of teenager, I haven't read any report that claims it has become endemic though, unlike say Prozac or Fentanyl abuse in the US.
Just to add that the weather in the UK, especially in England has been very warm (heatwave hot), so people out socialising would want to be outside not indoors.
I mean you say its the vape industry is unregulated but TPD laws just made things awkward. I still vape and addicted to the nicotine but I haven't smoked tobacco in months now. I took tobacco out of my spliffs too so completely tobacco free. But getting off the vape cold turkey would probably be as hard as getting off the cigarettes cold turkey.
TPD laws state that you cant have nicotine is a bottle bigger than 10ml, the consumer must add it in themselves.
You cannot have a mod capable of going higher than 200w.
Your tank or RDA juicewell cannot hold more than 2ml liquid.
Your squonk bottle may not hold more than 2ml (killed the squonk industry in the UK)
You cannot sell eliquids unless it was made in lab conditions.
When I was in college I used to make my own liquids as a side hustle. Now it's pretty much like selling weed but instead of prison you get fined 1000s
@@зтотконоплякот unregulated as to what sort of business can sell them (most young people get cigarettes and alcohol from small unscrupulous local retail outlets who do not have to worry about brand image), advertising and added flavouring. It's well known strategies for industry to specifically target youth for new lifetime consumers. Getting existing smokers off cigarettes via vapes is likely to have an overall positive impact but just making more nicotine addicts because they like the taste of apple and cherry and to see steam coming out of their mouth with devices that have hidden long term consequences is unlikely to be useful outside of making some money for a few landlords, ebay up-sellers and Chinese factories.
In fairness, I live in a rural area and rarely ever see someone smoking in public. I know of a few people that do smoke, but they're the minority.
More expensive areas, less smokers. I suppose it depends a lot on upbringing.
In general, it's far less common amongst today's youth though! Thank God.
@@suburbia2050 Sorry bro, I see what youre saying now. I thought you meant there was just no rules like back in 2015😂sorry man
I literally did the Tesco meal deal today. You had the authentic British experience!
haha plugging the tesco meal deal.
@@burlhorse61 Other supermarket meal deals are available
@@jazzyb9488 i know-maybe they didn't realise that-i live in england.just the name dropping amuses me
Yeah, when I lived in the US, I found the dishonesty of the prices listed and the price you pay to be unpleasant. In the UK what you see is what you pay. In the US, the first thing I bought was a McDonalds and had my money ready, but then the quoted price at the till was way more. That's when I learned they slap a hidden tax charge on you as well, just to be extra shady. Didn't like that. They can get away with concealing different tax charges if you hide it from customer view. Very dodgy. And it doesn't have to be that way.
No it doesn't, but then when you consider how crazy prices for hospitals over in US... or just to call for ambulance... they're being ripped of sooo much
@@wendykelly8551 The land of the fee.
Beautiful to hear you both summarising your trip and so pleased you had a great time. I will say that if you found the Edinburgh accent difficult, wait until you hit Glasgow. I coped well in all my visits to Edinburgh, but when I met a couple of Glaswegians it took me ages to get my ear tuned in and i really had to concentrate, asking them to slow down. Yes, Wales definitely has beautiful countryside as does southern Ireland. More research ahead for your next trip. Thank you both for sharing this amazing experience. Best wishes from Surrey (southern England)
@Aussie Pom That's still no excuse for not showing the TRUE price. Not difficult to add the tax before printing the price tags - just sheer laziness. You also need to remember that in Europe and Australasia, it is illegal to charge more than the price advertised on the shelf.
When I first went to the US I went to New Hampshire (for work) They have no sales tax there, so I didn't notice until I visited other places. I was staying near Nashua. There was a collection of shops just south of where I was staying. The road into town had 2 lanes each way. The road into Massachusetts was 4 lanes each way to handle people coming up to avoid sales tax.
As a brit. This was really great to see an Americans view being changed and open to things like British food. Well done guys. Great video. 👍
Boys , I had to laugh when you said the alcohol was partly responsible for your tiredness, after you said before your trip you were going to restrict yourself to a couple of pints per evening 🙂 glad you didn't find the cultural differences too difficult . You sound as if you really enjoyed yourselves !
Thanks guys, I always do my shopping at Tesco too. They deliver every week without fail. Glad you enjoyed your trip here.
In France 16 year olds are allowed to smoke in school during breaks. I think that’s why we don’t think it’s too bad over here , it’s used to be much more prolific smoking inside was permitted pre health and safety
It's not uncommon to come down with respiratory infections after flights. Before I retired, I was for a few years flying several times a year and was always getting coughs and colds, some quite bad.
I hope they took Covid test when they got back. Symptoms sounded like Classic Covid virus.
Strangely enough, a lot of these bad reactions started after smoking was banned on planes because the ventilation system was redesigned and the air was no longer replaced so often and it was easier for fumes from the engines to intrude.
Glad you enjoyed it and that it’s given you confidence to travel more. We Brits are not good at foreign languages but travel all over the world. You’d be surprised how easily you can get by because so much of the world speaks English as a second language.
This is timely: my daughter and her family are driving around Greece on holiday. Just stopped at a village where only one inhabitant spoke English. He was sent for, and when the villagers heard they were looking for food and drink it was offered to them for free. Proper memorable travelling!
Puts the British Education to shame, doesn't it.
@@iriscollins7583 I once told a German colleague that I was ashamed at how little foreign language skills we have. Her response was, why would you learn if you don't need to? I still try to use a few local words when I travel, I think it makes them more helpful if they can see you're trying.
@@iriscollins7583 We're too busy educating everyone else
"When Americans travel abroad and realize how prissy Americans are" 😂😂
I like the fact we use both imperial and metric measurements in the UK, I believe metric is the official system to be in line with the rest of Europe, but I hope we never change to metric only. Also to be even more confusing for you guys, our imperial measurements for volume, i.e. pints and gallons etc are larger than the US system.
As a smoker from northwest England here's a funny take on things for both of you.
I've lost track of the number of times that I've been asked by someone if they can 'borrow' a cigarette from me when they've seen me out in public smoking. My usual response to that is " How are you going to 'borrow' one from me? Are you going to give it back to me after you've finished smoking it? " More often than not the same person will ask me for a light as well and my typical British response, i.e. the sarcastic one, is " What do you expect me to do? Smoke it for you as well? " The other one is " Can I buy a cigarette off you? " and my usual immediate response to that is " Okay, that'll be 2 quid please! " - of course I'm only joking with them and usually just give them a ciggie.....anything for a quiet life, innit?
On this same subject and also speaking as someone who once lived in Canada the terminology for this is quite different, isn't it? I remember from personal experience over there the first time that a man asked me if he could " Bum a smoke off me? " and I turned it into a joke and responded with " Oh aye, what's your game, Sailor? ".
A word of advice to you if you do make a return trip to the U.K. and happen to have the West Country, i.e. Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Avon, on your itinerary to visit is that f@ggots are a traditional culinary delicacy especially in that part of England - they're also known as savoury ducks over here for some unknown reason because while they're very savoury and yummy they don't contain duck and are usually made from pork with some herbs added for flavouring. They're especially good with chips and peas with a nice thick brown gravy smothered all over them.
The best thing about both of you visiting the U.K. is that you managed to see how we actually live over here rather than relying on either other Americans or your media to tell you what things are really like over here, didn't you? The only piece of advice that I can give to you and your friends is that if you decide to return to the U.K. you stay for at least a fortnight or longer so that you can take in other parts of the U.K. that you missed during this first visit - you'd also be a lot less stressed and tired if you did that and you wouldn't have to cram everything into just one week, would you? ✌😎✌
Only recently come across your channel and it is a breath of fresh air to see things through young eyes again! Especially England as I live here and know the Cotswolds and London well. Tip for the future, when in a restaurant or eaterie, if you want water beside your drink of choice, ask for 'a glass of tap water' as well. This comes free in nearly all restaurants and eat-ins when you are buying a meal especially if you have bought other drinks as well but if you want to be sure, ask the cost of a 'glass of tap water first'
We have no water fountains in the country because if you need to drink water you can visit a pub (PUBlic house). They are required by law to always provide toilets and drinking water to none paying customers, due to this weve never had a need to provide outdoor water
I loved watching your videos, and I’m glad that you both had fun. I can see why you loved Tesco and the £3 Meal Deal, but your footage was actually shot at Sainsbury’s 🤣🤣
Well spotted!
As a Brit, nothing makes me happier than two Americans talking about meal deals and saying that they're "big fans of Tesco's"
The Tesco meal deals bit did make me laugh.😂
The smoking thing puzzles me, too. The older generation I understand, they smoked because they didn't necessarily know it might kill them, and everyone did it. My generation is mostly smoke-free. We grew up seeing the effects on our parents and grandparents, we saw the warnings on TV, and we just didn't start. My younger brothers and nephews are in their 20's, and they- and all their friends- smoke, even with all the information they have, they still do it.
I think it is worse still as you go across Europe. The smoking culture never really went away there.
I smoke. I am a doctor working in Ireland. I do not drink alcohol at all. I know smoking is bad for me but so is bad food and alcohol. I enjoying smoking and it relaxes me. It's your life mate, only get one so live it a little without going overboard regularly.
Maybe the guys saw alot of people smoking because it's not allowed in most public buildings including pubs, so you see a lot of people on the street smoking, which may give a skewed impression.
I was quite lucky in
1960 my junior school showed us a film about the dangers of smoking, the man who couldn't walk up a few steps and what a smokers lungs look like etc.this was quite progressive because I read that our government know about the dangers but didn't tell us ,it scared the shit out me and I never even tried it . Which was lucky as I'm allergic to smoke .
Same, I’m 60 and most of my friends, family and acquaintances of my age group do not smoke, yet a lot of younger people I know are smoking and vaping. I don’t get the smoking and vaping thing.
@@barryryan14 Fine, as long as no-one else has to breath your smoke. For example, I too can make choices about food and drink (and for medical reasons, I have no intention of discussing, need to exercise some care there). However, I am a bit stuck if downwind of a smoker in circumstances where I cannot just move away. Your freedom is important but IMHO stops where others lungs begin.
In restaurants if you want free water you have to ask for Tap water. The noticing smoking is because smoking indoors is banned in public places so you are seeing all the smokers get their chance whilst outdoors.
Love it boys! The algorithms gifted me this one glad you enjoyed the food and hope you tried a curry because that’s the true national dish and flies in the face of popular perception of British food. Definitely try Wales next time experience the Welsh language and insane picturesque views. In terms of Europe I would recommend the Netherlands next up for a similar kind of of trip, everyone speaks there English too
That should be "their" lol
@@steveramsey8415 it should actually be "everyone speaks English there too"
Curry ain't the national dish that's India lmao
@@Razah. English Curry is nothing like Indian Curry
@@Razah. curry is literally a national dish in the U.K.? Owing to the large number of people who immigrated to the U.K. from South Asia after the Second World War... if you are from the U.K. I’m either surprised you don’t already know this or I am gonna make some assumptions based on the nature of your comment and what it really means...
I was intrigued to watch this video having watched the other ones from your trip. There is a complex history as to why our current social and political landscape is what it is across the UK. Each country is fiercely patriotic but when the chips are down we all pull together. As a tourist you get a snapshot. The Welsh, Scottish and Irish, Celtic nations have all at some point rebelled against England. To get the full picture of the whole UK I would suggest a much longer trip. The Highlands of Scotland has some of the most beautiful scenery in the world. Wales is outstanding and Ireland is glorious. England is bigger and diverse. We are all Jock Thomson's bairns. Come back and explore some more.
I only wish you'd had time to explore Wales. I was born and bred in Wales but have lived most of my life in Oxford. Everyone who visits praises Wales for its countryside, unspoiled beaches and real Normal castles. If you ever return to the UK, please pay my homeland a visit - we're very friendly, too!
What in your opinion is an un-normal castle?!
@@ThatCoalSoul Sorry for my typo. I meant to say 'Norman castles'!
You guys should definitely travel more on your own. You will grow as people. It’s great to hear your experiences from the UK.
You do know that the entire country is linked by motorways? ;) Not all roads are small and narrow, lol. Every major town and city and most smaller towns too, are connected to the motorway network. Motorways have 3, 4 or 5 lanes each way and tend to be relatively straight too. Even a lot of 'A' roads have 2 lanes each way. :)
" 65 Pence...Crazy deal" 😂😂 That cracked me up. Out of all the deals you would have come across, it's good to know the little things are the ones that leave a lasting impression.
That tickled me too. Who'd have thought the Tesco 3 meal deal was such a cultural and tourist phenomenon!
@@Knappa22 What about the Meal for two, with a bottle of wine for £10?
Brit here. When you said there were 'no water fountains', my mind immediately went to the old metal fountains we would have in school; that squirt a messy little arch of water about an inch into the air....
Took me a while to realise that's probably not what you meant... 🤔
I’ve been excited since yesterday for this video because I want to hear everything that happened on the trip.
Picking the right person to go on holiday with can make a big difference. You guys work really well together which also makes it interesting for us. With accents, being English some years ago a work colleague from Govan, Glasgow. He had a strong Govan accent but it took a few weeks to finally tune in and after awhile understood everything he said with ease. I have noticed as time goes on different local accents are becoming less and less which is a shame. Where I live can only think of a couple of people now who still talk in a strong local Bedfordshire accent.
in the early 70s I spent 3 years in Scouseland and had no problems. About 10 years ago I went back, sitting on the bus I had no idea what the kiddies were saying.
Will was a great traval buddy and co host on this trip.
I'm from St.Helens in now Merseyside (older people would disagree as the borders changed). I have uncles and a Father-in-Law who speak in broad Wigan accents when at family reunions but talk normally (I can understand) around me and other people. I've been classed as a Scouser when down South, but I'm not a Scouser. However, I do live ten miles away from there. The common use of the TV has standardised a lot of accents to that of the London area, which makes it easier to understand other British people, but you still get people (like me) who can easily fall back into their local accents. I also taught in Glasgow for a month, and I could hear their local twangs, but they also mentioned mine; which I didn't have of course, being purebred English from the Northwest 😃 I picked up a lot of local Glasgow (Scottish) words that month!
The reason why the speed limit has the white sign with the black slash through and not the actual number is that on single lane roads it's 60mph, but on dual-carriageways (2 lanes) it's 70mph
The smoking thing I agree with. I was a heavy smoker for years but switched to Vape a few years ago when my apartment block went smoke-free. It's mostly the older generation I see smoking these days, not the kids. It's just too expensive with taxes. Glad you enjoyed your trip to the UK, I only visit occasionally as I live on the Island of Guernsey which is kinda like England in the 1950's.
We have a LOT of Eastern European people in our town and they ALL smoke and drink !! They're breaks at work consist of a cigarette and a can of Red Bull !
Hi Joel & Will
I'm glad you had a good time in the UK and I'm sure if you return with the knowledge you gained on this trip , you will have a far better experience.
Keep up the great work , really enjoy your videos. Ed 👍🏻
I'm from Brazil living in the UK for 5 years. The smoking habit was a culture shock for me too. In Brazil is literally old people and lower class habits. Extremely rare to see anyone young smoking. In the UK everybody smokes something. I think the eletronic cigarettes are hilarious because it looks like everybody is smoking flash drives.
In Germany is worse... you see 13 year olds smoking with their parents at restaurants.
If l were a Brazilian six year old and incredibly wealthy would l be a Columbian drug baron or merely cast aside by the locals............though English l love Argentinian football ..............
About the smoking - that's something I've found shocking in London, too, compared to where I live in Australia - there's hardly any smoking here at all.
100% agree about Tesco's. They're brilliant. There was a Tesco Express next door to where I stayed in London, so it was very easy to go and get some snacks whenever I was feeling peckish.
Driving - yeah, they drive fast, or at least, faster than what I consider to be a sensible speed given the narrow roads!
As for regional accents - personally, I found that the hardest of the major British accents to understand is the Geordie accent (predominant in the north-east of England). Every region has their own slang words too (as you found out in York) so that makes understanding regional dialects even more challenging.
Thank you for your vlogs. It makes me want to revisit the UK. I'll be sure to do so at some point! I was wondering why your vlogs were so short, though. I would've preferred to watch longer vlogs. But given that your full vlogs are on Patreon ... I think I might just have to sign up!
I live in UK, but on holidays to Australia, two things noticeable to me is how clean the streets are, and rarely see anyone smoking in the street.
Tescos are not the only Supermarche. You can find Meal Deals in most shops
Yes smoking is bad we know but it makes us seem decadent and.a little less goody two shoes, we miss you amy Winehouse
@@stefannils2032 yes 👍🏻 I think we are more wild than other countries ! We have a crazy side ! Other countries are more laid back ! Apart from France 🇫🇷
@@tabitha4135 France seems very proud and arrogant but their record in ww2 doesn't look good surrender etc.,one wonders how they can act so arrogant if our country had suffered such humiliation ide be ashamed to hold my head up ,but to be fair nobody sees to like the French
This young man is such a natural I would like to see him being interviewed on our main stream media and get the young people more involved.
Main stream media? So what do you call YO1 Radio?
They’re beautiful people. Main stream would hang them out to dry. I hope they make a living right here.
I stayed at my mates house in USA in North Carolina and live through hurricane ike, we had no power for three day's as my mate live just out side a main town that was feed by power line's.
I found it nice to drive on your side of the road when going to a near by target for shopping.
On the subject of water fountains that was one of the things that surprised me about the US when I first visited with the family as a teenager in '93 - not only are they everywhere, but also many are refrigerated!