2 Years | Living in England

[@rosspocock6499]

I really hope you decide to stay here you are such a beautiful person, Canada's loss would be England's gain. Such a lovely outlook ,I have really enjoyed watching your videos, well done and all the luck in the future.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

I really appreciate it, thank you very much!!!!

[@wes6108]

She's so cute bless her

[@neiluk1470]

Wesley Jeff her face.

[@andrewjoyner4133]

Me thinks it is the way she waves her arms around when she talks and her slightly awkward mannerisms. Plus the upper inflection on the end of every sentence (or word) like she asking a question even when she isn't. Normally a bit annoying but on her it is rather adorable. Adorably quirky to sum up.

[@georgerubypoppy1063]

Known as "AQI": Australian questioning intonation. It is usually irritating, though she only does it a little. And, yes, she is adorable.

[@Septic-Savlon]

nice eyebrows, lovely honest, down to earth lass. she just cropped up on my recommended ended up watching her vids. living life to the fullest. hope you get all you ask for in life x

[@michaelrawson6261]

Hiya...!! Two years eh? You do seem to have grasped things! Have a really lovely Christmas and keep on posting! Another commenter mentioned that your enthusiasm is infectious... they're right! You seem to like it here, if so, I'm glad! All the very best 😊👍

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Appreciate the support, thanks so much for watching! Merry Christmas!

[@cmdfarsight]

Wow from 1.5k subs to 7.3. You're doing great lass :)

[@downsman1]

Many (belated) congratulations on 2 years over here! You must be getting used to us and our weird ways by now, we are mostly harmless and rarely bite (unless you upset us). Keep up the great videos, I think we all really enjoy them......... the ancient Englishman.

[@arielsada3940]

Congratulations on your journey and Happy Holidays! You’re doing well!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you so much!

[@RGC198]

Hi Alanna, another great video. It looks like I have gone back a year here, as I am actually living in the year 2018. I feel a bit like Dr Who!! LOL. When moving to a new location, especially a different country, it can really be a challenge. We only moved interstate here from Sydney to Melbourne, though that is 600 miles and in some other countries, we would be in a different country. Strangely enough, Sydney and Melbourne are very different and the move here made life a real challenge for awhile. I will say one thing though, I have never regretted the move for a second. Experiencing big changes can be quite exciting and can really make life worthwhile. Anyway, take care and all the best, Robert.

[@70something.89]

Your not a foreigner, you're a long lost cousin that's come home.

[@327hks]

Nicely done. Love your vids -- so adorable, love your honesty Would love to have a daughter like you. Happy New Year from Tucson AZ.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you so much!!! Hope you have a lovely 2018 :)

[@hairyairey]

Absolutely agree - a personality that lights up the room.

[@gdfggggg]

You’re so likeable, I just want to give you a big hug. I reckon your tube vids are a way of coping with your anxiety maybe? Keep it up.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Working on Adventures and Naps is a great anxiety-helper for sure :) Thanks so much for your support!!

[@gdfggggg]

Adventures and Naps Your ability to do great vids is a great testament to your ability and the content is useful to many. You’ve done lots that many wouldn’t dare do. You should be proud of yourself X👍🏻

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Really appreciate your kind words!!

[@gdfggggg]

Adventures and Naps 😊

[@emmanuelagudo4918]

Your enthusiasm is so contagious to all of us subscribers!

[@MisterMarianne]

Love your vids, you seem like such a lovely genuine person! And I really wish you all the best here in England xxx

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you so much, you're so sweet!!

[@tufty88888888]

ok i fkn luv u x so pretty and clever x ty @A&N mmmX happy 2 year anniversary xx

[@mischatal]

Must have watched half a dozen of her videos last night. Bright and entertaining. Talks really well. Canny lass.

[@lumpyfishgravy]

2 years wooo! Happy Christmas from Folkestone!

[@RobFarley74]

I'd really like to hear your "different ways of life" thing and how people get on with life doing things differently. I agree, sounds fascinating! And I have no idea why I'm subscribed to you, seriously.. no idea...

[@theody8977]

*6k subs. The algorithm really favors you and you deserve it

[@thomassmith2227]

It seems all adventures and no naps so far 😁 Great stuff 👍

[@ianlaurenson4729]

love your videos , if you made one of cooking or eating a full English breakfast that would be intersting !

[@suzicameron4860]

I’ve moved a lot in my life and I feel sorry for people who are not “that kinda independent” they are so limited. I fuss less and I am a lot calmer and able to cope. I really am shy and introvert, too and I feel it helps as we quietly get on with life when there is fuss and drama around us.

[@petejones7532]

1,500 subscribers! Well done! Enjoy your videos. Good stuff.

[@AthAthanasius]

And here I am watching at the very end of Feb 2018, and the channel is up to 4.8k subs already. It's blowin' up!

[@AthAthanasius]

5.1k! I wonder if the KZbin algorithm also thinks Alanna is lovely and chose to send many people her way ?

[@hitchLFC]

Ath Athanasius I think so... popped up in my recommended. Glad it did though...

[@me-ln4pd]

10k now in May

[@graemeparrington2841]

Have you come across Viz magazine yet? Brilliant observations on British life & social observations, if a tad exaggerated.... 😝 Some of the characters are Geordie (Newcastle Upon Tyne) so the accent is wrote phonetically, which is a brilliant plot device. The magazine originated in Newcastle-upon-Tyne as well. North East. There's a lesser known Newcastle, Newcastle Under Lyme, both rivers, hence the differentiations in name. Brilliant videos. Keep up the good work. 😊

[@JustaddUnicorns]

I say Hiya all the time and have only just realised that after watching this video! Lol x

[@onetimeonly11]

You survived 2 years in England! Well played!!

[@steverobinson1408]

Merry Christmas from Steve x

[@kingos2517]

Congrates on 2 years hun

[@martinwright9238]

so lovely just perfect

[@cmdfarsight]

I've always liked Canadians and you make me like them even more.

[@peterroff8177]

:-) if we don't hear from fore a while from you two have a nice Christmas and new year.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you!! Hoping to film while visiting Canada :)

[@seanscanlon9067]

I thought the one word greeting where you are would be "alright" like in London. I loved though how you said that you feel that you are an expert on public transportation and then called it public transportation when nobody here calls it that. :)

[@JOSEANGMIR2]

I love this girl.

[@johnsmith-7oo]

Greetings Earthling! or Hiya :) I have no problem watching "stream of consciousness" videos. Some might call it "wittering on" but it has its own charm, I find. With regard to the car insurance thing, at the moment you are lucky enough to be well served by public transport. The chances are, however, that you will move at some stage. This might be to a charming village that has 1 bus a fortnight, or none at all. I would seriously reccomend that you bite the bullet and get a car that has the lowest insurance group. If it can be parked off the actual road, even if only on a drive, that is also cheaper. Get a cheap second hand car and insure it 3rd party only. Some companies will add a discount if you get a driving tracker fitted..... Obviously if it is still more than your budget can take then don't do it. As someone else noted, don't just rely on online searches, go to a local Inusrance company branch (if you have one) and ask about what difference no claims bonuses can make after 2 or 3 years without a claim. Alternatively just hang in there until you are 25. Costs drop a lot at that point. Good luck whatever you decide.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Appreciate the advice! Holding out for now and if we end up moving (or I change jobs) will probably change things. Until then!

[@colinglen4505]

I find it interesting , with regard language, that a country that has ties with the uk uses terms like 'the shop' for garage ... and 'med's' for medicine etc. just shows that proximity makes a diference.

[@elwynll]

Congrats on your 2 years. I'm looking at possibly going to London this year too for work (from Australia). What did you do for work? did you stay in the one place? and did you manage to travel around Europe much? Thanks

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Hey! - I worked as an admin assistant for a college as a temp through a recruitment agency. These are great for newcomers as it's hard to get a permanent full-time job unless you're really skilled in a certain area. I have experience with school admin but couldn't get a job because none of it was UK experience. After a year, the college decided to hire me permanent so I work for them directly instead of the agency (basically just need to prove yourself). I have a video about jobs if that helps! - I live with my British boyfriend so didn't move around much. It might be worthwhile for you to stay in a hostel or Air BnB in London until you get a job, then find a flat near where you'll be working (or at least an easy commute) - I've travelled around the UK and Europe but I also live in Kent (SE England) where it's cheaper than London. Living costs in the London are some of the highest in the world, so you'll need to be careful about saving so you can travel. Hope that helps!

[@elwynll]

Ohh okay great to know. Thanks for the detailed response! i'll probably keep browsing your channel. All the best!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

No worries, good luck with London if you decide to go!

[@TheRunereaper]

I keep coming across your videos Alanna. I'm sorry that you still feel yourself to be a foreigner, this is not right. It's clear that you are on some kind of journey so I hope you are honing your writing skills as you have at least 2 books in you. Your parents must be very proud of you, I would be. Thanks for your really refreshing posts. XXX :-))

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you so much!!

[@adgeyuk9803]

1.5 subs now well done

[@NickLea]

You're so right about car insurance being really expensive for non-Brits in this country. We found directline gave us a good price but that was coming from Europe rather than Canada. It's really worthwhile shopping around and not going just on the price comparison websites. By the way, recently subscribed and your videos are really engaging.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Appreciate the support!! Good to know about directline, though, will check them out :)

[@imalik1567]

Hi Alannah. I was wondering if you would be able to do a video on the general state of affairs in Britain compared to Canada. Things like homelessness housing the tax system nhs things like that. I was speaking to my auntie who's visited America and she was telling me how Every time you call an ambulance there is a 300 dollar call out charge . Is it similar in Canada?? So yeah just the good bad and the ugly and how in your opinion it differs what you like what you don't like and things like that. Thanks

[@robertrogers4554]

whereabouts in Canada do you come from ?? ---- luv your videos

[@philoneil]

I was sitting watching this at work and the postman came in. Hiya he says and then looked confused when I laughed. I took no notice of people's greetings before. The thing that does bug me is when someone I have never seen before, usually in a shop, says see you later when I leave. No you won't see me later, you'll probably never see me again. Just say bye. Great vid as usual.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

What are the chance! Now you'll hear it all the time :)

[@andrewjoyner4133]

You're an introvert? Never would have guessed.

[@TheCorek1949]

Hiya. Being a native Englishman NO one is master of public transportation especially rail. I find your videos interesting as I have a Russian wife, so I can see the problems she could be having (and no she is not a mail order bride). Oh and we also live in the garden of England (Kent).

[@southerner4566]

What made you move to the UK ?

[@kimmyvania6483]

Can I ask if u got the family visa and got a 2yr extension, can u fly back within that 2 yrs? Thx.

[@DavidBrant]

Cute how you say ByyyeeeEEEE 😆 tickles me pink it does. ☺️

[@MrFlazz99]

UK car insurance is so expensive because firstly there's a terrible lack of respect for personal property, which leads to terrible theft problems (being out in the countryside makes little difference, furthermore) and secondly because of the epidemic of ambulance-chaser compensation lawyers (a tradtion imported from the USA) ready to help you claim for whiplash injuries in the event of a bump. Then there's a third component - all the uninsured drivers whose accident costs are added to law-abiding drivers' insurance premiums.

[@trebushett2079]

In a shop, or some such, just pronounce words in your native way, nothing to be embarrassed about, and it can be quite nice to smile over differences - very social.

[@kevinwright2884]

Your a wonderful person

[@bazzauk7317]

Hiya well done your so brave

[@goscmoi]

Congratzzz

[@ムガル帝国-o5r]

woooooooooooow!!!👍

[@darrenpowell7110]

If some big tv company doesn't pick you up or give you an offer i'll eat my hat and walk bare arsed down Oxford street!

[@nottmtrucker]

If you had to choose .... what has been the best thing and worst thing during your 2 years here? Love your vids

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks for your support! Best thing has been exploring life in England - hiking, traveling, meeting new people, trying new food.. Worst thing has to be missing my family and friends. I didn't realize how much I enjoy just watching TV and hanging out with my parents until I can't anymore!

[@nottmtrucker]

You're most welcome. 😘

[@nevillemason6791]

Very minor point - in the UK we have 'public transport' (as in Transport for London). Don't know why in North America this got lengthened unnecessarily to 'transportation'.

[@intruder313]

I don't know about Canadians but I notice that Americans will remove a suffix if we use it, or add one if it's totally unnecessary: like burglarized which to me sounds like a joke-word for burgled.

[@maxheadroom3839]

Everytime I watch your videos and you say hello it's me I say hello me .

[@patrickholt2270]

"Hey" is more of a challenge here. Friends do say "hey" to each other, but if you call out "hey" people may take that as threatening, as in "hey you, what do you think you're doing?" It's like the traditional "oy!" that way.

[@tonymolloy2074]

What made you leave Canada and move to England, alll

[@tonymolloy2074]

Alana. You are very brave

[@coolrunnings1021]

Do you know that Thomas Edison suggested the word Hello as a way of starting a conversation and Alexander Graham Bell preferred the word Ahoy as a way to start a conversation. So Bell is known as the inventor of the telephone but it was Edisons word that was adopted as the way to start a chat which is a bit sad because i love the idea of saying to your friend " Ahoy there hows it going?"

[@jimryan939]

800 to 19k.... 👍

[@monkeytoes]

Awesome video.. keep it up. :)

[@justincartwright3559]

😍

[@peterroff8177]

hope you don't mind me asking when you go back home to see family would you readjust living there or would fell a bit strange ,look forward to see you where you live and how you got on.you are much like my grand daughter you two about the age both nutters lol a lot

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

It's always a bit weird being back home, feeling a bit out of place. I think if I moved back permanently I would get back into the swing of things eventually. But definitely weird at first.

[@Ad3Collins]

You should come to Birmingham & The Black Country.

[@peterroff8177]

wow times goes past so quick I must say you are getting there are yes you haven't had the heavy snow yet play your cards right you mite get a day off work just say you get out my home because of the snow it does work but don't tell any body about this,all I can stick with it naps.lol

[@markpearce8453]

Hiya!!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Hiya!!!

[@MostlyPennyCat]

Greetings: Hiya Y'right man? (Scots, I got that from my family) Wa gwan en? (Jamaican, I got that from, um, Jamaicans) All valid here.

[@davidevans3417]

I love you Hello it's me, I love the way you say Aboat not (about) xx

[@curiousotter2056]

David Evans a🛥

[@jeka13443]

I love your byeeeeee

[@syrus3657]

you're accent has super cute twang to it now.

[@adgeyuk9803]

Hya you alryt!!

[@trevcornwall8160]

And now it's 7.4k!!! Doin it right haha

[@donttrustem8790]

Hiya. How old are you?

[@matthewspencer5086]

Hopefully she's got the sense not to answer this one.

[@donttrustem8790]

Why's that Matthew Spencer?

[@stankormy5717]

Congratulations on your 2️⃣ years in England! What is your most memorable moment there?

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you! It's hard to pick just one... I've been lucky to travel around the UK which has been really fun :) but I think it's the sense of feeling at home that's been really memorable.

[@kevoconnor145]

Adventures and Naps so glad you feel that way. We have a great Country and regardless of what experiences or what travelling you do or great nights out you may have whilst here, nothing is more important than feeling at home.

[@mayandimayandi2576]

mary Christmas.

[@lukekelly5843]

“Hiyal” i stumbled over your channel and can’t stop watching your videos, you need to visit Manchester

[@christoguichard4311]

Your accent has changed!

[@jpgpearson]

do you have to get married to stay??

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Nope! I will have to renew my current visa again in 2 years - so refill out the form, provide all the documents and pay, again..

[@devilsadvocate1597]

just wanted to say "Hi Ya"

[@peterroff8177]

you welcome next time lets hear about the other half lol

[@MrDidz]

Using 'Hey!' (3.32) is kind of rude in the Uk. It's considered a sort of warning like 'Hey! What do you think you're doing?' or 'Hey! that's my drink.' Which is why it doesn't get used much as a friendly greeting. It's also probably why a lot of American's come across as quite loud, pushy and aggressive. Walking up to someone and saying 'Hey!' may be intended as friendly, but unless perfectly pitched as such (something that's difficult for foreigners to get right) it's more likely to come across as 'Pay attention to me, I'm going to tell you something that you need to listen to, or else.'

[@AthAthanasius]

Seconded. In the UK 'hey' is very much an interjection, used to at the very least get someone to take notice *right now*. I've been in the USA (and Canada) enough, plus TV/movie influence to know what they mean by it, but it was still a little jarring when over there.

[@choochoochooseyou]

Is your bf Canadian?

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

English!

[@choochoochooseyou]

Ok, just wondered if you had a guide or if you were learning everything from scratch 😀

[@madihashaik8260]

Hi alanna you are doing well enjoy your day you look too preety

[@BBRC7612]

Its probably both American..but not formal. Hello Is seen as formal or Hell, How are you? Hi is American and I would think Hi-ya is just another inforrmal way..You could say "alright??" instead!

[@jasonantigua6825]

What are the psychiatrists like in England ???

[@darrenpowell7110]

jason antigua I hope I'm not intruding on your comment. If you pay privately they are 'like' what every you want them to be like relative to how much you are willing to pay. Most in the UK rely on our NHS and your experience can depend on your geographical location, you most like will need a referral through your GP, the waiting list is long and the route arduous. The NHS is faltering at best. Maybe a good topic for A&N to cover though a tad serious. Good luck.

[@leojamesjenner8808]

Hmmm,,, you're doing a youtube channel. I'd have thought that doesn't really make you an introvert. On the other hand perhaps it just gives you that bit of separation between the person you are speaking to and yourself...

[@cianog]

Really pretty

[@jameskinsella444]

Where do you hide your boyfriend

[@bodiedoyletheprofessionals6796]

Jesus, you'd think you moved to Japan lol

[@warrenstewart507]

You’re so good looking

[@roblex63]

Two years in England and you have not got fat, an achievement in it's self

[@hairyairey]

Alanna's a regular runner I believe. Not sure if in a club or not though.

[@TheMurphyaman]

2 years in USA would get you fat

[@stuartjohnrichardson]

Homesickness is awful and can distort your perceptions. I hope you only get it fleetingly.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thank you, appreciate the support!!

[@rkfarhabi5430]

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