American Couple Reacts: Wales! 10 Things That Shock Tourists about Wales UK!!

American Couple Reacts: Wales! 10 Things That Shock Tourists about Wales! Our 1st journey into learning more about UK places we would like to visit. This video was more informative for our initial dive into Wales. We learned that Natasha is DEFINITELY NOT going to drive in Wales, haha! We are certainly infatuated by Wales and plan to learn a lot more! Also, someone please tell us how to pronounce; Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch!?! Welsh is HARD!! Please Like & Subscribe to our channel. We always appreciate you!
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[@steveredman4699]

Welsh male choir. Outstanding. Welsh rugby . Incredible. And I’m English.

[@SyMchale]

Agreed and same 👍 .... don't forget the lamb 👌

[@Suprahampton]

@@SyMchale don't ever forget the lamb, my Welsh grandmother did the best lamb

[@brentwoodbay]

I have a cousin who is first bass in the Treorchy Male Voice Choir. Here they are singing the old Welsh song 'Myfanwy' sung on the streets of Treorchy, kzbin.info/www/bejne/anepkquFq5ihpLc

[@peterc.1618]

Welshmen can sing and Wales has the best national anthem in the UK.

[@eddisstreet]

And Felinfoel Double Dragon

[@stephaniepayne2067]

Wales is the land of 🎵 It is said to be born Welsh is to be born privileged. Not with a silver spoon in your mouth but with music in your heart and poetry in your soul

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Our kind of people!

[@stephaniepayne2067]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow you should take a look at some images of the welsh coastline too. Since Wales is small country you can get to see mountains, castles, and coast in one day.

[@mariahoulihan9483]

tourist tat moniker. Having said that, lol.. someone in her close Welsh family gave my Mother a framed piece with that written on it, and t hung in her kitchen in England for years.. she was from South Wales.

[@Oxygene1841]

Being English,Wales is a stunning country steeped in history,the countryside views are one to behold.The UK as a whole is one of the most beautiful places on the planet going back millions of years.........

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

We agree! That's why we want to see more! ❤🇺🇲

[@AutoAlligator]

Agreed :) its also a secret! No more KZbin vids about Wales. Lol :D

[@SJ-GodofGnomes21]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow I'm English through and through, but I love Wales. Went camping with my school, been several times since absolutely stunning Country

[@SJ-GodofGnomes21]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqHRiqKNfZmheMk There you go....

[@SJ-GodofGnomes21]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow Also please look up the Lake District, in England just as beautiful as Wales but smaller..... and if its narrow roads you want. (We have driven both these in the video) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fovVmJiMpriUnqM

[@hywelcarter4610]

As a very proud Welshman, you would be more than welcome here. Its a beautiful country. You are an amazing couple and your videos always brighten my day. Thankyou so much

[@trigger1471]

well said Hywel,regards Gareth

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Thank you so much! ❤ You certainly live in a very beautiful place 😍

[@SampDude987]

As a another fellow Welshman, I couldn’t agree more.

[@rachelwesterman1223]

I'm Welsh too and I second this 🙂

[@HuwBass]

Can't disagree. Now try and explain hiraeth ;)

[@scottoliver7636]

It's called banter between the English, Welsh, Scottish and northern Ireland and we quite happily mock one another and throw insults and barb's at one another but if a foreigner does it we gang up on them. It's like sibling rivalry.

[@glitchedpsyche1838]

Agreed, Banter between the UK contries is usually meant as harmless ribbing. The group of friends I play games with online is made up of me, from the south on england, my best friends who are Welsh and northern English, and two other regulars one Scot and one American, our American friend took a while to stop getting concerned that the rest of us hate each other. I would do anything for those guys and vis versa.

[@markjohnson9476]

Totally agree.

[@tonytrismegistusroberts5124]

No its banter with the other celts we genuinely hate the Saesneg 😂

[@TubbyBrewster11]

Speak for yourself. Anyone but England

[@grandmabaddie]

🤣🤣🤣, dont you mean wales, scotland and Ireland?

[@octaviussludberry9016]

All along the ancient border between England and Wales - Offa's Dyke, are numerous castle ruins which once guarded one from the other - Ewloe, Hawarden, Caergwrle, Chirk, Dinas Bran, Montgomery, Dolforwyn, Cefnllys, Builth Wells, Bronllys. They are all amazing to visit.

[@pittarak1]

Don't forget, Chepstow castle too :)

[@daibeer]

My favourite place to play on a Sunday visiting my Nain and Taid, Caergwrle Castle.

[@tonycasey3183]

Famous British saying: If you don't like the weather, wait five minutes.

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Lol. Also a very famous American saying!

[@iriscollins7583]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow I believe that particular quote was made by Bob Hope, Who was born in the UK.

[@alisonevans5985]

@@iriscollins7583 and had a Welsh mother.

[@richardpoynton4026]

He’s overstating the ‘all the roads are tiny’ thing. Some are, most aren’t, and there are usually alternate routes to the smaller lanes. Trust me, I’m Welsh, so I know.

[@SNMG7664]

Relative to North America even the wider roads in the UK are pretty thin

[@jonisilk]

@@SNMG7664 True, but then our cars are a lot smaller too.

[@patrickgallagher3513]

One motorway. Road signs in 2 languages. Nuff said.

[@gutzapopandau7428]

I've seen rooms advertised as large master bedroom whereas there were more like the size of large cupboard by any civilized standards. When it comes to measuring things you brits generally should use specsavers more. And BTW, unless compared to some italian or greek up in the mountain village streets....your streets are tiny. After a holiday in the USA even in London I felt like a hamster in a maze.

[@olwenwilliams2939]

I am Welsh and yes our lanes can sometimes be narrow.But you get used to it, we as Welsh are a very friendly lot and most are treated as family. So when you hear the saying, or if you are lucky enough to hear the Welsh singing We'll keep a Welcome in the Hillsides it is true of the Welsh.

[@sampeeps3371]

Caernarfon Castle is really cool. They lit it up in pride colours and it looked amazing. Conway castle is cool too.

[@huwgriffith1138]

The castles were nearly all built by the English.

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

If it's a Castle, it's automatically amazing!!

[@davidlynch5566]

@@huwgriffith1138 The castle is a weapon of war of course the english built most of them.

[@monza1002000]

@@huwgriffith1138 We built a lot of our own that have since fallen into disrepair

[@margaretnicol3423]

I once got lost in Wales. I was in a camper van with my kids and we ended up on a narrow country road up a mountain when it was dark and very foggy. Finally came across a really delightful pub who let us stay in their car park for the night. Next day when the sun came up we found ourselves in the most beautiful countryside, beside a stream and woods and total silence apart from the birds. The pub had chickens and goats and play area for the kids. Absolutely loved it - but never did find Captain Jack on our travels.

[@echo1174]

Phew, that was close. You're lucky it wasn't a Full Moon! Ha, Glad you enjoyed your stay.

[@margaretnicol3423]

@@echo1174 You say that but I noticed that my sons seem to go through an awful lot of razors!!!

[@echo1174]

@@margaretnicol3423 Oh, I knew it. You didn't stick to the path! The only known cure is to boil down some Dafodils to make Werewolf Balm, Or beat them with a cain wich has a silver wolf head. I'd go with the Balm. Less mess.

[@jaclynlake4633]

I live in Cardiff. Its a great city! You have the castle and the parks ( bute park has 146 acres) and museums but then You can do the city type of stuff - eat,shop,drink etc. What makes it great for me is that its all within walking distance. You dont need to get taxis or buses to get from one part to the other like you do in bigger cities

[@vaudevillian7]

The zoning rules in the UK are much stricter than the US so you don’t get the the same urban sprawl, and a lot more areas of greenery. There’s also the right to roam laws so you can walk through a lot of the countryside without having to drive to a national park. But where zoning is less strict is also beneficial in that commercial and residential property can be mixed so you don’t need to drive for miles just to go to a store or a pub or restaurant, mostly it’s in or near the town centre and in walking distance

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Oh ok! Thanks for this ❤

[@patrickholt2270]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow You have to look for the Public Footpath signs in the countryside. Officially any path that people have traditionally tended to walk across anyone's land or property gets made an official Public Footpath and the owners are not allowed to fence across it or keep people out. It was a whole political struggle in the 1930s when urban workers started going hiking at the weekend in a big movement. There will be little signs on wooden poles attached to fences or dry stone walls showing where Public Footpaths start and end, and stiles and gates for walkers to cross fences and walls as required. Stiles are hard to describe, so look for images. It's basically a long wooden step passing through the fence so you can step over it from either side. Always close a gate again after you.

[@shawnyates]

Hi from South Wales, i've watched your channel from the beginning, love you guys!! ♥♥Thanks for checking out Wales, we're quite often forgotten about so it's lovely to see you do a welsh video, keep em coming 😃

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Thanks so much for your support Shawn! We're quite smitten with Wales so this is only the beginning ❤

[@shawnyates]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow Thank you for the reply and that's great to hear that it's only the beginning of your welsh journey 😘

[@tomhardy5029]

Yma o hyd

[@deborahconner2006]

My great nan lived in a mining village up in the hills of Merthyr tidvill I have wonderful memories of standing on a chair in her kitchen watching cows, sheep and wild horses walk through the gardens at the back of the house as the gardens had no fences. It's a memory I've never forgotten even though I was very young. The rest of the Welsh side of my family lived in Cardiff so also spent time there as a child. Wales is a beautiful place.

[@martincarolpiper9964]

If you ever watched "The Prisoner" with Patrick McGoohan, then you would recognise Portmeirion, which is the welsh village where it was filmed. Well worth looking into.

[@margaretnicol3423]

It's gorgeous. :-)

[@johnleonard9090]

@@margaretnicol3423 also famous for it’s pottery

[@thomaslawley9816]

I have to dinner sets of portmeirion

[@Oxygene1841]

@@johnleonard9090 aswell as Stoke in the Midlands

[@marycarver1542]

Fabulous place. Built to look like an Italian town. Beautiful.

[@fairbourne]

June’s probably one of the dryer months, so a good time to visit, not the busiest part of the tourist season, but the attractions are all open. If you’re visiting from a left hand drive country - hire an automatic with sat nav (one less thing to worry about). On a narrow lanes most drivers are cooperative and will pull in to to let you by and flash you to call you forward. In Snowdonia there are plenty of castles and world class narrow gauge steam railways. The Zipworld attractions, whilst expensive, are worth a go if you’re looking for an adrenaline experience.

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Hi everyone! We enjoyed this intro to Wales! We hope you do too! Have a wonderful day & we will see you on Sunday's episode! 😀❤

[@planetwatch0000]

My father was Welsh and I lived there for years. It is a completely fantastic place and absolutely worth visiting. Steeped in history (the castles are incredible) and Celtic atmosphere and character, with stunning scenery. There's so much to do. Go there!

[@suellewellyn68]

Loved your positive vibe on this video, so respectful and well considered, I'd love to drive you both through some of those country lanes, it's a skill you need but not as scarey 😳 as it looks. 👍 Diolch yn fawr.(thank you )x

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

@@suellewellyn68 thank you! 😊 We just may take you up on that offer! ❤

[@stewedfishproductions7959]

@@davidmassingham3947 - Great 'Welsh Scenery' video... 👍

[@sandraroyce5820]

You don't need to go to Wales for roads like that, they are all over the UK.

[@vaudevillian7]

Was just about to say the same thing

[@SyMchale]

😂 sure are, nightmare 😂 and pretty much the main reason we use predominantly manual cars and they use automatic ✌

[@themusiqfreak]

Single track roads... that was an extreme example. The 'bump outs' or lay-by for allowing cars to pass are usually pretty frequent and the hedges are usually low enough to see if anything is coming. That being said I did get trapped for a while on a road like this a couple weeks ago with three transit vans coming toward me while I was in the Lakes. Oh and GPS isn't actually your friend as it'll take you on these roads when a perfectly viable and wider alternative is available it just might take a few minutes longer. Following brown tourist signs usually keeps you on the main roads where possible. I also wouldn't recommend driving in our cities, they weren't built for it and you'll find the roads narrow and senseless compared to what you're used to. A car however is essential if you want to see the countryside, just don't be put off by that clip.

[@craigthomas2228]

I'm Welsh through and through, I can trace my family tree back to the old welsh kings! I was born and brought up in wales and live here still. it is the most ancient land in Briton and the welsh are the true Britons. The anglo saxons (english) came to visit and never left! the problem with the English is they never learn their history and the welsh never forget theirs. love your videos! you should do a video on welsh history or welsh english history! or a Wales V England six nations rugby game! a battle that goes back thousands of years.

[@AutoAlligator]

Wales is staggeringly beautiful. The people there are the best of us.

[@melbeasley9762]

You will have to go down the Big Pit. It's a coal mine, now a museum.

[@pipercharms7374]

As an American I think he completely missed the fact that ribbing or saying slightly mean stuff about another country isn't a bad thing. Its just a sense of humour, yes we have some dicks but usually when a English person makes fun of a welsh its meant to be taken in good humour, we do it with most other countries and including ourselves.

[@pipercharms7374]

@@saintjude8029 exactly

[@geoffpriestley7001]

@@saintjude8029 im from yorkshire theres nowt like a good piss take by the way our sheep are prettier than yours

[@firstlast7052]

@@saintjude8029 : Max Boyce "Hymns and Arias" lyrics: ... We sympathised with an Englishman whose team was doomed to fail So we gave him that old bottle, that once held bitter ale! ...

[@Gwalion]

I'm a Welshman from the area where the chap in your video was - Brecon and regarding the rain, we have a saying ( don't know if it's been commented on or not but....) "if you can't see the hills - it's raining and if you can see the hills - it's going to rain" I hope you make it there, Wales truly is beautiful. Thank you for an enjoyable video!

[@lianie4606]

I can’t believe he didn’t show you any clips of our coast. We have some pretty amazing award winning beaches. Although you do have to drive down some lanes to get to some of them. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

We would have loved that! 😍

[@CharlieMcowan]

Spent a lot of my childhood holidays, half-terms, even long weekends on the beach in Abersoch, before virtually anyone even knew it existed. Wonderful place.

[@lianie4606]

@@CharlieMcowan perfect ❤️My family and I spent many weekends and summer holidays in the Gower Peninsula as children. Life was so much simpler then, no modern technology. We made our own fun and had so many beautiful beaches to go to. Fabulous memories. We were so lucky to have it on our doorstep.

[@blodyn7802]

@@CharlieMcowan my best memories are on Aberaeron, Llanon, Llanrhytud, and Aberystwyth beaches, I always have the best times with friends and family there 💜

[@antonyevans9772]

Nice to see some coverage of my Country and my language. Diolch/ thank you!

[@darrenjones5885]

Lakes are a good clue to expected weather conditions. They’re filled by rainfall. My youngest brother lived in the Gwynant valley, south of Snowdon, for many years and said if the wind was coming up the valley it would rain and if it was coming over the mountains it would rain.

[@patrickholt2270]

The Ffestiniog Light Railway is so gorgeous. It was originally an industrial narrow-guage railway for hauling slate from the mountainside down to the port for final cutting (roof tiles, blackboards, snooker tables) and shipping. Since the slate was exhausted and it was shut as part of nationalised railway cutbacks in the 1950s, it's been turned into a tourist attraction by amateur enthusiasts, and both the route and the little steam engines and railcars are so, so, so pretty. The only thing is that the Ffestiniog railway timetable isn't synched up with the local bus timetable, so you may have to wait half an hour before or after riding the train to be able to catch the bus back to wherever you're staying.

[@richt71]

Hey Ladies, Not all country roads are that narrow but yes they do exist. They have pull over spots on those narrow roads. Although it can turn into a Mexican standoff with who backs up to the nearest pull over spot.

[@susanashcroft2674]

Unless it's a tractor and living in an area with many tractors you don't argue with them!

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Natasha here, lol that's not helping my fear 🤣

[@susanashcroft2674]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow Don't forget most cars are smaller here and most roads aren't like this, so I think you would be fine. Where I live I am used to tractors, horses oh and cyclists, so it's second nature to me, but can understand.

[@mikeh020011]

This is the same in Cornwall.

[@Tonyblack261]

If you go to Cardiff, The Welsh Folk Museum at St Fagans is a must. The area has buildings from around Wales that were dismantled and rebuilt at the museum. The buildings are furnished authentically and they have loads of guides there that will be pleased to explain everything. And it's all free, as most of the major museums in Wales are. Cardiff Castle is . . . weird. The Romans built a fort there, the Normans built a castle there and the richest people in the world at the time, the coal barons, made it into a fantasy home, in the Victorian period. It's fabulous inside, but at the same time, fake historical frippery.

[@lulusbackintown1478]

I am English and I love Wales. I found the countryside a very spiritual experience. At a lovely green spot with trees and a swift flowing river so beautiful and mystical - if a wizard had appeared on the back of a unicorn I would not have been surprised. I feel the Welsh are rooted in the land. Welsh landscape feeds the soul. Wales has some of the best beaches in the world. My favourite Welsh visits - Llandudno a seaside resort of the Victorian kind, Caernarfon castle, Portmeirion village, Royal mint at Llantrisant, caves you travel through by boat can't remember where they are, wonderful craft shops. I havent even scratched the surface yet and will be going back, time and time again. The jokes about the Welsh - the nations of the United kingdom are like a family I can say what I like about my brother but if someone outside says it I'm going to defend him vehemently. The rain - the UK (maritime climate) gets a decent amount of rain otherwise it wouldnt be so green but I think the weather thing is more a reaction to grey days. We dont tend to get torrential rain but frequent showers. In the winter it is miserably damp and grey. I love cold crisp sunny winter days but it doesn't usually get all that cold. If we get 2 inches of snow everything grinds to a halt! The damp in the winter gets right into your bones, my Canadian friend was always complaining about the cold and yet its frequently minus 40 where she comes from!

[@lunathesiberianhuskyandfri9532]

Very proud Welsh lady here. My late brothers fiancée is from America. She was going to move over here once they were married (she even learned to speak Welsh) Sadly my brother passed away before they made it down the isle 💔 Even though this devastating loss happened, she still visits us twice a year. She considers Wales her second home and even though she and my brother never married she is still family and always will be. And YES! Our back roads are that narrow 😂 The number of visitors who don’t know how to reverse their vehicle is quite shocking ❤

[@1welshdevil]

Trust me as a non Welsh speaking Welshman, your pronunciation is probably better than mine. Pity he didn't show some of our beaches, like Three Cliffs and Rhossili, they are amazing. It does rain all the time 💓

[@judithhope8970]

Rhossili beach is the most amazing!

[@taffyducks544]

The long place name is actually a sentence rather than a single word. That's why you have four L's it was designed as a tourist attraction which had unfortunately backfired into making the Welsh language look more difficult than it is.

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

And almost everyone abbreviates it to Llanfair PG. I was complimented once on my pronunciation of Beddgelert, but I had to confess that considering how many place names I'd been butchering it was pure chance.

[@wessexdruid5290]

@@michaelmclachlan1650 Can you think of anywhere else, named for the grave of a beloved dog? 😃

[@Macilmoyle]

Don’t expect Snowdonia to be empty during the Summer months. The main tourist spots are usually heaving. Once you get away from the beaten track though, it’s wonderful.

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

We really want to see it!! Maybe someone here would be willing to be our tour guide?

[@keithrjoseph9528]

Love the waterfalls in Snowdonia and improbably steep mountains

[@chrisspere4836]

Yes, went year after year in January when the snow has been 12' at the top. stayed in a barn at night sleeping on loose straw.

[@StephMcAlea]

Hi. I grew up in Gwynedd in the North West. Helô is hello but with a flat o like in 'top'. Oss-gwelluch^ un th*ah Dee-olch^ K"umree Ie is yeah Nage is narga (sort of) K"umree am bith ("Wales forever") " a C is always a hard C like a K. Dd* is like the 'th' in "fathom", not "bath" (different letter) ^ is like "Bach" or "loch". Never "Cheese". :)

[@mikecaine3643]

Wolter's World isn't the best for showing Wales to it's full value - it is one of the most beautiful places in the world and if you get the chance to listen to the Welsh language - you will be entranced .Wales is known as the land of song and some of the best singers in the world are Welsh .Wales has some of the best sea shores and forests - I'm English but I have to admit Wales is breath-taking .

[@susanashcroft2674]

I agree.

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

We liked his info but we have preferred more views!

[@Uvray]

My mom and dad moved to Wales and lived there for 20 years, so I often drove up to visit. Yeah some of the roads are bad and it does take three times as long to drive distances that take less elsewhere. But it's a beautiful country - and as someone else mentioned here below - they have some stunningly beautiful coastlines. Yeah. It does rain a lot. I always say 4 days out of 7, it rains.

[@margaretnicol3423]

the roads are the same in Scotland and Northern Ireland so you may as well get used to them for your visits. :-D Well now we know that Debbie will be doing the driving. Good luck! Don't worry - it's not as bad as it looks and those are country roads - not all roads are like that.

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

It's ok, Natasha will just wear a blindfold while we're driving 😂

[@planetwatch0000]

And the roads aren't hard to manage. Plenty of good sized roads. Tiny lanes are everywhere in Britain so it's something to get used to!

[@lulusbackintown1478]

@@planetwatch0000 very true my friend lives in a Surrey village only 40 miles from central London but there are many single track roads in her vicinity. When visiting the UK you will walk miles each day. Pack comfy shoes. At the end of your holiday the weigh loss makes it all worthwhile at least for those of us who are more luxuriant in the curve department.

[@lovelifeandcrafts5003]

I love Wales. We like to go there on holiday. We grew up on a farm in Scotland (originally from England) so to us the welsh scenery,: valleys, trails, mountains and countryside, is what we like to see. People always question why we like it so much. I've been in a town for over 11 years and I miss the countryside soooo much. 😍. Xx

[@marycarver1542]

If you get the chance, please do not miss hearing the Male Voice Choirs of Wales. Nothing like them anywhere else.

[@downsman1]

Dear friends, don't bother trying to learn Welsh as I believe you have to be born there to master it! The problem is that nice normal English-looking letters mean completely different things. A double L produces a sound we don't have in English and W can w or an oo sound. Most of the roads are good (unless you're going to visit a farm halfway up a mountain). The scenery is magnificent, the people are friendly, the food is good and they produce some really good beers, which is nice. I recommend a old-ish video on YT called North Wales: Feisty and Magical to give you some idea of that area. It has more castles per square mile than anywhere else on Earth (the king really didn't trust the locals). There are plenty of other things on YT about Wales so you'll find tons of info. FYI, the name Wales comes from an Anglo-Saxon word (walesa) meaning foreigner. Typical, isn't it? The Anglo-Saxons invade someone else's country and then insult them but, to be fair, the Welsh do still refer to the English as "seis" which means Saxons. Thanks and best wishes.......................................................the ancient Englishman.

[@simonpictonjames1]

Many visitors who stayed with me here in Wales were shocked ( and terrified) by ending up on narrow country lanes - but this was only because their google map sent them on 'shortest route' :))) They would have been quicker following the main road signs and staying on the plentiful 'A'' roads. Easy mistake to make though if you are in the countryside - but the same applies all over the UK. Btw - its true - you will find Welsh people are very friendly , funny, welcoming ...and very talkative :) If you visit don't miss the coastline !

[@bujin1977]

Welsh can be a tricky language to learn - not really any more difficult than any other language, but still quite daunting to begin with. The biggest piece of advice I can think of is to recognise that it's *not* English and doesn't have the same roots as English, so the pronunciation is very different. You need to stop thinking like an English speaker. Pronunciation can be difficult. The English have had 1500 years to learn it and they're mostly still awful at it. But it can be done. The actor, Rob McElhenney proved that yesterday with his "party trick" of an almost flawless pronunciation of that longest place name, which many Welsh people struggle with. (McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds recently bought my local football club and made their first appearance in Wrexham this week).

[@vaudevillian7]

In the U.K. everyone rips on each other, I think a lot of Americans (my partner is American) take it at face value initially as these guy seems to a little, but it’s just a cultural thing and the way we are with each other

[@SyMchale]

Sure do 👍 it goes deep too 😂 got the inter country piss taking as per this video, city to city piss taking, I'm a Manc, love to rip on the bin dippers, the North South divide piss take, right down to schools, footy teams friends and family .... Everything is on the table 😂 and its all love ✌

[@barryings5929]

Banter is the best thing the UK do, it’s in our DNA

[@richt71]

Debbie, To answer your question. I believe the UK has 47% of it's land mass as green land that is parks or fields. There are some strict laws over land in the UK. Lots of green belt land that can't be built on and a lot of land you can only use for farming activities.

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Thank you! ❤

[@chrispierce4003]

I live on the border of Mid Wales, in lovely rural Shropshire, ... and I love Wales. The landscape is God's own country for riding the motorbike. Ride into the hills in the middle of nowhere and enjoy the silence. You get used to narrow twisty roads, lol. Actually they are great fun 😀 And most roads are much bigger than the single track in that video. If you like to see Spring lambs, a drive in the hills is joyous. If you love purple Autumn heather covered hills then crossing the Berwyn Mountains in the Autumn is lovely. Weather is better than he makes it sound. Mostly. The castles are are really cool. Living here in the Welsh Marches, they are everywhere :-) Just like the Iron Age Hill forts. And "Offa's Dyke" is very cool indeed ~ it's worth googling the history ;-) Welsh place names are interesting to decipher as they are often very literal. "Pont" or "bont" meaning bridge, "Eglwys" meaning church, "Mawr" or "Fawr" meaning Big, "coed" means trees or woods. The place names are often these descriptive words joined together. For instance a village might be called "PontFawr", because it has a "big bridge" for crossing the river etc. Apologies to any Welsh speakers if I've messed up the Welsh language there. I was never actually taught welsh but just tried to pick things up over the years,living on the border.

[@keithhealing1115]

Lanes like that are not restricted to Wales. They appear everywhere. Keep your speed down, be prepared to pull over or reverse and acknowledge with a little wave when someone gives way for you. You'll be fine.

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Or find a stable and take a horse? Lol 😆

[@keithhealing1115]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow Yep. although every A&E (ER) programme on TV is full of people who have been in the middle of disagreements between horses and gravity!

[@barryisland5097]

Those are just little country lanes to remote farms and such once you're off the beaten track. The normal roads are wider with each way traffic with multiple lanes and motorways where applicable. In a number of areas mainly in North Wales and parts of West Wales the locals use their first language of Welsh in everyday life but they all speak English as well ( even American English) if you visit. The banter and Mickey taking between the Welsh and English indeed all the citizens of the UK countries is pretty much two way and for the most part good natured.

[@andrewstokes2381]

I am from Wales... Swansea in South Wales to be precise. Wales is indeed a very beautiful place. Here in Swansea, we have many beautiful castles and a stunning coastline. You guys are very welcome to visit Wales anytime xxx Ps... those country lanes are not as daunting as the video makes out, and the really small ones like shown in the video are mostly located in the super rural areas. They are actually very easy to navigate... and the traffic on them is very low... not much stress lol

[@whishywashy1]

Unless you’re trying to get to Oxwich, Port Eynon or the rest of the beautiful beaches in the Gower peninsula.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️❤️

[@xhogun8578]

Wales is a beautiful country, I am lucky enough to live near the river Wye valley so have Wales on my doorstep. My paternal family is Welsh and I spent every childhood holiday in Wales. Beautiful countryside and coastal areas to visit.

[@yiepie]

There is a lot of banter between the Welsh and English normally in good humour, believe me the Welsh can give as good as they get

[@belindakennedy5828]

Wales has a rich history,but as the guy says it's not pushed or advertised as much as other parts of the UK,from kings to witches it has it all,love from Scotland.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@mooliparsnip9264]

Those lanes were probably initially just horse tracks and they aren't exclusive to Wales, they're all over the UK!! Don't be nervous, you'll get used to it in no time! There are more castles per square mile in Wales than any other country in the European area, possibly the world. Definitely visit in spring, it's incredible, unless you like cold wet weather, then come in Autumn or Winter!! Love your videos, thank you!

[@marktruckingkelly]

South Wales was very industrialised. Coal and steel making. The Sydney harbour bridge is made from Ebbw vale steel. Wales was the biggest exporter of coal in the world at one point. We have a lot of mountains so if you like hiking come here and yes with mountains you get rain 😁

[@twossle]

“Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau” the Welsh National Anthem sung before the rugby always brings a tear to the eye..

[@debs996]

Great video, glad your looking into Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 I love living here in cardiff and so proud to be Welsh 😊💕

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

You have an incredibly beautiful home!

[@debs996]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow thank you 😊

[@richey4287]

You have to visit the coastal areas if you visit Wales. Rhossili Bay beach in the Gower Peninsula, South Wales is stunning.

[@ForestFairywales]

You're coming to Wales?! Great stuff, I can guarantee you'll have a very warm welcome. Hopefully this will help...they've shortened the longest name to Llanfair P.G, or you can just say "that place with the really long name" and everyone will know what you mean 😉 Here's a tip for pronunciation: a single f in Welsh is pronounced as an English v; a double f (ff) in Welsh is pronounced as an English f. So you would pronounce Llanfair as Llanvair. Hope this helps!

[@wellingboroughanddistrictu3a]

Wales probably isn't well known as a tourist destination for international travellers but it is very popular with English visitors, particularly hikers and campers/caravans or at least it was when I was younger. Also it has some great seaside resorts. I have very happy memories of summer holidays in Barmouth as a child and was very impressed by our landlady, Mrs Jones, who would be carrying on a conversation with her next door neighbour in Welsh, then break off to ask us about our day in English, then switch back to Welsh, all without missing a beat. I wish I were bilingual!

[@Suprahampton]

As Natasha doesn't like hiking, there's a railway that takes you up the mountain in Snowdonia

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Bless you sir!

[@TheOrlandoTrustfull]

As an English person who lived in Wales for a few years, I can assure you that it's not a case of the English "bullying" the Welsh 😂 it is very much a 50/50 thing. In fact, I'd say that Wales's dislike for England is much more active.

[@rocketrabble6737]

True!

[@tonytrismegistusroberts5124]

Yes Saesneg get off our land 😂

[@northwalescoast7911]

iechid da pob Cymro...well we know the rest of it 😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@Lion777lee]

Lol , Obviously you have no idea of true history of how England came about and the atrocities of the Royals ,parliament. And the Ways of the ROMAN church The current population of England excluding royalty Parliament and the Vaticans webs of influence are innocent of the heinous and dispicibal acts of there evil forefathers Most of the Welsh have no idea about the history of the Cymry either as it is not taught in anybodys schools. For political narratives. History is written by the Victor's. And the Victor's have a lot of blood on there hands. Bless you brothers and sisters 🐑🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💗

[@tonytrismegistusroberts5124]

@@Lion777lee Most of the current population of England wrongly think they're Germanic Saxons because the Germanic Monarchy needs them to think they're like them. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@paulknox999]

dont worry most Welsh people struggle with that long placename. as a help to start you off LL in Welsh is a letter in its own right different to L and is not pronounced as L to pronounce LL put your tongue to touch the tip of your mouth now try to say a H as in Hat sound while keeping your tongue touching the roof of mouth then sort of end the sound with a bit of L mixed in. If you see an F in Welsh pronounce it as a V (we dont have a letter v in welsh alphabet) if you see FF in Welsh pronounce that as a F. If you see a C in welsh its always like c as in cow. but if that c is followed by a h thats a different letter so CH is pronounced the same way you would pronounce the CH in loch. I think just those tips might make it possible for you to make a good stab at saying it. best of luck. just for your interst this is the full Welsh alphabet. a, b, c, ch, d, dd, e, f, ff, g, ng, h, i, j, l, ll, m, n, o, p, ph, r, rh, s, t, th, u, w, y. as you can see we have a few missing if compared to English and a fair few extra letters made up of 2 characters but still count as just 1 letter.

[@nicholasjones7312]

Some vowels are also lengthened if they have a roof/circumflex (^) over the letter

[@nicholasjones7312]

I thought there was no “J” in the Welsh alphabet, although it is present in the lazy translation of sausage (sosej, rather than selsig) and also in my common Welsh surname!

[@taffyducks544]

@@nicholasjones7312 The common Welsh surname of Jones comes from when the Welsh started to adopt surnames when settling in England. So for example Dafydd Ap (Son Of) Ioan would become David Johns and eventually become David Jones. Alot of surnames in England that have a solitary s on the end originate through Welsh settlement in England. Whereas names with the full "son" on the end come from germanic scandinavian influence. So Roberts and Robertson, Wilkins and Wilkinson, And so on.

[@angharaddenby3389]

@@nicholasjones7312 You are correct - there IS no letter J in Welsh. It is an adopted letter and comes from the Anglicised version of Ioans Jones)

[@margaretnicol3423]

Caernarfon Castle is huge and amazing.

[@patrickholt2270]

I'm a quarter Welsh, and my family used to drive to Wales for the summer holiday every year for about 6 years. It's a beautiful country full of lovely people with a gorgeous accent. Apparently in American billiards, the term for putting spin on the ball as you strike it with the billiards pole is "Welsh", because spin was brought over to the American scene by a Welsh player. I have to assume that he was a snooker or pool champion in the UK, because we don't do billiards. On another note, I have no idea why flaking out on a contract is called "Welshing" or welching. I'm sure its just a slander. There's no tradition of calling Welsh people cheats or deal-breakers over here. There is a strong tradition of Welsh people dominating the milk delivery business, because generations ago Welsh beef farmers would herd their cattle across country to London to sell to the butchers there, such as at Smithfield Meat Market and others, and they diversified into also selling milk, because they had the cows and they were going that way anyway. Where they still exist, local dairies which send out the electric milk floats early in the morning to deliver bottles of cold milk to houses often have Welsh names like Jones & Sons Dairy.

[@anenglishlife7210]

The thing about British weather is that it changes frequently. That’s the difference. So, it can be dry one day and wet the next. Even dry one morning and wet the same afternoon... so no it doesn’t rain all the time at all... it changes rapidly which is really entertaining actually.. you need to have clothes for all weather .. come prepared for that and you’ll be fine 👍🏻👍🏻 And you don’t have to hike at all... it is great hiking country for hiking fans but equally wonderful for beautiful driving - in Wales. The poking back and forth goes on both ways between all four nations ... it’s always been that way... historic rivalry.

[@richt71]

Rainy days - The UK was 13th of countries in Europe for days with rain based on stats I saw. So yes rainy days is overplayed I feel. Now dull overcast days during Autumn and winter is probably high.

[@craigireland5629]

Yep that is my main grip with our weather, the shortage of sunshine particularly November to March. Those seemingly endless grey days are depressing.

[@fleshen]

Very true..

[@skittles074]

Yep just alot of complainers.

[@danieltaylorpeter7880]

I'm Welsh and I live near the pembrokshire national park and I'd definitely recommend you giving it a visit if you ever come over, it's truly beautiful!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@rocketrabble6737]

I think Natasha's best bet is an electric-assist bike unless she does a fair amount of cycling already. I am keen cyclist but knocking on a bit and the Pembrokeshire coast for instance is not like cycling across the flat Netherlands or the Fens. There are lots of hills even if they aren't mountains. There are wonderful beaches as well and it is quite often referred to as 'little England' which may attract some and deter others.

[@sophiemartin547]

All through the UK you'll find roads like that, especially through the countryside, and pretty much everyone in Wales will speak English. You'll always get passing points every couple hundred yards or so too on the roads - it's just a pain if you have to reverse because you get someone who doesn't want to go into the passing they've literally just passed their 50 yards back - that will happen on occasion!! Great vids btw. If you ever stuck for an idea, I think that as a certain wintery time of year is coming up, you should watch some of of the best British/UK Xmas ads!! They're almost like miniature movies! John Lewis ads are always up the top.

[@trudiebrown4284]

Love Wales and the Welsh people are lovely. Your reaction to the country road made me laugh, they are dotted all around the uk and quite normal 😀

[@everythingbutnomal]

As a welsh person who speaks Welsh schools committed are pushed into speaking welsh so trying to learn welsh I'd a great opportunity for tourists as we bring our language back completely

[@joannakeeble4997]

If you pull off the main roads most country lanes are like that. You get used to it. There are lots of places to pull into. When we were children we spent whole summers in Wales and you didn’t hear a lot of Welsh spoken except for older people. Today they learn Welsh in schools so you hear it spoken more often.

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

That's pretty cool that the kids are learning the language 😀

[@mariahoulihan9483]

what a load of rubbish. My Mum was fdrom south wales so I know that well and I lived in North wales and I was brought up in England. Never saw this at all.

[@iriscollins7583]

The English tried to kill the use of the Welsh language at the beginning of the Twentieth century. If a child spoke Welsh in school they were punished, it was called Welsh Not. Consequently my parents did not learn to speak their native language fluently. Thankfully that does not happen today. My grandmother's tried to teach me, but one was from The South the other from the North, there are differences. So I used to get a bit confused. Was thrilled to bits when I had my DNA tested, to find that I am 87% Welsh. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@glenmiller272]

Hello from Wales!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧come visit us!..

[@davemaullin5293]

Similar to Wales ( but without the mountains) is Cornwall. The south west but that pokes into the Atlantic Great history, Surfing, many attractions but still oldy worldy including Tintagel castle legendary hone of King Arthur, also it’s own language similar to welsh but not widely spoken, Beaches are amazing, weathers better due to being in the Gulf Stream, the favourite Holiday destination for Brits holidaying at home

[@rocketrabble6737]

Sustainable access to countryside does not mean huge motorways, vast car parks, helicopters, limousines, 5-star hotels and viewing platforms surrounding 'Disneyfied' beauty spots to allow tourists to get places without getting their inappropriate footwear a bit muddy.

[@huwgriffith1138]

As a Welsh speaker I found the presenters attitude to our language offensive.

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

And that is why we will never try to pronounce other countries languages or other things, you say one thing wrong & it offends people when you're simply just trying to learn. He was just explaining the complexities for people like us. He wasn't making fun of it.

[@DrDaveW]

There’s still two lane roads and dual carriageways (freeways) in Wales. You can get around perfectly well on these and avoid the single track lanes.

[@arwelp]

In Welsh, “dd” is always pronounced like the “th” in “breathe”. If you want to say “please” and can’t pronounce “os gwelwch yn dda “ (oss gwel-ooch (ch like Scottish “loch”) un tha) (or “os gweli di’n dda” if you’re familiar with someone), you can always say “plîs” which is more or less the same as English!

[@paulcule2091]

Try watching some of the videos by Max Boyce. He is a Welsh comedian/folk singer/troubadour who will give you a wonderful sense of what it is to be from the mining valleys of South Wales

[@thecozychristiansoul8962]

I think I may move to Wales!! I KNOW I would love it there! #1 --- I saw sheep & countryside. I LOVE sheep! #2. I LOVE rain!!! My favorite kind of day. #3. I love small villages where I could walk EVERYWHERE & I don't get out at night so early closings wouldn't bother me! I LOVE Wales & the people sound so sweet & nice! I want a Welsh friend that has sheep!! Wales & Scotland would be where I could live happily!! Thank you, Natasha & Debbie,---my favorite video so far!!!

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Wales would be perfect for you!! ❤❤

[@Macca-zx7gz]

I don't think it rains here all the time in the UK, but we do get showers - so it'll rain for a bit and clear up. You can get all the seasons in a day or week - but we do get lovely summers - it's just not guaranteed one type of weather or the other like some countries get.

[@persephonewildfox9128]

There are passing places on the small roads. You just drive at the right speed and with care. There are loads of ‘small roads’ all over the UK. It’s called the ‘countryside’.

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

It's also called "my nightmare" lol obviously this is Natasha

[@persephonewildfox9128]

Don’t forget a lot of these roads were meant for horses not cars. It’s not that bad Natasha. I live in the country, on a single track road and usually don’t see another car until I get to a major road. Wales is a beautiful country and I was born in Cardiff. It is a large major city which would need a lot more than an afternoon!

[@sabine1891]

Hi, I recommend checking out Northumbria (less hiking than the Lake District). I live close so we go quite often for the day. It has a beautiful coastline and 7 castles. Alnwick (anick) Castle was used in one of the Harry Potter movies and Robin Hood.

[@anhistorian7255]

As someone with Welsh heritage on my mum's side, I've always felt like learning Welsh (and Old English) but found it a real mind f*ck. As for the roads, it's part of the "price" you pay for living somewhere with a ton of history. It's similar to eastern England, where I live. Lots of old Roman roads, medieval stone bridges (check out Trinity Bridge in Crowland) and churches that go back over 1000 years. We're used to this kind of thing though. There's also a detective series set in Wales called Hinterland that you might like. It gives a flavour of how bleak and also beautiful Wales can be and some of the scenes in the English version are shot in Welsh, with subtitles. A small amount of each episode, maybe a couple of scenes, but it is worth a look.

[@davidharris4062]

Set around Aberystwyth and the Rhayader area, was filmed in the Autumn, Winter and early Spring, so it would be dismal, the series was called Y Gwyll (The Wild) in the Welsh version

[@Silver0Tree]

Although there are rainy days, just be aware in the summer it can get VERY hot, so it's good to be by the beach where there's always a cool breeze (and the sea!) and you will definitely need sunscreen.

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

How hot? Where we live it is incredibly hot and so humid in the Summer you can barely breathe on some days

[@chrisshelley3027]

As an English person I highly recommend visiting Wales, I've been many times and it's always wonderful, despite its size there is always something new to see, yes there are a lot of castles and very impressive they are too. You mentioned about the best time to go, you mentioned about star gazing, I would recommend spring or autumn (I know it will be cooler) but the nights will be longer (still warmish from the day but dark enough to look at the heavens properly) you really only need a decent pair of binoculars, you will get to see far more than you ever expected due to how black the nights are. I live in Yorkshire and it too is a beautiful place, it too was also a coal mining area and the loss of the mines has devastated the communities here too, so I have an affinity with Wales, we also have a lot of castles too, oh almost forgot, avoid cities if you want to star gaze "light pollution" kills a black sky for tens of miles and more, fun fact, you will see lots of slate rather than rock (I know they are very similar) the slate is at an angle of 30 degrees everywhere in Wales, its how the tectonics worked millions of years ago so its not going to alter anytime soon, not all roads are that narrow, but a lot will be :)

[@CinobiteReacts]

If you're going down those little country roads, you're either going the wrong way or you're going specifically to a specific spot. Lol

[@alisonbradshaw7015]

You now have another Welsh subscriber, glad I stumbled upon you. You’d definitely be welcome in Wales and there is so much more to see and do than covered in the video. Definitely have a look at places to go, including the coast, it’s beautiful (and don’t be put off by the roads, most aren’t like that and even I manage on the ones that are and I’m not a great driver)

[@ffotograffydd]

The vowels don’t “drop off”, Welsh has different vowels to English. Once you learn the Welsh alphabet it becomes much easier. Also, the long place name was made up at attract tourists back in the 19th century.

[@ftumschk]

Indeed, and in fact Welsh has more vowels than English: a, e, i, o, u, w and y.

[@ffotograffydd]

@@ftumschk indeed! My English friends keep telling me that my village doesn’t have any vowels, but it does, all five of them just happen to be a Y.

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

We are never gonna learn Welsh. That's some complicated stuff 😕

[@vaudevillian7]

@@TheNatashaDebbieShow it’s not the bad really, the alphabet is phonetic too so once you’ve learned it you should be able to pretty much pronounce whatever you read

[@nicolascarey6330]

@@ffotograffydd I have never understood the difficulty in recognising Y and W as vowels (They can be consonants as well). Does SKY have no vowels, what about TRYST, is the Y on the end of funny a vowel or a consonant? There is one other sound not mentioned by Stephanie MacLea above, (well there is more than one , NG at the start of a word when the nasal mutation is in play is another, but you are unlikely to come across that), LL. If you put your tongue to the roof of your mouth and say CL you won't be a million miles away

[@MsCheesemonster13]

I think the bloke who hosts woltersworld must be great fun to go on holiday with. He is so enthusiastic about everything, and he seems authentic.

[@cazlou5829]

Caernarfon Castle and Conwy Castle in North Wales are ones to visit. Also in Conwy you can visit the smallest house in Britain.

[@Mark_Bickerton]

Wales (Anglo - Saxon for stranger or foreigner) is great, as is Scotland, Ireland and England. Some concentrate on what divides us, but these people need a good slap. The nations of these islands give us ALL a much richer history!

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Amen! Division is stupid. We all have much more in common then we have differences! ❤🇺🇲

[@timphillips9954]

Rachel we are all allowed an opinion, but would you say the same for Canada and the US or Mexico and the US? If the answer is no then why would it be different for England, Scotland Ireland and Wales. My country of Wales has a history ten times longer than the US or Canada with our own language and everything else to every other country on the planet. Please do a bit of research before expressing an opinion in the future Rachael!

[@taffyducks544]

Yep, takes the biscuit doesn't it - being called foreigner on your own island. As for what divides the nations. The ruling elite bring inmt upon themselves...you can't beat children and drown villages and expect to not be held to account.

[@leanne7243]

Hi guys, just wanted to say how much I enjoy your content. You come across as a lovely couple who are open to learning new things about unfamiliar cultures with respect and genuine curiosity. I'd like to recommend watching one of my favourite films, Pride (2014) about how an english gay rights group protested for and supported the miners in Wales during the strikes in the early 80's. Not for reacting to, just for your own research and interest. Hope you enjoy x

[@mattymoowhite]

Oven in welsh, popty. Microwave in welsh, popty-ping

[@andrewstokes2381]

'Microwave' in Welsh is 'meicrodon', popty ping is just a colloquialism

[@margaretnicol3423]

That's for tourists! :-D

[@margaretnicol3423]

It doesn't help when you get loads of people from England buying up properties for a weekend escape. It means the locals can't afford to buy those houses but it also means that some villages or country places are empty during the week.

[@richardhill444]

Don't worry about the narrow lanes, have lots of then accross the whole of rural UK. People drive accordongly, expecting to meet traffic ahead, can usually find a proper pull in to let each other pass, can be exciting!!

[@planetwatch0000]

And it does not rain all the time. Plenty of good fine weather. But it will rain sometimes and just be prepared for it. A good waterproof jacket and you are all set.

[@sueflynn9886]

Most country lanes are like those shown, don’t worry you get used to it! Mind you I was brought up in the Devon\Somerset, the young locals are quite brave with the speed they drive - you just have to hold your nerve!🤣😂🤣🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@margaretnicol3423]

When you say 'brave' do you mean idiotic??? :-)

[@richardjones8581]

Also bear in mind that the speed limit on those little lanes is usually 60mph, so keep your eyes peeled!

[@sueflynn9886]

@@margaretnicol3423 🤣❤️🤣

[@TheNatashaDebbieShow]

You lovely people are giving me an anxiety attack 😳 lol -Natasha

[@colingregory7464]

I am given to understand that there are few places in the uk that have more rain than Washington, but there aren't many places in the states either, you don't have to hike but a lot of the views are at least a bit of a hike