AMERICANS LEARN ABOUT ENGLISH PUB CULTURE AT THE BLACK FRIARS AND EXPLORE LONDON CITY

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[@danrcash]

As a former bar wench, I have a good tip for anyone visiting a pub in Britain. We do accept tips, or you can buy us a drink instead, but when you order your first drinks give us a good tip straight off. Because next time you come up to the bar, no matter how busy it is, we'll be right there ready to take your order! Yes, queueing is part of British culture, but hey, we're only corruptible humans after all!

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

I pinned this to the up so everyone can see it lol

[@Greenwood4727]

its an unofficial rule, but there are exceptions to all rules

[@richardwaddington2038]

@@Trippingthroughadventures Yeah you tip for exceptional food / service but nothing wrong with buying the Bar Wench a drink .... at the end of your drinks order just say " And one for yourself" thats more than enough . Unless they charge you for a drink being a pint of champagne , then call the manager !!!!

[@nicolad8822]

Yeah not really a thing.

[@richardwaddington2038]

@@nicolad8822 Except it is.

[@helenwood8482]

The American desire to be mothered by wait staff is baffling to me. British hate to have their meals interrupted.

[@paulhenman9907]

Country pubs are better than City pubs,

[@jerryoshea3116]

It's not a case of wishing to be 'Mothered',it's certain Bars/ Rest have table service! But u can also find Bars,where they don't provide that ( or it's very basic) that,u just order ur Booze at the Bar! And by the way have u ever lived& worked in the U.S?

[@sangfroidian5451]

@@jerryoshea3116 I've been to the US enough and can't stand US service, so that whenever I do go to a restaurant, I will usually put a 10% tip on the table as she brings the food and tell the waitress as long as she leaves me alone from then on, I'll add more at the end of the meal. It usually works out pretty well for everyone then. 😆

[@jerryoshea3116]

@@sangfroidian5451 As a Tourist or have u actually lived& worked there? And if u find the Customs& approach trying why visit?

[@lockwood1976]

As an Americans I hate it as well.

[@surfaceten510n]

Watching Americans struggle to use a knife and fork in tandem is one of the funniest thing i have ever seen.

[@georgeprout42]

They had to stop the chimp tea parties at London Zoo because American tourists thought they were apeing them.

[@Missydee-72]

Not just Americans and even some young Brits! Walking through the restaurant on holiday recently I noticed that many handle their cutlery in very odd ways that look awkward and uncomfortable. Presumably their parents didn’t bother to instil table manners in their young and just left them to eat whilst watching tv. As adults these people may have to attend formal occasions when their ignorance will be on public view.

[@Really-hx7rl]

Cackhanded! lol

[@Carole.P]

I’m left handed and learnt to hold my cutlery the correct way from the age of 4

[@roblake3350]

I’m right handed but eat left handed 😂

[@broadband0118]

Yes but don't knock him, there's nothing funnier than to see an American struggling with cutlery.

[@Jason_L10]

Same here, i even use a mouse left handed but with right hand config. Though finding a decent left hand ergonomic mouse is difficult.

[@gaynorhead2325]

@@roblake3350me too always have.

[@richardwaddington2038]

What I find bewildering/amusing is when people use the knife to "clamp" food then the fork to pull pieces away . Im like "just saw thru the food !"

[@manwithanaccent4315]

I'm from the UK, now living in Canada with my lovely Canadian wife. Many years ago I lived a few years in the US with my American girlfriend. Every single American I met had zero idea on how to use a knife and fork. Every one of them would cut their food with their knife and immediately place it back on the plate or table - it had nothing to do with being left handed. They would hold the fork like a spear when cutting anything, and no one ever kept both knife and fork in their hands for longer that a few seconds it took to use the knife. Bugged the shit out of me lol. My American girlfriend of 3 years eventually agreed with me lol

[@PUTDEVICE]

think that the thing about changing hands with a knife and fork comes from the nobility in France in the 1800s. there were so many noble people.

[@G0Lg0Th4N]

Does your Canadian wife get along with your American girlfriend?

[@donsland1610]

Whole heartedly agree with you regarding the use of cutlery by Americans. It seem that they never got past the small child handling stage.

[@PUTDEVICE]

@@G0Lg0Th4N he is not wrong. Canada is located in America, specifically North America

[@judithrowe8065]

Any left handed 4 year old in Europe can handle a knife and fork better than any American. It's like they don't have opposable thumbs!

[@InaMacallan]

Rxemember that pubs in England perform much the same function as churches in the US - community centres and family places. Do not try and compare pubs with US bars!

[@chrisellis3797]

Left handed my entire life, i still use a knife and fork properly.

[@keithparker5103]

chrisellis3797 I'm right handed but eat left handed. I've yet to see a rule book on this and I am 83 YO.

[@chrisellis3797]

@@keithparker5103 depends on nationality I guess. Some countries prioritise things differently in regard to "manners". I wasn't saying either way was right or wrong, just that the left handed argument isn't a thing.

[@keithparker5103]

@@chrisellis3797 I agree, I have come across other "conventions" as I have passed through life which, I can only speak personally here, I have found to be B/S For example, "you should not chill red wine". I was on holiday in Isreal once where they make a red wine called CARMEL it was horrible stuff until it was chilled when it took on a whole new identity. I got this through a guy from Rugby who shared our table in an hotel. He told me he chills ALL wines. Since then, so have I, I don't care what people think of my preferences, comes with being old I suppose.

[@catwoman2582]

​@@keithparker5103You do you, everyone else can do what they want to do😊

[@zak3744]

I wouldn't go out of your way to go to Toby Carvery. Nothing wrong with it, but it's just a chain doing cheap-and-cheerful canteen food. Depending on the restaurant and the day, it might be decent, it might be a bit sub-par. Probably unlikely to blow your socks off though. Sunday roasts are the sort of thing where if you really want to find a stand-out one, you want to ask a local where the best ones are in that area. You probably won't be able to tell just by looking. Even favourites of mine from places I've lived before, that'll probably be out-of-date now!

[@TheMightyHams]

I second the above comment re: Toby Carvery. It's like saying to someone visiting America that they have to try a Taco Bell. It's a bit of an institution and the food isn't bad, but you're not going to find anything special. Sunday Roast is one of those things that has the capacity to be really good, or really bad. You'll want to find a nice gastro-pub or restaurant to ensure that you get a good quality one. 'Insider Food' did an episode recently where they went around some of their favourite Sunday Roast spots in London. No doubt they're more pricey, but if you want the best-of-the-best in London then there's some good recommendations straight-away.

[@DeterminedFC]

yeah if your in london there arnt even that many and 2 nearly every pub in london will do beter quality then at the toby

[@jamesgrant7201]

'Cheerful'🤣🤢

[@Your-True-Self]

Makes me smile to see genuine Americans embrace the British culture. Our differences are part of the mutual attraction and should be celebrated when we visit each other's countries. Your respect in the pub by not being tourists with cameras at a busy time was lovely to hear. Glad you enjoyed it, you'll be welcomed back anytime. Cheers guys 🍻

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

Thank you, we love your beautiful country 😊

[@jrswinhoe58]

I was taught the cutlery lay out at Primary School when eating the dinners. Fork to the left, Knife to the right and desert spoon above and water glass top right.

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

We never had anything like that in the states. We should but I’m sure it would offend someone if we did.

[@AM-dz2sh]

@@Trippingthroughadventures Woah, woah.. Ignore the etiquette police. Don't get me wrong it does look strange to 50% of the world... but really, who cares?! YOU DO YOU!

[@Isobel-el3ye]

Dessert. There's no point in correcting anyone when you're wrong yourself.

[@mubbles1066]

Glad you guys had a good time here…. As to the difference of sweetness levels in foods here in the UK, it’s because it’s generally much lower than Americans are used to,due to the reduced sugar levels and absence of high fructose syrup in the products. It works in reverse as well though,when Brits go to the states they find the majority of foods(including bread) too sweet for them.🤷‍♂️

[@LalaDepala_00]

I had American chocolate once and it was so incredibly sweet. Almost nauseating

[@anitawhite2669]

@@LalaDepala_00 - I tried Hersey's chocolate when I was in the US and it tasted like vomit - never to be eaten again.

[@linkash4167]

​@anitawhite2669 that's because it contains an ingredient that's also in vomit

[@juliawigger9796]

Americans don't know what chocolate is,

[@nealgrimes4382]

@@anitawhite2669 Fun fact it contains Butyric Acid, the same as is in Vomit.

[@BeckyPoleninja]

😂😂 I'm a lefty and don't hold my fork like a Flintstone!!

[@stirlingmoss4621]

Harsh !

[@harvuk7729]

yeh i dont think being left handed has anything to do with using the same hand to use both knife and fork :D

[@nealgrimes4382]

@@stirlingmoss4621 But true.

[@mattsmith5421]

Same I'm lefthanded and still have fork in left hand, not shovel.

[@BeckyPoleninja]

@@stirlingmoss4621 which is why I put the laughing emojis

[@DaveyHotrod]

Especially in rural areas, the pub is the heart of the community. It's where people go to meet, talk, drink, occasionally argue & then make up. Sing, laugh, watch sport, argue about sport, play pool, darts, dominoes. And drink obviously...

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

See that’s the kind of pub I would like to see! 🤩

[@DaveyHotrod]

@@Trippingthroughadventures The best pub I worked in did amazing food as well. We won Best Sunday Roast in the UK the Observer newspaper 2022. The roasties, Yorkies & gravy were different levels mate...

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

@@DaveyHotrod what was the name of it we would love to check it out

[@AM-dz2sh]

@@Trippingthroughadventures The issue is with a lot of tourists/travellers.. is time & money. If you had gone to pubs away from 'touristy zone 1/2', in London,or even outside of London; the community/meeting place vibe would have been apparent. People that do not drink alcohol at all, may spend more time in a local or village pub, than a coffee shop. Completely different vibe from 'pub in central London'.

[@Zoe_WingingLife]

You need to come up North for that, our pubs are the heart of the village ​@@Trippingthroughadventures

[@aacwallis4455]

Get your chips from a Fish and Chip shop! Don't expect 'real' fish and hips in a pub.

[@WinstonSmith19847]

And ask about a good fish and chip shop you don't want a bad one that does soggy batter and soft greasy chips.

[@tobytaylor2154]

Whilst I was in America, the friends I was visiting and their friends were fascinated by my use of the cutlery, their faces were a picture when I said if I ate like you lot when I was a kid my mum would've pushed my face into my dinner lol. They couldn't get how I used my fork and how I kept the knife and fork in my hands until I'd finished my meal. As for beers, you should try a bitter, stout and a cider. London pride is my tipple.

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

Yea it’s crazy how in America cutlery etiquette is not even a conversation lol

[@user-lm2vs1sl3v]

London Pride! Oh how I miss a decent pint now that I live in CA. Bottles available but no draught of course. Every time I get back to London I go straight from the airport to The Bell and Crown on Strand on the Green for a pint.

[@petejones7878]

Any Public house that is not owed by a brewery or Chain (like J D Wetherspoon , which I would avoid like the plague) is called a free House

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

Thank you we kept searching “privately owned pubs” it didn’t pop up anything now we know why…. Free houses.

[@petejones7878]

If yo7 are looking for a good pub then you can not go far wrong looking at CAmRA Web site

[@aussiehorndog]

I am constantly amazed when watching Americans eat. It is like watching children who have never learnt basic table etiquette or how to use cutlery, and being left handed is not an excuse. Also when dining out I prefer the British/Australian style of service, not the American style of excessive over"service".

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

What’s crazy is how this is literally not a thing in America at all. All I can say is where we are so homogeneous and so worried about stepping on other cultures toes. We havnt worried about teaching the European table etiquette out of fear of insulting someone. I actually wish it was taught to me.

[@roseoconnor5938]

There are sooo many varieties of sausages in the UK.....you're spoilt for choice . All according to taste of course.

[@xaj1543]

I’m left handed and I don’t change cutlery to the other hand, fork in the left and knife in the right. It depends on how you were taught as a child, and really the way Americans eat is weird!

[@101steel4]

I think it's just him. Surely everyone American doesn't eat like that? He looks like there's something wrong with his wrists.

[@xaj1543]

@@101steel4 Yes they do, they cut with their right hand then usually put down the knife and change the fork to their right hand. I was stating it as fact, did you think I was just making it up?

[@Isobel-el3ye]

​@@101steel4Americans don't know how to use cutlery. The ones that do are very much in the minority.

[@PUTDEVICE]

Sunday roast is a tradition in many countries. you went to church on Sunday morning and after that you went home and cooked a roast of some kind. Sunday was the day of rest and then you could cook something nicer for the meal.

[@Lily-Bravo]

My mother prepared it all and had it in the oven before we went to Church. If the vicar went on a bit she would be worried about it overcooking.

[@julesarthur4362]

17 century really isn’t old for a church in England. Churches in villages away from attacks can be 8th century or older. The house next to it (for the vicar) is normally the same age.

[@martinconnelly1473]

Great fire of London 1666. Lot of rebuilding after that. There was talk of squaring up the roads so they would have been a bit more sensible but they ended up just keeping to more or less the old street plan.

[@nolimittolearning4414]

I enjoyed your vids in London. One thing I find strange being British myself but I like, is how a lot of Americans when using a knife and fork, hold them in the correct hands to cut their food but, then put the knife down and swap the fork to their right hand to eat. It’s a lot of juggling cutlery 😊

[@nolimittolearning4414]

Or right to left in your case

[@davidmarshall6616]

As for the sticky toffee pudding, what may not have been to your taste is that some pubs and restaurants use treacle in their puddings, although it's becoming increasingly rare these days due to a lot of the the treacle mines closing down.😉

[@alisonrodger3360]

Not to forget the sad loss of so many Jam Butty mines 😥

[@Jason_L10]

I blame thatcher for the loss of.the Jam Buttie mines and leaving all the diddy men out of work.

[@36814]

Britain has many , many varieties of sausage not just one.

[@peteince]

Standing outside of a pub on the street to drink usually depends on where the pub is located. If the pub entrance is on a narrow pavement on a busy street, then drinkers can be causing an obstruction to pedestrians forcing them to walk into the road to pass. Also there's the risk of broken glass on the pavement. So some pubs do have a notice on the front door, "no glasses to be taken outside."

[@readmylisp]

When I was a lad most pubs had a football team . You played Sunday morning then back to the pub for Sunday lunch . Great days. The Pub League results would be published in the local newspaper.

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

That really sounds like some classic home town fun lol, like our American high school football teams in America.

[@Kingshieldwall]

You are a very respectful couple, well done and great video. 👍

[@user-zg8gn1mf6o]

I would just like to say you guys are very very cool and respectful and you obviously care I'm subbed

[@gkkes]

Historically, Public Houses were outlets for brewers. Many regional brewers existed and still do so. Ind Coope, Fullers, Greene King in Suffolk, Arkells in Wiltshire, John Smiths or Samuel Smiths in Yorkshire, Shepherd Neame in Kent and of course Newcastle Brown ... many many many more. As drinking culture has declined and drink drive rules have been tightened many pub chains have declined and many single pubs were sold to independents. This allows pubs to sell a range of beers/products. Most profits now come from food, so many drinkers pubs have become "Gastropubs" which emphasize diners. Drinkers pubs remain popular and simply sell salty snacks like crisps (chips) and nuts, to aid increased beer sales.

[@vickytaylor9155]

The shields on the pews will be for each of the families that came to church so each family would have their own pew.

[@andrewtims9524]

They show which families paid for the pews

[@lloydcollins6337]

In London especially there's also a possibility that they were guilds who paid for it for their members since guilds did a lot of religious activity in the past as well.

[@user-lm2vs1sl3v]

Toby’s Carvery? Really don’t bother.

[@gsnmeyer]

As a Brit I take great delight in watching Americans trying to use cutlery. Great video thanks

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

We know lol 😂 all in good fun the stuff we get a laugh of things the Brit’s do too, all in good fun!

[@richardwaddington2038]

Great vid .....Im very happy that the wonderful Pedro Pascal loved his Bangers and mash and his beutiful wife finally got the sticky toffee pudding she always wanted . ! Looking forward to the sunday lunch vid xx

[@claregale9011]

Hi Guys , yes London is very , very old you will see remains of Roman walls 8n London dating back 2000 yrs , 8ts not uncommon to find churches in towns around the u.k dating back to 12th century we tend to keep and preserve our History for future generations to appreciate , the u.k is literally a living museum . 😊

[@IntoTheWhite04]

Remember in 1666 the great fire of London burned a lot down.. lots of buildings are from after that

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

We actually stayed next to memorial and didn’t know what it was however the topic of the fire came up often on our trip.

[@IntoTheWhite04]

@@Trippingthroughadventures monument... Yep saw that in your previous vid. Supposedly if you were to lay it down on it's side in the right direction, the top would be where the fire started, in Pudding Lane.

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

@@IntoTheWhite04 yes monument sorry I had two toddlers attacking me trying to write that, I want to do a little research about the fire.

[@Isleofskye]

@@Trippingthroughadventures Thanks for this. It is impossible to see all of London in one lifetime and I am a 69-year-old Londoner and I have tried:) Until recently, the majority of pubs were what we called "tied houses" - they were owned by a brewery, and had an obligation to sell that brewery's beer. It's less common now, with the majority of pubs now appearing to be "free houses" that aren't tied to a brewery. That doesn't mean, though, that they are independents. Most pubs in London are owned by one of the huge pub companies, with either a manager or a franchisee as landlord.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

​@@Trippingthroughadventures Have you twins ? If so, it gets even more interesting as they age !! (My twins are 30 now so, "I've been there, done that" - my daughter🧡Tegan, lives with me and is my carer - due to my poor health & "multiple co-morbidities" - but my son💙Julian (Tegan's 21 mins younger twin brother) lives in another town with his partner (and their cat- 'Oliver')! 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️🇬🇧🙂🖖

[@WITYTRAVELS]

What a beautiful church! You have to take a picture in the red telephone booth or you didn't visit London! We heard that CRUNCH. Good tips on how to order at the pub. Learned a lot about British pubs. 😀😃

[@philipmason9537]

The British way of using cutlery actually means no difference to use whether you’re left or right handed. I’m right handed but we hold the fork in the left hand and use the right hand to cut with the knife, holding the knife horizontal to the plate not pushing down vertically. The main difference is that we tend NOT to put the knife down and only use the fork, we hold the knife and fork for the whole meal which cuts down the eating time and keeps the food warm !

[@dotwyness4110]

I'm right handed but hold the fork in my right hand and knife in left hand, always have done as its more comfortable for me, always got wrong off the mother in law when i set the table 😂

[@gaynorhead2325]

@@dotwyness4110I’m the same I put food in my mouth with my right hand, same as I write or use scissors with my right hand, it makes more sense to me!

[@sangfroidian5451]

In some churches, pews would be paid for by a family and their crest indicated who had provided the pew and would usually be reserved for their use if they attended a service.

[@Billyzgstar]

Yes my ancestors were Normans and had wealth from 1066 and were granted lands with a castle near Blackpool and they also were patrons of the Church of St Helens near Liverpool they paid for the church so got tombs inside the church where 4 of them are buried sadly during the protestant and catholic wars a lot of the wealth was confiscated so I never received any inheritance but the history is still something to be proud of.

[@Gambit771]

​​​@@Billyzgstaryou can't complain about your family's wealth being stolen if they were Norman and came over in 1066. You know full well how they received that land and wealth. Your history is not something to be proud of.

[@Billyzgstar]

@@Gambit771 Ha nice troll mate the fact my family changed all human history by helping bring about the Magna Carta and making Britain literate after the dark ages might outshine your bog standard ancestors but I'm not a self-loathing commy so I'm happy thanks .

[@Gambit771]

@@Billyzgstar What troll? You're the troll by that being your reply to a different point of view. Do you have any evidence to back up that your family brought in the magna carta? 🤦‍♂️ Who's trolling now? Of course you don't. You're making it all up You don't know anything about Britain back then, you clearly don't know anything about how evil the Normans were. If you did you would be ashamed of your families history (if you was telling the truth that is). They were basically the Germans in France in the early 1940s. Think about that and don't expect any proud Englishman to hold you in any high esteem for what you oddly claim with pride that your family did in the past. Remember, you have done nothing. You are using what you think are your dead relatives glories (thieving, murdering, enslaving, stealing, oppressive family legacy) as your own.

[@Gambit771]

​@@Billyzgstarin case my last reply was deleted by KZbin (pointing out the evils of the Normans, your assistant family, will do that), I'll leave you with this. You are lying. You don't understand the history of England, nor the Normans and you are failing to pass off what dead people did as your "glories" because you have achieved nothing in your life, but that just shows your lack of morals, as if the lying didn't already do that.

[@Well-in-the-garden]

Yes you definitely want to try a traditional Sunday lunch xx

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

We did we’ve came home and try to recreate, it’s just not as good we need to come back lol 😂

[@user-eb1sd2vj9r]

Hi. Enjoying your video. As someone has already mentioned there is a difference between the City of London (note City has an upper case C as it’s part of its name) and the 32 London boroughs called Greater London which came into existence as 32 boroughs on 1 April 1965. Before then the towns, villages and hamlets that now make up Greater London belonged to the counties surrounding the City. The Romans arrived on what is now England back in the year 43 and they built a settlement which they called Londinium around that time. It eventually became the capital of the Roman province of Britannia (previously the capital was what is now Colchester in the county of Essex). The revolt by an amalgamation of local British tribes led by Queen Boudicca burnt Londinium to the ground which is when the Romans built the wall around their City (at this point it covered about 330 acres). The Romans left in the year 410 and Londinium fell into disuse. The Anglo-Saxon King of Wessex, King Alfred the Great, (whose grandson became the first King of the English in the year 927) resettled London and repaired the defensive walls in 886 (London was in the neighbouring kingdom of Mercia but Alfred was by then acknowledged as King of the Anglo-Saxons, the remaining territories of what his grandson would unite into the Kingdom of England were controlled by the Vikings). Modern London starts from the year 886. Since then various settlements have been incorporated into London, the last time being in 1965. For example the town in London where I was born was first mentioned in a Royal Charter by King Ethelbert of the Kingdom of Kent in the year 862 granting the lordship of the manor of Bromley to the Bishop of Rochester, so on 31 March 1965 Bromley was a market town in the county of Kent and on 1 April 1965 it was the capital town of the London Borough of Bromley, London’s largest borough at approximately 59 square miles (the City is only 1.12 square miles). London in total is over 606 square miles just with the City and the 32 London boroughs. If you include the urban area beyond London then it’s about 671 square miles and if you go beyond that and include the metropolitan area it’s about 3,236 square miles. London’s 606 square miles has a population of just under 9 million people. The upshot of all that is there is a difference between the City of London and the city called London.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

❤ Thank You... I have never had a great memory and am 70 now, and it hasn't improved so am unlikely to remember all of those delicious facts (especially the figures - probably due to my having dyscalculia) but... I enjoyed reading your comment (& hope this American couple did too). I appreciate the effort and thought that you put into your description of my country's capital, again, as an English woman I probably / possibly ought to know at least some of it but whilst at school, History was not a particular favourite subject of mine... It is now, despite my inherent lack of memory recall!! I hope to see / read more of your informative and absorbingly interesting comments elsewhere - if possible - at another time. 🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️🇬🇧🙂🖖

[@petermartin1967]

Such a lovely couple ❤. I hope you come back to the U.K. soon 👍🏻

[@DazUK1]

Great vid guys. Looking forward to the next one.

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

Thanks I wasn’t a fan of making this one seemed a little blah to us to much info not enough to look at but the next one will have more fun stuff lol.

[@user-bo5ys7bi1d]

Another interesting video. Your approach and honest reflections are very refreshing. The content is on point. Thanks. Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

[@roblake3350]

If you are just here visiting, then take a train out of London for a day or two to experience different parts of England - Oxford and Birmingham are both easily a round trip back to London in a day if you make an early start to have a whole day in each 👍 or even get out to the countryside (Cotswolds is easily doable from Oxford too)

[@susandrydenhenderson6234]

Kind of but anywhere but Birmingham, the least interesting and attractive city in the country

[@georgeprout42]

Brit rail pass makes this affordable. Can't even view prices if in the UK, but unlimited rail for £? per day is a bargain. VPN wont help btw, you need to show a foreign passport to collect it after buying it abroad.

[@stevenmontgomery8117]

When I was installing new lifts in Unilever house we used to go in the Blackfriars every Friday afternoon

[@InaMacallan]

The pelican in her piety is a common symbol in churches. It shows a mother pelican pecking her breast and feeding her young with the blood (an allusion to theblood of Christ). Very old medieval legend.

[@andywatts8654]

It leaves me a bit cold though I must say

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

@GiddeeAunt then why did they you that work there call it a pelican ?

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

You must be hard of hearing cuz the gentleman calls it a pelican twice in the vlog. As soon as we walk into the church. You should probably go to the church historian and have a talk with him about it.

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

Yes, it’s a bit off putting

[@excession3076]

@@GiddeeAunt How many people, specifically how many woodworkers/carvers, had seen a pelican hundreds of years ago? Have you ever seen medieval pictures or bestiaries? The animals/bird pictures often look nothing like the real animal because the people drawing/painting/carving them had never seen one. And it takes less than a minute to find the reference to the mother pelican sacrificing herself for her children on Google and it's symbolism within Christianity.

[@tedfoster5]

Great to see you enjoyed little old Britain, come back soon, spend some time in the village pub but before you go make sure it’s open because most villages are quiet so the pub is not always open

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

We fell in love with your Country, We are in talks of returning because how well this series is doing and explore more of the country.

[@dickyt1318]

you can usually get a 'Roast Dinner' in a pub or in a cafe [the traditional ones not the Starbucks style or continental one's] and in central London they can be a little hard to find. Toby Carvery's are a good place to enjoy a traditional 'Roast' lunch / dinner. Tipping is done where you have a waiter / waitress taking your order & serving it to you as in a restaurant. Where you are ordering & paying for food at the bar or counter then no tipping is required or expected.

[@anitaherbert1037]

A country pub is a different animal altogether. Often have attractive outside beer gardens and play areas. Better food especially if its a gastro pub. Its family friendly during the day. Somewhere you go for Sunday dinner with the family or take mum for her birthday. My favourite one had 3 log fires, dogs were welcome and different events like quiz nights, a pub bowling team and then old codgers football team. It had great barbecues in some and outdoor jazz band event every summer.

[@glastonbury4304]

Lots of Roman parts of London to visit as well...and churches from around the 11th century...

[@carltonurwin3923]

The Pelican is often seen in churches and particularly on pulpits. It was believed in the past that they fed their young on their own blood. Therefore they symbolise sacrifice and selflessness, associated with Christ for Christians.

[@angelacraw2907]

Wow you ate at a 'regular' of mine when I worked in the City. Personally I love that pub's pudding but the best one I've ever had was in the Lake District, up north.

[@rachealbrown2166]

That would be because sticky toffee pudding was invented in the lake district!

[@MarjorieStoker-oj8fh]

There's a thousand dialects and cultural is about we are the best its what we contributed to our wonderful and successful world

[@user-do6yv8he4n]

we tend to stay away from bars in our area they always get a little to rowdy for our liking, but that pub look relaxing and that beer looked cold. I approve

[@chrisaskin6144]

The Black Friars looks like a scaled down version (a MUCH scaled down version) of the Flat Iron building in Noo Yoick.

[@cyberash3000]

its worth going to the north of england you will fidn a completely different england to london

[@Kay-uy4xn]

The chains often have their own brewery - there are also micro breweries who have one or a few pubs. There are many independent pubs and they often have the best food

[@quercus8833]

Fabulous interior.

[@susandrydenhenderson6234]

Shields would be the family crest of those who provided them and possibly those families originally sat in them on Sundays.

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

Thank you for that I figured it had to be something like that, because each coat of arms was so unique.

[@lynwratten9857]

You will always see the sign of the brewery that supplies any particular pub in the UK Fuller's is one of the many breweries, that does not mean the brewery own the pub it just supplies the beer. The pub is usually for a relaxed drink after work or for an evening out with friends. Toby carvery is quite basic it's not always the best.

[@richt71]

Our sausages are mostly pork with different herbs added. The main varieties are Lincolnshire and Cumberland. Our sausages are fried so the outside should have a firm outside. Bangers and nash is comfort food for many Brits. I actually had banger's, mash and baked beans for my dinner yesterday. Quick and easy.

[@elemar5]

Were there any drugs in it? Seems to have messed up your typing coordination.

[@WinstonSmith19847]

London is almost 2000 years old the Romans started the first major settlements and there was probably people in the area before that, it was called Londinium by the Romans.

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

We wanted to dive more into the Roman history but there’s just so much lol.

[@WinstonSmith19847]

@@Trippingthroughadventures There is lots of Roman history all over the UK 🙂👍

[@user-lm2vs1sl3v]

@@TrippingthroughadventuresHadrians Wall is interesting.

[@steveatbuccscoin336]

The shield are family crests and when there are on the pews it is where families would sit for the service, if they were attending that day. Some may have been away at family estates etc. Some of the crest may have been from families who were no longer around but frequented the church in prior years. Steve

[@glastonbury4304]

Loads of great food in London...love Borough Market and Camden Market...😋

[@ianprince1698]

many different countries' foods in a line next door to one another

[@WCGUK2024]

Where you need a credit card 😂

[@ronturner9850]

Be careful, you’re giving American tourists a good name! 😂. You two are a breath of fresh air in the crowded KZbin market of videos about London and I’m looking forward to seeing more of your travels and your quiet enthusiasm and appreciation of our Country. Keep them coming!

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

Wow thank you so much for your kind words and thanks for watching! We loved the whole trip and can’t wait to come back and see more!

[@daveofyorkshire301]

London and London city are two different things. There are two London's. Taking a sip of a pint (which is 20% bigger than a US pint) means you have drunk from a pint, you haven't drunk a pint until you finish it. I wouldn't comment, but you did say "officially". Everyone knew you were American when you started eating because you put down the knife and switch hands. Here it's common to hold the knife in the right hand and the fork in the left and not to put either down until you've finished eating, unless you need to reach for something. Pubs often allow a card to be swiped and run a table tab. I always did this to prevent the need for cash. At the end you just ask for the bill, it's prepaid and you're done, you can check and contest the bill before payment as they itemise it before final payment. The independent pubs are struggling and becoming rarer. But there are still quite a few outside the cities... It's whether they're popular enough to survive in an area big enough to sustain it, with enough patronage to weather the hard times. As for atmosphere, you have to bare in mind up to about 9pm (probably earlier) you could see children in a pub, even dogs in some, after about 10pm it turns into a different atmosphere, more adult, louder, a night out. Most pubs will have a beer garden or somewhere outside to sit, especially in good weather. That's when you'll see people socialising outside.

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

Was that even a pint glass? Looked like either a half litre or a short measure.

[@daveofyorkshire301]

@@I_Don_t_want_a_handle It's London the tourist, especially Americans don't know any better.

[@Greenwood4727]

my home town has TWO red boxes as part of the town hall and they are protected because they are an integral part of the looks of my town hall

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

They should be they are classics

[@michaelwhite8031]

I've always found American's to be very polite.

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

We are in our own way for the most part, if you just look at our actions for the most part Americans try to be respectful, but I think since Americans and British is so close, most British does not judge them by American culture politeness they judge them by the british idea of politeness. Which is kind of different. I noticed British politeness can still be achieved while being “snarky “ as too American politeness is a complete judge of overall personality. For example: people seemed to think we was rude, for not saying please in our market video. In America, people look at terms like please as excessive, ( not all the time, but can be) sometimes it comes off as insistent or excessive, a persons judged by their body language and personality. If a person is good spirited and nice and patient= good manners If a person is rushing and dismissive= rude. No matter what words or phrases you use in the interaction. Also in busy situations Americans have a “ get in get out” personality, like in lines, we walk up say what we want and move on. There’s actually some places in the north east if you walk up and don’t say exactly what you want as soon as you go the register and move on, you get tossed to the back of the line. lol So it is important to understand Americans do put efficiency over manner and being efficient is a sign of good manners lol.

[@michaelwhite8031]

Thanks for the explanation

[@jeanniewarken5822]

All pubs used to be privately owned, thats why they are all different. They used to brew their own beer... Then breweries came into being, for instance 'Brickwoods, Watneys, Gales etc and they started to buy up pubs, put their own pub landords in and sell their own Ales. These days, breweries are no longer in the pub business and many pubs are now owned by chains, covering all types of budgets. There afe still independant pubs owned by i dividuals.. this has happened over hundreds of years.. some chains i wouldnt touch with a bargepole such as weatherspoons, they are cheap, they often refurbish the pub and take the soul out of it and the food is questionable but as i said, they are cheap... you can find independant pubs.. you just gotta look for them.. I live in Portsmouth on the south coast.. Its the main naval city of the UK.. its on a tiny island and it is the city with the highest number of pubs per capita in the UK..

[@Zoe_WingingLife]

You need to come back and visit us up North! We're a different breed 🥰

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

We are hoping that we can really soon 😁

[@alanmon2690]

In the first church the guide mentioned the City of London. This is London proper with its own legal rights and charter and Lord Mayor, just a small area roughly where the Tower of London. What is now commonly called London is actually Greater London, an amalgamation of lots of villages and towns....

[@geoffreynolds8835]

City of London is different from London Town. It has it's own Police Force and uniform.

[@barrywhite5899]

4:47 that’s my work office on Threadneedle Street !!

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

No way that’s kool, I don’t even know you but still went and looked to see your office lol 😂

[@dazpoz]

There are Toby Carveries (& loads of other carveries) all over the place. There are at least 2 Tobys within a couple of miles of my house!

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

I want to go to Toby’s I don’t care what people say 😂🤣😂

[@TimeyWimeyLimey]

Pubs are usually owned by the breweries and leased to a person or family to live there and run the pub, called the pub landlord. Don't know about London but in the rest of the country each pub usually has it's own menu and home made food, The exception is a Weatherspoon's pub which is more a restaurant chain with an artificial pub attached serving the same mass produced pub food and menu across the UK. For more pub culture, check out a BBC comedy you can find on YT called 'Early Doors', a Manchester pub that's seen better days.

[@robertbrennan2268]

How old is the City of London? Founded by the Emperor Claudius in 43AD. The majority of City Churches were built after the great Fire of London of 1665. Many were by Wren who rebuilt the burned out St Paul's Cathedral. There are medieval churches such as St Bartholmew;s. in spaces where the fire did not reach. The City then underwent the Blitz in 1940, and many churches needed to be restored. It is remarkable how many survived - thanks to "fire watchers" on the roofs dumping incendiaries in sand buckets as they landed. Blackfriars pub is on the site of the Blackfriars Monastery, dissolved by Henry VIII in around 1539. It is a late Nineteenth Century pub. It is a witty building - the joke being that monk's cells being seem to have ben turned into drinking dens! But thi is in line with the Friar Tuck stereotype from the legend of Robin Hood. Cheers!

[@possumyx]

The most stupendous church in the City of London is the 900-y-o St. Bartholomew the Great, round the corner from Barbican tube stop.

[@brigidsingleton1596]

*1666 ? The Great Fire of London ?

[@susandrydenhenderson6234]

You should try Saturday nights in pubs, and small towns.

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

Would love to usually in America in my younger days you could go to certain bars on Saturday night and they would have karaoke… great for some fun and a laugh 😆

[@chrissymoss514]

Dear me!! I'm a "leftie" and I've never had a problem using cutlery correctly. In fact, I've NEVER seen anyone (left or right handed) use their knife and fork as you did. Incidentally, I use all the right handed tools (ie : scissors) just as a right handed person would - I just adapted. I am ambidextrous too!!

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

🏅

[@glastonbury4304]

Wetherspoons is more a bar than a pub and where people go for cheap drinks...not really touristy pubs but there are loads of Independent pubs in London....but you have to remember pub food is usually cheap comfort food...

[@jillosler9353]

Not all of it. In order to survive nowadays pubs have had to go beyond just selling alcohol and cheap food. Some have great chefs and serve amazing food - without it costing a fortune.

[@nealgrimes4382]

Cheap they are not, apart from maybe Wetherspoons.

[@glastonbury4304]

Cheap compared to restaurants and gastropods have great food but more outside London...

[@erikadavis2264]

Good video. I could make a few comments, but I just want the say, Icecream Sundae 🍨..... nothing to do with a day of the week. 😊 Toby Carvery, don't make a special trip.

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

Great, now I got to research ice cream to see why lol 😂. It just feels like we should though cuz it doesn’t have to be great to be a part of a culture lol. And until we find a nann to take us in on Sunday we got to stick to commercial 🤣😂🤣🤣

[@erikadavis2264]

@Trippingthroughadventures So now you made me look. 🙄 Apparently..... 'Why do they call it an ice cream sundae? A local belief is that a Plainfield druggist named Mr. Sonntag created the dish "after the urgings of patrons to serve something different." He named it the "sonntag" after himself, and since Sonntag is the German word for Sunday, the name was translated to Sunday, and later was spelled sundae.' So you weren't too far off after all! As for Sunday lunch. Toby isn't horrendous, just not the best. If you're ever near to Stonehenge on a weekend let me know, and I'll recommend somewhere. 😁

[@user-eb1sd2vj9r]

If a pub is called a “free house” it is not tied to a particular brewery and the landlord or landlady of the pub is likely the owner. If it’s tied to a particular brewery (what you were talking about) then the landlord or landlady is employed by them. That’s a general rule of thumb in the UK (Remember England is just one of 4 countries in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the 2 names are not interchangeable. Also Great Britain is the name of the largest island in the British Isles and not a country, so there is no such currency as the Great British Pound - a term I often hear in videos on the UK).

[@susanroberts2289]

I agree. Look for “Free House”

[@nealgrimes4382]

Breweries no longer own Pubs it's all chains now and some are still independent.

[@erikadavis2264]

​@@nealgrimes4382Wadworths own pubs.

[@SeeDaRipper...]

So where does GBP come from then?

[@user-eb1sd2vj9r]

@@SeeDaRipper... from people who don’t know any better. I think they must have seen the Great British Bake-off show and think Great British refers to Britain rather than the bake-off (the show could be called Britain’s Great Bake-off and have the same meaning but the pun wouldn’t work).

[@Neilhuny]

Absolutely fascinating seeing everyday, ordinary life in England from someone else's perspective!

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

Thank you we found it to be amazing!

[@Loki1815]

It's not because you are a lefty, the majority of Muricans seem to be unable to use cutlery. Yes, we are taught table manners, dining etiquette by the time you are 4 or 5 but if you look at your, so called, Murican food, the majority is Finger Food and doesn't require a knife and a fork. I'm sitting here racking my brain for an actual American Dish! OK, so I went to Google and there are loads of dishes that Google purports to be American but alas..... Apple Pie from England Hamburger from.. er.. Hamburg, Germany. Frankfurter... er Frankfurt Germany. French Fries.. from...? Pizza from Naples, Italy Spaghetti Bolognasè from Imola Italy Meatballs from Persia Sandwich from Kent England the Earl of Sandwich. Mac and Cheese Europe (Debatable where though) Roast Dinner (as in Thanksgiving) England Doughnuts Dutch BBQ from Prometheus, the second he gave man Fire there was someone waiting to throw Ribs onto the flame! You could, of course, claim the TV Dinner? I like the style of your videos and it is nice to see that you haven't followed the style of others before you! I also like your honesty.

[@kurtcoolson9054]

French fries from Belgium, I believe.

[@BR-lq6fc]

We Brits also invented the superiority complex. So many examples in the comments of this video. Please indulge us this simple pleasure and don't take it to heart. Thanks for your understanding

[@surfaceten510n]

And to think this is the nation ( natzi scientists ) that put a man on the moon,

[@Lily-Bravo]

Go back a bit further and potatoes peppers tomatoes came from America as did sweetcorn, popcorn, chewing gum, chocolate, turkey, chillies (The Aztecs used all those)and I am sure there are others as well. I live near a town in the UK that grew rich making wool cloth and dying it red using cochineal also from the Aztecs.

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

First off thank you, you make a good point, in all your points in America it’s not that we are primal, despite popular belief most Americans are mixed ethnicity and race. Besides native Americans there is no true Americans because we all came from all over the world. People always get confused when we say “ we make the best pizza “ we are not saying the Irish guy or the Asian guy makes the best pizza” we are usually get pizza from the Italian family the Chinese from the Chinese, they are all ethnically different but we are all Americans. As far as cutlery we was European founded but since then every type of person on the planet has came here and brought their culture with them. So if you think about what being American is, everything you just listed is American by the concept of what makes something American. lol

[@misolgit69]

you noticed the size of the beer glass an Imperial pint is 20 ounces or 568 ml if you're gonna travel you'll need a passing acquaintance with metric weights and measures also unless we're following American recipes slavishly we rarely use cups as measurements

[@dianeshelton9592]

In the first church those plaques on the end of the pews were dedicated to some family or guild of someone who had died . So if a member of the Tailors guild had died a pew would be bought in his honour. It was a Wren church , the man was raring it wasn’t rebuilt due to bomb ( it may have been damaged in WW2 in the blitz ) but it was originally designed by Sir Christopher Wren to replace an old medieval church which had been burnt down in the Great Fire of London 1666 when a a lot of the churches in the city of London burnt down. A man called Sir Christopher Wren designed 51 new churches including St Paul’s cathedral . They all look quite similar and are all extremely beautiful. The

[@nickgrazier3373]

I don’t know why they are there but the shields hold the family Crest for a specific Knight. There are records somewhere that will have all the information of the raising life and death of that Knight. First thought at the time of building a Knight may have given money for that row or block of seats maybe!

[@mehitabel6564]

'Tied' pubs versus 'Free Houses': Most of the pubs you mention are 'tied pubs', owned by one of the large breweries, and generally the beer and ale on tap will be from that brewery. 'Free Houses' are owned and run privately, where you'll get a much wider and more interesting range of beers and ales, and the food will be diverse. CAMRA (The Campaign For Real Ale) will often also endorse pubs, usually free houses. That's where the interesting drinks are. City pubs and country pubs also are quite different in atmosphere, and it's worth visiting both. Country pubs will often be more family oriented, though you won't see kids at the bar, they'll be allowed inside, often when the family is there for a meal. The other drink to try is cider, which in the UK is alcoholic, like hard cider in the US. Parts of the West Country, Somerset, specialise in cider and that's worth seeking out too.

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

Thank you this is a lot of good information. We noticed all our cups was branded to the drink we chose, is this common for all pubs or just tied pubs.

[@katydaniels508]

Hi from England 😁You have a new subscriber. Your content is great, and different from the same old generic stuff everyone else is putting out. Good for you 😁 Also, don’t have a carvery at a chain pub. Go to an independent, they have some of the best produce and best chefs in the country 😁

[@bobbybigboyyes]

Toby Carveries and Harvester pubs are in most towns across England, so you don't have to go far to go into one to get a Sunday roast!

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

I noticed Englands a black hole of Toby’s non in site and we never heard of harvester pub

[@AM-dz2sh]

@@Trippingthroughadventures Tobys is essentially iHop, Olive Garden or Taco Bell.... Cheap/shite chain restaurants

[@kathchandler4919]

@3:43 those sheilds are the heraldic emblems of ruling or aristocratic family's

[@susandrydenhenderson6234]

The pubs used to all be private and separate but the breweries formed chains of pubs they supplied who were then tied to them. Lots of pubs are still independent and different.

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

We would like to find more independent pubs, also it will make you happy to know 1. We have been working on the proper way to eat with cutlery, because we like the idea of having some class even if our homeland didn’t teach us it. 2. Yea we try not to talk with our mouth full but we are working off alot of excitement right there. 3. Grammar is subjective to “what is correct or what is not”, food can be Good as well as bad, language was originally based to communicate wants emotions and desires to another human. As long as it is communicated with understanding and is culturally appropriate. For example in the UK saying things like “ me nann, me dad, me car”. Rather it be right or wrong, it’s culturally accepted as communication in the uk, however, refer to anything in a possessive nature as “me “ in the states, will land you in a speech therapy class 😂… speech is subjective lol.

[@timbanks8331]

If you want a 5* sunday roast, book at table at "Black Lock" 5 venues in london, cost 25% more than your average but well worth it! Youll need to book a few weeksbun advance tho!!

[@user-eb1sd2vj9r]

Hi. Pub comes from public house and that is what they are - in the past when poor people did not have room in their homes to socialise with family and neighbours the local pub served that purpose. It’s not the same as a bar, so that is why, particularly in pubs in the countryside, you will see children in there. It’s not an adult only place to get alcohol in the way a bar is. It is a social hub for the local community. There are of course some that are more like bars and less welcoming for families, but we also have actual bars for that vibe.

[@TheClunkingFist]

Pubs are calm and relaxed... except on match day! (i.e. when there's a soccer game played in a nearby stadium.)

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

Yes we loved them. I bet everyone gets a little louder those days! 😂

[@paulknox999]

there are a lot of "Free Houses" around the UK free house are pubs that are not aligned to a particular brewery. Weatherspoons is a chain of places that is not really a pub not really a restaurant its a place to go for cheap beer, cheap food made that is all the same for all their places it serves a purpose for some.

[@davidobrien7235]

Pubs in England used to be Free Houses or Tied Houses, a Free House pub not controlled by a brewery and therefore not restricted to selling particular brands of beer or spirits. A Tied House is a public house required to buy at least some of its beer from a particular brewery or pub company.

[@JohnHolmes-hu4pc]

I am a sinister too but I use my left hand to hold the fork, only on deserts does it get awkward then the fork moves to the right hand cause the spoon is in the left.

[@thetek2006]

Toby Carvery fills a niche created by modern living really. A proper Sunday Roast takes a lot of prep with all the vegetables, gravy, etc, people just don't have the time or desire these days to spend half of one of their days off preparing a meal in this on demand world we now live in. Growing up in the 80s and 90s my mum would make a Sunday roast every Sunday lunchtime and she'd start that prep from basically the moment she finished her breakfast. Toby isn't close to being as good as mum makes but even she rarely has the time or desire to spend the time making it these days so going for a Toby is a very reasonably priced way of having a roast dinner at any time of the week. I'm surprised they haven't got a presence in central London, especially around the super touristy bits.

[@acr9705]

I was at the Blackfriars pub last week on a Monday 😂 not a bad pub.

[@Trippingthroughadventures]

We would love to be sitting in black friars right now 😒 🤣

[@andrewlaw]

I've noticed it's very common for Americans to hold the fork in the right hand for cutting and then swapping to the left for the actual eating. Brits are taught from young to have the fork in the left and knife in the right hand. You do you, it looks awkward to us but if it works for you then go ahead. The shields on the end of the pews are heraldic shields. They hark back to the days of knights in armour being the highest ranking in the Kings army. Because they wore armour that covered their faces in battle they invented heraldic shields that identified what Knight was behind the armour. The colours were typically carried by a serf (commoner/servant). If you watch the movie A Knights Tale with Heath Ledger it will become more obvious to you.

[@user-zb7qf8rq5r]

The shields denote a family crest. Often in CofE churches families owned pews.