AMERICANS TRY BRITISH SWEETS

[@jonobrien1339]

Those soldiers you saw on guard are from the Queen's Gurkha engineer's, They were given the honour of providing the Queen's Guard this Spring, It's a rare sight they haven't undertaken the Guard since 2015 when the were celebrating 200 years of service to the Crown, They are from Nepal Asia, We are very proud in the UK of our Gurkhas.

[@taystaunton]

Jon Obrien That’s awesome! I am even more excited to have witnessed them now knowing this!

[@cariza5]

@@taystaunton London is 6 hours ahead of Texas and I see that you arrived in London Gatwick Airport which is the second largest Airport in London, the biggest passenger plane in the world is the European Airbus A380 Super Jumbo which is a double decker.

[@copferthat]

Tea and chocky digestives in the afternoon are the hallmark of a truly civilised nation.

[@vickytaylor9155]

One point of etiquette in the uk, when eating the fork goes the other way up so the tines are facing down. We also tend to keep hold of the knife in the right hand. When we are done eating we put the fork and knife next to each other on the plate. If we need to leave the table during the meal then the knife and fork are separate on the plate.

[@MartinT5600]

For some strange reason, I love watching videos of our American cousins in the UK but find myself on edge incase they're mugged or it just rains the entire time. Great video!

[@dean1039]

Why would they be mugged? There's dodgy neighbourhoods in every city, in every country, but they aren't representative of the entire nation.

[@andyt8216]

Ha me too. I never thought of them being mugged but I'm always happy when they see we don't have continuous rain ..never mind any fog!

[@iriscollins7583]

@@andyt8216 I've not seen fog for years, I live in the Midlands. As for being mugged ??????

[@leec6707]

Aged 54, never been mugged in all my years in the UK and don't know anyone who has.

[@gordonsmith8899]

The "something" they're guarding is St James' Palace - the oldest of the London Palaces with the exception of the Tower of London. It was built on the orders of King Henry VIII on the site of a former leper hospital. All ambassadors to the United Kingdom are accredited to The Court of St James. Hope you had a wonderful honeymoon in the UK and made happy memories.

[@pj5517]

Over 8 million people in London- about 1.3 in Dallas. Last time I was in Dallas I couldn't believe how quiet it is

[@overthewebb]

London increases by about 2 million in the summer also due to tourists. It's probably more than 8 million also now, as standard. It's basically one of the Mega and main cities of the world. I think they've been watching too much Mary Poppins. lol ;)

[@rhianc7347]

Check into the hotel, and you went straight to the pub after. Good job, very proud of you both

[@annienewton3999]

I was going to say that, when she said the bar name is ‘Kings Arms’ I was like defo a Pub xx

[@rhianc7347]

@@annienewton3999 so many people visit and never go to a pub, they miss out. Proud when they do

[@danieldunne68]

Love that your husband is the universal man lol, just grunts and leaves it to you lol.

[@taystaunton]

Daniel Dunne haha he’s so easy going!!!

[@jacmac3118]

Digestives with a little slice of butter and another digestive on top makes for a nice combo. Cold milk being de régu.

[@robertstruder4434]

A butter sandwich! Sounds delightful. I'm having it directly I finish here. Thanks.

[@jacmac3118]

Enjoy!

[@campbellswan2517]

My mum put a digestive butter sandwich in my lunchbox every day.

[@jacmac3118]

Everything in moderation.

[@lxxh]

SHE SAID JAFFA CAKES CORRECTLY!!! FINALLY SOMEONE WHO SAYS IT RIGHT!

[@isiteckaslike]

Digestives are quite an old McVities product, first manufactured by them in 1892. The chocolate ones appeared in 1925. They were originally given that name because they were meant to act as an aid to digestion. They're very moreish. I remember having some dark chocolate ones with coffee at university. Before I knew it I'd eaten the whole packet! I had to book myself in for "Digestive Rehab" the next day! 😀 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digestive_biscuit

[@marktimmis5631]

Loved your video - so glad you liked your stay in London! x

[@SvenTviking]

What nobody ever does in these videos is go to an old fashioned sweet shop and buy boiled sweets/Hard candy, like Humbugs, Lemon sherbets, acid drops or Cough candy.

[@taystaunton]

SvenTviking We were brand new to the area and unfortunately, no one told us about those unique shops :( We will definitely have to check it out next time!

[@pj5517]

Chocolate limes

[@scatton61]

@@pj5517 noooooooooooooooooo

[@iriscollins7583]

@@scatton61 Yeeeeeeeess. That final crunch.😊😊

[@michaellack5139]

Loving our American friends enjoying the old smoke...stay safe people in these turbulent times and it will be all over soon....missing having a pint at the apple tree inn

[@belindahiley4744]

Glad you enjoyed your trip, if you ever come back make be sure to visit some places outside of London like a trip in the countryside, a nice pub meal whilst sampling the local ales, an authentic British experience

[@TheRealBoroNut]

@4:07 Yeah the Mars bar is a UK honeymoon tradition. There s no hard and fast rule who gets to be the postman and who is the letter box but it's best to take the wrapper off first. Don't worry about the sheets they'll change them in the morning - it's all included in the price. In Scotland it comes deep-fried so it's already gooey. It's bloody cold up there so you don't want to be hanging about trying to melt it yourself. Mars chaff has ruined many a honeymoon.

[@SvenTviking]

🤣

[@chriscoulson7684]

Boro Nut hahaha Mars chaff

[@nick260682]

Brilliant.

[@Rich-jv2mx]

Haha the “we're going to call it a night, it's 7pm” made me laugh. We went to NY and by 8pm we were in bed 😂

[@randomstuff2438]

I know that you are probably back in Texas but like, it would be nice to come to the UK again but not London...Yorkshire will get you to know Britain and the nice sights and views of the countryside

[@stevencassidy6982]

Not really. London you need a week. Yorkshire just has York and thats it

[@randomstuff2438]

Steven Cassidy Yorkshire has Leeds, York, Beverly, Hull, Bridlington, Hornsea, witherensea (or how you spell it), Scarborough, north York Moore national park,etc. All these places doesn’t take a week to look at

[@lotussight]

Basically every person needs to visit the North!

[@nickoakley8465]

@@randomstuff2438 And Harrogate, and the Dales, and Skiptoin, and and and..... you need two weeks ☺

[@geoffpoole483]

Yorkshire's great because it's devoid of twats like you.

[@williamstewart3058]

I think you are the first American Ive seen who likes Jaffa Cakes When I was growing up in the 60's and 70's Jaffa Cakes were seen as a treat and Ive never met anybody from the UK who didnt like them

[@Rob_Infinity3]

In case you haven't already found out or been told. The digestive biscuit was first developed in 1839 by two Scottish doctors to aid digestion.

[@petergrowns]

Something I have noticed, whenever Americans eat Chocolate Digestives (or indeed any other chocolate covered biscuit), they always eat them upside down. The chocolate should always be on the top. It's strange really. And, funniest comment: ' It's even busier than Dallas'.

[@kai-ht3qs]

London was more busy than Dallas. So funny.

[@nick260682]

Well there is about 7 times more people in London.

[@Burnstein209]

I stopped in the same hotel oppersit the Ritz when we went to watch the London Olympic Games!

[@leelaturanga5461]

Aaaw you guys are so sweet. Congrats on your wedding and thanks for coming to London. Loved your comment about London being more busy than Dallas. I always imagined the DFW area as being a never-ending hive of constant activity, way more than London. :- )

[@dexxxhunt]

Hey what’s happenin guys?Congrats on the wedding.Infinite Blessings and Love to y’all.Very nice vid guys.Well put together.Wow small world.If you guys were in London the day you uploaded this back in May,we were there at the exact same time.As a matter of fact,I attended the Chelsea Watford football match the day y’all uploaded this.I see you stayed across from the Ritz,I walked right past there in the piccadilly area 👍🏾👍🏾 Man you guys did it right, what an amazing area to be.I stayed not to far in Kensington near Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park.I definitely agree with the description. London and Europe has a special place in my heart as well.I was there for three weeks and went to eight countries.My first time on the continent too.Congrats again my friends.Peace and Love from Southern California!

[@derby1263]

I realy hoped you enjoyed your visit to our wonderfull country. Its nice when our American cousins come over. I hope you was treated well. And please come back soon. Good luck for your new married venture.

[@nicolebradbury8254]

Love this girl!! Hope you had the best time xx

[@taystaunton]

Nicole Bradbury aww love you more babe! We are ready to go back and explore some more 😊

[@betsocial3252]

Good location in St James, Picadilly right opposite the Ritz. Congratulations you guys. The mars bar?!

[@gazzertrn]

Blimey you will be 20 stone heavier when you go back , great vid thank you for the u.s. insight , im off too New York next year will try some of your cookies (biscuits ) looking forward too it . All i can say is make the most of your life and enjoy your new life together , all life is a journey .

[@taystaunton]

gazzertrn Save travels to the US!!!! Thank you so much!

[@cariza5]

London is 6 hours ahead of Texas and I see that you arrived in London Gatwick Airport which is the second largest Airport in London, the biggest passenger plane in the world is the European Airbus A380 Super Jumbo which is a double decker.

[@beijaflor9313]

Cold out? That's t-shirt weather up north where I live lol.

[@lilahpopstv8934]

What a great video and couple 👌🏻

[@stewartross1030]

you eat biscuits upside down. it makes me smile :)

[@copferthat]

In Tudor times biscuits were considered good for your health and digestion, which is how they got their name.

[@copferthat]

@Mini van Digestives

[@copferthat]

@Mini van Mid afternoon tea and chocky digestives is the hallmark of a truly civilised society.

[@chikenlittleo1xxx590]

loved this video! thanks guys subbed

[@raycope2086]

Congratulations my darlings. I wish you rainbows.

[@taystaunton]

Ray Cope Thank you so much 😊

[@derby1263]

FUN FACT. According to McVitie’s, the name Digestive comes from the baking soda that was used in the production of the biscuits. It was presumed that it settled stomachs (though this wasn’t exactly proven Also. Its been argued for many years in Britain weather the jaffa cake. Isva cake or a biscuit. The jury is still out on that one.

[@nahaniconstantine5233]

Wait until you discover the Hobnob! Then the Chocolate Hobnob... Mwahahhaahhahhaha!! Also digestives WERE for digestive purposes (because of the amount of what was then called "roughage" and is now called fibre in them.) but that was without the choccy goodness :)

[@danielleporter1829]

We have McVitties stateside, I saw some a couple of weeks ago in my Ralph's supermarket here in So.Cal. Maybe they have them at Kroger , Tom Thumb and HEB in Tx. Hint, if you come to LA, go to Santa Monica and the Ye Olde King's Head restaurant and Shoppe. The Shoppe stocks all things British except the royals themselves. 👸🤴👑😁😀

[@taystaunton]

Danielle Porter I’ll have to look when we are in another town! The Kroger down the road doesn’t have them, and the ones we brought back expired before we could get to them 😭

[@multifandomEditor]

my friends dad is a cab driver and his cab had the pretty little thing deco on it for a while :))

[@jamieforrester2857]

Congratulations on your marriage hope it's long and prosperous! Hope you liked Britain?

[@taystaunton]

Jamie Forrester Thank you so much! We loved it and hope to visit again soon!

[@leod-sigefast]

The term digestive used to be used internationally for those biscuits. I think the US then banned the name due to false advertising or something. I believe they still exist in the US just under a different name.

[@dsmith3351]

What a handsome couple! Great Vlog!

[@jacobdovaston2456]

Woah, I live in London and this was filmed on my birthday WHATTTT

[@clarissablinhova4923]

FYI - The digestive was first developed in 1839 by two Scottish doctors to aid digestion. The term digestive is derived from the belief that they had antacid properties due to the use of sodium bicarbonate when they were first developed.

[@derby1263]

FUN FACT London Bridge was sold to American oil tycoon Robert P McCulloch for a cool $2,460,000. The landmark was subsequently dismantled and shipped over to Lake Havasu in Arizona, where it was reassembled and still stands today. but the Americans thought they was buying Tower Bridge. BIG MISTAKE....

[@shaunpierce4174]

Which part of Dallas are you guys from? I was there ten years ago visiting a friend who lived in Farmers Branch. Do you know it?

[@howey935]

You can get lemon and lime jaffa cakes and they're the mutt's nut's.

[@cyberash3000]

you do eat digestives to help your digestion, that was their original purpose :)

[@leewalsh2428]

I gotta go to visit London before I die, and no I not dying anytime soon.

[@lynxyt_194]

Mini van Every city in the world has a dump place in it. I’ve been to central London and it’s beautiful COMING FROM A TOURIST

[@nick260682]

Lee Walsh This person is talking nonsense. There are a ridiculous amount of beautiful and interesting parts of London, some on the tourist map, lots of others are a bit more of a hidden secret. But generally it’s an incredible city. Lived here all my life, and it’s never been better.

[@spaceoddity3958]

Loved the upload, but I am pretty sure London is more then four hours ahead of Texas. I know London is 5 hours ahead of DC, and DC is nearer to London. Congrats to you both :)

[@michaelafrancis1361]

You're surprised that London is as busy as Dallas? Dallas has a city population of just under 1.2 million. London's urban population is just short of 9 million. Not really surprising that it's a bit busier!

[@SiGr10614]

17:54 LOLOLOLOL.. happy honeymoon hahah!!

[@robertstruder4434]

Who told you that? There are three Nando's in the vicinity of Washington, D.C. alone. They're all good, but the one I like best is in Old Town Alexandria, across the Potomac River in Virginia.

[@taystaunton]

Robert Struder That’s awesome. But there are none in Texas 😊

[@pj5517]

You wen tto England and went to Nandos? Is like going to the USA to Arbys

[@bazookatooth]

Come on, it's not quite arbys level

[@taystaunton]

Superlative agreed!

[@pj5517]

@@bazookatooth Actually I quite like Arbys 🤔😅

[@jacobrussell4113]

Love it when Americans don't take the obvious into account" ok so we are in London and I didn't realize it would be this busy" I'm dying😂😂😂

[@taystaunton]

Jacob Russell Don’t blame all Americans 😉

[@chrismalcomson7640]

When you eat digestives you should dunk them in a cup of tea so they go a bit soggy. Thats the traditional way to eat them. Jaffa cakes you just eat...

[@sas949]

You’ve got to have chicken when you go to Nando’s ! You look very happy, good luck.

[@taystaunton]

We hope to visit England again soon and go back for more items on the Nando’a menu while we are there! Thank you so much!

[@kittielee1033]

You've got to have the salted chips they are the best most reason I go there

[@Oxley016]

Nandos is a chicken restaurant, it isn't worth going if you aren't going to order a proper meal.

[@StephenHitchens]

I'm glad you didn't get one of those penny cab bike things. There are bad ones around that scam people. One of them charged tourists over £200 just to go about 1 mile.

[@taystaunton]

OMG! I can't believe they did that :( That was definitely one of our concerns, so that's why we decided to keep on walking!

[@thedisabledwelshman9266]

@@taystaunton i like your man united shirt. u have great taste lol.

[@stevebinning977]

A bicycle rickshaw girl in Edinburgh quoted me a price of £150 to take me to my hotel which was just over a mile away. I told her no thanks I would just keep my money and use it on a return flight to Amsterdam instead.

[@derby1263]

FUN FACT.. Big Ben. Is the name of the bell. Not the building. The building is callef Westminster. As in the name of some clocks chimes. Called Westminster chime..hope yiu dont mind me commenting with facts

[@revenantsmum2140]

You don’t have Nando’s in the US? I never knew that. I’m from uk and I’ve never even been lol

[@martinlewis1015]

Cookies are real cookie dough but biscuit is not. Also try maynards Wine gums

[@bettytyler4015]

What a beautiful couple.

[@philipmason9537]

Glad you enjoyed the chocolate Digestives but yours were milk chocolate which makes them, for me, a bit too sweet so I suggest that you try the Plain Chocolate Digestives which is a more “adult” taste. Jaffa cakes are ALL covered in plain chocolate.

[@downsman1]

FYI, technically a biscuit is baked twice whereas a cookie is cooked once.

[@anthonyjones3674]

Jaffa cakes are the best !!!

[@michaelriordan8265]

You're husband has a United shirt on.. you should visit Manchester

[@Tmuk2]

No one should visit Manchester

[@adventussaxonum448]

@@Tmuk2 Especially the "fans"......😁

[@angievara7355]

Jaffa cakes are cakes. Digestives were originally made to aid digestion.

[@stewartw.9151]

Nandos is not British. It is South African in fact. The guy who started it here based it on the Portuguese way of cooking chicken as we have a large Portuguese community in SA.

[@timmartin2894]

London will be busier than Dallas, it has ten times the population of Dallas! It's more comparable to New York but it's even bigger than New York too - London is huge...

[@charlieboy6315]

Jaffa cakes are CAKES - the secret is in the name!!

[@keith6400]

Biscuits are so called because they are baked twice as one would understand if you spoke French. This makes them crisp and brittle, not so of Cookies. Digestives when originally conceived were thought to assist with ones digestion system to round off a high tea. This would have been thought an attractive asset in Victorian times but these days things to assist with digestion are more like medicines for if things have gone bad. This now is perceived as an unattractive sales point to younger and foreign people.

[@bobbell4461]

Curl up in front of the telly with a large packet of chocolate digestives and a large mug of coffee. Nothing better, just don't let my missus catch me with the bickies in the man cave.

[@philsmith7343]

There are larger cities on the planet with regards to area and population, but London is arguably classed as the ‘World’s Capital City’! And this woman’s comparing the busyness of it to Dallas…!!! 🤣 London is Tokyo and New York City busy!

[@marcuswardle3180]

You do realise that you stayed around the corner from the Royal Institution!

[@spinynorman8217]

We need a good trade deal with the States...:-))

[@billybgamer5205]

Nando's? Naff food for mass turnover. Go to a good pub, even in London it's going to be better.

[@philipmason9537]

You were eating milk chocolate digestives but the dark chocolate digestives taste even better, not so sweet.

[@mohmedzakymohamedzanatyzan4568]

Good

[@10thdoctor15]

Digestives (great name) aren't wafers or crackers, they're biscuits.

[@Jackuk-tm8lu]

South London all the Way

[@jacmac3118]

A Jaffa cake with a little slice of butter, followed by another Jaffa cake on top, makes a mini Jaffa cake burger. Nice with milk.

[@TheVaughan5]

Nandos? Not a good choice, very commercial, (and unfortunately your choice of biscuits etc was very massed produced) better to try a gastro-pub for British food but of course when you first arrive it's not easy to find the best places. However, that's where the internet is so handy. Glad you had a good time :-)

[@taystaunton]

cameronpaul we are so happy to have visited the places that we did. There is plenty more for us to explore, so we will definitely have to go back!!!

[@TheVaughan5]

@@taystaunton You will always be welcome to London, it takes years to really know the place, I should know as I've lived here for over 30 years and still discovering new, interesting places. It's worth exploring the North, particularly beautiful Yorkshire which is nicer in July/August/Sept as London at that time gets overwhelmed with tourists. I think London is best for visitors in late Spring/early Summer.

[@jmloh1]

Are those eyelashes real?

[@taystaunton]

Joe Lotz I got them done for our wedding and wedding pictures. They were glued onto each individual lash and takes about 3-5 weeks after getting them done to fall off. This was filmed only 2-3 days after our wedding 😊

[@beijaflor9313]

Umm yes, Digestives are called so because they are good for digestion, they're full of fibre!

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

How is it that so many tourists from around the world come to England and spend all of their time and money in by far the most expensive part of The United Kingdom ? More to this, they go away thinking they have been to England.

[@taystaunton]

Steve MetalHammer London is a very popular place to want to travel to and explore. And yes, on our way home we were “thinking” that we went to England, because technically we did 😊

[@taystaunton]

To follow, it’s also the city with the airport that we flew in to and out of! Thank you for your comment!

[@henryvincent9937]

Locals in Lodon are the best

[@taystaunton]

henry vincent I agree!!!

[@thedisabledwelshman9266]

@@taystaunton come to wales mate. you,ll love it. unless of course u have already been lol.

[@pollywaffle79]

Why do Americans eats biscuits?cookies with a topping, upside down?

[@Pinzpilot101]

No No!! Chocolate Digestives to dip into coffee...........Rich Tea biscuits to dip into tea. !!! Jaffa Cakes with soft drinks like Cola/Ginger Beer.

[@mason8219ma]

I noticed ur husband wearing a man it's shirt..hmm interesting lol I'm a Liverpool fan so he's gone down in my books lol

[@homeone4054]

To be honest he'd be properly at home wearing Utd shirt in London

[@CosgroveNotts]

No locals in London, its all foreigners lol.

[@ani_0007]

cosgrove notts Yes there is, a Londoner here since birth. You’re chatting shit.

[@kathleenchater47]

Not true -I'm at least an 9th generation Londoner and there are a lot of us.

[@CosgroveNotts]

You are out numbered in the city

[@leod-sigefast]

typical angry Brexit voter. London has plenty of cockneys left. It is a world city and fucking cool due to locals and internationals.

[@lynxyt_194]

cosgrove notts outnumbered be who? Other londers. You old fucking racist twat

[@10thdoctor15]

Jaffa Cakes are cakes, not biscuits or cookies.

[@shadow-Sun]

Be careful of the bicycle cabs they have been known to charge huge sums of money for even short rides ( £150. for a £10 ride etc ) especially to tourists who can be intimidated by there bully tactics at the end of the ride . If you use them ask and AGREE an amount for the ride before you even get in to the thing and also if you feel bullied or intimidated hold your ground and if the police become involved know that they DO NOT take the side of the bicycle cabs it is a civil matter ..so the bike guys can sue you in Texas if they wish (which of course they won't lol ) Even I with my family was harassed by these leeches ..and I am a local but as an ex Royal Marine I was not worried by these con artists one bit . Just be safe and apply common sense .

[@tjanimationsandmemes5031]

I’m British myself

[@nick260682]

Good point well argued

[@glastonbury4304]

Good to see your hubby wearing a man utd shirt 👍😂

[@dr.alokbhardwaj3378]

You are sooooooooooo beautiful...just resplendent

[@philipcochran1972]

Jaffa cakes are cakes not cookies

[@taystaunton]

philip Cochran LOL noted!

[@craigmccullough7333]

Jaffa Cakes are cakes by court ruling. Because there is a different sales tax rate for cakes than biscuits (cookies) it was important that a legally binding decision was made about whether a Jaffa Cake was a "cake" or a "biscuit". The legal decision was that a "cake" goes hard when it becomes stale and a "biscuit" goes soft, so Jaffa Cake was legally a cake and therefore was liable to the lower rate of tax.

[@MrMaybonepyke]

The clue is in the name.😉

[@danielleporter1829]

@@craigmccullough7333 we have Jaffa cakes in the States.

[@craigmccullough7333]

@@danielleporter1829 my response was to the question why are they called cakes not cookies - not that a British firm would use the term "cookies" unless they were trying to pretend that they were 'Murican for some reason.

[@readmylisp]

Does it seem that ladies are more interested than men in trying something new...or am I reading too much into this ?

[@carolmeadows2936]

Hope you managed to get your food items through immigration - as Brits we have learned not to try that.

[@taystaunton]

Carol Meadows Everything went fine!

[@peterhealy1844]

You dunk you choccy biccy in a brew