Americans’ visit the Tower of London, Tower Bridge and Borough Market - London Day 3

This day was so fun and special and exhuasting. We love it here so much.

[@mubbles1066]

Zero trash cans due to IRA bombs back in the day,same in towns just outside London like Guildford where I live which had large bomb attacks as well and still no rubbish bins on the streets today.

[@madcyclist58]

I think it's time we put them back.

[@gilesa.4052]

I used to live in Godalming years back so Guildford was a huge part of my teenage years. I remember loads of bomb threats, we got to used to them. The people in the know must think bins are still a problem down there. I live in Chester now and they have bins mind you it was never bombed.

[@mubbles1066]

@@gilesa.4052 I guess being near Aldershot barracks still counts as a risk I guess…I love Chester,it’s a great place.I married a girl from Mold and spent a lot of time around that area.

[@RandomShart]

I remember when the IRA bombed Warrington, by placing the bombs in bins outside high street shops, killing two children. Bins seem to have come back now in most towns and cities in the North but I guess London is always a prime target for a wide range of disgruntled lunatics.

[@natts]

That's not true. Plenty of London stations and other public London places have bins that use transparent bags hanging from a ring, so if a large dangerous object was inside it would be more visible.

[@SuperSuperswan]

In the 70s I was in the Welsh Guards (the ones with the Bearskin hats), a few times we did royal duties at Buckingham Palace and the Gurkhas were changing the guard with us, some of them were so small that they only came up to our shoulders when we stood side by side when relieving the guard, but that's very deceptive as they are fearsome warriors in battle.

[@elliotbarratt3781]

LONDON! Greatest city in the world by far 🇬🇧❤

[@WorldWideWolberts]

Agreed!!

[@glenntaylor2624]

That river is one of the cleanest rivers in the world. The reason it looks that colour is because it’s a clay-based river so every time the tide comes in and goes out it’s stirs up the clay that makes the river look that colour but if you take a glass of water from the river and leave it for a few hours the clay would sink to the bottom and the water would be completely clear.

[@WorldWideWolberts]

Google search the puyallup river. Close to our home. Same thing.

[@ak99uk]

Yes, you can drink it. It will kill you, but you can drink it.

[@eddaines237]

Cleanest urban river. It’s clean but no Alpine stream.

[@seamusandpat]

The guard soldier, 'whithout a fuzzy hat' is one of the Ghurkas, they are a British Army regiment made up entirely of men from Nepal.

[@craigmccullough7333]

You don't mess with the Queen's Guards. You doubly don't mess with the Gurkhas, or you will end up at 25pence for 100 grams at the nearest delicatessen.

[@senianns9522]

The Lt. Col and other ranked officers are British.

[@Flappatackle]

@@senianns9522 Gurkhas have been able to commission and thus hold equal rank since 2008

[@downsman1]

I'm having such fun watching you two grazing your way round London. Fyi, the guard "without the fuzzy hat" is one of the Gurkha rifleman who come from Nepal, in Asia. When the British conquered India they then pushed north and tried to overrun Nepal. After much long and bloody fighting (rifles against heavy sharp knives called kukris), the British commanders realised that it was better and safer to have the Gurkhas on our side. They have been a highly valued part of the British Army ever since. Also, when you were at Borough Market, the large church just by the side is Southwark Cathedral which is where William Shakespeare used to worship when he was working at the Globe Theatre, just along the river....................................the ancient Englishman.

[@neilmorrison7356]

A Field Marshal once said “if someone tells you they are not afraid to die they are either lying or are a Gurkha.”

[@scotsbillhicks]

Gurkha night patrol report Western Desert WW2. Kia 0 wia 0. Enemy kia 2. Rounds expended 0.

[@zaftra]

The British did NOT conquer India, it grew out of trade, there were large parts of India that were never under British rule.

[@Terrahawk_]

The Gurkhas are amazing, tough mofos.

[@scottoreilly4785]

I am English, living in London. I love our history. Its so interesting. I wish I would of bumped into you, I would of taken you off the tourist trail. I hope you enjoyed England and hope you come back soon

[@timmartin2894]

Are you sure mate? You sound Gaelic...

[@scottoreilly4785]

@@timmartin2894 you sound like one of my infant children.

[@matt-f1c]

It’s so crazy learn about my own history from you guys … thanks and enjoy

[@marcuswardle3180]

I once met a curator of the Royal Palaces who worked at the Tower of London. She said the best part of her job was when she had to put in the cabinet, which holds the crown, a sign saying "Removed for use by Her Majesty". The crown is worn when she opens Parliament.

[@WorldWideWolberts]

That’s so awesome!!

[@bobbybingle1662]

Must be a shock visiting London from Seattle which is so much smaller. I am a New Yorker living in London and London is even bigger than my home town.

[@WorldWideWolberts]

It is SOOOO much bigger it’s insane. It makes Seattle look like a little village haha

[@juliecobbina2024]

People forget that Greater London is enormous.... West is very very different to East... North London is very village, leafy, green....Central is modern/gothic . That's why I love London it's so many different towns and villages in one city .

[@Terrahawk_]

Not only is it big but so much is packed in to it while being not that far away from the next point of interest. It makes London feel like the inside of the Tardis but on a much larger scale. I’ve had American tourists ask me how many blocks it is to the place they want to see and I had to say listen man put the idea of blocks out of your head because you’ll be walking for an hour.

[@iriscollins7583]

@@juliecobbina2024 Isn't a part of London classed as a forest?

[@CowmanUK]

Whoever it was that told you that you were gorgeous... they were spot on. You are stunning.

[@natts]

You meant Adam, right? ☺

[@zupermaus9276]

river's brown as its estuarine (read: muddy). It was actually considered the cleanest urban river in the world for a short period -where it was said if you let the silt sink to the bottom you could safely drink it - until about a decade ago -now not so much as we have a sewer overflow problem (skyrocketing population growth of 120,000 a year) whenever there's heavy rain. The $7 billion Super Sewer will fix that... if ever it gets finished.

[@frglee]

Previously so clean it even had a fishing industry, the Thames became so polluted from Victorian times that it was a biological hazard. The 'Great Stink' in 1859 meant Parliament had to be suspended. Innovative sewage schemes were put in place, and the river improved. It got better from the 1960s but if you fell in it then you still needed innoculating against several diseases.

[@jca111]

The Thames is tidal up to Teddington in West London, so the Brown is mud and silt. Its a mix of salt and fresh water (Brackish). Its perfectly natural and not filthy as such, Just churned up by the tides turning every 6 hours

[@Lixmage]

Hey guys, not sure how I managed to stumble across your channel but glad I did. After an epic Wolbertsathon (all five episodes) I am hooked. Love your quirky personalities - great videos. Subscribed!

[@WorldWideWolberts]

Best comment award! Wolbertsathon!

[@stanleysmith2747]

Really love Seattle, especially Pike place market, and Beechers flagship cheese is to die For!

[@MsGeoffh]

It's a tidal river so a lot of sediment is churned never will be clear water unless you go further up.

[@Terrahawk_]

Came across your channel the other night and as I’m temporarily out of London (18 months and counting) it’s quite comforting to see you enjoy it. I haven’t had Kirin Ichiban for a few years but it’s a nice Japanese beer, Ichiban means number one and Kirin is the brewery so Ichiban is the number one beer from Kirin. And you should look up the Gurkhas (the soldiers you saw), they’re incredible people. Tough as nails. If you’ve got the Gurkhas on your side you’re gonna be aaaalright. 👌

[@WorldWideWolberts]

Where we live in the states we are known for teriyaki restaurants, kirin ichiban is always well enjoyed by the northwesterners!

[@Terrahawk_]

@@WorldWideWolberts Noice!

[@lonewarrior6633]

Is this where “King Size Beds Come from”?……… I rolled over laughing 😂

[@MayaGuytutorials]

Love your channel - new sub from me. Welcome to the UK always.

[@kickstartedwards6916]

Great things to say to your girlfriend, "if this was medieval times they would think you were a witch..." EPIC must try that on Mrs Kickstart... Have fun😂

[@WorldWideWolberts]

Been together for 10 years and married for 4, she’s got my humor down pat.

[@tonywilkinson6895]

Your London accents aren’t bad.😄🥂

[@btmorley833]

The guards weren’t wearing their fuzzy hats because they weren’t queens guards. The city of london is almost like it’s own country - it was the only part of England that William the Conqueror failed to conquer and has remained separate ever since. It has its own police force, it’s own representative in UK parliament, its own laws, and even the queen has to ask the Lord Mayor to enter the city.

[@Iskandar64]

The best bits are the attempts at an English/London accent, you sound like Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins. 😂😂😂

[@ashleyupshall7641]

Your English accents are coming along fine. In fact there pretty good, fun vid to watch thanks for posting. 😊

[@MrMultiman89]

you guys pass the vibe check. Welcome to the UK.

[@WorldWideWolberts]

Hell yeah

[@coot1925]

The reason there are no trash bins in London is to prevent terrorists from putting bombs in them. People just take their rubbish away with them until they get to a bin.

[@natts]

This just isn't true. Plenty of London stations and other public London places have bins that use transparent bags hanging from a ring, so if a large dangerous object was inside it would be more visible. Plenty more places have regular bins. I've seen some in this video! For anyone to say there are 'no' bins is completely wrong.

[@ribohne]

Did someone point out that the sunken bit around the tower was a moat and that is where the toilet emptied into. There is a tale that they used a curved ended stick to clean their bums and this would be leant up against the wall when not in use. At night if the stick had fallen over, one could get 'Hold of the wrong end of the stick'. Hence the expression.

[@bob56gibson]

When you walked through the open space in front of the Guildhall you might have seen, marked out on the paving, the footprint of the original Roman Amphitheatre which occupied the area. Some access to part of this under the gallery on the square.

[@lone.wolf_5791]

Americans visiting the UK are adorable....like, cluelessly adorable lol

[@SuperSuperswan]

They REALLY are our friends in this mad world.

[@KopCole]

A market has stood on the same spot as Borough Market for 1000 years

[@chipsthedog1]

Under tower bridge there's a little ramp leading to a door where there was a secret morgue because a lot of bodies floating in the Thames would wash up at that spot.

[@thelastpilot4582]

Hair colour absolutely amazing.

[@normancobbett2891]

Love you videos. And what a nice looking bird you are.

[@WorldWideWolberts]

This is just…you could have just stopped at the first sentence Norm.

[@normancobbett2891]

Sorry sorry sorry. The comment was from my brother not me. The little toad was using my iPad once again sorry for the comment it will not happen again…

[@mrsmaggiesmyth1906]

Norm didn’t mean any harm, another English word for lovely lady 🥰🇬🇧

[@zebedee6633]

Enjoyed your videos, while in the UK 🇬🇧 you don't say I'm tired, you say 'gaud I'm totally knackered'. 😉

[@Blackhandfish]

We go to the Manchester Hawksmoor, the Guild hall is the only one to do breakfast. would love to do breakfast there. glad you enjoyed

[@FalkeEins]

you missed HMS Belfast at 5:39, most significant surviving WWII Royal Navy battleship - D-Day landings, sinking of the German battle ship Scharnhorst, Korea etc

[@WorldWideWolberts]

We saw it when we were up in the sky garden!

[@KopCole]

King & Queen size beds were a marketing ploy by American bed manufacturers in the 50’s to make their mattresses sound more exclusive and luxurious

[@secretarchivesofthevatican]

The river is brown because of silt...the water is actually quite clean.

[@keeperofthecheese]

"That rivers brown, its kinda gross" Yeah, Thames is a tidal river. Picks up a lot of sediment and dirt from the river bed because the current is strong.

[@gmdhargreaves]

Very nice vid- hope you upload each day you are here.

[@WorldWideWolberts]

We plan on uploading at least every other day!!

[@iriscollins7583]

Where's his fuzzy hat? That was a Gurkha soldier on guard. Brilliant soldiers, brilliant people.Very respected soldiers, and friends.famed for their fighting prowess and courage. Much beloved in the UK.

[@kierans1159]

And much feared by anybody at war with the UK.

[@paulchedzey7276]

I like you two🙂 come to Bristol and I’ll show you round! It’s a lovely city.

[@lmp9256]

Love your English accent babes. It's not perfect, but it is delightfully funny and charming 😘

[@DMC888]

Did you visit Bridget Jones’ flat? It’s right outside Borough market.

[@norman9792]

Those Cockney accents are pretty good.

[@marcuswardle3180]

The IRA used to put bombs in trash cans, The London council decided to get rid of them.

[@cashstore1]

They don't have trash cans (bins), near a lot of areas as they don't want people putting bombs in there. I had a security guy tell me that at Westminster Abbey.

[@bbbf09]

The river is brown because its silty (fine muddy sediments /particulates suspended in water) rather than necessarily polluted. Many rivers part of estuary deltas across the world appear brown - and in fact they can be haven for life - as sediment can mean nutrients washed out from inland. A clear river could conceivably be in lower lifeless state than muddy brown one. Anyway London Thames would have looked the same colour to the Romans as it does today - although it would have been in healtheir state.

[@jenifermorton192]

I lost it at “where’s his fuzzy hat?” 😂

[@WorldWideWolberts]

HAHA

[@eturfrey]

Love the take on the accent, you must have watched a few Michael Caine movies.

[@WorldWideWolberts]

Michael Caine is the patron Brit in the states.

[@norton7504]

Pretty young lady so nice to see you enjoying your selfs

[@johncartwright8154]

Borough Market is pronounced 'Burra', for your erudition as you seem to be perfecting your accents! :) When we visited a daughter there, my wife was outraged at the cost of food! Bit of a scary time for us. Said daughter was living in student accommodation on the guy's Hospital campus on the other side of the road. She and fellow students oft patronised the pubs, bars and market there, the sight of the ISIS Islamic extremist attack in 2017. We couldn't get through on her phone. Luckily she was on a night shift placement at a different hospital that night. Some of her fellow students there though rushed over to help the many injured, consequently suffering traumatic reaction for some time afterward .

[@kJ922-h3j]

These vlogs are great! Also learned that Americans know we say oh my days and babes 😂😎

[@WorldWideWolberts]

HAHA mostly from watching British reality television I have to admit 😂

[@kJ922-h3j]

@@WorldWideWolberts 😂 not Love Island though?

[@timmartin2894]

@@kJ922-h3j It must be TOWIE

[@Codex7777]

There are plenty of bins, though not on bridges, which is where you were filming when you made the observation. There is a bit of a hangover from the 70s and 80s in some areas. At that time, IRA bomb threats were a real concern. A lot of bins were removed from transport hubs and major tourist areas, in order to help counter this threat. A few of these places, especially some train and tube stations, have yet to return to the same 'bin level' as before. Though bin emtying and cleaning tends to be fairly regular in such places. :)

[@urbanpulsewalks]

7:04 - Ethelred The Unready. Was King of the English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death in 1016. His epithet does not derive from the modern word "unready", but rather from the Old English unræd meaning "poorly advised"; it is a pun on his name, which means "well advised".

[@Alienalloy]

loving your tour... add "oi oi savaloy" and "be lackeey" to your cockney next time for full affect

[@admiralbenbow5083]

My x10 Gt Grandfather spent c6 months in the Tower in 1553. Hes not there any more.

[@RoyCousins]

"Zero trash cans and it makes no sense." We had them until terrorists found out how handy they were many years ago.

[@WorldWideWolberts]

I hate that :(((

[@natts]

This just isn't true. Plenty of London stations and other public London places have bins that use transparent bags hanging from a ring, so if a large dangerous object was inside it would be more visible. Plenty more places have regular bins. I've seen some in this video! For anyone to say there are no or zero bins is completely wrong, you just need to look a bit harder ☺

[@WorldWideWolberts]

@@natts if you’ve traveled, it’s quite noticeable the lack of receptacles in London. Most cities have a bin on every corner.

[@natts]

@@WorldWideWolberts fair comment, but to say there's zero just isn't true! I've lived in London for 21 years, and we have thousands of them.

[@WorldWideWolberts]

@@natts 👍🏼

[@daveofyorkshire301]

Did you go to the British Library - the biggest library in the world - more than 170 million items, including over 13 million printed and electronic books as well as hundreds of thousands of periodicals, microfilms, and rare manuscripts.

[@bettyconnie]

Did you not go to the West End at all?

[@redsquirrel1086]

The River Thames is a tidal river which is what accounts for its colour. Sorry, color.

[@lilmoyinyang5812]

oh my god babes you guys are great 😆😘

[@urbanpulsewalks]

11:17 - You can tell how nice a place is BY THE FOCKEN NOISE!!! WHAT?

[@WorldWideWolberts]

Tables. Real wood instead of particle.

[@abdullahhakan1]

In the northeastern part of London, turks, cypriots, caucasians and muslims reside and opened their commercial shops , pattiserie, restaurants. In the northwestern part of London Indian immigrants who worship to cows reside and have their commerces. In order to open up a turkish restaurant in London, you must at least spend 1 million pounds.

[@urbanpulsewalks]

5:06 - Woe betide anyone who was stood under that thIng - SPLOP!

[@ianclarke973]

the Thames looks brown because it is tidal.

[@ForzaMilan-di2zd]

Hawksmoor good choice. Very pricey tho

[@WorldWideWolberts]

Very pricey, but had been wanting to go for years. Well worth the bill in my opinion. Definitely the most expensive dinner we had all trip.

[@RandomShart]

@@WorldWideWolberts you should definitely try their full English breakfast next time you get to visit. Also amazing but not eye wateringly expensive like their dinner menu 🤑

[@WorldWideWolberts]

@@RandomShart definitely have seen photos of their full English, it’s amazing!

[@Industrialist2015ofUk]

Song is Billy Talent - River below ☺

[@WorldWideWolberts]

I am so impressed. Gold star for you!!

[@Industrialist2015ofUk]

@@WorldWideWolberts thanks😁

[@cheriegoodwin6819]

Thames is not gross it's naturally muddy especially when tide is out, which is when ppl go mud larking to find ancient artefacts...I hope you travelled out of tourist London and saw some of the real UK...Think you'll love York if your interested in history ie Vikings, Romans etc...

[@Theoriginalsparkythemagicpiano]

Americans don’t know the first thing about good food lol. Bacon with (British)ketchup is lovely, better with Brown but great with Red. I lived in the US and the food there is terrible, I will never take food advice or opinion of what constitutes good food from an American 😊 seriously though, I love your vids folks 👍

[@shropshirelass264]

Really enjoyed your videos. Glad you had a good time in London.

[@WorldWideWolberts]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@admiralbenbow5083]

Æthelred did not hold London, in fact he died there. So the Danish King Canute took the throne, and not only the throne, but also Æthelreds wife Emma of Normandy, not that he could do much about it....

[@JohnResalb]

She hasn't changed her hair colour for the museums. I thought she changes it for each location. Very good looking, though.!

[@archiebald4717]

That guard is a Gurkha soldier.

[@Matt.4877]

You should have gone to Farringdon

[@WorldWideWolberts]

We stayed in Farringdon :)

[@rbob1973]

They told me I couldn't film with the queens garments. I told them that she is my 19th cousin. They laughed... Even when I showed them my family tree..... LOL....

[@robinjacobs106]

He says, 'I'm a tradesman' which my American friends means something else in UK English!

[@iriscollins7583]

Working man.and proud of it.

[@urbanpulsewalks]

11:42 - What is that?

[@WorldWideWolberts]

Bone marrow

[@pstewy]

No trash cans, is a anti terrorism measure.

[@paulsmith3261]

Tower of London all of it was built in 1066 nothing to with the Romans

[@mickjones6056]

Why does your husband look funny

[@cashstore1]

I was hoping they had re-enactments of the executions. Complete with rolling heads and lots of blood squirting.

[@charlottecarlton-moss1045]

Love your cockney accents! x

[@durhamlad6662]

Interesting video.. definitely need work on the London accent.. but not bad . Your missis is hot mate ( your wife is pretty my friend translated) 😀

[@keith1222]

Had to hit the sick bag due to your camera work!!!

[@WorldWideWolberts]

Sorry I didn’t realize we were professional cameramen!

[@CowmanUK]

@@WorldWideWolberts seemed fine to me

[@juliecobbina2024]

@@WorldWideWolberts ignore the pompous gits !!!

[@amandeepv]

Not 1580s the Romans had left for a thousand years by then

[@WorldWideWolberts]

Not sure where in the video you’re referencing, but yes, we are aware Romans left the area in early 5th century.

[@eturfrey]

He said 50ad

[@martinshepherd8041]

The Romans left in circa 400ad

[@WorldWideWolberts]

@@martinshepherd8041 yes. We know.

[@martinshepherd8041]

@@WorldWideWolberts no need to get snotty, I was just trying to help

[@michelles2299]

London clean????? You should go to Yorkshire the cleanest County...... I find London dirty in comparison

[@WorldWideWolberts]

Coming from Seattle, London is shiny new porcelain 😅

[@fluffyjojo4570]

You are comparing a city with a much higher concentration of people to an entire (much larger) county with a smaller population. London is not the dirtiest city I’ve been to by far.

[@johncartwright8154]

I left London in 1976. When we go back I think it is clean compared to then whilst my wife feels the opposite!

[@juliecobbina2024]

Try Paris then.... it's filthy

[@meandthepotatoes4916]

London is very clean and very friendly. Anyone who says otherwise never goes there, I miss living there but don’t have 500k for a studio!

[@kevinbrewis6014]

love the london, not Cockney accents.

[@WorldWideWolberts]

Hate to break it to ya Kevin, but we don’t care ✌🏼

[@wilmaflinstone7650]

@@WorldWideWolberts 🤣🤣🤣

[@stedevo3812]

😂😂😂😂can you stop doing the accents, it's a cross between Adele & Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady ( check a clip of the film).

[@WorldWideWolberts]

Absolutely not

[@stedevo3812]

@@WorldWideWolberts 🤷‍♂️😂😂😂

[@letsseeif]

It's said, that if the ravens ever leave the Tower of London, the Monarchy will end.

[@horsenuts1831]

Your English accents are actually quite good, but unfortunately from the 1960s. FWIW, most people wouldn't actually notice. You won't find bins anywhere. They're ideal recepticals to hide terrorist bombs, and most were removed in the 1970s/1980s during the height of IRA bombings (at the time there were a number of bins made from cast iron which was the worst type of bin for producing shrapnel). You're kinda expected to take litter home with you now.