Our FIRST TIME in EXETER, Devon 🇬🇧 - Worth a visit?

This travel vlog is about our first time in Exeter, Devon's beautiful capital city in the southwest of England. Since Exeter is not the most popular UK destination, we decide: Is it worth a visit?
Brandon starts the day with some solo travel, tries some delicious Cornish pasties from the pastry shop Oggy Oggy, and explores the streets of this quaint little city. We meet up for a tasty pub meal at the White Hart Pub to end our first day. The second day starts with a delightful breakfast at The Boston Tea Party Exeter. After a few more hours strolling through Exeter's streets, including the narrowest street in Britain, we have a yummy seafood dinner at Rockfish Exeter.
Apologies for the bad audio in this video.
Filmed on 1st/2nd of December 2022.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:02 - Eating Cornish pasties from Oggy Oggy, Exeter
03:20 - Christmas Market in Exeter, England
03:28 - Pub Dinner at White Hart Pub in Exeter
04:15 - We eat the best breakfast at The Boston Tea Party Exeter, England
05:26 - We eat Vegan scones with clotted cream and jam at The Boston Tea Party Exeter
06:09 - We eat a Breakfast Muffin and Sweetcorn hash at The Boston Tea Party Exeter
08:25 - Old Exe Bridge, Exeter, Devon
09:22 - Visiting Parliament Street in Exeter, Britain's narrowest Street
10:14 - We eat a seafood dinner at Rockfish Exeter
13:33 - Impressions of Exeter, England / Outro
== About Us ==
We're Brandon and Anja, an international couple (from Canada and Germany) traveling the world together as digital nomads on a budget. We want to explore as many countries as possible and eat all the amazing local foods every place has to offer. We hope our travel vlogs can inspire others to do the same.

[@wherearewe-yt]

As always, thanks for watching this week's vlog. If you liked it make sure to subscribe! This should be the last time we have bad audio quality. We really loved filming in the UK and can't wait to go back to explore more. Next week we will be in a new country! Don't miss it! 🙂 - Brandon & Anja

[@MrDaddynomates]

Welcome to my home town. Most people don't realise how old Exeter is. It started as a Roman Fort named "ISCA". Glad you enjoyed your visit.

[@wherearewe-yt]

We definitely did! Thanks for watching.

[@amyw6808]

I was raised in Devon, so Exeter was my go-to city as a teen. It has lots of lovely old buildings but unfortunately it was very damaged in WW2, so they only really exist in small pockets, such as around the cathedral. Much if the main high street and the other streets are post-war. They rebuilt quite a large area called Princesshay in the 2000s because it was so horrible! It’s a much smarter city now because of that redevelopment. My personal choice is to spend time around the cathedral, with its ancient buildings and character. The cathedral green is a lovely picnic spot on a sunny day, though it is actually the site of a mass plague burial pit… 😱😂 The quay is really nice too. You can walk/ cycle along the river there are access two pubs: Double Locks and Turf Locks. You can only access Turf Locks by foot, bike or boat. It sits right at the end of the river, by the estuary.

[@wherearewe-yt]

We didn't have any expectations going in, as we didn't really know much about it. It was quite charming. 😄 That's all very interesting! We spent a lot of time around the cathedral, but it was set up for the Christmas Market at the time (we've got a whole video dedicated to the Cardiff and Exeter Markets).

[@S-A-M.]

@@rubenrichardson22 Agree

[@Kari_B61ex]

I'm Exeter born and bred - except for 21 years living away as a military wife. Someone I know was in the background at your visit to Boston Tea Party! Exeter Cathedral or the Cathedral Church of St Peter in Exeter is awesome - It has the longest uninterrupted medieval vaulted ceiling in the world. The Cathedral is what makes Exeter a City.

[@wherearewe-yt]

That's awesome! Haha. Boston Tea Party was freakin' delicious. We enjoyed Exeter. The Cathedral was super beautiful. 😁

[@travelgilson]

Very interesting and beautiful video 📹 👌 😊 and cheers 👍

[@MalloryLovett04]

Such a cute place ! Anja’s breakfast looked so good and crab is the best . Great video ❤

[@wherearewe-yt]

The breakfast was amazing! And yeah, it was.

[@mikeandashley]

Loving these shots! This vlog was super fun to watch. Really wish we had the chance to explore the UK! How did Anja's tattoo come out? Also, that breakfast sandwich looked amazing! 😍Great video! Cheers.

[@wherearewe-yt]

Thanks! This Saturday is finally the first Morocco vlog. The audio is definitely better than these last two vlogs (which we had incorrectly hooked up the mic 😂). We love the UK. You guys definitely need to visit- and visit Europe in general. But make sure you let us know when ya do! 😜 That whole breakfast was freakin' amazing. I'll send you the result on Insta.

[@Devon881]

Exeter is such a nice city!

[@wherearewe-yt]

We enjoyed it, for sure!

[@JustinBrehm]

Came across your Channel the other day and made sure to subscribe can't wait to watch more of your videos

[@wherearewe-yt]

Thanks for watching and subscribing!

[@williamlovett2658]

I now want a fish taco! Great job.

[@wherearewe-yt]

They were delish!

[@S-A-M.]

I'm glad you liked the OG pastie. Shows good taste sir

[@wherearewe-yt]

All the pasties there we super tasty! Think the OG was probably the best though. 👌

[@podrozniczaendorfina]

Interesting video and Rockfish cider looks tasty :)

[@wherearewe-yt]

It was! The whole meal was great. Wish we could have had more crab, but the dish we wanted wasn't available, unfortunately.

[@oufc90]

@@wherearewe-yt try soaking crumpets in whisked egg and then fry them. Eggy crumpets, delicious. Great with bacon, chilli and brown sauce

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@oufc90 That actually sounds amazing. We've gotta try that!

[@gmdhargreaves]

Thank you friend for taking me back to my Uni days in Exeter, it’s a wonderfully vibrant city, as a student I spent many a night stumbling round the cobblestones streets gazing at the architecture even in the state I was in!!❤❤

[@wherearewe-yt]

No problem! Thanks for watching!

[@davebirch1976]

We just call them breakfast muffins in England. A lot of people who haven't been to the UK often confuse English muffins with crumpets, but they are 2 completely different things, crumpets are a bit like a fluffy aerated pancake, whereas the breakfast muffins are more bread-like.

[@wherearewe-yt]

We're obsessed with crumpets! Those little perforations trap all the delicious butter and spreads. SO GOOD. But do people traditionally put on them in the UK? We do jam and butter...but we're also a big fan of putting peanut butter on top.

[@davebirch1976]

@@wherearewe-yt to be fair it's traditionally just Butter, but you can put whatever you want on, cheese is especially nice.

[@ruthe71]

I live in Exeter, an Exonian born and bred. Thank you for showing our lovely city in such a good light as it really is a great place to live ❤

[@wherearewe-yt]

We had a great time there! We really would love to explore some more small UK cities in the future. Any recommendations? We visit Nottingham recently and have a video coming out for that. Really enjoyed it there too!

[@ruthe71]

@@wherearewe-yt Bath is beautiful and you would have to have a famous Sally Lunn Bun there.

[@phatdayz]

It's REALLY interesting to me seeing people Visit my home Town for a holiday 🤣😁🤗 I'm glad you both liked it here The White Heart 🤍 is one of my favourite places here! So happy you featured it in your video! 🤗

[@wherearewe-yt]

We actually went there for Anja's tattoo appointment, but really enjoyed ourselves! We love visiting small towns around the UK, and definitely plan on visiting some more in the future. 😁 You're lucky to have that Boston Tea Party restaurant in your city. It was so good!

[@phatdayz]

@@wherearewe-yt I'm glad you liked Boston tea party so much again one of my favourites! Yeah I am lucky to live were I live it's a beautiful little town with lots of interesting history! and it makes me happy to see people like yourself enjoy it 😁 if you don't mind me asking what part of America are you guys from? My parents nearly lived in Colorado Springs so I could have lived in America myself 😁

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@phatdayz Neither of us are American, actually. 😂 I'm Canadian, and Anja is from Germany!

[@phatdayz]

@@wherearewe-yt ah sorry about that 😅🤣 meant no offense at all 😬 Dident want to no exsactly were you are or anything *just thought maybe you had an American acsent and was just curious to what part of America you may have been from 🫣my apologies and I should of noticed the germin Acident as I have a good friend who is gemin* in my defense I'm not good with acsences 🫣 and I'm also Aurtisic so please forgive me.

[@wherearewe-yt]

@@phatdayz It's no problem! Anja doesn't really have a strong accent, as she lived in the UK for 5 years, America for a year and Canada for 2 years. She definitely doesn't have the typical German accent you'd think of. Most people have no idea where she is from. And American and Canadian accents can be pretty similar depending on the region. I'm from the East Coast of Canada, so some may think my accent is stronger than other regions, but I also haven't lived in my home country for almost 6 years to be fair. We actually just made two videos recently from my home city, so you should subscribe and check em' out! 😜

[@thegeneral5003]

curious where the tattoo was done and glad you enjoyed this town, it isn't what it used to be and I wouldn't of gone to the Christmas market but hey i live here so ya know. cool you saw the tiny street but you may of missed the catacombs and the underground tunnels.... it is a shame but parts were burnt down by the cathedral. the pub there had a skeleton in it but is unfortunately shut since. cool vid though

[@wherearewe-yt]

That's too bad we missed the catacombs! And we would have loved to visit that pub. Definitely sounds like our kind of thing..haha! She got tattooed at Artium Ink. Thanks for watching. 😃

[@S-A-M.]

Bridge was built by a medieval merchant named Gervase (can't remember his first name). Anyway finished around 1200 I think. The tower was a chapel.

[@wherearewe-yt]

Very interesting! That was one of the reasons we enjoyed Exeter. It had these traces of medieval architecture left over from the past. I suppose that's why we enjoy visiting the UK in general. There's just so much history. I (Brandon) am Canadian, so you certainly don't see anything like that back home! Haha.

[@S-A-M.]

@@wherearewe-yt oh well youdo see the sun occasionally i guess lol

[@FiremanSamBoy2008]

I was born on July 5th 2008 and I live in Exeter and I have to say that it's quite a nice place to live in, I'm obsessed with buses since I have autism so I love seeing the buses driving up and down the city centre.

[@wherearewe-yt]

It seemed like quite a nice place to visit! There were definitely a lot of busses going in and out while we were- but we got in by train, which is our favorite way to travel for sure.

[@DWSReviews]

Nothing like a good Cornish pasty.

[@wherearewe-yt]

They were so good! Thought maybe they'd be dry, but there were anything but. Looking forward to trying them again in the future. 😃

[@PatLadsChan99]

You guys should check out Falmouth in Cornwall. Some nice places to eat if you check trip advisor

[@wherearewe-yt]

Just looked up some photos. Looks nice! We'd like to some more of the UK- and we both really enjoy smaller towns like that. Especially coastal towns. Hope we get can get back that away again!

[@Gunspud]

Happy you enjoyed your stay here in Exeter, one of the top ten safest cities in England, And FYI @13:26 Never get that close to swans, they can break your arm in an instant.

[@wherearewe-yt]

Swans are nuts. We have them in Canada as well. We left very quickly after that - I know what they're capable of! Hahaha. Yes, we quite enjoyed ourselves. It's nice to get out of the big cities, and visit some smaller, more relaxed towns.

[@qpetertubeq]

I love your vlogs! It’s the perfect ratio of food tasting and sightseeing experience. Can we see the tattoo she got?

[@wherearewe-yt]

Thanks! That's what we're aiming for. One thing we're really trying to do is show off the city, and it's sites, without being too "history channel". Anyone can list off a bunch of facts from Wikipedia. We're trying to find that balance of fun facts, food and trying to capture the "vibe" of a seeing...or at least as we see it! You can see her full tattoo on Instagram: instagram.com/p/ClxySoAMqlm/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

[@jimmyoconnell6167]

I love lExeter often down there to see family i am.from Newcastle

[@wherearewe-yt]

We enjoyed it as well! Haven't been to Newcastle yet. Some day, for sure.

[@brucethegoose3515]

I spit out my window as I drive past it, dirty drug hole

[@wherearewe-yt]

We thought the city was actually quite cute, especially since it was December with the Christmas market being there. What are your suggestions for better places to visit in that area?

[@user-op5zr5pg3u]

Most beautiful city i have ever been to my best friends mothers risudes there​@wherearewe-yt

[@Shopgirl2000]

Halooumi is cheese!

[@wherearewe-yt]

She was actually referring to the sweetcorn hash! She didn't know what it was. We actually used to live in Turkey, so we've eaten a lot of halloumi and absolutely love it. 😋

[@nikkiioannou5045]

If you didn't stop to eat so many times...you would have seen more of the city😅

[@wherearewe-yt]

I think it's quite common to eat breakfast and dinner every day even on holiday 😂

[@susiejakes3019]

Please don' let Anja tattoo all over her neck and hands like you did. It would spoil her beauty. Why do you need to tattoo all over your body, it doesn't look good, I have to say.

[@wherearewe-yt]

Dear Susie...we're not bothered whether or not you think we look good or not. I'm not Anja's boss, so she do whatever it is she likes with her body. It's not my concern...and it most certainly isn't yours. Thanks for watching! 😃

[@MegaVector2011]

​@@wherearewe-yt That was quite a condescending reply, with a veiled jovial addendum.

[@DopeAtoms]

@@wherearewe-ytwell said! Ignore these people ❤

[@spirituallysafe]

You really did not HAVE TO say, you just wanted to.