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[@tomo_ov_da_ghetto4112]

Was anybody else waiting for her to say ''one time at band camp'' lol . Very cute couple x

[@martinevans7090]

A neat fact for you - up until 1977 the ironwork on Tower Bridge was painted a rather dull brown, but was painted to its current colour scheme of blue and white with red highlights to mark the Queen's silver jubilee. People liked the new colours so much that it's been painted blue and white ever since.

[@TheJoshAndMelissa]

Thank you for this! We love learning more about the history of the places we go!

[@Ingens_Scherz]

I just can't understand what the eight unhappy individuals who have down-voted this little travel video were thinking. These two are lovely. They take a real interest in the city's history, enjoy themselves, are only ever positive about the things they see (at least the ones they choose to publish!) and are totally enthusiastic about things I've taken for granted since I was a nipper. As an old bugger now who grew up very near the Smoke, and worked in the middle of it for a number of years, this kind of thing really does fill me with joy and not a little pride. I'll be sure to say nice things about New York next time I'm there ;)

[@meachpatel2414]

Just good to know quite a few years ago there was a massive poppies exhibition at the Tower of London and they were ceramic poppies placed in the ground and cascading down the wall, it was really beautiful and you could even by one of the poppies that was on display but they weren’t cheap!

[@tomsimon1974]

You two look perfectly matched, girl, your enthusiasm for life is infectious!

[@reidharper6277]

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[@jacobychad1696]

@Reid Harper Instablaster =)

[@reidharper6277]

@Jacoby Chad Thanks so much for your reply. I found the site through google and I'm in the hacking process atm. Takes a while so I will reply here later with my results.

[@reidharper6277]

@Jacoby Chad It did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. Im so happy! Thanks so much, you saved my account :D

[@jacobychad1696]

@Reid Harper You are welcome :)

[@Codex7777]

Southwark is pronounced, 'Suthurk'. :)

[@mrgizmo9098]

Don't forget . London Bridge was the best bridge in the world ,with all the overhanging pubs/ taverns. Houses hotels . Till it burned down. During the great fire.

[@MadHatterGrellAJ]

6:02 I like how you point out that there's a small drawbridge, right next to Tower bridge XD

[@woods457]

Central Park in the U.S. is modelled on Birkenhead Park (Wirral/Merseyside)..

[@TheCrusader1000]

I never knew that I live over the river in Liverpool. And have been over birk alot and also New Brighton. I learn something new everyday.

[@woods457]

@@TheCrusader1000 My Dad told me this many years ago, i wasn't sure if he was correct about this and then a few years back i saw a TV program which confirmed it...Check out: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-22112363

[@beverlyantoniou8236]

It's a lovely natural video. As for those correcting their knowledge of London I would imagine the inhabitants would do no better. I'm one of them!

[@leehewison6500]

You both just cheered me up so much! Subscribed just now and look forward to more vids! Have a good one 👍

[@snigie]

Love your London videos guys

[@alanlee1355]

Look at this ring it's so cute but 'it's pretty cheesy too' lol that cracked me up.

[@guksack]

As a British person I still couldn't get over how British those singing kids sounded

[@DelhiWalker]

Nice video. Thank you for sharing 😊 , we visited last summer.

[@MsBabylove11]

After you guys left portobello market, those "nice houses" you were walking around, Are not far from where I used to live and also not too far from the Grenfell tower that horrifically burned down, due to the shitty dangerous cladding that the council put on it, in order for it to look nicer for the richer "nice houses" near by! 😏😑 Glad you guys enjoyed exploring our beautiful country... 🤗 I haven't been to the tower of London since I was maybe 4-5 years old (42 now) when my dad took me! And my only real memory of that trip, was me going into the toilet by myself as my dad couldn't come into the ladies and I saw a machine on the wall that you put money into, so I did... Ended up walking out with a present for my dad..... A SANITARY TOWEL! 🤦‍♀🤣😂 I definitely enjoyed looking at the castles too, think you guys would enjoy arundel castle too but it's just over an hour away from London on the train x 🤗 X

[@anthonyheyes7517]

All the museums and art galleries are free.

[@alanwebster357]

MELISSA IS SO SWEET -ENHUSIASTIC AND CHARMED BY EVERYTHING- GOOD FOR YOU!

[@q3b26]

The most beautiful church to me is in Århus, Denmark in Den Gamble By. Absolut smukke bygning! Just happened across Århus when I was driving aimlessly from the UK through Europe last year and it was late but the one thing that was open was the church and wow, breathtaking I wasn't expecting the whiteness of it all

[@TheJoshAndMelissa]

We love beautiful old churches!

[@TheCrusader1000]

Another great travel video. You both should have your own travel log show on tv and fully on here. I will have to stop watching for a few hours I need to go out. This video much be my third by now I've lost count lol. Great job. Kevin.

[@albee8165]

Where you went down to, next to the river, used to be a beach, and Londoners would go down there for the day with picnics

[@TheJoshAndMelissa]

Oh wow! It was such a beautiful view so I'm sure it would have been an amazing place to picnic.

[@KopCole]

Fun fact: Wharf is an acronym for Ware House At River Front Ships would pull up dockside and be unloaded straight into the Ware Houses by cranes . If you look up you’ll see large openings in the sides of buildings with wooden sliding doors. Now, there locked and have been turned into usually expensive apartments. 200 years ago living beside the Thames was were the poor lived (because the Thames was used for sewage) and the smell was horrendous whilst the rich lived further away from the stench. (Fun Fact 2) The U.K. govt have a summer break away from the Houses Of parliament which usually lasts 6 weeks..in order to allow the summer heat to pass which reduced the stench of the sewage-and the summer break for MP’s continued to this day even though the Thames is much cleaner and does not smell). The irony now is those poor areas inhabited next to the Thames are now inhabited by the wealthy .

[@JanTheNan]

I worked in the building that was originally on the site opposite the entrance to the tower.

[@robw7676]

I reckon the best way to see Tower Bridge is on one of the KPMG Thames Clipper river boats, you can use your Oyster Card to catch them and it's only about £7. I think the best thing about the crown jewels isn't seeing things like the Cullinan I diamond (aka the Star of Africa, set in the Sceptre with Cross, it is the largest clear cut diamond in the world), but the stories of some of the gem stones. The most controversial item in the crown jewels and the one many people wish to see above all is only the 3rd largest diamond in the collection, the infamous Koh-i-Noor or "mountain of light" diamond. It has a companion rose coloured diamond called the Darya-i-Noor or "sea of light" which is part of the Iranian crown jewels. The Koh-i-Noor is basically the gemstone equivalent of the Elder Wand in Harry Potter. It is said that whoever owns it has the power to rule the world. It has a bloody history going back about 500 years, and was already a cut stone at the point it first appears, so is definitely older than that. It passes in and out of the historical record until the sack of Delhi in 1739, when it became the property of Persian ruler Nader Shah, who was later murdered. It passed to the rulers of Afghanistan and then into the Sikh Empire and finally to Queen Victoria I in 1849, always in somewhat dubious circumstances. The male line of the Royal family never wear the Koh-i-Noor as it is said to curse any man who wears it, but Queen Victoria wore it as a broach after it was re-cut to it's current shape and the Queen Mother had it set in her crown. The governments of Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan & India have all tried at various times to claim the Koh-i-Noor should be 'returned' to them, but it is unlikely to leave the UK as long as a monarch sits on the English throne. Another is The Black Prince's Ruby, set in the State Crown used for coronations. That stone has been in England for well over 600 years, having been given to Edward the Black Prince in payment for military aid by King Peter of Castile. Peter was attempting to drive the Muslim Moors out of Spain, and took the stone from the body of Prince Abu Sa'id of Granada, who he had murdered under a flag of truce. King Henry V had the stone set in the battle helmet he was wearing in 1415 when his infantry troops equipped with the English longbow devastated the larger French army at the famous Battle of Agincourt. It was also worn by Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485, his defeat and death marking the end of the Plantagenet line of Kings who had held the English throne since 1154. A quite Shakespearean history!

[@TheJoshAndMelissa]

Great idea!

[@terencecarroll1812]

Chainmail armour - originally they did offer a certain amount of protection against arrows but then armies made the arrow points longer and thinner to go yhrough the chainmail

[@johndunn6377]

The tall fury hats, are called "bearskins". It is real fur & comes from the black bear in Canada. No bears are killed for the purpose. It is taken from bears that are kulled by the Canadians to keep the numbers in check...

[@iangreenway5580]

You do know that Central Park was modelled on an English Park near Liverpool right?

[@Toadhall22]

London Bridge is the crossing to the City of London otherwise known as the square mile. The original bridge had houses and shops on it. The sheer mass of it eventually caused the bridge to collapse.

[@SpeakMouthWords]

Oh gosh, you went to Brewdog and didn't have any beer! Glad you enjoyed the pizza anyway, but Brewdog is super well known as a chain for having weird and fancy craft beers. Though to be fair the wings there aren't bad either so maybe you had the right idea with the food...

[@TheJoshAndMelissa]

We thought about it but honestly were so hungry at that point we just wanted food lol

[@robw7676]

The beers to try in London are Fullers and Youngs - proper traditional London Breweries!

[@gmdhargreaves]

Tower Bridge is known as "The Castle Bridge" and the cheapest house on that movie back lot street would start at around $8,000,000

[@anghinetti]

The White Tower was the not the first palace and fortress in England but the first palace and fortress built by the Normans in England, following the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

[@TheJoshAndMelissa]

Good to know! Thank you.

[@downsman1]

Another great vlog! If you're into history you should have checked out All Hallows by the Tower. It's the church behind the ticket office. It dates back to 675, so it was 400 years old when they started to build the White Tower. The floor of the crypt is, apparently, a mosaic floor from the Roman villa that once stood on the site. BTW Melissa, I love your braid. It makes you look like an Elven warrior from Lord of the Rings. Happy exploring...…….. ………………..the ancient Englishman.

[@davyhall6886]

That church was pretty impressive.

[@benaziz5465]

@06:09 "You..... can not.... enter!" I mean... "shall not pass" would also have worked but whatever ;)

[@gerardmann3038]

Shoulda made more of mudlarking. You can still find Roman or medieval pottery there. Maybe next time. :)

[@TheJoshAndMelissa]

That would have been awesome! Crazy that you can still find things like that!

[@futtocks23]

@@TheJoshAndMelissa Thames foreshore access including metal detecting, searching and digging. Anyone wishing to search the tidal Thames foreshore in any way for any reason must hold a current foreshore permit from the Port of London Authority. Searching includes all such activities including searching; metal detecting; digging, or ‘scraping’ Type of Permits The PLA issues two types of foreshore permits. Standard - allows digging to a depth of 7.5 cm Mudlark - allows digging to a depth of 1.2m The Mudlark permit is only issued to members of the Thames Mudlark Society. To apply for membership you must meet certain criteria, held a Standard Permit for two years and have a record of reporting finds to the Museum of London. Safety The Thames foreshore is potentially hazardous and some dangers may not always be immediately apparent. The Thames rises and falls by over 7.0m twice a day as the tide comes in and out. The current is fast and the water is cold. Anyone going on the foreshore does so entirely at their own risk and must take personal responsibility for their safety and that of anyone with them. In addition to the tide and current mentioned above there are other less obvious hazards, for example raw sewage, broken glass, hypodermic needles and wash from vessels. Steps and stairs down to the foreshore can be slippery and dangerous and are not always maintained. Before going onto the foreshore consider: sensible footwear and gloves carrying a mobile phone not going alone the tide; is it rising or falling? Always make sure you can get off the foreshore quickly - watch the tide and make sure that steps or stairs are close by. Finally, be aware of the possibility of Weil’s Disease, spread by rats urine in the water. Infection is usually through cuts in the skin or through eyes, mouth or nose. Medical advice should be sought immediately if ill effects are experienced after visiting the foreshore, particularly “flu like” symptoms ie temperature, aching etc. Why do I need consent? All the foreshore in the UK has an owner. Metal detecting, searching or digging is not a public right and as such it needs the permission of the landowner. The PLA and the Crown Estate are the largest land owners of Thames foreshore and jointly administer a permit which allows metal detecting, searching or digging. Where on the Thames foreshore can I dig, search or use a metal detector? The Thames foreshore permit is only valid for certain locations west of the Thames Barrier up to Teddington. Searching is not allowed east of the Barrier. All searching, digging, scraping or the removal of any items is strictly prohibited at Queenhithe Dock, Brunel’s Great Eastern Slipway, Tower of London and an area in Greenwich. (locations indicated in red on the plans below) Exclusion Zone - Palace of Westminster No person except in an emergency can enter an area within 70 metres of the northern bank of the river Thames between Westminster Bridge and 200 metres below Lambeth Bridge. Reporting finds You must report any objects you find which could be of archaeological interest to the Portable Antiquities Scheme Finds Liaison Officer at the Museum of London on 020 7814 5733. This Scheme records all archaeological finds made by the public in England and Wales. If you believe that a find may qualify as treasure then you should contact the coroner for the district in which the object was found, usually within fourteen days of making the find. In practice many finders report treasure via the Finds Liaison Officer, which is also acceptable. The coroner or finds liaison officer will give guidance on what to do. The Treasure Act code of practice contains a directory of coroners in the Thames area. Further advice can be found in this document - Portable Antiquities Scheme - Advice for Finders The export of archaeological objects from the UK to any destination requires a UK licence if the object is more than 50 years of age. The type of licence required will depend on where the object was found and, in some cases, the value of the object. See the Arts Council website for further details.

[@robertkirk4387]

I think that the shard is the tallest building in Europe not just London

[@peterlloyd8313]

Did you view the Crown Jewels when in the Tower of London?Also did you know Rudolf Hess was imprisoned there during the war?

[@TheJoshAndMelissa]

We did! But you can't film or take any pictures around the jewels so we couldn't show you guys. :(

[@brochestedbs]

We're apt to forget how lucky we are until we see americans react to London.

[@jaysonflesher8666]

for your information, the original London Bridge was sold to a guy in Arizona so the one you pointed out is a replacement

[@anghinetti]

Jayson flesher: The original London Bridge was constructed by the Romans in the 1st century AD. The one now in Arizona dates only from the 1830s. Fellow who bought it didn't do his homework: thought he was buying Tower Bridge.

[@keithorbell9500]

Sommatore Nero sorry that's an urban myth, the Corporation of London couldn't afford to maintain the crumbling 1830 London Bridge so put it on the market. It was bought by an inspired American entrepreneur as a centre-piece and landmark for a new community and city he envisioned in the desert of either Arizona or Nevada ( I can't remember which). I saw an interesting documentary about it on KZbin. Fascinating stuff.

[@KopCole]

What do you guys love most about London?

[@spitfireace87]

1:35 lock stock and two smoking barrels

[@delacote60]

2:12 John Harvard (Harvard University) was baptised here.

[@MsPinkwolf]

My boss got married in the Tower of London. You can also get married in one of the towers of Tower Bridge.

[@TheJoshAndMelissa]

Aw, that is so cool!

[@KopCole]

A little piece of knowledge for ya. WHARF is Whare House At River Front.

[@janeoxley4829]

Good old England.

[@user-ky6vw5up9m]

All swans in Britain belong to the Queen !

[@craigireland5629]

Not true actually

[@dantaylor7344]

I think your favourite word is cute.

[@TheJoshAndMelissa]

It is up there for sure :)

[@bardavies101]

The guards are actual serving military personnel just and FYI

[@raulmoat2570]

melissa iam not trying to be funny, but everything you see its the cutest thing you ever saw ! does that mean london is the cutest city you have ever visited ?

[@tekkonblackkinkreet4927]

Actually dudes the real London Bridge is in Arizona.

[@stevens0798]

If someone ever whispers in my ear *look how thick the columns are* I’d die

[@SirVoltz]

That beefeater made that tour amazing

[@dinerouk]

He's a minor celebrity.

[@jax1492]

the tour guy was funny

[@DaChaGee]

That Trump impression 😂

[@jca111]

Is it cool?

[@TheJoshAndMelissa]

We loved everything about London!

[@limpfishyes]

Sometimes it was cute too I think

[@peterwilkins7013]

Pronounce it Su-thuck. Like Warwick is pronounced Worrick. Basically if there is a 'w' in the middle of a name don't pronounce it as a hard w.

[@georgeh-w5041]

Your drink is pronounced as mock-a not March-a :)

[@TheJoshAndMelissa]

Haha American accents trying as hard as we can!

[@georgeh-w5041]

TheJoshAndMelissa haha just thought you may like to know! I’ve taught my American friend lots of things since he moved here 😊

[@limpfishyes]

But don't Americans have mochas in the US? I presumed it came over here from the US with Starbucks etc. I hear a lot of Americans say Moe-ka which is okay but motcher is just funny

[@georgeh-w5041]

David Barton well I thought it’d have been the same but it’s cute either way 😂

[@nickyjones88]

Matcha and mocha are two different things. Matcha is a type of tea, mocha is coffee and chocolate

[@futtocks23]

Next time your in Southwark take a look at crossbones.org.uk/

[@johndunn6377]

Southwark is pronouced Suth-erk... We hardly ever pronouce the wich, wark or shire, at the end of a place name as they are spelt... Erk, itch & sheer are the normal pronunciations...

[@johnwilletts3984]

You are so Super Cool and So Cute. How can this be real?

[@TheJoshAndMelissa]

Haha aww, you are so sweet!

[@tonylagadoni5591]

John lighten up mate.. these guys are very sweet and cool! X

[@johnnybeer3770]

The original London bridge was bought by an American and shipped back to America and reassembled over a man made river

[@MeTube3]

The original London Bridge? Which one? There have been several at that site. The one that went to Lake Havasu City is one of the more recent ones. And it was only the facing stone that were relocated.

[@3506Dodge]

London Bridge is in Arizona now, not London. YOu mean tower bridge.

[@MsPinkwolf]

the original is in arizona. the flat one they looked at before tower bridge is the 2nd one.

[@futtocks23]

@@MsPinkwolf Several bridges named London Bridge have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark, in central London. The current crossing, which opened to traffic in 1973, is a box girder bridge built from concrete and steel. It replaced a 19th-century stone-arched bridge (This is the one in Arizona), which in turn superseded a 600-year-old stone-built medieval structure. This was preceded by a succession of timber bridges, the first of which was built by the Roman founders of London.

[@anghinetti]

@@MsPinkwolf: The original London bridge was built by the Romans in the 1st century AD. Replaced a number of times before construction of the first stone bridge began in 1176, which survived until the 1830s. So, the one in Arizona is not the original London Bridge but one dating only from the 1830s.

[@MsPinkwolf]

wow. i didn't need a history lesson. i was merely pointing out that one went to arizona and there is now a different one in it's place.

[@peterwilkins7013]

@@MsPinkwolf therefore London Bridge is still in London

[@johnwalsh3635]

Anyone keep a "cute" count?

[@chandlerbingbong]

6:41 That statement is factually incorrect. Because as we all know, the Scottish don't pay for anything.

[@johnnicolson467]

The Scottish oil pays for most of the debt in London. But not for much longer.

[@chandlerbingbong]

@@johnnicolson467 I agree. North Sea Oil has just about run dry.

[@johnnicolson467]

@@chandlerbingbong Scotland will be independent long before that happens.

[@anghinetti]

@@johnnicolson467: Are you saying England will soon be shot of a millstone it has carried since 1707? Thank heaven for that!

[@johnnicolson467]

@@anghinetti Oh I really hope so and polling is showing 51% and rising in Scotland think so as well.

[@Georgestella100]

The American who bought London Bridge actually thought that he was buying Tower Bridge and The Shard is the highest building in Western Europe.

[@TheJoshAndMelissa]

oh wow! That is actually super interesting!

[@MrZiffos]

@@TheJoshAndMelissa It is a myth that the buyer thought he was buying Tower Bridge - he knew exactly what he was buying and knew exactly where it was to be sited - Lake Havasu - wife and I drove over it when last in US.

[@MrZiffos]

@@bubo2528 Yes but a lovely bridge between a mainland and an island. It looks great.

[@anghinetti]

@@bubo2528: If the mediaeval bridge was still in place in the 1960s it would not have been sold. Anyway, the houses on the bridge disappeared in the 1760s.

[@JanTheNan]

Traitors gate.

[@Ian-lx1iz]

(8:46) '....coronated'. ha-ha-ha! Really? (Try 'crowned' ...I'm not being mean, it DID genuinely make me guffaw. You should do stand-up)

[@2swchannel412]

do you not realise your not supposed to touch things at the museum

[@jamesfield1674]

London is great restaurants can be very expensive but plenty of great places to eat which aren't that pricey, Ha Ha great Trump impression

[@TheJoshAndMelissa]

We loved the food we had here!

[@daranphilipson1025]

Nice lady but if we were playing a drinking game for every time she said cute.... we would be alcoholics and on a waiting list for a liver transplant.

[@daniwallace1013]

For future videos, I prefer to see what You are seeing ng rather than an entire video of you talking about what you are seeing and how windy it is.

[@andymcgill354]

Plea to all Americans don't try and speak with an English Accent.I like your blogs though.

[@andysimpson959]

I really like your British blogs but please stop calling all the things in my country 'cute'. This is a real place , not a film set.

[@littlemisskittyuk1]

Andy Simpson don’t be so ridiculous! It’s nice to see it through fresh eyes. Like you don’t go abroad and call it ‘cute’. Fun sponge

[@kathyhowarth2934]

“Cute” is a bit lame for a city so rich in history

[@kieramitchx]

Most stupid comment I’ve seen 😂😂