We are Kayleigh and Alex: two musicians living in our van and traveling around this beautiful world. We also have a band called Pinter Whitnick! Subscribe for travel vlogs, music, and other shenanigans.
There is a myth going around particularly by Americans about rain in Ireland. It does not rain all the time in Ireland, we get as much sunshine as any other Northern hemisphere. What it does do is it rains unexpectedly, but it never lasts. In fact the temperature in Ireland is fairly moderate the whole year round. It rarely snows in winter with temperatures are around 14 celsius and never goes beyond 25 celsius in summer. There are exceptions of course.
We were most surprised by the temperature. It’s much more like our Pacific Northwest. But a lot of our feelings in the video were less about surprise and more about relief after not feeling the sunshine much for months! It was such a beautiful day!
Thanks for watching! We've heard that since we were there for sure. In the US, we love our drinking games though, so it was fun for us! We look forward to our next pint in Ireland. ❤
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Hi , loved your production it was wonderful. You must have Irish ancestry I think anyway. Why the layover in beautiful Stockholm? No Aer Lingus flights? Just to finish I think your both marvellous. Lots of best wishes from Derry Ireland ❤
Thank you so much for your kind words! Alex's family name is English and on his mom's side is Scottish, and Kayleigh's great-grandpa was Scottish, but then lived in Donegal before moving to Michigan. (We think we have it figured out that far at least!) We don't know why, but we just feel a really strong connection to Ireland that makes us feel at home. We found a flight from Chicago that only cost us $250 each roundtrip if we had layovers in Stockholm. The Aer Lingus flights were about $500 at the time if I recall correctly. It was definitely worth that price! Thank you for taking the time to say hello and Derry is one place we haven't been yet. Maybe next time! :)
The Brazen Head are liars. They are the oldest pub in Dublin but NOT in Ireland. The oldest pub in Ireland is Sean's Bar in Athlone. It has records going back to the year 900.
Thank you for making this video! It’s very helpful in helping me plan my solo backpacking trip to the UK next summer. I especially appreciate all the vegan food reviews, as I am also vegan. As to that naysayer comment above, there are plenty of non-vegan vloggers all over RU-vid and it is very difficult for vegans to find a place to eat when traveling! Keep up the great work with these videos and I’m subscribing! ❤
That's so fantastic to hear! You're going to have the BEST time! ❤ We feel the same way about highlighting vegan recommendations. 95% of all travel videos ever made feature non-vegan local food. So if we can pass on our experiences and help even just one person find cruelty-free options, we're going to do that! Food is such an important part of travel and culture and there's no reason to shy away from that just because we're vegan. :)
Thank you! That’s something we don’t hear much!! :) We squeezed in as many places as we could in our two weeks, but we couldn’t make it to Wales. Many people have said similar things and next time we go, we’re going to make a trip to Wales a priority!
Haha! We did do it but certainly wouldn’t do it again! The flight was about $350 so we just went for it without thinking. The next time we went over we got a Black Friday sale and it was only $250 from Chicago!
Hey Kayleigh Your descendant William that you met while in Edinburgh I've actually been chatting to him in an email as I've placed an order with his company for a shawl how ironic is that after I stumbled across your video this morning and then I realised that you're William is the Bill I've been emailing
Hi guys. As a backpacking grandma I was thrilled to get names of hostels. Will make my one week in September much easier. You may wish to consider practical information in your videos as a guide to others. For example. How did you get from airport to the hostel? From the hostel to the station?And the cost of everything. I agree that you are doing an excellent job. So often people have the music too loud.
Hi there. Thank you so much for your kind message! We appreciate your thoughts on more practical information. We do try to find a balance between typical travel videos that might be like "Top Ten Things to Do in X" and a sort of documentary about the places we're visiting. We've found that the majority of videos on RU-vid lean towards the practical and don't show enough of the little moments that make traveling so special to us! But to give a little information about how we travel, we typically walk everywhere we can. Even with all of our bags. Often it's the times between destinations where we find the most surprises and beauty. But from the Dublin airport to the city center, we took a bus, as we mentioned. I believe we took the Swords Express. From there on out, we walked to and from all of the hostels and stations until taking a city bus to the Belfast Airport, and a train (the 500 Airport Express) from the Glasgow Airport to the city center. Those timetables are easy to find on Google Maps which is what we use. As for the cost, our total for transportation (including flights and our rental cars in the US to get to and from New York) was $775 per person. For accommodations, we averaged around $30 per person/night. Most of our cost was of course food, drinks, and activities. We didn't keep really close track of that. We hope that gives you some insights and makes planning your trip easier! You're going to have the best time! Thanks again for watching. :)
Hi guys. As a backpacking grandma I was thrilled to get names of hostels. Will make my one week in September much easier. You may wish to consider practical information in your videos as a guide to others. For example. How did you get from airport to the hostel? From the hostel to the station?And the cost of everything. I agree that you are doing an excellent job. So often people have the music too loud.
I've watched a lot of vlogs about the British Isles and this is the best by far. You are two thoroughly delightful individuals who clearly have an eye for detail and captured the essence of where you visited. Nothing was rushed, music was appropriate and commentary informative. Nice to see you enjoying the food and a pint or two. You packed a lot in for two weeks but there's much more to see in the UK. Hope to see you back someday. Good luck with everything you do xx.
Thank you so much for your kind words! We are constantly in awe of the places we travel and if we can capture even a small amount of its character in a video, then we’re happy. But of course, nothing compares to being there in person! Your comment means a lot to us and it keeps us wanting to continue this journey. We are currently sitting in a pub in Bath at the beginning of a two month backpacking trip through Europe! We got to spend a couple more days in London before going to Bath, Salisbury, and Stonehenge. But we definitely plan to come back again (maybe next year) to see the Highlands and more! Cheers and thank you so much again. 🍻
Fair play, you two have probably done more international travel than 90% of the U.S combined 😂 I watched all 3 hours, thoroughly enjoyed it, thank you 🤘👍
Thank you so much for watching!! We love traveling and always try to encourage our friends and family to do the same! While this was our first major international trip, we also went on to spend a month in Ireland last year and are currently one day into a two month trip throughout Europe!! (We’re typing this in a London hostel right now!) Those videos will come your way before too long! Thanks again!! :)
@@PinterWhitnick Fabulous, your filming was pretty excellent also 👌 I'm about 150 miles from London at the moment in Shropshire, where I live, having said that, I'm going to Wales for a month tomorrow on my friends water buffalo farm. Have an epic European journey, you'll absolutely love every minute, you'll never ever want to go back to the states 😀 thank you again, look forward to seeing your journey
Hey Guys, Absolutely enjoyed yr journey through British Isles, Thankyou ever so much for tha' very interesting commentary @ visuals ( can see uv'e had plenty of experience ) got @ feeling Kayleigh has Scotland in her ❤ @ wouldn't be surprised Drawn to move/live there. Wishing u bth all positivity for Yr future endeavours ❤ frm tha ' 🇬🇧 Xxx.
Thank you so much for your kind words! We had the time of our lives and have often thought of Ireland or Scotland being a place we might like to settle down. If only it weren’t so difficult!! We’re just about to come back over for a bit (London, Bath, Salisbury, Stonehenge, and Dover) before heading into Europe. We leave Monday! Thanks again for watching and for taking the time to comment. Cheers!! 🍻
It’s amazing 5 thousand years ago people built the pyramids for an everlasting life. In York thousands of years later pious people cathedrals for the same reason. Now we just go woke
Oasis was huge in Ireland Liam and Noel Gallagher’s parents are from Ireland so they grew up in the summers in Ireland. They weren’t pandering they’re very popular.
@@PinterWhitnicka pub might advertise traditional Irish music outside as a selling point but that doesn’t mean 7 nights a week. It’s usual to be varied night to night particularly in a city. So Wonderwall is not a bit unusual to hear when out on the town.
Having a nice time watching your videos so thanks for sharing your enjoyment. Not a vegan myself but I am Scottish so I'm chuffed that you're on the sauce in pubs. That book signing for your family in Edinburgh was touching. Since this video regards Harry Potter, I wonder what the thoughts are from both of you on Jo Rowling's comments and perspectives in recent times which have brought her much abuse and derision. If you don't want to share then fair enough, I'm interested in the thoughts from those outside our Isles, but for me it's a sad indictment of our time when opinions are suppressed, lest they be deemed acceptable by those dictating the narrative. Be well, cheers from Scotland 🍻
@@PinterWhitnick Thanks very much, not only for your reply but for sharing your wondrous experiences. I understand your point, a troubled childhood would be the polite terminology of my upbringing How sad it seems though that individual perspective and opinion, one of the fundamentals to being a human, is only accepted if it concurs with the dictated narrative of the time. People are free, here in Scotland, to believe in whatever faith they believe, or none, and to critique that for which they don't. That doesn't apply here which is not just strange, it's abhorrent. I'm not forced to believe in a persons deity yet I am forced to believe in anothers delusion. Adults can believe what they like, doesn't make it true and I'm specifically talking about what she speaks. My favourite Aunt and her Wife have a great marriage. This doesn't refer to that. Be well 🍻
Just finished watching you wonderful video of your trip, you certainly packed a lot into two weeks. I have visited the Republic of Ireland a few times and have been to many of the sights and pubs you visited. As a Scot I enjoyed how you loved the architecture of Glasgow and Edinburgh which most of us just take for granted. I was particularly interested when you visited one of your relatives in Edinburgh. I worked for a few years in the same office as David Leslie the man who restored Leslie Castle and whose picture you were shown. He lived in the castle for a few years and was called Baron Leslie of Leslie, his wife was called Lesley and she became Baroness Lesley Leslie of Leslie 😁. If you return to Scotland you should visit the Highland for the wonderful scenery.
Oh, really? What a small, small world!! Next time that we’re in Scotland, we’ll be visiting the Highlands, as well as Leslie Castle! Thank you so much for sharing your connection with us and for watching our video. It means a lot to us. Cheers!
A tip from an Irish person: Drink Guinness however you like. (But do wait for it to settle) That whole "splitting the G" thing was concocted by pub owners to get tourists to drink faster 😄
Thank you so much! It really did make a big impact. It’s funny how learning those things helps to give us some context for our place in the world. It’s easy to forget that we’re just the most recent people in a line that goes back to the beginning of time!
A Burgha in Britain is only made from British and Irish beef .A Chicken Sandwich only contains Chicken and a sauce you picked .SIMPLES ..Hope you enjoyed the UK. Sorry about the Weather.. It seems the Atlantic Ocean is continually falling on our heads in Britain. 😮
The bricking up of windows wasn't so much a British thing as a crown thing. You can find many many old buildings in England (and maybe Scotland and Wales too) where windows have been filled in to avoid the window tax. The histories of England and Ireland etc are very intertwined. My great grandfather was a carpenter who helped to create the grand staircases of both the Titanic and Olympic (sister ship). The family still have some of the woodworking tools he owned. Sad to think his handiwork lies under the Atlantic ocean!
I only caught you on your York video but I think you guys are great! I love that you didn't just do London but started elsewhere (and I will catch up on all your other videos not just UK) and then did London. I'm off to London again next weekend to spend a weekend with my son, highlight being ROTK at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and choir providing live soundtrack. Please come back soon, we love our respectful American cousins and want to share both our countries' best things!
University College dublin would be considered equal in prestige,but its not a tourist attraction as the buildings are much more modern in design and spread out and less astetic.
I've watched videos of you visiting some of my favourite cities in the UK and my takeaway is .... I like you two. You should have a lot more subscribers than you do, but at least you have one more now. Me!
Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery is my happy place. I first went there about 60 years ago on my own as a wee boy. I'm 71 now and live in England, but revisiting is on my bucket list.
