Americans In York! - Day #8 Recap 

York born and bred here. Thank you for visiting our corner of the world. York's actually pretty lively on a night and there's TONS of pubs and bars, but to the uninitiated I can imagine they might appear to be sneakily tucked away down medieval alleyways!

York is the birthplace of the Kit-Kat. You were walking on hallowed ground.

Guys I've lived In York all my life and I so wish I could have met you and showed you around. There is LOADS to do in York. Yes it's smaller city but jam packed with history. The Wall is actually known as 'The Bar Walls'.

He doesn’t look particularly happy on his hols

She knows so much about this 'town'!! Wash your mouth out my dear. Beautiful York is a city.

The shops tend to close around 5.30-6.00pm. This is to give the workers a good work / home life balance. You're not in the system of doing 70 hour weeks just to draw even and pay the bills. You do have free time to do other things if you want to.

York, is lovely! Historically relevant for a Dane, like me 😉 but so much more, as well! Have to ask you...how was the walking, in general? We weren't over exaggerating, were we? bc Europeans do walk, a lot! hello from Denmark 🌸 🌱

York is fabulous. Full of history. Things to do in York: National Railway Museum. History Museums. York Minster. Architectural Buildings Churches & Cathedrals York Castle Museum. Shambles York Maze York City Walls Yorkshire Air Museum York's Chocolate Story Jorvik Viking Centre and much more.

Old York Old York.............so good they named it twice!! Y'all

The reason places close early in Europe and in Germany (everything is closed on a Sunday ) is that we want better work life balance.

Love the round-up video's where you explain what you thought and felt. Thank you for all the video's, I guess it was fun/a pain doing this as the videoing cut into your holiday and now you are home the editing will be taking ages but your hard work really is appreciated. Looking forward to the latter part of your holiday.

The Shambles is where all the butcher's had their shops in the old times, York also has a huge train museum it also famous for chocolate and has a nice youth hostel (YMCA)!

York is a "walkable" city. Lots of places to visit there: The City Walls, The Minster, Statue of Constantine the Great, The National Railway Museum (bearing in mind that steam passenger railways started in England) and the Jorvik Museum/Experience....

The buildings with the overhangs were built that way because the square footage on the ground was expensive - so they built the upper floors wider to create more living space - some buildings are so close to those opposite that they could almost touch each other out the window - love York 🇬🇧 I think the little hiccups with the bank and train station make the visits more memorable - you'll look back and laugh in the future - hopefully 🙄😆

Love York, especially the minster, river cruise and the railway museum, and athe parks and shops in-between 🙂

As a European who is entitled to 6 weeks paid holiday a year and enjoys watching your VLOG, I find it very strange how you Americans have to rush through England. I think that a month's vacation would bring you more. Still, you rejoice like little children who have never been away from home. I liked that. Europeans travel to other countries every year. I hope you will imitate us sometime. 🥰

Why you thought the route was 'prettier' - the most scenic part of the East Coast rail line from London to Edinburgh is the Northern half. As in you get fabulous views of the North Sea from the train, from quite close and high at times, as you saw and commented. And it is distinctly more hilly and interesting when you get to Scotland. You just missed out -- so far anyway -- the flatter, less scenic part, and without views of the sea - York to London. Disclosure: I am Scottish so may be biased, but I am actually just being realistic. Durham Castle and Cathedral is very impressive to see from the train, even just in passing, as I recall.

The Jorvik centre in York is an experience, takes you through the viking occupation of York and the surrounding are with sounds and smells along the way, my kisd have also always enjoyed the National Railway Museum there as well

The best way to get round York is the open top bus. You can buy a hop on/hop off ticket. This is great when you don't have much time and the driver gives a commentary which tells you about the history.

I love York, I have fond memories from my childhood visiting it. My last visit was when I took my wife to visit York about 12 years ago, we got the train from Durham to York. We didn't go inside the Cathedral as we thought it was a bit pricey, but still outstanding view from the outside (very similar to Durham Cathedral, which you have caught sight of when you were on the Train coming from Edinburgh). Good video once again.

Sorry you had so much hassle with the tickets and the bank. .xx I'm glad you enjoyed you time in York , your videos are so interesting and informative.. You're so positive!

You just have to visit the viking Jorvik centre when visiting York.

When you get tired of modern cities like York, you should visit Canterbury and Sandwich!

In the medieval period York was England’s second major city but it got left behind with the industrial revolution and today it this sort of beautiful historic town.

The line between York and Edinburgh is simply the northern end of the East Coast Main Line. That's the same line that Lumo uses to get between London and Edinburgh.

Edinburgh is a bit like York with lots of historic buildings then you get modern looking cities like Glasgow, the nearest modern looking city to York is probably going to be Leeds.

If you guys went to York on a Wednesday afternoon as some shops keep to the old fashioned tradition of half day Wednesdays. I remember being a kid and Wednesday’s & Sunday’s were boring as hell in my town.

On Wikipedia, type in ‘jettying’. which is the name for the medieval building technique used on some of the timber-framed buildings found in the Shambles in York.

You should have visited the Railway Museum and the Jorvik Centre.

Glasgow isn’t a tourist City, it’s very much a working class City with its own identity… However, where Glasgow tops Edinburgh is its proximity to all the best places around. You should have hired the car in Glasgow and made a point of visiting Loch Lomond, only 40mins from Glasgow. That’s just a snippet of what the West Coast has to offer. Maybe next time in you guys come back.

Just subscribed and enjoying your videos very much. Refreshing to see places I know well through a different viewpoint. Not sure if it’s been mentioned but the Shambles were originally where all the butchers shops were and the meats would be layer out in those broad shelves outside the windows. Looking forward to seeing more of your travels 👍🏻

I hope you got to take in Betty's Tea Room in York. It's fabulous. Loving your videos of your holiday in the UK. I've never been to Glasgow as a tourist, only for work, so didn't get to see the sights. I've stayed in York on many occasions & I love it.

I can't wait to go to York on Wednesday. I have been many times and I always find something new to do there.

I'm so happy you liked York, its one my of favourite places to visit.

The ocean you saw would have been the North sea. Glad you liked York.

those overhanging buildings in the shambles are from the 1400's

Yeah shops here do tend to close by 6pm at the latest, so shop workers can go to the pub too 😂 The more usual route is London > York > Edinburgh so you might have appreciated York a bit more that way around

How about you showing us around where you live,towns or city.diners.

You can get train and plane tickets through the operator's app or through an email for practically all transport in the uk and europe. Havnt used paper tickets in years.

Couldn't you have found somewhere a little noisier - and perhaps windier - to record your recap video.....hehe 😁

What does it take to impress Ethan? So far most things have been small and boring. Can he not see or appreciate the historical or cultural significance of the things he sees? Sorry to seem negative but I'm just not seeing it so far on this trip. I hope I'm wrong.

The buildings are so close in the Shambles you can shake hands across the street from the upstairs windows, hope that makes sense.. Love your intro music.

One of the castles you would have passed will be the keep at Newcastle - you'll have passed over the river Tyne too with all of the bridges. The Tyne Bridge being the precurser to the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the furthest white bridge being the Millennium Bridge, which is the world's first tilting bridge (it's nicknamed the blinking eye).

Travelling from one place to another is one of those things. I'm doing a roadtrip in Finland later this year and there are going to be a couple of days of just driving. I've had some long drives in the States because of the distances. I once drove from the Grand Canyon to LA in a day (think it was nearly 10 hours with a break for lunch)! And, I tried to drive from Banff to Vancouver in a day, but failed and stopped at Harrison Hot Springs which was a great find.

A few sayings we have in Yorkshire ." Yorkshire man born and bred , strong in arm thick in head" . Well if you have to take the piss out of yourself . The other one "you can tell a Yorkshire man but you can't tell him much"

Well I am glad you are still having fun and finding out stuff. Been through York many times but never visited. I hope you continue to enjoy your visit.

He has done a lot of moaning on this trip...

York is amazing, you'll love it. Or already have!

Chatsworth House Yo!. Hands down, just saying!. Much love from the UK X

A'reyt Ethan and Angela. Well done to Laura. I understand the first impression of York as someone who goes there for work. I also take my girlfriend there too, for the bits you liked, as I am not far away. I drove up the coast you liked, when I took my girlfriend to Scotland on holiday. I knew about it from holidays as a kid near Lindisfarne. Please do a video reaction on the Northumberland coast if can find a good one. Coldstream is also a nice place, just inland. I know Scotland History Tours did a video there.

In the Shambles the bit under the overhang used to be called the side walk (with paved side walks came the word pavement that replaced side walk universally) the overhang you mentioned was where the piss pots were disposed of into the gutter to mix with the horse dung from carts Pooee!. (A word we still use today for the side of the road and in sayings like "brought up in the gutter" to mean not nice, even though the only guttering now is on a roof not a road???)

Fantastic descriptions and personal veiw experiences. But obviously like they mentioned. York like most if not all circa Medieval Towns. Are obviously that. Small Towns. But for a more 9f an in depth Walled Tourist Experience l personally recommend CHESTER. England. Being less than 45 min drive from Liverpool Central that's an additional attraction to add to any Tourist based itinerary. 👍

Get guys glad you liked York just asking did you guys spot the Margret Clithero shine in the Shambles?

Just imagine if someone from the UK went on holiday to America but did no research other than tick off a list of places so we could say we'd been there. Alike a tourist bingo. Imagine if you knew a place had loads of great things to see and do, but because I was not *from* there, we did none of those wonderful things, and just spent our time ambling aimlessly about, because we hadn't done any research beforehand. I bet you'd feel frustrated and exasperated with us because our attitude was: Been there, tick......been there, tick, with a list of place names all ticked off so they went back to the UK as ignorant of the local food, the customs, the history, as before we'd come to America. That's sort of how I felt when I heard Ethan say, that he was disappointed because all there was was a bit of a wall. He wasn't in awe of a wall which protected kings of England 1000 years ago, before America was even a place anyone knew about. He didn't seem to know about the museum with 2 streets inside with shops you can go into, the ancient Minster with the Roman camp underneath it, or the Yorvik centre which no visitor to York should miss if they visit or any of the other loads of great things to see and do. Perhaps you both thought that the UK was a vast theme park with something to see and do 24 hours a day every couple of yards?

Are you guys still in York? There are so many things to see and do in this beautiful city. If you are still here may I suggest a few things you could check out before leaving. York Minster, Jorvik Viking Centre, Chocolate Story, Castle Museum, York Dungeon, Ghost walk tour, riverside walk (better than the boat in my opinion) and the skybar in Malmaison hotel giving fabulous views of the city. Clifford’s tower is also worth seeing but probably wouldn’t bother going inside. (However I haven’t seen the new updates so it might be more interesting now). Lots of tourists also enjoy visiting Betty’s to experience English afternoon tea. Fish & chips are 1000 times better from a proper fish & chip shop. Pub fish and chips taste very different. Enjoy your stay 😃

Didn't you go to the Railway Museum very good and free entry.

Did you see the devil and the cats etc during your visit to York, as they have some interesting carvings over the shop fronts

erm you didnt go see the old city gate ?? or the Jorvic centre ...you need like 3 days to see york tbh lol

Suppose one of the biggest differences between the UK and the USA is that we are not really a 24hour society in the same way much of the US is. Really enjoying the videos, Watching you experience the UK is great. Interestingly I have been watching a second reaction Channel with someone from the US visiting the UK, he's a young lad so is busier at night lol Been interesting comparing. I'm old so yours are more my speed lol

After trying to find a place to park in Canterbury -- and ending up on the other side of town from the cathedral -- I made it a policy of finding a park and ride outside of town and taking the bus to the sights. It worked pretty well. But in York I was able to park right outside the walls and walked into the city center.

King's Cross, not King's Crossiing. Sea, not ocean.

I really like the natural nature of your videos and your willingness to share your tips and the hiccoughs you encounter. These will help other travellers to these places, even home grown ones!

Not far from York is Pickering where you can catch a Steam train on the line the Harry Potter Hogwarts Express was filmed. It crosses the North Yorkshire Moors National Park to Whitby at the coast where you will find the church ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula as well as the prettiest harbour and the best fish & chips in the world. Can you tell I'm a Yorkshireman , lol :)

I'm excited to see the rest of your trip! Then getting back to normality. Theres no place like home lol

Whilst in york you had the Yorvic centre and the National Railway Museum to visit.When l visited the Railway museum it was free, but l was about 10yrs old.

One reason those old buildings are overhanging the street is because several centuries ago people living in those houses had a hole or toilet in that overhanging part of the building and human waste would be deposited directly onto the street and passers by

I enjoyed le petit cafe crepe breakfast first time recently too. Lots of fun. Though at 10mins walk from our house a bit nearer to home then for you.

York has more to offer than Lincoln which does have similarities to york both roman walled citys..lived in Lincoln all my life, we dont have the shambles but steep hill is a similar experience.these small roman citys dont compare with the likes of London there more heritage based than a bustling large city quaint is the tagline .

Just so gutted you didn't come and visit Manchester.....

Definitely should have visited Newcastle

Keen to know folks..............What did you think of you're visit overall?

If you're still in York, check out the National Railway museum, right next to the train station. It's free admission.

Hiya. Personally, I don't see the point of a full recap because you're just telling us what we've already seen and heard in the vlog before. However, if it was an 'extra bits' type video, telling/showing us things that'd slipped your mind, then that would be of interest more, I think. Stay safe. All the best to you.

I went there many years ago. I loved the Museum of Automata. I don't know if it's still there.

Glad you guys enjoyed your trip, BUT you missed nearly every stunning rural location that we have. Lake District Cotswolds Dartmoor Glen Coe and Fort William Peak District Cornwall The list goes on... EDIT: I see you are only halfway so I'll keep my fingers crossed 🤣

are you coming to Somerset?

There are only 5 oceans on Earth : Pacific,Atlantic,Indian, Arctic and Southern. Some seas such as the Mediterranean, Red Sea, the South China Sea and the North Sea have as much history as any ocean. There was an American Vlogger who kept on referring to the Mediterranean/Adriatic as the ocean and drove all his non-American followers nuts. Americans have oceans on each coast but I hope they don't refer to the Caribbean or the Gulf of Mexico as" the ocean".

That's great that you met up with ppl there 😀 I sware the trains make it as vague and confusing as possible 🙄. Oh and only half way through the vacation! I always look forward to the next one. Cheers 👍 😉

Anyone with a while to spare from anywhere in the world, I reckon, should not go far wrong in adding the city of Lincoln to their sojourns hither. You`ll notice Lincoln approaching from its south ( London ) since there`s a fucking great big Cathedral atop a hill built a thousand years ago. This is only my attempt at wit, so take no notice and avoid Lincoln.

The ticketing issue sounds like Scottish customer service !

Scottish money lol

Hi guys, l have to say sorry about your treatment whilst using the trains!! At the moment the government have taken back , one of the service companies and Virgin Train service as gone back too LNER as it's not working with the private sector.Many people want it to be re Nationalised( goverment owned and run) Next time l would use the App trainline. Changes of platforms and having to get yourself and luggage across to another platform ,can be a workout on it's own and it's been like that as far back as l can remember. The train tickets are expensive and confusing because of all the train companies running it !! The 2nd Apology is for the Bank not having "cash" Next time you could try a Post office or a large Sainsbury's Supermarket store. I hope your experiences haven't put you off from visiting us in the future?!

Finally they left Scotland 😆

The Viking Museum is a great place to take the children; lots of stinky smells.

Just don't go north of the wall.

More handstands please…..you little imp. So glad that you are enjoying our little country, keep safe and well love from Suffolk ❤️👍🇬🇧

Ohh my, doesn't he talk a lot! A lot of the time over his wife. I have watched your videos for a few years, and have heard both of your names. However, I'm in my fifties and I'm rubbish with names (dyslexia runs in my family). Mrs America should take charge more and punch Mr America in the family jewels more, as I find Mrs America is more concise. However, I love your RU-vid videos so don't let me put you off doing them. I have never been to York, but I know it is steeped in history going back thousands of years. History with English, Anglo Saxons, Vikings and even some Scottish stuff. It should in theory have enough stuff for a years worth of documentaries, never mind a brief visit.

you're both talking too fast because you're interrupting each other lol. one should just remain silent. that's self respect. mutual respect should slowly blossom from that. then hopefully you will be able to talk together and be understood. good luck lol

You don't like York so much. Well that's fine . Sorry you were disappointed . I think you should go to Atlantic City for your next holiday. The wall you walked on is older than the America by a mile, but it's another country and a disappointment for you. You poor children .

:)

kings evil, no parlez

Ethan is always brutally honest.

you shouyld go to a proper chippy to get fish and chips, not a restaurant

I just noticed. Your accents are barely, or maybe not even American sounding. You could almost be from New Zealand.

Did anybody else spot Williis Tower ? Several, `nice to see York`s support of Ukraine. It is a small but nice city.