Mistakes American Tourists Make in England | American Reacts 

Cask ales should be served at "cellar temperature" not "room temperature", therefore around 54 Fahrenheit so you can taste it. You wouldn't want your house temperature set at 54 F. Most American beers are ice cold so you can't taste how bad they are!

Queuing……… it’s orderly and reflects our sense of fairness. Push into the queue and I’m piping up!

People think we like queuing, actually we don't, but we hate bad manners more 😊 Regarding beer and ale, they are the same thing. For the cold stuff, like Budweisser, it is called lager or lager beer. So if you ask for a beer you will get hand pulled or bottled ale offered, and they shouldn't be served at room temperature, it should be cooler, at cellar temperature, not icy cold but definitely not warm. That is a mocking term used by people who are used to 'frozen' beer. You can usually have a sample of a pulled drink before you buy, so no risk involved The old country lanes/carriage tracks, that have tarmacadam on them, (blacktop I think you call it), are narrower, but the motorways are wider. Undertaking is illegal, so you don't have to be looking all ways for passing traffic. Should you prefer not to drive, trains/National Express coaches & local buses will get you to most places. If you want to go to say Bath, you can get there in a couple of hours from London, no hassle about where to park, and you will be in the city centre. Also, you can enjoy the scenery en route by public transport, so think carefully about whether hiring a car is actually advantageous for your trips. The railcard, as suggested is almost certainly the best option for most journeys. It rains a lot more in the north of England, it is lovely up there, great people, but be warned it is more of a risk. The museums in London, and most other places, are free. Pret a Manger, (a UK cafe/take out chain, despite the French name), is a good option when sightseeing. They are literally everywhere in London, and many places around the country. They have organic food made fresh everyday, nothing is put out next day. Anything fresh not sold is given to worthy causes each evening. Apart from the usual coffee shop offerings, they have soups & salads, etc., and the prices are reasonable for the quality. I definitely recommend 👍 Remember this too, the police are friendly and helpful 😃 Now you are fit to book your ticket to the UK, we look forward to seeing you soon 🙋‍♀️🇬🇧🤗

The mistake americans make is they mostly stay in central london, and eat out in the central london at some expensive restaurants

I live in the UK (born & bred) and visited London around 1972 (once was enough) there's a lot more to the UK (not to be confused with England) than just the capital.

Born and bred Londoner ,but please remember there is so much more to see . I've travelled a lot of the country now live in Scotland. 79 now and still haven't seen everything

As someone who has lived in London in the past, there is more than one London, there are places geared for tourists and are very expensive, but even in tourist areas if you're a local you know where to go, we used to go for meals in the West End which is generally very expensive, however we went through a nondescript door in Soho upstairs to one of the best Chinese restaurants in the whole city, extremely great value for money and fantastic food

No tipping here either. It's your choice to tip not a requirement.

Welcome anytime fella. Transatlantic flights are at their cheapest this time of year. And you don’t have to have London as your destination airport either,land anywhere and you’ll be close to connecting domestic public transport. Why not DM Walter? He’s such a regular UK visitor,he’ll know pretty much everything. Research and planning is everything. Been to the US and loved it,once to NY and once to Memphis (that was a musical ambition) and the people “down south” were lovely and made me very welcome. Not so much NY but that’s your equivalent of London,everyone rushing at such a speed,they even talk fast. Make plans to put a bit away each month for at least a 3 week trip but plan your itinerary,and talk to us as well!

the best thing to do before travelling to any country, is to look online at what is free. most tourist who come to London will fall into going to tourist attractions that cost a fair amount to enter. when they could go to the Imperial War Museum, Natural History Museum or the Victoria and Albert Museum for free. then you have things like Hyde Park and memorials and statues that you can go see. a day wandering around the shops, Harrods and Hamley's (the worlds best toy shop). so you can spend a week visiting London and only pay for food and accommodation and maybe bus fares.

Ale: Firstly it is NOT sold at room temperature it is sold at CELLAR temperature and tastes fantastic, much better than lager beers especially American lager beers which are disgusting.

It does not rain all the time. We actually have more dry day's than wet. However usually somewhere in the UK it may rain but that rain will be mostly isolated.

A pint of Bitter is heaven, only equald by a pint of draught Guinness

Please remember also in uk we use 24 hr clock / military time , on our clock

the north east of England (especially Northumberland where i live) is absolutely terrible for tourists. the 50 miles of golden beaches, fantastic countryside, amazing history, friendly people etc, ... is definitely not what id recommend for tourists! (chuckle)

Hey Neal, you are in my home city today! Chester is where I live, beautiful City, It was a Roman Fortress called Diva Vitrix! Definitely worth a visit. You will be very welcome 😊👍

UK Beers tend to be stronger than US Beers like Budwiser

We also have ice cold beers such as Stella, bud, carling, fosters and many others.. I'm a cider girl myself, we have some fantastic ciders.. Don't worry when you visit the UK you'll be spoilt for choice 🍺🍻🥂🤔😘🇬🇧

Neal... One of the first mistakes people make is calling the presenter 'Walter' - HIS name is MARK and his SURNAME is 'Wolter' (as in 'Wolters World')... Just saying!

You will need a britcard from network rail

Ale such a Bitter and Mild are served slightly chilled whilst Larger such as Stella, Carlsberg are served ice cold. Plus you can getting bottles of Larger from Pubs/Bars, such as Budweiser witch is kept in an ice cold fridge behind the bar.

Shops outside of London (Birmingham and further north) are much more cheaper. Train journeys off peak hours are cheaper. You can find cheap train journeys online, book ahead. Our museums and most galleries are free. Many Cathedrals are free, York Minster charges. Liverpool is a great place to stay, we are in close range of many places, like the Peak District and the Lake District, we have a great train service to many places. I have done many day trips all over from Liverpool, London only cost me about £35 - £45. I have been all over North Wales and Chester is our other city. Manchester is too close. I have been to York and Whitby (love it) plus Scarborough and Bridlington. All day trips by either coach or, train. The North is very friendly, we get some bad press from the south, take no notice. In a pub go to the bar and wait for your order before finding a table, it is faster. You get more of the flavour of the ale when it is room temperature.

If you say seven it means seven. time is something Americans seem to struggle with. Analog clock, no chance.

Make sure you know the difference between Stratford upon Avon and Stratford upon Thames.

I remember staying in a place called "The White House" (yea it's a common name) and it was so old the floors weren't even level and under the doors you could stick you're fingers through. The walls weren't square and I doubt there was a straight line in the place. But it had stood for centuries, solid as a rock with walks so thick you could sit next to windows in a hole.

Be aware of where you are. Best advice ever. 😅

Real ale is great at room temp.

There is lots of old buildings everywhere, we are an old country Neal. My doctors office is in a 15th century building. Stay local when you come over and enjoy the culture that we have.

If you think about time. Everything past the hour is "past" the hour, 7:10 is 10 past 7, everything past the half hour is "to" the next hour, 7:40 is 20 to 8. So on the half hour you are either half past the current hour or half to the next hour, in the UK it's considered past the current hour, 7:30 is half past 7, or half seven. Often in response you'll get 20 past as the answer, or 10 to as another, because it's assumed you know the hour.

Just to give you an idea of English weather, today in London, it was really cold this morning, but brightened up as the day went on and got tolerably warm by 2pm. At 4pm, there was very heavy rain for an hour and a half, after which the sun came out again. That's what it's like here. Changeable. Very rarely can you rely on it staying dry and sunny all day.

its not room temperature ale. its cellar temperature! (so almost cold)

Regarding the football thing - the love/hate thing isn't exclusive to England. It's like that in almost every country where football is the national sport and there are high expectations for the team. You go to Italy, it's the same. You go to France, it's the same. Go to Spain, same. (Almost) Everybody who loves football calls out their team or players when things are not going well.

One thing that will REALLY annoy people is if you keep adding "England" after the name of every town.

How long did it take you to write your post.. I applaud you. 👏👏👏👏Great information 😘🇬🇧

Sour wine is called Vinegar. Sour beer is called Alegar. True.

Ales are not room temperature they are cellar temperature

Ale (the original beer!) is NOT room temperature! It is cellar temperature which should be considerably cooler than 'room' temp. Ales are darker, heavier and tastier than lagers usually, there is no hard and fast rule and some are better than others. Try several different kinds as you travel around the UK, there are usually some that are local to where you are or others that a very specific to a region but are distributed more widely. Either the barman or the locals will be happy to voice their opinions on these matters usually.

When i say beer, I don't mean larger, i mean ale. Larger is cold, ale is usually cask and cellar temperature 😊

If you live in a hot country, you drink cold beer. We live in a cold country, so we drink warm beer.

Another Londoner here, been around the southern states in America & I can say, hand on heart, your beer is 💩, why would you drink that stuff, you have some amazing scenery too but it’s a shame no one but the owner is allowed to enjoy most of it, I saw a beautiful waterfall in North Carolina & was seen off really aggressively when I went to get closer, I’d never heard of anyone being like that, what did the owner think I was going to do, steal it? Maybe the local beer was affecting his brain, I love going to America but it’s just a shame that so many people have the “it’s mine so don’t go near it” mentality

Why would anyone think that "seven thirty" meant "half past six" or " eight thirty" !!?? 9.28. We don't have 50 cent pieces in the UK. We have 50 PENCE pieces. Don't forget our Sunday trading laws. Shops are open from 10am to 4pm only.

What the hell was that word salad all about half seven (7.30). Half 8 = 8 30, and half 9 is 9.30, and so on. How simple do Americans need it to be. If you say quarter past that is 7.15 or 8.15 etc. If you say quarter to 8 that = 7.45 etc. ot quarter to 9 = 8.45. It is not hard ffs.

The word queue is ironic. It's just a 'q' with a load of silent letters waiting in a line.

Neal the ales vs your normal cold beers, ales are pulled from barrels, they are de gassed, then then pulled up, hand granked to your glass, the reason it warmer than the cold beers, it not room temperature, but kept in the cellar, like all the beers, but its not refrigerated, the reason is, once the barrel is open, its at its best, over a few week period its taste gets less, also, if the ale temp drops to low, you loose the flavour through refrigeration, there are hundreds to try, but dont worry, they will give you a small taste of them to see if you like them or which one you think is best, you wont buy blind

we dont always say half seven. that comes from 'half past seven' which was how we say it more often - or used to say before life speeded up for many people and even speech got shortened.

Funny how British people don't have a problem going to countries that drive on the right and drive there its not a big deal.

Learnt to Q in the war 😊 and riles handed down 😊

In 2015 I retired to the moddle of France. There are only two things I miss about England: the Indian restaurants and the real ale pubs!

Buy rail ticket through an app not at station or from the train company. you could save a fortune.

The different train companies will not have their operating licences renewed so by the end of next year, all of them will be state run.

The time thing really confused me. How is 7.30 6.30???

The rail passses can be good value but do your homework. The main pass you can get is a 7 day pass with in 1 month. So that any 7 non consecutive days within a 1 month period. So if only going to 3-4 places it wouldnt be worth it butif here for a couple of weeks it may be. They are good value if you are not doing return trips from one central point and back again each time as one way joursneys can be expensive by comparison

How do you get 6:30 from "half seven"?

Neil take a look at JPS reacts because he has stayed in uk.

In the city the public transport is good . Not so good I the country 🙁

neal, the Que, yeah its a culture, but they gone down fast, because as a brit, you just want to be served and go, we dont have all that chit chat, like americans, the over talking sales person, for the tip and all that

Saying half 7 and thinking it means 6.30 makes no sense whatsoever.