My First Time in Europe! Flying Across the Atlantic to London - Shane Vlog #8 

Thank you so much - that means a ton! That's the dream though haha, maybe this videos will get me there! Glad you enjoyed!

Thank you so much - I really appreciate your kind words!

I also hope Shane can pronounce Leicester Square correctly. I was once asked by an American family the directions for LyyyCeeeester Square. It was difficult to keep a straight face...

@@ds1868 Haha I'm learning, I'm learning

Thank you very much! I'm a pretty avid geography/city enthusiast, so I especially try to learn more before visiting somewhere new. It was such a great time in England and I absolutely hope to return as soon as I can. Cheers!

Came here to say the same. Seems like a nice chap too.

Great video edit. Loved the journey frpm beginning to end. Complete narrative. Adds so much to the context and builds anticipation. If you ever get the chance, try out Edinburgh. There are direct flights from Newark (United) or JFK (delta).

Thank you!! I'd absolutely love to go to Edinburgh. Scotland is very high on my bucket list, especially lots of the countryside!

Huh, funny it's all a misconception

And it rains more in Hawaii than Britain.

General thing with the UK, it can rain a lot but it can also rain any time with little to no warning.

@@494Farrell The MET is pretty reliable now with weather it's far better than people give it credit

@@494Farrell we also get lots of days of constant light rain so although totals aren’t high it’s still a nuisance. Fun fact Jakarta Indonesia gets 3 times London’s annual rain but it falls in half as many hours

Thank you, Aunt Menucha!!

Thank you so much!

Haha valid, though I hate to say Times Square has long surpassed Picadilly in notoriety

@@shanelavner4080 indeed, but come to think of it, Piccadilly Circus was never really representative as an iconic London place - it’s considered just another place. For that iconic place thing which represents a city, for London you have a pick of three: Buckingham Palace, Big Ben or Tower Bridge (the one which mistakenly gets called London Bridge).

Right, I never even heard of it until I began doing research in advance of my trip. I'd probably through London Eye, the West End, and Tower of London into the mix of iconic London.

Thank you! I'm very into geography, and also did research/talked to some London friends to prep!

Thank you, likewise!! Maybe we'll have to do a vlog on that fateful day haha

Haha I think it's really the space between houses that we really really love - lot of pride in our yards lol

Thank you!! Those are all high on the bucket list! We looked into Bath but it was a little too far for only four days there. But yes, hopefully no strikes next time haha

@@shanelavner4080 Oxford and Cambridge are beautiful and Cornwall & Devon in spring/summer is lovely and very fashionable now with lots of international visitors discovering Cornwall after watching Doc Martin & Poldark tv series. Lake District too in north west and Edinburgh and Highlands. Bath is lovely in summer if you do go one day. I would never visit Britain in winter. Everything is grey and miserable. 😖

Thank you for the recommendations - they sound lovely! And yes, with that latitude, it gets dark so early! Spring/Summer/Fall are definitely when I'd wanna visit haha

@@shanelavner4080 Yes, gets dark by about 10.30 to 11.00 in summer and by 4pm in winter. Can still rain quite heavily at times in summer & always seems to be at weekends, but due to climate change having very hot heatwaves now, which is concerning. I thought you might enjoy seeing this couple's travel videos. They are from the US too and are travelling extensively, meeting up with on set of parents in UK last summer. youtube.com/@HSLR This is one about Bath & Bristol - my part of UK. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OHhHhijl0fE.html

@@JanMorristheadminmaven Crazy how much more variance the length of your days is, compared to the States! And yeah, those European heatwaves are brutal - I was really glad I missed it in England. Thanks for sending the travel videos!

Haha thank you very much! Yes, I'd love to know some of the best places to go! It'll be some time, but I really want to get back to England. 😂 that's great, probably not the "give way" they intended

She said it is! And thank you!

That's true. It would've been nice to experience one of the iconic buses! But I did some taxi rides that were really great and offered some cool views!

@@shanelavner4080 there aren’t views in London like the rest of Britain we have such beautiful places but London is horrible compared to up north

@@Alphoric you've texted the wrong person. I've been extensively in every single county - in fact I havnt yet met anyone else who HAS. When we talk about the north, we're talking natural environment, historic architecture, and friendly down-to-earth folk. London specialises in more modern man-made institutions which should be just an introduction to the country. But this is identical to when people go to Paris, or New York, or Ibiza, etc. etc. How many local people have they met - I wouldn't mind betting you - zero.!!!

@@JohnTaylor-bf6ll I always make sure, when I go to another country to go to off the map places, Much more interesting. Especially meeting people, even if I can't speak the language fluently. Had some amazing conversations with people.

That's how ALL MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD work.

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed! And yes, the longest day of my life (literally haha)... it was so cool to be at a place where so many of the best classic English artists once frequented! I love music history, so it was a must do!

@@shanelavner4080 It's such a short little street, I hope it lived up to its history and reputation! Thanks for your reply.

Thank you!!

I really appreciate that!! Budapest was an extraordinary city (these videos are coming out after the fact, as I finished study abroad in December). Easily the most extraordinary architectural city I've ever been to - and I got to see a lot of Europe over the course of the semester! I wish I saw more of Hungary outside of Budapest, but I loved the history, the food, and the cheap prices! So much to do the entire 3.5 months. I'm studying screenwriting - definitely interesting seeing the way a film school in Hungary runs compared to LA (where I currently study). That's fascinating! I'd be so curious to see what Budapest in the days before it became so tourist-ready (so much tourism, I didn't go a day without hearing English on the streets!). I've heard a lot about the wariness in the people, and I think that's mostly on display in the older generations who grew up in Communism. The younger generations, on the other hand, come across much like Western Europeans or Americans, very globalized. While the political state of the country isn't great, it's economically stable overall, at least in Budapest, and very much feels like a safe first world country. And yes - Margaret Island is wonderful! I don't thin they do hors and carriage tours there anymore, but I biked around it and loved it. But yeah, it gets so hot in the summer - the weather overall felt very similar to Maryland, where I'm from. And again thank you so much - I hope you enjoy!

Thank you! Haha, you should see some of the houses in my town! My area is only a 25 year-old development on what was previously farmland, so they built the houses pretty big (my old house in New Jersey was much older/smaller and is worth only a bit less - there's a massive range in house size/real estate within the States)

London has half the sun of New England per annum

@@StuartPembery Ok, probably less than California too! Not sure what your point is!? London also has less rain fall than NYC, Madrid and Sydney per annum.

I loved London! It was my second favorite city during my whole study abroad semester (after Paris). The architecture was beautiful, the food was amazing, and there was so much to see and do. Felt like an old-fashioned New York City.

No it isn't. It has less rain than New York for instance. The West of England, Wales, the North West, Scotland and Northern Ireland are wetter than the eastern side of the UK.

I'd love to return to Britain and see much more of the country outside of London - Scotland and Wales are high on the bucket list!

@@shanelavner4080 if you come to Wales then drop me a message. I’m from North Wales and will happily show you around.

I really appreciate that - will do!

Oh yes, that's right. My mistake!

Noted! Thank you!

Thank you very much!

Yeah I messed that one up haha - all I had to do was read and not add the extra "i"

Haha yes I have!

Excited for you!

😂 😂

It's about the journey, not the destination haha

Thank you!

I know there's a lot in Mexico I hope to see at some point. Not to mention the pueblos in the American Southwest, not so far from me now that I'm living in LA!

Britain is in Northern Europe ... fact!

I got out for a day (my Day 3 Vlog documents it) and absolutely loved my time in Hadleigh, Old Leigh, and Southend On Sea! When I return at some point, I will 100% see more of the country

Don't have bad food that's an old opinion .had heatwave in the summer and one predicted this year.. as though it never rains abroad

It was bad food during the war, due to rationing. What can you so with one egg a WEEK, a quarter of an ounce of butter, lard, (ugh),very small amounts of everything, that's if available.From 1939 into the fifties. No wonder I never learned to cook.😃

London has great food Thai Chinese Indian Nepalese and my favourite Japanese you can even get good quality sushi 🍣 at sainsbury who are you people ?

I loved London for the incredible diversity of food and the general excitement of the city (NYC is one of my favorite cities in the States), but I found the locals pretty friendly overall! But yes, I wish I spent more time in more rural England - during my third day we visited the ruins of Hadleigh Castle and that was one of the best memories of the trip

Alphoric Stop being so ridiculous, i am a born and bred Londoner, the population of London is almost 9 million people, and you know it's "impossible" to meet anyone friendly, HOW?. I, and everyone I know will talk to anyone, especially if they look like they might be lost, or confused about where they are and need help. London is one of the most, visited City's on the planet, and many of these visitors return time and time again, I wonder what on Earth the attraction can be? All the unfriendly people do you think?. Please tell me where you are from so I can travel there and feel the real Britain.

@@daneelolivaw602 I’m not being ridiculous if you’ve been in London like you say and then you go up north the people are much friendlier and it’s much nicer up north anyway like I’d be much happier in the Lake District then london

@@Alphoric I am almost 70 years old I was born about a twenty minute walk from the Houses of Parliament, and Westminster Abbey, I was born a few hours after the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth. And I've lived in London all my life. As a young bloke I used to travel all over the country, and believe me, there are many people in the North especially, who will not want anything to do with you, as soon as they hear your accent.

@@daneelolivaw602 that’s because you’re a Londoner everyone outside London has that same opinions as london warps people brains a tad no sense of community at all at least from my many experiences in London

😂 😂

I didn't see much of the UK outside of London (just traveling to Hadleigh, Old Leigh, and Southend for part of a day) but I loved what I saw! The seaside was gorgeous and peaceful

@@shanelavner4080 Interesting collection of places! Were you visiting people?

Thanks! Nope, just wanted to go to one of the big seaside towns with an amusement park haha. Southend looked cool and had some other nice places nearby so it became a multifaceted little day trip

@@shanelavner4080 Glad you came to my Hometown

What continent is it on then?

@@smudger5555It isn't.The British Isles is a sovereign archipelago.

haha I swear I saw it come out of the kitchen, fully uneaten

The UK is part of Europe - and always has been. We just aren't part of the EU.

@@jillosler9353 Jill you can be European all you like. And half the people living here are European. I'm English. And have never counted myself as European. Much like most of the actual UK born peoples.....

@@sharperprospecting6980 if you’re not European, what are you? You do realise that because the UK is in the European continent, that makes you (whether you like it or not) an European? Because you know, Africans are from the African continent, South and North Americans are from those respective continents, Asians from the Asian continent, so on and so forth...

@@Haiyan25 americans are Americans. ( Treasonous brits). I'm the British Isles. The UK. You can what you like I'm not European I'm British English. Yes lots of Europeans here. But those that are from here. Don't count themslefs as European.. Brits don't go anywhere and say "I'm European.. No we don't... Europeans do. And Americans don't generaly have the geographical knowledge to know where whisbeckistan is.. And so say European to make it easy for Americans to understand

@@sharperprospecting6980 it’s literally a continent, whether you agree with it or not. You are an European 🤦🏾‍♀️

Most Americans think it's still the Victorian era. Mind you, so do a lot of British politicians . . . .