American reacts to London, England

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[Attirbful]

“Everything LOOKS SO historic“… LOL. Almost spat out my lunch. Honey, IT IS!

[szenszely]

If I remember correctly "Di" was a well known nickname of Princess Diana.

[TerryD]

Yes, Princess Di was A familial name for Princess Diana and the people of the country also referred to her that way in a fond way. She was known as "The Peoples Princess" due to her humanity

[TheCornishCockney]

I live in a stone cottage in Cornwall, South West England right on the Atlantic coast.
My front door is older than America so let’s get it in perspective.

[davethatcher]

London has so many green spaces/Parks that is officially designated as an urban Forest.

[MrMordethrhedan]

1:52 "You can explore the whole city on foot?" average american when learning about "Walkable city". but yes, most city in europe can be explored on foot, no need for a car or even to use public transportatoin (tho, going from one side to another can take a while) but, there is a path on foot from any point to any other point, you'll never have a ppit where the city need you to go by car from point A to point B. It's even often more convenient to go on foot too

[Jeni]

The whole world shortens Diane and Diana to Di. It’s done with the deepest of affection.

[melesshuffle]

Compact my arse. The West End is the main touristy bit and is easy(ish) to walk around, but London is fooking massive. I used to live in East London and work in West and the route I cycled was 17 miles each way.

[lemonmac]

You usually learn about The Great Fire of London when you are 6/7 yrs old in Primary School.

[annafrolova]

Fun fact about "a small town". London is the third largest city in Europe after Moscow and Istanbul. It would be great if Ryan made a video about those two cities too!

Yes, Turkiye is an intercontinental country with European and Asian parts. Istanbul is one of the few cities that are located in two parts of the world at the same time (there are also such cities in Russia and Kazakhstan)

[michaelbolton-a]

It's not a ferris wheel - The London Eye is a cantilevered observation wheel. Cantilevered means that the entire structure is anchored by an A-frame on one side only.

[michaeldianewynne]

The Tower of London is actually a castle and royal palace, although it has been used as a prison but it wasn't built for that purpose.

[Mark_Bickerton]

The "City of London" is about a square mile and is the orginal Londinium" is quite comfortable to explore on foot!

[ViktorijaBastete]

The way you said at beginning London just gave me an eye twitch 😂😂😂

[pgr]

St Paul's survived the blitz. There were fire watchers constantly on the roof of the cathedral, when Germans attacked and burned so much of the city around it, people would put out any burning debris as fast as they could to try and save the historic building, it felt that important. It had a few hits and a few close calls but damage was limited. It was a miracle how it never got destroyed. The most famous photo everyone knows of that period sees the dome of the cathedral intact as thick smoke obscures much of the area.

[MsPerlia]

Oh Ryan, your Americaness is so obvious, glad that you are expanding your horizons,

[warrengday]

The centre is very walkable. I’ve walked from Westminster to Tower Bridge alone and with tourist friends several times.
Also from Kings Cross to the river. Yes there are lots of suburbs, but the centre is very easily walkable.

[siobhan]

Proud to be from London. Best city in the world. So much history and culture.

[ollielowe]

The Great Fire was preceded by The Great Plague, every child in Britain learns this in junior school

[egonrhoodie]

London is over 2000 years old!Founded by the Romans! I grew up in Knightsbridge London and visited it twice again! Blessings and happy thoughts!😇🙏🤳🇬🇧🎭⛲🕺