hey there fellow travelers mark here
with Walters Reuben today we're in
London and we have for you today are the
10 things are going to shock you when
you do come to London because this is
one of the most visited cities in the
world for good reason and the first
thing is going to shock you when you're
here is tempted ah this sticker shock
London is expensive hotels you know
accommodation going out to eat the
non-free museums
they're all really pricey and the
exchange rate usually doesn't go in your
favor if you're from the US or Europe
and things like that so that's the first
thing it's going to shock you oh my god
this is an expensive place to go now
the second thing that's going to shock
you is um well how can I say this
there's probably thing that's going to
induce your heart attack shock when you
are here and that's the fact that they
drive on the left side of the road so
you need to look right and then left and
then right because you're coming from
Germany at the US you look look you look
left and look right and go here the cars
come from the other way and I can't tell
you how many tourists I've seen look in
the wrong way and they step out and then
a cab guy was like like oh my god I mean
I saw three people yesterday almost died
because they were looking the wrong way
so that's the second thing though
Shockers cars going the other way
heart-attack inducing oh my god I almost
got killed there the third thing is
going to shock you when you come to
London is how international this city is
it's I mean I know we're in England you
know but you don't really feel like it
all the time well yes you do when you
got you know the Buckingham Palace over
here Trafalgar Square Piccadilly Circus
but the city truly is international
probably the most international city in
the world you're going to have your high
tea you know at four o'clock with
crumpets and scones and all those things
it'll be served to you by an Italian
waitress or you're going to go to the
pub right the quintessential England
London experience is going to eat at a
pub go getting a pint at the pub where
that person pouring that pipe might be
from Poland and this city is so
international so it's got great fruit
from around the world people from all
over come here so that is pretty cool
but it is shocking how not super English
it is when you are here but there are
some cool English stuff like like seeing
the change of the guard and stuff like
that now the fourth shock we have on
there is kind of help you with the
sticker shop side of things
and that is how many great free things
there are to do in London yes is
expensive but the best museum the
British Museum where you can see you
know artifacts from Greece and and
sarcophagi from the Pharaohs and Egypt
and all kinds of things like that it's
free to go in the take the tape monitor
you can go see the VNA where they have
copies of copies of great masterpieces
and artwork from around the world I mean
there's so many great free things to do
just standing outside and take it in to
historic buildings you're gonna feel
like I've been I'm on a movie set I saw
this in a movie you have that feeling
when you're here and that's it's really
cool and they have all kinds of great
free things so don't get suckered in to
go into some of the pay stuff some of
the pay stuff is worth it for example
going to Westminster Abbey that is well
worth the price of entrance other ones
like Madame Tussaud I don't know if it's
really worth twenty-five thirty pounds
you know so be careful with that the
fifth thing is going to shock you is
look it's sunny today we have actually
have nice weather in London look it
doesn't rain every day here I know I
like to joke about the bad weather in
London and the bad weather in England
but I'll be honest you can have great
days like this where it is sunny and the
people go out to the pubs and all kinds
of stuff and really make the city come
alive so if you are here
believe me the weather may shock you
that you can get a great sunny day like
this however probably the real shock is
it does rain a lot when you are here so
make sure you bring a jacket goes
believe me I know I have extravagant in
my bag just in case this beautiful day
ends and we have a little London shower
come through so we've gotten away from
there clouds and the really nice sunny
weather and warm weather now it's
getting a little bit chilly I need to
have my jacket so let's finish off
number six through ten of the ten things
they're going to shock you when you come
to London so the sixth thing that might
shock can you come here is how much
people do drink here men women that
children may know it's just like how
many pubs there are out there throughout
London how many bars and restaurants and
nightclubs and stuff like that then how
much people really love to have a pint
if you're going down you see the people
leaving Canary Wharf from work and
they're doing pub crawls on a Thursday
you
how about your pub after pub it's
amazing how much people do drink here in
London and they drink a lot whether it's
a pint of stout or an ale or a Peroni
which used to be popular now or a gin
and tonic your White Castle or whatever
there is drinking going all over the
place and that does kind of shop
travelers because they're like the
English are so buttoned up and refined
and they're sitting there having a pint
like all the time but that is one of the
quintessential things of coming to
London is going to the pub and having a
pint have them to get the Ale where they
crank it out for you and I mean people
if you watch my videos before I haven't
always been the biggest fans of the ales
but on this trip I've made it a point
only to drink ale I've been here and
they're starting to grow on me and
you'll see that that is just part of
coming here but it'll shock you is how
much do people do drink here which leads
into the 7 thing that might shock you is
the pubs last call is at 11
they're drinking a lot they start early
in the day within the pubs close at
11:00 you're like whoa whoa let me think
about it if you're coming from Spain or
Portugal on your trip at 11 o'clock
people are starting to think about maybe
getting ready to go out here pubs are
closed you got to find another you know
nightclub or something like that to go
to so it does kind of shock people in
the like wait it's 11:00 the pubs are
closing what's going on here
so do realize that the pubs do closed at
11:00 so get your drinking and earlier I
guess so that might be shocking for
tourists are coming here for a good pub
time good time all right now the a thing
that shocks tourists when they come here
is how good the tourist infrastructure
is here I mean the English are extremely
well organized and here in London it's
no different and what's cool is that
means there's tons of the hotels
there's tons of restaurants there's tons
of nightclubs and bars and theatres you
can go to an operas and all kinds of
really cool things you can see you can
see famous actors work on a play on the
West End and and you could do all this
really cool stuff here but also if
you're a tourist you can do this on your
own with all the information that's out
there the tube is easy to use you can go
get your Oyster card and top it up and
do that you know make sure you tap in
and tap out it gets expensive but the
thing is you can
to get around and the cops will help you
the people will help you and it is a
really cool thing so if you do get lost
ask the shopkeeper hey which way should
I go
they will do a good job but that tourist
infrastructure here man that
organization the English have plus with
all the tourists here they really kind
of put it together well and what's funny
is you see the Londoners here and it's
almost like I mean they know that
there's lots of Tours here but they
can't go on with their lives they don't
sometimes don't seem like they interact
with the tourists or notice the marriage
is part of their normal day stuff then
it is kind of cool but man the tour's
infrastructure here shocking how good it
is you'll be fine that's why I tell
people looking for a first trip to
Europe England and London's are really
easy too because they have it all set up
for you so that is kind of shocking how
well it is done now the ninth thing that
might shock you come here is how big
this city is look you are going to be
used the tube to go to all these
different places around the city but
when you look at how big London is what
you need to realize there's different
neighborhoods and all kinds of different
stuff all over last night we were went
out on the east you know on the East End
and we went you know saw show the night
before in the West End
maybe go to Greenwich and go do
something so Notting Hill Chinatown
there's so many different districts
around here that people think oh well
London must be kind of the historic
centre I see the City of London I go see
the Tower of London I'm done no go
explore when you're here see the other
districts around town because you can
find fantastic restaurants different
knife-like different cultures different
people and each of these kind of
districts and it is a really cool thing
because then you really see remember
that internationalism the really melting
pot of London you can really see that
when you go and explore the different
neighborhoods so and the tenth thing
that will probably shock you to come
here to London is the cops don't have
any guns or if they do have guns feel
like big machine guns I know in the US
are cops always have a firearm on the
side but here the bobbies that the cops
here they don't they have their walkie
talkie and some other things and the
thing is they're really super friendly
and helpful so if you're not sure where
to go the cops again that service and
that tourist infrastructure and the
manners and all those kind of things
that you have here in England they come
out in the cops are very helpful all you
need to go this way sir go that way sir
they are fantastic but not having the
gun is kind of shocking sometimes for
tourists but then when they see the guys
are the big machine guns they're like
Wow so what I do have them they really
do have them so that can be shocking for
our tourists anyway those are just ten
little things that might shock a tourist
when they come here to London it's a
fantastic time I've been here many many
times I highly recommend it the British
Museum is one of my favourite museums in
the world and it's free so go enjoy that
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