welcome back to the channel I'm Alec I'm
Marco you're watching vagabrothers and
in this video we'll be exploring London
in two different ways
East quest we're here with visa and
their contactless cards which allows pay
for our travels worldwide and found
taking out any cash or getting stuck
with leftover local currency at the end
of the trip visa challenged us to
explore the city in two different ways
I'm taking the West and I'll be
exploring the East we're gonna be
showing you how to do the same city in
two slightly different styles without
taking out a single pounds the adventure
begins now maybe we can be up for a pint
halfway through brother have a good time
sounds good
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black calves hide me from the rain
ladies and gentlemen welcome to the west
side of London historically this was the
side where the nobility congregated the
royal family lives it's a little bit
cleaner it's a little bit quieter a
little more classy if you have a taste
for the finer things in life this is the
side for you and I am very excited to
explore the west side of London but I'm
hungry so first things first it's time
to eat the first stop is sketch London a
collection of five different restaurants
as famous for their food as they are for
their highly Instagram bull aesthetic
let's eat right now we are in the glade
it's been described as a modern forest
fairytale definitely feels like Alice in
Wonderland in here but I'm excited I got
lunch on the way a couple of courses and
this is gonna be a delicious meal
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welcome to East London the industrial
side of the city
it's full of factories it's crisscross
with canals that connected the Porta
London to the industrial cities in the
north of England but these days the
factories are mostly shut down and
they've been converted to artists
residency's startup hubs and cool
businesses like the place I'm going for
lunch
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welcome to crate and Hackney Wick this
is a former factory that's been
converted into a microbrewery and a
pizzeria we got some local ears
everything from a session IPA to an
amber and a stout and we got some local
pizzas this one here has dal on it which
pays homage to East London's Indian
community some of the best curries in
the world are found here in this part of
the city we also have a sweet potato and
gorgonzola pizza and overall there's a
beautiful place to have some beer right
on one of the historic canals let's dig
in I love East London because it's a
very different side of what you might
expect on the city a lot of us think of
Big Ben and the Tower of London and all
the sort of classic British about icons
but this is totally different it's
creative its diverse it's a lot of fun
it's a great place to spend your time
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alright ladies and gentlemen I am at the
Marriott at the library Tea Room just
opposite Parliament and it's tea time
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I've recently learned that there's two
ways to do this the Devonshire way or
the Cornish way essentially if you put
the cream on first and then the jam it's
the Devon sure way and if you do it the
opposite way
it's the Cornish way I've opted for the
Devonshire way and I'm not quite sure
why
either way you do it we're pretty tasty
the reason this is called the library is
because take a look around it was a
library for the county of London this
used to be the county hall and I'm
surrounded by over 4,000 books most of
which coming from the 1800s
so it's nice great view great food great
tea and surrounded by the classics
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well it's been fun out east but just got
a text from Alex inviting me for a pint
on neutral territory so it's time to
head west
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Cheers
how's your day been so far it's been a
really good day I had a fine dining
experience
had a spot of tea and I even learned how
to cream a scone The Devonshire way oh
yeah very classic London I myself am on
the east side it's a little bit
different than what you kind of see in
like the tourist brochures it's a lot
more trendy this - the street art it's
been a really cool place to explore so
far but this pub is excellent I love it
personally every time I come to the UK I
go straight to the pub and I have one of
these warm beers I love them cask ales
for cask ales really the cool thing
about right now is you're over on the
east side I'm on the west side but it
doesn't mean that there has to be beef
there's no--there's be alone - there's
beef wellington actually on the menu I
think good of guy matter because I'm
5050 right down the middle
great food quaffable plants excellent
bug not a bad way to end day one all
right luxurious breakfast
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far too many newspaper choices
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the English this place does a twist on a
classic it's 40 floors above the city's
open 24/7 and it's known for its duck
and waffle breakfast hence the name
doesn't wobble so I'm gonna have their
famous dish start my day off it's great
it's like it's whisked on the chicken
and waffles which is popular in the US
but in this video were exploring East
and West but before those distinctions
existed there was just London so today
I'm at the Tower of London a castle
that's nearly a thousand years old built
atop the Roman settlement of Londinium
and we are in for something really
special
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ladies and gentlemen it's a beautiful
morning here in London I'm with yeoman
sergeant Rob fuller and today we quite
literally have the keys to the castle of
the Tower of London we're gonna go on a
little secret tour find out some of the
hidden histories and explore this iconic
landmark yeah this is pretty incredible
we've just come across Queen Elizabeth's
walkway and right now we are in the room
in which Queen Elizabeth the first was
held she was imprisoned here for a
couple of months before she became the
Queen and went on to be to become one of
the longest reigning monarchs in English
history good job bit off the Spanish oh
yes and ooh you guys must have taken
good care
yes she's very I'm very excited for our
next stop because if you know me you
know that I'm obsessed with old maps and
globes and we are at the workshop of Bel
Air being company globe makers I've been
finding them on Instagram for years they
are perhaps the world's greatest globe
makers and they're here in real life to
meet with the artists and the founder
and learn about how they make some of
those beautiful globes I've ever seen in
my life
we're in Stoke Newington in East London
and or to see how they make these
amazing works of art let's go
so do you tell us who you are where we
are and what you guys do sir my name's
Peter beleve and this is Bella Bianco we
are bespoke globe makers and we create
some of the most amazing and handmade
and personalized Globes made and shipped
all around the world so what goes into
making one of your gloves it starts with
a creative process with our illustrators
and designers who will help make the
cartography to go on which person's
individual globe then the process goes
to globe makers and painters and
switches back and forth between them
finally the globe maker will attach
their 12 cores onto the globe and the
painter will put in the final details
before we then ship it out to fly all
around the world this has been a special
treat this is a beautiful beautiful
workshop I'm obsessed with all of these
gloves I would love to buy one although
I think that if I were to use my heart
at all I have to increase my credit
limit just slightly to purchase one of
these it's been really cool to see the
artisans were behind the craft and if
you have not already I highly recommend
that you go follow
Belair be at globe makers on instagram
but now it's time to go meet up with
Alex
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welcome to East London what do you think
so far
awesome it's a little bit different from
over on the west side but I really love
it - it's cool I think it's really cool
there's a lot of pop ups around here and
this place in particular like a dozen
different restaurants all in one spot a
couple different bars we've got the
selection of food pretty eclectic honest
it's definitely very different from what
I've experienced so far in London but
I'm glad I'm getting a sample some of
the newer hip replacements I mean all of
London is really like a collision of a
bunch of different cultures and I think
out here on the east they really embrace
that you see a lot of huge foods you
know and bone Appetit
early so good dude I also notice most
these places don't even accept cash
anymore it's crazy even use a credit
card for everything you've been paying
for your taxi going on the Metro you
only enough to load up your MetroCard
and of all the street vendors down below
they even said they don't accept cash
they only accept credit cards give me
some of this snap I mean you're buzzed
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here we are on top of the city on top of
the Thames in Arabic news thoughts
I mean east-west north-south no matter
which way you approach London makes a
classic destination had a great time I
did too and the best part is we're going
home with though extra change in the
pockets we did it all with a Visa card
ridiculous credit card so big things of
either for sponsoring this video
hopefully it was helpful for you to plan
your own trip to London if you want more
travel tips from visa there's a link
down below in the info box and as we
always say stay curious keep exploring
we'll see you
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