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Thank you for watching. That's an interesting fact. Are you from London? The history of the English breakfast is fascinating especially in regards to the industrial revolution.

@BigSmallTravel about 160 miles away in Derbyshire, pronounced Dar be sher, But I've worked and Lived around London in the Past , My heart and Soul is with the Midlands and North England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

@BigSmallTravel So I have Connections with the industrial Revolution, Which Started with Water power and Canals in the 18th century.

Was the fish and chip shop in London’s East End? In terms of history, the connection with this community goes back to even Roman Britain.

@@user-ze5tu4ck1t Thanks for answering, we need to see this part of England. I have heard of Derbyshire.

Thanks for watching! Yes, it seems many agree with you that the real England is not in London anymore. Where are you located?

Thanks for watching! We were in Montecatini in late May and early June. The weather was a little cool but starting to get warm. Tuscan winters are chilly and rainy. November is a nice time to travel because there are less tourists around in general.

Thanks for watching! Are you from the UK? What do you mean? I hope you enjoyed the British themed teddy bear at 1:41

@@BigSmallTravel I expect this comment is about the etiquette. The British table manners are very different from that of Americans. You will notice for example that the fork is placed on the left side of the plate and the knife on the right. You are expected to eat with the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right, throughout. Americans tend to use the fork in the right hand swapping it around when they need to use the knife. This is quite jarring to British table etiquette, especially in more formal surroundings. Here are some examples (there are many more): Start with Good Manners: - Wait until your host or hostess starts eating or indicates that you should do so. - Chew and swallow all the food in your mouth before taking more or having a drink. - Break bread and rolls with your fingers, not with your knife. - Soup should be spooned away from you, tilting the bowl away from you. Use Utensils Properly: - Hold the fork in your left hand and the knife in your right. - The fork is primarily used for eating most of your food, while the knife is for cutting meat or supporting food. - Never hold both utensils in one hand. - place both utensils together on the plate when finished eating Serviettes, Crockery, and Cutlery: - Place your serviette (napkin) on your lap. If it’s small, you may open it out fully; if large, fold it in half with the fold toward you. - When finished eating, place soup spoons, coffee spoons, and dessert spoons on the side plate or saucer, never in the bowl or cup. - Avoid pushing your plate away or stacking dishes.

@@graeradt Thank for the detailed explanation, we appreciate it for sure. The casual nature and relationship that most Americans have with food definitely plays a part in forming the way we as Americans even view or utilize cutlery. Are you from London?

Thanks for watching of course, we appreciate it. Our point is that Big Ben was the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, and, by extension, for the clock tower itself. Are you in the UK?

Thank you very much! Glad to hear you enjoyed the video. I hope you get to London as it is wonderful!

Thanks for watching! We loved visiting London so our positive energy was evident.

Thank you! London is a wonderful place to visit.

Are you visiting London or in the UK?

Thank you so much! London is a very special city. ❤

Thank you! That was our aim-to show that London still has its Englishness. We wanted to show its authentic history, culture, and music . Have you been to London?

@@BigSmallTravel It was a relief to see this video compared to what I'd see on Backpacker Ben's channel. Thx!

@@tlacorp.3813 Thanks! We try to show less common perspective than what you will see trending online.

​@@BigSmallTravelwhen eating the breakfast ( in fact all meals ) use the knife and fork all the times but keep the knife in your preferred hand in the right hand if you're right handed , left handed in the left. When eating use the forks ( tangs ) facing down and like all meals put more than one type of food on the forks this will enhance the taste , of course the tangs are face down just like in all meals

@@BigSmallTravel Thx! Everyone is ragging on the Brits now but it is good to see this ...

Yes, indeed! Seeing this bike race in Italy, neighboring country to France, is still not where we would have thought we'd see the Tour de France for sure! Where are you based?

@BigSmallTravel I am in Texas, so pretty far away! What about you two?

@@mikewatchesstuff We need to return to Texas. Big and Small have spent several days in Austin. What city are you in? We just uploaded a video in London, England as you can see: ruclips.net/video/CcxFvCWc_BE/видео.html Please comment!

Thanks!

Thanks for watching! When are you visiting Montecatini? We stayed near Montecatini Centro. This station is the smaller train station. Yes, there are two train stations in town, Montecatini Terme and Montecatini Centro It is definitely a great location to be for easy access to both Lucca and Florence. We were staying near the Centro station and honestly, it was probably our least favorite thing about the town! It is tiny and the machines never worked. The Terme station is bigger and probably better to use. That said, the trains were usually timely and when we had to take a bus during a train strike it was a smooth process. We would definitely put this town on your “visit” list and we recommend walking around all the different areas, especially north of the center and around Parco delle Terme. Enjoy your trip to Tuscany and let us know what you think of Montecatini! and is situated close to the centre of the town, just a 2 minute walk to Piazza del Popolo.

Thank you for the information. I really appreciate getting information like this. By the way, I thought Tallinn was one of the nicest capitals in northern Europe. Do you live in Tallinn? We are Americans based in Italy.

Glad, you enjoyed it. Are you in Italy? We have been discovering opera in Tuscany recently.

Yes! Si! We are new to opera but very enjoyable.

Hi! What does this mean? Thanks for watching. We enjoyed Skopje.

Georgiana, thank you for watching! Love your name. Where are you from? Tuscany is a historical jewel for sure.

Thank you! Come visit Italy.

Thanks for watching. I see your point of course because this country has a long history of occupation. Where do you live now?

Thank you for watching. Yes, even if you are within Skopje you can be in the mountains and hike as you can see at 21:28

The beauty in that hike is nice.

Thanks, this part of Italy is magical. Have you been to Tuscany?

@@BigSmallTravel Nope

Thanks for watching and commenting. We have been to Greece but never Macedonian Greece. Skopje was engaging and full of history. Also, the locals in Skopje were wonderful and open.

Thank you, we appreciate the kind words. The name of the pizza place is Pizzeria Da Simone, which is located in central Montecatini-Terme. Cafe Sweet is a little away from the center at Viale Balducci 9, Montecatini. Are you visiting Montecatini soon again?

@@BigSmallTravel Thank you for your reply. Yes I am going again in a few weeks. 😀

@@lynndowd480 No problem at all. It is nice to offer and share what we did in this town or any town we enjoy especially in Italy. Are you often visiting or staying in Italy?

Thanks for watching and we appreciate the historical context you provide of the name as well. We spoke to a Macedonian as you can see at 6:05 and she explains about the name change. Do you disagree with this local from Skopje?

@@BigSmallTravel the girl obviously spoke some basic English and couldn't explain everything what she meant and felt. It wasn't a recommendation certainly. NATO decided to accept Macedonia as a NATO member but didn't know how to solve the problem with Greece. Obviously was easier to humiliate one small country rather their member state. The referendum for implementing the suffix "north" wasn't successful and despite that, the government imposed that suffix as a part of the name in the constitution, illegally with blackmail of certain MP's to vote. The time will show up how long this suffix will remain as a part of the name of the country.

Thanks for the comments again. Your observations are appreciated very much. First, we really enjoyed the people of Skopje, they were very kind and helpful to us. Also, we liked our time there very much. So, we discuss the Albanian flags because we saw so many hanging in various parts of town. We would expect to see the flag of Macedonia more ... We met a few locals from Skopje who thought the river divides but again it is an opinion of course not a fact. Are you from Skopje? Pronunciation is difficult in Macedonian so forgive us ... Lastly, we speak to more locals in the video at 13:40

@@BigSmallTravel Albanian flags you can see mostly on the big market where they sell them but also Macedonian and Turkish flags. Macedonian flags you can see everywhere on the public institutions, main squares. During public holidays you can see Albanian flags alongs side with the Macedonian flag only in the municipalities where the Mayor is from Albanian origin. Since the big market is part of such municipality, that's why you can see them. The main square Macedonia is part of the western side of the river and is mostly with Macedonian population and the market is on the eastern side of the river, but the eastern part of the country is mostly with Macedonian population. The major Albanian population is on the northern part of the city and the northwestern part of the country. How's possible the river to divide the city and the country by ethnicity? It can be an opinion on shallow minds only. Maybe it's just my personal feeling, but I think that your video is more with intention to diminish the value of the city. Again, have in mind, that people in Macedonia don't like to call their country North Macedonia especially when you emphasize that "north"! I already explained to you in another message how and why that "north" was attached to the name Macedonia. If you like to get more LIKES from the locals of the country what you visit, try to avoid mentioning things what they don't like to hear or pin their ears and eyes. All best!

It sure is, and just a joy to walk in mostly if all as well. Tettuccio as well as the Montecatini Alto hike were wonderful. Have you been to Montecatini?

Yes, indeed. Tuscany has so many different bigger to smaller cities to explore. Montecatini is special. Thanks for the information on the water. Where are you based?

Thanks for watching. The hike next to the Funicolare di Montecatini Terme, cable car, was our favorite as you can see at 10:26

@@BigSmallTravel It looks quite steep I would have taken the cable car instead. Ha! 🤣 Nice though.

Thanks! Small is happy hear this. Where are you from?

@@BigSmallTravel Thanks 🤗I am from Georgia ,I live part time In Tbilisi,Kutaisi, and part time in Greece and Cyprus

Hello, thanks for writing! Yes, like Albania as well. I think Macedonians share similarities with the Greeks. Look at the map and you can clearly see how connected everyone is in this area.

@@BigSmallTravel Η Μακεδονία είναι μια περιοχή στην Ελλάδα και ο όρος «Μακεδονία» αναφέρεται αποκλειστικά σε αυτήν την περιοχη . Σλαβοι , αλβανοι , τουρκοι , βουλγαροι γυφτοι , δεν ειναι μακεδονες 6 Απάντηση

Thank you very much! We enjoyed Skopje. We stayed for a long time and enjoyed meeting and socializing with the locals. And yes, the statue at 9:46 is interesting for sure! Where are you from?

@@BigSmallTravel where that duck could be from, if not from hell ass-hole! Alexander of Macedon not Alexander of Hell ass-hole!

Thank you for watching! We spent a long time in Skopje as well, about a month or so, and enjoyed it. Skopje is affordable and the locals are friendly and open. Also, the food, history, and culture is engaging. Where are you from?

@@BigSmallTravel One month seems like a good time to be in Skopje! I am from France (Sylvie) and Danny from England :)

Yes, thank you for noting that in the video around 7:07 The Swedish influence around Europe is often overlooked and not discussed enough. Also, the influence later on from Russia and so forth. Where are you from> Thanks for watching.

Indeed, a great show!

Thanks, that means a lot to us. Parma was a surprise in every way, we discovered the puppet museum while walking to the Parma Duomo. And, the bike and cheese tour was epic. All in all, this town is highly underrated in Italy. Our next video will be in an overlooked town in Tuscany.

What other cities will you visit in Italy?

@@BigSmallTravel We'll start in Rome and our plan is to work our way north to Milan. We look forward to your future videos, thanks again!

Our pleasure! I am happy you commented on this video. This is one of our favorite videos because everything was so spontaneous. Also, thanks for the historical info. Watch and comment on our latest video in Italy: ruclips.net/video/jt3_YcSgL-g/видео.htmlfeature=shared

Yes, when we made the video iMovie had a tool that showed a general journey between Georgia and Turkey. However, at 2:23 you can see a specific map where we are in Turkey. We were aware of where we were located in Turkey. Thanks for watching.

Yes, indeed! Thanks.

Thank you! Turkey is one of our favorite travel destinations. Lots of love!

How? We start the video with smiles because we LOVED Tallinn as you can see 0:23 In fact, for Big, Tallinn is one of his favorite capitals of Europe. But, when we speak of the history the music does change of course.

We want to see more of Malaga. Thanks for watching!

Manchego is a favorite along with patatas brava. We had Rioja wine that was incredible as well.

@@BigSmallTravel When I drink Rioja wine I look for crianza or reserva. When the wine is aged in oak it seems to haver a more robust finish. Interestingly the French do not allow the Spaniards to age wine in French Oak. The Spaniards use American oak barrels.

Aging in American oak has many benefits . The oak is sweeter and contains more vanillin compounds.@@julian65886

We also had a Tempranillo that was quite good. Spanish wine is overlooked by Italian and French wine in Europe, but there are a lot of good options for red wine in Spain. @@julian65886

Thank you! Lots o love.

Thanks! Have you been?