I Had No Major Plans In London & Stumbled On Jurassic World Premier / Climbing Top St Paul Cathedral
London England June 2025
Transcript
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Welcome everyone. Adam the Woo here as
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the recording of this Tuesday, June
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17th, 2025.
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Crossing the road via this little
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underground tunnel here. And then I'm
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going to be taking a subway. Got to walk
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about 3/4 of a mile to go to the
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appropriate tube, the underground system
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known as the subway here in London,
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England.
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And then I will be going into London
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proper. Right now I'm by the airport,
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but I'm inviting you to join me. Let's
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walk through here.
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Got to go under here first.
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2025. My only day,
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only full day here in London for now.
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Join me
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cuz tomorrow taking a train to another
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country
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today. London. Join me, shall you? It is
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a rather warm day. Warmer than I
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expected.
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Walking along the flight path here.
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Definitely a vast difference
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weather-wise than when I was here for a
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week or so back in January.
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Got some scooters over here, but I want
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to show the temperature,
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which right now is 78°. It really does
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feel warmer than that. I think up to a
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high of 80. It is
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1:57 p.m. which is 9:00 a.m.
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Celebration, Florida time. Take a look
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at this. Here's a very unique looking
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Mickey De's. Look at this place. Love
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it. I don't think I've ever seen a
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McDonald's like that in Florida. I mean,
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there are some in the States that are
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kind of unique. There's one on the way
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out to Calico
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ghost town that's kind of has some
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trains and kind of has this look. But
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this is this is a really unique
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building. There's a lot of pigeons right
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here. Someone's been feeding them some
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bread.
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Not sure if that bread was tough into a
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bag or not, but
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lot of it's almost like a full loaf of
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bread. There's like slices of bread
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there. It's appropriate that all those
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pigeons are right here next to the
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Heathrow
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landing strip.
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Flight path. That's the word I'm looking
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for. All right, approaching the Hanslow
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H O N slow west station. I'm going to
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take this connect with another one of
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the underground tubes and I'm going to
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try to get over to St. Paul's Cathedral.
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Love the tube.
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I mean, it's it's really complex when
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you look at it, but once you get the
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hang of it, as long as you read the
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signs correctly, do a little
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pay attention, do a little bit of
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moderate research, you can get your way
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around London really easy. I'm going to
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take the Piccadilly line and then
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connect with another line halfway
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between here and the cathedral because
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I'm way over here near the airport. My
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hotel was about a mile outside the
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airport. It's a little more mellow than
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I'll imagine it's going to be when I get
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into London proper. Those subways, from
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what I remember, really busy. This one,
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not so much.
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I got to go over to Earl's Court right
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here. I got to get off at Earl's Court.
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So, I need to take the Piccadilly line
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eastbound platform two, not the platform
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one.
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Mind the gap. Also, no cycling, roller
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skating, or skateboarding. He's making
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some wild noises.
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So, they're saying it's going to take
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about 31 minutes to get to the first
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stop.
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Made it over to Earl's Port. Now I got
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to connecting train. All right, it's 10
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minutes to 3. I need to take the
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district line now. I'm looking for
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Temple and Black Friars. So right here,
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get off at Black Friars and then I can
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walk over to the cathedral. I should get
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there about a half hour.
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Wow, look at this. This is a definitely
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a more of a beehive of activity than
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where I was.
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Oh, that bird.
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That bird went right by my head. I mean,
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right by my skull.
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It's an aggressive bird.
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All right. But evidently the line that I
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need to get on
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there's a fire in PlaySt44.
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I made it over to Black Friars.
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And now I'm going to head to street
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level. Get some London on.
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Welcome to Black Station.
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Thank you.
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Upon exiting out the street level, stop
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by Petite Pret,
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which is like the smaller version of the
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Pa Manganger or Pa Manger.
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Speaking of small, this is not the
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largest piping hot caffeinated beverage,
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but I need some I need some caffeine.
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I'm going to get a whole heck of a lot
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of sleep. Oh yeah, I am definitely in
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London. Look at this building. This is
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awesome.
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It's like a monk up there.
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It's called the Black Frier.
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It's a saloon bar. The Black Fryer.
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Clock is not correct, but nonetheless,
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the frier is up there on the ledge.
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I think I might make it over there
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before four.
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These streets so cool.
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There is a cyclist dismount up here.
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Hey, what's going on?
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There are helicopters.
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Oh, yeah. up there.
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Oh, it went by. Look, there's a better
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view of it right there. Big old chopper.
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All of these streets are great. Just
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look at this. I mean, it's like the size
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of a like a house hallway.
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Also, I had no idea that the character
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Max Headroom was named after a real
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saying.
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I just thought it was a clever name and
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evidently taken
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from a real saying to watch your head
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because you only have so much room above
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your head. Who knew? I should have known
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that, but I didn't. All right, right
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around this corner
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will be the magnificent St. Paul's
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Cathedral.
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Last time I was in town, it was later in
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the evening. By the time I got over
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here, wasn't able to go inside. So,
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hopefully get in there today. Look at
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this thing. Wow.
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And you know you're in London when you
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see the telephone booth.
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It's a nice little photo there. You got
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the cathedral right there and then you
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got the telephone booth here.
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A couple different sides of this
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but used in the original Mary Poppins
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and I think also in Mary Poppins
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Returns. Now in Mary Poppins they use
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like a matte painting of it. I literally
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had my eye up.
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The older woman was off to the side.
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Feeding the pigeons tough to bag
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while Mary sang the song. One of the
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best Disney songs ever. Walt Disney's
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personal favorite song. Sherman
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Brothers.
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Amazing.
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I'm going to go inside.
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Now, there was an admission fee, £26.
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She said, "You are aware there's only 40
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minutes of tourist time left, correct?"
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I said, "Yes." So, that works as long as
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I'm in. So, I got 40 minutes.
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Very beautiful. Once walking in,
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definitely as magnificent as I expected
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it to be. Again, I never been in this
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building before. Lately, I've been going
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to a lot of basilas and cathedrals. A
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lot of different countries I go to have
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some really ornate, massive
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worship houses, and this place is no
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exception.
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Just kind of perusing around the bottom
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level. There's a couple different
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sections you can go to, but there are no
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lifts, no elevators. They call them
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lifts here, not elevators, but there's
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no lifts up to the middle section, which
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is the whispering galley, which they did
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not allow filming, which is like a
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little center area overlooking the
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cathedral. It was really beautiful, but
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for whatever reason, they were really
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strict on filming in the whispering
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galley.
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A lot of people were attempting to take
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photos and some of the employees were
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yelling across from the whispering
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galley for them not to film, which I
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thought was kind of interesting that
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they were yelling no filming in a
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whispering galley.
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580 steps, 560 steps, 500 plus steps to
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get to the top of this place. And I am
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on the I guess I'm at the pre-top
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overlooking
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top portion well the center top portion
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downtown London. Now there is a
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skyscraper off in the distance. Last
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time I was here I believe I went up in
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that a tower right there.
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This is not as high as that but you
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still get a pretty good view of some of
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the condos, apartments, houses through
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here.
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Now you can go even higher. But there is
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like I don't know 200 people in line to
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climb up a tiny staircase to go up just
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a another story or so. So I might do it,
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but it's a pretty lengthy line to go
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from this point. That's even after
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walking
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400 stairs already.
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See what I can see over this way. Oh,
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now that's awesome. That's awesome.
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Harry Potter right there.
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That's when they destroy the the Death
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Eaters destroy the bridge. That's the
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bridge right there. That's a great view.
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See one of the trains going across the
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bridge.
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The Tims River, pronounced Tames. I made
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that mistake last time I was here. I
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think it's pronounced Tims. The Tims.
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The Tims. You gota say it fast. I
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probably still say it or not.
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You got this little sculpture here at
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the forefront.
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Right here is the most photographable
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spot of the cathedral.
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We are walking across that bridge.
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Everyone's looking up this way trying to
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get their photos and they don't realize
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I'm up here looking like an ants.
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Yeah, the highest portion is called the
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Golden Gallery.
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Again, there's a pretty lengthy weight
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just to go up to that portion, but
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maybe I should wait.
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St. Paul's St. Paul's is a vibrant
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church, national treasure, and a London
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icon. Designed by Sir Christopher Ren in
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the 17th century, it has been home for
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the Cathedral Church of the
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Dosian of London,
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Diosis of London for 1,400 years. Walk
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in the footsteps of royalty and world
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leaders. Explore the crypt. Oh, I got to
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find the crypt. Scale the dome. I'm
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about to do that. and enjoy unrivaled
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views across London.
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Where's the crypt?
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Oh, it's on the cathedral. It's on the
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cathedral floor. I think I saw I think I
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saw part of this. I think some of those
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sculptures for the crypt.
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it's a slowm moving line all the way up
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that staircase.
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Okay, at least it's a slow pace.
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kind I wonder what the contingency plan
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is if someone has a heart attack up in
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here. So skinny. Like this is my hand.
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This is how narrow this is. Look at
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this.
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It's like the most narrow hallway
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anyway.
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You want to be much bigger, would you?
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Too big for that. Get over
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there.
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End of the day. Hey, it's the worst
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part.
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What time do you stop?
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No, I mean the majority of the people
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are good. It's just one of one or two
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just turn it into a photo shoot, which
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is very selfish. But anyway, I mean it's
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the way of the world where you can't
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certainly
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the majority of the people. No problem.
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Honestly, they
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What time do you uh stop people coming
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up
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now? Even before
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Yeah. 5 minutes ago the last Yeah. Cuz
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we got to get you around, get down, and
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then make sure that the whole place is
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clear.
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Yeah. Cuz you have a service or
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something.
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I'm out there at 5:00.
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5:00.
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Yeah. Thank you.
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But enjoy enjoy. Moving around to the
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right, ladies and gents. Moving around
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to the right. Huh?
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Beautiful.
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Like city.
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Yeah. You can have photos moving around
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to the right. Huh? Please keep moving.
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This is awesome. Glad I walked up those
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other series of stairs.
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All right, that's it. Going back down.
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There's the London Eye.
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I'm way taller than
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up and down.
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28 up, 528 down. I just asked and
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confirmed. That's a lot of steps.
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My steps up for sure.
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I climbed all the way up there.
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My stairs.
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Felt pretty good though. Honestly,
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it got really narrow and tight in some
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places and very crowded. Slow pace
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through narrow corridors leading the top
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of that bad boy. But I did it. my Mary
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Poppins moment. Even though the scene
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was outside over to the side and it was
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the older lady feeding the birds, but
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This one's not red. This was painted
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black.
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Got the city bikes.
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You do have a red one over there.
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However,
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the red is the more common one through
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here. Now, here's a regular
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coffee place, not the petite version.
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Think I'm going to get another coffee
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cuz the other one did not suffice. It
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was kind of a small. Yeah, this one
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combined with the other one I had that
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kind of constitutes
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large coffee. Predanger predanger
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predamonger.
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Pretzer.
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Cheers. Cheers. All right, over at Black
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Fryer Station. Think I'm going to take
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the subway a couple stops and go over to
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Lester Square and Piccadilly Circus. The
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closest to Lester Square is the
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embankment stop from here. So, two stops
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over to embankment and then walk north
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to Piccoly Circus and Lester Square. So,
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I need to go westbound platform.
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District and circle lines. Westbound.
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It definitely took took a or picked a
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unique and busy time to take the subway
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solo underground.
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Almost 5:30 and it is definitely rush
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hour. That was a very very packed
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subway.
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Little merchandise stands.£5
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you get you a little bag here.£10
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you get you a bigger bag. Big Ben right
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there. Telephone booth.
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Queen. David Bowie.
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Ask envelope across her face.
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Everyone's starting to come out. Well,
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probably getting off work. Everyone's
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either heading home or coming out when
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the weather's getting better. Feels way
24:23
better now than it did earlier. It was a
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little warm earlier, but now it's not as
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bad. At least not in the shade. Really
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cool piece of architecture here. It's
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almost like a church steeple, but it's
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on the ground in front of this churning
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cross station. Oh, we going here. Sorry,
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man. Oh, I'm standing in the taxi area.
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Everybody here is so nice. He's like,
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"Excuse me, sir. You're in the way." In
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the US, they would have just given me
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the middle finger and and uh
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cursed me out. Looks like they got
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something going on over here at the
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square. They got it all blocked off for
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an event of some sort. Double-decker
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buses of plenty.
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So, it's all it's all screened off.
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It definitely seems to be a lot busier
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here now that it's a little hotter and
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warmer than it was in January when it
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was winintry and cold and a little
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drizzly. I think I honestly like walking
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around in the, you know, wearing a light
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hoodie weather, feeling the crispness in
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my bones than I do during the heat cuz
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it's it's a little toasty here.
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Strolling up now to Luster Square.
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Last time I was in town, I stayed at a
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hotel right up here. It was a really
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nice place. I'm not staying there this
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time, but it was a good spot. Doing a
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movie premiere. Looks like uh looks like
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something Jurassic a Jurassic World film
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perhaps over there. They do a lot of
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movie premieres over there. In fact,
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over here at this theater, you have John
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Hurt. He was in a bunch of stuff. He was
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in Home Alone. He was in Beaches. He was
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in Chud, Judy Dench, Jensen Washington,
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hand crown or used to be the Warner West
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time capsule sealed by Harrison Ford to
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commemorate the completion of this
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rebuilding of this building.
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That is in fact a premiere.
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Here comes a gentleman with a little
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earpiece walking somebody in. Is that
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one of the stars right there? I think
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I'm most excited to see this.
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I think it might be.
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So, you tell me who you're most excited
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to see.
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Right there. Whoever that is.
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Oh, I see Johansson.
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Keep going. Keep going.
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I will say hi to them. Don't you worry.
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More Jonathan Bailey here, too. And
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there's many of them. More Jonathan
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Bailey guys,
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of course.
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Guys, you're on it. Keep going. Keep
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telling us more. I'll call them right
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now to get them to hurry up.
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Keep going. Stay with us. We'll catch
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you later as I'm hearing more on their
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way. See you later, guys. Right.
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Yeah, that's right. Well, it's all of
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us. It's ensemble cast and um really
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looking forward to seeing all my my
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castmates.
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Are you ready for the world to see the
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movie? You like it?
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Yeah, I haven't seen it.
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So, you're going to be your first time,
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too? It's going to be the edge of your
27:07
seat.
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Yes, I hope so. Have you seen it?
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Yeah. heart palpitations. I'm telling
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you, it's pretty good. It's brilliant.
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I've got to ask you, how does it feel to
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be in a classic franchise such as
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Jurassic?
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It's an interesting thing. I can't
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really even comprehend it to be honest.
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Always a beautiful thing to be a part of
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without being too much of an artist.
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Like, the process is what it's all about
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for me. So,
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I don't know why I have a weird way of
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stumbling upon premieres like this.
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Yeah, they there's been a lot of
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premieres here. In fact, Back to the
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Future. Back to the Future 2 premiered
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at the theater right over there many,
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many years ago. Princess Diana was here
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for that, which is amazing to think
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about. The hotel I stayed at was like
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around that way. I guess I could walk
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over there, but
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honestly, I don't know anything about
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this new Jurassic movie.
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All right, somebody somebody's arriving
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in this minivan right here. Look at the
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guards out.
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He had Spielberg. Well, Spielberg
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probably didn't have anything to do with
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Jurassic World. Truthfully, I don't
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really know much about the franchise
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after Jurassic Park, but
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the first Jurassic World was pretty
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cool.
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Who was that?
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I have no idea. Father.
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Oh, look at all the people up in the
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Burger King window.
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Hello. How are you? Great. How are you
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today?
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I'm really well. Enjoying the song.
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I know. It's a beautiful day out here in
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London.
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Yeah. Welcome back. How are you feeling
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premiering your movie tonight? Yeah. I
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mean, it's so exciting. I'm so excited
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for the world to see this. It's It's
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about time. They're going to love it. I
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mean, look at you right now. This is
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stunning. I love it.
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Beautiful franchise. It's a dream come
29:03
true. It's unbelievable. Only very, very
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lucky girls. So, I'm unbelievably.
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This is just such a worldly experience.
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I honestly I'm presentation because this
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is kind of listen incredible job.
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I have to ask you to give me a little
29:23
reactive monster dealing with the T-Rex.
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Apparently you've done some in your bra.
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Yeah. There used to be some dinosaur
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chases around the house, I'm pretty
29:33
sure. Um but when we had the DHS of
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Jurassic Park, my brother got a little
29:38
too into that.
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Another
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car pulling out.
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You You got to film in some epic
29:57
locations.
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I mean, that's one of the gorgeous
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things about this film. Was there any
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favorites for you?
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Oh my god. I mean, all of them were
30:04
great. Um, the reaction in my face is
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real. I am terrified. Uh, you will see
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it. like, "Hey, he's a great actor."
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Nope. He's just reacting.
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This guy's having a hard time keeping
30:26
people from going over here and looking
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over the fence. Not supposed to be in
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that area over there, but it just seems
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like can't really control everybody.
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People can do what they want to do.
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That's awesome.
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on over here. I think last time I was
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here back in in January, this was all
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under construction. I couldn't walk
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around in this whole area, but now I'm
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able to walk through here. People are
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just congregating for in droves for
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this. I mean, people going in, people
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waiting in their lawn chairs over there,
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kind of watching, hoping to see a
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celebrity.
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Yeah. Anyway, I'm going to carry on now.
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I think I've seen enough. I'm good.
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Speaking of Mary Poppins, talked about
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her earlier. There she is right there.
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There's a little sculpture of Mary.
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Practically perfect in every way. All
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right. All right, I think I'm going to
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grab the subway and start getting a
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little bit closer back over to my hotel
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for the evening.
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Going to take the Piccadilli line to
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West.
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Help us to keep your journey running
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safely and
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All right, made it back to my hotel.
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Going to rest for the rest of the
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evening. Enjoy the night.
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Tomorrow,
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rolling out of town. Taking a train out
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of not only town, but out of the
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country. Going to a new country starting
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tomorrow. A nice little day.
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roaming around London.
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Definitely got some steps in walking up
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to the top of the cathedral. That was
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something else. And did not expect to
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stumble on a new Jurassic World movie
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premiere cuz that was a pretty big deal.
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I just happened to just be walking right
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by over in Lester Square near Piccadilly
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Circus. Thanks for watching. I'll see
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you in the next video, the vlog.
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The vlog is over.