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Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apUaujhzCpk Discord: https://discord.gg/NZVfmWCjUT Patreon: …
Original Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apUaujhzCpk Discord: https://discord.gg/NZVfmWCjUT Patreon: …
I love that you reacted to this video …I was born and raised in New Jersey we have beautiful beaches a lot to do as far as family fun and also fun for adults with nightclubs, bars etc , we also have great food …wonderful place to visit
This is where I am from, love seeing someone learning about it 😊
My family are from Jersey and my grandparents lived there when it was occupied by the Germans. I have been several times and it is beautiful. Also it is one of the only places I know where you can get £1 notes rather than coins.
Just found out Sarnia Ontario is named after the Latin name for Guernsey, again because a Governor became Governor of Canada. So, I now appreciate that the Channel Islands and their Governors had impact in North America!
Yes, it’s lovely. It’s only 40 mins flight from London and if you book the flights in advance you can get them for about 20 pounds return. It’s British but a crown colony so it’s self governing. It has a very calm feel, very friendly people and extremely low crime rates.
The original video was pretty good but the sound balance was off; the purely background music was unnecessarily loud.
You might be interested in this film about the channel island of Guernsey during the war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guernsey_Literary_and_Potato_Peel_Pie_Society_(film)
Oh? My comment on Victor Hugo (the author of "Les Misérables" that he wrote there during his exile from France) whose house, now a museum, can be visited, has disappeared.
When I win the lottery I am buying a house at Gorey beach and moving there forever.
You have to have to be registered as living on Jersey for 10 continuous years before you can rent or buy a property on the island.
It's a very expensive place to live.
Not everything is tax free.
Never heard of clam chowder.
I can't believe that at the end you asked "Is it named after New Jersey"? Good grief. No, it is not named after New Jersey. Quite the reverse in fact.
I do love Jersey. It feels a hell of a lot bigger than it actually is! I've had a lot of fun on that island. I had a flying lesson there, and flew a plane around the island. I learned to shoot a pistol there (I shoot rifles on the mainland). Jet skiing. Coasteering (where you clamber over the rocky coastline, jump off cliffs and we swam through a pitch black cave tunnel through a headland!). Gorey Castle is cool. The Jersey War Tunnels are very eery… The beaches are lovely, and the coastal path is dramatic and rugged. There are lots of quite scary sheep on the coast with huge bloody horns! I think they usually have at least four horns… Those sheep are imported from the Isle Of Man as the Manx sheep are similar to an extinct breed of sheep that used to live on the island. Seriously, Google Manx Loaghtan sheep, they really are quite scary looking!
New Jersey is named after Jersey. New York is named after York. New Hampshire is named after Hampshire. New England is named after England. It seems humans aren't very inventive when it comes to thinking of names for places.
Jersey is an amazing island and I have visited several times over the years. I may be biased as my paternal grandmother came from there. She also spoke Jeriaise with her mother. My dad's 1st cousin was there during The Occupation and I have several letters from the family sent to my grandmother in England, explaining how things were with the German Army there.
My ancestors all came from St Brelade's and St Helier area, but way back in the 17th century, they travelled from just outside of Nantes to settle in Jersey.
never seen chowder in Britain, I have been to Jersey unfortunately my mate had a motobike accident there , but what we saw was lovely!!….Not the best place to visit by motorbike
No chowder , fish and chips. But I've tried it and I like.
I think they refer to the British king as the Duke of Normandy?..
Been there, loved it. Something for everyone, any age. Lovely people, beautiful scenery & excellent food.
Chowder is sometimes available in upmarket restaurants as a kind of soup, in the UK. More commonly available is 'Cullen Skink', which is a specific type of soup made with fish stock, smoked haddock, potatoes, onions, and cream. Although available all over Scotland (and occasionally, elsewhere in the UK), it originates in the small fishing port of Cullen, on the north coast of Aberdeenshire.
Love jersey have been seven times it’s a fabulous place with beautiful beaches and great places to see we always enjoyed a day trip to san Malo in Brittany just over an hours flight ✈️ from Glasgow would love to go back some day
Clam Chowder? No, and in fact Clams themselves are not much of a 'thing' over here, anyway. Though Britain is all coast and we British do enjoy quite a range of fresh marine shellfish (Molluscs like Cockles, Mussels, Scallops, Oysters, Winkles and Whelks, for instance, and Crustaceans including Crab, Lobster, Shrimp and Prawns). Yet a.f.a.i.k. Clams barely feature at all and though some of the others are common enough on both sides of the Atlantic, the exact types found in UK waters may not always feature in more westerly and southerly US seas.
Nantucket is a good comparison (though Jersey is only a little over half the size). And yes, New Jersey was named after is, as were Jersey cattle and the item of clothing. Clam chowder isn't really a well-known food in the UK, though understandably there is a lot of seafood, especially in places like Jersey, where scallops and crab are local delicacies.
Yes I've been there – my father is from there, and for the longest time I had an aunt living there. It's very special to me – so much so that I despise those who refer to New Jersey as simply Jersey: have some respect, ffs. My favourite place on the island is Elizabeth Castle especially for my young experience of going over there on a DUKW amphibious vehicle.
Oh wow! I was born in Jersey and lived there, and my family still do, although I now live on the mainland. I have to say this video did an excellent job of showing off the island, there is a lot to explore if you like history! My father is part of the volunteer group that helps to rebuild and maintain the german ww2 bunkers, and open them to visitors. Should you get the chance, I would recommend a visit in the summer!
Ohh and no, sadly no clam chowder! But there is A LOT of seafood.
And current population is around 105,000 on an island that's 9 miles by 5 miles.
And YES! New Jersey is named after the OG Jersey.
Yes you must visit Jersey. I thoroughly recommend it 😀
The population of the island is approximately 100,000.
Yes, New Jersey is named after this small island. My mother was born on the island and was evacuated just before the Nazis arrived in 1940 to occupy the island. Thanks to that she would late meet my father and the rest, as they say, is history! In fact, I shall be there in a couple of weeks as I am there for weekend. It is a beautiful island and well worth a visit.
The walkway is to Elizabeth Castle and yes it does get submerged at high tide, and at low tide you can walk to the castle.
My home island. I was born on the island and live there. Wonderful to see you cover it. Thank you
I've been to Jersey many times over the last 25 years. It's a lovely spot but has become quite expensive in recent years (since they closed some tax loopholes about 15 years ago). Roads are very narrow and the maximum speed limit is 40mph, although a lot of the time you'd be hard pressed to get above 25! During the 1980s the BBC ran a programme called Bergerac which was about a fictional Jersey police detective (Jim Bergerac) and it was all filmed on the island (some episodes are on YouTube) and really helped sell Jersey as a tourist destination. The Expedia video is very accurate in what the island looks like today. Here is a link to a video I shot on the island back in 2011 … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKGVgM-mN3E
One of my pet peeves is when people refer to New Jersey as Jersey because Jersey is already a thing, hence the 'new.
Especially as a lot of the people who do it don't even realise there's an original Jersey, even though it should be obvious since the 'new' one has 'new' in its name.
42.6 Square Miles Connor.
Nearly called you Connie then with predictive spelling 😂😂.
No doubt there's Americans living in NJ that have never heard of Jersey, where it is or it's relation to NJ.
Yes, NJ is named after Jersey, UK.
My home Island, where I live. Google Sir George De Carteret.
I had a wonderful family holiday in Jersey a few years ago. Stayed in St Helier and did several little day trips on the excellent bus services. Did a truly breathtaking coastal walk to Bouley Bay in the north of the island. Also went to the zoo, the Jersey War Tunnels and Mont Orgueil Castle. Highly recommended. You can get cheap flights from several UK airports.
Yep! NJ is named for the island. Fun fact: the NJ colonial charter indicates that New Jersery may also be called New Cesaria since that was the roman name for the island. Also from 1674 – 1702 the colony was divided into East Jersey and West Jersey.
I've only been through Jersey in transit, but a friend had a house on Alderney ( Aurigny) which is staggeringly beautiful.
The Channel Isles are not part of the UK, and the only link is that our King is Duke of Normandy! ( I don't think the French are very keen on this title…) After formal banquets, instead of the Loyal Toast being to 'The King', it is to 'The King, the Duke of Normandy'. 'Duke' was used even under Elizabeth II.
In 1204, when King John lost Normandy, the Channel Isles remained with us. 13:22
The Isles are divided into two Bailiwicks, under a Bailiff. It used to be the case – and may still be so – that English and French are the official languages. A few people still speak Jerriais, Guernesais, and Sercquais (?), the very strange forms of French native to the Isles.
The four main islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark) enjoy being rude to each other, and call each other names: (in French) frogs, asses, pigs, and crows.
The Jersey and Guernsey breeds of cow produce very rich milk. Jersey butter is gorgeous, and in England it is still possible to buy 'Gold Top', made from that breed of cow.
Spent my honeymoon there May 1973 in St Helier and have been back three times over the years .Fantastic little Island and would recommend it .the underground hospital build Russian prisoners of war is a great museum
went to jersey 45 years ago and still remember all the war tunnels etc….guessing a lot of the exploring i did as a 10 year old you can no longer do lol but its beautiful there…..also guernsey and sark..went to both of them in my 20's
I love Jersey, one of my favourite holiday destinations, along with Guernsey. It is interesting taking a fast car around its tiny walled roads though, you cannot go fast. Best to take a smaller car 😅 Although you can take a bus all around the island.
There used to be a TV show called 'Bergerac' back in the day, which was a detective show set in Jersey, great pull for holiday makers. The car in that show can still be seen in Jersey Goldsmiths.
Also, F1 racing driver Nigel Mansell used to have a home at the end of the beach at St Brelade's Bay.
I've been to Jersey once. It's a beautiful yet sleepy little island. I really like it there, would love to go back.
yea, those two big castles (Elizabeth Castle in the middle of St Helier harbour and also Mont Orgueil over at Gorey) were held through teh English Civil War respectively by Philp de Carteret and his wife for the chap who later became Charles II. In recognition, Charles, when he regained the throne gave de Carteret a big chunk of land in the new American colonies… i.e. New Jersey.