Things that PLEASANTLY SURPRISED me about GERMANY 🇩🇪
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- Hi I’m Antoinette a New Zealander living as an expat in Germany.
In this video I talk about some of the things that pleasantly surprised me about Germany.
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I think, your positive experience with German people is due to the fact, that you are obviously a nice person yourself.
That's how it works! Also anywhere else...
Thats nice globalization - interest, learning, cooperation. Before all cooperation.
That's what i was thinking as well :-)
Korrekt!
Somebody from New Zealand says that Germany is beautiful?!Wow What a honor!
I think that's because you can not see the beauty of your own country anymore. Quasiie home blind. I once met a Brazilian woman at a conference and I told her that I would love to go up the Amazon with one of these famous transport ships and get to know the rainforest. She could not understand that at all, as I come up with such an idea to run around in the jungle voluntarily.
Ikr? I just want to give her a big hug and kiss her on her cheeks right and left. ^^
in NZ gibts nur Gegend, keine Geschichte vorhanden.. bin 4000km auf dem Motorrad über die Nordinsel!
@@wolfpacker094 da mußt du dich mal mit meinem Allerwertesten drüber unterhalten, der mußte ganz schön was aushalten... plus 2x 25h Flugzeug...hab ein paar vids auf meinem YT Kanal...
Yes Germany is indeed beautiful: ruclips.net/video/06YvNPAD2lg/видео.html
When my husband received news his job was moving us to Germany I was so sad. Our 3 options were London, Japan, or Germany. Germany was our last choice. When we arrived...my jaw dropped while driving around. We arrived in May and it was gorgeous. I immediately felt like yep this is where we should be. We are in Saarland and am always blown away how beautiful it is here. Also the people! So warm and welcoming. My neighbors and us are so close. I will miss them them so much. We leave at the end of the month...let the tears fall...
VanéRivas I'm glad you liked Germany 😊 Lots of people say Germans are rude, ESPECIALLY in hospitality but I find the opposite is true once you leave the big cities and tourist spots and go into the country
VanéRivas 😨
Honestly, you lucked out...your last favourite pick was most likely your best option considering that you apparently like some nature around you.
Oh yes we definitely luck out. We lived in a great village and have the best neighbors. We finalized paperwork with our landlord today and we are out of the house now. I cried a lot. 2 more weeks and we move back to the states. US is home but Germany has a piece of my heart for sure.
Saarland is stunning. You live in the beautiful part of Germany.
SOOOOO I just watched this video and it's so true!!! The awwwee of Germany is alive and well!
und das obwohl keine von euch beiden in / um Hamburg wohnt !
There's the phrase "Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache (German language, difficult language)" and (most) Germans are aware of that.
As long as you show some effort they won't be hard on you if you do mistakes.
We appreciate every effort to cooperate.
Germany isn't that difficult to understand if you are aware of that golden rule: cooperation.
Not Marxism, but working together. That's our safety pool.
@@gustavgnoettgen german is really difficult as soon as you come in contact with dialects i grew up with for dialects (three because of were the parts of my family are from (Sächsisch, schwäbisch, berlinerisch) and one due to were i life(Kölsch)) and honestly? Simple Communication is sometimes difficult cuz when i am nervös i just mash Everything together and use words from one dialect but pronounce them as if there are from a different one.. (also a lot of germans don't know the word "schübe" that konfused me the most)
Maybe i am just very unintelligent when it comes to languages but yea.. just my experiences xD
I'm from Russia and I live in Germany more than 6 years already and I fully agree with you.
Ihr seid so nett,....
You are totally right on the appreciation of the effort to try to speak and learn the german language. It's not about speaking perfect and without any accent it's about understanding and communicating together.
Andy Koenigsdorf german language dies anyway soon :(
Personally I would find it very sad if languages would die. They should progress, evolve, renew... but thex shouldn't die.
Languages are so precious and I think also important. If in thousand years we would have only one language left, we as humans would suffer froma lack of diversity in our possibilities to express ourselves and in describing the world, the emotions, all those impressions we are exposed to every day. More languages are equal to more diversity, more possibilities which give us more life.
Just my 2ct...
As time went on futher language doe the same. It changes a lot. We had so many latin based words we not now recognize as foreign anymore and when you look at 18th century letters they wew nearly half in French, because it was a fashionable at that time.
Sometimes it is makes us feeling annoyed by the huge use of denglisch words, but after a while it will be normal as always. That fact has nothing to do with dying out, it simply a change. For language dying you have to have a very litte base of speakers and we have millions of them. Look at old forms of German as Althochdeutsch or Mittelhochdeutsch you will barely understand what is written. Today we use a new form of German, does anybody care?
Ruby is the moron of the week ;-D
Arguments are more reasonable than insults for a discussion even for ideas we dislike personally.
It is so refreshing to listen to your nice New Zealand English!
Das ist so schön zu hören! 🤗😊💐💕
Kessa S. Ja oder?😄👍🏻
Fühl mich gerade geschmeichelt...
Kessina1989 darfst du auch
Hahaha genau deshalb schaue ich diese Videos 😂
@@nicolasblume1046 unser mittlerweile über 100 Jahre altes Trauma. Wir müssen - vorsichtig - lernen auf uns stolz zu sein.
@@gustavgnoettgen Ich denke es gibt Grund genug Stolz zu sein aus unserer Geschichte gelernt zu haben und eine freie demokratische Gesellschaft aufgebaut zu haben die das geschafft hat. Als flächenmäßig recht kleines Land, umgeben von anderen "großen" Nationen,
welches in den letzen 100 Jahren 2 Weltkriege verloren hat, stehen wir doch ganz gut da.
@@FabFunty so sehe ich das auch.
What a nice and kind video. Thank you !
I definitely want to visit Germany one day 💗
You won't regret it! :)
You will be welcome to visit us.
In germany there are also some ugly areas - ugly from german view. So don't be surpriced when getting out of the air-port. The nice and beautyful parts are more the rural areas. Even the romans (when trying to invading germany) where surpriced about the germanic love to their forests and this is some habbit we germans still have a little bit. Therefore we love it to have a forest or "nature" close to our homes and try to keep the nature clean.
If you Not only visit the tourist areas but exolore the country and the villages as well and may even take some times to read though a but of history your stay will be very good ^-^
As you mentioned Germans really apreciate the effort of learning their language. It really is great that English is part of the curriculum early on.
My parents are immigrants from Bosnia so I allready grew up bilingual and love learning even more languages.
My best friend goes to a Danish school in Germany because we live in Schleswig-Holstein next to the border of Denmark it’s actually usual that lots of german kids here first go to a Danish kindergarden and after that on a Danish school. That’s pretty cool because when she finished school she already speaks at least 3 languages!😀
They offer Spanish at her school now so she hopefully (😆) will be very educated when she leaves school.😊👍🏻
(Sorry for my english)
Ruby Abc Flensburg?
FutureChaosTV nope
Ey Flensbuuurrgg (nucht das hauptkommentar😂)
Your English is fine:)
like this video so much! very informative and objective I would like to visit Germany one day! when I was in uni, I also studied German for two years but almost forgot now... its bloody hard to pick up grammar
The thing about the language is, that germans are really surprised that someone is really trying to learn the language. So if we meet ppl like you, we are glad to help out.
Great video again and very kind! Thank you!
I got similar rude reactions in Paris when I tried to speak French so I just stuck with English. Now it's a little better since I have more experience speaking French. In Italy it's the complete opposite, they were always telling me to talk more in Italian and encouraging me to take part in conversations. I loved the experience there so much more than in France.
Flower Dolphin that’s because french people think that french is the only language that exists on the planet they‘re not bothering themselves with learning other languages wich is pretty sad.
Ruby Abc she said she spoke english in Paris... Your comment would mean the opposite
Carola in Paris but I have tried to speak French ;-) also: why are you subscribed to me? I don't have any content.
Flower Dolphin i understood that, but if you ended up speaking English, ruby's comment /explanation that the French do not speak English is just absurd. Also... So not true.
I have not had a bad reaction to my french yet, except that it triggers people in the touristy parts to reply in English, and one offered me the German map for Versailles.
Carola in Paris ah ok. I get it. Yeah, in Nice it wasn't bad either. Probably because they're used to exchange students. I spoke a lot of French there, mainly because I had to. But in Paris they all looked at me like "why is this girl speaking such perfect French, we don't talk as clean as that". And that scared me off of speaking French in Paris at least.
Living in Switzerland I am so close to Germany! I have only been there once but this video made me want to go back again!! :) You are so positive and sweet!!
Thank you so much! I just discovered your fabulous channel and I'm looking forward to watching your videos when my kids are in bed. I love discovering other expats living close by ♥ ♥
You are sooo sweet!! Me too! One of the best things about RUclips is being able to connect
As someone from The Netherlands, I always had the idea Germany and the German speaking part of Switzerland were very similar. Am I wrong ?
You could say ppl from Baden-Württemberg and Bayern have next to no problems in understanding swiss german, but ppl from other german states wouldn't understand a single word.
Like dutch has more in common with northern german e.g.
The coastal german almost sounds like english.
e.g. shit=schiet
That's a funny example. :-)
Yes, I got ya. Makes a lot of sense. Thanks for explaining. You see: I life at the border in the Netherlands, our Dutch dialect is almost the same language as the German dialect at the other side of the border. :-) So same thing. You could say language doesn't stop at borders it continuously slowly changes along the way when you travel.
What a stunningly beautiful place to live!
I live near Würzburg too, was born here. lower Franconia my neverending love ;D
Same here, I was born in Würzburg, lived 25 year abroad and now I'm back - it's beautiful here!
I love Germany, I lived there for 3 months and the people are awesome and it is so beautiful!
The pics in your video are amazing!!!!
Unterfranken is like a hidden gem in germany, only few people know about it even if it is pretty close to the airports in nuremberg or frankfurt.
The reasons for the high prices in New Zealand and Australia is that everything need to be shipped there.
I spent a year working and backpacking in New Zealand (mostly south island), and I 've now lived in Germany for 7 years. Sorry but the NZ landscapes blow Germany away! However Germany does have really pretty village architecture, and wonderful "Altbau"'s in the cities. :)
I was also shocked by how cheap the price of groceries is in Germany. Even organic food is inexpensive. Sometimes I wonder how it's even possible to sell at such low prices.
‚And obviously I’m happily married, I’m not looking for anybody‘ - that was so funny 😂❤️❤️
If you like the combination of historical architecture and nature and live in Würzburg, I would like to recommend you a weekend trip to Kassel, two ICE train stops to the north.
During the summer months, there are the historical cascades and artificial waterfalls running in the mountain park of Wilhelmshöhe, culminating in a > 50 m high fountain, everything between 200 and 300 years old and working without any pump, just by the natural gravitational force of the water. Google it or find it on Wikipedia.
Warum gerade das Zonen Randgebiet? ;-D
Kirchweg, die Aue ok, aber der bittere Rest?
Was der Krieg nicht geschafft hat, hat die Friedenszeit fortgesetzt.
I have only been able to visit Germany one time, but I fell in love with Germany! You have touched on a subject that I was concerned about and that is I now have issues with gluten and my next visit will have limitations as far as what I can eat. I know I won't get to enjoy the wonderful bread, but the fact that you mention a bakery/restaurant that has gluten-free cakes gives me hope. I am so happy that I found your channel. Keep up the great work and know that your are appreciated! Thanks, Lisa O
Nice pictures from Frickenhausen and the surrounding area (Maintal)!
I still cannot get over the veggie prices here in NZ ....Winter comes soon. 😐that is the season of the year were I really miss to live in Germany. Thanks for this lovely video. 😊
The reason why so many fruits and vegetables are rather cheap in Germany, is because they are imported from Holland. These products are grown in greenhouses.
And to your awe about the beauty of this country. There are so many beautiful places to go. Take a trip down the Rhein. Vineyards galor! If the Alps are too much for you, there are lower mountains and hills in central Germany with amazing forests and wildlife! I´ve never been to the coastal regions, but from what I´ve heard, they must be fantastic, as well!
No matter where you go in Germany, I´m sure, you´ll find something to be amazed about!
Loved your videos Antoinette and greetings from an expat Aussie in Munich. I have been here for over 30 years
Just found your channel, it's so interesting to see our country through your eyes ❤️
To the Glutenfree products, i don't know if you know, but many Products from the Discounter "Lidl" are actually glutenfree without advertising it. They only mention it on the back of the Packs, you might give it a try and take a look. Made the life for my Mum a whole lot easier
I think the higher prices in New Zealand are definitely a function of island living. My brother-in-law lives on Mauritius and most everything is imported, so prices for clothing, shoes, furniture and appliances are ridiculous.
Hi, if you live in lower franconia, you need to visit the festival "Annafest" in Forchheim (upper franconia). It is way better than the Oktoberfest and cheaper. There are 20 restaurants in a forest with four breweries. :D
I am so glad that you like our country and see the beauty. But if you want to see historical buildings in your own country you need to go to Invercargill, Dunedin or Christchurch. The more south you travel in NZ the more old and massive buildings you'll see. I think they had to build them like that because the weather there is quite rough. Down south there are towns with a long history of shipping and one can still see that.
September Rain the most beautiful building in New Zealand for me was the Dunedin train station... Dunedin in general had a few nice buildings... didn't like Invercargill.
I definitely still need to go see New Zealand's South Island. Only managed to see the North so far
Invercargill has nice places too. The huge parks like Queens Park and Otepuni Gardens for example. But I too liked Dunedin more (or Oamaru etc). And I love Christchurch ;-) But most of all I love the scenery between all these places. So much to see. Such a beautiful country
I love you for saying so many nice things about my country!
I am from Germany , I live in North-Rhine-Westfalia and I think that Lower Frankonia has some of the nicest cities in Germany , My best friend lives in Kitzingen and I spend about a month ago 2 weeks at her house and I had some time to explore some of the surrounding cities ,and I think that Würzburg is one of the nicest cities I ever visited in Germany. (you uploaded your video on my moms birthday lol)
germanic ppl in general are called really attractive (germanic: Germany, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, parts of England, Austria, Switzerland, Iceland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, parts of Belgium)
Woohoo... Randersacker....just follow "Randersackerer Str." to Sanderau, after "Herm" Fuelstation turn left into Arndtstrasse and visit "Da Lele". BEST Ristorante in Town!
Loved this video, as I can relate at many points!
Such a sweet video. I am glad you are having a positive experience. I have not had any negative reaction on speaking french in Paris, but people would often reply in English, which is so not what I expected. Or ask in English if I want the German map.
Yes... In France they don't like to speak English. My sister asked in Paris a waiter if he speaks English because she don't speak French. And the waiter just was unfriendly. In Italy people also don't speak good English or nothing English just Italian. That was my experience every time on vacation in Italy. But now problem for me. My family comes from Croatia and we know to speak a little bit Italiano. I grew up bilingual in Germany. English in school and job. I speak fluently 3 languages. In Germany we all younger people speak good English. Is a world language. But every where you come to vacation or for living first learn language. Especially when you live abroad. It's also a thing of respect. And it's makes you richer. Because every language knowledge is such a gift and a very good experience. Wish you and your family a wonderful life here in Germany. ❤️❤️❤️ Of course all over the world 🗺 are beautiful countries to explore. My favorite is Ireland. Loved it.
lol, i found out you are right, by driving thru NZ, nice nature, plenty of sheeps and cattle.... and barley any history, Maori places aside.... i traveling with my motorbike mostly France now, nice country side, very good food, pretty girls too... and plenty of old buildings to take pics of...
Well i do agree with Vogti yes it is rare to find someone who is really digging deep into germany, my beloved country. Another big fact is that you are open minded open to some strange coustoms.Germany as i see it is a country with a long history,and yes a very very dark history. THAT is true and as a teenager i was a rebell against these structures. Still am.
Antoinette took the time to learn and she has a clever charming look to my country. That is respect that i love.
Hello NEW ZEALAND since Antoinette Is from New Zealand i would love to learn much more about you New Zealanders
I was watching some videos of you, but didn't realize before, that you live in or near Würzburg. It's my hometown:)
Zimtstern Thought the same.
I love your videos 💜💜💜
One of the reasons why Germany is so beautful is that they have no tel or electric lines all over the place.Its all underground so when looking at a thousend year old village ,it looks like then more or less.
Those Half-Timber Houses (Fachwerk) are the best! I live in a house build in the early 1700's and never ever would i change it for anything else!
Cheap food is something i kinda dislike. Most people put their car over good food. You see people with 100k€ cars only buying the cheapest crap. I don't get it...
I love Germany ❤️
one thing about the quality in germany it the law, that every company has to give 2 years of guarantee to private people. So when the product is not good, nobody wants to sell it, beacuse he can get into trouble with his customers. In Germany it‘s called „Gewährleistung“.
You wanna see my hometown, then come to Bonn in July and you'll see a stuningly beautiful city!
I think that products like shoes etc are more expensive in New Zealand is that N_Z is a small market and two Islands far away in the blue ocean and far away from the trade routes between America, Asia and Europe.
We know how difficult our language is 🤣🤣🤣I admire everybody who can handle it 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I love Würzburg!
You are such a niche person, I´m glad that you like Germany and it is interesting to see how people from other countries see us. We tend to have a negative image in the world, probably because of world war II and a lot of people think that all Germans are Nazis. It´s good that people like you show the people of the world that we are just like everybody else. What I do find strange is that when I travel around I always think that other Nations are better looking than we are.
was ist gegen Birkenstock und Tennissocken, der Rest in Rentner Ocker schon aus zu setzen ;-D
There is beauty everywhere, but beauty is as well the exception and not the rule, otherwise it would not stand out. ;-)
Thats not true for Asia, quite a positive picture of Germany
Jessica Mew I don't think people blame Germans of today for WW2 or Nazi's when they see germans or are in germany. Most people think German football. I've had positive experiences with the German military. Beer brings people together. Lol.
* blush * Thank you! :)
Lower Franconia, or, as the locals say, "Underfrangn" ;) I studied in Würzburg ages ago...
was in NZ, north island only, 4000km with a motorbike, nice country side, roads made for bikes, alot cows( Holsteiner) and sheeps.....and really no history....my home town was build before the Maori came to NZ... friendly people everywhere, nearly everyone i meet told me i am the first German he/she meet.
But i meet every second corner i turned Germans...
alone on a rainy day on top of Mount Victoria in Wellington, one car stoped in the parking lot, 3 people, 1 kiwi and 2 german girls, what are the odds, or Skytower Auckland, 1 guy from Croatia and 3 Germans in the elevator...lol....have a nice day...
Food is TOO cheap in Germany, due to the industrialized farming, and that's bad for the environment. Better buy "bio" products, they cost a bit more, but they are better.
Do you think food is produced any different in any industrialized country? Its definitely not. Our groceries are cheap because agriculture is heavily subsidized by the government and Germans on an average are not willing to pay higher prices. I lived in the US and paid steep prices for food that is produces under no different conditions than it is here, actually even worse conditions. Also organic food is cheaper here as well than anywhere else.
Do you Visite also the north or east of Germany? How do you like Ostfriesland and what do you think about this area and people? I think it is a lot different to the south. Your area is really a nice region, I like it too. Without dieffent reasons that would be also my region, but I still living in Bergisches Land. What do you think about Cologne and Düsselsorf and the five time of the year, Karneval? When you don't know, you have to.
Best regards from the Klingenstadt😉
Hi Antoinette, what happened to your last video? Did the comments became a war? I find it very sad when people can't argue without getting personnel and calling names. Don't let get you down on this, it's not your fault, we users are the problem.
I agree, the video title did seem very interesting to me. I clicked the videos just some hours after it went online, but it already wasn't available anymore. I still hope I can watch it in the future...
I decided to take the video down because I wasn’t happy with it. I didn’t get the best feedback and normally this wouldn’t bother me, but after rewatching it I agree that not all of my points were entirely accurate. I only want to bring out helpful, quality content on my channel. Maybe I will remake the video at some point.
Spezialist212 I was lucky enough to get to see the video. It was very good, Antoinette made a good observation and made us aware of it. I'm very sad it isn't available anymore. I was and still am very curious of the outcome.
Thanks for the reply, Antoinette! I'd still be curious to see it, but I understand how you think about it. Definitely hoping for a remake :)
what was the video about?
"The grass is always greener on the other side"
We returned from our holiday in New Zealand 4 days ago and I can't understand why you think Germany might be beautiful ;)
New Zealand is just amazing and breathtaking. Yes, you don't have the long history. That is true. But that is absolutely not important if you have nature like that. Seeing forests almost untouched was stunning.
We also liked Wellington and Queenstown as cities.
And I have to say we were also lucky and saw a kiwi in the wilderness - so we just have to love this country ;)
Well and getting to the point regarding the "attractive" germans: Obviously your friends and family visitied you in Würzburg when they said germans were attractive. Würzburg is a wine region. So I assume your friends/family just were drunk :D
Yes I agree with you, New Zealand is incredibly beautiful and will always have my heart but Germany has a different kind of beauty. I'm so pleased you have wonderful memories of your time in my homeland. Your last comment made me giggle.
Oh we had a great time travelling there, visiting friends and even attended a wedding :)
And we already decided to go back in a few years because we just didn't see enough of the country. And we will get low on Tim Tam supplies very soon...
Interesting point you are making about New Zeeland having great nature, but not having the history. Never thought about it this way!
Yep please make a part two :-)
Germany has, as any country, dark and bright parts. The area around Würzburg is a bright area.
Do not forget, for the low price for food and clothes other will pay for you.
I love that you liked so much abput germany. On the other hand you aöways have to compare food prices in relation to income. I dont know how that compares but maybe that is fa
Fairer. On the other hand having products out of season being pricey might be inconvinient it also is good for the environment.
I've seen 14$/kg bananas in Australia 😆 Germany is definitely more affordable than Australia and New Zealand, although I feel like prices have gone up a lot in the past 5 years
I presume that was when a cyclone hitting a major banana growing region had destroyed much of the Banana crop and thus driven prices to several times their usual price.
T0000000000001 yes, it was around the time of the Queensland floods 6 or 7 years ago
Yes I remember this happening when I was living in Australia, the price of bananas sky rocketed!
Man muss trotzdem bedenken, dass Bananen alle importiert werden...Ist vielleicht trotzdem günstig, aber absolut umweltschädlich 😕
i meet many Kiwis who never meet a German in their life, every 2nd corner i went, there was 1 or more Germans, but maybe it helps to know german, but there ever i was, some Germans showed up... even on Mount Victoria on a rainy Tuesday at 11am... there was one guy from NZ, 1 german biker ( me ) and 2 girls from Kiel... 18.000km and you stiil meet some...
Well, for me NZ is the most beautiful country in the world😁 with very friendly people and great working collies 😁(I used to work on sheep farms)
"Patience": yes 😂 we all know how difficult our language is if you want to speak it fluid.
German in school was difficult, I remember parenting me, my siblings, my nephew... It's a neverending story.
"Wegen des" 😁😁😁 my mom would roll her eyes...
Hey there! Nice video! About glutenfree stuff... some people with intolerance can stomache sourdough bread that isn't marked as glutenfree. There is a nice market for that in Germany, but I would ask a doctor before trying. Because of the fermentation of the sourdough, some people can eat this without problems even with gluten intolerance. Just be careful when you try!
I really wish I could eat sourdough bread but I have a medical condition called Celiac which is an auto immune reaction to Gluten. If I eat only a small amount of Gluten I could be extremely sick for days.
Oh, that's unfortunate. Maybe one day there will be medicine like they have for lactose intolerance! But at least you have the gluten free stuff here for a more reasonable price :D
@Antoinette Emily: Das geht ja runter wie Öl. 🤗
Well about the history: Many towns and villages have indeed a very long history, for example the one where my mother grew up celebrated 1000 years anniversary a few years ago. Not uncommon. It is similar with universities: Many have a history that reaches back to the middle age.
About the language aspect: The French are not representative. They have a reputation for not learning English or only very badly while everone else chose it as lingua franca, because it is rather easy to learn.
Concerning Germans: Everyone learns English in school. Depending on the school type and your choices 5-8 years starting in fifth or sixth class.
Many -again depending on school type and choices- also learn a second foreign language -usually either French or Latin (5-7 years) and if they want even a third -usually either Spanish or Italian.
The effect is not only that we can communicate in foreign languages but that we gain a more elaborate view of our own language, become aware of many things like for example the articles that are more complicated than in other languages. That is why people are okay with you speaking broken German. They know it is complicated to learn and therefore takes time. So as long as you make the impression that you are striving for improvement they are okay with it.
You did not try Duisburg or Magdeburg yet or you are a very positive person :)
The way you describe Würzburg I miss it even more after moving to Paris three months ago... *Sigh*
low prizes, mostly good quality: its because of the EU :D
just love it, go vote! ;)
also in school its obligatory to learn englisch and later some second language, (mostly french or spanisch but also often russian and latin) it really depends on the Bundesland (state...?)
I lately talked to a riend from NRW about choosing subjects for secundary school and she had like 8 languages she could choose from and took 5 of them (no thats not normal... she is realy great with languages and also her school is language focussed ^^)
btw. I youst found your videos and I really do enjoy them :)
Exactly, every place is unique and that‘s why most germans hate shopping malls
Every place in germany is beautiful? Say rhat again after visiting kiel
reminds me of an old German Purple Schulz song "Guck mal nur schöne Leute.
Wir haben heute die hässlichen eingesperrt. Die will eh keiner haben.
Nur schöne Knaben und Mädels sind angesagt..." :D about advertising.
Where is the big thumb Button ?😉👍👍👍👍
I am very surprised about the way you pronounce the letter "E".
I wasn't aware of it at all. I thought you would speak english like the british would do, but apparantly I was so wrong.
What I mean is that you strictly pronounce it as english E and never like the german E in some english words.
Level e.g.
Germany has a unique way, we are not special , just trying to to things right,we take refugees,we as young germans had to face the reality that our fathers were murderers, which is hard to face. Really hard. So what a good feeling to meet people that recognize the way we are. Ist just beeing german ,and i am head to toe,we have to face the crimes our fathers and mothers did.
German, originally from Eastern Bavaria here. My father wasn't a murderer and neither were my grandfathers nor great grandfathers...
It seems that the "cult of guilt" did its effects to you ...
You should visit the newly opened restaurant "vrohstoff" in Würzburg! It's vegan/glutenfree and really yummy.
I will definitely check it out! Thanks so much for the recommendation.
Less demand for gluten free processed grain products because European wheat isn't sprayed with glyphosate 4 times prior to harvest; at least it didn't use to be.
Sedentary Lifestyle
No normal wheat is sprayed with glyphosphate 4 times. That would just kill it.
Genetically modified wheat perhaps.
It's not common in Europe, thankfully.
that's pretty usual technique, to organize it because yes, it kills it off after the most as ripened enough. found a lot of traces in flour
Is the New Zealander you met in Germany a winemaker from the Clyde/Alexandra area? I visit her place with my groups as I am a Tourguide. Small world if she is, eye?
Hallo, Antoinette - darf ich Dich mal was fragen? Das erste Foto, das Du in diesem Video zeigst: Wo ist das? Das kommt mir sooo bekannt vor, aber ich komme nicht drauf. Kannst Du mir helfen?
Attractive People here in Germany? Well, thank you. 😅😀
Feeling honored about your kind words about Germany. Did you ever talk to a person from Germany who also needs gluten free products about the prices here? Because in my opinion they are quite expensive. But the numbers you talked about is really outrageous.
And so disappointing for you, you are in the land of BREAD and cannot eat it :(
How long is the flight time from newzealand to Germany any cheap flights
You have to Go to Berlin and dresden😍
I've been to both 😍
Where do you live exactly? I live near Würzburg, so do you live downtown or in a small villiage like me?
You're so nice :)
Prices. It would be interesting to compare taxes and prices. I guess, that the taxes lower than in Germany. Please take also in account the average hourly wage.
GUFSZ The hourly wages are comparable (data.oecd.org/earnwage/average-wages.htm), and the Mehrwehrsteuer is 19% on most products compared to 15% GST, which seems to be the comparable tax in NZ. I think Antoinette‘s theory makes sense - it‘s easier to ship produce from other European countries to Germany than it is from anywhere to New Zealand. I also think that German retailers are extremely good at negotiating prices with producers and wholesalers - to the extent that Walmart left a couple of years after trying to expand into Germany, in part because they were not able to match the established retailers‘ prices (thetimchannel.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/why-walmart-failed-in-germany). This, too, is easier if you are a major retailer in Germany, with lots of stores also in neighboring EU countries, than in a comparatively small market such as NZ - you just represent so much purchasing power that a producer can‘t afford to not be sold in your stores.
I was thinking more on income tax.
GUFSZ I don‘t quite see what you‘re aiming at, but all this data is readily available and just one Google search away: data.oecd.org/tax/tax-on-personal-income.htm
Taxes finance subsidies. You pay in both ways for food. The price in the shop and with your taxes.
The weather is not as good, for as long periods of time as in - let's say - southern France, Spain or Italy, and there are not as many beaches, but if you are not looking for these things specifically Germany is an at least as good place to go.
Pepito Sbazzeguti Pepito: for the past, I‘d say 5 or 6 years, we have had about 10 days each of rain or bad weather in the summer periods, which last from roughly May through late September. Currently, it feels like Southern France or Spain have nothing on us...
So Antoinette... what are the German stereotypes about Kiwis?
deutsch wissen wie kompliziert deutsch ist und deswegen unterstützen die meisten leute die deutsch lernen wollen weil die aufgabe sehr schwer ist und ich perönöich es warscheinlich nie probieren würde wenn ich nicht in deutschland geboren wäre
Hello ..... and make yourself at home! :D
Dein Video geht runter wie Öl, Antoinette Emily, ob aber eingeölte Deutsche so ein attraktiver Anblick sind? ;-)