I was perm party in Grafenwoehr from 78 to 82.....some of the best years. It's change a LOT from when I was there but still has the same history. Great video - makes me wish I was young again and in the Army still...
JF - My dad was stationed at Graf from 79-83. We lived in Ehenfeld for 1 year then on post at Vilseck for 3 years. He commuted to Graf and was in charge of developing the first M1 tank - right there in Graf. He also helped design the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Absolutely loved Bavaria and the entire experience. Now live outside Charlotte NC. Hope to go back some day - it's been 40 years since I walked both those posts.
My biggest regret after having lived in Stuttgart for 2 years was that I didn’t travel as much as I could have. Germany is full of small, pretty towns like this just waiting to be explored. Great vids DT!
Thanks bro! Ya, now the the virus hit us, we've decided to just explore german cities within driving distance to us. We're actually in the process of buying a house out here, so you always got a place to stay my man!
I was stationed in Germany from 73-77. I was in an Artillery battalion just north of Frankfurt. My unit went to Graf at least 6 times for live fire drills. Amazing place.
Oh yea bro. I went to Graf a bunch. And even ETS'd from Vilseck in 94😊I'll always love Germany and all the German people. And loved my time in Hohenfels and West Berlin too back in the day
This video deserves so many more views! Your editing is so good and the entire flow of the video just made me so hyped! PCSing soon and this video brought me a lot of comfort 🙏🏽 thank you for so much info!!!
We really loved being stationed in Graf . We lived in Netzaberg. Bavarian people are the nicest from my experience . I was also stationed in Baumholder , but Graf was by far the nicest place . The chicken man was the best lol .
just got stationed here thanks for the video. I was stationed in Italy few years back and came to Grafenwohr to train, but only got to see the training area. Thanks for showing all the areas around the area. Very useful video.
Great video! thanks for the information of the museum. I have put it on my to do list. Beautiful day to introduce Grafenwohr. Thank You! Baxter is a good assistant, and cute as heck. Love his shirt, very stylish!
Sonia Dume hey thanks for watching!! The museum is legit, I was so surprised 😮 Definitely worth spending some time there to learn about the history of this area. And Baxter says wassup 🤙🏾 😁
I lived in Graf from August 2014-September 2018. I loved Germany as if it was my own country and those four years were the most memorable moments I've had in my life.
Thank you for posting your Vlog. Walking through my home town. Was born and raised in Grafenwöhr. Kontiki is great. I recommend. Cafe Bauer is awesome. I worked there. Really appreciate you posting. Fantastic. 😀
First time here. I really enjoyed this video and I am looking forward to watching more. I was stationed in Schweinfurt, Germany but we went to the field in Graf where I was injured there in Graf. I travel to Germany at least once or sometimes twice a year except for this year of course because of the virus. I am actually supposed to be over in Germany as we speak ugh. I have a RUclips channel as well in reference to Germany and I have a lot of fun with it. I love to share my travels . I have Subscibed to your channel so that I can see your new content as it is released. Hope to see you around.
thank you for showing me the white spot on the Bavarian Map. I am glad you love Bavaria, Oberpfalz and franconia. Enjoy your stay in Germany and respect local laws. Greetings
My cousin Gerrell introduced me to your videos, Amazing videos they are giving me a great insight. My wife and I are moving to Landstuhl, Germany June 2021.
Great German accent bro! Very unusual for American troops. 14:17 _"our dead and missed"_ Btw there's also a great swimming pool and lake towards Weiden... 2 miles away from Graf - highly recommended. I lived there back in 2015 and left 2019... many memories... especially from Cheers bar! ;)
Oh yea! Ive been to Graf a few times. Was stationed with the 42nd Engineers, BBDE, 81-83, & with the 22d Chemical Company, 3AD, 87-90😊We did lots of trips to Graf with both companies. Was stationed in Vilseck in 94 when i ETS'd, which ain't far from Graf. I still love Germany and the German people
Spent a lot of time on Graff ( noticed nobody mentioned what Graff's function was as a post) it's gunnery by the way, that was when 3rd I D was still in Europe most of the 90s actually lived in Schweinfurt on Conn barracks! Bravo Company 3rd Support attached to 3/64 Armor!
Thank you for this video!! My husband was stationed there 45 years ago. My son was born there. It looks SOO different!! Practically the only thing I recognize is the Rathaus and that church on the hill. Crazy!!
Seeing this video brought back so many memories especially walking by Eds on a Friday or Saturday night and its packed with mfs drunk and enjoying life,,,the donor spot next to Eds was the best and then club flashback use to be booming wit dollar bill ,2010-2013 best years of my life out there. ohh and that tmobile spot outside the gate got all soliders in debt
Sad to see that half of the bars that used to be there 4-5 yrs ago closed prior to Corona. Yanni's, Classic Rock, Iman's (saw it as the Gourmet Garden in your video). I wonder what happened to Yanni and the owner of Iman's? Iman's was managed by the son of the Doner Kebap Place next door to Gourmet Garden. And is the Scala still there (old style club)? And is the bar in the basement behind the former Iman's still there? BTW if you haven't heard of it - there is a unique club/ bar called Happy Rock between Sulzbach-Rosenberg and Amberg. The owner is a lady and over 80 yrs old.
To be honest, I've only been to those bars down there a handful of times, so not sure the history of them. PS: I'll be filming in Amberg very soon, so maybe I'll go find Happy Rock, thanks
hey Daniel, there are a bit more facts about zoigl as far as I know. history, origin and definitely more than a handful of places... feel free to ask - there are so many amazing fun facts... like wtf is the David's star in front of that location mean..? at the chapel it's like " to our KIA and MIA during ww2 1939-1945"
Hey 👋🏾 Try searching for my Weiden videos (about 25mins away), or you can check out some day trips from Grafenwoehr here: www.dtvdanieltelevision.com/2020/12/09/day-trips-from-grafenwoehr/
I have not, but I do plan to make that at some point. I’ve already spoke to the commander there about it and she’s on board. Just a matter of scheduling 👍🏾
There are much more nice citys or villages there. Graf is pretty nice but i think u should check out Pottenstein too. Its not that far from Graf. (48km -> 30 miles). :)
@@DTVDanielTelevision I know the tank trails were all dirt all the way out to Range 301 Abrams / Bradley range. It was the largest Construction Project in the Corp of Engineers.
When I was on convoy from Gardtedt to Graf training we passed a castle on the hill it was beautiful I can’t remember name may start with N? Like Nuer? something?
I was there as an Army brat in the mid 60s. We were stationed in Bamberg which closed down in 2014 but my dad would go on training maneuvers in Graph. There were no dependants there then. Back then, I would have been blown away to see what it looks like now. It's like being back in the states compared to what Bamberg and Warner Barracks were like. I'm telling you without exaggeration, it was a HARDSHIP until you got quarters on base and then it was only a mediocre improvement. I couldn't wait to get back to the states. I went back in 92 for a visit and Germany as a whole had improved enormously as well as Warner Barracks and then..poof..gone. I could actually like it over there now. Who wooda thought?
@@DTVDanielTelevision I just wanna tell you Daniel, everyone had to use transformers back then. In 92, they had both systems in the quarters. Nobody had washers and dryers in their apt. We used our own in the basement with a transformer. They were heavy and I'd carry it down from the 3rd floor for my mom. There was no housing available and it took us 4 months to find housing on the economy. My dad gave up our apt.which we were supposed to have because our paperwork got shoved back into someone's drawer and we never got a port all. Then magically, we went and had no place to live. We lived on the 4th floor in transit qtrs.for 4 months and shared a bathroom and one toilet with various families and GIs. The window was our refrigerator. We had a hotplate, toaster and electric frying pan and a toaster. There was no AFN tv, vcr, dvd, etc and I dam near went stir crazy. We went to the movies every night. Our car had a leaky radiator and I had to fill it up with water whenever we went anywhere. The commissary and PX were pretty lame and hadn't improved much by 92. The older qtrs without balconies we're dingy on the outside and the stucco was cracked and falling off. The red tile roofs were reddish gray with coal dust. The civilian buildings were not painted pretty colors. Looked the same as 1945.. Unlike Graf, Bamberg in very medieval and claustrophobic. Not a wide open space anywhere or a 4 lane road anywhere at the time. My parents finally found a one bedroom apt. In the redlite district in a row of connected buildings on the 3rd floor. No front or back yard. Just the building, sidewalk and street..cars parked halfway onto the sidewalk to make way for the cars and black Mercedes taxis full of GIs picking up prostitutes all night. And it was winter which made it even more depressing. Oh yeah..4 kids sleeping in one bed. I took a bus to school so I ate lunch at the snack bar every day with the GIs and listened to The Supremes and Gary Lewis and the Playboys and the Drifters and the Beatles etc.on the juke box and you could look out and see a castle in the hill and big beautiful American cars parked on the cold wet cobblestones. Then we got qtrs. on the fourth floor if the balcony buildings with 8...yes EIGHT bedrooms! The weather was nice and school was out and it was finally tolerable. The day before school started, we finally got permanent qtrs.in the dingy buildings across from the main gate. Convoys of tanks would parade by in the middle of the night and shake the buildings. We were only in qtrs. for eleven months and then they started sending my dad's division to Ft. Campbell Kentucky for Vietnam training. My dad already had 20 years in and my mom insisted that he retire out so he put in his paperwork and didn't send us to Ft. Campbell. Many if my friends went back before I did because of that. When we landed in Ft. Dix, I catapulted from the plane to the first round door knob I saw in two years. We took a bus to retire out in Ft.Hamilton and My dad and I took the subway into NYC to get transported to pick up our VW square back that my parents bought in Germany. That first night back in the states, we had to stay in a crummy hotel in Brooklyn because there were no rooms available in Ft. Hamilton. The Manhattan skyline was all lit up a block away behind us. I was in Lala land. It was euphoric to come back to the states back then and the cars were absolutely spectacular. I sent a longer version of this story to my old school in Germany in 90 and they printed it in their school newspaper and then started sending me their school newspaper after that. So in 92. I took my dad army buddies wife who we had remained friend with back to Germany to visit her family and I stayed with them. They lived close to the base and had no tub or shower. I walked into the base every day and took a shower on post and met the journalism student who publishes my letter and her parents. They took me to Rhotenburg and on a volksmarz and I stayed in touch with them and visited them in 99 at Ft. Bragg. I wrote all this just to lead up to:..I can't believe your px is a mall and you have duplexes in large subdivisions with yards and garages and your own washers and dryers. That would have been absolute fantasy land to me back then. I'd love to see it but I don't think I could take seeing Warner Barracks closed down. It was great after we finally got settled in and it would break my heart to see it now after seeing the major facelift it got in the early 90s. It was actually nice by then. It blew my mind to see a Burger King right on post. I've barely scratched the surface but I just wanted to elaborate. It was life changing and I was just a kid but it made me half of what I am today.
Kenglaven6455. What a wonderful experience. I was stationed in Gieblestat in 72-74 where we lived on the economy and my oldest daughter was born in Wuerzburg. and again in Hanau,, 80-83 where we lived in housing areas Caldwell and Pioneer with 3 kids this time. On Your story kinda mirrors ours ..good times.
@@michaelnoneya7342 Thanks, Michael. It was the best and worst of times. Best of times for family unity and togetherness. It was a blessing in disguise to not have American TV. We did things together as a family and I had to actually read to entertain myself. It was the most miserable and happiest time of my life.
I have a HUGE question, what school, and what grade does she teach because if she taught seconed first or pre K, i will ask my mom for the school later, she mifht have taught me!!!! If she has been a teacher for a while Edit: i remember more and more going through the video lol, great refresher! I remember the park feeding bread to the ducks, and it is crazy to jist emagine that i used to be there lol. The streets there are so much better then here in america, i hope soon i can come back
@@DTVDanielTelevision yup lol, just checking ya never know c: next time you go, if you remember, try and look for a very light duck if its still there, that one was always my favorite
The weather is great in Germany, but some complain about the cold in the winter. You'll get all four seasons for sure, and it does rain a lot. We joke out here that if you don't like the current weather, just give it time because it'll change in an hour :)
Do you advise getting a German bank to cut down on the atm international fees. Or is it OK to have both an American and German bank. What about credit cards
If you’re moving here with the military, you will need a German bank account to pay for some specific bills (phone, rent, loan for car, etc). Everyone has one through Service Credit Union or Community Bank on base. We have both German and American bank accounts, but ATM fees are minimal and aren’t really a concern (for us). We use USAA and some ATM fees are reimbursed each month. No change in credit cards, they work internationally but I’m not quite sure your question with regards to the topic :)
@@DTVDanielTelevision I was asking because I saw another video that said most places don't take credit or debit cards because of the fees. We both have navy Federal accounts so I guess we need to get a German account also....lol. When you say loan for your car do you mean the insurance or the loan for a car you bought there? We will be having the military ship my truck since it's heavier and he will ship his car. The are both new so we didn't want to have to buy one there. Sorry for all the questions. How much is car insurance basically?
Hey np, so what you’re referring to is businesses not accepting cards for payment because they don’t want to pay the associated fees of having a card machine. The unwritten rule out here (especially in Bavaria) is “cash is king,” so always have Euro on you. Many places are cash only but I think it’s more of a cultural thing rather than a credit card fee thing. As far as loans I meant you could get one through the banks on base but they’re not technically a German bank they just allow you to pay bills to the Germans using what’s called an IBAN number. You can get a loan through whom ever you’d like tho. Car insurance will differ on each person based on the bank, interest rate, driving history, etc. We have ours through USAA and only pay a lil over $100 for two cars.
Hi Daniel! I am Julian and i live in „Regensburg“. You know That? About 45 Minutes away of Grafenwöhr. I am a german Guy and i love USA! I work at a company called „Deutsche See“ and we deliver fresh Fish and other food things like this! Last week and next week also, my tour is to „Amberg“ and of course to your military station in „Vilseck“ and „Grafenwöhr“, to you!! I deliver the things to your „Commisary“. Today again i was at your commisary Store in Grafenwöhr. Next week, again i will deliver fish to your military Station in Grafenwöhr. Maybe sometimes we can meet us together, it will be awesome!! :D I Must entry every time at Gate 6 :) Much greetings from Regensburg! And maybe we see us sometimes, it will be Great!!!
As for the pronunciation of Grafenwöhr: take the "ur" part of "purpose" and put it behgind the German "w" sound -> Grafen[vur]. That will be much clsoser than "veer". Umlauts aren't decorational and are vowels of their own.
@@DTVDanielTelevision There is an alternate spelling for the case when an umlaut isn't available on the keyboard: oe for ö; ue for ü, and ae for ä. Anglophones tend to ignore the first vowel of that diphtong and just pronounce the e. Usually the correct pronunciation is part of a process to rewire your brain to be able to hear and process that sound. Upon hearing umlauts, unfamiliar brains will sort them into a known vowel and create the illusion of hearing that vowel and then also reproduce that vowel when trying to pronounce the umlaut in question.
I wish there was a video like this for every base! really great job!
Me too! I’m working on it! 😉 Thanks for watching!
Used to live in Graf from 2011-2016 as a military brat! Like a trip down memory lane! Thanks for this!
You’re welcome mate!
173rd Airborne. Random youtube search missing the old times. Thank you, brother. Many memories. Gate 1 is a place in many soldier's hearts.
Always love hearing from people who were stationed here back in the day. Thanks for the support!
I was perm party in Grafenwoehr from 78 to 82.....some of the best years. It's change a LOT from when I was there but still has the same history. Great video - makes me wish I was young again and in the Army still...
JF - My dad was stationed at Graf from 79-83. We lived in Ehenfeld for 1 year then on post at Vilseck for 3 years. He commuted to Graf and was in charge of developing the first M1 tank - right there in Graf. He also helped design the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Absolutely loved Bavaria and the entire experience. Now live outside Charlotte NC. Hope to go back some day - it's been 40 years since I walked both those posts.
My biggest regret after having lived in Stuttgart for 2 years was that I didn’t travel as much as I could have. Germany is full of small, pretty towns like this just waiting to be explored. Great vids DT!
Thanks bro! Ya, now the the virus hit us, we've decided to just explore german cities within driving distance to us. We're actually in the process of buying a house out here, so you always got a place to stay my man!
That’s awesome man. Thanks so much. And if I can pull this DODEA thing off for Europe, you’re always welcome wherever we end up!
My dad‘s first duty assignment was Mannheim, he traveled constantly.
I was stationed in Germany from 73-77. I was in an Artillery battalion just north of Frankfurt. My unit went to Graf at least 6 times for live fire drills. Amazing place.
2/83 FA
I spent the summer of 1983 building ranges for the "new" Abrahms tank and Bradley fighting vehicle. Almost 40 years ago. Wow!
Thanks for filming and sharing this video. Baxter had fun! Great vide!!!
Thank you so much!! The back trails and the "toten und vermissed" statue brought back several memories from the late 1990s as a kid.
Yes! Fun trip down good ol memory lane!!! We lived there from June of 2006 to Jan 2010! I miss Graf sooo much!
A generation ago, soldiers were in the field in winter at Graf
Great video. Thinking of a job in Graf and this really helps. This video was well thought-out. Thanks.
7th Army, Graf/Vilseck. I won't forget how beautiful the landscape and towns were. Definitely would love to go back.
Oh yea bro. I went to Graf a bunch. And even ETS'd from Vilseck in 94😊I'll always love Germany and all the German people. And loved my time in Hohenfels and West Berlin too back in the day
This video deserves so many more views! Your editing is so good and the entire flow of the video just made me so hyped! PCSing soon and this video brought me a lot of comfort 🙏🏽 thank you for so much info!!!
I'm hype just reading your comment! Thank you so much for supporting the channel! I got plenty more PCS prep vids coming your way 😉
We really loved being stationed in Graf . We lived in Netzaberg.
Bavarian people are the nicest from my experience .
I was also stationed in Baumholder , but Graf was by far the nicest place .
The chicken man was the best lol .
I’m so amped! I can’t wait to get there!!!
just got stationed here thanks for the video. I was stationed in Italy few years back and came to Grafenwohr to train, but only got to see the training area. Thanks for showing all the areas around the area. Very useful video.
You’re welcome bro, thanks for your support! More useful vids coming soon 👌🏾
I'm from Grafenwöhr and this is a great Video. Thank you.
Mike R you’re welcome! Thanks 🙏🏽
Wow, what a great Video. Thanks a lot to Dan and the nice dog.
Best regards from Eschenbach 😀👍🏻😊
Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
Any time! I hope you had a good tour here!
Awesome job thank you I miss Germany 85-89
I lived there in 1972 , I wish I could remember the name of the street I lived on. I was within walking distance to the base. I loved it.
Great video! thanks for the information of the museum. I have put it on my to do list. Beautiful day to introduce Grafenwohr. Thank You! Baxter is a good assistant, and cute as heck. Love his shirt, very stylish!
Sonia Dume hey thanks for watching!! The museum is legit, I was so surprised 😮 Definitely worth spending some time there to learn about the history of this area. And Baxter says wassup 🤙🏾 😁
Thanks for posting this brother. Highly informative.
You got it man 👍🏾 Thanks for supporting the channel 🙌🏾
I lived in Graf from August 2014-September 2018. I loved Germany as if it was my own country and those four years were the most memorable moments I've had in my life.
That’s awesome man, thanks for sharing ✌🏾
Excellent video!! My only experience with Graf was the training area 1987-1989.
1-6 Inf Illesheim.
WAIT!!! The sun is shining and no snow, no mud. LOL. Great video. Graf was an experience I'll always smile about.
Its funny you say that. Everytime I went to Graf it was raining or snowing. I had no idea the sun actually came out in Graf.
Thank you for posting your Vlog. Walking through my home town. Was born and raised in Grafenwöhr. Kontiki is great. I recommend. Cafe Bauer is awesome. I worked there. Really appreciate you posting. Fantastic. 😀
Its going on 24 years when I worked at the bakery. Last time I visited was 2004.
You're very welcome!
First time here. I really enjoyed this video and I am looking forward to watching more. I was stationed in Schweinfurt, Germany but we went to the field in Graf where I was injured there in Graf. I travel to Germany at least once or sometimes twice a year except for this year of course because of the virus. I am actually supposed to be over in Germany as we speak ugh. I have a RUclips channel as well in reference to Germany and I have a lot of fun with it. I love to share my travels . I have Subscibed to your channel so that I can see your new content as it is released. Hope to see you around.
Really good video and explanation on everything is new to him is dead on.and Baxter is beautiful.
🙌🏾 Thanks for watching! Baxter says Hi 👋🏾 🐕
Daniel, What an outstanding video!! I never got to see that side of Graf ... only the training area!!
Awww man, you gotta get outside of the training area haha! So much more to see!
Gosh that looks like a beautiful place to live.
thank you for showing me the white spot on the Bavarian Map. I am glad you love Bavaria, Oberpfalz and franconia. Enjoy your stay in Germany and respect local laws. Greetings
Thanks you for the excellent documentary really professionnal one so WE Know about this city bavaria all thé best wishes
Did PLDC at Graf back in fe1992 (when it was 4 weeks) 🙂 I was stationed in Augsburg.
My cousin Gerrell introduced me to your videos, Amazing videos they are giving me a great insight. My wife and I are moving to Landstuhl, Germany June 2021.
Ernest Hodnett yo thanks my dood 👌🏾 Landstuhl is great! You guys are gonna dig it 👍🏾
They re moving to a new hospital in 2022.
Been to Grafenwohr several times for Level 1 and 2 tank gunnery 1979 M60A3
Really nice video! Greetings from one of the Graphic girls in the Printshop and big thanks 🙌🏻
👏🏾👏🏾 Thank you!! We love your shop 👌🏾
Great German accent bro! Very unusual for American troops.
14:17 _"our dead and missed"_
Btw there's also a great swimming pool and lake towards Weiden... 2 miles away from Graf - highly recommended.
I lived there back in 2015 and left 2019... many memories... especially from Cheers bar! ;)
Great video man
Oh yea! Ive been to Graf a few times. Was stationed with the 42nd Engineers, BBDE, 81-83, & with the 22d Chemical Company, 3AD, 87-90😊We did lots of trips to Graf with both companies. Was stationed in Vilseck in 94 when i ETS'd, which ain't far from Graf. I still love Germany and the German people
I was stationed in Baumholder Germany from 02 to 04 1st armored 2/6 infantry.
Spent a lot of time on Graff ( noticed nobody mentioned what Graff's function was as a post) it's gunnery by the way, that was when 3rd I D was still in Europe most of the 90s actually lived in Schweinfurt on Conn barracks! Bravo Company 3rd Support attached to 3/64 Armor!
Thanks for the Great Video
My pleasure!
I was stationed at Grafenwoerh: B-25th Field Artillery Division
Thank you for this video!!
My husband was stationed there 45 years ago. My son was born there. It looks SOO different!! Practically the only thing I recognize is the Rathaus and that church on the hill. Crazy!!
I was there from 6/72 to 1/75.
@@jmcdhfn interesting!! We were there 1975 - Aug 1977.
"Vermissten" on this statue means missing in action. Same in my native language, Dutch.
Thank you!
Seeing this video brought back so many memories especially walking by Eds on a Friday or Saturday night and its packed with mfs drunk and enjoying life,,,the donor spot next to Eds was the best and then club flashback use to be booming wit dollar bill ,2010-2013 best years of my life out there. ohh and that tmobile spot outside the gate got all soliders in debt
Hahaha that’s funny bro, thanks for sharing 🤙🏾
FYI that building at 13:55 is more considered to be a little Kapelle (chapel) . ;)
We came here in the 80's to train
Sad to see that half of the bars that used to be there 4-5 yrs ago closed prior to Corona.
Yanni's, Classic Rock, Iman's (saw it as the Gourmet Garden in your video). I wonder what happened to Yanni and the owner of Iman's? Iman's was managed by the son of the Doner Kebap Place next door to Gourmet Garden. And is the Scala still there (old style club)? And is the bar in the basement behind the former Iman's still there? BTW if you haven't heard of it - there is a unique club/ bar called Happy Rock between Sulzbach-Rosenberg and Amberg. The owner is a lady and over 80 yrs old.
To be honest, I've only been to those bars down there a handful of times, so not sure the history of them. PS: I'll be filming in Amberg very soon, so maybe I'll go find Happy Rock, thanks
So nice! Do you have a video of Vilseck, what to expect there?
Not quite yet. I have videos that show some of Vilseck but I plan on making an official "Graf vs Vilseck" vid this summer
@@DTVDanielTelevision ok, I'll set the bell for your videos. Thank you.
hey Daniel, there are a bit more facts about zoigl as far as I know. history, origin and definitely more than a handful of places... feel free to ask - there are so many amazing fun facts... like wtf is the David's star in front of that location mean..?
at the chapel it's like " to our KIA and MIA during ww2 1939-1945"
Are there any towns within 20 minutes that you visited? I noticed Weiherhammer has a handful of hotels and restaurants.
Hey 👋🏾 Try searching for my Weiden videos (about 25mins away), or you can check out some day trips from Grafenwoehr here: www.dtvdanieltelevision.com/2020/12/09/day-trips-from-grafenwoehr/
I’ve seen your videos about Edelweiss Resort, but did you post any PSC to Germany, USAG Bavaria videos that focus on the installation in Garmisch?
I have not, but I do plan to make that at some point. I’ve already spoke to the commander there about it and she’s on board. Just a matter of scheduling 👍🏾
Fulda Gap....
There are much more nice citys or villages there. Graf is pretty nice but i think u should check out Pottenstein too. Its not that far from Graf. (48km -> 30 miles). :)
Thanks for the info! I love Pottenstein ruclips.net/video/cZevbE-yYR0/видео.html
@@DTVDanielTelevision oh shit, dont know you already been there :D are you still in graf?
Yep! Since 2014. We’ll be here for awhile 👌🏾
& just wondering, is the AAFES px still close to downtown Graf?
Yes it is 👍🏽
My duty station is graf ! I get there February 4th will covid affect me from traveling around Germany??
Right now it will, but things will eventually get better while you're here. Welcome to the community!
Was there 82-85 535th Eng Co (CSE)
No car lots . Is the tank trails still dirt.
Is the Schnitzel stand still outside of Gate 1.
Tank trail is an actual concrete road now and yes, the Schnitzel stand lives!
@@DTVDanielTelevision
I know the tank trails were all dirt all the way out to Range 301 Abrams / Bradley range. It was the largest Construction Project in the Corp of Engineers.
I also was stationed in graff 535 eng. About the same time as you, March of 83 until about April of 85. I was a mechanic 63S.
When I was on convoy from Gardtedt to Graf training we passed a castle on the hill it was beautiful I can’t remember name may start with N? Like Nuer? something?
Maybe one of these? ruclips.net/video/Fj0w2BAdJ-w/видео.html
Maybe I'm tripping but I believe your wife was a teacher at my school back in Netzaberg
Can you please make a video on Sembach and Wiesbaden? Thank you Sir.
I haven't been in that area in a while due to COVID but I plan to make a video about those communities down the road 👍🏾
@@DTVDanielTelevision Roger that Sir. Thank you in advance.
I was there as an Army brat in the mid 60s. We were stationed in Bamberg which closed down in 2014 but my dad would go on training maneuvers in Graph. There were no dependants there then. Back then, I would have been blown away to see what it looks like now. It's like being back in the states compared to what Bamberg and Warner Barracks were like. I'm telling you without exaggeration, it was a HARDSHIP until you got quarters on base and then it was only a mediocre improvement. I couldn't wait to get back to the states. I went back in 92 for a visit and Germany as a whole had improved enormously as well as Warner Barracks and then..poof..gone. I could actually like it over there now. Who wooda thought?
Haha that’s a great story, thanks for sharing. Yes, it’s definitely upgraded since the 60s… and 90s ;)
@@DTVDanielTelevision I just wanna tell you Daniel, everyone had to use transformers back then. In 92, they had both systems in the quarters. Nobody had washers and dryers in their apt. We used our own in the basement with a transformer. They were heavy and I'd carry it down from the 3rd floor for my mom. There was no housing available and it took us 4 months to find housing on the economy. My dad gave up our apt.which we were supposed to have because our paperwork got shoved back into someone's drawer and we never got a port all. Then magically, we went and had no place to live. We lived on the 4th floor in transit qtrs.for 4 months and shared a bathroom and one toilet with various families and GIs. The window was our refrigerator. We had a hotplate, toaster and electric frying pan and a toaster. There was no AFN tv, vcr, dvd, etc and I dam near went stir crazy. We went to the movies every night. Our car had a leaky radiator and I had to fill it up with water whenever we went anywhere. The commissary and PX were pretty lame and hadn't improved much by 92. The older qtrs without balconies we're dingy on the outside and the stucco was cracked and falling off. The red tile roofs were reddish gray with coal dust. The civilian buildings were not painted pretty colors. Looked the same as 1945.. Unlike Graf, Bamberg in very medieval and claustrophobic. Not a wide open space anywhere or a 4 lane road anywhere at the time. My parents finally found a one bedroom apt. In the redlite district in a row of connected buildings on the 3rd floor. No front or back yard. Just the building, sidewalk and street..cars parked halfway onto the sidewalk to make way for the cars and black Mercedes taxis full of GIs picking up prostitutes all night. And it was winter which made it even more depressing. Oh yeah..4 kids sleeping in one bed. I took a bus to school so I ate lunch at the snack bar every day with the GIs and listened to The Supremes and Gary Lewis and the Playboys and the Drifters and the Beatles etc.on the juke box and you could look out and see a castle in the hill and big beautiful American cars parked on the cold wet cobblestones. Then we got qtrs. on the fourth floor if the balcony buildings with 8...yes EIGHT bedrooms! The weather was nice and school was out and it was finally tolerable. The day before school started, we finally got permanent qtrs.in the dingy buildings across from the main gate. Convoys of tanks would parade by in the middle of the night and shake the buildings. We were only in qtrs. for eleven months and then they started sending my dad's division to Ft. Campbell Kentucky for Vietnam training. My dad already had 20 years in and my mom insisted that he retire out so he put in his paperwork and didn't send us to Ft. Campbell. Many if my friends went back before I did because of that. When we landed in Ft. Dix, I catapulted from the plane to the first round door knob I saw in two years. We took a bus to retire out in Ft.Hamilton and My dad and I took the subway into NYC to get transported to pick up our VW square back that my parents bought in Germany. That first night back in the states, we had to stay in a crummy hotel in Brooklyn because there were no rooms available in Ft. Hamilton. The Manhattan skyline was all lit up a block away behind us. I was in Lala land. It was euphoric to come back to the states back then and the cars were absolutely spectacular. I sent a longer version of this story to my old school in Germany in 90 and they printed it in their school newspaper and then started sending me their school newspaper after that. So in 92. I took my dad army buddies wife who we had remained friend with back to Germany to visit her family and I stayed with them. They lived close to the base and had no tub or shower. I walked into the base every day and took a shower on post and met the journalism student who publishes my letter and her parents. They took me to Rhotenburg and on a volksmarz and I stayed in touch with them and visited them in 99 at Ft. Bragg. I wrote all this just to lead up to:..I can't believe your px is a mall and you have duplexes in large subdivisions with yards and garages and your own washers and dryers. That would have been absolute fantasy land to me back then. I'd love to see it but I don't think I could take seeing Warner Barracks closed down. It was great after we finally got settled in and it would break my heart to see it now after seeing the major facelift it got in the early 90s. It was actually nice by then. It blew my mind to see a Burger King right on post. I've barely scratched the surface but I just wanted to elaborate. It was life changing and I was just a kid but it made me half of what I am today.
Kenglaven6455. What a wonderful experience. I was stationed in Gieblestat in 72-74 where we lived on the economy and my oldest daughter was born in Wuerzburg. and again in Hanau,, 80-83 where we lived in housing areas Caldwell and Pioneer with 3 kids this time. On Your story kinda mirrors ours ..good times.
@@michaelnoneya7342 Thanks, Michael. It was the best and worst of times. Best of times for family unity and togetherness. It was a blessing in disguise to not have American TV. We did things together as a family and I had to actually read to entertain myself. It was the most miserable and happiest time of my life.
Silly question, but does the local economy take credit cards of various issues?
At very select few locations. Cash is king in this small town 💵
I have a HUGE question, what school, and what grade does she teach because if she taught seconed first or pre K, i will ask my mom for the school later, she mifht have taught me!!!! If she has been a teacher for a while
Edit: i remember more and more going through the video lol, great refresher! I remember the park feeding bread to the ducks, and it is crazy to jist emagine that i used to be there lol. The streets there are so much better then here in america, i hope soon i can come back
Haha. Thanks for watching! We love that little park with the ducks 🦆 Oh and she’s middle school so maybe you’re thinking of someone else :)
@@DTVDanielTelevision yup lol, just checking ya never know c: next time you go, if you remember, try and look for a very light duck if its still there, that one was always my favorite
BEAUTIFUL! How is the weather?
The weather is great in Germany, but some complain about the cold in the winter. You'll get all four seasons for sure, and it does rain a lot. We joke out here that if you don't like the current weather, just give it time because it'll change in an hour :)
@@DTVDanielTelevision thanks! Sounds like Colorado!
Do you advise getting a German bank to cut down on the atm international fees. Or is it OK to have both an American and German bank. What about credit cards
If you’re moving here with the military, you will need a German bank account to pay for some specific bills (phone, rent, loan for car, etc). Everyone has one through Service Credit Union or Community Bank on base. We have both German and American bank accounts, but ATM fees are minimal and aren’t really a concern (for us). We use USAA and some ATM fees are reimbursed each month. No change in credit cards, they work internationally but I’m not quite sure your question with regards to the topic :)
@@DTVDanielTelevision I was asking because I saw another video that said most places don't take credit or debit cards because of the fees. We both have navy Federal accounts so I guess we need to get a German account also....lol. When you say loan for your car do you mean the insurance or the loan for a car you bought there? We will be having the military ship my truck since it's heavier and he will ship his car. The are both new so we didn't want to have to buy one there. Sorry for all the questions. How much is car insurance basically?
Hey np, so what you’re referring to is businesses not accepting cards for payment because they don’t want to pay the associated fees of having a card machine. The unwritten rule out here (especially in Bavaria) is “cash is king,” so always have Euro on you. Many places are cash only but I think it’s more of a cultural thing rather than a credit card fee thing. As far as loans I meant you could get one through the banks on base but they’re not technically a German bank they just allow you to pay bills to the Germans using what’s called an IBAN number. You can get a loan through whom ever you’d like tho. Car insurance will differ on each person based on the bank, interest rate, driving history, etc. We have ours through USAA and only pay a lil over $100 for two cars.
@@DTVDanielTelevision ok cool we have ours through usaa also. Glad to hear we won't have to change that. Thanks so much
Is there anywhere where you can work on your own car?
Yep, if stationed on the base, they have an auto skills shop where you can borrow tools, a lift, and work in the garage.
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Hi Daniel!
I am Julian and i live in „Regensburg“. You know That? About 45 Minutes away of Grafenwöhr. I am a german Guy and i love USA!
I work at a company called „Deutsche See“ and we deliver fresh Fish and other food things like this!
Last week and next week also, my tour is to „Amberg“ and of course to your military station in „Vilseck“ and „Grafenwöhr“, to you!!
I deliver the things to your „Commisary“.
Today again i was at your commisary Store in Grafenwöhr.
Next week, again i will deliver fish to your military Station in Grafenwöhr.
Maybe sometimes we can meet us together, it will be awesome!! :D
I Must entry every time at Gate 6 :)
Much greetings from Regensburg!
And maybe we see us sometimes, it will be Great!!!
Thank you so much for your support! Regensburg is awesome, can't wait to visit again - ruclips.net/video/4KSxQxRlz70/видео.html
Me, watching this as a german, since I know nothing about whats going on in Grafenwöhr, not even speaking about the training area.
As for the pronunciation of Grafenwöhr: take the "ur" part of "purpose" and put it behgind the German "w" sound -> Grafen[vur]. That will be much clsoser than "veer".
Umlauts aren't decorational and are vowels of their own.
Hey thanks! I was hoping a native would help me out with that! My pronunciation will be waaay better next time 🤞🏾
@@DTVDanielTelevision There is an alternate spelling for the case when an umlaut isn't available on the keyboard: oe for ö; ue for ü, and ae for ä. Anglophones tend to ignore the first vowel of that diphtong and just pronounce the e.
Usually the correct pronunciation is part of a process to rewire your brain to be able to hear and process that sound. Upon hearing umlauts, unfamiliar brains will sort them into a known vowel and create the illusion of hearing that vowel and then also reproduce that vowel when trying to pronounce the umlaut in question.
Please behave. Many americans that are running around outside the base do not.
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