First Time in Germany: WHAT I THOUGHT
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- An American's thoughts and experiences the first time in Germany! With the original photos from my trip to Dresden :)
So my question for you is: what have your reactions been the first time visiting a new country?
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Ich kann das gut nachvollziehen, daß du dich auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt so allein gefühlt hast. Umgeben von so vielen Menschen und deren Familien. Mir ging es so, als ich das erste mal in China war. Meine Firma hat mir ein Flugticket und eine Hoteladresse in die Hand gedrückt und gesagt " Du machst das schon". Ich war 20 und kam aus der DDR. Da war eine weltoffene Erziehung seiner Bürger nicht eben Staatsraison und oberstes Ziel. Ich bin in Hongkong gelandet, habe den Flughafen verlassen und stand in einer für mich futuristischen Welt, umgeben von tausenden von Menschen und hatte das Gefühl, der einsamste Mensch auf der Welt zu sein. An genau dieses Gefühl, habe ich mich jetzt wieder erinnert. Danke dafür.
Wiener are people who live in Vienna (capital of Austria)
only Wieners in Vienna :D
Coin
Maybe this explains why austrians are so cocky about not being german. jk :D
and also saussages "Wiener Würstchen".
But Wiener Würstchen are called Frankfurter in Austria.
And there used to be a type of bread roll called Wiener or Mürbe Wiener - but they were only called that outside Vienna. Haven't seen them here, ever.
Greetings from Vienna :D
+carudatta Also, the butter-layered Gebäck known in English as "Danish pastry" is known in Denmark itself as Wiener bread because the baker who introduced it was trained in Austria.
I visited Germany from Poland for the first time in 2004. It felt like I was in a whole different world because everything seemed so modern, so western compared to what I was used to (keep in mind I grew up in a small Polish town).
We crossed the boarder in Frankfurt (Oder). I remember being blown away by the train that took us to Berlin. It was so clean, quiet and it didn't shake at all. That is not an experience you'd get in PL *then*.
During that trip I also took metro for the first time and double-decker bus.. Just going from a place to place was so much fun.
I've gone to many European countries in recent years but I don't get "shocked" any more. I find that these days I get more emotional over natural beauty than the cultural parts of the countries.
For me it was the other way around. In the eighties and early nineties I often went on hiking tours through the wilderness in Scandinavia and Wales and England and Ireland. But later I became more interested in towns, like Córdoba, Sevilla, Toledo, Granada, Salamanca and Lissabon and Venice. And with my wife I always go to Skopelos. Thank you most kindly for your message. Sosabowski! Sorry, I can't help mentioning his name, because my father was born just north of the Arnhem bridge and I just south of it. We still honour the Free Polish heroes who helped to liberate our country! Best wishes from the Netherlands.
You know, it's because of your videos (and a few other people on RUclips) that I didn't experience that much (if any) culture shock when I was in Germany. There were differences. But not really too much of a shock because of what you post (and of course the other RUclipsrs who also give out good information about Germany) was really helpful. And will be helpful when I move there next year.
erickofspirit Can we switch identities. You can stay in Germany and I move to the USA? lol
I think the same will go for me when going to America in January. Just hearing Dana talking about what surprised her in Germany or what to do and not to do here, gives away a lot about the US
+LMN Please be advised to be careful in the US. And if you are a man and happen to have sex with a woman there, make sure to research the "putative father registry" of the state and register in it, otherwise your child can be given up for adoption without your consent.
that's oddly specific advice. Bad experiences?
Living in a country obviously is always somewhat different from just visiting it, but I agree, Dana's videos are very helpful in understanding the differences. I have been living in the US for half a year earlier in 2016 and some things did come less of a surprise to me when I experienced them for the first time.
every year, during christmas eve service at my church, when we sing silent night, we always sing one verse in german because my church was originally a german luthern church. we also sing a verse of o come all ye faithful in latin
I just moved this week from California to Germany by myself and I think watching your videos gives me hope that even though I might be lonely now, soon everything will be fine. I think so far Germany has lived up to my expectations, but I hope to get that adventure and learn the culture the way that you did! Thank you for your videos! 😊
Thanks so much for your nice comment, Natalie! I'm glad to hear you're finding the videos helpful :) Wish you all the best settling into life in Germany!!
I'm surprised you didn't know "Silent Night, Holy Night" ("Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht") was German. I thought it was a widely known fact xD
it's Austrian actually :-)
+Tree in the Wood As far as I know, we talk german in Austria too xD
Hauke Holst I'm from Baden-Württemberg though :D And you might be right that Badisch is not German xD
They do speak german. What you mean is a/an dialect / accent.
Diree RL
People in BaWü can't speak German. "Leute, WO da glauben". Grrrrrrr. "People, WHERE believe"
Maybe you took a picture of the glass building because it's called the World Trade Center Dresden
Exactly what I wanted to write now :D
Merrsharr ja wollte ich auch schreiben
Next time you are alone and cold at a christmas market, try the Glühwein. It should take care of both problems.
the photo of the Christmas market from above is actually really pretty
Man, this thread was filled with just beauty and along comes me to take it all away.
My first thoughts of Germany were about its History. Here in the States, "historical" is a few decades or a hundred years or so. The first Cathedral I saw (Fulda's Dom) was awe inspiring and then to realize it was over 300 years old, and that it wasn't considered all that old as far as buildings in Germany or Europe.
As an Amercian fried put it: "In the USA, 100 years is a lot, and 100 miles is nothing. In Europe, 100 miles is a lot, and 100 years is nothing."
@@HotelPapa100 not in Germany it isn’t, you do realise how large Germany is too?
@@JF1908x Did I step on a toe? That's the saying, and it captures general attitude to distance and time very well.
When I first went to America I've been first very, very impressed by the sheer size of the streets.
Then I got surprised by the fact that the traffic lights are usually behind the crossroads and not in front of it and (accidentally) violated some traffic laws. Like I drove over one traffic light and entered a one way road in the wrong direction just as I was totally disoriented. ( After that hiccup I totally respected the traffic laws ^^; )
Hahaha, same happened to me when I moved to LA earlier this year :)
Your positivity is always so refreshing!! I remember feeling similarly down and out last year when I traveled to Prague from Berlin. I moved to Berlin from New Jersey in October and in November my very own Mr. German Man and I took a trip to Prague. While I wasn't alone, the general hopelessness of worrying that it wasn't going to work out and I wasn't going to be able to find a job were too much to let me REALLY enjoy my trip. And while I wasn't actually alone, I still felt lone not having my friends from home around. I felt similarly when I lived in Florida for two years. Something about one's first fall/winter in a new place is just DEPRESSING! Fortunately, it seems like we both powered through! :-)
The glass building is the World Trade Centre Dresden, just so you know .
Greetings from Dresden ;)
My nanna is Scottish, and all my life she had told me about how beautiful Scotland was and how much she misses it. When I was on my honeymoon we decided to go to Scotland from Ireland by ferry. I will never forget the moment I saw Scotland for the first time, I cried. I guess I was overwhelmed by how much I wish my Nanna had been with me and how much I had dreamed of Scotland and the beautiful cliffs, mountains, glens, lochs and villages just clutched my heart. ❤️❤️
I moved to Germany when I was 8 years old and I remember the first time we went grocery shopping and I was stunned by all the different things and especially sweets they had. When I started going to school, I was very confused by the "colorful bins" and I didn't understand their purpose. In school, I was also confused that there was no cafeteria but you had to bring your own breakfast and that after your breakfast you were supposed to spend the break outside. Also, another shocking factor was the public transportation. In Germany, you can get inside the bus at any door (front, middle, etc) you want because I was only used to standing in line to get inside the front door.
"I took exactly 26 photos" So - a whole film! (Come on, I can't be the only one old enough to remember that, can I?)
There are 35mm films with 36 photos, 24 photos and 12 photos. With some luck you could get 26 pictures instead of 24 out of your film. I'm still using a camera brand made in Dresden, Praktica.
Oh yes. I remember a day trip to venice and after the arrival we found out, that we had forgotten to bring our spare films. So we bought one from the first street vendor near marcus place. That was the most expensive film I've ever bought :-)
Oh no, you certainly aren't ;) But 26 was kind of a lucky number: normally it was 24 photos. With 26 photos you could have a picture 'cut in half' as the remaining film was just not long enough to get a full picture exposed.
"Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht" ("Silent Night") is an original Christmas song of/& from the
German-speaking area in Europe. The most well-known Christmas song worldwide.
Original German lyrics stem from a poem by Pastor Joseph Mohr, Salzburg, written in 1816.
A melody was later composed esp. for this poem by C. Franz Xaver Gruber before Christmas
of 1818. -- "Stille Nacht" was acknowledged by the UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage
of Austria.
The old buildings you admire so much (thank you) are all really special in today's Germany,
and most of them are under "Denkmalschutz", because they survived the heavy
bombardments of WWII, or were reconstructed in painstaking, meticulous restoration over
decades after 1945. Germany was nationwide completely flattened.
The most breathtaking piece of work is certainly by far the "Dresdner Frauenkirche" (in the
town, which you visited here on your first trip to Germany). - -
Laugenbrötchen (your "Brezel-roll") are available all over Germany in each and every bakery,
and they are no particular bread speciality confined to Bavaria!!
Also, the vast variety and quality of German bread is famous, far beyond its national borders.
The first time I was in the US, I just left the airport and got picked up by a friend. The streets were huge compared to germany and everyone seemed to drive a truck (pick ups and stuff). But! What really made an impression was the time we started to drive from the airport to his home. Just after a few minutes on the Freeway, on of the older pick up trucks lost they backdoor on one side. So it got loose on one side and fell to the ground, while the other side was still attached to the truck. So sparks flew around and the driver just kept driving and didn't seem to stop to fix it or anything.
That was like... I don't know. Weird. In Germany, most of the people take care of their cars, want them to look nice, work perfectly and everything. So I was kinda shocked to see something like that after a fews minutes leaving the airport :D
After that, when I was walking around to have a look at the new country and city, the thing that also made some impression were the walkways, that disappeared (or ended) sometimes for no obvious reason. So I walked there and then... walkway ends. And you have like 6 lanes at your side with a lot of traffic and in front of you, you could only try to get behind some stores to continue your way in that direction. That was really funny, I've never seen something like that. So to say, the US didn't seem very friendly to people who choose to walk :D
As you hear a lot when it comes to the US, it depends on where you are. To some, their cars are a status symbol and they do keep them up, trade them in for a new one fairly frequently. To others, not everyone can afford a lot of car maintenance or to get a new one whenever they want, so if it runs, that's good enough. I'd say it's pretty unusual though for a door to half fall off and not do anything.
Walking - no. Unless you live in a tiny town or a city center, it's just too much, nothing is in reasonable walking distance. Weather is also a factor, much of the country gets extremely hot summers and/or extremely cold winters, making walking pretty uncomfortable.
As for me being half German, I was only 3 months old when my parents took me to Germany. Germany has just always been my 2nd home. and unfortunately I haven't been to any other countries.
But, I did get to witness other Americans and their first impressions of Germany when my German class flew to Germany. Which for many of my classmates, was their first time in a plane with their brand new passports.
Most of their reactions were in aw of the sights. The buildings and architecture, as you said. But it was interesting to see a new perspective on things I was very used to seeing in Germany. Cobble-stone streets, huge, elaborate cathedrals, and castle after castle. It was also interesting to see them eating German food for the first time. Most of our meals were pre-planned, and were very typical German foods. Schnitzel, pretzels, Wurst, Schweinhaxe, Kartoffelsalat. And since it was June we had Spargel. Lots and lots of Spargel. And by the end of the trip, my classmates surprised me. I thought they'd be happy to run home to their Big Macs and go on with their summer in America. But many were sad to leave Germany and wished they could stay in Germany.
+Natalie B That's cool! Sounds like a really interesting experience you had, getting to watch your classmates see and try all these things for the first time.
Wanted Adventure Absolutely. :)
Nothing to criticise here, but the word "pretzels" doesn't fit in there at all. Really hurts my eyes.
I know your videos since yesterday and I can't stop watching them :D
Your videos are so amusing!
I'm from germany and I'm always looking forward to the christmasmarket!
It's so beautiful and gives you a very good mood xD
Go on like this! :D
Glad you're enjoying the videos :D :D Thanks for the nice comment!
Ohh your welcome :D
Thanks for commenting my comment xD
I LOVE how you bind your scarf. Can you show us this technic please?? I would love to wear it like this, too.
Jetzt weiß ich endlich warum Amis "Wiener" immer so lustig finden. War mir nie klar. Die Fotos waren sehr süß Dana. Als ich vor 11 Jahren nach Amerika gezogen bin, hab ich gedacht dass alle Amis so freundlich sind und daher meine Freunde sind- von unserer Maklerin angefangen. Bis ich gemerkt habe, dass sie zwar freundlich sind, aber es nicht so "tief" gemeint ist. Sie wollen quasi nur Business machen. 😉
Noch was zu den "Wienern": "Wiener dog" = Dackel. Weil manche anscheinend finden, dass die wie Wiener Würstchen aussehen.
Lol!
When I first visited Gran Canaria, I was really blown away by how unusual it all was to me. All the mountains, the big sand dunes at the beach, the completely different vegetation and wildlife. It was pretty amazing.
I understand how you probably felt lonely there before Christmas. Don't worry, you are one of us now, fully included, and warmly welcomed everywhere. :)
The first time I visited another country was Germany, I went to Köln. My first impression was "OMG! so many HUGE trees". After that it was hard for me to keep awake, I took 3 flights to get there, with several hours between them. Really exhausting.
Wiener Feinkost means Viennese delicatessen
(Wien also known as Vienna is the capital city of Austria)
I live in Germany and I visited Italy for the first time about 6 weeks ago. Before I arrived there, I expected it to be like a country full of ancient, romantic castles, colorful old houses and people eating pizza or pasta 😉 When I got there, I found out, that it's quite different and a lot more modern, at least in the city centers. But I also visited like very small towns, and they are exactly the way I imagined them. With their old colorful buildings & castles, little shops and markets, these towns were so cute 😊 I almost felt like I was in a fairy tale ❤️
Dana, I studied abroad in Sweden for four months. My second day in Sweden, I got the keys to my apartment and went to the grocery store to buy toilet paper (priority #1!) and food. I was overcome with seeing the prices and not being able to convert them as well as not being able to read anything! I remember not even knowing what a good brand of toilet paper to buy was! Then, I tried using my credit card and the lady needed a Swedish version of a social security number, which I of course didn't have. I had to go to the ATM to withdrawal cash to pay. Leaving that store, I was in tears and just wanted to go back home. They told us about culture shock and to expect it, but I really didn't expect to get so emotional from a trip to the local grocer!
I hear ya! It can be really overwhelming.
In my video on Prague vs. Munich I mentioned that even after a year of living in Prague, my brain STILL had trouble wrapping itself around the bigger numbers for money in the Czech Republic. I would go shopping and it would cost 500 crowns, and I would automatically get so nervous about having spent such a lot of money, before my rational side kicked in and reminded myself that 500 crowns was actually only around $25 😂
Thanks for this video. I'm moving to Munich in 2 weeks, and as it's close to Christmas holidays I can already tell I'll feel exactly the way you did at the Christmas market.
I had some kind of deja-vu when you talked about your experiences at Weihnachtsmarkt in Dresden. When I was 16 I went to the USA for a High School year and it was all great. But at the weekend of the first advent therefore at the start of Christmas season, it was the only time I really felt homesick. Normally here in Germany I always spend that weekend with my parent visiting our Weihnachtsmarkt in Chemnitz, going to a special fair where they sell Christmas stuff from around the area and watching the Christmas parade. As it happens they also had a Christmas parade in the town I was staying in the US that weekend and while watching it they played Silent Night and that was when a wave of homesickness hit me... After a call with my parents everything was alright though and I had the best year of my life :)
There were a few small differences that I noticed when I first visited Germany in 2015 and when I moved here in 2016, but overall I feel strangely at home here. One of the biggest adjustments was realizing that I can't buy something as ordinary as aspirin at the DM or grocery store. Oh, and stores being closed on Sundays is a little weird, but then again I come from a state where you can't buy alcohol or cars on a Sunday. Other stuff... I'm in love with the windows over here. I got over not having a dryer more quickly than I thought I would. Even existing without a car hasn't been *that* terrible, although I will hopefully get one in the new year.
Maybe you took the picture of the building (at 4:50 min), because it is called WTC (World Trade Center, Dresden, Freiberger Straße)?
ohh, it was answered before ...
have you been to austria?
oh and i'm a wiener.. i'm from vienna, or Wien in german xD
Yes and she saw a lot of kangoroos
SHARP this joke is so old but gold XD
It hurts.. it hurts so bad.. xD
Yes it's true, Vien means Vienna?
"Wiener" or "Wiener Würstchen" is a sausage Germany is famous for.
I have been in Dresden for about two and a half months now on exchange. I am leaving in 10 days and am so excited to see my family again. I have no idea how you can live so far away from your family. It is actually really cool to see al of your photos and think "I've been there!"
I took over 500 photos in 8 days on my first visit to Europe, mostly in Paris. I haven't been to Germany yet, but I am sure I will take at least that many again when I finally make it there. Love your videos. Thank you Dana!
I lived in Germany for almost 10 years (mid 80's to early 90's) and loved every minute of it. The main thing that stood out to me when I arrived was the overwhelming sense of "history". In America you just don't get that feeling. I hope to go back one day. I love your videos, keep up the great job!
I'm really surprised you thought "Stille Nacht (Silent Night)" was the translated version of the christmas song. It's one of the first things I remember I have learned in school that "Stille Nacht" was written by Franz Xaver Gruber and Joseph Mohr in 1818 and first performed in church in Oberndorf (Austria!) where now is located the "Stille Nacht-Kapelle" (Silent Night Chapel). THe story about the mouse is just too sweet :D
I thought it's a worldwide known fact where "Stille Nacht" came from because during my school time in Oberndorf I saw lots and lots of tourists visiting the "Stille Nacht-Kapelle".
I went to France in 2007 for senior spring break. There was some culture shock but I have a well-traveled family that gave me plenty of tips and pointers. I can't wait to visit Germany. My family heritage is almost all German. My aunt got her PhD from Princeton in Germanic Literature and Languages.
I love your videos, especially as a German who deals with American exchange students on a daily basis. You help me understand both cultures a bit better and having been in other cultures, I understood that we have more in common than I was aware of. I was in the US for 2.5 months (including Alaska, but Florida, too). It was also my first and only time spending Christmas without my family and friends. I was in NYC at Christmas Eve, my two favorite things that night were: There was a couple at Rockefeller handing out christmas-songtext and random people were singing along. Then I walked into a church because I heard a familiar music. I went in and it was "Silent Night". For me as a German, it was thrilling and special, I walked in to this familiar song and people just hugged me. Thanks to all these Americans, that made Christmas away from home a Christmas without loneliness, even in the streets of Manhattan.
Thank you so much for sharing the photos with us Dana!! I always wondered what your very first impressions of Germany were like ;)
Thank you for uploading :) there's just been an earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, a 7.5 on the Richter scale. Pretty scary because we had a 7.4 in 2010 and two 6.3s and they basically destroyed the city. It's been five years recovering and now it's like boom back with the ridiculously long earthquakes. Luckily this one was deep enough not to damage anything but I really need something to calm me down. This is perfect :)
Holy crap! I can't even imagine how this must be though!
Gaso Meter throughout the past five years we've had literally hundreds of thousands of earthquakes and aftershocks this one was just quite out of the blue and much longer and larger than I'm used to. There's a running joke that we don't get out of bed for more than a five.
Gaso Meter *less than a five I mean
An earthquake, even 'just' a five ^^, will literally scare the shit out of me - that's for sure.
Gaso Meter I suppose I've gotten used to them, i was nine when the first one happened so I've almost grown up with them every now and again
The first time I visited another country was when we went to Toronto. Canada, for hockey camp. The first thing that impressed me was the sky. It was expansive and filled with white, fluffy clouds, and was a gorgeous, rich blue color that I had never seen before where I live. You have such a happy and positive demeanor and I always enjoy watching your videos. My husband lived in Cologne for 4 years from ages 8-12 and it's fun to compare your experiences. Thank you for sharing your experiences and thoughts with the world.
+hazeloveu Thanks for the positive feedback! Glad you're enjoying the videos :) And that sky sounds beautiful. Interesting how different the same sky can look around the world.
I remember the first (and only) time I went to america (new york) and on the taxi ride to the hotel I noticed that the songs on the radio had the cursewords sensored out which I thought was super weird. When we arrived at the hotel we decided to have a drink before bed and I felt like eating some chips or something so I ordered some nacho's, expecting to get like one or two handfulls in a bowl but turned out to be a huge plate that could fit a pizza with a mountain of nacho's which was quite shocking. Every other meal also turned out to come in huge portions. Another thing that really stood out to me that I wasn't really aware of before that was that the tv series in my country are all ages behind on american television. I was pretty young then and and my sister and I used to watch the suite life of zack and cody a lot and when we found it on the tv in our hotel room those kids looked at least like five years older and 50% taller. I think it was probably the suite life on deck series which might have been going on for a while then but only aired at home several years later. I also noticed that when we went to eat breakfast at a bakery because we were on vacation there were a lot of other people there who probably went out to get breakfast every day rather than just making something at home.
just discovered your channel. I've been binge watching! Lol. love it. greetings from the UK xx
:D Yay! Glad to hear you're enjoying the videos. Thanks for the nice comment
I can relate to loneliness in Germany as well. I've spend there 10 months as aupair and the moment of loneliness came upon me on New Year's Eve Midnight. Everybody had there somebody closer than me and I had to wait for my turn on wellwishess. The pain for somebody of my own people was huge.
Warum hat sie eine Bielefeld Uhr an der Wand?
Bielefeld gibt es doch gar nicht...
Illuminati confirmed
jo und ich sitze hier in Mos Eisley in der Cantina und denke noch das Danas Mos Eisley Uhr falsch geht............
Und sehen wir uns nicht in dieser Welt, dann sehen wir uns in Bielefeld! *lach*
Psst, nicht so laut, die Bielefelder wissen das doch noch gar nicht!
Schau dir die Uhr mal genau an ;)
Experience the Art of Flying Mos Eisley gibt es ja auch nicht 😊
Hey Donna, it's so interesting that you speak so honest about your lonelyness, I can understand this so good, when I was alone in Italy the first time, very hard, if there isn't anyone to share your feelings. I also liked your photos of Dresden, for I live here.
I remember my first experiences when I visited Germany in 1964. I was traveling with a friend, but we got separated changing trains in Brussels. When I reached the building where we would stay, a sign above the doorknob said Ziehen. I got out my paperback dictionary to learn that ziehen means "pull." But by the time I put the dictionary away, I had forgotten. It did not matter, because the door was locked. Another young man let me in, I met the Heimleiter, and was given a key for the next 10 weeks. The Heimleiter's number one job seemed to be teaching German to the residents. He only spoke German but he spoke slowly using phrases similar to English. It was a great welcome and just what I wanted. I learned much basic German including grammar of course, during that summer.
Visiting Dresden is always a good choice... Apart from that, it's remarkable that a small detail in the upper right corner of your first photo was enough for me to see exactly where you were - close to the Dresden castle on the Schloßstraße. I guess that's what only home can trigger!
This makes me very proud because I'm from Dresden and I recognized all the locations 🤗
I spotted a Bielefeld sign on her wall. Proof that Dana is "one of THEM" !!
We have a Christmas market every year in Philadelphia and it's really nice. Great to see where the inspiration comes from.
The first time I was in the US (in 2007), I walked across a parking and there were only huge cars. A little bit further, I saw a small one. I went there to look at it to see which car it was. It was an A6, a well known car from Germany, but one of the biggest you found here at that time (SUV were still rare). I found that quire hillarious.
Awwww, my hometown Dresden! So nice to see pictures from your first trip to Germany! :D
Christmas time can be very hard if you're alone - or single. Even if you aren't in a foreign country.
Hey Dana
I've stumbled on one of your videos (not this one) by accident. And then when I looked at your channel I was thinking all of your videos are probably the same (US vs Germany - comparison). But I've watched over 15 of your videos now and I find them not only interesting but also educational. Plus you seem like a really nice person. I am subscribing to your channel now and when I have more time for sure I'm going to check more of your videos.All the best wishes from a Bulgarian living in England!
Hey, thanks so much for the nice comment :) :) Glad to hear you're enjoying the videos and thanks for subscribing!!
*Please, make a Video about how Germany looks like!* I know, there are many Landscapes and Citys, but i think it would be very interesting for other people!
Look on Google perhaps? :)
TheItalianoAssassino :D i live in Germany. But there are so many different places, and there all look different.. .
I just visited America (Kansas City and New York) for the first time this year and one of the first things i noticed was that there were no fences around most of the houses + gardens. One house even had a small fenced area next to it (but with distance to it) for children to play in.
I'm always excited and extremely curious when arriving in a new city or new country and can't stop myself from walking around until my feet hurt, just to see everything and get a feeling for that place. After visiting almost fifty countries, a good bunch of them alone, I'm pretty used to it, but my curiosity never ends and always overrides any feeling of loneliness that might appear.
as a dresdener maybe some enlightenening facts:
-the barock building in the 3rd picture close to the wiener bakery is in fact the dresden castle (of king august for example). so quite a center point. it now host a number of important museums.
you have photographed it afterwards again with the other selfie, with castle church (schlosskirche) on the left from the other side. the other barock building with the garden like place in middle is called "zwinger", and used to host actual animal cages (hence the name "zwinger") like bears and such. it's now is home to the art museum of older paintings ("alte meister", where the painting with the 2 famous angels is hanging) and several other museums.
-the modern looking building is the world trade center we have in germany. probably why you took the picture. i know, not even close to what has been standing in nyc. and to be honest, not sure why it still has this name as there is a theater and some shops, a hostel and a hotel inside, as far as i know.
-also you photographed one of the smaller christmas markets in dresden. one that we call "münzgasse", as it is between frauenkirche (also a reason you might have taken the picture, the church on the left) and "brühlsche terrasse" that you were standing on. there is another one in front of frauenkirche that we call "neumarkt" and the big one on "altmarkt" that has the famous name "striezelmarkt".
oh and the freezing, you were actually standing at marienbrücke - one point where it's ALWAYS quite windy, so it might have been especially cold at this spot.
but you seem to had quite some joy, so come back at summer maybe. even though dresden trys very hard to be christmas town each year.
+Momo Starkloff Hey, thanks for the insights into the photos!! Really interesting :)
I lived in dresden nearly my entire life so far! (now I am studying in Austria since a year). Cool to recognize some places from your photos!
give me a day in a foreign city, i'll take 2,600 photos :D
I love your adorable view on things here in Germany. I am actually going to Florida in two weeks, your "old" home :)
The american word "wiener" for penis, comes from the austian/german "wiener wurst" which means "Vienna sausage" , a delicious sausage from Vienna (Wien), the capital city of Austria... And because penises look like sausages, GIs that where stationed in Vienna after WW2, adopted this word as a funny/exotic way to say "penis". Back home in America, more people adopted this expression, but being generally uneducated, they thought that "wiener" means sausage, instead of "wurst" . Well, "wiener" means just "from Vienna"!!!
off topic question: do you speak german or english in your normal/every day life? (especially at home)
I'm from England and my (very run of the mill) primary school taught us Silent Night in German. I still sing it that way sometimes.
I really love your videos! I am from Germany but I also know lots of things about America because I was born there and lived there for some time. It's so cool to see what other culture and their people think about Germany because it is so normal to me. Love you so much ❤
*cultures
It's so cute that you met Mr. Germanman so soon after this moment of loneliness in Germany. It seems like your wish of this very moment came true. 💖
At 4:50 minutes into the video you say you can't remember why you took that picture. I could guess you shot that photo because of the building's name: it is actually named "world trade center". Maybe that was the catch...
I flew to Germany so when I touched down and daddy picked us up, I slept in the van for most of the time because I was so tired. That said, I almost felt like I had entered a fairy tale with the cute little villages, hills, castles, etc...all of it. Once I got my bearings, I enjoyed just about every moment of it and wish to return someday
For me, it was how cold and windy England was. Being a Florida girl, I had no concept of layers, and still pretty much don't. I missed the warmth and the sun.
Well my first "surprise" when i went to the US was that i felt running against a wall when leaving the LAX Terminal. The many hours before in the chilly environment of an airconditioned plane and airport building and after that i stepped through the door into the glaring sun and at least 35°C. That really was a surprise to me. ;)
I can relate to that -- and I was BORN in L.A. (The Crenshaw smog also adds to the experience.)
+GeeShocker Ah yes, the wall of humidity! I know that from South Florida too.
Wanted Adventure, it's really not the same without the smog, though!
What a coincidence! Dresden was also the first city I knew in Germany! I'm actually studying here at TU Dresden. It's a very laidback city, yet architecturally impressive, specially the Zwinger. Btw, I love your channel!
That you can't find anyone to talk to is tragic, I'm always looking for people who speak English. didn't have any english at school and am now learning it for myself through videos like yours. thank you very much and have a good time. tilo
My first visit of a foreign country was France. And strangely enough, I felt very lonely too, although I had 20 classmates and our teacher around me and it wasn't even during an emotional holiday season but right in the summer heat.
I can offer you the other way around. While it was not my actual fist time to the US, I've been there as a child once, really visiting it as a grown up basically renting a convertible and going on a road trip with my mother visiting all the interesting Californian and Grand Staircase places and parks.
The first thing was the number of flags which is a newer development since 2001 sparked a patriotism graze, the second was that I suddenly found myself in TV land. As you know by not only are US movies pretty common elsewhere but also TV shows, and the design of everyday life was exactly like that fictional world presented by the TV. Sadly it didn't stop there as on the trip other thinks happened that I thought of as stuff of Film / TV only, like a stretch limousine on fire, obviously bombed, an acquaintance who told me how her mother was shot during a robbery of her home and feeling very uncomfortable leaving the freeway in L.A. not knowing if the neighborhood we drove to because my mother had to pee was to be considered safe.
The "cool glas building" is the Dresden "World-Trade Centre"
and it wars the biggest WTC after 9/11 2001
I went to poland and it was like snow everywhere... except I was surprised how they barely had any snowfall and instead the snow just managed to stay... for an entire week.
The building at 5:00 is the Dresden World Trade Center, maybe that's why you took that picture.
My first city in Europe was Zürich. As far as cities go, still my favorite (although, I prefer rural over cities). Zürich completely matched my mental images of what to expect from Switzerland. Churches, Banks, Fountains etc. I lived there several times and always loved it. As far as the language, that was a shock. I had high school level German and felt confident enough. I remember my first tram ride and realized I had no idea what they were saying. I honestly had no idea of Swiss German before arriving and could only speak high school level Hochdeutsch. Although it's now been about 30 years since living in Switzerland, I have lost my ability to understand much Hochdeutsch, it still has a beautiful sound to me. I have tried to maintain my German but obviously in America there are very few opportunities to use it.
My first memory of Germany was at the airport in Frankfort in 1961. My Mother, my other 3 siblings and I had just landed after a 22 hour flight on an old prop plane. My Father met us and I told him I needed to use the bathroom. I still remember walking into my first German men's room. The elderly lady there said "10 pfennig bitte" . My Father paid her and I just looked at him wondering what to do.lol Dad told me to take care of things and I asked " what about that lady?" . He told me she wasn't going anywhere so I better hurry up. That is a silly first memory but I was 9 and had never been out of the US. I have always wanted to go back to see how much the area around Bitburg and Trier has changed since I was there. Phil
I did it the other way around and live in Northamerica (Canada) for a while. I arrived this July and got picked up at the airport. The very first things I noticed.. were truly things! So many things are bigger here. The cars, the roads, the intersections, the washing machines, the fridges and the food containers (1kg peanut butter? wtf?). The lightswitches, door knobs, toilets and showers also look/work differerntly. One of the weirdest things in Canada is that the taxes aren't included in the price when you look at a price tag. I am still not used to adding the taxes when I have to pay.
The other thing I notices after a while is that Canadians are very very kind, polite and welcoming. Even strangers treat you as friends.
when I was in America for the first time, I was surprised by how many people do small talk. I actually really liked it, I could definitely imagine living in the US
In the Trabant picture´s background there´s one of the cool themed restaurants in Dresden, the "Pulverturm", the other, not too far away, is the "Sophienkeller".
If you ever are in Dresden again (for a few days preferrably, there´s so much to see), visit both, really nice setups.
That was outstanding. My first time in Germany, Munich specifically, I'll never forget taking the train from Arabellapark to Marienplatz. Everything was closed except for a little pizza place. I was hungry and was not about to have my first foodie experience being hotel chow, so the very first thing I ate in Germany was...Pizza! Needless to say, I made sure to dive into more traditional fare, with few exceptions, for the rest of my time in country.
Good Lord I can't wait to get back...
Why you looked quite different compared to now? (not because of the age!!! :-) ) Thank you for visiting, now you are a part of Germany! I'm a German and I enjoy your Videos so much!
I visited only two foreign countries so far. Well three, if you count Bavaria ;) In the Netherlands i thought "well, its just like in germany with a slightly similar but still different language" I got drunk for the first time during this trip :D
And in 2009 i visted Istanbul during the UEFA Cup final. Sadly i hadnt't the time to make a sight seeing tour and in adition my team lost the the match after extra time :(
Then there was Bavaria, which my sister and i visited with our uncles family. We were at the Tegernsee and it was really beautiful. My sister and i tried to get our parents to visit Bavaria again but finally they decided to go to Cuxhaven again (which we also liked very much). It was much cheaper and a lot closer :) That trip to Bavaria was my first ICE ride only a few month after the Eschede accident.
check out the christmas Market in Dortmund. It is very big and has one of the highest christmas trees in the world
I went to Canada to study a year abroad. When I arrived at the airport it was wet and cold and grey, and when I entered the small and spartanic room which faced a ventilation shaft, but was supposed to be my home for the next months, I sat down on the bed and cried with homesickness. It was not exactly what I had imagined to meet on my arrival. Needless to say, it got better over time, especially after I had made friends and changed accomodation.
+DarkLordGanondorf190 Yeah, sounds like a rough way to to start your exchange year in a new place! Nice that you were able to change accommodation :) When I first moved to Prague the place I stayed smelled really musty...I tried spraying vanilla spray to cover it up and make it more homey, but that just made it stink like vanilla covered mustiness 😂 Good thing I didn't have to stay there too long!
my first time visiting another country was Spain. I was so happy and amazed by everything. Foreigners often praise Germany's architecture, so do you, but I never thought so about Germany. probably because I live in the architecturally (is that even a word? xD) ugliest part. In contrast, Spain's architecture was sooooo beautiful in my pov. And it warm. Also this feeling of excitement when ppl around you speak another language. Then I lived in Japan for one year and her natural beauty is overwhelming: big mountains, huge trees, the sea everywhere. And so many lights at night.
When I was in Dresden my German teacher pointed out that same Wiener Restaurant, apparently it's an old chain and there are very few of them are left. I also remember an underground area with a sign saying imagination zone.
I love watching these videos! :) I like hearing the differences in places. My father married my mother in Portugal and they moved to America together so all my life I heard the differences between places, and now that I live in a new place in America(my therapist said it's so different I'm experiencing culture shock!) so I like to talk about the difference ALOT. And the fact that my mother lived in Germany and studied there for 2 years also makes me very interested :)
My very first cross cultural trip was to Mexico when I was a teen. I remember getting off the plane in Mexico City and being surrounded by people who didn't look like me or sound like me. It was a little overwhelming and a little scary as I got a little separated from the group I was with. I remember thinking that new arrivals to the US must feel like that: alone in a place where no one sounds like them and may not look like them either and how frightening that might feel. I think that experience instilled a new empathy in me. It was 26 years ago, and I can still remember the feeling.
Nice! I live in Dresden and recognized all of the places you visited ^^
First 45 min in Japan I was confronted with a Train were the seat rows turned at terminus automaticly to face in the direction of travel.....later at the Hotel it hit me that home was on the other side of a planet....so I can share the feeling
One of the first things I noticed when coming to the US was that quite a lot of shops there sported signs that read "we support our troops" and I just thought that if in Germany any shops had a sign like that it would most likely deter a good deal of their customers.
This is kind of backwards to my own story, and I very much enjoyed watching it. The "Stille Nacht" Part made my day :) Christmas markets soon again, cant wait :)
btw the glas building was the World Trade Center Dresden 😃
I used to work for the US Army in Germany for 10 years. Americans love Christmas markets.