How to Really Get to Know Germans | One American, 4 Germans Hiking in Eifel National Park, Germany
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- The best way to learn about a country is to spend time with the locals & this weekend I learned A LOT about the German culture! In this video I (Tanner) take you along on a 3 day adventure with Germans! There's a lot of hiking, great food, a sauna experience, and also my first time trying German Beer! Did I survive or thrive on this weekend with 4 Germans?
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A cool fact about the Eifel actually is, that is it not a typical "mountain-area" but an old vulcano-region ☝☝
And a still active super volcano....
@@michaelf8556 true story
At least the part that's called Vulkaneifel (Volcano Eifel).
Und das die Stammbäume dort kreisförmig sind.
Wow! What a great outlook on the language barrier and pushing yourself to get out of your comfort zone. I really struggle with that and it was nice to see your perspective on being surrounded by everyone speaking German. What a beautiful getaway.
Thanks Sam! 😊
Great Video Tanner. Your Idea is wonderful to meet Locals and spend some Time with it. We would do the same if we live a Time in a foreign Country. You are so a kind Family and we get another Picture of Americans 😉
Stay all healthy. Regards from Herrenberg.
I agree! Regards from Nufringen (next to Herrenberg)😂
Tanner, you brought back some old memories for me. A loooooooong time ago I lived in Eisenschmitt when my dad was in the Air Force (He was stationed at Spangdahlem AFB). I got excited when I saw the footage of you and your friends passing by the monastery.
Man, a whole German weekend... even with mixed sauna. You got some cojones, Tanner. Respect! 👍
Hahaha love the video :D Like a Discovery Chanel documentary "Germans in their habitat" PS: Funny that you mention the thing with pictures or videos. I actually try to avoid being in pictures that get posted online by friends myself :D I dont even know why. Radler is a great isotonic drink after hiking especially if it is without alcohol. PS: The Therme in Bayreuth, Weißenstadt or in Obernsees are pretty close to where you live. They have saunas and a big spa area with massages you can get and whatever to relax. Especially in Winter it is amazing to relax and warm up. Also going into cold water outside then after the sauna is great for your health
Häh wenn er hier im Rheinland ist, sind diese Thermen doch kein Stück in der Nähe.🤔
Lovely scenery, glad you enjoyed it, yes, spend time with people in their country and you soon pick up the language 👍🏻
My American friend, I am very pleased that you have enjoyed it and it’s true to learn from each others culture is certainly a good thing.
After all the relationship between the two countries is very important and I can only hope that politicians don’t destroy it. Thank you for sharing god bless.
Thanks for your comment! We agree 😊
interesting to learn, that we Germans are slow eaters... I love your way of filming, great job!
If we germans are slow eaters, then what are the french people? ;-)
I'm from the US and I eat the same way that Tanner described the Germans eating - and I know a lot of other people that eat the same way. I think it just varies depending on how people were taught to eat as children.
@@suzannes5888 . Hi Suzanne , i think it depends on the ocassion , about slow or fast eating . When you have the time ,the right people . Nice restaurant . I think then the main point is to be together and have a good time . So you eat slow and relaxed . I totaly agree with you , that it´s a big factor how you raised by your parents . Unfortunately , i have the bad habit to eat fast , i don´t know why .
Greetings from Germany , have nice day .
@@Lamesoeder lazy
Ohhh, schön!
Willkommen in Deutschland und ganz liebe Grüße an die Family. Durch Menschen wie euch, merkt man erst, wie gut wir es haben.
Danke!!!
It's great that you're so willing to embrace the German culture and amusing to note the differences. Germans are reluctant to have their photos published but very relaxed to go naked into a mixed sauna, yet Americans are embarrassed eating with a knife and fork.
It’s so interesting the differences!
Ah, the food cutting thing. In Germany we only cut all the meat before eating for very small kids, like age 4 or 5. So if an American does it, it looks really funny to us.
Cutting all the meat into small pieces increases the surface area and allows the meat to cool down to room temperature much faster. I prefer to eat my meat while it is still warm, not burning hot but a nice temperature, ideally about the same temperature as the side dishes, except for salads, which I expect to be at room temperature or colder. And also the beer should be colder than room temperature, always drink it while it’s fresh and cold.
Pre cutting your meal, everywhere in western Europe at least, is only done for small children. If you do it as an adult, we assume you have tooth problems 😂
8:50 Perhaps you also noticed that everybody waits until all the food has been served. And with a "Guten Appetit" then eating starts.
I envy you for having so many good friends climbing mountains together.
I really like your videos. The music is great. There are two things, most Germans dislike: getting filmed and getting caught making errors while talking English. I appreciate your friendliness and calm open mindedness. Your videos about Germany are true lessons about the typical American way of being nice. You seem to be interested in outdoor activities. There is a hiking trail from castle to castle along the Rhine river. The most beautiful German landscape in Germany probably is the “sächsische Schweiz” (Saxonian Switzerland, Germans have named all beautiful landscapes in their country the “so-and-so Switzerland”), a breathtaking “Death valley with trees” in a pocket. One last remark: Driving on the Autobahn is very popular among tourists, yet the ultimate challenge is driving a lap on the Nürburgring race track. There are two tracks, and the old (northern) track is open to the public (you need a ticket). I wonder why no American expat has discovered this. Check out the German / European videos. Best wishes to you and your beautiful wife and kid
My heart jumped when I saw the Himmerod monastery, which I know by heart from several daytrips and vacations at the nearby village of Manderscheid. But by the sequence when you crossed the river Rhein at Bonn, I realized, you were only some 20 kilometers away from my hometown of Brühl. ;))
Wow‼ How wonderful. I feel the clean air. Thank you very much. from Japan💛💛
Oh my word!! "What's Daddy going on?" How adorable 😃💗
Wow, we miss Germany so bad! We're hoping to head back next year to visit family. Looks like you all are having a wonderful time!
Great video, nice footage as usual. But I especially love the fact that the group decided to stick to German language for the most part and pull your out of your comfort zone that way. Being forced somehow to try your best to be involved at the end helps alot in learning and gaining new experiences. All these little things help to broaden your horizon. Like the expecience you got in the restaurant for dinner - which is usually a "culture shock" when experienced the first time - in Germany its a real event, not just about eating, but time to relax, taking the time, chat about everything in your mind. I hope next time Risa will have the chance to get some of those experiences too, while you're taking care of Willa. Maybe with a group of other local women or mixed party, who knows?
Wunderschöne Bilder! Vor allem der Soundtrack des Videos hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Sauerbraten, Sauna und eine mehrtägige Wanderung durch die Eifel. YOU are brave 😉
13:51 we German call it "naked snail". Nackt-Schneke
Aaw that was nice to see, I am from cologne but have two very good friends in the Eifel, we always go hiking together there :) looks like you had a good weekend!
That is fun you do that! It was a good weekend :) Thanks!
You went a really long way for this hike (and it seems you got lucky with the weather) ! The Eifel used to be one of the poorest areas of Germany, and some of this history remains visible until today, for example in the large swathes of land that were deforested in the Middle Ages becuase the wood was used for heating and glass production. Sauerbraten made from deer is a really unusual variation.
Hi Tanner, great video again. I live next to the Eifel-region in the Westerwald-region on the other side of the river Rhein. So our region is quite similar to the Eifel-region.
Welcome to Eifel! It was nice to see you in my area on video.
Such a pretty area!
Wonderful, that you had such a great time. it really is the best way to learn a language and the culture of a region by meeting locals. We recently had a wunderful time in the Elsass in France, where the hosts invited us for a dinner. Wow! That was such a blessing. I will always remember their hospitality.
Give a hug to Risa and Willa!
Great that you had the chance to spend some time with the Germans getting to know more about us, our culture and language.
Eifel = Home. I´m pretty sure you won´t find many humans who experienced the Eifel region and its people that are not amazed by it. I can tell where Markus drove you from Siegburg to your destination. Just aound the corner. Love it.
Awesome buddy, And very proud of you, First of all, Leave your comfort zone and enjoy the local, Second of all, Go to German Sanna that’s a tough one🙈
And definitely more of those local trip it’s a good Praxis🥰 The German are really awesome
Oh, so you hiked the Eifelsteig? Seems like it. My city has also been struck by the flood. Even like 3 months later you can still see the damage done to buildings and nature. Glad you enjoyed your trip. MY condolences to your loss and I hope you have a good time back in Utah.
Looks like the "Lieser-Pfad" to me ;-)
I like the blood sausage on the breakfast table. Even in Germany you do not see that very often.
You looked so tiny next to Markus at the train station 😂. Nice hiking footage, but for a German, I cringed a bit at the dinner part because the German next to you looked so uncomfortable and pretended not to see the camera 😂 Poor guy. They too surely got their share of American culture.
How do you put your food on the fork without a knife?
Great content, made me want to hike again myself!
in the video You were swiftly showing one of the real fun language differences - snail - schnecke - the other one - slug - in german - nacktschnecke - would be - naked snail
Hey ho just found ur youtube channel today. man what a kind and friendly family. welcome in germany and if you at any time visit the area near hannover - your welcome to get invitet to a nice coffe or what ever you like then :)
Hi! Thank you so much!! Such a kind invite. 😊
I like your videos my friend , The key is to never give up hope . Keep moving forward and believe in yourself . I send Love and Support 😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Aaaawww, you saying goodbye to Marissa and Willa made me a bit sad.
But the rest of the video: awesome insights, as well as just sights. Thanks for showing me parts of my own country I've never hiked through.
The "hier ruhen Soldaten" phrase is similar to "here rest the soldiers" you might hear on American veteran graveyards. Both are very similar in phrasing, more in the idea of allowing the soldiers to rest from their pain and suffering and tribulations, instead of saying something more mundane like "here lie" or "burried here are...". Good that you picked up on that distinction yourself.
In the Eifel region, when you see a lake with small areas where bubbles rise through the water, please, please, please, DON'T bend down to look closer, and don't stay in that area for long. That is either a sulfuric gas spout (easily detectable by its foul smell), dangerous in and of itsself, but not close to as dangerous as the other gas.
The other gas is a very high concentration of CO2 or even CO. Both are without any taste or smell, both are heavier than standard air. Thus they collect on the top of the water and in the dip of the brush around the water. If you bend down you are suddenly immersed in a CO2 bubble that can very very quickly incapacitate you (within a few seconds, if you take one or two breaths there). You will drop unconscious nearly instantly, without any warning. But as you are so close to water, you will usually drop into the water and drown.
So, please, be really careful at such spots. Those are not something to triffle (Eifel) with.
The German sauna experience is derived from the Finnish sauna. Most Scandinavian countries are at least as relaxed when it comes to nudity as most Germans are. So many Germans regularly go to a sauna to improve their health and vitality. It strengthens your immune system by forcing it out of its comfort zone and make it work to keep your blood pressure as well temperature well in your body tolerance. The quick return to standard or even below normal temperatures make your skin much more responsive to outside stimuli. That people are nude in the sauna is just so normal that nobody cares about it at all.
Also, the body positivity is great. Because when do you get the chance to see and watch other nude bodies without being branded a pervert or ashamed of yourself other than at a sauna or a nude beach? Here you can see all the different body types. You suddenly notice that not even the supposedly perfect bodies of the beautiful are actually perfect. Everybody (every body?!?) has something that doesn't fit the beauty standards. You see tall, short, fat, thin, wrinkly, smooth, saggy, taught, young, old, male, female, and every possible combination of these. What it does is liberate you from your media induced standards of beauty; it opens your eyes to a much broader sense of what is not only acceptable, but what beauty really is. Acceptance of that relieves you of so much pent up stress about your own body. This is far more important than even the actual physical health aspects of the sauna.
I love seeing Molitors Muehle - it belongs to a friend of mine!
Cool!!
That was a lovley hike 🥰.
Perhaps hiking in spring in the Nord Eifel - near Monschau with the daffodils meadows - perhaps starting in Aachen to the south with a bend to Belgium - then Rursee - then Monschau - if you don‘t want hiking you can ride by bike on the Vennbahnweg
Very nice video in a great forest environment.
Great video Thank you for sharing
Ich war im Oktober auch auf dem Eifelsteig. Etappen 8 bis 12 😃
Totally should go for a Taxi Ride on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. 25 Km Race Track that has three Villages inside the Track. BEST Roller-Coaster on this Planet :-) The Eifel Region is very beautiful. Lots of Nature, awesome Towns like Monreal, lots of WW2 History (Hürtgendwald, Westwall). Lots of stuff to see there.
Thanks for the suggestions! 😊 it was a beautiful region!
Tanner,how's about a hiking trip to the alps?
Eifel is my area especially for motorcycling.
I live close to the northern part of the Eifel. Was also known during the WW2 as "Westwall". That was a very competitive area at the time.
If you come over again let me know. I'll take you on a ride through the "Green Hell" Nürburgring. ;-)
Quote : "...there is going to be beer - for them - because I don´t drink" Me to myself "that´s no reason to not to drink beer...they will make you or they are no authentic Germans"...then round about five minutes later in the vlog Tanner is holding an alcohol free beer in his hand in order to drink...Me to myself : "See, there it is" ;-D
If you love hiking then consider a mudflat hike in the North Sea. Its amazing
This is on our bucketlist!
very nice group people
They really were!
I had a Sauna dip into a pool where they put a massive ice cube in it. So cooling down after a 100° Celsius Sauna in that pool was
very easy 😨. Your skin feels like a crispy Brötchen fresh out of the oven.
About mixed sauna and nakedness: Who could have any "immoral" sensations in such a baking heat?
@@christiankastorf1427 If it happens you know where the cold water will be.
@@V100-e5q "How cold was the water?" "About 20 mm"
Great video! I enjoyed living abroad in the US. too I love getting to know people from other countries and cultures. I'd love to meet you guys some day, you are such a nice family 👪 . May I ask you why you don't drink alcohol? Greetings from Munich
Of course! We don’t drink it for religious reasons as well as health reasons. 😊
Nice hiking.
Hi Tanner, good Video buuuut, the Eifel are not Mountains, in German they are Hills. Nice Region "zum Wandern"
Grüße aus Idar-Oberstein
now that is funny, telling somebody from Utah about mountains.... the tallest mountain in Utah is 4125m... hoeher als die zugspitze....
Yes I am a funny man, but standing for a Mountain and standing in Front of the Eifel is a little bit different. OK, when Tanner think this are Mountains.....
Nice for us
Den Watzmann würde ich als einen Berg bezeichnen, na ja den Feldberg eher weniger 😉😂🤣😂🤗
Also... Für mich, einer norddeutschen Flachlandtirolerin, ist die Eifel bergig.. und, soweit ich mich erinnern kann, auch in der Schule als Mittelgebirge geführt.
It‘s not the same without Rissa and Willa. ;) Still a nice video!
I agree!
I miss more interaction with the people! But great job!
Thanks for the suggestion!
Uhhh, my hometown. Siegburg.... 😀
13:07---I can totally relate :)
how many ticks have you collected?
Haha stay tuned to our video coming out soon about this actually 😂
Hi Tanner, How did you end up being invited to join the hike? Did someone reach out to you through your YT channel, is it a hiking club you joined or ???
Hi Suzanne! Yes, Markus reached out to me on YT and from there we have been staying in touch, learning German, and now have gone on a weekend trip together.
@@OurStorytoTell That's so nice. I'm moving to Germany next month and realize making German friends can be a challenge, so have been studying the culture and how to best integrate and navigate through - rule #1 and 2, in any country, is work to learn the language and make time to spend with the locals, although I know Germany has some extra challenges. Great job on the video! Hiking is fun!!
@@suzannes5888 there are "Vereine" (Clubs) everywhere and for almost everything, that could help to make contacts!
@@suzannes5888 'meetup' can be a good option - at least in cities. All the best for your time in Germany!
@@OurStorytoTell so you didn't make german friends at work or in your region? Did you do any sports back in the US? Go to the local Sportverein to make friends by doing the sport you like. (Someone already mentioned Mutter-Kind-Turnen). Seems to me that you both are kind of religious, too. There are churches with welcoming comunities, too. Don't stay in your english speaking little nutshell!
Them things don't even make "choo choo" anymore, so that was inaccurate information passed on to the smaller humanoid on the back seat.
Needs an update to ''Zzzzzzzzzzit''
Your wife should look for a mother/child group in your town to get somebody to play with your daughter and for her to make some friendships! Once you have a German as a friend you have truly a friend for a lifetime
I (Risa) want to! It would be really great for us 💛
Some towns have a ‘Turnverein’! A sports club ( wayyyyy cheaper than in the US), who offer several/different sports and start with a group called ‘Mutter- und Kindturnen’ (Mother and child exercise)! They start very early in age (2) and are accompanied by a parent! You pay a fee for the entire family and you can attend any and several sports! It is so much fun for everybody! That would be a great option for you all! Or the Volkshochschule (VHS) what is offering courses!
Sometimes churches have groups for little kids and a parent before they attend Kindergarten with 3 or 4 years of age!
Everybody speaks a bit of English and slowly but surely your German will improve, too! Your daughter will catch it even earlier! We went through all of those things by moving constantly with our kids and lived for a while in Bavaria!
Good luck!
Great suggestings, Elke. Strongly suggest churches for making new friends, especially as a believer. You'll have a German family in no time.
@@elkeyvonnelindemann8284 Wow this seems like something we would love!! Thank you for sharing it with us!
@@roesi1985 We believe it! Thanks! :)
Living in German culture when you're 60 😂. We also have cities and clubs and fun. You just go for the traditional things. It would be like if I would go the US only to Texas and most time only to rural areas. And not every German goes to the sauna, I have never been to a sauna at the age of 35. Go to Köln, Düsseldorf, Bonn. Its not far from where you are. I would even show you arround.
Just for information: If you see Sauerbraten on the menu of a restaurant, it´s made with beef and not horsemeat nowadays! You would actively have to search for a place, that would still make it with horsemeat. I doubt, that you would find many those in Germany.
Eifel my home
Abtei Himmerod 😍
14:20....but are you making a note these words and phrases in your vocab book??? Excellent ratio 4:1 for this given scenario. If you have an opportunity to meet with this group again, then take it. From a language learning aspect, this group could push you forward. It could do some quick fire questions, talk to you about the past, present and future all with the context of your hike. You could learn such a m a s s i v e amount of phrases and general vocabulary in such a short space of time. This, I believe, would be a catalyst for further and wider progress with the language. I really hope you are afforded the opportunity to meet again and experience this super intensive language emersion course!! You'd benefit so much, you really would!!!
I've added a lot of words and phrases, but I didn't catch all of them. I tried to enjoy being with them in the moment rather than make it all about me learning German. It was an incredible time and I even noticed I was thinking in German (with what little words and phrases I had learned) once I returned home from the trip.
As far as future trips, we will see! I hope I'll be invited, but either way, it was a great trip!
👍
if you are interested in history you should take a look at the topic "Hürtgenwald"...
one of the heaviest battles of World War II that took place in this region
Nice video btw
Hürtgenwald is also called meat grinder. But there was room for humanity as a medic negotiated a nightly break in fighting to recover the wounded people from the forest. That impressed me very much..
00:38 Currywurst !! 😋😋😋
Agreed!
Hi, i´m Michael.
maybe 4 the next Holiday time, is a good Experince, for your Family, a trip to Sylt and /or Denmark. Is mutch moore Family friendly, then Germany.
We would love to experience Denmark :)
@@OurStorytoTell you will not regret it ...... 😊
Greetz & stay frosty ^^
I feel the same when I'm in the USA.
We are not that different :D
I bet!
Thanks for your nice video from the hilly terrain and historical area Eifel. Hope you also tried to speak german with your group members. Guess you enjoyed the different kind of food of that area. As I also dont drink alcohol even beer free of alc my brain signalize alc cos of the different taste which I dont really like. Hope your girls also enjoyed their girls days.
Take your time for meals: Germans eat hastily, compared to French ;)
was this a naked sauna?
Yes!
Are there any others in Germany?
@@wora1111 not really. sometimes thermal baths do have an additional steam room which requires textiles.
@@rosastrohhut I only knew that in an "open"sauna where there are separate areas where swimming attire is needed and or not. And the sauna part usually even has signs that bathing suits are not wanted. But I admit I have often seen Americans that did not exactly adhere to these rules.
Some saunas have a only-women-day and a only-men-day each week
traditional german food? ha ha what we see is italian food ♥
Ah, du warst exakt da wo ich wohne. Ist es nicht schön hier? Natürlich reicht da ein Wochenende nicht aus um . Es gibt so viel zu entdecken.
Nice effect at the end, now one needs an expencive Dentist blending, only the Sun on your mouth
Hiking? Going for a walk?! That's way too german for me 🤭
algo commie
Also ich mach sauerbraten immer mit Rind xD
Weil ich diese wegwerf und zucht Sache mit Pferden nicht unterstützen will ist einfach krank wie viele Pferdesporteute mit ihren Tieren umgehn und wenn ein Tier nicht mehr die Leistung beingt endet es beim Schlachter. Find ich moralisch nicht in ordnung obwohl ich Fleisch esse aber diese Situation ist ja nochmal ne andere
And yes i chose german on purpose
Hiking is so boring,A waste of time!
Not at all.