I loved this video so much! I am a little over one year into a three year work contract in Germany and I feel a lot of the same things. I started out feeling like I was on some sort of fun extended vacation and I slowly became more homesick with each passing month, and now I am at a point where I am just not sure life will ever feel normal for me! I miss a lot of the things you have mentioned, but I love the feeling of having space to myself in the US. I can spend time in the car alone and at work amongst a handful of people, and for the most part when I am out people will give me room, but still maintain friendliness. I sometimes feel like I am fighting for my life in stores out here!
Exactly! I made some other American friends here who are all going through the same thing. It's interesting because we all go through similar stages ahah 😂 I hope that you enjoy the rest of your time in Germany!
I moved from my home state of CA to AZ (& moved back to CA!) all within the past year, and I had the biggest life altering experience on my accumulation of “stuff.” I couldn’t believe my buying and consumerism. I got rid and rid of stuff, and yet, still had too much. It was truly eye opening and changing. I don’t know how to avoid it here, though. It seems like it is part of the culture and mindset. I try, though, I really do. I am so happy you touched in this! I have never been to Europe and I didn’t know over buying was American. Cool video!
Yes it’s something I didn’t realize until I moved here. Because in the US were constantly surrounded with it and for us it’s just normal. Sometimes I still feel that urge to buy things I don’t actually need 😂 but it is really nice to feel like I don’t have a bunch of stuff now
@@SheaJordan Shea, thank you! I was thinking of you yesterday and this concept. I went to TJMaxx because I had the urge to buy stuff. I resisted, but it was so hard. What do people do instead? It’s so ingrained in me, I don’t know what else to do. How sad! Love your videos and personality 😊
It's not silly to miss things that part of your culture! It's a beautiful thing to see you talking about the things you love about it (I have never been to a Trader Joe's and now I am as excited about it as you are 😂).
I just moved after living in the same apartment for almost 7 years. I always thought of myself as a person with a frugal lifestyle, also I lived in small flat in Milan so I really thought that I didn't have the chance to accumulate that much stuff ... oh boy, the packing never ended. It's been 9 months and I can say that more that 50% of the stuff is still packed in the boxes. I just don't have the strength to unpack it, buy new furniture, etc... I'm still shellshocked by the whole experience and I did move a lot at one point of my life. I guess I just forgot how tiring it was. LOL So yeah, I feel you when you talk about owning "some" stuff. Just because it makes where you're living feel like it's really "yours" in a sense (I guess). About pumpkin ... we do not have that many typical recipes, that's true. But my nonna makes pumpkin-gnocchi with butter, sage and smoked scamorza: out of this world.
I also miss Trader Joe’s! 😢 I also miss buying cuts of meat that I understand, and salads with lots of different veggies and meat. I will also miss fall, but there’s actually a pumpkin patch here in Florence, go figure! I might just have to go to that. 😂
Love this video! Thank you for the update! If you're looking for pumpkin spice for coffee, see if you can find or order syrups from either Monin or Torani. I work in a coffee shop here in the states and the Monin pumpkin spice is awesome this time of year and may help with some of that fall/PSL nostalgia.
Thanks, I’ll try Monin! I already checked Torani because I thought of them right away 😂 but they don’t do international shipping and I couldn’t find their syrups on an international site. I’ll check Monin! Otherwise I’ve been looking up some recipes to make a syrup ☺️
You know what you doing vedios how to learn Italian language but you really help me to improve my English and get new vocabulary your English is clear and i can understand you
I live in Berlin now, and in the long winter I miss first of all the good weatherXD it sound silly but I realized it's so important to feel good. Then I miss the beauty and variety of the landscape, how easy it was to go to the mountains or to the sea. And last but not least to go to a cafè and have a cappuccino for 1/2 euro🥲
I remember when I learned how to drive a stick! I was in Germany, and my host mother didn't speak the best English she taught me IN GERMAN, and she had more patience than I would have had. :D
let me ask you a thing: Do you have a steady job in Italy? Generally, that's pretty much the only possible place in Italy where you can befriend people when you're a grown-up....otherwise might be difficult for many reasons.... to hit a gym on a regular basis, may work too, but the workplace is really the best chance to fit into the local society.
I don't wanna bring you down, but I'm really convinced that in south europe, the phenomenom of having when you're grown, the same group of friends you made in you teens, is still strong here...again, for me, the workplace is still the best shot a foreigner has...
I work remotely so no, but I have a great group of friends here now that I’m really happy with! There are other ways to meet people, especially with social media these days and other group activities, you just have to be creative! It was hard at the beginning but I’m really happy with the friends I’ve made. 😊
Mam please make video on a topic that how can i get addmision in italian language institutes , visa process , money required being indian. Grazie mille
Hi, I made a video explaining how I got my visa here: How I'm Planning to Move to Italy 🇮🇹 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CdcSXMe-epw.html I only know the process for Americans, I don’t know how it works for other countries. A good start would be to check the Italian consulate nearest to you and see if they have visa appointments.
Hi Shea, first of all, glad you found a new apartment! I also just moved recently, and it's not easy to find somewhere in Bologna. Regarding autumn decorations, it's not a big thing in the UK either, but a bit more so than here. We do make a big deal out of Halloween though. Pumpkin-flavoured food is not a thing in the UK either, because, well...I don't think it's tastes that nice, it's very "meh", there are lots of nicer tasting foods, but I get that the pumpkin is specifically attached to autumn. We only use them at Halloween to carve pumpkin faces (jack o 'laterns?) and we THROW AWAY the pumpkin that we have carved out. At least, we did in my day 😅 (maybe it's different now and am happy to be corrected by a fellow Brit!) Agree about the lack of nature in Bologna, I really feel it too. I hate Giardini Margherita! It's man-made and too busy. Yes, Americans and their stuff - I didn't realise this before Instagram, but Americans do buy loads of stuff, it's incredible! And finally, yes the nonna's house - they're everywhere! With their strange pictures and trinkets! In fact I've moved into one, but I live with the nonna so if anything needs fixing her family sorts it out, thankfully!
Haha thank you for all this insight from the UK! I still enjoyed giardini margherita a lot but yes, it still wasn’t truly an escape from the city. I think the pumpkin hype is a bit over the top in the US, but I do miss some pumpkin flavored things because I grew up with it and think it’s fun ☺️
@@SheaJordan Yep the insight you never asked for but got anyway 😁 I miss Bonfire Night, which only exists in the UK and Ireland (I think) which is 5th November. Bonfires, fireworks, jacket potatoes, Bonfire toffee and I can't even remember what else! When I was a child it was very exciting! Also...I miss Christmas back in the UK...in Italy, they don't really go for it like we do and like the US does, I imagine.
