Your channel really inspires me because you're just a "normal" person, but you are so cute and down-to-earth. You live a realistic life and just allow us to see it, you aren't putting on a show. That's something that has really started to go missing on social media. It makes me want to work on a channel again!
I love having a window into your life it is so fascinating and you are so yourself and you are just such a beautiful soul. Also your voice is so comforting you could do radio 100%.
My grandmother loved these Lindor Chocolates. When she passed away five years ago, we found stashes everywhere around the house. We didn't run out of them for months.
When my Babcia died (I'm half Polish, half German), we found a lot of high quality chocolate as well, but I know for a fact that she didn't eat a lot of chocolate :D She just got them as gifts a lot and didn't want to regift them.
@@Aylali I was raised by my great grandparents, and so their siblings and cousins, their children (other grandparents) would always visit from all over. I'm convinced good ppl turn into earth angels or something after like 60 lol
When we had German friends visit us in America, the one thing they wanted to do was go to the nearby super mall (Sawgrass Mills in S. Florida) to buy jeans and shoes xD. Apparently it’s much much cheaper here, so they brought an extra suitcase and filled up with that as souvenirs. You never know what people really want sometimes lol.
I know right ? xD As ahalf German and being raise dmostly in Europe i find it funny to see aswell, but i do recognize the creme she got for her family, my other half etnicity is Korean and as you may know we are the capital of plastic surgery ( i do not say this with pride at all) and certain creme's they overprice there allot, because peopel will pay for it but here it's 1,80 perhaps 2 euro super cheap in comparison. I do love to watch people get so enthousiastic about our sausages haha
I am from North of Iraq, my eldest brother lives in Europe, he brings me all of those (ofc other brands) which are well known where he lives, plus perfumes and clothes ❤ this video reminded me of him and it’s so sweet🤗 I am sure your family will love all of that😊
I have always thought that your videos on instagram were too short for me and I always wanted to see more. I really like that you're finally on RU-vid 🌟
For anyone who has family that love Lindt and live around Aachen, they have a Lindt factory there with a huge shop that sells all the Lindt stuff. Also they sell the pieces that didnt pass the beauty check for cheap. Big 1kg bags for a pretty good price. Even if you dont live around the city is worth a visit, they have a nice old town around the beautyful cathedral and the original city gate still exists.
That's such a nice selection of gifts. Even if some are not a 100%german /made in Germany, I think they are still very typical in everyday German life. For the Lindt chocolate: I think they taste even better, when they are stored in the fridge. And when you want to have one, you just take them out a few minutes before, so they can warm up a little bit. Makes them "crunchy" and creamy at the same time and is helpful when it's hot outside, so they won't melt away
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I have no idea how I first came across your channel but I'm so glad I did! You are so hilarious, and I love everything about this channel! Your shorts are so funny that I have to keep watching them over and over, laughing so hard!! 😆 Thank you for your absolutely unique and wonderful take on both the German and Vietnamese cultures! Best wishes for continued success and much joy and love in your life! 🥰
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My cousin was a au pair in Germany for years. When she came back the first Christmas, I was under the drinking age. She brought treats of course, including chocolate rum balls. I ate two before my mom realized what they actually were. My 13 year old self was a little warm inside 😆.
This is just a first impression based on vertically nothing, but something about you makes me think you are a kind and curious person. You seem to have an open and interested view of the world, willing to share what you found without any judgement. There's just wonderment and joy. Refreshing! I also like your voice very much. Thank you for the videos!
OMG, you are adorable and it's so sweet that you got all that for your family. I love your videos. My family is German, so these videos are fun. I have learned a lot about Vietnam, also.
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I really love all of the content that you put on Instagram, RU-vid. I moved to Germany last year and watching your videos really helped me transition into a new country. Wish you a safe travel and hope you have an amazing trip to Vietnam!
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I think big food companies like haribo, coca cola, etc. Change a little bit the comp depending on the target country (to adjust to the taste). In some countries it's a little bit sweeter, bitter or something. Might be why u like those more
Yes, sometimes it is adjustments to the taste preferences, but often it is also a question of infrastructure and which ingredients are available and sourcable and affordable in that country. And the quality of some raw ingredients also might vary from country to country. There may be different impurities, higher or lower hygiene requirements, ingredients may be more or less refined, some may be banned and some may just be more commonly available. There may be different laws regarding herbicides and pesticides and importing all the ingredients from Germany may not be practical and economical. All of these factors come into play.
@@johanneshalberstadt3663 What you wrote, plus the shelf life / quality. Sweets usually don't get cooling in transport/storage/shops. So if you want a certain shelf life / permanent quality for, you adjust its composition to make it withstand the expected temperature (changes) in the target country, or to not have it evaporate some aroma too fast etc. For example, some chocolate companies swap a low-temp melting fat with a higher-temp melting one if the target country is hot, which usually affects the taste a little. In turn, some companies may choose to not put in such effort, which may cause products to degrade in quality quicker when they're not transported/stored/sold at the same conditions as in their "home country/climate", which equally will affect how those things taste outside their "home country/climate".
This is so helpful! 🤩 I never know what to bring to the Philippines when we visit the family of my husband. Sausages, Tea and handcreme is a real game changer!
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Interesting to see what you take home as gifts. Never would've expected the supplements and teas 😆 But you're right, tea culture in central Europe is completely different from English speaking countries and many Asian countries. It's mostly herbal teas, you get many different blends of a variety of herbs which is why they're sold as medication in some cases depending on the herbs used. I can still remember a time when green and black tea were rather scarce around here. Nowadays they're a lot more common, which results in an even greater number of different blends. As a tea lover, it's great😍
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I have never thought of black tea as being scarce anywhere. I just presumed everyone drank black tea. Where are you from ? Green and white teas became more popular in the west since after WWII, but i always thought of tea as a universal drink. I hope you will tell me where you are from. I find this interesting.
@@avalerie4467I am from Romania. When we say we want to drink tea, we don’t immediately reffer to black or green tea. We might refer to white tea, oolong tea, herb tea, rooibos tea, earl grey, chamomile, peppermint, jasmine, yellow tea, linden tea, lavender tea, orange tea, berry tea, ginger tea, lemon tea etc etc. Usually we don’t drink black or green tea actually. We drink some herbs or fruits tea or a mix of them. And we drink tea a lot of time to make us healthy.
You are so sweet. Bringing stuff to your family. I do that too when I lived outside my Island. I bring back different things. It makes you feel better.❤
It may interest you to know that Skechers is an American brand that's made in Vietnam and China, not the US. I love how mindful you are by bringing back so many gifts for everybody and especially the haribo gummies to give to the children. Absolutely wonderful. Your fiance is really lucky.
Actually even riekers make a lot of their shoes in vietnam now along with other countries, so there is a good chance that both the shoes she bought for her parents were made in her home country.
I'm a german, but my mom is originally from China and each time we/she visited her family, she always brought one suitcase with her filled with chocolate (mostly Ritter Sport because that's her brother's favorite brand haha), any kind of skin creme from Alverde or Nivea and most importantly milk powder from Hipp! :D
Your voice is so soothing and you come across really genuine. I'd listen to you reading the phone book. Although a podcast would be much more interesting :)
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As a dutch person I sometimes forget that most products are the same in Germany as in the Netherlands. hahah I mean also the Haribo candy we have also a lot of different flavours because they get imported from Germany.
My family is Chinese and we have a rule of not gifting shoes as it has a bad connotation in our culture. But when I visited Munich and stocked up on Birkenstocks at a significantly lower price that rule went out the window
When it comes to Haribo, visiting one of their official stores is a must. They offer special products or flavours, which are hard to come by; including products you only find abroad. The failure-packs are also always a surprise, which consist of candy which were removed from the factory line. iirc in Bonn Bad-Godesberg they're getting their stuff directly from their factory.
When I'm carrying things that take refrigeration I use a small thermal picnic bag and I throw in there a thermal ice pack or two (the plastic ones that people use for picnics and such) with whatever product I wanna transport. Then I pack the whole thing in my suitcase. I carried things that spoil a lot easier than sausages and they stayed well refrigerated :)
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Es gibt Weißwürste in Dosen, die kannst du ohne Bedenken mitnehmen..und geschmacklich sind die voll okay, wenn man das Original nicht kennt! // There are canned white sausages available. You can transport them without worries. They taste pretty close to the fresh ones.
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Rieke are super comfortable shoes and good quality for a good price, I love them. I hope your father likes his gift, well I hope your whole family likes all the gifts.
I love your videos. It feels authentic and different. I am originally from Puerto Rico, and I went to Germany for a month on my 15th birthday. Now I live in the USA. Keep posting here 😊
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I was surprised...the gifts you brought to your family and friends are almost the same I did when I went back to my country in Indonesia.from USA.. I always brought choco,vit, shoes or sandal, haribo or gummy bear, gold fish, cereal, shirt and bbq sauce or salad dressing.. It's always wonderful to give them something we brought from abroad...they are always happy to get something from me when I went back once or twice a year... The true happiness is when we can make people happy.. Stay healthy and happy dear... Love your channel...❤
I looove your shorts and these longer videos too. You light my days in a very funny way 🥰 I hope your family liked these thoughtful and lovely presents! Hugs from Hungary. 👋
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Very nice and refreshing channel. The herbal teas are great as they do do not weight much and have different formula. I used to offer Occitania lavender soap and it is heavy. All the best for you and your family.
Very interesting selection! I don't know about the tea culture in Vietnam, but I LOVE Vietnamese coffee. Especially the ritual to make it, with the thick, condensed sweet milk. Ah, memories :)
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Your videos are spot on. What I haven't seen yet: The top-to-bottom gaze when assessing someone. Staring too long at someone. Expression of incredulousness when something unexpected happens (das gibt's doch nicht). Constant handshakes. Unusually loud laughter when sitting in a group in cafes, restaurants, etc. Doing things in groups. Sweeping the street in front of your house. And the list goes on. 🙂
I’m Swedish but can confirm that Rieker shoes are amazing! I have several pairs myself and often wear my round toe casual sneaker type Rieker shoes with memory foam insoles and a zipper on the side of the laces so they’re super easy to put on and take off, all while always having the same fit since you don’t need to mess with the laces every time
When my aunt came home from Germany last October, she brought back a lot of chocolates, from child friendly to chocolates with alcohol content. I personally love Lindt chocolates, that's why she bought 2 boxes for me 😁 1 big box of chocolate w/ whiskey (I forgot the name) and some Merci. I haven't seen her brought back Haribo. I'll ask her to bring back some when she comes home next year. She also brought back toothpaste like 2 dozen of them. I have sensitive gums and toothpaste there really suited me.
Hallo Uyen! As a German, it is really lovely and interesting to see your perspective on German culture. One small region of Germany however has its own tea culture based on black tea. In Ostfriesland, which in many aspects has its own very particular regional culture different from the rest of Germany, black tea is drunken as regularly and often as coffee is in the rest of the country. How they drink tea in Ostfriesland has similarities to tea in England, as it is traditionally served in thin porcelain cups, poured over a piece of rock sugar that slowly dissolves, and topped with a spoonful of heavy cream. We even have our own tea time, or called tee tied on Plattdeutsch, at half past four in the afternoon. The East Frisians got introduced to tea via Dutch colonial traders. The region of East Frisia is in the utmost northwest of Germany directl borders the Netherlands. The Dutch colonial empire had access to tea via the Dutch colonies in Indonesia. Those traveling Dutch salespeople introduced the East Frisians to tea and it stuck with us ever since. In the period directly after the war, when food was rationed, people from East Frisi would even travel to the industr areas of the Ruhrpott and trade i.e. butter or eggs (east Frisia is a rural area so there's more agriculture and was not as heavily destroyed as industrial area of the country) for the tea ration cards of the coal mine workers, who were given extra tea and coffe rations since they were heavy labourers.
Haribo in Germany does taste way better than the Haribo sold in the US! The ingredients are actually slightly different between the German and US versions. Maybe the same is true for other countries?
I've been stressing about what to bring back with me for my family and relatives. Thanks for the video, I'm gonna stock up supplements and handcremes. Am I the only one who still gets amazed at this huge package of Nutella?
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Never knew haribo is German! Always thought it was Asian product since I always saw it in Asian stores. Been binge watching your videos and love all of them! Learning so many things about Vietnamese and German culture
The name Haribo comes from the inventors name "Hans Riegel" (HaRi) and the factory is in a german town called "Bonn"; so they choose the name HARIBO for their products.😉
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Your comment about chocolate being too sweet for the Vietnamese palate just explains to me why (generalizing now, please forgive me) asians tend to be way skinnier than people in other places. If it wasn't for the heartburn it gives me, I think I would eat chocolate all day 🥲 Also, I love the DM vitamins! So many options and so inexpensive!
As a northern scandinavian I never understood why chocolate bars weren't super popular all over the world... that is, until we had a three week heatwave with 30C and all the chocolate got soft and mushy. I had never had less desire to eat chocolate in my life. Ok, so now I get why warm countries are going "Meh" about chocolate bars. So yeah. Turkish delight is now my new favourite summer candy, so nice and soft when it is room temperature without getting icky.
When my mom worked at the M&M ) Mars candy factory in Chicago during WWII, she was a taster... Not the good kind either. She would dab a bit of Vaseline to taste if it had to much petroleum aftertaste... It was used on the conveyors so candy wouldn't stick . AND she also did the same for the extra wax they would mix in with the chocolate that was destined for the Pacific troops because it would keep it from melting as much😮😮. So there is your American chocolate trivia for the day!! 😊😊
@@juliav7249 it's ok ... that was in the 40's. We don't have to use that crap anymore. A raccoon got into my m&m bag while I was camping... I was so pissed! I didn't want to share my candy 😊
These things you listed are along the lines of what I buy. You can get all these things in the US, even all those Haribo varieties and more (though, the hand cream is quite a bit more expensive; about 3x). One of the things I was more surprised by than I thought I would be was the lack of choice of supermarket goods when I first traveled outside the US.
Hi there, I've started watching your shorts and think its great. Funny and sometimes so true 😅 Interesting to see it from a foreigner point of view and a bit nostalgia for me too. I'm German but live in New Zealand now for 10 years. If you want to bring some more German insider sweets, then I would recommend the following (for the next time 😉) 1.Yogurette (so lecka) Joghurt filling with strawberries and a dark chocolate coating - I think they have more different flavours now. 2. Eierlikör: either as pure drink or very lecka in dark chocolate eggs or whatever there is, different seasons, different options. 3. Katjes (instead of Haribo). They are in someways better, very German and you don't get them overseas (at least not in NZ 😔) l really liked the yogurt ones and so many other options I don't remember now (Of course the Lakritze flavour) 4. Nimm 2 - Bonbons - so nice. Simple 2 flavours, orange and lemon. Can't get it anywhere either. I think Rewe used to have the "no name" version which was just as good. But obviously not sure about the current status. And of course 5. Marzipan: Can not forget the ultimate German treat. Well at least for me. Best something like 'Mozartkugeln' oder Marzipan Brot mit dunkler Schokolade😉 The only problem, as you mentioned, German chocolate has a low melting point (that's one big reason why it is so good). I hope your are, or in the case of this video, were able to get them to your family without melting. All the best, l hope you had an amazing time. I know how it is being away from home. Especially in the beginning, it is very difficult. Viele Grüße, Sandra😊
P.s such great thinking to bring the healthy products. That is something l definitely miss and DM (bzw Rossmann). That's the one thing l still asked my parents to send to me. I'm going off the sweets, but can't get a which natural healthy products like, propolis for your throat and against cough. And all that stuff. Ah, and not sure if that is something interesting. But how about 'Ostfriesen Tee'? It is black tea but a different flavour. It's designed for the hard waters up in the north, Ostfriesland. That's way the name 😉
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You are such a lovely person! Recent subscriber 😊 Edit: I also love your accent. To my American ear, it sounds delicately Vietnamese and German, and your English is perfect! A nice combination!
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I can tell you the expected reactions, because it's Vietnamese culture. They would say something like this "why do you buy too much" in a harsh way (not welcome the gift) but actually they would like the gifts, it shows she still misses home and still cares for family members (not because of the value of the gift but the small details). At the same time they don't want their daughter to miss home too much so they ask her not to buy much (not putting so much care). Because of the contrary emotions, it's not fun to see their reaction, because most of the time there is no emotion at all, they would hide a lot. but you can clearly feel the warmth in a standard Vietnamese family as always.
You are just so adorable. Your short videos are so funny too. And you guys make a lovely couple. I wish u all the joy and love in your future endeavors together.
When I saw the sandals, I immediately thought that these are for your father. Have you ever heard of the Ecco brand? they also make good (and just as expensive) sandals :)
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😂😂😂😂, I'm dying. We pronounce chocolate as is, I can't say the same for other places. Because everyone has different ways to pronounce words, depending on what country you came from. Either you pronounce it fluently or you pronounce it the way that you knew how to pronounce it.
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my mom always takes back a ton of Mon Cheri chocolates and hard liquor when she visits our relatives in Vietnam 🤣🤣🤣 and on the return flight, her suitcase is full of canned vegan "meats" and vegan fish sauce and stuff like that which is harder to get or very expensive in Germany 😁👌🏽 and a bunch of fresh fruit too
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Did you ever tried the Aldi chocolate from the "Moser Roth" brand? They are, in my opinion, as good as the Lindt chocolates and definitely cheaper then from Lindt
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Found you on Instagram, so I'm very happy to see that you're also here on RU-vid! I hope you have an amazing time in Vietnam seeing your family again :)
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