THINGS THAT SHOCKED ME ABOUT GERMANY 

This is a good way to look at it ☺️👌🏼 thanks for watching and the comment 😁

Exactly. Never leave home without cash!

.... and paying cash is a lot quicker than any card payment + a tip is easy to spend (under the radar of the 'tax gangsters').

ecxactly the result of electronic payment in the end will be total enslavement.

@DawgTawkWellington (DTW) Any currency functions based on trust. If it is abolished by the government, you are done. You receive your monthly earnings digitally. With no access to your bank account, you cant withdraw any money. Cash does not save your freedom. Democracy guarantees freedom. Germans use facebook and google services. Everyone has an Iphone or google smartphone. Germans often have payback cards. Most Germans purchase items via Amazon. All these big companies know much more than the Stasi did. But you are afraid to pay with cards at shops. Nonsense! Many German citizens and companies work without paying taxes. With card payments the general publich will profit. Cash and cards need to be accepted everywhere like in the Netherlands. Germany is an export nation and tourist spot. Foreigners should be able to pay with their creditcards. They will spend much more when they will pay with their credit cards.

New things in new places can be quite.. shocking 😅👌🏼

Bravissimo!!!! I agree 100%!!! It is ridiculus tho say "I'm shocked that germany is such a beautiful country'' ! Hää???

I understand, I feel the opposite where if I have the cash in my wallet I’m like, oh well, I have it, might as well spend it 😂😅 but if I only have my card I need to think about how much I have and will have on it after I spend, and I’m a little less free with swiping it 😂😂👌🏼

@@PuntingForThePeople It's a different perspective. However I also don't like this increasing digitalisation of our goods and the fact that we put all of our information together and out there in some virtual world. I like my riches to be as little connected to my personal data as possible. Maybe I'm a bit old-timey here (though only 37) but as a matter of fact I've never been mugged but my credit card has been hacked and I had to lock my account. So cash still wins for me.

@@salexo9 Exactly when I've got cash, I can take care for myself, when I've got virtual money there's basically nothing I can do to prevent theft from hackers. You give up a lot of control over your live in the hands of big corporations that will likely also sell your data. Thus you become both finacially helpless and naked so to speak.

salexo9 you don’t need to get robbed to get burned for using cash. Losing is a big issue. Happens all the time. Even misplacing happens. And then there’s of course burglary, counterfeited notes and petty theft. My mother lost 500 €. Got them from the atm. And then it was gone. Wallet was open. Unclear if there was an user mistake and she lost the money or if there had been a pickpocket. Can’t happen with cards.

Punting For The People same here. Cash is money I obviously earmarked for spending, so I do. Well, not anymore, but using mostly cards and keeping track of the balance helped immensely.

Cash... sometimes means tax free too Just saying😉

@bademeister So your boss has access to your card account? Thats wiered...

Doch, geld ist konig. 🤣🤣

Es geht nur um eins, das der Staat Steuerhinterziehung unmöglich macht um den Normalbürger noch mehr abzukassieren , Überwachung findet im großen Maße statt u ihr macht es alle mit

I’d take that job! Sounds too easy making this city look beautiful 😅👌🏼😁🙏🏼 thanks for watching and commenting again! Great to see returning comments and viewers always coming up ☺️

I second that!

I third it.

I noticed the same things Jacob did when I was there. Small things, but different from other countries. I was not surprised by anything he videoed because they were things that just jumped right out at me as well.

I try to get into town to film as much as possible when it comes to vlogs about Germany ☺️ but always try to find different angles and views to film from so to not make it to recurring ☺️☺️ glad you like it 🙏🏼😁👌🏼

hello fellow american lol

Maybe just a difference in translation, I was thinking of using the word surprised, but then I feel it wouldn’t have a large an effect, in my head you can always be shocked in a good way, so I guess it is just the way us Australians use the word is a little different 😅 but thanks for the kind words about my channel, and the way I come across on it 😁 glad to hear my laid back and calm nature isn’t too boring for some 😂😅🙏🏼

MP N 😂😂

@@PuntingForThePeople Thanks for the response and your answer doesn´t "shocked" me. Hehehehe...Joke. Your laid back and calm nature isn’t boring. Belive me. And if you read the comments about your Videos you see the people like your way.

Good comment. This reminds me of Wolters World travel videos. He always uses the word Shocked in his video's when he just seems surprised to me. The US is a country of superlatives I guess.

Thank you for the sub! Hope to keep you entertained throughout my journey here ☺️☺️🙌🏼

Makes me wonder if I have left maybe the wrong country...

And thanks to you, I can join you. All this is fun. All of you guys in the German vlog niche are fun.

That comment was completely directed at myself and no one else 😂😅 just the last couple of vlogs I’ve done I felt I was sitting at home too much in front of the window so I needed to get myself out again 😅👌🏼

I agree, but when i refer to card I more mean the way Australians have it set up, it isn’t a “credit card” it is still your money, you can’t overdraw or take money out you don’t have.. so it isn’t really debt creating, I think it is just an ease of use thing, I also would like to know how many bills are produced and materials used to make them, when everyone could go cashless and save those resources?

In Belgium we have the debit card system too. Credit cards are used, but less universally like in for example the us. Even credit cards like visa allow for limits to be set or can be set to stop your spending when your positive balance runs out. My brother lived in Vancouver for almost 10years, and he was chocked to see how normal debt is there. Anyone has a credit card and uses it to buy stuff, even if they don't have the money and need to go into debt. That does happen here too, but much, much less frequently. I've never bought anything in my life I didn't have the money for in my account. And most Belgians I know personally live by this same rule. You only go into debt, even on a credit card, in case of an emergency or a ''bad month'' with unexpected large expenses. But then again, it is a little known fact that Belgians in general are pretty diligent savers. But even then cards can be used everywhere here. It shocks me too to hear that a large restaurant wouldn't accept cards. That's unheard off here too. Even the small town shop or nightshop accepts cards here in Belgium. There's quite a few places in the city where I live that are card only now... It's not because cards can be used everywhere that there is more debt.

@@aidanclarke6106 The brasseries in France could be considered the French version - they've been basically everywhere when I visited Paris decades ago, if I remember correctly. Anyway, in the industrial region (Ruhrgebiet) you could get Currywurst at every other corner; the Turkish families that had one or more men working in the heavy industries invested in those street food places and introduced the Döner another Turkish immigrant had established in Berlin - usually the whole family helped/helps out and the really good places will have whole Turkish families eating there from time to time, chatting and enjoying their tea, which I can highly recommend. Very hospitable and very friendly in my experience.

Jens Goerke - Well yes but "brasseries" do not propose food on-the-go , so I didn't count them as street-food.

@@aidanclarke6106 propose = offer maybe?

Food that is; Delicious, cheap, easy to eat on the go... that’s just spells money making 😅👌🏼

That is changing rapidly though and in most cases already has. Card payments in Germany have more than doubled since 2017, particularly thanks to contactless payment options (either card or phone). It's now about half cash / half card in terms of sales transactions, and rapidly rising, particularly in hospitality. As far as I can see, this is where Southern Germany actually runs behind the rest of the country somewhat (possibly also partially due to the different banking situation, but that's speculation on my part).

No, EU Directive 2015/751 caps the card transaction fee to 2% for EC cards and 3% for credit cards. I hate those verbal announcement about the minimum amount for card payments, especially at the end of meals in the restaurant or after waiting in the queue to order something then be informed by the cashier. The verbally announced minimum amount is nothing but fraud and extortion because it forces the customers to add more food or drink in order to meet or exceed the amount. I've complained loudly about it and threatened to leave the bad reviews in the Yelp and such, which usually worked.

Unbelievable little town and I love sharing it with the world 🙏🏼☺️👌🏼

Yes, everything is very organised and to a point, but if you haven’t grown up around it being that way it can be very daunting... glad to hear you eventually got through it ☺️

I think unless you wear a big sign saying “you might kill me if you smoke here” people are just wired sometimes not to care about anything or anyone but themselves, just like those kind of people who push past and bump into you and don’t say excuse me..

Cheap, easy and delicious always gets my interest and head turned! 🤤🤤

Yes, I have since seen this in the comments, amazing! And makes much more sense why it is so abundant everywhere in Germany! 👌🏼🙌🏼😁

Currywurst too. In Berlin at the corner Kantstraße Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße. I have to know! Right in front of the former Currywurst "branch" a car hit me. But not seriously...

@@PuntingForThePeople not the döner. Only this selfturning, upright bbq was invented in berlin. By an turkishmam, but we dont have to mention that. "Currywurst", something terrible, that nobody eats in south germany, is one of the reasons for the great success of Döner in Berlin. Try the food in berlin or hamburg and you may be "shocked" another time, in different way. What concerns food, north germany is not much better than england or holland.

@@ralfmoebius4260 No, it was not a turkish Döner car.

@@shieldsluck1969 only the inventor was turkish. It happened in Berlin. And berlin is GERMAN. ok 4u?

Similar to when I see travellers come to Australia, things I take for granted or don’t even realise can be so great are out under the microscope for me and I see just how lucky I am to live there ☺️☺️ it goes both ways 😁 thanks for watching and the lovely comment 🙌🏼🙏🏼

Exactly. I watch these videos when I feel bad living here to remind myself that I should apprechiate it more. But still, I wanna be somewhere else so badly... 😩

@@somewhereright3160 Only natural. We as humans all just want some variety in our lives.

Australia brought in a tax so now cigarettes are extremely expensive, so it deters a lot of people from buying them, and the laws are very heavily followed, if you are caught the fines are substantial, almost that if you did it once, you would never consider doing it again, just like in Australia any kind of unlawful things based around smoking and alcohol carry extreme fines, as to give off the feeling of “if you do it, do it responsibly, or we will take all your money for doing it wrong”

@@PuntingForThePeople We've had significant taxes for quite a while, doesn't seem to have helped (other than making cigarette smuggling big business).

Kai Henningsen - Well, compared to other European countries, prices in Germany are still very low and that is why people in Elsass go to Germany! In France, the minimum price for a pack of cigarettes is 8€ and it only recently had effects on consumption.

@@aidanclarke6106 ​ I am from Germany but work outside of Germany for some month now. I met another expat who was from Australia and worked out of country for many years. He was about to retire and go back to Australia. He was also a smoker but said he will switch to vaping in Australia because a pack of cigarettes there is about 30 Australian Dollar = about 18€. While here in Indonesia a pack costs about 1,50€. But despite the super cheap price I managed to stop smoking two weeks ago, thanks to a bad sickness and sore throat that made me almost throw up every time I tried to smoke

Wenn dir die Freiheit bei uns nicht passt, wandere doch nach Nordkorea aus!

@@ksp-crafter5907 mach ich auch So viel rauch wie ich manchmal abbekomme bin ich mir sicher das ich in nordkorea länger leben würde

Kein Grund fies zu werden. ich rauche selbst und finde es unverschämt wenn ich im Café sitze, gerade mein Essen bekomme und am Nebentisch steckt sich einer schwarzen Krauser an und pustet in meine Richtung. Ich geh in meiner eigenen Wohnung raus zum Rauchen, wenn ich Besuch habe, der Nicht raucht und es auch nicht gut verträgt. Nur dass Clubs jetzt so stinken (nach Schweiß, Alkohol und durchgetanzten Füßen) ist echt tragisch, da war mir die Qualmwolke echt lieber XD

War ein bisschen übertrieben....... Aber es is manchmal echt nervig wenn du an der Bushaltestelle bist oder sowas😅

@@ksp-crafter5907 Niemand will deinen Rauch ins Gesicht bekommen.... Geh doch einfach etwas weg damit es niemand abbekommt...

Itwas "I don't want to say that one is better than the other,...." Well, I have no trouble saying it. And since you know I'm American, you'll know which alternative I favor, and which I scorn. I could rant on about places being closed on Sunday, too, but...enough.

Oh my God, you have the same problem like me!! I'm surrounded by ignorant smokers at home as well. Suffer from that since years...☹

@@user-bj2lu9qt3o You, too? A fellow sufferer. I seem to remember that we also share the penthouse situation (attic flat doesn't sound quite as pretty), or am I wrong? Then you can surely understand how "lovely" it is when it's so hot outside, you want to air out the flat, but you can't because your neighbours hang out of the windows like a sloth stretched out over an entire tree to smoke a cigarette "outside". I'm quite adaptable & willing to compromise, but what's unfortunate is that these people don't care. They can smoke as much as they want, but since they obviously don't want the smoke in their flat, I don't have to tolerate it either. One of my neighbours is at least "polite" enough to give me a coughing warning. Bad if you wear noise-cancelling headphones... As an asthmatic, it's even harder for you.

@@mojojim6458 ​In your case, I totally understand. Please don't touch the stuff and use the praised plastic card. I'm beyond disgusted by dollar bills & that not only since I had to experience how a guy in the Maldives pulled a crumpled bundle out of the inner part of his swimming trunks (not the pocket, no, the inhabited inside) to pay his bill. Poor guys who had to touch it. If at any time a surveillance video of Heathrow airport shows up on RU-vid, on which someone exchanges dollar bills packed in airtight bags with disposable gloves... That wasn't me.

@@itwasellinotme5957 "not the pocket, no, the inhabited inside"...another gem.

At least a lot of the areas and cities around the world are bringing some organisation to stop the smoking in public and populated areas, especially places where children and elderly who it may have a harder effect on could be prominent.

Glad I can show you bits of your old city still why you are across the pond ☺️☺️👌🏼🙏🏼

@@PuntingForThePeople it's a long story. :D But basically my gap year turned into 8 years. ^^ I'm in the middle of moving back home actually.

Haha sounds kind of like my “I’ll go play football for a little bit” story... soon may turn into a long term thing.. if I’m still here when you move back and you catch a game or see me around, say hi 😁👌🏼

When your in a place that is foreign you never stop learning and growing 😁🙏🏼 thanks for watching

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Sorry to here about your wife, but it is great to see other countries taking it as seriously as we do back home, thanks for watching and for your great comment ☺️🙏🏼

Glad you enjoyed! 🥳🙏🏼

Always glad to show my thoughts on living here and what it is like for those from abroad ☺️

Oh wow, I can only imagine the shocks you got heading to Italy! Just like myself coming into Germany, first time living overseas... hope it wasn’t too difficult for you and you are enjoying your time wherever you are in Italy! I’m sure you have down some nice vacation trips around Europe now you are settled here 👌🏼😎

GFL is still American football, we play under the same rules of that as the NFL/NCAA, unfortunately I don’t play Australian football while I am over here, but if I ever get the chance I will for sure vlog about an Australian football game!

Allein das Rathaus in Wernigerode und die Burg sind schon einen Besuch wert. Ich weiß nicht ob das heute noch so gemacht wird, aber wir sind mit dem Pferdefuhrwerk von der Stadt zur Burg gefahren. Runter sind wir dann gelaufen, durch ein Tal mit lauter Tiergehegen. Es war einfach nur traumhaft. :)

I have had a couple instances where places only take German bank cards aswell, even though I have a VISA travel car loaded with Euros. I find this odd, especially being that Germany is intertwined with so many country borders and the euro is in multiple countries around Germany, that places card facilities are restricted to German cards, yet another big difference between Australia and Germany, if you want to pay by foreign card back home, sure do it, but there will be a big surcharge! But you can still do it 😅😅👌🏼

You really have to distinguish credit and debit cards. Paying with credit cards is not really a thing and it can be expensive. But paying with EC/giro cards isn't that uncommon. At least in larger stores. You can easily see the signs and the card reader at the register. There are also many vending machines that take girocards. The two look the same, but the infrastructure behind their use is very different.

Never had a credit card in my life, so whenever I mentioned these things I of course mean debit, so sorry for the confusion 😅 also when over here I use a travel card, which works like a credit card online or a debit card in person/stores with local currency, so I find it weird it’s unacceptable in some places, I can even use it at the local cinema 😫

It's technologically somewhat complicated. Other countries manage this easier for some reason, but there are issues with making different systems compatible with each other. There have been several attempts to introduce Europe wide payment systems. One example is V Pay from Visa. Maestro from Mastercard also works in other countries. I've used my German bank card at an English ATM (they wouldn't let me pay directly with it either). With SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area) cross border payments have already become a lot simpler and faster. International bank transfers are now as fast and easy as national ones.

youre speaking my language with all the Pommes

It’s delicious!!! Always have time for döner 😁✊🏼

Similar to Australia, I think only until recently we have had fairly relaxed laws, as I think a lot of places did until current research suggesting the health implications from second hand smoke inhalation and the damage it causes... for me even people vaping in public places is too much, just wait until your in your own space/place and do it then..

...I'm surprised too - smoking inside restaurants is strictly forbidden in almost all states, at least I thought. Here in Hessen larger restaurants may have an indoor smoking section 100% secluded from dining areas by law - As a smoker I'd even respect neighbour tables in an outside beer garden - if there were kids or all non smokers I'd take a stroll for minutes and were fine. The rather high amount in Germany also goes with prices - around 6,00€ for a 20 pack - but Australia? ..has the worlds highest prices , doubling since 2008 - it's 27.00 Australien $ for a 20pack !!! thats awsome, horrific for smokers - over 16,00 € ....I'd grow my own tobacco if I lived there :-) .....if you're looking for "shocking" things in Germany...... try theater / opera houses / oncert halls mostly run by state / city. In the Rhein Main Area we have 6 opera houses alone ( probably the amount of what Australia has?alltogether ? All tickets are heavyly subsedized (like up to 70%) and mostly you'd get world class singers, acters, plays. Same goes for indoor / outdoor public pools / saunas - heavily subsedized and available in almost every larger town . And just in this clip you walkeed by some huge book shelves near a church - did you know all the books there are for free to take? Those bookshelves you find in many locations/cities ....one drops books there for disposal, and others can find some good literature for free - a tip of 50 cents or 1 € per book is recommanded - often for announced charity.

80s? im 31 and i remember people smoking everywhere as late as 1999-2000

I'd say they are that strict already. People just often disregard them.

Yes, cash and card both have upsides and downsides, I think in the new age with online shopping and overseas orders, cards are more universally accepted, but I am still amazed to see places that are large businesses running purely on cash, so I guess it isn’t the fact I can’t use my card, it’s more the fact that they only ever have cash payments and can still turn major profits that “shocks” me ☺️ thanks for watching and your comment about the bus stops! I’ll be sure to let them know next time 😉🙏🏼

I think the culture of using cash sounds great. In countries where cards are used more commonly many people have a lot of debt and end up much poorer because of them. Theft is less of a concern at least in the US. I don't know the banking/card company regulations in Germany, but in the US there is very strong protection for the consumer against fraudulent credit card purchases and the credit card companies are the ones that take the hit for thefts.

@@loganjones5766 in general the same here. You can easily lock your Card when you notice that its missing/stolen, by calling the bank. When you notice that Money was transfered to an account that you didnt authorized, the bank will get it back in most cases. Personally, i just dont like Onlinebanking or Creditcards. Just this week i read about a non-protected, internet-linked database with biometrical data (fingerprints, retina-prints,...) from a Company that installs Door-systems that uses biometrical data as keys... Thats just one of many examples about how bad some Companies protect our data......i just say Equifax. As long they dont guarantee a minimum of data security, i will not use creditcards and absolutely not onlinebanking. I trust my Computer....but i dont know how well protected the Path to the Bank and the Bank itself is.

it has been rebuild in style. I really liked the german town i raveled to in 2017 but i dont remember the name it was somewhere near munich because that was the airport we landed.

David My personal experience is that when you've been away for a while from people smoking, you notice it much, much more. Here, in America, smoking is confined to the sidewalk. When I walk past a place where people congretate to smoke, even if they aren't there, the smell, no the stink, is overwhelming.

I’m not sure what they put in the tobacco or if there is a difference but I know what you mean, Australia it is a different smell, over here it almost smells more like a stale kind of smell (if that makes sense?) but I do my best to avoid it, funnily enough besides Croatia I haven’t noticed as much smoking anywhere else in Europe I have been in comparison to Germany..

In Germany the tobacco tends to be “toasted” and has a special flavor/smell.....

@@panchopuskas1 Toasted or not, special flavor/smell or not, both equally obnoxious. Now, I know you've given facts, and I've give opinion. But we're both right: you with your facts, me with my opinion.

I have got to go home the last two offseasons just for a couple of months, but it is funny, I seem like I’m more on a vacation over in Australia now due to adapting to the European/German life a little bit 😅😅

I think Australia takes more of a “if you smoke you are weird” approach to it, add to that a huge tax and a lot of full on advertising about the health problems it brings a whole different public view on smoking/cigarettes, I think in Europe it is getting to that point but still seen in a different way.

@@PuntingForThePeople there isn't a big financial incentive to stop smoking here. Also many people I believe associate smoking with the french/Italian style, espresso and a cigarette and some cookies breakfast, standing outside an office building in a suit, Ray Bans and a cig, and so on. Smoking still looks and feels cool to many. Tho the younger people smoke less than ever before

How is the smoking culture in Belgium? I have been to Brussels but didn’t notice it to be too strong..

@@PuntingForThePeople Try Austria! there u still can sit in a dirty pub in the fog. It even "shocked" me!

Smoking is more and more frowned upon. It's completely prohibited in public buildings as well as in bars, restaurants and all the likes.

Ahhhh see I had no idea it was invented here in Germany, that makes more sense as to why there is such an overtake of döner places around.. I mean it is delicious and it is cheap but still the sheer number of stores amazes me.. you would never find multiple storefronts in Australia close to each other selling the same thing, one would be the popular one and the other would quickly go out of business, where as these places all seem to thrive here! Which isn’t a bad thing ☺️

Technically Döner is the rotating meat spit. Kebab means any kind of meat on a spit. That's a very common thing. What was invented in Berlin - and what makes German Döner unique - is the combination of the pita bread, vegetables, meat and especially the sauces

The invention of the döner in Berlin has been contested. There's a guy who claims he came up with the idea somewhere else, and possibly earlier. The commission responsible for these things hasn't reached a decision as to the claim yet. If I remember correctly, they're waiting for proof or something? I'll find one of the articles and will edit this post to attach a link. OK, here's one of many articles on the topic: www.fr.de/wissen/woher-kommt-doener-11382018.html

@@religiohominilupus5259 The detective at work.

Oddly, the opposite is true. We have the same thing with bakeries too. They sell more if there are multiple of them close to each other. I am not sure why either. Maybe because people simply remember it as the corner with the many bakeries while an isolated one is harder to remember...

You can smoke in certain bars after 10 o'clock, depending on the landlord/landlady. There are a couple around my corner here in Munich that allows smoking..

Thanky ou! And thanks for watching and letting me know you enjoyed 🙌🏼☺️

Thanks for the view, the like, and taking the time to share your thoughts 🙌🏼🙏🏼☺️

No drinking before gamedays 😉😅

Many many thankyou for the subscription! I hope to not let you down! I’m still learning the “art” of videography so as long as you can put up with a little bit I think we will be okay 😅😅 but glad to hear you liked my points and seeing how I feel about being in such a new and foreign country 😁🙏🏼

Yes! I live in Neuhof but am always strolling around town or riding on my moped, maybe see you around 😁👌🏼

@@PuntingForThePeople and in wintertime?

Maybe will brave the cold with my moped still 😅 but right now I’m in the motion of trying to make my stay in Germany a little more permanent 😁🤞🏼 watch this space 👀

10years! Oh man, if I ever go back home I’ll probably make the trip over here just to go on a food tour 😂😅

@@skyturklosangeles This is true on some cities you can. I just actually yesterday saw that somewhere here where I live is a "German" food-truck with Doener on it. But I am yet to find it in the city hahaha

@@PuntingForThePeople I am very lucky and blessed my Gran taught me how to cook very well. So I can cook the meals here in the USA.....but I do have to say...food has a different more processed taste here....more sugar etc. So it never truly tastes 100% authentic

Welcome to the squad! You are now part of “the people” ✊🏼😅

Sausage and potatoes, enlived with cabbage... Ha, ha, ha! We always had the peas fresh from the field before they became available frozen. And beans and leek and spinache and asparagus and teltower turnip and mushrooms and carrots and tomatoes and zucchini and ... It was normal to eat meat only once or twice a week and once a week you had fish. Sausage was always meant to be a fastfood when you are on a festival or a day trip.

Ahhh, as I make my way through my daily reply list a found myself wondering.. “I wonder when I will get to mojojim and what he will have for me this time? 🤔😅” Oh no, I’m no jock, I kick balls for a living and was a bit of a nerd/geek in high school, it took until I was nearly finished with my teenage year for me to grow from about 5’5” to 6’4” and actually realise I could hit people hard on the field 😅 so I kind of got the mix of both worlds... I’m a bit of a hybrid 😉 I have indeed changed my diet and have found it to be not as “shocking” as I thought it would be, still having my dairy as I don’t think i could ever give up cheese, but meat being replaced with simple vegetable and grains seems to be doing the trick for my energy and health ☺️👌🏼 Hildesheim is a gorgeous city and makes creating this kind of split videos a breeze, I just hope people enjoy seeing it in the vlogs as much as I do in person each time I put it in 😁 but a nice touch for those who can’t be in Germany opposed to me just sitting down somewhere plain and speaking the same things I planned on either way ☺️ Glad you like it! And can’t wait to put another nice one or for all too enjoy 🙏🏼😁

@@PuntingForThePeople And as you've trained me to expect another nice video from you, I can't wait to see it.

gerda hessel Good explained! Still eating sausages on a fest but preparing fresh vegetables and selfmade Knödel and Spätzle with meat on sundays

Hi Jim. You're completely right. Sausage, potatoes, cabbage-you forgot Sauerkraut (cabbage in winter...) That's why the germans invited the Italians in the 50s to add more variety to their menus, like pizza, spaghetti and ice cream. But in the long run this is also kind of boring. Therefore, some years later, they asked the Turkish people for help. And all were very kind and came for help. 👍

This ☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼☝🏼👌🏼

I disagree.

I know exactly what you mean, some cities might have more relaxed approach or a denser population in the area so things may be different or even seem worse or not as bad depending on the culture/system around.. no need to explain further, I understand and appreciate the large comment ☺️ always a joy to read when people have great, detailed feedback 👌🏼😁

Thanks for the welcome ☺️ hope to be here a little while 🤞🏼

Only sometimes, it depends on how much exposure I’ve had to the subjects, being I’ve only been to Europe once before moving to Germany (I didn’t come to Germany that trip) a lot of small things here surprised and shocked my system.

@@PuntingForThePeople was the good food in germany, (the turkish and italian food in germany, of course) was that the greatest shock in your life... ?? The shocks in my life are somehow different... more severe... having to do with death, pain, love and so on... We germans are very simple people...

This ☝🏼☝🏼🙌🏼👌🏼

Many thanks 😁🙌🏼🙏🏼

I currently live in Hildesheim, Germany. And I have played American football here now for 3 seasons, twice in Dresden and now this season in Hildesheim ☺️ thanks for watching 😁

@@PuntingForThePeople cool (smile)

I had a little stop off in Munich last season as I went to Italy via car, but in terms of actually staying and visiting I would say I haven’t really done any, I have visited Berlin and Hamburg. But not stayed very long to see everything..

Come to Cologne to visit and look at the city and the traditional food

Always a delicious change up! Even adding falafel to the meat döner is a delicious combo aswell 🤤🤤

@@PuntingForThePeople Yes, of course:)

Maybe you could just walk around with a water pistol, and if you see a smoking somewhere they shouldn’t be smoking, kindly put the cigarette out for them with said water pistol 👀😅😂😂

Ten years ago was 2009, where in Germany did you live that smoking in the office was still allowed, even the ICE had lost its smokers waggon by that time XD

Delicious!!!! 🤤🤤🤤

I’m living in Hildeshiem in Germany ☺️

It is a amazing little city, one of which I hope to be in for the near future 😁 if you share my channel with her, tell her to be on the lookout for me 👀

And twice as difficult to take a step back after stepping up!

Best place in town 👌🏼👀

I second that motion, good Sir !!!

Actually almost 5 minutes on the mark until he started his first "shocked" item...then another two minutes before the next one.

What a slow and long start, I agree. I almost left, but forwarded instead.

Real Content starts at 4:57

@@fmichlick txs for your patience! I had given up on 04:56...

In Berlin it seems! All my commenting subscribers and watchers are so quick to teach me new things! I love it! 🙏🏼😁

@@PuntingForThePeople the Döner _sandwich_.

@@skyturklosangeles correct - but not the Döner Sandwich!!! (its like a burger)

I’ll try be quicker to the point next time, thanks for your comment, I do however try to maintain some distance between talking as to not bore my viewers with my incoherent rambles..

I feel the same. It is a nice vid, you have a pleasant vibe but it might be good to either talk about the things that shock you or change the title of the vid to; vlog, personal experience, town tour, whatever :)

Da Big G That was a little harsh. Cut him some slack. He is only going to get better with time.

One of the wonders of the modern world is the ability to skip parts of a video that you do't find that interesting. You do that e.g. with the arrow keys on your keyboard.

@@danielkarlsson156 or vote with your feet and go to another video.

Silkwesir You're right. Your comment helped me to see that, as best as I can, being a native English speaker wih some knowledge of German. I too would be in his answer to your question. His girlfriend speaks flawless English, so I don't think he hears as much German as he normally would. Shame.

I try to speak german outside of the house and football team as much as possible, my German isn’t great but I get by day to day things, as for my accent, it isn’t as heavy Australian as many expect, but I think being in a corporate sales role I had to speak a little bit more “proper” than most, so that could of effected my speech patterns too. Maybe I have to go back to my original videos and check it out if there is a difference ☺️😅😂🤷🏻‍♂️

Yes. Especially with all the recent studies on the dangers of second hand smoke, it’s is worse than what the filtered smoke is doing to them..

HelenaVenom you should have lived trough the 50 and up where smoking was everywhere. Even on the planes. Now it is so little smoke around that it is bearable. Go to Asia, where you can smoke in lot of places or South America. Smoking still king 🤴. I never smoked but I find it much better than than it used to be. I can’t believe that people still smoke with the price going up and up.

I like when places offer card, but it doesn’t need to overwrite cash at all, I think Germany is keeping that on a good balance ☺️

It sure is! But there are a lot of places in Germany that are incredibly beautiful! Just glad I have already got to see both Lübeck and Hildesheim! And call one of them home!

@@PuntingForThePeople Have you been - by any chance - to Celle yet? It's also in the greater Hannover area. Good for a day's trip from Hildesheim. It's on the main rail trunk line to Hamburg just ~40km outside of Hannover. It has a very nice and intact old town core, as it survived WWII without any damage (as opposed to Hildesheim, which unfortunately was largely devastated as you probably know already). Same thing with (arguably even more splendid) Lüneburg farther up north towards Hamburg. Both Celle and Lüneburg are excellent examples of North German historical towns. If you have the time, give it a go and check them out for a visit.

Hmmm, good question! I think the biggest reason is they don’t ask, and I also don’t want to be “that guy” shoving a camera directly in their face asking for a “fake” impression or comment, if the guys want to be involved I’ll happily let them, but again, a lot of people value their privacy and don’t want to be put up online so I respect that ☺️☺️👌🏼🙏🏼 but a great question!! Thankyou!

Hey thanks for the reply. I guess it’s also your first year with the Invaders and your teammates are still new to you. Nalf has the advantage of playing in his fourth season with long-term teammates who have also been Unicorns equally as long, so they are use to him filming them and being involved in his vlogs.

I’ll try speed it up a little bit ☺️ but sometimes I like to give a bit of scenery just to break up my annoying rambling 😅but thanks for the advice, I hope you enjoyed the rest.

Small distances even between towns can create for huge differences, especially here in Europe, it isn’t so much that way in Australia, as our history isn’t so rich.

Punting For The People you’re right...if I think about how much the people of the Netherlands differ from province to province, or even town to town...I will ask my kiwi husband (who is still recovering from the New Zealand loss to England in rugby...🤭) if he has the same experience about NZL.