why I moved to Germany from the US (twice) 

Education with no debt... what a concept!!!

Welcome! Nice to have you here! Much success and luck. Sometimes we Germans don‘t realize what we have, so it‘s great to hear it from someone else.

Austrian here! It always blows my mind when US-Americans compare the amenities we Europeans take for granted to what they have to put up with in the US (talking crazy high uni tuition, school shootings, healthcare etc.). Austria is very similar to Germany in that sense, and if you ever wanna come over and visit Passau or Linz or Vienna, hit me up! :)

Schön, dass du da bist!

We moved here because of my husbands work. Good for you for coming here. We are used to it here and are thankful for many things. The kids education is brilliant.

Bei „deine Lieblingsausländerin“ war ich bereits schockverliebt. 👍

Those students who claim that universities in Germany are not free because they have to pay a semester fee of 120 euro are simply nuts ! For this 120 euros you get excellent free public transport for HALF A A YEAR. Plus hardly any student pays for health insurance. Spoiled brats ! ;-)

Welcome...we also just moved here from USA ❤️

I agree 💯 percent with everything you said.

welcome to germany!!!❤

Thanks to the taxpayers and contributers in germany for making healthcare, education and infrastructure possible!

The last time that I was in Germany, I loved it, and I didn't want to leave. I want to live and spend the rest of my days in Germany as well as do my travels. There is so much unfinished business out there.

I went to Germany as an exchange student from the states and liked my time there a lot. I definitely want to come back and possibly move there in the future. Glad to see another black RU-vidr in Germany! Just subscribed!

Just found your channel by accident - happy to have you here!

Enjoying your videos. Very good job at relaying your experiences. Looking forward to more.

This was so good and informative . Very insightful 🙌🏽

I really loved the video hope you are having fun 😊

Girl now I feel like I have so many questions 😩🤣 officially subscribed so glad I found you ❤️

Kendra, you are definitely a very positive person and an enrichment to every culture you choose to live in! Welcome!

Hi there. I lived in Stuttgart for 30 years and lots of people ask me the same thing. Even though I was born in Chicago that's my home. Nice info for the newbies.

Love your videos ❤️🙌🏾

You are so lovely😍. Nice to have you here!

Hoping to get out there soon, my reasons are similar to yours. thanks for sharing!

I don’t know where I’m moving yet, but you’re enabling me to move somewhere in Europe (in a good way) lol 😂😂

There are no student fees at public universities in Germany! There is only a Semester-Beitrag, which you pay for your Student-Card, the documents of your enrollement you need for visa, tax office and other authorities, your Semester-Ticket (for bus, subway and train - it's the biggest part of the Semester-Beitrag 150€ to 220€ per Semester, depends on how big the region is, in which you can use it and if a ICE-ticket is included), for the work of the AStA (=General Students' Committee) and the Studentenwerk (=a state-run non-profit organization for student affairs, which is running 875 university cafeterias in Germany, running and administering dormitories in every city with an university or college, running the BAföG program combining grants and loans to finance studies for less wealthy students, supports international students in Germany, offers psychological counselling and advisory services on legal and financial issues). Most federal states in Germany subsidize the Studentenwerk, and subsidize the lunch in the mensa (at my university lunch costs half as much as the non-subsidized lunch in the school cafeteria) and living in student dormitories, where a room is only 2/3 ( or less) of what it would cost on the free housing market.

Amazing

I think the mindset is that if you treat your workers well, they will stay with you.

In sachsen you can get parental leave for up to 3 years. After 12 months of fulltime pay and regular kindergeld you can switch and get your leave to last up to 3 years.

Things that I love about germany and My favorite places in Berlin would be nice topics. Even if u make the comparison between the US and germany, is pretty accurate when u say that the costs of the university are not as high as other places (chile in this case) and about the holidays and free time. Almost every university student I got to know in Berlin had social life, went out frequently and even worked, here would be like a dream. It was really nice to hear and see u 😍💕 I’m fan your fan since I met u the first time ahah 🤷🏻‍♀️✨

I totally agree with you on your video

Love for you to talk about costs of living in 2021. Rents, groceries, transportation, social, etc.

This is brilliant; I share exactly the same reasons why I moved to Germany, but The free tuition and easy access to travel and explore tops my list😊😊😅🙈🤗💯🙈

Agree 100%

Hello Kenra. I like your video, I notice that several people of African origin are coming to Germany, I am happy that you young brown women are talking positively about Germany (although I am from Canada with German roots, I was born and raised in Paraguay in a German colony ) my mother's language is German, I notice it so often that in America they have still a problem with the skin color, my goodness, nobody have a just from which parents they were born, I am happy that you are fine in that country my Ancestors, God bless you God bless Germany.

Hi from Australia and congratulations .. I'm half Australian and half German . I'm half German on my mother's side 😀 Awesome videos .

Hey Kendra!!

6:42 not only that but they also allow you to keep your job position. for example you can have 2 children be on leave for 4 years straight basically and still return to your old job no questions asked (obviously it depends on the size of the company).

I’m about to graduate this May from uni and want to pursue my masters in Germany and eventually live there lol! What was the process like for your application to your university

Hey Kandra, you‘re a very likeable Girl with the right attitude. Best wishes, you‘ll gonna make it 👍

You don't need to have private health insurance as a student in Germany and I highly recommend staying in public insurance. As a student you have to pay for public healthcare yourself while it is normally split between you and your employer. But insurance it is quite cheap for students as long as you are under 30 years old. Once you surpassed that age the premium nearly triples. I pay like 230€/month now and used to pay 80€ or so.

Thank you. I also follow zoie-Marie channel she lives in Germany also. Maybe you can both talk about your experiences together. Or you can do driven spice, she talks with ex-pats living abroad

well-integrated people with a good education and the will to learn german. shouldn't call themselves foreigners! Guests and maybe citizens at some point if that is what they want !!

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Very informative! I also heard Berlin is one of the top vegan cities in the world 🌱 and I’m sure the public transportation is a lot better too lol

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What a concept 😂

Actually the legal minimum vacation is 20 days for an average five-day work week and 24 only if you regulalrly work six days a week.

The maternety leave is not paid by the company but by the insurance. (You're company usally Transfers the money but they get it back from your insurance. It's Important for gender equality.)

In 2019 the entire German police force shot 36 rounds/bullets. I guess that's before breakfast on any precinct in any major city in the U.S.?

Great video! How long do you plan to stay?

Hmm maybe I need to move to Germany 🧐

Willkommen in Deutschland 🤗

Vers sencefull words!

I am coming to Germany soon for study 😍😍

Genuine Question because I don't know: When you say 15 Days payed Vaccation (US) - do US-Americans count the whole Week? So including Saturday and Sunday (7 Days from your Vaccation) or just 5 Days excluding Weekends? For example: You want to take two Weeks Vaccation. Do you have to take 10 Days (excluding Weekends) or 14 Days?

Hi Kendra! You talk so much about Berlin, but you also said you are currently in Bavaria - may I ask where in Bavaria you are? I accept, if you don't want to share. I was simply curious.

I’m hoping to move to Germany one day can we get a food tour video

There are a couple of reasons for the easy access to education in northern European countries. The first reason is that it makes no sense to put young citizens in lifelong debt to get an education. The second reason is that you do yourself a disfavor if you keep the poorest away from the possibility of getting a higher education since you can tap into unknown brain capacity that may be hidden among poorer families. But we are all socialists or communists in the eyes of many Americans (ignorance is bliss, right?) Think about what an even bigger powerhouse America could become if it adopted systems like in northern Europe!

Der erste amerikanischer Wirtschaftsflüchtling - unglaublich! Wir sollten die Freiheitsstatue aus New York abholen und im Hamburger Hafen aufstellen!

I really like you videos showing the good sides of germany 😍 but since I am german I wondered if you can tell about the benefits of the US you miss, besides friends an family

Maybe you shouldn't think of traveling across borders within the EU not as travelling to an other country

Well to those payed vacation days a worker has to take, which are 24 days for the most, you have to add the "public holidays" as well which are - all those random days during the year summed up - round about a further month..... plus also for the vast majority every Sunday per year which are 52 days.. That all summed up are a little bit over 100 days per year of vacation days..which is almost a third of the year...just saying. And now put that in perspective... the largest economies worldwide are 1 USA 2 China 3 Japan 4 Germany 5 India From those 5 just Germans don´t - so to say - literally "work their ass off" (meaning those over 100 vacation days per year because "of course they work their ass off while working") but nonetheless being a big econmic player on the world stage. That is a brilliant example for how "economical efficient" a proper work/life balance can be.. The difference is "generalised spoken"..when you spend your whole life and day at work so to say almost 24/7 unless you sleep, despite the fact that with that working model you are heading to a proper "burn out".. you automatically are bringing your "private stuff" into work as well (= private phonecalls, private internet use ...etc.. you name it..imagine the amount of work time which gets lost) ..Not so in Germany when you work you just work and no private things are distracting your work and takes away working time ..therefore you need sparetime to fill up your socalled batteries again in order to stay productive and efficient and most for all "motivated".. and as side effect still having enough private time for your "private things" and to enjoy your life...generally spoken...because exceptions are always and everywhere...and my assumption is about german employees and not about german entrepreneurs.

I live in germany😁

At the moment, living in the US is also more horror than normality. No trace of rules, many videos and recordings prove this. So it's nice that you're here.

To be honest I'm usually a bit skeptical about migration but Germany definitely needs more immigrants like you: well educated, smart, humble, friendly and open minded. Welcome! I really wish you a pleasant and fulfilling life in Germany.

What do you think about Munich, for an African American?

How did you go about going to college in Germany? Asking for my daughter. Her dad lives in Stuttgart. Mind you she doesn't know how to speak German.

So fun, I like to watch videos from Americans in Germany, I just wonder, why they mostly in Bavaria 🤣🤣 I am from Berlin, it’s rude here and hard once in a while, but lots of people here will at least speak english ;-). Maybe it’s just my Berlin Pride Talking 😜

what would you say if I maintain that here in Switzerland it is even more safe and clean? greetings from a German living in Switzerland :))

Was studieren Sie denn? Berlin gilt in Süddeutschland nicht als schöne Stadt. Wenn Sie jetzt Bayern und Berlin kennengelernt haben, wäre es interessant zu hören, wie Sie das beurteilen würden.

Hi! Welcome in Germany! If you should ever feel unsafe, just ask someone to accompany you. If you ask anyone, even an old fart like me, he or she will walk with you until you are safe. We seem cold and distanced, but the minute we see you are in trouble, we will help. Almost everyone will ( we are Germany, even our idiots are world class-so stay away from those, but they normally are easy to pick out). That is the reason for the staring in Germany (You will probably talk about that in the next video). There is a person of colour here-so it is probably a stranger. Does she know her way around? Is she a threat or someone that needs help? We tend to observe what is going on. It's not personal, it's cultural. And if you are annoyed-juts make eye contact-then the staring will stop really soon ;-) Or the person comes over, thinking you need help, depending on your facial expression ;-) Hope you find all the happiness there is, even if the weather leaves something to be desired. Can't do a lot about that, though, sorry. iI there wasn't corona around, I would tell you to visit a mountain to get above the clouds. So sorry, you will have to weather that out. Cheers, Michael

By all this positiv videos about Germany I'm affraid that the half of the US citizens trying to come over. :-) :-) :-)

Du bist süß 🥰

Quite safe, maternal leave, education, healthcare etc - that isn't just Germany, but pretty much whole developed world. Well, except for US. XD It's not like USA do not have their advantages, but they are often described as "country for work", not as "country for living". So... can one live in Canada and commute every day to work in USA?

Why these strange cuts in the video? So confusing!

You are very beautiful my GOD, I really like you

LOL i got 42 days of paid Vacation ;)

Q: I heard Taxes are too high that you won't have much left off of your paycheck?!

Yet americans will still say they live in the greatest country in the World ...... and they are all so free ...... mindblowing 😉

Welcome in Europe ;)

Well, we have not "freedom" written all over the place like the USA but at least we LIVE SOLIDARITY, lol ! And. please, don't call that "socialism" in case you have to react to my comment. ;-).

to my mind there really is no reason why the USA cannot have a proper healthcare system from ones tax. They can pay for a man on the moon but what about the Americans here on earth.

Do you have to learn how to speak German to live in Germany?

Germany is rounded by 9 other Countries.

There is a loophole, the actual minimum number of vacation days is 21, don't take those jobs 😀

And Bayern has a shitlord of holidays too 13....

About the free university: I hope you stay at least a few years here working and paying taxes contributing to the next generation of students. That's how it works here.

Sorry, but you are speaking too fast (for me)