CHANGING THIS WOULD RUIN GERMANY
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Culture shocks are real. I have decided to share my experiences of life in Germany as a Brit, as well as the beautiful places I am lucky enough to visit.
My meditative videos show a calming and artistic view of the places I visit and the quiet, peaceful wanders I take through them. Medieval villages, picturesque cottages, beautiful cities. Relax and escape with me from the busy bustling world to my dreamy and serene slow living way of seeing my surroundings. Experience the magic of peering into the past and being in a fairytale, just for a little while.
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❓ Is this what you thought Germany would look like?
Tell me what you think in the comments, I´d love to know.
👩🏻👋🏻 I´m Celtic, (Welsh), and I feel very much at home in beautiful Germany.
I feel a strong desire to share these moments of beauty with you, in the hope that it will also lift your spirits. All my videos will be calm and with no loud noises or sudden bright lights. 👼
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Hallo Lauren, ich bin jetzt 78 Jahre alt und ich habe den ganzen Werdegang miterlebt, und ich muss sagen, du hast sehr schöne Worte über Deutschland gefunden, Danke. Ich wünsche Euch noch einen schönen Restsonntag. 👍👍
Sehr gerne, ich meine es vom Herzen, lieber Heinz!
WoW Thank you very much for the kind words! As a German, this makes you feel very flattered! ☺ 🖤❤💛
I really mean it. ❤️
Noch ein Pluspunkt für Deutschland: Hier gibt es eine Sängerin aus Wales, die mit einer wunderbaren Stimme tolle Videos (nicht nur) über unser Land macht. ❤
Och! 🥰😘❤️
I'm blushing dark red. Such lovely compliments from such a nice and beautiful lady.
Thank you Lauren !
Aw, thank you!!!
Told it. She's an Angel 😍
@@-Alemannnow I‘m blushing! Thank you!
Yes Michel, she sounds heard warming and full of love. She must be an angel. ❤
@@danielkaufmann15 oh! You‘re all too kind! 🥰
Vielen Dank, sehr Warme Worte. Man vergißt als einheimischer sehr schnell, das es auch gute Seiten in Deutschland gibt.
Stimmt. Mein Blick auf Deutschland hat sich durch Vlogs von Immigranten und ihre Blickweise auch deutlich geändert.
@@wora1111 Mein Blick ist von jeher nicht gut auf dieses Land gewesen. Hat also nichts mit aktueller Politik zu tun. Mein Vater war Soldat im Zweiten Weltkrieg und das hat ihn komplett gebrochen, vor allem psychisch so das er sein Trauma auf uns Kinder übertrug. Ich empfinde eine sehr starke Ambivalenz zu diesem Land. Ich mag meine Heimat, weil die Landschaft schön ist, es tolle Architektur sowie Kunst und Kultur gibt, aber mein überwiegendes Gefühl ist Scham und tiefe Traurigkeit. Erst gestern habe ich wieder Bilder vom Holocaust gesehen und mir kamen die Tränen. Daher tat dieses Video gut.
Sehr gerne, ich meine es vom Herzen.
Ja, man braucht manchmal Abstand. Vor allem, wenn man meistens kritisiert wird. ❤️
@@michaelkuschnefsky362 ja, die Schattenseite ist dunkel. Es tut mir sehr leid für Dich. Gott sei Dank liegt das in der Vergangenheit, auch wenn es leider Dir und anderen Leuten noch weh tut. Ich bin gerne hier und schätze sehr, dass die Zeiten sich so sehr geändert haben.
❤ warming words. Thx Lauren 🤗
You're so welcome! ❤️
@@LaureninGermany da hat der Arno sowas von recht!❤😂
@@tasminoben686 hallo lieber Ben! Danke! ❤️
My dear Lauren, I'm so glad that you and your channel exist. Tears ran down my cheeks again today as I listened to you. Because I grew up with the mirror that was held up to us Germans in which only a Naz! grimace could be seen. In the mirror you hold up to us, I feel valuable and good. Thank you so much for this.
By the way: if you are in Zweibrücken, then you are only around 10 km from my home.
My heart really breaks for this heritage that the Germans have to deal with. You have become a fantastic people because/in spite of it.
Oh! You could have seen the show and said hello! I‘m already gone again…
Danke für die schönen Worte, da errötet man ja... Viel Erfolg und natürlich auch Spaß in Zweibrücken, genießen Sie die saarländische Küche und Gelassenheit!
PS: Tolle Stimme. Sie sollten Schulbücher für den Englisch-Unterricht vertonen (oder Kinderbücher)!
Ach, lieben Dank!
There's more than a few politicians who would benefit from watching your videos. It might help them tone down their rhetoric.
What a lovely thing to say! Thank you.
Indeed! 👍
Dear Lauren, I can guarantee you, there is no other place in the world I want to live.
Of course, I like to discover other countries, their culture. That's fine.
But I won't leave Germany for a longer time.
As I was young, I got the chance to work in California in a Software company, I've decided in 0.5 seconds to say "No"..
And I don't regret it. 😊
I always think it‘s wonderful when someone appreciates the good things, the beauty, of where they come from and live. It‘s nothing to do with being patriotic, just simple appreciation. I think you‘re very astute!
@@LaureninGermany Is your answer are for real?
I mean, don't get me wrong please, you left UK, especially Wales for living in Germany.
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You are really welcome, and I like your music and your vids,... But..... Eh.. Wait a minute.
You don't love your Wales?
It's just a question.
I like especially Wales and Scotland, and for a German it's nearly impossible to understand them, but really lovely people.
I think you possibly didn´t understand my answer. I just mean that it´s a good thing to appreciate where you live or come from.
I certainly have never said I don´t love Wales. Of course I do, what Welsh person could not love that wonderful, beautiful country? But not everyone is lucky enough to be able to live in their beloved home country. I am lucky enough to love my new one, too.
So, und jetzt werde ich noch ein paar mal "Walking in the air" auf Deinem wunderbaren zweiten Kanal anschauen! 🎧😍
We‘re nearly at 1000!!!!
@@LaureninGermany I know 😘, it's so awesome! 😃🤗
Vielen Dank für das Video. Ich freue mich weil Dir Deutschland so gut gefällt. Du hast eine sehr guten und speziellen Blick auf dieses Land und ich lerne von Dir. Danke Lauren. Peter
So gerne, Peter! Vom Herzen!
Can't wait for Your next video 😍 It's like getting a christmas present every week!
I love it, too! I‘ll try! ❤
@@LaureninGermany I didn't want to put pressure on You, take Your time 🤭❤️🤗🌹🤗❤️
Didn’t know I needed this video…. I needed it!❤
❤️ So many Germans do!
Every time I watch and listen to one of your videos, it puts me in a particularly relaxed and cozy mood. The beautiful images that you capture with almost somnambulistic certainty, the calming and soothing music and your flattering and very pleasant voice always capture me completely.
In addition to these qualities, there is also a lot of information, your opinion is also for me always an English lesson in the most beautiful way to practice this beautiful language again and again.
Thank you so much, you blessed beauty...
Thank you so very much for your beautiful words!
@@LaureninGermany
Yes, my dear, there is one more thing I am really proud of as a German and that is the uprising against fascism in the entire republic. There are demonstrations against hatred everywhere, even in the smallest village. And that makes me not only happy but also hopeful. Everything you want to convey in your videos ♥
I want to be honest and say that sometimes I still use the "Google" translator. But more and more I can write freely in English (think anyway😉) And you are, among other things, the reason why I like practicing my English better and better as a German😘
But please, correct me if you recognize a mistake, I don't see that as an affront but as the best English lessons I can get...
With much sympathy, your Peter
Your English is wonderful, and I also use Google translate, usually to check if what I wrote is what I hoped to say!
Hi Lauren, I really love your appeciation about Germany. I didn't think I would blush watching any of your videos, but so be it. But on the other hand it wouldn't make much sense for you to want to live here.
I'd say you are right in thinking that Germans abroad don't necessarily want to bump into other Germans. At least that's the case for me.
It's not about being particularly cool or being lumped in with other bad apples. But when I'm abroad in my free time (whether on vacation or for professional reasons), I like to immerse myself into the life of that country. I like to chat with the locals, experience their culture or simply enjoy their local cuisine. For example, you will hardly ever find me in a restaurant abroad that serves German specialties. I can have that when I'm in Germany, I don't need to go abroad for it. I'm also less likely to be found in tourist hotspots, more likely to be in a small pub where only a few tourists get lost. Or I sit down in the outdoor area of a coffee shop, watch people going about their business and enjoy the time. Even if it sometimes requires leaving your comfort zone due to the language barriers or communication difficulties. In this way, I have experienced many, often unexpected, things that I remember fondly. I still have so many memories of my first visit to the UK, of the friendliness and helpfulness of the people, that I could talk about it for hours, even though it was 30 years ago and I have been there many more times in the meantime. For example, I was walking with my colleagues from different countries in the evening at Picadilly Circus and asked a young woman if she would take a group photo of us. When I went to thank her afterwards, she told me that it had been a pleasure for her to be able to help us. Her kindness blew me away at the time. It literally left me speechless. Sometimes it really is the little things that count.
Oh, I love your English comments! You write about different things and I am spellbound reading them, Opa Andre! I was just transported back to a happy bustling Piccadilly Circus!
I love You! ❤️🌹❤️ Thank You so much for making my day 🤗
Watch out! High speed intense cuddle heading through the internet….!!! 🤗🤗🤗❤️❤️❤️
@@LaureninGermany *This line is busy cuddling Lauren now, try again in several hours*
@@bianca2817lol!!! ❤❤❤
Your videos make my day, Lauren. Big thanks for that!
Thank you so much, your comment made mine!
Es ist immer schön Videos von unserer schönen Natur in Deutschland zu sehen , die du uns damit präsentierts.
Ich liebe die deutsche Natur!
@@LaureninGermany Das glaube ich dir. Wir haben auch wirklich wunderschöne Wälder, Berge, Seen und das Meer in Deutschland.💞
@@blondkatze3547 alles wirklich alles was das Herz begehrt!
@@LaureninGermany 👍💜
Thanks for another great video. Having German ancestry and being able to enjoy a few short weeks in Germany back in 2019 I was definitely able to relate to what your saying about what your saying. The varying landscape, the fantastic public transport, and quality of roads and oh meine gute die Qualität auf das Essen war sehr gute! And also when I played some music busking in Germany the response from the German people was super fantastic, (i never had that in the uk when I was there). Greetings to you from 2 islands in the South Pacific ❤
Oh wow, how cool! Thank you so much!
You brought tears of emotion to my eyes.
Well, I really mean it. So thank you for being so open. 🤗
You share beautiful thoughts. Thank you so much!
You are so welcome! Thank you!
I am always very much interested to get to know how people from other countries see us Germans. I think that in every prejudice there is a grain of truth 😉 I can live with that, no problem.
As a northern Germany citizen we seem often cool, silent and not talkative. I guess that is true... but once we open up, you can find a good friend for life
Diolch yn fawr iawn Lauren 🙂
Absolutely, I count the Northerners under people I most feel I can rely on. You guys have a very solid, reassuring air.
Hello Lauren! Nice video and well said. I wish you and yours good luck with your tour and hope all goes according to plan. Cheers, Peter
Thanks, Peter! It went well, although- I kid you not- Franz once again nearly put Bad Urach into the Navi!!!
Danke für diesen schönen Einblick und für den Denkanstoß.
Um es mit den Worten von Volker Pispers zu sagen:
"Ich bin mit meinem bisschen Menschsein so sehr ausgelastet, zum Deutschsein komme ich ganz selten."
Ah, darüber muss ich nachdenken. Wie soll man es verstehen?
@@LaureninGermany nicht negativ gemeint
@@eichzoernchen ich habe es mir inzwischen etwas erklären lassen. Danke, wieder was neues gelernt!
so sweet of you!
I really mean it! Thank you.
Thanks so much for this video. You find the right words as to why I am so afraid of all the hate and the blind eagerness to change Germany. I love my pieceful and safe country. We have achieved so much. Let's not ruin it with alternative, radical concepts.
Yes, well-considered concepts are the key. That‘s why Germany achieved so much! And no hate, but lots of appreciation for this amazing country.
Ich danke dir, liebe Lauren.❤️
Sehr sehr gerne, liebe Tina!
You are quite right!
Specially the far right in Germany is trying to tear down our cultures!
Strange!
We ate very self critical!
As a German who lived half of his life abroad I have to tell you, you are right. ❤❤❤
Yes, too self critical, more pats on the back are in order!
Thank you so much, Bernd!
I found your videos today!
Thanks a lot.
I´m so pleased!
Bin kein Deutscher aber je mehr ich reise je mehr I feel Germany is like a real Heimat.
It's a good place to be.
Thx for the video.
Grüsse aus Flandern.
Oh, that‘s really interesting! I get that feeling. Grüsse zurück!
Thank you for your honest and kind words about Germany.
It had to be said, all the fear-mongering is wildly exaggerated. Thanks for watching 🤗
@@LaureninGermany No matter how bad things sometimes look, we Germans have the will to make things better.
Absolutely!
Great video!
Thank you so much!
You are such a friendly person. Thank you
Aw, thank you for your nice comment!
It's funny, you said :You must go north. Born and raised in Kiel (Schleswig -Holstein , I moved to the country that calls itself Go North (Norway)😀
Ha! You couldn´t go much further North than that!
Hallo aus Düsseldorf, du bist verliebt in Deutschland deine Videos sind super schön……….. eine gute Zeit für dich 🙏🙏🍀🍀😌
@@michaeljasterfotografie3985 ah! Grüsse nach Düsseldorf! Dort hatte ich mein zweites Theaterengagement! Danke Dir!
How I looooooove Your voice 😍❤️😍
Thank you, sweetheart!
I thank YOU ❤️🤗
very nice, Thanks a lot for your warm words you have for these " unfriendly " Germans ^^ I think if you stay a while in a country ( wherever) and have more contact to the people you will see that Germans are not unfriendly, Scottish people are not miserly, Irish people are not drunk the whole time etc. No matter where you are, give humanity and you will earn humanity 🙂
Yes, people are simply people, aren´t they? We just need to be open enough to get to know each other, and - if we are nice - there´s always some common ground. Thank you for watching!
Hello UA-cam algorithm , would you PLEASE recognize, how AMAZING Lauren is? Thank You!
My darling! ❤️❤️❤️
@@LaureninGermanyMy sweetheart! ❤❤❤
Your videos are brillant and rich in so many ways! 🙋🏻♀️🌹💋🤗💋🌹
Thank you so much, sweet Bianca 😘❤️😘❤️
Much love to You, lovely Lauren! 🫶🌹🤗🌹🫶
@@bianca2817 thank you RBAY!!
A friend went to a remote place in Peru only to meet a guy of his city 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ No that's not what he was looking for. ( If this would've been a travel blogger, okay.. )
Haha! Unbelievable!
God bless you Lauren
Thank you, what a lovely thing to read!
@@LaureninGermany you are welcome 🙏
Enjoy your life in Germany 🇩🇪 and dont think too much about the meaning of life
Live and let live
Go with the Flow
And take it easy
Life is too short to be worry about anything
@@Steven91637 you are so right.
Na ja, das mit dem Lebensstandard ist so eine Sache, besonders als freischaffender Künstler. Solange es mit den Engagements gut läuft, kann man in Deutschland gut leben - aber in England wohl auch. Mit genug Geld kann man sich ja überall aussuchen wo man lebt, oder welche Krankenversicherung man hat usw.
Mit sehr wenig Geld gibt es wahrscheinlich Länder, wo man einfacher klar kommt als in Deutschland (oder dem UK). Und wo auch noch besseres Wetter ist... :)
Ich kann nur sagen, in GB müsste ich 1 Jahr, mindestens warten, für Termine die ich in Deutschland einfach so bekommen kann. Meine Zahnärzte hier waren über die Zahnmedizin in meinem Mund schockiert. Und die Wohnungen, die ich in Deutschland bewohnt habe, waren Welten von denen in GB, und waren billiger. Auch Arbeit bekommt man als Künstler in D, weil es die Tourneetheater bzw Kleinkunstkultur gibt.
Aber das mit dem Wetter… hmm… ich arbeite oft an der Nordsee, und Euer Winter haut mich immer um 🤣
@@LaureninGermany Tja, die Nordseeküste ist nix für Weicheier... :)
Ich vermute doch mal, wenn Du keine Festanstellung bei einer Oper oder Theater hast, bist Du privat krankenversichert. Dadurch bist Du ja auch in Deutschland "was besseres" als die einfachen Kassenpatienten. Und das wird doch auch in England ähnlich sein.
Betreff der Wohnungen... das hängt doch sicher sehr von der Lage ab, hier wie dort. Die Großstädte sind teuer und oft auch nicht schön, zumindest in Teilen. Im Ruhrgebiet gibts auch Ecken, die in Punkto Dreck und Kriminalität London in nichts nachstehen. Aber wer will schon in einer Großstadt wohnen...
Übrigens - wir jammern hier auf hohen Niveau, anderswo auf der Welt läuft es noch viel übler ab. Und ich rede nicht von Afrika oder so, sondern zB. von den USA.
Schau die mal die Videos auf dem YT Kanal Street Souls an! Da fällt einem nichts mehr ein - sowas in einem angeblich modernen, zivilisiertem Land!
Nein, ich bin gesetzlich versichert. Ich kann es mir nicht leisten, privat gesichert zu sein. Ich bin Künstlerin. Keine Chance. Aber ich bekomme Termine bei ausgebildeten Frauenärte, Orthopäden, Endokrinologen...der Wahnsinn! Manchmal muss ich auch warten, aber im Vergleich zu GB ist es ok. In Wales haben sie nicht mal einen Krankwagen für einen alten Mann (mein Vater) der nicht atmen konnte geschickt.
Aber ich glaube, Du wirst mir nicht glauben können, dass es mir hier besser geht, obwohl ich in Wales und London, Mannheim, Darmstadt, Düsseldorf und München gewohnt habe, und über die Unterschiede gut informiert bin.
@@LaureninGermany Sorry, ich glaube wir reden hier aneinander vorbei. Gesetzlich versichsrt ist man als Angestellte bei einer Firma, nicht als Freiberufler.
Aber egal, mag ja sein das es in England schlimmer beim NHS läuft als hier - aber unsere Regierung tut ihr bestes das wir auch dort hinkommen. Wart es nur ab.
Also bei London, München und Mannheim glaube ich Dir das sofort. Wales und Darmstadt kenne ich nicht, und Düsseldorf fand ich halbwegs normal. Außer man will in der Schickimicki Szene mitmachen. Aber ist vieleicht auch mittlerweile überteuert. Wie so vieles in Deutschland. Da kommen schwere Zeiten auf die Normalverdiener zu, das wird unschön.
You're a delight Lauren, I wish South Wales had Germany's attitude to litter apart from anything else.
I pick up litter locally that just shouldn't be there to be picked up, people blame the council for not picking it up but I'd rather they spent our council tax on providing services to the public like care for the elderly, disabled etc. Why should they waste money paying someone to pick up other people's trash that should be binned or recycled. I love living in Wales 🏴 but I don't love the way folk behave who share it with me. ❤🏴❤
Oh what a shame. People lose hope and it‘s a downward spiral then.
@@LaureninGermany Guess that's right, very sad isn't it.
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🤗 thank you!
... uncorrupted officials 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
reliable police 😆😆😆
available health care 😂😂😂😂
clean streets ✅
good roads 🙃🙃🙃🙃
safe ✅,
rich 🙈
You definitely have a very narrow view on Germany and missing a lot of news. (Enjoy being uninformed, it saves you from a lot of fears.)
Yep, I‘ve had very good experiences, and hardly any corrupt officials.
Just meanie Mattes suddenly reappearing in my comment section after being AWOL for ages!
@@LaureninGermany 3 months ill with bad health system and other horrible state systems...
@@mattesrocketaw no, I am sorry. 3 months. I do hope you‘re starting to feel better?
Instead of sending silly emojis just visit a few other countries around the globe. It might help you value our precious and, compared to other nations, uncorrupt, safe and clean country providing an abundance of opprtunities to develop and florish. We have freedom. And the only thing that disturbs the piece are misanthropic individuals with a heart of stone as you obviously are. Please leave, if you cannot appreciate our beautiful fatherland. I stand against you and demonstrate on the streets as long as necessary and as long as I live.