Be sure to check out our video where my sister and her family came to Germany and we talked about their take on Germany as well 👉 ua-cam.com/video/QXxKgbfi26M/v-deo.html
Nur ein kleiner, freundlicher Hinweis: Es heißt "ihr sprEcht deutsch". Nur bei der 2. & 3. Person Singular (also du und er/sie/es) kann der Stammvokal wechseln (zB du sprichst), sonst bleibt er immer wie im Infinitiv (also sprEchen: ich spreche, du sprichst, er spricht, wir sprechen, ihr sprecht, sie sprechen)
You have a cute Family! Ach ich kann ja deutsch schreiben! Es sind ganz unwichtige Kleinigkeiten die lokal anders sind aber wir sind alle Menschen und ich verstehe deine Schwester, ich würde auch lieber in Italien leben! Alles Gute und thank you for dein Video😉👍
Capri Sun was actually a German brand named Capri Sonne, but late sold and become of the Unity of the brand later renamed Capri Sun unfortunately for me because I have so many memories with my childhood and Capri Sonne. And the taste changed too.
For me as a German it is not important if a foreign tourist learns German word. It is more a mental thing, not to expect everyone in Germany to speak perfect English and be disappointed and demanding if they don't. Just ask people if they do speak English first, instead of throwing a random English question at them right away. Well, many might say "a little" but still can communicate - it is more a thing of courtesy. .. and do appriciate if Germans try to answer in English, because they might not used to do it, insecure or it is some effort or struggle for them.
Capri Sun is actually a German Product, it was invented in 1969 by Rudolf Wild in Eppelheim, at the border of Heidelberg in Germany and is to this day produced there.
I am German born in Berlin by Indian immigrant father and German mother. I think the Germans would help you immediately in switching to English if they donot know you. But if I know you and you have been living here for so many years and havenot put in a lot of effort and always fall back into your comfort zone I would judge you. Then it is not so much a matter of politeness but a matter of willingness to integrate into German society.
I dunno about Germans but for me as a Czech its nice in theory when foreigners try to speak Czech but in practice in 90% of cases is actually way better and way easier to use your normal English. Cos as I saw in the vid the pronunciation of, for me, simple German words is often rather difficult for most English speakers, the same goes for Czech, so the effort and time spent to decipher first what you are trying to pronounce and second what you actually mean by that is something most employees or generally locals having their own everyday tasks that keeps them busy dont have. So while I certainly do appreciate anyones effort to learn my language, even just a bit of it, if you're just tourist who's spending here few days and then moves somewhere else or returns home and never visits again- just speak English, most ppl in those places you gonna visit will understand you and you'll be served or helped much quickly and much more efficiently.
When I visit another country I try to at least learn things like hello/good bye/yes/no/thank you - little things. With German/English/French I get by in most parts of the world, but I still remember my first "grown up" holiday with friends in Yugoslavia, about 40 years ago, and how strange it felt not to understand a single word, whether spoken or written. That was when I decided that I never again wanted to be somewhere where I couldn't say + understand these basic things.
@hypatian9093 yes/ no thanks/ please or hello/ bye is fine, theyre just simple politeness but not really convey any meaning or only very simple unambiguous one, but e.g. ask for directions or trying to order in local language is very different beast and in busy restaurant or shop it could certainly disrupt the flow of things and otherwise straightforward task takes much longer time for both parties to accomplish than if you just uttered one simple sentence in English.
@@rehurekj Right, I'm German, speak not one word czech and hot no trouble in Czechia so far. In a self-service shop you don't need to talk, just read the digital cash, in a restaurant you can point with your finger on the menu, google translate might help if you are completly lost.And if people need to tell you what you have to pay, and they are unable to speak english, they simply note it on paper. So you get along. More important than Yes/No/Thank you, is getting familiar with the coins to check your change or to fill a ticket machine.
For me as a German visiting Czechia is always a sort of insecure thing. Simular to Denmark there are many people in Czechia who speak German - which let me hesitate: Should I start a conversation in German? Or would English be more polite, because it is foreign for both and you would meet equally on a common ground?!?
@henningbartels6245 I don't think so many ppl understand German anymore. Nowadays with Internet and mass tourism the 1st foreign language is undoubtedly English as almost everywhere else in the Europe and knowledge of German among ppl under 40 would be comparatively minimal( and majority of older ppl wouldn't know any foreign language at all) English is the king and not only due its much simpler grammar.
It's ok for tourists not to speak German, you can't learn every language, but it's bad if you move here and don't even make an effort. Germans abroad are known to do that, too, so it's pretty universal :=) With some people at the university I have a mixture going, they speak English and I answer in German, until they don't understand enough and I switch to English as well. But yes, everybody everywhere appreciates your effort to speak the local language.
Your language question: Two things I get annoyed about: Most Americans just start speaking English with you, without even asking „Do you speak English?“ Having worked in nightlife here in Berlin, this happened to me hundreds (no exageration) of times. It would not only be polite, but also logical, as it immedeatly makes clear, that no German is spoken. Secondly: I have met countless Americans living in Berlin, who could not be bothered to learn German (because „everyone speaks English“). But they usually love living here, love the „vibe“ of Berlin etc. What vibe is that? The American-niche-not-understanding-a-word-around-you vibe? What insight can they have into German/Berlin culture? It‘s just lazy and leechy. Toilets: I am German and I love my poop shelf. And I was disgusted by the splashback on American toilets.
If you want to live abroad they you have to be ready to integrate - learn the language, the traditions, be part of the community there. So, I totally agree with you, @vridrich. I am foreign myself and try to learn as much as possible of the local culture (hier in die Palz 😊) and better my German every day.
The first story you shared does not surprise me. On some of my latest trips when entering hotels in Berlin or Munich the receptionist welcomed me in English although I am German and said Hallo. I then switched to English to make the receptionist not feel uncomfortable.
@@cubachris3812 EXACTLY, YES! I am German, too, and mildly surprised (or perhaps annoyed) when that happens. I would respond in German, "Ich bin Deutscher und spreche Deutsch." Same at the restaurants where I was handed the English-language menu so I responded, "Ich hätte lieber eine Speiskarte auf Deutsch." Really hilarious to see them embarrassing themselves for mistaking me as a foreigner or visitor.
Actually Flammkuchen comes from Alsace (France) Weinschorle even comes sweet. So the question for waiters after "one Weinschorle please" would be "red or white", "sweet or sour"? :-) Unfortunately big parts of Germany are alcohol centered. In Bavaria the Beergardens were on top of the beer cellars and to keep these cool trees were planted on top for the shade. Then they started serving beer there. And in Munich you are allowed to bring your own food to a beergarden but you MUST drink the drinks provided there. Loved this episode, thank you!
Not speaking German isn't a big deal I'd say, but if you're the type of tourist that doesn't even start by "Guten Tag, sorry I don't speak German/ do you speak English?" or "Entschuldigung, where's the train stop" etc. i.e. make no effort at all... Like come on, you planned your trip, have the courtesy to learn one or two phrases to start a conversation or question.
I'm perfectly fine with tourists not speaking a word of German. If you want to actually live here for any amount of time, I expect you to learn German to the best of your abilities. I still might talk to you in English, because I love the language and jump on every opportunity to have a conversation, but I'd appreciate the effort very much.
Other thing - Toilets: I think as long as you don't have to touch it, you should't be afraid of looking at your feces. It's natural and sometimes it can be important. My granny had "black feces" once and it was caused by small inner bleedings. If she hasn't discovered it and asked the doctor about it, she'd be dead by now. Often it just shows if you should ate diffent or you should do it or drink more etc. most of it will be noted by your subconscious just because of the smell. It is maybe a bit nasty but natural. And really do hate the water splashing back.
agree . betcha everybody else stuffs paper down there first, to cushion the fall and avoid that dreaded splashback . Inspection shelves make more sense on so many levels .
Throughout my travels, I have always made an effort to learn some very basic terms and stock phrases in the host country’s language, and I appreciate the effort in other people as well. Basics like „hello“, „goodbye“, „please“ and „thank you“, and in some cases „Sorry, I don’t speak your language, could you please converse in English/Spanish/German/XYZ with me?“ One does not need more than a few sentences to show the locals that one respects their culture and that an effort was made. Unsurprisingly, respect and politeness can get you far, and in a foreign country you’re likely going to appreciate help from your hosts.
A Biergarten normally is a place where you can buy drinks with some seating in the shade and where you CAN buy food but you also can eat food that you've brought yourself, like a picknick. There are however places in germany that call themselves "Biergarten" which do not allow this but those aren't real Biergarten.
About people not speaking german: It's absolutely no problem for me. I speak decent english (if I say so myself) and I'm happy to help. What I don't like if people come up to me and immediately adress me in english with whatever issue they have. At least an "excuse me, do you speak english?" should be possible. Don't just assume I speak english... And as for patatoes. I love pretty much anything you can do with them other than plain boiled potatoes.
Would love to see more of Aubrey again. But I get it; she's busy with your baby. Just so she doesn't feel left out. Random question: ANY potato preparation is great. I personally love baked potato (potato, a bit of oil, salt, pepper, wrapped in aluminum foil, into the oven for an hour or so). Served with quark mixed with hives, garlic, salt, and pepper. Such a simple meal, but so yummy. 🤤🤤🤤
I'd say the poop shelf is not only going out of style, it already has long since gone out of style. The only houses I still see them in are from the 70s
05:30: In fact, they tried to use (reusable) Plastic cups instead of the glassware on festivals a few years ago in order to prevent injuries from broken glass - but they had to learn that the edges of broken plastic cups are even sharper, so they returned to using glassware.
It’s all down to the type of plastic that you use. The plastic cups used at most American festivals don’t break they bend or crumple. I suppose if you put extra hard effort into it you could break/tear them but they’re not going to break just because they’re dropped or someone steps on them. You could probably run them over with your car and they wouldn’t break they just crumble up no sharp edges.
Because they are one time use plastic cups. The plastic cups that can be seen on Festivals here in Germany are from hard plastic and can be washed and used again, that’s why you pay deposit for the also.
@@sirmascopchanova4657 it’s still down to the type of plastic that is used. I have plenty of plastic cups around my house that I’ve been using for decades and they wouldn’t crack into sharp pieces.
I depends on the kind of festival, how many people attend and how fast they get drunk... If it's a big rock festival, the use of thin glass is mostly forbidden. But on smaller city festivals or fun fairs it's not a big problem to use glasses. But even smaller towns, which have their own carnival parades, often set-up a "no glass zone" for this time. The same happens with important soccer matches.
For me - I always like it if someone tries to speak german but like they said ... We hear the accent and try to "help" by switching to english. I normally ask them in english if we should switch or stay with german because perhaps they want to train their german ^^
I think it’s polite to be able to say hello, please and thank you in the local language. I try to learn a few phrases whenever I go to a country that has a language that I don’t speak.
Loved the most that they finally realized that although quite a small country Germany it is, the variations of culture incl languages spoken are huge! Actually there’s no “German culture” as such being Bavaria much much more like neighboring Austrians (language, music and food), the southwest much more like bordering Switzerland/France (speaking a dialect called Alemannisch), the west much more like bordering Netherlands, the very north much more like bordering Denmark etc Today’s Germany used to be a bunch of independent smallest entities until the 19th/20th century without any grown common culture like other European states but the more or less “intellectual” German language usually not being spoken by the population in daily life so most of them actually being bilingual using their mother tongue to communicate between each other and the Hochdeutsch (translates to high German) to communicate with strangers coming from other regions. This is valid until today btw.
i think its always interesting to see the connections of the different regions to the neighboring countries. Whether its in the small words we loan from them or even the different names germany or germans are known under. whether its the sachsa, alemans, germans, niemcy, tysk, and so on. It shows the connection between the countries after all germany is pretty much smack dab in the middle of it all.
The italians have a strange conception of germans, and that probably comes from the fact that they only think of the german tourists in sloppy beach or street wear.
Cooking potatoes: It doesn't matter how, if they are really good potatoes. Buy smaller ones, they have more flavour and will be tasty whatever you do with them. Audrey, cudos for saying you love Italy more, that's quite German of you 😅
Answer to your potato question: Yes There are actually so many ways of different potato dishes it's not possible to pick one favourit. Soup, gratin, fried with onion and/or bacon, deep fried in different forms, boiled in saltwater, baked in the oven with rosmary or other herbs, mushed potato with different topings or saisonings, grilled potatoe with Kräuterquark, Rösti from Switzerland, dumplings, Kroketten.....
a little excursion on dialects in germany... they might be more diverse than many think. like... yeah you got the german language but bavarian is very different to northern german. in bavaria a "oberbayer" (upper bavarian) speaks vastly different than a franconian. but even there an upper franconian speaks different than a lower franconian. but it doesnt end there... even in upper franconia dialects differ. and it goes on and on. i, for example, can tell if someone lives in my city or in a city like 20km (12 miles) from my city. its a really deep rabbit hole you can go into
the best way to cook a potatoe ... well you know that you arre asking germans ? so expect like 80 million answers ii like panfried potatoes with some bacon and onion or what we call "dreckische " ( dirty potatoes) you fry them in a pan with some herbs and salt and then you melt liver and bloodsausage over them or potatoe pancakes or hmmm mashed potatoes or hmmmm potatoedumplings with filling or ....
If someone wants to live in germany they should learn german, if someone is just a visitor I still appreciate some basic knowledge. Words like Hallo, Danke, Bitte, Könnten Sie mir helfen, Sprechen Sie Englisch, Entschuldigung, ... . And if I have the feeling that speaking english will make the conversation easier, I would instantaneously switch to english. Only if I know that someone wants to speak german or if I want to test someone, I would continue in german.
For me personally if a native English speaker approached me and tries to speak German I would keep speaking in German unless I'd hear them struggle a lot. If so I would offer to switch to English as I can speak relatively fluent. I'd definitely appreciate the attempt from them to speak my mother tongue and would consider it disrespectful to cut them off and switch to English, just because I speak better English than they do German. Thinking about it now maybe I would ask them in English if they'd prefer me answering in English or German, because hearing native speakers can be very challenging for people just learning the language 😊 Greetings from Aachen 👋
This was really amazing. Far more than Aubrey and Donnie, Jamie and Tyler are giving me vibes of Germans from the Palatinate region who somehow ended up growing up in the US and just experiencing their real home region for the first time. Normally I only get such vibes from videos about Amish and Mennonite people. Tyler's excitement about the discovery of Dampfnudeln, Jamie's complaints about weird pretzels in the US ... All responses were just right. (Only the complaint about toilets with shelves wasn't German.) Then Jamie nailed it with her answer to whether she prefers Germany to Italy. It just doesn't get more German than to say something like: "Of course I prefer Italy! I even learned Italian and lived there for a while!" I guess what helped a lot with the illusion is the fact that the Palatinate was part of the Roman Empire (and still shows it today), and later had French occupation as well. You can't get any closer to Italian culture in Germany.
It's always nice when visitors make the effort to try to speak a little German, but it's not expected at all. It's different with immigrants. They are expected to be able to communicate in German to a certain extent. If you don't manage to learn any German, even after years, you're looked at badly. Hardly anyone cares when immigrants converse in their mother tongue, but learning the language of the country you live in, is part of the integration process after all. In my opinion, not even trying, is a sign that you don't want to integrate at all. Personally, I'm always happy when I have the opportunity to practice my English skills... after all, it took me a while to improve them.
Capri Sonne basically was a Demo sample of chemical company which was specialized for the creation of fruit aromas on chemical way. On my opinion an Aldi orange Juice with 100% Juice is 10 times better, than a much more expensiveCapri sun with 12%😂
I don’t know anything about cooking potatoes, but I just wanted to point out that it should have read „sprecht ihr Deutsch?“ (and not „spricht ihr Deutsch“). (please take this as constructive feedback, how should you learn/improve, if nobody tells you!)
I wonder if the toilet thing is something regional, I have never seen them in Germany (I am from Hamburg), but I have seen those in every house of my Italian relatives (in Northern Italy).
I'm from Schleswig-Holstein and I grew up with the "two storey toilets", and still find the other one's weird as heck. A lot of older houses in Hamburg have them, I think.
The "drop plate" toilet is quite rare and a relic of "good old times"! 🤣 I think it is a shame that many visitors often know only the "fast food" side of German cuisine, there are some mind blowing real dishes but only available in good Restaurants. The "best way to "cook a potato" is certainly pan fried, seared with onion and smoked bacon until crispy on the outside..! And yes most of the well known brands of "American" beers Budweiser, Millers, Yuengling (established in 1829).. are founded by German migrants in the mid 19th Century and they already introduced beer gardens to the US back then! Regarding the language issue: When I was in Australia,I was invited to a grill party, which are quite common there, however someone asked me if I were dutch, I asked why... he answered "your accent"... I answered: "well I speak English with a dutch accent cause you obviously can't speak any German"! 😂 we both cracked...!
Hardly anyone will understand "Stein". Possibly the most common term for a comparatively big glass is "Humpen" which can be used for a pot of "Steingut" as well. Usually a "Humpen" will contain either 0.5 l or 1.0 l of beer. For ordering a beer we often tell the amount of beer: "eine Halbe" means 0.5 litre of beer "ein(e) Maß" means 1.0 litre of beer "null-dreier" means 0.3 litre of beer (typical amount for ordering Pilsner) "null-vier(er)" means 0.4 litre of beer "null-zweier" means 0.2 litre of beer (typical amount for ordering Alt or Kölsch) Don't forget telling which kind of beer you want - at least for the first one. If you do they'll assume you'd want an Export/Lager usually.
Kartoffel/Aardappel (yes, i'm Dutch so....) Water, Salt, Bouilloncube beefflavour) about 20 minutes high flame.... after that cooling them a bit, frying pan with rich butter (Dutch: Roomboter), baking them until a crust is formed, bit of vinegar and Bon Appetit. But most important, when visiting a country, at least trying a few words in the native language is seen as common cuortesy. And after that switching to English is mostly no problem in almost every European country.
Must have been funtime seeing your brother and sister in law for a longer time and showing them all the beautiful things around. I hope y'all enjoyed it☺️
If someone if on vacation here i dont really care what language they speak but if they plan to live here for a longer time and work here its an absolute no go to not learn and not be able to speak the German language
There is no best way to cook a potato! There are different ways and all have their pros and cons! Depending on the consumers needs or preferability one suits better than the other 💁🏼♂️
The best way to cook a potato is tossing them in a BBQ fire wrapped in aluminium foil in the peel. I don't know why it's called aluminum in the US, but I guess some local scientist misspelled it and kept claiming that was the way to spell it, but the US is the only country that calls it aluminum rather than aluminium which is the original Latin word.
Pellkartoffeln... Actually, meat consumption in Germany per head is lower than that of the US. Food in German restaurants is very meat based - but restaurant food for the German is not their daily eating habit. So yes, there probably are many Germans that eat meat on daily basis - but a lot do not. The per head consumption of Bratwursts in Germany is 2.7 kg. That is about one per fortnight. Capri Sonne originally comes from Germany and was exported to the USA.
While that is all true, tourists in certain parts of Germany, including the Palatinate, obviously get a very different impression when mostly eating in traditional restaurants.
The French people in France are freaking out or ignore you or spit on you if you don‘t speak French! In every other country in Europe it‘s polite when you speak a few words in the language of your hosts / hostile country.
Hi Donnie, very nice video, thank you! Germany and Italy have in common that both countries became unified nations significantly later than eg England, France or Spain. Maybe that's caused regional differences to remain a bit stronger and are more accepted than in those older, more centralized nations. I prefer steam cooking potatoes to keep as much of their minerals as possible. Often that method better preserves a particular taste of the kind of potato.
Yeah - most people, even in Germany (and I presume same in Italy), forget how young our country is compared to the US. Some buildings might have been built 2000 years ago, but the county is barely 150 years old. A toddler compared to other countries ;)
I think you underestimate the regional differences in the UK (or even England), France and Spain. I would say they are as big as they are in Germany and Italy.
@@KeesBoonsI'm wondering if there's a growing tendency of accentuating regional cultural differences in the UK. It's more obvious in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Within England there seems to be a difference between north and south. Like in France there are no institutions supporting regional diversity. Spain has such regional governments but their policies can be limited by intervention of the central government in Madrid. Please mind, it's a matter having upsides and downsides. More autonomy comes with more bureaucracy.
@@michaelburggraf2822 I think you might be right, but I was more speaking of cultural differences, not so much about governmental differences. I think these very much exist in most European countries.
As a German myself I don't like those old toilets. They are so 50s and 60s... So if you see one of those old toilets you automatically know that the bathroom hasn't been renovated in a long time.
Here in Munich sometimes American tourists try to start asking something in German but usually in most cases they can t "make it", so i - as you said - immediately switch to English (seeing them struggling with German grammar and terminology), i think it s a matter of politeness.
For me it is totally no problem to speak english... It is a good way to practicing my english :) BUT if a person says to me: Can we try to speak german, i wanna learn the language... No problem at all. I think we germans are really openminded in that regard.
I think that "try the local language first" is more of a French thing. When someone speaks to me in English out of the blue, they probably assume I learned it in school like everyone else, and they're right!
The best way to cook a potato: depends on what you want. Just a few, fast and not watered down? Peel, cut and put them in the microwave! Loads of potatoes? Peel, big pot and boil. Savour new potatoes with that perfect delicate skin? Gently steamed over salted herby water. Have time on your hands and a fire burning? Wrapped in tinfoil, placed on the coal. I prefer the microwave method for my everyday potatocraving.
Random question: Here in Texas (USA), especially Dallas, we have "stuffed potatoes". It is a baked potato split in half. We fill it will sour cream, bacon, and other things we like.
It's funny that Italians think Germans have the worst Fashion sense whem a lotnof Germans became Extremely Prominent Fashion Designers and filled more Fashion Shows in Italy than italian Designers...
Meisenheim ? Nie gehört. Danke für den Tipp. Wenn Touristen kein Deutsch sprechen, ist es natürlich völlig okay aber es gibt genügen native English speaker aber auch andere, die selbst nach fünf oder sechs oder sieben Jahren in Deutschland wirklich rudimentär die Sprache beherrschen. Das finde ich dann schon irgendwie befremdlich. Kartoffeln? Ich esse sie in allen Aggregatzuständen Pellkartoffeln Salzkartoffeln. Bratkartoffeln StampfKartoffeln Kartoffelklöße… ❤
I wouldnt care if someone doesnt speak any german, its just faster to use english and I dont expect anyone who just comes to visit for some time to learn a very complicated language just for a few days/weeks
Good you brought in some "fresh americans" to evaluate differences. And you (Donny) already epxlained the German view so perfectly, I don't need to comment on it any more ;-) For the language, I think it's more important to read some signs, like "Ausfahrt". Or maybe "Damen/Herren" "Männer/Frauen" for the toilet in all possible variations. It's not necessary to pronounce it.
I'm really wondered they don't realize the main word of beergarden, is garden. Of course the main thing is a park or a garden, inside cities at least some trees. If Germans choose a word, they really mean it. It's not like Olive Garden. Beeing inside and without olive trees.
We cooked potatoes like this: (the east prussian way) Salzkartoffeln/boiled potatoes/salted potatoes Peeling potatoes and chop them into pieces boil them in plain water untill they done (try with a sharp knive if the knive goes smooth in) pour off the water and then sprinkle Salt (maybe 1 teaspoon) over the still humid potatoes. Put the lid back😢 over the pot and shake the pot with the potatoes. The potatoes taste mutch better than boiled in saltwater The father of my mother loved the Salzkartoffeln/boiled potatoes on the was my fathers family made it
15:10 That depends on if you're a tourist or stay long-term. Tourists don't need to learn any of the language - sure, it's nice if they are interested in the language but it's perfectly fine if they don't know any of it. If people live in another country long-term its different. In that case people should learn the language - it will help them with their day-to-day life as well.
I would probably prefer people speaking in English to me from the get go, just so I can avoid mistake their accent or slowtalk as being drunk or wasting my time (especially if I’m on a rush, or am having a bad day)
About the speaking German thing: I think for tourists it's not that important to speak German. If you're in areas where many people speak English they probably enjoy speaking English with you. But e.g. older people will appreciate it if you speak a little bit of German. If you live here, however, and don't speak German you will have a hard time explaining that to others. People who live here and try to learn / speak German but are struggling will mostly experience locals who encourage them and appreciate their effort. We do know our language is difficult for natives of many other languages. BUT people living here who don't bother learning German are frowned upon heavily. At least by many people. The great exeption (in my experience) is your colleagues when you're working in research because everyone speaks / writes English the whole day anyway 😂
Depends on the time of year... It's not like we bake them or mash them right now 😉 Just out of the soil? Boil - split - put at (thick) slice of butter between the two halves, sprinkle with rough salt - perhaps a pinch of fresh parley. Transfer to mouth in one go - quickly - before them butter melts. Oh, boy... it's summer in Denmark. If you've boiled to many (it is possible!) you slice them when cold, place them on buttered rye bread and dress with mayonaise and chives, salt and pepper. Or a couple of slices of spicy salami.
13:15 IIRC Capri Sun is originally from Germany. So it‘s imho not surprising seeing all over Germany. When I was a kid I loved to drink Capri Sun but I hated putting the straw into the pouch. 😊 Pellkartoffeln.
Her family grew up with Brats? Where is she from in the US? My mother’s fam is from Deutschland, meine Opa und Oma, und we grew up with sauterkraut und Bratwurst. I’m from Mississippi BTW, so don’t feel weird in Deutschland. You’d be surprised how many Deutsche are here in the U.S. you are with family in Deutschland 👍👍 oh you can celebrate 4th of July there as Americans 🇺🇸
11:13 would it surprise them of they'd learn that there is another word for potatoe in german? "Erdapfel"? Or the shortage of potatoe "Toffel"? And some other words in different regions. Edit: sometimes "Toffel" is pronounced "Tüffel" or "Tuffel" in several other dialects.
The best way to cook a potato always depends on what you want to do with it and where you come from. You might as well ask in the US which football team is the best.
Be sure to check out our video where my sister and her family came to Germany and we talked about their take on Germany as well 👉 ua-cam.com/video/QXxKgbfi26M/v-deo.html
Nur ein kleiner, freundlicher Hinweis: Es heißt "ihr sprEcht deutsch".
Nur bei der 2. & 3. Person Singular (also du und er/sie/es) kann der Stammvokal wechseln (zB du sprichst), sonst bleibt er immer wie im Infinitiv (also sprEchen: ich spreche, du sprichst, er spricht, wir sprechen, ihr sprecht, sie sprechen)
You have a cute Family! Ach ich kann ja deutsch schreiben! Es sind ganz unwichtige Kleinigkeiten die lokal anders sind aber wir sind alle Menschen und ich verstehe deine Schwester, ich würde auch lieber in Italien leben! Alles Gute und thank you for dein Video😉👍
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Capri Sun was actually a German brand named Capri Sonne, but late sold and become of the Unity of the brand later renamed Capri Sun unfortunately for me because I have so many memories with my childhood and Capri Sonne. And the taste changed too.
Capri Sonne, die Sonne Capris. :)
@@SchmulKrieger - genau, …_"Wenn vor Capri - die Rote Flotte - im Meer versinkt!"_
@@SchmulKrieger - - genau, … _"Wenn vor Capri - die Rote Flotte - im Meer versinkt!"_
For me as a German it is not important if a foreign tourist learns German word.
It is more a mental thing, not to expect everyone in Germany to speak perfect English and be disappointed and demanding if they don't.
Just ask people if they do speak English first, instead of throwing a random English question at them right away.
Well, many might say "a little" but still can communicate - it is more a thing of courtesy.
.. and do appriciate if Germans try to answer in English, because they might not used to do it, insecure or it is some effort or struggle for them.
Capri Sun is actually a German Product, it was invented in 1969 by Rudolf Wild in Eppelheim, at the border of Heidelberg in Germany and is to this day produced there.
Eppelheim, my hometown ❤️
I remember it was still Capri Sonne when I was a child in Austria.
@@NoNoTheGreenOneso hieß das bis vor ein paar Jahren eigtl noch
Bis vor ein paar Jahren hießen sie noch Capri Sonne
The hardcore German fans refuse to accept "Capri Sun" because they only recognise "Capri Sonne"...
I am German born in Berlin by Indian immigrant father and German mother. I think the Germans would help you immediately in switching to English if they donot know you. But if I know you and you have been living here for so many years and havenot put in a lot of effort and always fall back into your comfort zone I would judge you. Then it is not so much a matter of politeness but a matter of willingness to integrate into German society.
I dunno about Germans but for me as a Czech its nice in theory when foreigners try to speak Czech but in practice in 90% of cases is actually way better and way easier to use your normal English.
Cos as I saw in the vid the pronunciation of, for me, simple German words is often rather difficult for most English speakers, the same goes for Czech, so the effort and time spent to decipher first what you are trying to pronounce and second what you actually mean by that is something most employees or generally locals having their own everyday tasks that keeps them busy dont have.
So while I certainly do appreciate anyones effort to learn my language, even just a bit of it, if you're just tourist who's spending here few days and then moves somewhere else or returns home and never visits again- just speak English, most ppl in those places you gonna visit will understand you and you'll be served or helped much quickly and much more efficiently.
When I visit another country I try to at least learn things like hello/good bye/yes/no/thank you - little things. With German/English/French I get by in most parts of the world, but I still remember my first "grown up" holiday with friends in Yugoslavia, about 40 years ago, and how strange it felt not to understand a single word, whether spoken or written. That was when I decided that I never again wanted to be somewhere where I couldn't say + understand these basic things.
@hypatian9093 yes/ no thanks/ please or hello/ bye is fine, theyre just simple politeness but not really convey any meaning or only very simple unambiguous one, but e.g. ask for directions or trying to order in local language is very different beast and in busy restaurant or shop it could certainly disrupt the flow of things and otherwise straightforward task takes much longer time for both parties to accomplish than if you just uttered one simple sentence in English.
@@rehurekj Right, I'm German, speak not one word czech and hot no trouble in Czechia so far. In a self-service shop you don't need to talk, just read the digital cash, in a restaurant you can point with your finger on the menu, google translate might help if you are completly lost.And if people need to tell you what you have to pay, and they are unable to speak english, they simply note it on paper. So you get along.
More important than Yes/No/Thank you, is getting familiar with the coins to check your change or to fill a ticket machine.
For me as a German visiting Czechia is always a sort of insecure thing. Simular to Denmark there are many people in Czechia who speak German - which let me hesitate: Should I start a conversation in German? Or would English be more polite, because it is foreign for both and you would meet equally on a common ground?!?
@henningbartels6245 I don't think so many ppl understand German anymore. Nowadays with Internet and mass tourism the 1st foreign language is undoubtedly English as almost everywhere else in the Europe and knowledge of German among ppl under 40 would be comparatively minimal( and majority of older ppl wouldn't know any foreign language at all)
English is the king and not only due its much simpler grammar.
Nur zur Erinnerung Deutschland besteht nicht nur aus dem Süden ( Bayern etc. ) sondern auch aus Norden , Osten und dem Westen. 🖖🇩🇪🖖
Das Video spielt in Rheinland-Pfalz, im Westen Deutschlands.
Stimmt aber da gibt es nichts sehenwertes
@@benyomovod6904 Darfst du ohne Pfleger ein Handy nutzen?? Gute Besserung 😁😁
@@benyomovod6904also ich hab ein paar Jahre in Rheinland-Pfalz gelebt und es gibt sehr viel zu sehen😂
Leider. Aber mei, man muss sich halt mit den Preißn arrangieren
It's ok for tourists not to speak German, you can't learn every language, but it's bad if you move here and don't even make an effort. Germans abroad are known to do that, too, so it's pretty universal :=)
With some people at the university I have a mixture going, they speak English and I answer in German, until they don't understand enough and I switch to English as well.
But yes, everybody everywhere appreciates your effort to speak the local language.
Your language question: Two things I get annoyed about:
Most Americans just start speaking English with you, without even asking „Do you speak English?“
Having worked in nightlife here in Berlin, this happened to me hundreds (no exageration) of times. It would not only be polite, but also logical, as it immedeatly makes clear, that no German is spoken.
Secondly: I have met countless Americans living in Berlin, who could not be bothered to learn German (because „everyone speaks English“). But they usually love living here, love the „vibe“ of Berlin etc. What vibe is that? The American-niche-not-understanding-a-word-around-you vibe? What insight can they have into German/Berlin culture? It‘s just lazy and leechy.
Toilets: I am German and I love my poop shelf. And I was disgusted by the splashback on American toilets.
If you want to live abroad they you have to be ready to integrate - learn the language, the traditions, be part of the community there. So, I totally agree with you, @vridrich. I am foreign myself and try to learn as much as possible of the local culture (hier in die Palz 😊) and better my German every day.
The first story you shared does not surprise me. On some of my latest trips when entering hotels in Berlin or Munich the receptionist welcomed me in English although I am German and said Hallo. I then switched to English to make the receptionist not feel uncomfortable.
@@cubachris3812 EXACTLY, YES! I am German, too, and mildly surprised (or perhaps annoyed) when that happens. I would respond in German, "Ich bin Deutscher und spreche Deutsch." Same at the restaurants where I was handed the English-language menu so I responded, "Ich hätte lieber eine Speiskarte auf Deutsch." Really hilarious to see them embarrassing themselves for mistaking me as a foreigner or visitor.
Mashed potatos.
Why so baffled? If you look German US-Americans conclude that you speak fluent English. 😆
Actually Flammkuchen comes from Alsace (France)
Weinschorle even comes sweet. So the question for waiters after "one Weinschorle please" would be "red or white", "sweet or sour"? :-)
Unfortunately big parts of Germany are alcohol centered. In Bavaria the Beergardens were on top of the beer cellars and to keep these cool trees were planted on top for the shade. Then they started serving beer there. And in Munich you are allowed to bring your own food to a beergarden but you MUST drink the drinks provided there.
Loved this episode, thank you!
Not speaking German isn't a big deal I'd say, but if you're the type of tourist that doesn't even start by "Guten Tag, sorry I don't speak German/ do you speak English?" or "Entschuldigung, where's the train stop" etc. i.e. make no effort at all... Like come on, you planned your trip, have the courtesy to learn one or two phrases to start a conversation or question.
I'm perfectly fine with tourists not speaking a word of German. If you want to actually live here for any amount of time, I expect you to learn German to the best of your abilities. I still might talk to you in English, because I love the language and jump on every opportunity to have a conversation, but I'd appreciate the effort very much.
Your brother instinctively understood the principle of the German “Stoßlüften“ …. big respect! ✊
Other thing - Toilets: I think as long as you don't have to touch it, you should't be afraid of looking at your feces. It's natural and sometimes it can be important. My granny had "black feces" once and it was caused by small inner bleedings. If she hasn't discovered it and asked the doctor about it, she'd be dead by now.
Often it just shows if you should ate diffent or you should do it or drink more etc. most of it will be noted by your subconscious just because of the smell. It is maybe a bit nasty but natural.
And really do hate the water splashing back.
Absolutely, the backsplash is disgusting.
agree . betcha everybody else stuffs paper down there first, to cushion the fall and avoid that dreaded splashback . Inspection shelves make more sense on so many levels .
We miss Aubrey in the videos. 😟
Mutterschaftsurlaub. Bei unserer Bürokratie sicher besser, auch auf den Nebenjob zu verzichten.
Throughout my travels, I have always made an effort to learn some very basic terms and stock phrases in the host country’s language, and I appreciate the effort in other people as well. Basics like „hello“, „goodbye“, „please“ and „thank you“, and in some cases „Sorry, I don’t speak your language, could you please converse in English/Spanish/German/XYZ with me?“ One does not need more than a few sentences to show the locals that one respects their culture and that an effort was made. Unsurprisingly, respect and politeness can get you far, and in a foreign country you’re likely going to appreciate help from your hosts.
There's no best way to cook a potato. It's like asking wich is the best part of a swiss army knife...
A Biergarten normally is a place where you can buy drinks with some seating in the shade and where you CAN buy food but you also can eat food that you've brought yourself, like a picknick. There are however places in germany that call themselves "Biergarten" which do not allow this but those aren't real Biergarten.
About people not speaking german:
It's absolutely no problem for me. I speak decent english (if I say so myself) and I'm happy to help. What I don't like if people come up to me and immediately adress me in english with whatever issue they have. At least an "excuse me, do you speak english?" should be possible. Don't just assume I speak english...
And as for patatoes. I love pretty much anything you can do with them other than plain boiled potatoes.
Would love to see more of Aubrey again.
But I get it; she's busy with your baby. Just so she doesn't feel left out.
Random question: ANY potato preparation is great. I personally love baked potato (potato, a bit of oil, salt, pepper, wrapped in aluminum foil, into the oven for an hour or so). Served with quark mixed with hives, garlic, salt, and pepper. Such a simple meal, but so yummy. 🤤🤤🤤
Chives though (you don’t want hives, believe me ;)
@@dorisw5558 Haha, yeah, ok, typo... 😂😂😂
I'd say the poop shelf is not only going out of style, it already has long since gone out of style. The only houses I still see them in are from the 70s
05:30: In fact, they tried to use (reusable) Plastic cups instead of the glassware on festivals a few years ago in order to prevent injuries from broken glass - but they had to learn that the edges of broken plastic cups are even sharper, so they returned to using glassware.
It’s all down to the type of plastic that you use. The plastic cups used at most American festivals don’t break they bend or crumple. I suppose if you put extra hard effort into it you could break/tear them but they’re not going to break just because they’re dropped or someone steps on them. You could probably run them over with your car and they wouldn’t break they just crumble up no sharp edges.
Because they are one time use plastic cups. The plastic cups that can be seen on Festivals here in Germany are from hard plastic and can be washed and used again, that’s why you pay deposit for the also.
@@sirmascopchanova4657 it’s still down to the type of plastic that is used. I have plenty of plastic cups around my house that I’ve been using for decades and they wouldn’t crack into sharp pieces.
I depends on the kind of festival, how many people attend and how fast they get drunk...
If it's a big rock festival, the use of thin glass is mostly forbidden. But on smaller city festivals or fun fairs it's not a big problem to use glasses. But even smaller towns, which have their own carnival parades, often set-up a "no glass zone" for this time. The same happens with important soccer matches.
For me - I always like it if someone tries to speak german but like they said ... We hear the accent and try to "help" by switching to english.
I normally ask them in english if we should switch or stay with german because perhaps they want to train their german ^^
I think it’s polite to be able to say hello, please and thank you in the local language. I try to learn a few phrases whenever I go to a country that has a language that I don’t speak.
There is no best way. It always depends on the kind of potato, the meal and the cook.
Loved the most that they finally realized that although quite a small country Germany it is, the variations of culture incl languages spoken are huge! Actually there’s no “German culture” as such being Bavaria much much more like neighboring Austrians (language, music and food), the southwest much more like bordering Switzerland/France (speaking a dialect called Alemannisch), the west much more like bordering Netherlands, the very north much more like bordering Denmark etc Today’s Germany used to be a bunch of independent smallest entities until the 19th/20th century without any grown common culture like other European states but the more or less “intellectual” German language usually not being spoken by the population in daily life so most of them actually being bilingual using their mother tongue to communicate between each other and the Hochdeutsch (translates to high German) to communicate with strangers coming from other regions. This is valid until today btw.
i think its always interesting to see the connections of the different regions to the neighboring countries. Whether its in the small words we loan from them or even the different names germany or germans are known under. whether its the sachsa, alemans, germans, niemcy, tysk, and so on. It shows the connection between the countries after all germany is pretty much smack dab in the middle of it all.
The italians have a strange conception of germans, and that probably comes from the fact that they only think of the german tourists in sloppy beach or street wear.
The Dutch still do the shelf toilets
Cooking potatoes: It doesn't matter how, if they are really good potatoes. Buy smaller ones, they have more flavour and will be tasty whatever you do with them.
Audrey, cudos for saying you love Italy more, that's quite German of you 😅
First time she tried to say Bacharach, I thought she is talking about turkey sweets 😅
😂😂 In her defense, most Germans have their own unique way of pronouncing that one 😅
I thought she was talking about Burt.
Answer to your potato question: Yes
There are actually so many ways of different potato dishes it's not possible to pick one favourit. Soup, gratin, fried with onion and/or bacon, deep fried in different forms, boiled in saltwater, baked in the oven with rosmary or other herbs, mushed potato with different topings or saisonings, grilled potatoe with Kräuterquark, Rösti from Switzerland, dumplings, Kroketten.....
To be honest, Bacharach is also hard to pronounce for some Germans. ❤
True 😅
a little excursion on dialects in germany... they might be more diverse than many think. like... yeah you got the german language but bavarian is very different to northern german. in bavaria a "oberbayer" (upper bavarian) speaks vastly different than a franconian. but even there an upper franconian speaks different than a lower franconian. but it doesnt end there... even in upper franconia dialects differ. and it goes on and on. i, for example, can tell if someone lives in my city or in a city like 20km (12 miles) from my city. its a really deep rabbit hole you can go into
the best way to cook a potatoe ... well you know that you arre asking germans ? so expect like 80 million answers
ii like panfried potatoes with some bacon and onion
or what we call "dreckische " ( dirty potatoes) you fry them in a pan with some herbs and salt and then you melt liver and bloodsausage over them
or potatoe pancakes or hmmm mashed potatoes
or hmmmm potatoedumplings with filling or ....
As for people doing strange things on trains: I used to carry a big bag of iron rings and two pliers making chainmail while riding the train...😅
If someone wants to live in germany they should learn german, if someone is just a visitor I still appreciate some basic knowledge. Words like Hallo, Danke, Bitte, Könnten Sie mir helfen, Sprechen Sie Englisch, Entschuldigung, ... . And if I have the feeling that speaking english will make the conversation easier, I would instantaneously switch to english. Only if I know that someone wants to speak german or if I want to test someone, I would continue in german.
For me personally if a native English speaker approached me and tries to speak German I would keep speaking in German unless I'd hear them struggle a lot. If so I would offer to switch to English as I can speak relatively fluent. I'd definitely appreciate the attempt from them to speak my mother tongue and would consider it disrespectful to cut them off and switch to English, just because I speak better English than they do German. Thinking about it now maybe I would ask them in English if they'd prefer me answering in English or German, because hearing native speakers can be very challenging for people just learning the language 😊
Greetings from Aachen 👋
This was really amazing. Far more than Aubrey and Donnie, Jamie and Tyler are giving me vibes of Germans from the Palatinate region who somehow ended up growing up in the US and just experiencing their real home region for the first time. Normally I only get such vibes from videos about Amish and Mennonite people. Tyler's excitement about the discovery of Dampfnudeln, Jamie's complaints about weird pretzels in the US ... All responses were just right. (Only the complaint about toilets with shelves wasn't German.) Then Jamie nailed it with her answer to whether she prefers Germany to Italy. It just doesn't get more German than to say something like: "Of course I prefer Italy! I even learned Italian and lived there for a while!"
I guess what helped a lot with the illusion is the fact that the Palatinate was part of the Roman Empire (and still shows it today), and later had French occupation as well. You can't get any closer to Italian culture in Germany.
It's always nice when visitors make the effort to try to speak a little German, but it's not expected at all.
It's different with immigrants. They are expected to be able to communicate in German to a certain extent. If you don't manage to learn any German, even after years, you're looked at badly. Hardly anyone cares when immigrants converse in their mother tongue, but learning the language of the country you live in, is part of the integration process after all.
In my opinion, not even trying, is a sign that you don't want to integrate at all.
Personally, I'm always happy when I have the opportunity to practice my English skills... after all, it took me a while to improve them.
nice people and very funny and informative talk-round, i like it very much
Capri Sonne basically was a Demo sample of chemical company which was specialized for the creation of fruit aromas on chemical way. On my opinion an Aldi orange Juice with 100% Juice is 10 times better, than a much more expensiveCapri sun with 12%😂
Pardon what?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
A Capri Sun purse ???????????
Never ever heard or seen such a thing!
Must be a local thing.
I have seen my niece sewing a purse out of a tetrapak. With a cute cow on it.
I don’t know anything about cooking potatoes, but I just wanted to point out that it should have read „sprecht ihr Deutsch?“ (and not „spricht ihr Deutsch“). (please take this as constructive feedback, how should you learn/improve, if nobody tells you!)
I wonder if the toilet thing is something regional, I have never seen them in Germany (I am from Hamburg), but I have seen those in every house of my Italian relatives (in Northern Italy).
I'm from Schleswig-Holstein and I grew up with the "two storey toilets", and still find the other one's weird as heck.
A lot of older houses in Hamburg have them, I think.
you guys learned the important things whereever i go i learn how to say hallo good bye thank you and how to order a beer in the local langruage
The "drop plate" toilet is quite rare and a relic of "good old times"! 🤣 I think it is a shame that many visitors often know only the "fast food" side of German cuisine, there are some mind blowing real dishes but only available in good Restaurants. The "best way to "cook a potato" is certainly pan fried, seared with onion and smoked bacon until crispy on the outside..! And yes most of the well known brands of "American" beers Budweiser, Millers, Yuengling (established in 1829).. are founded by German migrants in the mid 19th Century and they already introduced beer gardens to the US back then! Regarding the language issue: When I was in Australia,I was invited to a grill party, which are quite common there, however someone asked me if I were dutch, I asked why... he answered "your accent"... I answered: "well I speak English with a dutch accent cause you obviously can't speak any German"! 😂 we both cracked...!
Hardly anyone will understand "Stein". Possibly the most common term for a comparatively big glass is "Humpen" which can be used for a pot of "Steingut" as well. Usually a "Humpen" will contain either 0.5 l or 1.0 l of beer.
For ordering a beer we often tell the amount of beer:
"eine Halbe" means 0.5 litre of beer
"ein(e) Maß" means 1.0 litre of beer
"null-dreier" means 0.3 litre of beer (typical amount for ordering Pilsner)
"null-vier(er)" means 0.4 litre of beer
"null-zweier" means 0.2 litre of beer (typical amount for ordering Alt or Kölsch)
Don't forget telling which kind of beer you want - at least for the first one. If you do they'll assume you'd want an Export/Lager usually.
Kartoffel/Aardappel (yes, i'm Dutch so....) Water, Salt, Bouilloncube beefflavour) about 20 minutes high flame.... after that cooling them a bit, frying pan with rich butter (Dutch: Roomboter), baking them until a crust is formed, bit of vinegar and Bon Appetit.
But most important, when visiting a country, at least trying a few words in the native language is seen as common cuortesy. And after that switching to English is mostly no problem in almost every European country.
Must have been funtime seeing your brother and sister in law for a longer time and showing them all the beautiful things around. I hope y'all enjoyed it☺️
We had an amazing time! Thanks 😊
@@PassportTwoYour brother and your sister-in-law seem to be a nice couple. 🙋
Small correction: "SprEcht Ihr Deutsch?" and thanks for the video!
If someone if on vacation here i dont really care what language they speak but if they plan to live here for a longer time and work here its an absolute no go to not learn and not be able to speak the German language
There is no best way to cook a potato! There are different ways and all have their pros and cons! Depending on the consumers needs or preferability one suits better than the other 💁🏼♂️
The best way to cook a potato is tossing them in a BBQ fire wrapped in aluminium foil in the peel. I don't know why it's called aluminum in the US, but I guess some local scientist misspelled it and kept claiming that was the way to spell it, but the US is the only country that calls it aluminum rather than aluminium which is the original Latin word.
The US kept the old spelling, GB modernized it.
Nope, actually the English version is the correct spelling because it was named first in English. Btw: I am German so I am not pooping on the naming.
Pellkartoffeln...
Actually, meat consumption in Germany per head is lower than that of the US. Food in German restaurants is very meat based - but restaurant food for the German is not their daily eating habit. So yes, there probably are many Germans that eat meat on daily basis - but a lot do not. The per head consumption of Bratwursts in Germany is 2.7 kg. That is about one per fortnight.
Capri Sonne originally comes from Germany and was exported to the USA.
That's simply, cause Germans have only one hot meal per day. So the increase of "daily" is "3 times daily".
While that is all true, tourists in certain parts of Germany, including the Palatinate, obviously get a very different impression when mostly eating in traditional restaurants.
@@johaquila 50% of Germany's inhabitants visit a restaurant only once a months or even less. Only 20% visit restaurants once a week or more.
The French people in France are freaking out or ignore you or spit on you if you don‘t speak French!
In every other country in Europe it‘s polite when you speak a few words in the language of your hosts / hostile country.
Hi Donnie, very nice video, thank you!
Germany and Italy have in common that both countries became unified nations significantly later than eg England, France or Spain. Maybe that's caused regional differences to remain a bit stronger and are more accepted than in those older, more centralized nations.
I prefer steam cooking potatoes to keep as much of their minerals as possible. Often that method better preserves a particular taste of the kind of potato.
Yeah - most people, even in Germany (and I presume same in Italy), forget how young our country is compared to the US. Some buildings might have been built 2000 years ago, but the county is barely 150 years old. A toddler compared to other countries ;)
I think you underestimate the regional differences in the UK (or even England), France and Spain. I would say they are as big as they are in Germany and Italy.
@@KeesBoonsI'm wondering if there's a growing tendency of accentuating regional cultural differences in the UK. It's more obvious in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Within England there seems to be a difference between north and south.
Like in France there are no institutions supporting regional diversity. Spain has such regional governments but their policies can be limited by intervention of the central government in Madrid.
Please mind, it's a matter having upsides and downsides. More autonomy comes with more bureaucracy.
@@michaelburggraf2822 I think you might be right, but I was more speaking of cultural differences, not so much about governmental differences. I think these very much exist in most European countries.
As a German myself I don't like those old toilets. They are so 50s and 60s... So if you see one of those old toilets you automatically know that the bathroom hasn't been renovated in a long time.
The best way to eat a potato?? Hmm… that’s difficult to answer. What I grew up with was Bratkartoffeln on weekends and Kartoffelsalat with dinners.
Ganz toll. güssen euch aus Panama Reni und Gero die KÖLCHEN AUSWANDERER
Do you know
That Flammkuchen comes from the french alsace region?
Here in Munich sometimes American tourists try to start asking something in German but usually in most cases they can t "make it", so i - as you said - immediately switch to English (seeing them struggling with German grammar and terminology), i think it s a matter of politeness.
For me it is totally no problem to speak english... It is a good way to practicing my english :) BUT if a person says to me: Can we try to speak german, i wanna learn the language... No problem at all. I think we germans are really openminded in that regard.
cheese dip for a brezn omg this sounds ihhhhhhh
Sometimes the Oklahoma just comes rushing out -- "we're gonna set here..."
If Jamie likes wine and Biergarten, you definitely should try a Straußwirtschaft. In wine regions they are more common and typical than Biergarten.
I think that "try the local language first" is more of a French thing. When someone speaks to me in English out of the blue, they probably assume I learned it in school like everyone else, and they're right!
No way you were in Meisenheim, its not far from me. My friends and me always call it "Meisencrime"
The best way to cook a potato: depends on what you want. Just a few, fast and not watered down? Peel, cut and put them in the microwave! Loads of potatoes? Peel, big pot and boil. Savour new potatoes with that perfect delicate skin? Gently steamed over salted herby water. Have time on your hands and a fire burning? Wrapped in tinfoil, placed on the coal.
I prefer the microwave method for my everyday potatocraving.
13:41 there is a spelling mistake it's: sprecht ihr deutsch? there needs to be an e in sprecht
Random question: Here in Texas (USA), especially Dallas, we have "stuffed potatoes". It is a baked potato split in half. We fill it will sour cream, bacon, and other things we like.
I miss poop shelf toilets ☹ they dont do them anymore ...
It's funny that Italians think Germans have the worst Fashion sense whem a lotnof Germans became Extremely Prominent Fashion Designers and filled more Fashion Shows in Italy than italian Designers...
The mug! It's from Hamburg! Moin! (Greeting in northern germany the whole day). You gotta visit the north 🙂(Life is a beach).
FunFact Capri Sun or in the 90s Capri Sonne, is a German Company ;)
Meisenheim ? Nie gehört. Danke für den Tipp. Wenn Touristen kein Deutsch sprechen, ist es natürlich völlig okay aber es gibt genügen native English speaker aber auch andere, die selbst nach fünf oder sechs oder sieben Jahren in Deutschland wirklich rudimentär die Sprache beherrschen. Das finde ich dann schon irgendwie befremdlich. Kartoffeln? Ich esse sie in allen Aggregatzuständen Pellkartoffeln Salzkartoffeln. Bratkartoffeln StampfKartoffeln Kartoffelklöße… ❤
Do you know, that Burt Bacharach was born there?
I wouldnt care if someone doesnt speak any german, its just faster to use english and I dont expect anyone who just comes to visit for some time to learn a very complicated language just for a few days/weeks
Americans: Castle! So many beautiful Windows!
Deutscher : Wer soll das denn alles heizen und wer soll die Fenster putzen
😉
Good you brought in some "fresh americans" to evaluate differences. And you (Donny) already epxlained the German view so perfectly, I don't need to comment on it any more ;-) For the language, I think it's more important to read some signs, like "Ausfahrt". Or maybe "Damen/Herren" "Männer/Frauen" for the toilet in all possible variations. It's not necessary to pronounce it.
I'm really wondered they don't realize the main word of beergarden, is garden. Of course the main thing is a park or a garden, inside cities at least some trees. If Germans choose a word, they really mean it. It's not like Olive Garden. Beeing inside and without olive trees.
Every country has regional differences.
You guys should check out Lake Constance during Spring or Summer.
There is not one best way to cook a potato. It allways depends.
We cooked potatoes like this: (the east prussian way)
Salzkartoffeln/boiled potatoes/salted potatoes
Peeling potatoes and chop them into pieces
boil them in plain water untill they done (try with a sharp knive if the knive goes smooth in)
pour off the water and then sprinkle Salt (maybe 1 teaspoon) over the still humid potatoes.
Put the lid back😢 over the pot and shake the pot with the potatoes.
The potatoes taste mutch better than boiled in saltwater
The father of my mother loved the Salzkartoffeln/boiled potatoes on the was my fathers family made it
I think Kartoffelklöße is one of the best ways to serve potatos
Mashed , with roasted onions, herbs and butter - without doubt ☝😶
15:10 That depends on if you're a tourist or stay long-term. Tourists don't need to learn any of the language - sure, it's nice if they are interested in the language but it's perfectly fine if they don't know any of it.
If people live in another country long-term its different. In that case people should learn the language - it will help them with their day-to-day life as well.
Bratkartoffeln with Speck. 😊
Potatoes are always good any way you cook them! 😊
Great video❤
I would probably prefer people speaking in English to me from the get go, just so I can avoid mistake their accent or slowtalk as being drunk or wasting my time (especially if I’m on a rush, or am having a bad day)
About the speaking German thing: I think for tourists it's not that important to speak German. If you're in areas where many people speak English they probably enjoy speaking English with you. But e.g. older people will appreciate it if you speak a little bit of German. If you live here, however, and don't speak German you will have a hard time explaining that to others. People who live here and try to learn / speak German but are struggling will mostly experience locals who encourage them and appreciate their effort. We do know our language is difficult for natives of many other languages. BUT people living here who don't bother learning German are frowned upon heavily. At least by many people.
The great exeption (in my experience) is your colleagues when you're working in research because everyone speaks / writes English the whole day anyway 😂
Depends on the time of year...
It's not like we bake them or mash them right now 😉
Just out of the soil? Boil - split - put at (thick) slice of butter between the two halves, sprinkle with rough salt - perhaps a pinch of fresh parley. Transfer to mouth in one go - quickly - before them butter melts. Oh, boy... it's summer in Denmark.
If you've boiled to many (it is possible!) you slice them when cold, place them on buttered rye bread and dress with mayonaise and chives, salt and pepper. Or a couple of slices of spicy salami.
13:15 IIRC Capri Sun is originally from Germany. So it‘s imho not surprising seeing all over Germany. When I was a kid I loved to drink Capri Sun but I hated putting the straw into the pouch. 😊
Pellkartoffeln.
8:21 They (german homes) should KEEP it! I will never ever change mine into that water dropping thingy!
Her family grew up with Brats? Where is she from in the US? My mother’s fam is from Deutschland, meine Opa und Oma, und we grew up with sauterkraut und Bratwurst. I’m from Mississippi BTW, so don’t feel weird in Deutschland. You’d be surprised how many Deutsche are here in the U.S. you are with family in Deutschland 👍👍 oh you can celebrate 4th of July there as Americans 🇺🇸
I love to see places in your videos I know very well because I live there. I hope your fam enjoyed the Pfalz
Many favorit potatoes are Bratkartoffeln (Fried potatoes)
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11:13 would it surprise them of they'd learn that there is another word for potatoe in german? "Erdapfel"? Or the shortage of potatoe "Toffel"? And some other words in different regions.
Edit: sometimes "Toffel" is pronounced "Tüffel" or "Tuffel" in several other dialects.
The best way to cook a potato always depends on what you want to do with it and where you come from. You might as well ask in the US which football team is the best.