Bamberg please! We were stationed there in the early 90s. Oh how I miss Bavaria! Visited Vilseck many times too, for fun and military training. Thanks for your wonderful videos!
Could you guys ever go to friedburg I know its alot to ask for but I miss it so much I havent seen it in about 9 years they have such beautiful things to see there
I like your relaxed way! I come from a town called "Laboe" located on the Baltic Sea near Kiel!! It’s worth a bikeride with great places of sightseeing!!
I was stationed at Grafenwöhr for 6 years. My step-dad is active duty. 2009-2013 I went to Vilseck High. My Senior Prom was at that Castle. ❤️😭 I miss Germany every day. I am half German, and my most of my mother's side of the family resides near or in Karlsruhe. It is home for me.
Thank you for the memories. My kids were all 6 years old and under when were stationed there. They have memories of being there but seeing it is so much better. Thanks again
Thank you, just found this looking for the church. I came to Vilseck in 1992 as a guest of a friend and stayed in Rose Army Barracks. I made a great friend in Vilseck and came back many times and brought my friends and stayed at the Angerer and Thumhotel. Annalese and her family ran the Angerer and the last time I visited she was not well. Karl Guttman became a good friend of all of us visiting. He lived in the first house built outside the walled city and was very upset when they changed his address from #1 Markplaz to 8. His home was the 3 rd down including the Angerer Hotel. He passed a few years ago and I was trying to see his name on the family monument in the church graveyard. Good memories, thanks very much.
I haven't been back to Vilseck since 1981 and your video brought back many fond memories. So much has changed, yet so much has remained the same. The timing couldn't have been better since my daughter recently asked where I grew up in Germany and I can now give her a little peek. Only wish you'd have taken the road up past our old home and into Fitzhume village. Thank you so much for that trip down memory lane!
Thanks for making this nice video! Im from Vilseck and its great to see our town from your perspective. Sometimes you get used to things and your hometown but you should never stop to explore and enjoy the little things. It was really awesome to watch you explore Vilseck and its history. Again, thank you for making this. I really appreciate it! Enjoy your time here and all the best
Thanks for your tour! Y'all are so adorable. :) We have lived in Vilseck for 4 years at just about two minutes walk or so from where y'all were riding around/castle area. We love living here and are going to miss it so much when we leave next year. Enjoy y'all's tour here and hopefully travel restrictions will be lifted- all of them- very soon!!
I loved this video and cute couple making these! We, too, were stationed at Vilseck 1989-1991 (in Illesheim 2 years before) after moving from the IOAC course at Benning. Our daughter was born in the hospital in nearby Auerbach. We just visited again for the first time since we moved last fall. This brought back so many good memories, and I've subscribed so hope to see more!
Was stationed there from 96-01 and fell in love with Bavaria, miss it dearly. My youngest daughter was born at the hospital in Sulzbach-Rosenburg. This little tour video brought back a lot of happy memories.
Great video. I was stationed there from 1988 to 1992. I fell in love with a young lady there but she moved away to be with her sick father. I was there when they were building the new housing on Rose barracks. It was the best time of my life. I used to frequent the night club downtown called "The Miami". 🙂 I even still have the 5 mark chips they gave you to buy a drink. I still have friends there and nearby. I used to visit Regensburg with my friends from Illesheim and we still chat from to time. ❤
How lovely :) so nice to see this town from someone elses perspective! I love roaming around the city, fields and forests here for my videos 😊 greetings from a new Vilseck-based UA-camr
Great video as always: just a hint - do not use the left pedestrian lane of a road to ride your bicycles. A lot of severe accidents have happened because car drivers did not recognize the cyclists when they have left their property since they have just watched the left side of the pedestrian walkway. Most courts have decided that it was the cyclist' fault since they have used the wrong side of the road.
Gerd Papenburg Thank you for the tip and looking out for our safety!! You are so right. Yes, right when we realized we should be on the other side of the street we switched sides and didn’t go back to the left side again!
excellent! lived there back in the late 90s. my unit was 2/63 Armor. loved being in Germany! and Vilseck! plus some of the best German, Czech, Italian and Greek food right in the area!
Hello, my name is Darion and I just ran across your channel, Great job on your video BTW, I really enjoyed it. I was stationed in Schweinfurt, Germany when I had served in the US Army and I used to go to Graf/Vilsek all the time to go to the field lol. I visit Germany at least twice a year. I am supposed to go back for a visit in Sept 2020 if the travel ban goes away so here's hoping. I had visited Vilsek back in Sept 2019 and it had brought back a lot of memories. I really like the new Commissary/PX mall. (new to me) Anyways, I am looking forward to viewing more of your videos as I have subscribed. I actually have a UA-cam channel titled "Magnificent Germany with Darion" and I love sharing my videos. I actually made a video of my last trip to vilsek, and it was great to see this great town again.
Great video! I was in Graf & Vilseck last May! My mother is from Auerbach and I'm over there every three years or so visiting. Bavaria is great! Have you been over to Munich and Austria especially Salzburg yet? Keep up the great content and keep exploring!
You guys are great! Very informative and I like that you are showing the small towns. I have been looking for videos like this so im glad i found yours. I'm interested in seeing small towns in Bavaria so if can show more that would be great. I just found you so i look forward to watching your other videos 🙂
Great video! Thanks so much for sharing. We lived in Vilseck in the early 90s. We lived right next to the castle. We lived in military housing, only 6 apartments. I wonder if that building is still military housing.
Thank you for making this video!!! Vilseck germany was my home for 14+ years and I went to Vilseck high school so to see this all again is great! Luckily I get to go back yearly since I’m half german and have family there! Great video!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️🇩🇪
Vilseck was my first duty station and by far my most favorite and memorable! We lived just outside of town in Hohenwald! My oldest was born in Sulzbach! I would GREATLY appreciate it if you could email me a photo of the hospital to share with her.
I lived in that pink house straight ahead at 4:57 from 2015 to 2017. Altmulweg 4. That road was a pain in the ass to drive because its so narrow and always being walked or biked on.
Would this be anywhere near Illesheim? Where the old barracks are/were? My husband was stationed there back in 1987. We lived off base in the next Village over called Ufersheim I'm pretty sure I have the spelling right or close to it 😆. Anyway did they closed the base down. I would give anything in the world to go back there and visit and appreciate it more We were only teenagers and I didn't appreciate it. All I wanted to do is be back in the city silly 😜 Me. Have a Wonderful Day 🌞🇩🇪
I had flights and airbnb for 1 month near vilseck to visit my son while he was stationed there. It all was canceled when the world was closed in March 2020.
I was stationed there from {1959--1961} sixty one years ago. WOW!! I was 19 when I arrived & 21 when I rotated back to the states. Rose Barecks was my home & I was with 663rd Ammo Ord Supply Co. Don't remember my MOS. I was an ammo humper, AKA a guy who unloads,stores & supplies oredenance for the Field Rats as we used to call troops who were training with Tank Training Center (TTC). We busted our buns but we had a hot meal & a warm bed every night.I was permanent party & was out in the field just once per year, always in the middle of winter & made $75.00 a mo. I was there when the Berlin Wall went up & my company was almost scrambled to head out but the orders were pulled. Close call. The town looks familiar but really cleaned up. I don't imagine Rose 🌹 Barecks looks anything like I remember. I'm 80 now & living the good life. I wish I could see 🙈 my domacile as I remember it. In that time they were old German Barecks for Hitler's troops from WW 2.We were in 6 man squad rooms & heated with coal stoves in the winter.I suppose all of that has been modernized by now. I was there when Elvis Presley came through in 1960.He was a SARGENT at the time. I can honestly say I had dinner with him although it was in our mess hall with about 70 other of my comrads. As he was leaving he shook hands with most of us. He was a nice guy just another GI doing his tour for Uncle Sam.RSVP & let me know please about the condition of the old Hitler era Barecks. RSVP. Robert
Thank you! Great an numerous memories from that area. I was stationed at at the Army base, there as an Engineer. My family and I stay in that area from 2000-2006 and called home that little town of Kaltembrunn...hope you can post a video of that town and the military housing there...loved the trails and using the bikes, as you two did...wish you the best stay...👍🤝🇺🇸
Would you be willing to do a tour of Eschenbach just down the road from Graf? That is where we lived off base when we were there a few years ago. I regret not doing a video like this for my son who was born there.
Hello! I'm not sure, however I haven't heard anything against them. I know of people using electric scooters in Nuremberg, so hopefully it would be fine! Rules could possibly vary on and off post as well. Best of luck on your move to Germany! :)
Its so funny, you are in the bavarian area but it looks very similar to my area here in Ostwestfalen (NRW) Btw. if you are interested in German history and architecture, you should visit Europes largest open air museum in my hometown Detmold. Even the town Detmold is interesting with a beautiful castle and a historic citx center!
8:12 - Flashback from my years ('67-'69) in Berlin......the bird warbling in the background would be the "Eurasian Black Bird" or "Common Black Bird"......which looks (and sounds) remarkably similar to the American Robin, but jet black with yellow beak and a thin yellow line around each eye. Ah, yes, songs from high in our backyard cherry trees.....
Just one more "fun Fact" about the river Vils there are at least two more streams or creeks in bavaria names "Vils" both located in lower Bavaria (Niederbayern) as Vilseck and that Vils shown in this video is in the Oberpafalz (a different region). "Our" Vilses are seperated by names as Große Vils und kleine Vils (big and small).
@@thealwayshome9239 as far as I know the one running through Vilseck is just called "Vils". The bigger one in Niderbayern running through Taufkirchen an der Vils and Vilsbiburg. The smaller one runs through Vilsheim. So you see bavarians sometimes lack fantasy and enthusiams naming towns and Villages (As you might know that Taufkirchen only means "baptizing Church" the place where your newborns were entered into the christian community. and there are quite a few towns called Taufkirchen spread over bavaria.
Guys, please behave yourselves when you are here. Many americans who are here think they are the greatest and have a very strange behavior. You are guests here, so please behave accordingly.
Hi, great video, keep it up! Americans on bicycles, you must be living in Europe! I commend you for getting around on bicycles. We do the same in my city of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Greetings from Slovenia! If you have the time you can make a weekend trip from Bavaria, after the corona travel ban is lifted. You can visit Ljubljana or Lake Bled, Postojna caves, Slovenian Adriatic coast...and so much more: www.slovenia.info/en
Hope you guys enjoyed our little Vilseck tour! Are there any other small German towns or cities you would like a tour of?? Let us know!🇩🇪
I recommend going downtown Amberg. Such a nice city with a lot of history. More than 1000 years old and maybe 25 minutes from Vilseck
Florian Ertl We actually *just* uploaded a video in Amberg! Here is the link: ua-cam.com/video/GOWHv-I-Eq8/v-deo.html Enjoy😊
Bamberg please! We were stationed there in the early 90s. Oh how I miss Bavaria! Visited Vilseck many times too, for fun and military training. Thanks for your wonderful videos!
Could you guys ever go to friedburg I know its alot to ask for but I miss it so much I havent seen it in about 9 years they have such beautiful things to see there
I like your relaxed way! I come from a town called "Laboe" located on the Baltic Sea near Kiel!! It’s worth a bikeride with great places of sightseeing!!
I was stationed at Grafenwöhr for 6 years. My step-dad is active duty. 2009-2013 I went to Vilseck High. My Senior Prom was at that Castle. ❤️😭 I miss Germany every day. I am half German, and my most of my mother's side of the family resides near or in Karlsruhe. It is home for me.
Thank you for tour of Vilseck. I was stationed there in 1998 and fell like taking a tour down memory lane. I throughly enjoyed the bike ride!
I miss Vilseck. I was stationed there back in 07 (Ico 3/2 SCR). Now, my cousin is there. Beautiful town. Thanks for the memories.
Thank you for the memories. My kids were all 6 years old and under when were stationed there. They have memories of being there but seeing it is so much better. Thanks again
Thank you, just found this looking for the church. I came to Vilseck in 1992 as a guest of a friend and stayed in Rose Army Barracks. I made a great friend in Vilseck and came back many times and brought my friends and stayed at the Angerer and Thumhotel. Annalese and her family ran the Angerer and the last time I visited she was not well. Karl Guttman became a good friend of all of us visiting. He lived in the first house built outside the walled city and was very upset when they changed his address from #1 Markplaz to 8. His home was the 3 rd down including the Angerer Hotel. He passed a few years ago and I was trying to see his name on the family monument in the church graveyard. Good memories, thanks very much.
I was born in Germany, and was raised on the base near here! So many memories of this place.
I haven't been back to Vilseck since 1981 and your video brought back many fond memories. So much has changed, yet so much has remained the same. The timing couldn't have been better since my daughter recently asked where I grew up in Germany and I can now give her a little peek. Only wish you'd have taken the road up past our old home and into Fitzhume village. Thank you so much for that trip down memory lane!
Was stationed in Germany 1977-1980 and 83. Loved Vilseck!
I was stationed there from 1992-1996. This was my best assignment.
Thanks for making this nice video! Im from Vilseck and its great to see our town from your perspective. Sometimes you get used to things and your hometown but you should never stop to explore and enjoy the little things. It was really awesome to watch you explore Vilseck and its history. Again, thank you for making this. I really appreciate it! Enjoy your time here and all the best
Your town is beautiful! Thanks so much for the nice comment☺️♥️
I lived in Vilseck for 5 years. Never realized I’d miss it until I PCS back to the states.
Thanks for the walk down memory lane! My husband and I were stationed in Vilseck from 2013-2016.
Wow! It hasn't changed a bit. The memories this brings back. Such a quaint little village.
My husband was stationed there in the early 2000s, great video :)
that was beautiful ! thank you 🙏🏼 😊
Thanks for sharing!! We were stationed there in 2007-2008 and loved it so much! Was fun to see it again!
Thanks for your tour! Y'all are so adorable. :) We have lived in Vilseck for 4 years at just about two minutes walk or so from where y'all were riding around/castle area. We love living here and are going to miss it so much when we leave next year. Enjoy y'all's tour here and hopefully travel restrictions will be lifted- all of them- very soon!!
Wow! Was over there in 1981. Best time I ever had. Also, spent time in Grafenwhor.
I loved it when my husband was stationed at Vilseck! Miss it so much
We are moving there in March. Thanks for sharing. Calms my nerves a little! Lol Go Army!
I loved this video and cute couple making these! We, too, were stationed at Vilseck 1989-1991 (in Illesheim 2 years before) after moving from the IOAC course at Benning. Our daughter was born in the hospital in nearby Auerbach. We just visited again for the first time since we moved last fall. This brought back so many good memories, and I've subscribed so hope to see more!
Was stationed there from 96-01 and fell in love with Bavaria, miss it dearly. My youngest daughter was born at the hospital in Sulzbach-Rosenburg. This little tour video brought back a lot of happy memories.
I miss Vilseck! We were there 2003-2005 up at Josef-Haydn-Str.
Such Beauty. 🥺 Can't wait, I pcs there next year.
Great video. I was stationed there from 1988 to 1992. I fell in love with a young lady there but she moved away to be with her sick father. I was there when they were building the new housing on Rose barracks. It was the best time of my life. I used to frequent the night club downtown called "The Miami". 🙂 I even still have the 5 mark chips they gave you to buy a drink. I still have friends there and nearby. I used to visit Regensburg with my friends from Illesheim and we still chat from to time. ❤
How lovely :) so nice to see this town from someone elses perspective! I love roaming around the city, fields and forests here for my videos 😊 greetings from a new Vilseck-based UA-camr
Great video as always: just a hint - do not use the left pedestrian lane of a road to ride your bicycles. A lot of severe accidents have happened because car drivers did not recognize the cyclists when they have left their property since they have just watched the left side of the pedestrian walkway. Most courts have decided that it was the cyclist' fault since they have used the wrong side of the road.
Gerd Papenburg Thank you for the tip and looking out for our safety!! You are so right. Yes, right when we realized we should be on the other side of the street we switched sides and didn’t go back to the left side again!
Lived in Grafenwoehr for a few years and schooled in Vilseck. Thank you so much for this video !!
excellent! lived there back in the late 90s. my unit was 2/63 Armor. loved being in Germany! and Vilseck! plus some of the best German, Czech, Italian and Greek food right in the area!
You were there when I was there. I was in 1/6th infantry then over to 7th ATC as a Bradley instructor.
Hello, my name is Darion and I just ran across your channel, Great job on your video BTW, I really enjoyed it. I was stationed in Schweinfurt, Germany when I had served in the US Army and I used to go to Graf/Vilsek all the time to go to the field lol. I visit Germany at least twice a year. I am supposed to go back for a visit in Sept 2020 if the travel ban goes away so here's hoping. I had visited Vilsek back in Sept 2019 and it had brought back a lot of memories. I really like the new Commissary/PX mall. (new to me) Anyways, I am looking forward to viewing more of your videos as I have subscribed. I actually have a UA-cam channel titled "Magnificent Germany with Darion" and I love sharing my videos. I actually made a video of my last trip to vilsek, and it was great to see this great town again.
Loved your bike tour of our long-time hometown!
Great video! I was in Graf & Vilseck last May! My mother is from Auerbach and I'm over there every three years or so visiting. Bavaria is great! Have you been over to Munich and Austria especially Salzburg yet? Keep up the great content and keep exploring!
Hi you are so lovely! When i hear you whispering i felt in laughing so nice and so germanized ❤
You guys are great! Very informative and I like that you are showing the small towns. I have been looking for videos like this so im glad i found yours. I'm interested in seeing small towns in Bavaria so if can show more that would be great. I just found you so i look forward to watching your other videos 🙂
Great video! Thanks so much for sharing. We lived in Vilseck in the early 90s. We lived right next to the castle. We lived in military housing, only 6 apartments. I wonder if that building is still military housing.
Thank you for making this video!!! Vilseck germany was my home for 14+ years and I went to Vilseck high school so to see this all again is great! Luckily I get to go back yearly since I’m half german and have family there! Great video!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️🇩🇪
That is awesome!! I love that! And thanks so much☺️☺️
The amazing part is there weren't any people out and about... Many of the little towns or villages in Germany are quite places..
Was there 663 Ord in the 80s, appears to be the same , no changes after all these yrs..
Vilseck was my first duty station and by far my most favorite and memorable! We lived just outside of town in Hohenwald! My oldest was born in Sulzbach! I would GREATLY appreciate it if you could email me a photo of the hospital to share with her.
Awesome!! Would love to do that for you😊 Email us at thealwayshome@gmail.com and we will keep in contact!
Love this one! I can not wait to visit!
I love this video! Can't wait to get a bike & explore our little corner. Keep it up with your content, always looking forward to the videos.
I lived in that pink house straight ahead at 4:57 from 2015 to 2017. Altmulweg 4. That road was a pain in the ass to drive because its so narrow and always being walked or biked on.
Would this be anywhere near Illesheim? Where the old barracks are/were? My husband was stationed there back in 1987. We lived off base in the next Village over called Ufersheim I'm pretty sure I have the spelling right or close to it 😆. Anyway did they closed the base down. I would give anything in the world to go back there and visit and appreciate it more We were only teenagers and I didn't appreciate it. All I wanted to do is be back in the city silly 😜 Me.
Have a Wonderful Day 🌞🇩🇪
I had flights and airbnb for 1 month near vilseck to visit my son while he was stationed there. It all was canceled when the world was closed in March 2020.
I was stationed there from {1959--1961} sixty one years ago. WOW!! I was 19 when I arrived & 21 when I rotated back to the states. Rose Barecks was my home & I was with 663rd Ammo Ord Supply Co. Don't remember my MOS. I was an ammo humper, AKA a guy who unloads,stores & supplies oredenance for the Field Rats as we used to call troops who were training with Tank Training Center (TTC). We busted our buns but we had a hot meal & a warm bed every night.I was permanent party & was out in the field just once per year, always in the middle of winter & made $75.00 a mo. I was there when the Berlin Wall went up & my company was almost scrambled to head out but the orders were pulled. Close call. The town looks familiar but really cleaned up. I don't imagine Rose 🌹 Barecks looks anything like I remember. I'm 80 now & living the good life. I wish I could see 🙈 my domacile as I remember it. In that time they were old German Barecks for Hitler's troops from WW 2.We were in 6 man squad rooms & heated with coal stoves in the winter.I suppose all of that has been modernized by now. I was there when Elvis Presley came through in 1960.He was a SARGENT at the time. I can honestly say I had dinner with him although it was in our mess hall with about 70 other of my comrads. As he was leaving he shook hands with most of us. He was a nice guy just another GI doing his tour for Uncle Sam.RSVP & let me know please about the condition of the old Hitler era Barecks. RSVP. Robert
Great video thanks,for sis.I think Vilseck is a Wonderfull Town to live ( Sorry for my Englisch,i am German )
Thank you! Great an numerous memories from that area. I was stationed at at the Army base, there as an Engineer. My family and I stay in that area from 2000-2006 and called home that little town of Kaltembrunn...hope you can post a video of that town and the military housing there...loved the trails and using the bikes, as you two did...wish you the best stay...👍🤝🇺🇸
how is the Taxi situation right now? please give me an update
Would you be willing to do a tour of Eschenbach just down the road from Graf? That is where we lived off base when we were there a few years ago. I regret not doing a video like this for my son who was born there.
Would love for you to do a tour of Freihung. We lived there 2012-15. We lived in what was once a jail house on Grafenwoehrer Strasse.
Ha was stationed there from 96-01, we lived on post.
You have check out Erbendorf. It is on the other side of Grafenwoehr. We lived there for three years in the "American settlement ".
Adding it to our list! Thanks!😊
Any idea if electric longboards are allowed in vilseck? Me and my wife are getting stationed there and we do alot of that
Hello! I'm not sure, however I haven't heard anything against them. I know of people using electric scooters in Nuremberg, so hopefully it would be fine! Rules could possibly vary on and off post as well. Best of luck on your move to Germany! :)
Damn, I miss vilseck, grew up over there
Very nice vloger
So I was bored chilling in my car and I searched for a random word "volseck" and found this video.
Its so funny, you are in the bavarian area but it looks very similar to my area here in Ostwestfalen (NRW) Btw. if you are interested in German history and architecture, you should visit Europes largest open air museum in my hometown Detmold. Even the town Detmold is interesting with a beautiful castle and a historic citx center!
Ok, that is ower way to dive after work in germany...
8:12 - Flashback from my years ('67-'69) in Berlin......the bird warbling in the background would be the "Eurasian Black Bird" or "Common Black Bird"......which looks (and sounds) remarkably similar to the American Robin, but jet black with yellow beak and a thin yellow line around each eye.
Ah, yes, songs from high in our backyard cherry trees.....
Just one more "fun Fact" about the river Vils there are at least two more streams or creeks in bavaria names "Vils" both located in lower Bavaria (Niederbayern) as Vilseck and that Vils shown in this video is in the Oberpafalz (a different region).
"Our" Vilses are seperated by names as Große Vils und kleine Vils (big and small).
Oh no way! That’s pretty cool!! Is the one is the town of Vilseck the große or kleine?
@@thealwayshome9239 as far as I know the one running through Vilseck is just called "Vils".
The bigger one in Niderbayern running through Taufkirchen an der Vils and Vilsbiburg.
The smaller one runs through Vilsheim.
So you see bavarians sometimes lack fantasy and enthusiams naming towns and Villages (As you might know that Taufkirchen only means "baptizing Church" the place where your newborns were entered into the christian community.
and there are quite a few towns called Taufkirchen spread over bavaria.
2006-2009 2SCR Vilseck..
Guys, please behave yourselves when you are here. Many americans who are here think they are the greatest and have a very strange behavior. You are guests here, so please behave accordingly.
She's so cute! And honest to god, if I were gay, he would be cute too haha - what a lovely couple!
You might be gay....
@@bk5223 standard answer from a "not-so-sure" - guy to show how manly he is :D
Only children are allowed to ride a bicycle on sidewalks. Unless the path is designated as a bicycle path.
Hi, great video, keep it up! Americans on bicycles, you must be living in Europe! I commend you for getting around on bicycles. We do the same in my city of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Greetings from Slovenia! If you have the time you can make a weekend trip from Bavaria, after the corona travel ban is lifted. You can visit Ljubljana or Lake Bled, Postojna caves, Slovenian Adriatic coast...and so much more:
www.slovenia.info/en
I life in that town
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Und auf dem Bürgersteig radeln, garnicht gern gesehen.