Many Americans are completely unaware that Germany also has access to the sea. Not only to the Baltic Sea, but also to the North Sea. Very many vacation islands can be found in the North Sea, the most famous is Sylt. The only remaining high sea island of Germany is Heligoland in the North Sea.
Willa is a great antidepressant-you can't help but smile watching her explore and enjoy herself. She's such a positive kid and seems to love all kinds of food.. :)
That is not Really True. Different Dialects….Moin moin is north Friesland and moin is Original From East Friesland. But that is Not a Thing….you can use ist across germany and everybody Unterstands it….
One brand of card terminals was using an expired certificate. These certificates are issued by a certificate authority with a limited expiration date of a few years. Normally the vendor of these card readers would have to apply for a new certificate a few days or weeks before it expires and then update all of its terminals via software update. In this case it didn’t happen and the transactions from these terminals were no longer accepted by the clearing companies because no secure communication could be established.
@@Hallands. The certificate authorities need to do this to prevent fraud. The want to check if the user of the certificate still has a valid business case. Also because new certificates can use advanced encryption to make them harder to be hacked. It‘s the obligation of the certificate user to apply for a new certificate at the appropriate time. They should mark the date for application in their calendar. If the use a paper calendar that might be a problem because the calendar for the year of expiration is not yet available.
@@rolfgarske8174 Not the authorities, the certificate holders! You do know how the system works? The holder gets ample time to renew the certificate and three warnings about the imminent expiration. Why would any certificate holder deliberately let his certificate expire, only to cause huge problems for the customers, possible fines and payment of restitutions? It makes no sense.
@@Hallands. I don’t think the certificate holders would deliberately let the certificate expire. But weird things van happen in a company over the years. The person in charge of the certificates may have changed an the mail from the certificate authority may be routed to the old (now wrong) person and perhaps delayed because of vacation or illness . Things like that can happen in any company, big or small.
You picked a good time to go to Rügen. When the weather is nice during summer holidays Rügen and neighboring island Usedom can get very crowded. It's near enough to Berlin and other northern German cities that people just hopp into their cars and spent a few days or a week. The last time I was there, there was a traffic jam in the evening when people drove back to their hotels and camping sites from the beaches. I always find it so fascinating how different yet close the Baltic Sea and North Sea are. Baltic Sea is mostly calm (not always) and has hardly any tide difference, whereas the North Sea can get very windy and the tide difference is extreme, yet you could visit them on the same day. I kayaked in both of them (in a group with experienced kayakers who live at the coast). The experience was so different.
Yepp, how does she do it? There should be a cuteness warning at the intro to the videos. "Warning: Cuteness overload may make you go aaaawwwwww until you pass out." 😍😍😂😂
The problem with EC card payments was all over Germany. Lasted almost 2 days. It was probably due to outdated card readers whose software was no longer supported. The topic was in the news 😅
@J 2 Well, worked for me, because the issue hit our petrol stations the moment the gas was somewhat affordable, and since I have always enough cash on hand, I could take advantage of the situation.
Verifone H5000 Terminals Worldwide got updated with a bugged firmware that won‘t accept certificates. The only possible bugfix is a local, not remote, update process. Eventhough Verifone (a californian company) terminals are used worldwide, the H5000 was sold to many german vendors.
North at last!!! Welcome and you´re right: "Moin Moin" means "Good and beautiful (Day)" but around northern Germany we´re not much into talking, so if you say "Moin" everything important is said ;)
The lady passing you by was probably looking for amber, not just rocks. Rügen island is famous for amber and you can find it on rocky beaches there very often
Great to see you made it to the north of Germany. Next stop with more white sand beaches plus a little "Wattwanderung" : Juist, Amrum, Borkum or Langeoog 😉
Your videos are always so enjoyable and positive. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us. Also, it's great to see Willa grow up. Couldn't stop smiling when she was worried about her tortilla.
Haven't read all the comments. But to be sure: Did you take or at least see the narrow gauge trains running on the island? "Rügensche BäderBahn" or "Rasender Roland" I think the cliffs are related to the Dover ones (and also Danish at Moen and French) geologically.There was a giant shallow ocean covering Europe in the cretaceous age 70 million years ago. Now you have to visit Helgolad. Cliffs, but red ones this time.
At the Baltic Sea you will find the famous white Resort Architecture (Weiße Bäderarchitektur). Especially the architecture of Heiligendamm, Kühlungsborn, Heringsdorf, Ahlbeck, Bansin, Sellin, Binz e.g. are famous.
Just found your channel yesterday and I'm really exited! I found myself binge watching your Videos since yesterday and was very excited to see you exploring my hometown Bochum (For me the greatest town in the world ;) ) Watching your videos is like becoming a part of your family. We see growing up your heartwarming little Princess Willa and shes one of the most adorable kid I've ever seen. Next to my kids of course ;) Thank you for sharing your life and experiences here in germany! Wish you guys all the best and I hope to see more of you exploring the german way of life! ❤️ ❤️
You guys are going all the cool places :) Good on you. I married on Rügen in Castle Spieker.. always had a spot in my heart for this little island :) Glad to see you guys enjoying yourselves....
Willa is getting so cute! My niece is also named Willa and she will turn 3 in August. It is so fun to see their little personality come to life. Beautiful area. I look forward to traveling Germany once their restrictions are lifted.
The rocks probably sound funny because the rocks and sediment in general in that coastal region is mostly chalkstone Glad you enjoyed your trip 11:00 also, yeah, that really was the case a few days ago. never happened before afaik
The original pier of Sellin was damaged by high floods in a storm that came together with extreme cold weather, resulting in a frozen Baltic. The rising waters caused the ice to rip the wooden pillars of the pier out of the seabed. The remaining posts or pillars had to be left in their places when that reconstruction of the pier was underway in the early 1990s. The odd shape of the pier is caused by that; the new pillars could not be driven into the seabed where it was intended because of the remaining bits and pieces underwater. The pillars that support the pier are from steel now. When the first stage of that work was finished one of the honorary guests at the opening was a nearly 100 year old fotographer from Sellin who had taken tons of pictures about beach life in Sellin and especially of people on that pier in the years before WW II and had been able to keep the negatives in his archive. He was deeply moved by seeing that place of his young years being reconstructed. At first there was just the platform with some tents on it for catering, but then the original pier restaurant was widely rebuilt. The diving bell at the end was added in recent years.
Hey guys! I love your videos. It is interesting to see how people from another country discover the different areas and habbits of Germany. I grew up in Stralsund and spent a lot of time on the island Rügen. I am happy that you had the chance to explore Rügen a little bit and that you seem to like it as much as I do. I used to work as a life guard in Binz during summer time and married in Binz some years ago. Such a beautiful little town on a beautiful island. Where are you heading next? Maybe I have some recommendations!? Best wishes from Berlin! Daniel
There are so much different landscapes within a rather small country. Not as big and gorgeous as in other countrys, but a kind of appetizer. Landscapewise it is at least not boring, you can have a little bit of a lot. Have fun you three.
That's my happy place for summer vacation. ❤️ When it's warm and in the months of June/July/August there are wayyyy more people everywhere, so you were lucky even if the weather was a little bit chilly. 😉
Don't buy bus tickets! Currently you can buy the 9 Euro ticket per sons which unlocks a large number of transportation options over the whole of Germany for a month, during June to August..
You really nailed the pronunciation of 'Moin' And it's cool to see your daughter reacting to the Seebrücke just like I did when we went there when I was a little girl 'its another castle!' Right?? 😄 You're a cute little family and I enjoy your appreciation for Rügen and it's sights
Did you know that Marburg has an elevator taking you from the Unterstadt (lower part of the town) to the Oberstadt (upper part of the town)? There used to be a bookshop that had its own lifts to take you from the Unterstadt to the Oberstadt within the shop.
@@cherrypi_b No, those weren’t a thing back then. At least not at the Sellin sea-bridge. Up at the Cap Arkona lighthouse they had cobble stones with the names of the married couples. We like others before us brought an engraved padlock and hid it halfway down the bridge. But they removed them all six years ago. I guess that’s why they introduced the plaques.
If you are still in the area and visit Hamburg don't miss out on Miniatur Wunderland, Fischmarkt and the Treppenviertel or the water show at planten and blomen
Regarding the Credit Card outage. Can confirm It was the same for me in Hamburg. For 2-3 Days a specific brand or the system behind it had huge problems. Others still worked.
Peaceful scenery, thanks for showing. This EC Card issue has been going on for two weeks now. It's a software issue of the US producer of the terminals. My local Aldi bought a completly new set of terminals because it doesn't seem as if it can be resolved that easy. In other stores it is still not possible to pay with cards
Its a peaceful little ocean. No crazy waves, its perfect for a little family like yours. I was in that diving Bell but its not alot to see, its not a tropical ocean^^ but I enjoyed the diving experience
Omgoodness when will we bunp into each other? I am literally editing my video from my Rügen visit (very different to yours, as I was there for work (in the Theater) and I had wild weather.) And Willa is right - it’s so beautiful. How wonderful that she can see that and express it at such a young age. No wonder you make so much effort for her to see and experience so much. And I love your accommodation, but most of all I understand your reaction to being there. It’s hard to describe, because it’s a wonderful feeling, isn’t it. I have been to Sellin, but I will definitely visit Willa‘s castle next tine I‘m on Rügen!
I remember having been to many places with my parents when young. But I can hardly remember any specifics. When you lack the background knowledge a place does not tell you much except for the immediate impression. Like hot/cold, many houses/trees etc. But the significance and perhaps clues to other data escape the mind. And when you read about history later, and a place where you have been is mentioned, you wish you had that knowledge to check the place out in more detail. And returning to a place let's you see it differently again.
@@V100-e5q I do think it’s worth it to leave an impression though, don’t you? Because then travelling is just a bit less foreign and frightening if you have a pleasant memory of places, even without details. It’s a very interesting subject. I think travel makes so much difference and if it’s not possible in real life then at least through UA-cam.
@@LaureninGermany You have a point there. I just feel the regret that I didn't get more out of the travels. I just imagine when Willa has become grown up. And can't remember all the places she has been to.
@@V100-e5q you sound like you are experiencing what we Welsh call „hiraeth“. A kind of Sehnsucht for a place or a time that may or may not have been really like that. Or maybe that’s just my interpretation of your rather evocative turn of phrase!
Great video what a Beautiful place gorgeous footage ❤️ aww Willa her excitement on her face is so adorable Hearing her chat so cute 😊 . Yes i seen photo of the Beaches there in the hight summer season. Its busy but I understand why 😜 We always carry cash ( not first time that cards are sadly rejected. Due to storing etc ) Looking forward to to your next adventures 🥰
It was so nice to see you at the Insel Rügen. I’ve been there quiet a few times, but never ever was the Sellin Strand & Brücke this quiet and empty, but I understand that’s because you guys woke up very early ...👍🏻😀
Did you take the opportunity to go on the "Rasender Roland" steam train ? The little westwards island of Hiddensee (car-free) would also well be worth a visit. Some people so not look for rocks on these beaches but rather for amber. And the Baltic Sea beaches are famous for their high percentage of nudist sunlovers, a long-standing tradition from the East Germany days.
The issue with the terminals is a technical issue, as verifon stated. It mostly hit north-east Germany and specific stores and chaines. Current suspicion is a bodged update a few month ago. But payment providers are already replacing those terminals.
That rocks with holes through them are flint. Flint is a material that has its origin in chalk and during the process of crystallization those flint bulbs took the shape that the then harder chalk around them forced upon them. Those holes are therefore no effect of erosion or any other kind of external force when those rocks were shaped in the first place. Those rocks simply grew that way. The sea later washed the chalk away and when there was some "bubble" of chalk in the flint those holes were the result. There is some old Slavic superstition about those rocks, saying that chicken lay more eggs or get protected against foxes or whatsoever when you hang a flint with a hole over the door of your poultry shed. That myth got reflected in some recent novel that was translated into German and the term "Hühnergötter" ("chicken gods") was created. Because all kinds of esotericism find a lot of followers in our time that myth about flints with holes on threads as a talisman has become widespread.
Willa is soooo cute. "moin" is a northern German greeting that is not only used in the morning, as the sound would imply, but at any given time of the day. But using it double as "moin moin" - my brother in law who is from northern German would say "moin moin" is already too much babbling - meaning they are very sparse in words up north ha ha
Oh, how nice, that's the island, I was born on. If you are in Binz par example You also could get a trip on a boat/ small ship over the Baltic Sea. You also have to go to Gören and Baabe. On Rügen there also is a castle. And the white city Putbus. Kind of a capital of Rügen is the city Bergen. And from Rügen or also from the city Stralsund you should take the ferry to go to the small island Hiddensee. It's possible for a daytripp also. That is an island without cars allowed on. Lot of adventures are possible in all of that area. Oh, and on Rügen you would find a train for Willa. Der rasende Roland. And the old natural language in that area is Low German. Some of the people still are able to speak this language. On Rügen they also have little museums you could find, about the history of the area. There are also fisherman villages.
"Cash in der Täsch" still rules sometimes :) No, that card thing doesn't happen regularly. For me it was the first time in over 20 years that i heard of something that wide spread. According to news it was one specific card terminal in shops that didn't work anymore so as a bakup you could always draw cash from the ATMs since they were not affected. Not the best if you are in the shop and want to check out unprepared but not an unsurmountable obstacle.
Really cute video with little Willa commentary ☺️ it’s a pity that the weather wasn’t better. I like to look for firestones with holes (for good luck) on the Baltic beaches or for amber which is much harder to find. If you like white stone coasts you have to go to Denmark to Møn Island. They are beautiful and several km long. I have never experienced a long lasting failure of the card machines like this in my life time! It was really annoying. I usually don’t carry a lot of cash with me. Certainly not enough to pay a tank full of gas these days.
Was there 3 years ago and liked it very much. The only problem is the mobile connection as there is most of the time no signal available. People are a little shy at the beginning, but if they come to know you then they can't stop talking.
10:50 First of all, the nationwide disruption relates to the internal payment network of Edeka, and is temporary. But maybe we should start talking about the reasons why so many, especially small, businesses in Germany don't accept credit cards. Did you know that the card companies charge transaction fees that are so high that the shop owner pays on top for purchases under 25€? Now imagine, for example, a small bakery or a kiosk with this minus business. Since you can not explain this to any (especially international) customers without discussion, many of them abandon the option of card payment. So simple.
@@OurStorytoTell did you see the video Lauren made for Lauren in Germany? Lübeck looks so lovely in that one. She was truly lucky with the light on that day.
You have to be careful on the beach. During World War II, nearby Peenemünde was incendiary bombed. Later, the incendiary bombs were sunk in the sea. The white phosphorus used is still washed up on the beach today. When wet, it can hardly be distinguished from amber, which is also often found there. White phosphorus self-ignites in air at 34 degrees Celsius and causes severe burn injuries.
I still love your vids! Keep on! I recommend to visit the little ilsland Hiddensee. It has a nice old little Fishertown and can be reced by a ferry. You can lend bikes on it to see the island. I liked very much when beeing there. And also try some of the "Sanddorn" products. It´s typical for the region. Not everyone likes them (a bit bitter), but I do. Enjoy your time there!!
You three are absolutely lovely. And you're picking out the best spots to go in my home country. I'm actually living quite close to Grafenwöhr, in Regensburg. Go there on a nice day, if u haven't already. The old town is part of UNESCO World Heritage. ;) Enjoy ur time in the north
Just be careful walking underneath the cliffs, or too close to the edge - as you've seen, landslides do happen, and there has been the occasional beach walker buried in chalk rubble. Alas, the cliffs have become more unstable over the past decades.
You could have had a look for amber and other fossils at the beach. After a few minutes, you probably had found some Donnerkeile (thunderbolts), the fossilized body of Belemnoidea from the Mesozoic.
No the card thing doesn't happen a lot, for me it's was the first time I experienced that. I didn't do any research as to why it didn't worked (here in Berlin too) but it seemed like it didn't affected every store. I asked the rewe employee before going to pay if the card paying option is available at their cash out and he said it worked the whole time and they somehow weren't affected by the country wide card error. Idk why it work there but not at the other stores I went but yeah who knows what the problem really was idk
It affected one very popular model of card readers only. The one with the biggest market share in Germany. ATMs were not affected, so everyone could go to the nearest ATM and get cash.
I have learned to never ever depend on cards only when I flew to the London UK for a weekend with 2 credit cards - so I got 100 pounds from a random ATM at the airport. Two hours later I got a call from the card company that the ATM war scammed (I did not see anything, but they said it does not matter if it was put there afterwards, and they said they are only informing me that my card has already been blocked and they even could not undo this even if they or I wished - I needed a new card, which they said could be in UK the monday after the quickest. Ok, I thought: well, I have another one, so no need for that. Then I'd tried to pay with it, learning that the chip on it was unreadable - I had not used it for some month at it was only my "emergency" cards with some usage fees... so luckily I was there with friends. I never go anywhere again without cash in my pocket.
You can say "Moin" all day :D in my region of northern germany we say "those who say - moin, moin - instead of - moin - talk too much" :D ( wer moin moin sagt, der redet viel )
It's been more than 55 years since my family went on vacation on Ruegen - every year. below the chalk cliffs we found our stony beach. the way there led through a forest and a steep staircase. very mysterious for us children. we found ambers and thunderbolts. At that time the island belonged to the communist side of Germany - East Germany. not every citizen had the opportunity to vacation there. room allocation was limited and tent sites were fully booked in advance.
My husband was severely disappointed when he first saw the Oregon coast/actual Pacific ocean. It was so violent and loud, compared to the gentle lapping of the North and Ost seas. We got sand blasted at Washington's popular beach (Ocean Shores) and now we know why people don't go there in Winter. Although I'm from WA, I think Oregon wins in the sheer number of amazing beaches, one after the other, ripping at the shore line, trying and succeeding, to claim the land.
Many Americans are completely unaware that Germany also has access to the sea. Not only to the Baltic Sea, but also to the North Sea. Very many vacation islands can be found in the North Sea, the most famous is Sylt. The only remaining high sea island of Germany is Heligoland in the North Sea.
Helgoland isn't in the high seas from a technical standpoint, but they do like to advertise with this term.
Willa is a great antidepressant-you can't help but smile watching her explore and enjoy herself. She's such a positive kid and seems to love all kinds of food.. :)
Awww love to hear that! 💛 She really is!
The white rocks became especially famous through the famous painter Caspar David Friedrich, his painting "Chalk Rocks on Rügen" was created in 1818.
In Kiel we say "Moin moin ist schon Gesabbel" 😂
The Rocks with the holes called "Hühnergötter".. If you find one you will have a lot of luck 🍀
5:23 exactly. Moin for Northern Germans and Moin Moin for tourists. 👍🏼
That is not Really True. Different Dialects….Moin moin is north Friesland and moin is Original From East Friesland. But that is Not a Thing….you can use ist across germany and everybody Unterstands it….
I know this from Hamburg but not from the Baltic Sea I think.
One brand of card terminals was using an expired certificate. These certificates are issued by a certificate authority with a limited expiration date of a few years. Normally the vendor of these card readers would have to apply for a new certificate a few days or weeks before it expires and then update all of its terminals via software update. In this case it didn’t happen and the transactions from these terminals were no longer accepted by the clearing companies because no secure communication could be established.
Why would they let the certificates expire?
@@Hallands. The certificate authorities need to do this to prevent fraud. The want to check if the user of the certificate still has a valid business case. Also because new certificates can use advanced encryption to make them harder to be hacked. It‘s the obligation of the certificate user to apply for a new certificate at the appropriate time. They should mark the date for application in their calendar. If the use a paper calendar that might be a problem because the calendar for the year of expiration is not yet available.
@@rolfgarske8174 Not the authorities, the certificate holders!
You do know how the system works?
The holder gets ample time to renew the certificate and three warnings about the imminent expiration.
Why would any certificate holder deliberately let his certificate expire, only to cause huge problems for the customers, possible fines and payment of restitutions? It makes no sense.
@@Hallands. I don’t think the certificate holders would deliberately let the certificate expire. But weird things van happen in a company over the years. The person in charge of the certificates may have changed an the mail from the certificate authority may be routed to the old (now wrong) person and perhaps delayed because of vacation or illness . Things like that can happen in any company, big or small.
@@rolfgarske8174 Now you’re forgetting that this debacle wasn’t isolated to one company…
The lady probably looked not for stones but for amber... baltic sea is very famous for finding amber "rocks" on its shores.
You picked a good time to go to Rügen. When the weather is nice during summer holidays Rügen and neighboring island Usedom can get very crowded. It's near enough to Berlin and other northern German cities that people just hopp into their cars and spent a few days or a week. The last time I was there, there was a traffic jam in the evening when people drove back to their hotels and camping sites from the beaches. I always find it so fascinating how different yet close the Baltic Sea and North Sea are. Baltic Sea is mostly calm (not always) and has hardly any tide difference, whereas the North Sea can get very windy and the tide difference is extreme, yet you could visit them on the same day. I kayaked in both of them (in a group with experienced kayakers who live at the coast). The experience was so different.
You’re exactly right about how different they are! Kayaking both would be amazing! 😊
Willa is getting cuter day by day 🥰 I just love her voice. And I'm happy to see that you finally got some baltic see/Ostsee air.
Yepp, how does she do it? There should be a cuteness warning at the intro to the videos.
"Warning: Cuteness overload may make you go aaaawwwwww until you pass out." 😍😍😂😂
The problem with EC card payments was all over Germany. Lasted almost 2 days. It was probably due to outdated card readers whose software was no longer supported. The topic was in the news 😅
@J 2 Well, worked for me, because the issue hit our petrol stations the moment the gas was somewhat affordable, and since I have always enough cash on hand, I could take advantage of the situation.
Verifone H5000 Terminals Worldwide got updated with a bugged firmware that won‘t accept certificates. The only possible bugfix is a local, not remote, update process. Eventhough Verifone (a californian company) terminals are used worldwide, the H5000 was sold to many german vendors.
One of the Tankstellen in my town had that problem for over a week.
in god we trust, all others pay cash......
@@balticdubai950 😂
North at last!!! Welcome and you´re right: "Moin Moin" means "Good and beautiful (Day)" but around northern Germany we´re not much into talking, so if you say "Moin" everything important is said ;)
:D For sure. Moin is enough, everybody who comes with a "Moin, moin." wants to invite to a conversation. *gg
The lady passing you by was probably looking for amber, not just rocks. Rügen island is famous for amber and you can find it on rocky beaches there very often
So cool! Thanks for sharing!
Love to see your adventures in Germany! Hoping you will come to Lübeck one day. It is such a cute northern town - you would love it so much!
yes, absolutely, and world culture heritage, too !
As someone who works in Lübeck I totally support this idea!
Lauren in Germany posted a video about Lübeck the other day!
Check out Amrum in summer, a real gem. The most beautiful island ever.👍👍😘
Baltic sea is definetly worth a visit 👍🏼💯 I Always recommend it but many people don't believe that it's that awesome and never visit 😅
Next coming to Rügen you should try out the Baumwipfelpfad, the Sandsklupturen exhibition and the 2 mile long building Prora.
Thanks for the recommendations!
Great to see you made it to the north of Germany. Next stop with more white sand beaches plus a little "Wattwanderung" : Juist, Amrum, Borkum or Langeoog 😉
Oh you are GOOD! Stay tuned 😉
I love Rügen Island, and especially Sellin! whenever I have some days off I do them in Sellin ❤
Very nice trip to the eastern coast! Never been there, but looks very nice! Your daughter is a sunshine ☀️ and speaks so well already!
Willa popping a jog for tortillas, and then demanding everyone look out the window at how beautiful the world is, is a big mood.
😂 too true!
Your videos are always so enjoyable and positive. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us. Also, it's great to see Willa grow up. Couldn't stop smiling when she was worried about her tortilla.
She's so verbal! I love it! Good job, Mama and Daddy!
I still bring home rocks from every beach I visited 😅 I have a big glass that is almost filled.
Love that!
Haven't read all the comments. But to be sure: Did you take or at least see the narrow gauge trains running on the island? "Rügensche BäderBahn" or "Rasender Roland"
I think the cliffs are related to the Dover ones (and also Danish at Moen and French) geologically.There was a giant shallow ocean covering Europe in the cretaceous age 70 million years ago.
Now you have to visit Helgolad. Cliffs, but red ones this time.
At the Baltic Sea you will find the famous white Resort Architecture (Weiße Bäderarchitektur). Especially the architecture of Heiligendamm, Kühlungsborn, Heringsdorf, Ahlbeck, Bansin, Sellin, Binz e.g. are famous.
Just found your channel yesterday and I'm really exited! I found myself binge watching your Videos since yesterday and was very excited to see you exploring my hometown Bochum (For me the greatest town in the world ;) ) Watching your videos is like becoming a part of your family. We see growing up your heartwarming little Princess Willa and shes one of the most adorable kid I've ever seen. Next to my kids of course ;) Thank you for sharing your life and experiences here in germany! Wish you guys all the best and I hope to see more of you exploring the german way of life! ❤️ ❤️
Nice hair cut, Tanner. 👍
You guys are going all the cool places :) Good on you. I married on Rügen in Castle Spieker.. always had a spot in my heart for this little island :) Glad to see you guys enjoying yourselves....
Willa is getting so cute! My niece is also named Willa and she will turn 3 in August. It is so fun to see their little personality come to life.
Beautiful area. I look forward to traveling Germany once their restrictions are lifted.
No way?! We don’t meet many with the name of Willa! So cool! Where is your niece from? 😊 We hope you can make it here too! 💛
Nice. I live near Stralsund. So Rügen and the surroundings are my home. Happy that you liked it here.
The rocks probably sound funny because the rocks and sediment in general in that coastal region is mostly chalkstone
Glad you enjoyed your trip
11:00 also, yeah, that really was the case a few days ago. never happened before afaik
The original pier of Sellin was damaged by high floods in a storm that came together with extreme cold weather, resulting in a frozen Baltic. The rising waters caused the ice to rip the wooden pillars of the pier out of the seabed. The remaining posts or pillars had to be left in their places when that reconstruction of the pier was underway in the early 1990s. The odd shape of the pier is caused by that; the new pillars could not be driven into the seabed where it was intended because of the remaining bits and pieces underwater. The pillars that support the pier are from steel now. When the first stage of that work was finished one of the honorary guests at the opening was a nearly 100 year old fotographer from Sellin who had taken tons of pictures about beach life in Sellin and especially of people on that pier in the years before WW II and had been able to keep the negatives in his archive. He was deeply moved by seeing that place of his young years being reconstructed. At first there was just the platform with some tents on it for catering, but then the original pier restaurant was widely rebuilt. The diving bell at the end was added in recent years.
Oh finally finally I see you in my home area
Hey guys!
I love your videos. It is interesting to see how people from another country discover the different areas and habbits of Germany.
I grew up in Stralsund and spent a lot of time on the island Rügen. I am happy that you had the chance to explore Rügen a little bit and that you seem to like it as much as I do.
I used to work as a life guard in Binz during summer time and married in Binz some years ago. Such a beautiful little town on a beautiful island.
Where are you heading next? Maybe I have some recommendations!?
Best wishes from Berlin! Daniel
There are so much different landscapes within a rather small country. Not as big and gorgeous as in other countrys, but a kind of appetizer. Landscapewise it is at least not boring, you can have a little bit of a lot. Have fun you three.
That's my happy place for summer vacation. ❤️
When it's warm and in the months of June/July/August there are wayyyy more people everywhere, so you were lucky even if the weather was a little bit chilly. 😉
Don't buy bus tickets! Currently you can buy the 9 Euro ticket per sons which unlocks a large number of transportation options over the whole of Germany for a month, during June to August..
Such a awesome deal going on!
You really nailed the pronunciation of 'Moin'
And it's cool to see your daughter reacting to the Seebrücke just like I did when we went there when I was a little girl
'its another castle!'
Right?? 😄
You're a cute little family and I enjoy your appreciation for Rügen and it's sights
Hey thanks! That’s so cool you’ve been there before and cute you had the same reaction too! 😊
Did you know that Marburg has an elevator taking you from the Unterstadt (lower part of the town) to the Oberstadt (upper part of the town)? There used to be a bookshop that had its own lifts to take you from the Unterstadt to the Oberstadt within the shop.
My favourite island. I married on the sea-bridge in Sellin.
I've been there a few weeks ago. The are plaques with names of married people on the stairs. Is your name on it, too? :)
@@cherrypi_b No, those weren’t a thing back then. At least not at the Sellin sea-bridge. Up at the Cap Arkona lighthouse they had cobble stones with the names of the married couples. We like others before us brought an engraved padlock and hid it halfway down the bridge. But they removed them all six years ago. I guess that’s why they introduced the plaques.
That must have been lovely!
Hope you also went to Stralsund a very beautiful city by the bridge that leads to Rügen.
We didn’t unfortunately but next time! Stay tuned for where we did go! 🎥😊
If you are still in the area and visit Hamburg don't miss out on Miniatur Wunderland, Fischmarkt and the Treppenviertel or the water show at planten and blomen
Regarding the Credit Card outage. Can confirm It was the same for me in Hamburg. For 2-3 Days a specific brand or the system behind it had huge problems. Others still worked.
Ya, such a headache when you aren't exactly prepared with cash. We saw so many people at the Geldautomat during the outage 😂
These videos are so funny and I like the bye-bye house see you tomorrow lol I look forward to more of your videos in the future
That was a favorite comment of ours too! 😂
Peaceful scenery, thanks for showing. This EC Card issue has been going on for two weeks now. It's a software issue of the US producer of the terminals. My local Aldi bought a completly new set of terminals because it doesn't seem as if it can be resolved that easy. In other stores it is still not possible to pay with cards
Can’t believe how long it’s been going on!
Its a peaceful little ocean. No crazy waves, its perfect for a little family like yours. I was in that diving Bell but its not alot to see, its not a tropical ocean^^ but I enjoyed the diving experience
Omgoodness when will we bunp into each other? I am literally editing my video from my Rügen visit (very different to yours, as I was there for work (in the Theater) and I had wild weather.) And Willa is right - it’s so beautiful. How wonderful that she can see that and express it at such a young age. No wonder you make so much effort for her to see and experience so much. And I love your accommodation, but most of all I understand your reaction to being there. It’s hard to describe, because it’s a wonderful feeling, isn’t it. I have been to Sellin, but I will definitely visit Willa‘s castle next tine I‘m on Rügen!
I remember having been to many places with my parents when young. But I can hardly remember any specifics. When you lack the background knowledge a place does not tell you much except for the immediate impression. Like hot/cold, many houses/trees etc. But the significance and perhaps clues to other data escape the mind. And when you read about history later, and a place where you have been is mentioned, you wish you had that knowledge to check the place out in more detail.
And returning to a place let's you see it differently again.
@@V100-e5q I do think it’s worth it to leave an impression though, don’t you? Because then travelling is just a bit less foreign and frightening if you have a pleasant memory of places, even without details. It’s a very interesting subject. I think travel makes so much difference and if it’s not possible in real life then at least through UA-cam.
@@LaureninGermany You have a point there. I just feel the regret that I didn't get more out of the travels.
I just imagine when Willa has become grown up. And can't remember all the places she has been to.
@@V100-e5q you sound like you are experiencing what we Welsh call „hiraeth“. A kind of Sehnsucht for a place or a time that may or may not have been really like that. Or maybe that’s just my interpretation of your rather evocative turn of phrase!
@@LaureninGermany Nostalgia vs. missed opportunities?
Great video what a Beautiful place gorgeous footage ❤️ aww Willa her excitement on her face is so adorable
Hearing her chat so cute 😊 .
Yes i seen photo of the Beaches there in the hight summer season. Its busy but I understand why 😜
We always carry cash ( not first time that cards are sadly rejected. Due to storing etc )
Looking forward to to your next adventures 🥰
The Rock with a natural hole is a tiny god thats why ppl keep them. Its a lucky charm.
I prefer the mountains, but I (as a German) was there before - Baltic Sea nice too. (Your little girl is so cute. ♥)
you guys should go to Bornholm, DK - lovely during the summer
You need to experience the tides of the North Sea. You will love it. Walking for hours into empty sea
Stay tuned for Sundays video! 😉
It was so nice to see you at the Insel Rügen. I’ve been there quiet a few times, but never ever was the Sellin Strand & Brücke this quiet and empty, but I understand that’s because you guys woke up very early ...👍🏻😀
Did you take the opportunity to go on the "Rasender Roland" steam train ? The little westwards island of Hiddensee (car-free) would also well be worth a visit. Some people so not look for rocks on these beaches but rather for amber. And the Baltic Sea beaches are famous for their high percentage of nudist sunlovers, a long-standing tradition from the East Germany days.
The issue with the terminals is a technical issue, as verifon stated. It mostly hit north-east Germany and specific stores and chaines. Current suspicion is a bodged update a few month ago.
But payment providers are already replacing those terminals.
Next to rocks you might find amber on the beach, especially after a storm. And yes there was an outage of the terminals for card payment in Germany.
But only some chain stores were affected. Like Penny had no problem while Aldi did.
That rocks with holes through them are flint. Flint is a material that has its origin in chalk and during the process of crystallization those flint bulbs took the shape that the then harder chalk around them forced upon them. Those holes are therefore no effect of erosion or any other kind of external force when those rocks were shaped in the first place. Those rocks simply grew that way. The sea later washed the chalk away and when there was some "bubble" of chalk in the flint those holes were the result. There is some old Slavic superstition about those rocks, saying that chicken lay more eggs or get protected against foxes or whatsoever when you hang a flint with a hole over the door of your poultry shed. That myth got reflected in some recent novel that was translated into German and the term "Hühnergötter" ("chicken gods") was created. Because all kinds of esotericism find a lot of followers in our time that myth about flints with holes on threads as a talisman has become widespread.
Willa is soooo cute. "moin" is a northern German greeting that is not only used in the morning, as the sound would imply, but at any given time of the day. But using it double as "moin moin" - my brother in law who is from northern German would say "moin moin" is already too much babbling - meaning they are very sparse in words up north ha ha
9:27 These rocks have a funny name in German, they are called "Hühnergott" ("Chicken God", or "Chicken's God"). 😊
Oh, how nice, that's the island, I was born on. If you are in Binz par example You also could get a trip on a boat/ small ship over the Baltic Sea. You also have to go to Gören and Baabe. On Rügen there also is a castle. And the white city Putbus. Kind of a capital of Rügen is the city Bergen. And from Rügen or also from the city Stralsund you should take the ferry to go to the small island Hiddensee. It's possible for a daytripp also. That is an island without cars allowed on. Lot of adventures are possible in all of that area. Oh, and on Rügen you would find a train for Willa. Der rasende Roland. And the old natural language in that area is Low German. Some of the people still are able to speak this language. On Rügen they also have little museums you could find, about the history of the area. There are also fisherman villages.
Wilkommen im Norden. Rügen ist wunderschön. Ich war auch schon 2x da. Visit my Hometown, 3h by Car from Rügen in the west. Gruß aus Lübeck.
Noch 7 Wochen bis BINZ, ich freue mich schon sehr!
"Cash in der Täsch" still rules sometimes :) No, that card thing doesn't happen regularly. For me it was the first time in over 20 years that i heard of something that wide spread. According to news it was one specific card terminal in shops that didn't work anymore so as a bakup you could always draw cash from the ATMs since they were not affected. Not the best if you are in the shop and want to check out unprepared but not an unsurmountable obstacle.
Thank you so much for this video but honestly…. Willa is the real star as always. 😄
We can’t disagree! 😊
Really cute video with little Willa commentary ☺️ it’s a pity that the weather wasn’t better.
I like to look for firestones with holes (for good luck) on the Baltic beaches or for amber which is much harder to find.
If you like white stone coasts you have to go to Denmark to Møn Island. They are beautiful and several km long.
I have never experienced a long lasting failure of the card machines like this in my life time! It was really annoying. I usually don’t carry a lot of cash with me. Certainly not enough to pay a tank full of gas these days.
Yep, Germany has Beaches, Mountains, real 4 seasons etc....everything is Clean and fair prices.....
Great Place To live....
Love your videos!
All the best for you!
Thanks so much! 😊
Risa, no need to apologize for constantly using "gosh" all the time! I'm glad that you guys are enjoying Rugen!
Hey thanks!! We definitely did. 😊
Was there 3 years ago and liked it very much. The only problem is the mobile connection as there is most of the time no signal available. People are a little shy at the beginning, but if they come to know you then they can't stop talking.
10:50 First of all, the nationwide disruption relates to the internal payment network of Edeka, and is temporary.
But maybe we should start talking about the reasons why so many, especially small, businesses in Germany don't accept credit cards.
Did you know that the card companies charge transaction fees that are so high that the shop owner pays on top for purchases under 25€? Now imagine, for example, a small bakery or a kiosk with this minus business.
Since you can not explain this to any (especially international) customers without discussion, many of them abandon the option of card payment. So simple.
We can’t imagine how difficult that would be! Makes sense!
Great video! It's nice to see an outside perspective on Northern Germany.
Can you tell me what the song you used in this is called? I really like it.
I had a rock tumbler!
You should visit the beautiful city Lübeck!
We’ve been told this! It’s still on our list, but a visit there WILL happen 😊
@@OurStorytoTell did you see the video Lauren made for Lauren in Germany? Lübeck looks so lovely in that one. She was truly lucky with the light on that day.
You have to be careful on the beach. During World War II, nearby Peenemünde was incendiary bombed. Later, the incendiary bombs were sunk in the sea. The white phosphorus used is still washed up on the beach today.
When wet, it can hardly be distinguished from amber, which is also often found there.
White phosphorus self-ignites in air at 34 degrees Celsius and causes severe burn injuries.
I still love your vids! Keep on! I recommend to visit the little ilsland Hiddensee. It has a nice old little Fishertown and can be reced by a ferry. You can lend bikes on it to see the island. I liked very much when beeing there. And also try some of the "Sanddorn" products. It´s typical for the region. Not everyone likes them (a bit bitter), but I do. Enjoy your time there!!
Ohh thanks for the tip! We love to hear you’re still enjoying our videos 😊
Wow I was just in Rügen...:) like 3 weeks ago. :) So fun to see a few of the places I just visited :)
Ostsee ❤️😍 you should have looked out for amber, not for stones 😉😁
I probably should watch the video till the end first, but I can‘t wait to ask if you took a ride on the „Rasender Roland“? 🙂
You three are absolutely lovely. And you're picking out the best spots to go in my home country. I'm actually living quite close to Grafenwöhr, in Regensburg. Go there on a nice day, if u haven't already. The old town is part of UNESCO World Heritage. ;)
Enjoy ur time in the north
Just be careful walking underneath the cliffs, or too close to the edge - as you've seen, landslides do happen, and there has been the occasional beach walker buried in chalk rubble. Alas, the cliffs have become more unstable over the past decades.
Rügen is highest ranking(in Germany) when it comes to hours of sunshine
Fun fact to learn! Thanks 😊
Your child is just so cute 😁👍
We agree 😊
The card terminals (?) are from an American company though I think
You could have had a look for amber and other fossils at the beach. After a few minutes, you probably had found some Donnerkeile (thunderbolts), the fossilized body of Belemnoidea from the Mesozoic.
Great Video!!!!🥰
It's so funny: Willa has almost 100% of the original Donald Duck voice in places - so cute!
No the card thing doesn't happen a lot, for me it's was the first time I experienced that. I didn't do any research as to why it didn't worked (here in Berlin too) but it seemed like it didn't affected every store. I asked the rewe employee before going to pay if the card paying option is available at their cash out and he said it worked the whole time and they somehow weren't affected by the country wide card error. Idk why it work there but not at the other stores I went but yeah who knows what the problem really was idk
It affected one very popular model of card readers only. The one with the biggest market share in Germany. ATMs were not affected, so everyone could go to the nearest ATM and get cash.
love your work, how is Willa going with her German?
We were in Berlin and the credit carx issue was a mess
So weird!
Credit card machines usually never go down in Deutschland. Must be a very highly unusual glitch in the system. But Cash is definitely King there.
I have learned to never ever depend on cards only when I flew to the London UK for a weekend with 2 credit cards - so I got 100 pounds from a random ATM at the airport. Two hours later I got a call from the card company that the ATM war scammed (I did not see anything, but they said it does not matter if it was put there afterwards, and they said they are only informing me that my card has already been blocked and they even could not undo this even if they or I wished - I needed a new card, which they said could be in UK the monday after the quickest. Ok, I thought: well, I have another one, so no need for that. Then I'd tried to pay with it, learning that the chip on it was unreadable - I had not used it for some month at it was only my "emergency" cards with some usage fees... so luckily I was there with friends. I never go anywhere again without cash in my pocket.
I love Rügen!
We can say the same now 😊
You can say "Moin" all day :D in my region of northern germany we say "those who say - moin, moin - instead of - moin - talk too much" :D ( wer moin moin sagt, der redet viel )
😊thanks for sharing!
but in M-V you dont really say it (at least not in Rostock), but I lived in Flensburg for a while, there people say it all the time
Wart ihr in Prora da steht das längste Gebäude der Welt das Kdf.
0:49 Airbnb used to be better! 😁
It's been more than 55 years since my family went on vacation on Ruegen - every year. below the chalk cliffs we found our stony beach. the way there led through a forest and a steep staircase. very mysterious for us children. we found ambers and thunderbolts. At that time the island belonged to the communist side of Germany - East Germany. not every citizen had the opportunity to vacation there. room allocation was limited and tent sites were fully booked in advance.
Vitt , sassnitz, glowe früher Bernstein ohne Ende ? Das beste verpasst..
Willa is such a cute little Girl and so woken Up and Open minded
Nur Bares ist wahres
My husband was severely disappointed when he first saw the Oregon coast/actual Pacific ocean. It was so violent and loud, compared to the gentle lapping of the North and Ost seas. We got sand blasted at Washington's popular beach (Ocean Shores) and now we know why people don't go there in Winter. Although I'm from WA, I think Oregon wins in the sheer number of amazing beaches, one after the other, ripping at the shore line, trying and succeeding, to claim the land.
I think regarding water temperatures bathing suits are a no sell up there.
I love it all! The sea is never a mistake, she has so many faces. :) Love the wild one, the calm one, the foggy one, etc.