HAS GERMANY GONE MAD?!

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  • Опубліковано 28 гру 2024

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  • @tinak.718
    @tinak.718 11 місяців тому +9

    Danke für diesen -wie immer- wunderschönen Film. ❤️ Dein Kanal ist meine kleine Wohlfühloase.
    Ich finde es schön, dass du da bist, und dass du dich hier zuhause fühlst.❤️

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      Aw, danke sehr Tina! Das ist so lieb von Dir!

  • @bianca2817
    @bianca2817 3 місяці тому +2

    Ich scheitere gerade daran, mich auszudrücken, wie bedeutend Dein Kanal für mich ist!
    I am failing to express how important your channel is to me!

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  3 місяці тому +1

      @@bianca2817 that means a lot to me, Bianca. You constantly inspire me to keep making videos ❤️ We lift each other up, I believe.

    • @bianca2817
      @bianca2817 3 місяці тому +2

      ​@@LaureninGermany So do I, You are empowering me, You are awesome! I love You! ❤️

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  3 місяці тому +1

      how wonderful!!!

  • @eichzoernchen
    @eichzoernchen 11 місяців тому +4

    sehr beruhigend😊 Danke dafür

  • @bianca2817
    @bianca2817 3 місяці тому +2

    I'm smiling all the time, when I watch Your videos! When I'm down, feeling sad.. Let's watch Lauren! Immediately the colours come back! You truely have the black belt in love spreading! ❤🤗❤️

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  3 місяці тому +1

      @@bianca2817 you are so brilliant! What a great thing to read in the morning. I hope you have a lovely day, Bianca, and meet people who appreciate you all day long 🤗 Otherwise, I‘ll come and karate hug you!

    • @bianca2817
      @bianca2817 3 місяці тому +2

      @@LaureninGermany Ich werde darauf zurückkommen! 😘🤗

  • @blondkatze3547
    @blondkatze3547 11 місяців тому +20

    Es freut mich sehr für dich liebe Lauren, daß es dir so gut in Deutschland gefällt und es für dich wie eine zweite Heimat geworden ist.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +3

      Und je mehr ich reise, liebe Blondkatze, destomehr weiß ich es, dieses wunderbare Land zu schätzen! Danke und Dir einen schönen Abend ❤

    • @blondkatze3547
      @blondkatze3547 11 місяців тому +1

      Vielen Dank! Ich wünsche dir auch einen schönen Abend.🙂@@LaureninGermany

  • @PeterBuwen
    @PeterBuwen 11 місяців тому +16

    Dear Lauren, whenever I feel like the world is turning too fast or even in the wrong direction, I hold on to the steeple of our church, which has stood there unperturbed for over 1000 years. Then I'm anchored again.
    And if that didn't help, then I watch a video by "Lauren in Germany", which certainly gives me all the confidence I need then. Thank you for your heart, soul and mind!

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +4

      What a beautiful thought, Peter. You‘re right. I must find my steeple.
      And thank you so much!

    • @PeterBuwen
      @PeterBuwen 11 місяців тому +2

      @@LaureninGermanyI hope I'm not making a linguistic blunder, but I think you've become the steeple for a lot of people in this sense.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +3

      @@PeterBuwenaw, Peter, you give me too much credit! But I do make the videos because I think it‘s somehow helpful for people, to see that there is a bunch of people who actually appreciate Germany (me and all you lovely people in the comments).

    • @PeterBuwen
      @PeterBuwen 11 місяців тому +3

      @@LaureninGermanyI don't think I'm exaggerating. Your videos are also helpful for people like me, Germans, who are usually very self-critical about their country - for understandable historical reasons. You show us our country from your perspective so that we can appreciate its beauty and uniqueness again. I think this is incredibly important and that's why I'm committed to ensuring that more Germans see your channel. We need a new, relaxed, but open and liberal relationship with our country. We can't find that if we just go around in circles. So thank you for your valuable perspectives!

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      That means a lot coming from you, Peter. Thank you, it´s very motivating to keep going!

  • @mrapp8918
    @mrapp8918 11 місяців тому +5

    Lauren, thank you for your wonderful channel. I’m an American diplomat who will be moving to Berlin later this year for my next posting. Watching your videos has been a great primer for me on the country, its people, politics and protocols. You manage to present a large volume of info in a beautiful, cinematic fashion. Thanks & keep up the great work! Tom

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      Oh wow, I feel honored that you‘ve been watching my videos. I must say that the comment section here is a glimpse into the hearts of the Germans. I hope you meet such lovely people when you get here.

    • @biankakoettlitz6979
      @biankakoettlitz6979 10 місяців тому +1

      ...and when you want to know more about Berlin or Bavaria, there are lots of videos about that content as well.

  • @teresacantaro3462
    @teresacantaro3462 11 місяців тому +3

    It was what I needed. Desperately. Thank you, dear Lauren, thank you.

  • @pgoessnitzer
    @pgoessnitzer 11 місяців тому +4

    Hello Lauren, this is not a boring video at all! It's good to see you and thank you for the update! I really appreciate the positive view you broadcast to your fans. Also looks like the town was brightening up the area by displaying posters of you....I give that a thumbs up😀
    Beautiful videography and topic, as always. Cheers, Peter

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      Thank you so much, Peter! And for the lovely surprise! It´s just so generous and thoughful of you. It´s very cold and frosty here, but I have a huge smile and a spring in my step!

    • @pgoessnitzer
      @pgoessnitzer 11 місяців тому +1

      That is great to hear, Lauren. I already look forward to your next video. Take good care!

  • @RustyDust101
    @RustyDust101 11 місяців тому +10

    Forgiving? For what boring video?!? I didn't see a boring video... 😘
    You were so deeply insightful as I've come to expect from you. The hidden subtleties of your puns, the mindful thoughts springing from your soul brighten the day, and lighten the heart. It is always uplifting to see your positivity in any situation.
    So thank you, Lauren, for another soothing video.❤

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      Thank you so much! This is so lovely of you! ❤️

  • @Harzer-Roller
    @Harzer-Roller 11 місяців тому +3

    Es berührt mich sehr, wenn Du durch unser Land fährst und Dinge und Begegnungen beschreibst die Dir gefallen. Mit meinen englischen Freunden war ich auch in Wales, in Snowdonia. Immer wieder habe ich eine enge Verbindung zu den Briten verspürt.
    🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      Wie toll! Snowdonia… ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Und danke sehr für deine liebe Worte!

  • @Opa_Andre
    @Opa_Andre 11 місяців тому +5

    Ich hatte ja Dein Bild und die Nachricht auf Insta gesehen, von daher konnte mich Dein Videotitel nicht mehr schocken. Schön, mal wieder ein Lebenszeichen von Dir zu sehen und nein - das Video ist nicht langweilig. Mir hat es gefallen.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      Aw, das freut mich, Opa Andre! Yes, typical me- has Germany gone mad? No, of course not!
      P.S. You know I miss your English comments?! I always find myself replying in English to you.

    • @Opa_Andre
      @Opa_Andre 11 місяців тому +1

      @@LaureninGermany Aww Lauren, you miss me commenting in English myself? I promise you to comment your next video in English. But there is a catch. You will need to post it sooner than a month from now. Otherwise I might forget my promise. I'm turning 60 this year and old people become forgetful, you know? 👴🏻🤷🏻‍♂
      I really don't mind if you reply in English, German or a mix of both languages. It only gives me some hard time if there is the same word with a complete different meaning in both languages like the "Leichen" you used in the video above. Luckily being able to see / watch what you meant was solving the puzzle for me.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      @@Opa_Andre I should be able to post within a month. I will do my very best, Miss Sophie! But stop talking yourself into feeling/being old. If you do get forgetful, the first thing to forget is that number and the last thing you should forget is to watch my videos 😆🤗😘
      And yes I do miss your English comments. They have a special tone ❤️

  • @wora1111
    @wora1111 11 місяців тому +5

    I liked how you played with the word lichen/Flechten. Have to remember that for the next time I meet a group of multilinguals

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      They may argue about it, but where I come from in Wales, that‘s how we said it. Our English teacher said lit-chen.

  • @greenforestrover
    @greenforestrover 11 місяців тому +7

    Du schaffst es einfach immer wieder, meinen "Seelenfrieden" wiederherzustellen, liebe Lauren! Niemand kann das so gut wie du .... 🙏🏽🍀👍🏽😀

    • @greenforestrover
      @greenforestrover 11 місяців тому +1

      (.... und ich möchte betonen: Ich verdränge nichts, ich bin mir der Probleme unserer Zeit durchaus sehr bewusst!!)

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      Lieben Dank, Du ehrst mich. ❤
      Und ich auch, ich verdränge auch nichts. Nur manchmal muss man dankbar für die positive Sachen sein, und schätzen, was wir hier haben. Und einfach durchschnaufen…

  • @SafezoneExpert
    @SafezoneExpert 11 місяців тому +5

    Thank you for this nice example of how our consciousness works. If you want to see peace, just see it. We alone determine the reality of our lives. We alone direct the attention of our mind and thus the perception of the external environment. "I can see what you can not see...". All the best!

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      I certainly believe that you how you see things is how they are for you. It makes so much difference to remember what you can be grateful for, doesn‘t it?

  • @McGhinch
    @McGhinch 11 місяців тому +5

    Manchmal ist normal schon aufregend genug. 🙂 Spaß beiseite, es geschieht derzeit soviel Aufregendes, dass eine normale Situation zwischendurch einfach entspannend ist. Danke.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      Perfekt, so habe ich mir gewünscht! Danke sehr!

  • @heinzbrommer251
    @heinzbrommer251 11 місяців тому +17

    Hallo Lauren, schön wieder etwas von Dir zu hören. Ich ärgere mich immer über meine Landsleute wenn ich höre wie schlecht es uns geht, die würden ganz anders reden wenn sie woanders leben würden, dann würden sie sehen, wie gut es uns eigentlich geht. Wenn ich den Spatz in Deinem Video sehe, möchte ich Dir mal erzählen, was mir und meiner Frau einmal passiert ist. Dort wo wir oft spazieren gehen, hat uns einmal ein Rabe, der im Baum saß, angekräht. Meine Frau hatte noch ein paar Nüsse in der Tasche und die haben wir ihm hingelegt und sind weiter gegangen. Er ist kurz hinter uns heruntergeflogen zu den Nüssen. 4 Meter neben uns hat er die Nüsse gefressen. Das war vor ca. 2 Jahren. Seit damals kommt er immer wieder, wenn er mein Auto auf den Parkplatz fahren sieht, und holt sich Nüsse von uns ab. Aus der Hand frisst er zwar nicht, aber er kommt bis auf 2 Meter an uns heran. Man kann ihn gut erkennen, denn er hat zwei weiße Federn am Hals. Er bringt sogar seine Vogelfrau, die etwas kleiner ist als er mit. Du glaubst nicht, wieviel Freude wir immer haben wenn wir die Beiden sehen. Ich wünsche Euch alles Gute.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      Oh, ich glaube es Dir, denn ich es auch liebe, wenn ich z.B. den Partner der Taube ankommen sehe, nachdem sie geduldig auf ihm bei mir im Garten beim Vogeltisch gewartet hat. Ich bin immer so erleichtert, wenn ich die zusammen sehe. Es hebt mein Herz hoch, die Vögel und Wildtieren glücklich zu sehen! Lieben Dank für diese schöne Erzählung, lieber Heinz.

  • @ESODaily
    @ESODaily 11 місяців тому +5

    Vielen dank! Your videos and voice brings peace of mind to me

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      How wonderful, thank you!

    • @ESODaily
      @ESODaily 11 місяців тому +1

      @@LaureninGermany , gerne

  • @cj76530
    @cj76530 11 місяців тому +2

    It is important to share the good in this country, and the atmosphere and energy at the demos is brilliant.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      Absolutely. People are too quick to be negative about the Germans, and it´s not accurate.

  • @bigN-422
    @bigN-422 11 місяців тому +4

    I loved it. ❤

  • @lazyperfectionist1
    @lazyperfectionist1 11 місяців тому +2

    0:56 Oh, Lauren, that's wonderful.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      It was such a cool moment when I saw it! Thanks!

  • @W220-v7u
    @W220-v7u 11 місяців тому +4

    Danke Lauren für das Video und die passende Musik. Ein Kunstwerk. Alles Gute für Euch und ich freue mich auf ein bestimmtes Lied: Dat Du mien Leevsten........ Peter

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      Sehr gerne alles, Peter, danke! Erst gestern haben wir wieder über das Lied gesprochen, bald gibt‘s Zeit es zu lernen.

  • @aka99
    @aka99 11 місяців тому +5

    Ah, finally another video from my fav Welsh person in Germany! I always like your videos for showing nature, nice countryside and buildings. No poltics to think about or economy to worry about, but just concentrating to nature. i enjoy walking too for that reason. Ordinary people living ordinary lives. By theway when was the last time you sang in a church or a monastery and when will u upload a new song video?

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      I sang in a church just before Christmas- have a look at my last video, German Winter, aka99!
      New songs coming after Easter!
      Yes, it‘s so important to clear the head and get perspective. Walking is the best for that for me.

  • @Travis-L6E
    @Travis-L6E 11 місяців тому +1

    Lovely piano music in the background.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      Isn‘t it just? The music in my videos is really important to me, I‘m glad you liked it.

  • @RobertZander-yz3bg
    @RobertZander-yz3bg 11 місяців тому +5

    That was really sweet, a wonderful video to enjoy on Sunday afternoon.
    Thanks a lot, much appreciated. ❤

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      Ah, super, I hoped you‘d see it! I thought you might like the trees, Robert. I had a lovely walk today, and feel so much better again, after being in beautiful, healing nature. Hope the launch is going well!

    • @RobertZander-yz3bg
      @RobertZander-yz3bg 11 місяців тому +2

      @@LaureninGermany
      it's in progress, still a lot to do.
      I love these walk's too, so good for heart and soul.
      Happy to see you at all these lovely places, introducing them to the people.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      @@RobertZander-yz3bgI‘m loving it! Are you converting a building into a hotel, or building new? Or was it previously a hotel? I love the series „The Hotel Inspector“. So much to think about- I hope you get lovely guests.

    • @RobertZander-yz3bg
      @RobertZander-yz3bg 11 місяців тому +2

      @@LaureninGermany
      The hotel was already a hotel that changed hands during the Corona period and is now finally getting the urgently needed renovation.
      This renovation was long overdue, also because the previous owners did not take sufficient care of it.
      Part of the building itself is very old and is a listed building; it was once a military riding school in Vienna from the imperial era. Everything will be new, but such an old building has its pitfalls, a lot of things have to be taken into account or rethought. Overall working WiFi or fire protection for example.

    • @tasminoben686
      @tasminoben686 11 місяців тому +1

      Nach längerer Zeit mal wieder Grüße nach Berlin und oder Wien!❤

  • @trulsdirio
    @trulsdirio 11 місяців тому +3

    The nice thing always is that we have a loong way of going crazy before us to catch up with some other parts of the world haha

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      So true! I‘m grateful that I live here.

  • @franz1102
    @franz1102 11 місяців тому +2

    It was a nice video, not boring at all, seems you always seem to find beautiful places that we Germans even don´t realize. You show us our country new. Thx for that Lauren. 😍👍

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      Oh, thank you, that‘s such a nice thing to say!

  • @marlenemainzer4577
    @marlenemainzer4577 11 місяців тому +3

    Du bist nie langweilig, Du Liebe. Freue mich immer etwas von Dir zu lesen oder zu sehen. Liebe Grüsse von der Mosel sendet der Ossi.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      Danke sehr! Ich habe mir wirklich Sorgen gemacht. Aber schon wieder fühle ich mich verstanden und mit Gleichgesinnten. ❤️

  • @Peter_Cetera
    @Peter_Cetera 11 місяців тому +2

    A big hug for you 🤗

  • @anniemac3075
    @anniemac3075 10 місяців тому +2

    Hi Lauren, happily I don't watch tv or listen to the radio, apart from UA-cam I don't use social media either so the world's troubles don't upset the precarious balance of my mind too often. Long ago I read self help books & pretty much all of them said don't watch the news as all it does is tell you terrible things you can't do anything about immediately & it'll make you feel worse than you already do.
    Re your sparrow poo incident I was narrowly missed by some squirrel poo recently walking a dog under a tree in a local Cardiff park, my first squirrel poo near miss & very glad I wasn't a step further along!!
    Thank you for sharing your thoughts & taking us amongst all those beautiful trees.
    ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  10 місяців тому

      Omgoodness, squirrel poo! I didn‘t know that was a thing!
      Yes, even though we need to know what‘s going on, most of the time it‘s just a useless, negative influence.
      We‘ve got Welsh weather here today, feeling right at home!

    • @anniemac3075
      @anniemac3075 10 місяців тому +1

      @@LaureninGermany Haha, yes, the squirrel poo was a big surprise but a girl nearby with better eyesight than me also saw the poo drop & could see the squirrel just above me & no bird so it was the first time for her & me to witness squirrel poo bombing!
      That Welsh wet stuff here too, lot of it around this winter.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  10 місяців тому

      Squirrel poo bombing!!! What has Wales come to? lmao!!!!

    • @anniemac3075
      @anniemac3075 10 місяців тому

      @@LaureninGermany Haha 😸❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐿️

  • @danielw.2442
    @danielw.2442 11 місяців тому +4

    I guess I needed this vid without even knowing. Thx.

  • @PotsdamSenior
    @PotsdamSenior 11 місяців тому +2

    What could be boring about a video showing peaceful pretty nature and a sparrow?

  • @bianca2817
    @bianca2817 4 місяці тому +2

    "EEK" definitely wouldn't be my reaction to seeing You on a poster, but hit the brakes, getting out of the car, fall on my knees and pray to this sign of the great Goddess of music!

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  4 місяці тому +1

      And there it is....the huge smile I needed, once again, courtesy of darling Bianca!!!

    • @bianca2817
      @bianca2817 4 місяці тому +1

      @@LaureninGermany 🙋🏻‍♀️ And an extra hug, too! 🤗🤗🤗 😘

  • @franz1102
    @franz1102 11 місяців тому +2

    oh, btw. As I know you are an opera singer... is there a video around where I could watch (and hear) you singing?

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      Yes! This is my music channel, Voice Passion, where you can find opera, celtic, nordic, and I´m preparing new songs to upload at the moment. If you could possibly subscribe there too, I´d be so grateful - I´m only at 319 subscribers! youtube.com/@VoicePassion?si=Vk6VxCUb8kZaA75d

  • @sisuguillam5109
    @sisuguillam5109 11 місяців тому +1

    Guten Morgen!
    Sehr schöner Start in den Tag!
    Danke!;

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      Oh, Sisu, ich taste soooooo vorsichtig in diesem Thema an. Und freue mich, wenn Du mir Feedback gibst, da ich weiß, Du kennst Dich aus. Ein paar Kommentare waren diesmal sogar für mich deutlich genug, dass ich die unerwünschte Parteiler erkennen konnte.
      Dir einen schönen Dienstag!

    • @sisuguillam5109
      @sisuguillam5109 11 місяців тому +1

      @@LaureninGermany Danke! Rate mal wer Migräne hat...
      Du machst das schon richtig!

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      Oh no! I hope the migraine is gone. UGH!!!

    • @sisuguillam5109
      @sisuguillam5109 11 місяців тому

      @@LaureninGermany Sort of...
      Good morning!

  • @nachbarslumpi7093
    @nachbarslumpi7093 11 місяців тому +5

    Well, I think it’s a bit hysterical the last couple of months. I hope we all will get a bit calmer and rational again.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      Yes, I feel like that about it all, too. We all need to take a deep breath and laugh about something.

  • @bianca2817
    @bianca2817 7 місяців тому +2

    I looooove Your voice, holy shit, in my next life I would be fine if I just could come back as Your voice 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  7 місяців тому +1

      Ahhh…. Bianca!!! 🤗🤗🤗🥰🥰🥰😘😘😘

  • @bianca2817
    @bianca2817 4 місяці тому +3

    🙋🏻‍♀️ Thank You very VERY MUCH for lifting me up again!!! ❤🫶🌹🫶❤️

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  4 місяці тому +2

      @@bianca2817 you did the same for me today! I listened to Walking in the Air and have to think of you and your beautiful comments ❤️😘💫😘❤️

    • @bianca2817
      @bianca2817 4 місяці тому +1

      @@LaureninGermany #soulmatesforever ❤️🫶❤️

    • @bianca2817
      @bianca2817 4 місяці тому +3

      @@LaureninGermany Knuddels to Franz 🤗🫶🤗

    • @bianca2817
      @bianca2817 4 місяці тому +2

      @@LaureninGermany You are the perfect cure for bad mood ❤️🫶❤️

  • @martingerlitz1162
    @martingerlitz1162 11 місяців тому +6

    Lichen=Flechte😊. I Love your video!

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +2

      Genau! So sieht es auch aus, wie flechten auf Kleider.

  • @lazyperfectionist1
    @lazyperfectionist1 11 місяців тому +2

    3:41 "And for those of you who don't speak German, 'Leichen' is the German word for 'corpse.'"
    😆 And with that fact, ich bin eine Leiche.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      😂 I could hardly bear to say it! I cut the music almost on top of it!

  • @zweispurmopped
    @zweispurmopped 11 місяців тому +4

    To be honest: I have never been proud of my hometown or the country as such. It's only in the recent weeks where I finally see people stand up against the slow shift towards right-wing populism that has been going on for ages that I develop some sense of pride in them. To _finally_ see really big crowds in eastern Germany make a stand for their places and against the likes of PEGIDA and all the other bastards that have been acting by and large undisturbed there was so soothing!
    Yesterday, I joined the demonstration in my hometown of Troisdorf. We are a collection of smaller towns and villages that add up to a population of some 70000. Each of the ten parts had its own event, and I joined the one in Troisdorf's central part, we must have been around 5000 people. And that is a LOT for a town that size. I have no idea how many in the other events were, it's safe to say that around 10% of our citizens took time from their Saturdays to dedicate it to showing the AfD and their likes the seven fingers. For me, this was the fourth time I joined protests against that party.
    A couple of years ago, we were "honoured" with having the AfD Northrhine-Westphalia party convention in town. I lived here all my life and _never_ saw a single far-right skinhead here in town. (That is not to say there are none of these peeeeeps here, they just don't dare to show their colours openly, knowing what the reaction would be.) That changed when the AfD was in town. No one tell us they are anything else than what the people who raise their voices against the party see in them: A Nazi party. We had the most immediate evidence one can think of.
    People abroad, please take note that these demonstrations are _in favour_ of the constitution we have in force and against parties that want to do away with it.
    There are many things that go wrong here, but still there has never been a fairer state on the grounds here than the Federal Republic of Germany.
    We just make it clear that it is worth fighting for and that we _will_ fight for it.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      I understand these feelings, and I just want to say that there truly is so much to be proud of about Germany. And the Germans.

    • @zweispurmopped
      @zweispurmopped 11 місяців тому +1

      @@LaureninGermany I still think that if there's a cure for patriotism, history is that cure for Germans. Only metres from where the demonstration stopped on Saturday stood the barracks where forced labourers were held to work in the factories around. I know of Netherlanders that were imprisoned there, but there probably were others as well. (So much the more mind boggling it is that Geert Wilders, who spoke at PEGIDA rallies to swastika-fas, has been elected there…)
      I am a huge fan of Itchy Boots, a Dutch lady who is travelling the world by motorcycle and documenting her journey on UA-cam videos.
      Wherever she goes, she finds kindness and friendliness in people. There's all we have in common as species of Homo Sapiens Sapiens, there's so little that divides us. "The Germans" are almost as diverse as humanity in total. Besides what we call high German nowadays, there are dialects that divert from high German so much, they are considered different languages altogether by a couple of linguists. Unlike the UK where the Gaelic languages are taught in schools and are being kept alive, here they get extinct more and more. The Sorbic language which is spoken by a fairly small group in eastern Germany isn't even remotely comprehensible to German speakers, it is closest to Czech, if I am not mistaken.
      Germany is a very divers country and I kind of can't really draw the lines around this one "people", just like some of the languages reach across the borders in Europe.
      So where is the line to draw at all?
      The only logical border I can see is around mankind and our spaceship Earth.

    • @uncipaws7643
      @uncipaws7643 11 місяців тому +2

      @@LaureninGermany It is reassuring to experience that the majority after all isn't as insane as it seems.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      There is no line, you are right zweispurmopped. I studied the origins of languages to a certain, very small, extent and we are almost all connected, if you go back far enough.

    • @zweispurmopped
      @zweispurmopped 11 місяців тому +1

      @@LaureninGermany 🤗

  • @bianca2817
    @bianca2817 3 місяці тому +1

    ... and her voice ❤

  • @uncipaws7643
    @uncipaws7643 11 місяців тому +2

    With all the protest movements it's currently difficult to keep track. I will try to summarize: In no specific order we have public transport employees striking for better work hours, farmers protesting against losing tax privileges (the whole story here is actually that agrarian policy has gone wrong for decades, leading to small farmers giving up and large companies taking over), large protests against a meeting of extremists attended by significant figures of more than one party where the possible deportation of millions was discussed, and the ongoing climate crisis and the question what is the right form to protest when not nearly enough is being done about it. And that's not even everything, there's also the Israel/Gaza conflict in which it is difficult to take sides, the ongoing war of Russia against Ukraine ...
    It's all a sign that there's freedom of expression, despite what some lunatics want us to believe. You can say whatever you like, just prepare to be criticized for it when it's too far out.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      Exactly. So precious, that‘s why I feel the need to bring it up.

  • @Why-D
    @Why-D 11 місяців тому +1

    If you talk about revolting, your voice makes that topic very relaxed.
    That litchen (?) On the stone are "Flechten".

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      Thank you!
      Ah, that suits it- it looks like flechten on clothes!

  • @shadowhall1501
    @shadowhall1501 11 місяців тому +5

    So ... as far as there are guillotines with lichen on in Germany everything seems to be okay, haha! :`D You are so diplomatic, I wish I also could be like that! :-) Thank you for making me laugh, your video is precious in many ways, as always.
    In Germany we say it brings you luck if a bird shits on you. 🙂

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      Yes! I also think of it as lucky! It made me take myself less seriously 😂
      I am so glad I made you laugh, I thought I might seriously worry people with my weird humour this time 😂

    • @shadowhall1501
      @shadowhall1501 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@LaureninGermany Why, it`s lovely! :`D Many people here in Germany have a big sense for "british humor", we find it very similar to ours, but there will always be some people who are a bit more sensitive to such things, you find them in every country.
      Recently I lost two of my favorite oaks right in front of my balcony, third floor. They had been the reason why I urgently had wanted THAT apartment: because those big old oaks had been so beautiful, from my window everything had been totally green plus some sky, No street, no cars, no neighbours could be seen from balcony and window. One of these oaks stood right "in" my balcony so that it was hugged in green leaves and gnarled branches from spring to fall and I had to cut them a bit every year so that they, moved by the winter`s storm, would not play "the harp" on the metal struts (Metallstangen) all night (was very loud because the balcony` s iron went into the walls). Every summer I put my arms into its lower crown and touched the leaves and after summer I always plugged acorns right from the tree, I could see them grow from tiny to ripe right in front of my nose. When I planted climbing nasturtium it always climbed into the branches of the oak and blossomed there orange and yellow - until it all tore off in the next stronger wind.
      Those oaks just left some sun through but protected me from prying eyes for eleven years and made me feel like living in a secret green cave high in the trees. Two days ago I worked at my desk in the livingroom and heard two electric saws all the time, voices of men shouting and talking. I went to the window and saw they cut both of the old oaks totally down, now there are just two stems, totally bare and about seven metres high. I will wait for some new life sprouting from them, I hope it will happen. I cried for four days because of those giant wonderful oaks. They had been everything to me, we had been friends, we had been talking in summer nights and I had touched their frozen branches in strong, chilly, dry winters, telling them to hold on. Now my balcony feels so bare and naked, I am totally "auf dem Teller", as we Germans say. And I miss them so badly.
      But long speech short, of course there had been a reason for them cutting those two giants down, and that`s the point: There were way too much lichen on it. These trees were both totally full of lichen everywhere, and that had to be stopped, haha! But if they had asked me - I`d rather have an army of lichen right in front of my balcony window than loosing two magical old soul friends! 🙂

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      Honestly, I really feel for you. I totally get it. I begged for a particular room in my student hostel because of the trees, and I remember them like two old friends to this day. Lichen is a sign of good air. I can´t understand why they cut them down. I suppose they know best. Like when they planted monoculture forests everywhere...

  • @klaushohmann1101
    @klaushohmann1101 11 місяців тому +2

    Du bringst das auf deine humorvolle Weise gut auf den Punkt.
    Die Medien kochen alles etwas hoch und der typische Deutsche meckert ja gerne über seine Heimat und den Lebensumständen darin. Vielleicht sollten viel mehr deine Videos anschauen um wieder einmal einen anderen Blickwinkel von Deutschland zu bekommen und einmal darüber nachdenken wie privilegiert wir doch sind.
    Ich wünsch euch eine schöne Woche und bleibt gesund

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      Ich verstehe, dass wir aufpassen müssen, dass die hohe Standards hier erhalten werden. Aber absolut richtig, Klaus. Ich wünsche mir, dass, ab und zu, die Leute durchatmen würden und sehen wie fantastisch es ist, in Deutschland zu leben. Bestimmt nicht für alle, aber im Großen und Ganzen.

  • @axelurbanski2774
    @axelurbanski2774 10 місяців тому +2

    Hallo Lauren... nur kurz.. Leichen sind tote Körper. Wenn Frösche oder Fische Eier legen nennt man das Leichen (Tätigkeit und klein). Man nennt es darum Leich ( hier groß und Hautwort). In einigen Regionen gibt es noch:"Eine schönen Leich!". Eine schöne BeerdigungsFeier.
    Ein Bewuchs mit Algen und Muscheln heißt bei Seeleuten Gammel. Das kommt von ganz allein der Bewuchs und wenn man im Urlaub nichts tut wird gern gammeln verwendet.
    Ich hoffe ich konnte dich verwirren.
    Mach mal gibt es bei einer schönen Leich auch klassische Musik und Gesang, davon hat die Leiche nicht und ist stumm wie ein Fisch.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  10 місяців тому

      Hallo Axel! Ja, das wusste ich bereits! Ich habe es auch im Video erwähnt- aber leise, weil ich das englische Wort nicht mag. Was für ein falscher Freund!

    • @axelurbanski2774
      @axelurbanski2774 10 місяців тому +1

      @@LaureninGermany dann habe ich das nicht gehört.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  10 місяців тому +1

      Ich habe auch die Musik reingeblendet lol!

    • @franzjosefkerkhoff592
      @franzjosefkerkhoff592 10 місяців тому +2

      Das eine wird aber Laich geschrieben 😂

  • @NixxSixx82
    @NixxSixx82 11 місяців тому +2

    Not only there but everywhere has gone nuts lol

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      I‘ve gone totally nuts in this video lol!

    • @NixxSixx82
      @NixxSixx82 11 місяців тому +1

      Happens to the best of us lol sending love from Harry Potter land UK lol@@LaureninGermany

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      @@NixxSixx82ah, I‘m due a visit! Greets to GB!

  • @peter_meyer
    @peter_meyer 11 місяців тому +4

    Even the sparrows in germany are a bit mad today.
    And you may have revealed a watergate scandal?

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +2

      😂 I think we all know who that sparrow votes for!
      I felt quite scandalous, slandering that watergate!

  • @VolkerWendt-vq8pi
    @VolkerWendt-vq8pi 11 місяців тому +1

    Wasn't boring at all

  • @Ezekielepharcelis
    @Ezekielepharcelis 11 місяців тому +10

    Nice People from other Countries are always welcome, bad People are not. Simple Explanation. 💙 Like your Channel btw.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +2

      Absolutely, that‘s how it feels here!
      Thank you so much!

    • @Ezekielepharcelis
      @Ezekielepharcelis 11 місяців тому

      @@LaureninGermany Also thanks to you for making so soothing Videos. Helps a lot against the daily Madness 🙂

  • @gparry42
    @gparry42 11 місяців тому +1

    Diolch yn fawr !

  • @bianca2817
    @bianca2817 3 місяці тому +1

    Her eyes 😍😍😍

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  3 місяці тому +1

      @@bianca2817 oh darling! I was honestly thinking of you just about 3 hours ago, as we were filming a music video again! How are you? I‘m so sorry I have disappeared, I‘m working all the time!

    • @bianca2817
      @bianca2817 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@LaureninGermany 🙋🏻‍♀️ Hi lovely Lauren! Take Your time, cuddle Franz and I'll be there when You release Your newest masterpiece! ILY ❤🤗❤️

  • @hansmarheim7620
    @hansmarheim7620 10 місяців тому +1

    Hmm. Nice video. As usual. First time i was in Germany was in 1983. My buddies and i stranded in Neunkirchen because our Toyota Hiace broke down on the Autobahn. From Kiel. On our way to Paris. We took into a lokal B and B. One of my friends at the time could not close his big mouth at the breakfast table and started to talk ww2. Oh boy, did we get a lecture about the greatness of old Affie,! Still Germans use the word " Negergeldt" about the war reparations. Any German can tell you i am correct about this. My mother, at the age of 13. Was told by a whermacht soldier that he would see to get. her whole family deported to "Nacht und Nebel ' simply because she like all good Norwegians refused to sit on the same seat as a German invader in the tram in Oslo. My mother "hurt" that Nazis feelings. My Norwegian language teacher was imprisoned in Auschwitz for years for being in the Norwegian resistance. Yes. Germany is a great cultural nation. And yes. I love the various great minds of German history. But you can say the same about Ruzzia. Any time i meat a German citizen anywhere in Scandinavia, and i do every summer, they act like "herrenvolk". They go into a lidel or Aldi in Denmark and start to order in German language. Enjoy. Your stay in Germany. You have a nice channel. But to be frank. Germany is not my favourite country on planet Earth.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  10 місяців тому +1

      I tend to focus on the positives of today here, Hans. I‘m aware of the things you described. And it hurts me to think of your mum and teacher. And how horrible, what you encountered at the breakfast table.
      I just hope that by spreading the positive things I notice and encounter, there will be a tiny good effect from that.
      I will just say that I think the Germans are embarrassed to try to speak the language of the countries they visit, because they expect that they should be perfect.

    • @hansmarheim7620
      @hansmarheim7620 10 місяців тому +1

      @@LaureninGermany Sure. They are so sweet. As i wrote: " i am a great fan of german culture". Some parts of it. I have had several German partners in Norway. So i know them pretty well. Also "off record". Just as l love Dostojevskij and the great Russian artists. But when it comes to trust. I trust Uk.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  10 місяців тому

      @@hansmarheim7620 oh god, if you talk politics, I start to panic lol! I was just thinking, I should mention I have some nice French videos - and Britain is on the horizon, too…!
      Here‘s a nice French one: ua-cam.com/video/PIjrzEz_HYs/v-deo.html

    • @hansmarheim7620
      @hansmarheim7620 10 місяців тому

      @@LaureninGermany They bombede London into the stone age, and the only thing they regret is that they lost ww2. Times might change. Sympathy might change. But history never change. German tourists in Denmark are not "Shy" when they come here. Believe me. No big deal anyway. Take care. Love your videos. Ok. I will give you this one for free: " Bolle," in Danish slang mean "Fuck". So. It was really kind of funny. No offence at all. Language is a bitch..😉

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  10 місяців тому +2

      oh Bolle....

  • @ralphschoon7081
    @ralphschoon7081 11 місяців тому +2

    The first item was a weir (Wehr) and not a Guillotine. Funny pronounciation issue with the lichen 8)

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      Yes, I didn‘t really think it was a guillotine! But I didn‘t know what it was, thank you.
      Yes, it‘s so funny!

  • @detlefklinge1195
    @detlefklinge1195 11 місяців тому +3

    Lauren, thank you so much for your calm video. I confess, I needed this to remind me of normality which is ok. On the other hand I think it is extremely important that the silent majority of people find their voice to stop neo-fascism.
    About the guillotine and the Leichen... sorry, lichen... I wonder why they are spread across the land... must have been a terrible time once 😁

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      You‘ve got me laughing with your Leichen comment!
      Yes, it‘s easy to lose perspective at the moment. And very reassuring that people are demonstrating gegen Rechts.

    • @detlefklinge1195
      @detlefklinge1195 11 місяців тому +1

      @@LaureninGermany If I sucessfully made you laughing then everything is fine. Goal achieved 😀

  • @B.A.B.G.
    @B.A.B.G. 11 місяців тому +7

    It's always nice and soothing seeing your videos. And don't worry about the AfD.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      Thank you so much! I felt like we all could do with a bit of soothing right now! ❤

    • @lewis72
      @lewis72 11 місяців тому +2

      Why would someone like Laureen worry about AfD ?

    • @B.A.B.G.
      @B.A.B.G. 11 місяців тому +1

      @@lewis72 That's the party the rage was about the last few days in Germany.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      @@lewis72because I‘m foreign. And I want people to eat less Schnitzel…

    • @B.A.B.G.
      @B.A.B.G. 11 місяців тому

      @@LaureninGermany Well I'd be considered even more out of place than you, because my parents immigrated in the early 90s. However, I was born here and lived most of my life here. That along with my citizenship certainly gives me reason to be calm. Some of my closest friends voted (at least in the past) for the AfD, but that doesn't make them evil "rechtsradikale" Germans. They just don't want to see Germany turn into say Texas, Arizona or worse California and New York. They're not supporting the wickedness against which many people were protesting the last few days, though.
      My point, you'll find decent people in the most unexpected places. Troubles rhey won't last forever.

  • @ryderhook
    @ryderhook 11 місяців тому +3

    Der Name für die Pflanze ist Flechte.

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      Ahhhh!!! Jaaa, danke! Wie flechten, wie es aussieht auch.

  • @bianca2817
    @bianca2817 3 місяці тому +2

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  3 місяці тому +1

      smiling again!!!! xxxxx

    • @bianca2817
      @bianca2817 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@LaureninGermany heart pounding again! 😊 ❤🥰❤️

  • @bianca2817
    @bianca2817 3 місяці тому +1

    L&F *Knuddels*

  • @bianca2817
    @bianca2817 3 місяці тому +1

    Also, again: Boring? YOU? *LMAO*

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  3 місяці тому +1

      I tell you, right now, with hardly any sleep, my own videos would knock me out in 5! LOL

    • @bianca2817
      @bianca2817 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@LaureninGermany I don't think I could ever fall to sleep while watching Your videos! They keep me awake better than coffee! 😳😄🫶

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  3 місяці тому +1

      oh wow!

  • @bianca2817
    @bianca2817 3 місяці тому +1

    4997

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  3 місяці тому +1

      @@bianca2817 Bianca…❤️❤️❤️

  • @JuergenAschenbrenner
    @JuergenAschenbrenner 11 місяців тому +1

    Geht ja runter wie Öl, bin auch der Meinung man sollte weniger Nachrichten schauen

  • @mapau9750
    @mapau9750 11 місяців тому +1

    Lichen = Flechten

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому

      Genau! It looks like it, like what you do to clothes. I shall probably remember now.

  • @bianca2817
    @bianca2817 11 місяців тому +4

    I definitely needed it!
    Thank You! 🫶🤗🫶
    NOTHING about You is boring,
    I ❤️ Y
    Und jetzt fahre ich los und klaue dieses Plakat!
    😁

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  11 місяців тому +1

      Ha ha ha!!! I literally lol‘d!!! Thank you, Bianca. I feel like we all needed to take a calm, deep breath! Hugs xxx

    • @bianca2817
      @bianca2817 11 місяців тому +3

      @@LaureninGermany I'm still smiling from Your video! You are the BEST! 🤗❤️🤗

  • @jom.6075
    @jom.6075 5 місяців тому +1

    Lichen = Flechten

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  5 місяців тому

      Yes! But my dramatic English verison is a lot of fun!

    • @jom.6075
      @jom.6075 5 місяців тому +1

      @@LaureninGermany You have a little bit of a morbid streak! Is that the result of 12 years in Germany? 😄

    • @LaureninGermany
      @LaureninGermany  5 місяців тому

      @@jom.6075 no no I really don‘t! It‘s only because it kind of means not the same thing to me that I can joke like that!

    • @jom.6075
      @jom.6075 5 місяців тому

      @@LaureninGermany Sure, sure! I almost want to believe you! 😁