Can I say "squirrel"? Am I Catholic? Reverse culture shock? 200K Q&A VLOG | Feli from Germany

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    Two months ago, my channel hit 200,000 subscribers and I want to say THANK YOU to each and every one of you!!! 🎉 🥳 I followed your requests for a 200k special and did the counterpart to my 100k subscribers special video where I took you guys on a tour through Cincinnati while answering questions ( • Moving back home? Best... ). So this time, my brother and I took you on a tour through our hometown Munich and I tried to answer as many of your questions as possible. Maybe your questions made it into the video too? 😊 I hope you guys enjoy this tour through a (cloudy, unfortunately) winter day in Munich! :)
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    0:00 Intro
    1:38 Nymphenburg Palace
    9:47 Olympic Park
    13:47 Königsplatz
    15:40 Karlsplatz
    17:47 Augustiner Bierhalle
    19:01 Frauenkirche
    20:10 Marienplatz
    24:16 Hofbräuhaus
    25:22 Odeonsplatz
    28:43 English Garden (Song: Harbour - With Love)
    31:37 Surfer Wave
    34:15 Outro
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    ABOUT ME: Hallo, Servus, and welcome to my channel! My name is Felicia (Feli), I'm 26, and I'm a German living in the USA! I was born and raised in Munich, Germany but have been living in Cincinnati, Ohio off and on since 2016. I first came here for an exchange semester during my undergrad at LMU Munich, then I returned for an internship, and then I got my master's degree in Cincinnati. I was lucky enough to win the Green Card lottery and have been a permanent resident since 2019! In my videos, I talk about cultural differences between America and Germany, things I like and dislike about living here, and other experiences that I have made during my time in the States. Let me know what YOU would like to hear about in the comments below. DANKE :)
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  • @grimefighter8867
    @grimefighter8867 3 роки тому +1036

    “My cat is fluent in both languages” simply means “my cat ignores me in both languages”

    • @MichaelScheele
      @MichaelScheele 3 роки тому +21

      When "talking" with the feral cats in Rome, the cats seemed to respond to English and Italian. It might have been my tone, but it was amusing.

    • @amatije
      @amatije 3 роки тому +16

      Usually cats ignore their owners in any language 😹 but they can be great listeners . I miss my cat but now I have a great doggy and little bunny ❤️
      They are great friends and love to listen

    • @SvenCurly
      @SvenCurly 3 роки тому +20

      Meow and miau -> fluent in English and German :D

    • @thebiggerbyte5991
      @thebiggerbyte5991 3 роки тому +2

      True story.

    • @Chasstful
      @Chasstful 3 роки тому +8

      I once had a cat that meowed in French

  • @fitzhamilton
    @fitzhamilton 3 роки тому +227

    Your English is basically flawless. You sound like an American, and probably have a better vocabulary than some of us. Also, Munich is gorgeous. Thanks for the virtual tour.

    •  3 роки тому +9

      @Pete Melon Oh Pete…

    • @bryansproles2879
      @bryansproles2879 3 роки тому +14

      @Pete Melon She has a MINOR German accent. Occasionally she can sound nearly American if she's talking for awhile. It's much harder to tell that she "is not a native speaker". You can have an accent and still sound like you've been speaking English for most of your life.

    • @lostforever773
      @lostforever773 3 роки тому +1

      @Pete Melon exactly

    • @wolfzmusic9706
      @wolfzmusic9706 3 роки тому +3

      @@bryansproles2879 Imo I can tell she’s German. Yes she is trying to sound American & it works but you can still hear her German accent. That’s completely fine as well! I prefer it when somebody just sounds like themself, rather than trying to sound super American for example. Also getting rid of your accent completely is incredibly difficult & most people can’t do it.

    • @johnmcbride364
      @johnmcbride364 3 роки тому +7

      Feli is more articulate than most Americans I know, and speaks better English than the majority of American youth today who can no longer even get their vowels right, much less form an intelligent sentence. Her trace of an accent is pleasant, and could be mistaken simply as nuance. Only when she speaks German does she betray that English is her second language.

  • @LyleFrancisDelp
    @LyleFrancisDelp 3 роки тому +48

    You should have your brother in your videos more often. He comes across on camera as sincere and real.

    • @elliebellie7816
      @elliebellie7816 2 роки тому

      @@andrew_koala2974 Well, if the Germans got it from the Persian/Kurdish and they got it from Sanskrit, then wouldn't you say it originated in an Arabic language?

  • @inglesd90
    @inglesd90 Рік тому +29

    As a native English speaker, I can say you are definitely fluent.

    • @daveogarf
      @daveogarf 6 місяців тому +1

      More fluent than a great many Americans!

    • @flavioxy
      @flavioxy 6 місяців тому

      yes@@daveogarf

  • @aerotive
    @aerotive 3 роки тому +363

    If this lady's not fluent in English then nobody in the entire world is.

    • @huawafabe
      @huawafabe 3 роки тому +32

      she's just humble :)

    • @cynic7049
      @cynic7049 3 роки тому +30

      You can take the girl out of Germany but you can't take the German out of the girl.
      And Germans do not brag about their language skills.

    • @Bratzmom
      @Bratzmom 3 роки тому +3

      And I’m a fluent German infant.

    • @FelifromGermany
      @FelifromGermany  3 роки тому +91

      I didn't mean to be annoying like that and say that I wasn't fluent haha I think I was more trying to say that I don't always FEEL fluent because there are still soooo many situations where I'm lacking the right words. Especially when talking about more challenging topics like politics, science, etc.

    • @williamhadley1580
      @williamhadley1580 3 роки тому +25

      @@FelifromGermany that's really normal for native speakers too though. I struggle with articulating myself sometimes. Though I understand where you're coming from not having as complete a vernacular having spoken with Europeans and struggled to even get my grammar structure right. My German BTW is abominable. 😂

  • @kenhoward3512
    @kenhoward3512 3 роки тому +136

    Many Germans are fluent in English, but your English is amazingly authentic, since you've learned to speak with an American "midwest" accent. 'Very impressive.

    • @fsinjin60
      @fsinjin60 3 роки тому +3

      American English is very German accented, especially midWestern accent.

    • @jamesparson
      @jamesparson 3 роки тому +12

      I have lived in California my whole life. I have to listen to her for about five minutes before hearing any word that sounds even a little off. And I wouldn't think anything of it.

    • @robertgary3561
      @robertgary3561 3 роки тому +1

      She said she’s a singer so he’s into the sound of words that helps.

    • @fsinjin60
      @fsinjin60 3 роки тому +1

      @@robertgary3561 Actually, I can and do sing phonetically in German, but when I try to talk my limited vocabulary destroys me. She has a great English vocabulary

    • @kushal4956
      @kushal4956 3 роки тому +2

      her accent barely sounds midwestern. it's sounds like a standard american accent

  • @barbarabenoit3667
    @barbarabenoit3667 Рік тому +28

    This was great. I like how Thimo looks at Feli and smiles proudly and happy. I read it as: "See, this is my sister and she is great. And she is home and I am happy." Feli is very lucky to have such a supportive brother. Dedicating a whole daytrip out in the freezing cold open, making a video with her.

    • @joeblaumer2085
      @joeblaumer2085 11 місяців тому +1

      Both seem to be wonderful people.
      Great podcast!

  • @georgetaylor5482
    @georgetaylor5482 3 роки тому +93

    The architecture is absolutely stunning.

    • @julianpike9891
      @julianpike9891 3 роки тому +14

      If you think that's already stunning you have to watch Vienna. Munich got destroyed a lot in the war. Vienna didn't. Also Vienna used to be a very very important city. The whole city of Vienna is stunning. Because they didn't have to rebuild

    • @averageinternetchad1652
      @averageinternetchad1652 3 роки тому

      @Otis Kaboom Very true. Ave Christus Rex

    • @scarharting5577
      @scarharting5577 2 роки тому +1

      @Otis Kaboom More importantly, it was all done with manual labor, along with horse and perhaps oxen power. it would be so much easier to make beautiful buildings with all the equipment and technology we have now, but we build unadorned blocks. In the US at least.

    • @salbuda6957
      @salbuda6957 2 роки тому

      @Otis Kaboom. Must you? She answered the question. Don’t like her answer? Tough shit! Oh btw, I am a baptized Protestant!

  • @boogerie
    @boogerie 3 роки тому +98

    Timo: to me you are fluent
    All english speakers on this comments section: agreed

  • @gw4661
    @gw4661 3 роки тому +76

    One of the things that makes Feli sound exceptionally fluent (any accent question or the rare incorrect preposition choice aside) is that she uses "relaxed speech"-style English exactly like native English speakers do (i.e., "wanna, gonna, gotta, hafta, coulda, woulda, shoulda, whaddayugonna do, whaddayuwanna have, etc.; she hasta get some gas, we've gotta go now" etc.). I taught conversational English in Japan for 7 years (I studied languages: my university major was German, minor was Russian and I study other languages including eald Englisc [Old English/Anglo-Saxon]). During my time in Japan the foreign teacher linguistic community had a major (and at times heated) ongoing debate about whether or not 'relaxed speech' should even be taught to students since it was "not proper." In my opinion, if the student already knows the vocabulary and the correct English grammar structure--which the majority of Japanese high school students do--then familiarization with "relaxed speech" forms is absolutely vital to ensure listening comprehension if the student hopes to have any chance at all of actually understanding 'every day' native-spoken English when she/he travels to the USA. I felt teachers were not fulfilling their responsibilities if they fail to impart this knowledge.
    Before the turn of the century, US TV newscasters ("newsreaders" I believe, is the term the Brits use) tried to never use 'relaxed speech' on air; the effort was made to pronounce everything by the book (including not using any regional accents--though my girlfriend in Houston would still perceive a regional southern accent in her head as she listened to the speaker [there wasn't any]--which I found immensely amusing). These days, bloody everyone on TV, news personnel included, uses relaxed speech forms all the time, which I definitely notice! It's the norm these days and using it correctly when speaking is a significant indicator of a non-native speaker's innate comfort level in speaking English. Feli is near flawless in her use of it, and that's what makes her English fluency sound so convincingly natural to a native speaker's ears.

    • @GOTuhls
      @GOTuhls 3 роки тому +3

      In the 1960th when I learned English at school I everyday listened to AFN radio bcs. there had been the best music. So the English of the radio moderators influenced my way to speak English and I got less grades in school. Today that way to speak is normally.

    • @MichaTicho
      @MichaTicho 3 роки тому +1

      Since you're so linguistically aware, you might be able to relate to this: when I was looking into the development of Proto-Indo-European, I noticed that the in initial consonants in question words and some other words in its descendents evolved from the aspirated "wh" sound. This hardened into a "qu" sound in Latin, "kv" in Old Norse and somehow became "ch" in the Slavic languages. It seems to have survived intact in only one of the dozens of modern-day Indo-European languages: English - at least in some regions and individuals. And if you include features of the language among cultural elements, this would make the English aspirated "wh" the single oldest identifiable element of Anglo-Saxon culture, actually pre-dating it by some 5000 years. So I made sure to teach it to my own children, who I'm raising bilingually with German and English. Unfortunately, teachers of English in German schools rarely, if ever, teach their pupils to say wh that way.

    • @tuhmater2985
      @tuhmater2985 3 роки тому +1

      @@MichaTicho Also, in Polish, a Slavic language, question words have evolved even further into “cz” (pronounced like English “ch,” if that’s what you meant), “k,” and “c” (pronounced “ts”).

    • @emjayay
      @emjayay 3 роки тому +1

      George Bush of course had an adopted Texas accent, but in Obama's fairly non-accented speech he always said goin' and gonna.

    • @indef2def
      @indef2def 3 роки тому +1

      She really only has one very conspicuous feature of a German accent in English: pronouncing /s/ suffixes (instead of voicing it to /z/) after a voiced sound, which you can hear early on here in words like "goes", "questions" and "everyone's". She does land the /z/ in "subscribers", though, which shows just how important that word is! :-D

  • @steelcantuna
    @steelcantuna Рік тому +11

    I met a girl like you in the mid 1970's that was fresh from Germany & worked at the same French bakery in Dallas, Texas. She hardly had an accent like you. I told her I had made up a little song in German (though) I didn't know one single word of German. I just imitated what German sounded like to me. She asked to sing the song. I sang her a few measures of the song which ended in English. We both just stood there at the end of my little performance & had a good laugh together. I think she liked my tune, &/or musical rhythm or what not. It's still a fun little memory of for me. She was a pretty girl.

  • @hansbrix2495
    @hansbrix2495 3 роки тому +19

    Feli, you can’t tease us about what the German grocery store workers yelled at you and your brother about and not tell us!!! That’s a perfect example of cultural differences and the point of your channel, so I think you need to discuss this in a future video, as well as how a typical German would/should respond. And then how an American would respond. Thx.

  • @Chasstful
    @Chasstful 3 роки тому +88

    This is so sweet, you can see that your brother is proud of Feli

  • @mybigfatpolishlife
    @mybigfatpolishlife 3 роки тому +196

    I have spoken English since I learned how to talk I can't spell necessary right half the time

    • @archangele1
      @archangele1 3 роки тому +3

      Amen to that one!!!!

    • @valeriag9443
      @valeriag9443 3 роки тому +7

      Same😂I read all the time but certain words just don’t look right sometimes, I remember having a complete breakdown in 1st grade because I couldn’t remember how to spell “who”

    • @handerson9020
      @handerson9020 3 роки тому +4

      I still struggle to spell it correctly and Ive been speaking English my whole life......

    • @3.k
      @3.k 3 роки тому +2

      I was sure that I knew the spelling until I used it in this comment section, and I needed two tries until autocorrect understood me. 😅

    • @not-a-theist8251
      @not-a-theist8251 3 роки тому +6

      You can't necessarily spell necessary

  • @littleandre4957
    @littleandre4957 Рік тому +17

    Glad you care so much for cats. (I'm a cat person too 🙂)

  • @johnfrancis0063
    @johnfrancis0063 Рік тому +7

    Fluent? Well I will tell you something, your a better American English speaker than most of the buggers I run into. I also have a friend who was born in Mexico 27 years ago and been here in the states for five years and absolutely no Spanish accent. So amazing.

  • @katherineeelovesyou
    @katherineeelovesyou 3 роки тому +130

    I had a friend tell me “it’s necessary for a shirt to have one Collar and two Sleeves.” So One C (for collar) and and two Ss (for sleeves) for the word necessary

    • @bumblebee2001
      @bumblebee2001 3 роки тому +1

      Doesnt anwet where the ss and the c goes xD

    • @FelifromGermany
      @FelifromGermany  3 роки тому +32

      That's a great "Eselsbrücke"!! :) Thanks!

    • @uliwehner
      @uliwehner 3 роки тому +15

      @Frank Lincoln Esel is what we say instead of dummy. It is a bridge to help the dummy across

    • @TheCriminalViolin
      @TheCriminalViolin 3 роки тому +2

      Even I consistently have trouble with any words that have double letters in them, like necessary, and I am a native english speaker haha. English is a terrible and illogical language to say the least.

    • @geraldmcmullon2465
      @geraldmcmullon2465 3 роки тому +1

      @@TheCriminalViolin English is written more according to the history of the word than how the English now speak it. Be thankful that English was simplified from the difficulties in Anglo-Saxons and Vikings communicating and trading and both having to deal with the French speaking Normans.

  • @dazza1979au
    @dazza1979au 3 роки тому +52

    I don’t think it’s been appropriately called out that Timo is a good looking guy!

  • @drzarkov39
    @drzarkov39 2 роки тому +14

    You talked about "McDonalds". I was only in Germany once (Düsseldorf), and I was surprised to see that the "McDonalds" sold beer.

  • @Kritiker313
    @Kritiker313 3 роки тому +50

    Your English is extraordinary good, the best I've ever heard from a native speaker of German. I very rarely hear a German accent but when you say "conversation," you sometimes pronounce the "s" as it would be pronounced in German but I actually have to be trying to notice a German accent in this case. I'm very doubtful any American would ever notice but I thought you might just be interested in knowing. I have a very discerning ear compared to most people I know. Your English is flawless as far as I'm concerned.

    • @huskydogable
      @huskydogable 3 роки тому +2

      Extraordinarily.

    • @jamesvetter4033
      @jamesvetter4033 3 роки тому +1

      could not agree more with Kritiker313---excellent post---in fact, not only is your English pronunciation precise--I would say it's actually better than 90% (+) of Americans'---and when you switch back and forth, it's really remarkable how seamlessly you transition. One thing I believe I've noticed that may be helpful for Americans like me is, it seems to be easier to pronounce German when you also watch and imitate Germans' facial movements----my German instructor (from Hamburg though) has consistently told me my German pronunciation is, in her impression, very good---and she is meticulous----although I have to admit, she is also quite kind and gracious, haha! (in other words, I'm certain I have a lot of room for improvement to look forward to). Does that make any sense at all to you or is it just bunk?

    • @emjayay
      @emjayay 3 роки тому

      The brother isn't as good with "squirrel" as she thought though.

    • @bobwhite8440
      @bobwhite8440 3 роки тому

      Guess you don't watch DW.

    • @RichardDCook
      @RichardDCook 2 роки тому

      The "German" things I hear with her are more about pitch and stress than about pronunciation, however I do hear her devoice final stops sometimes, and other little things like pronouncing "housing" as "how-sing" rather than "how-zing" (though for all I know "how-sing" might be a Cincinnati thing).

  • @mikeobrien3744
    @mikeobrien3744 3 роки тому +260

    I feel bad for your American cat. When you yell "Nine!" it probably thinks it is on it's last life.

    • @jpoeng
      @jpoeng 3 роки тому +8

      😆👍

    • @kris856
      @kris856 3 роки тому +6

      LOL - a really good one!

    • @calvinsellers1036
      @calvinsellers1036 3 роки тому +12

      Nein! Nicht ‘Nine’.

    • @mikeobrien3744
      @mikeobrien3744 3 роки тому +6

      @@calvinsellers1036 True, but the cat only speaks English.

    • @polarbear2579
      @polarbear2579 3 роки тому +16

      The cat is expecting you to learn to speak cat. It's not going to lower itself to learn any human language. We are their staff, their servants, after all.

  • @randytrashcan
    @randytrashcan 3 роки тому +92

    Curious: what were the last few words you had to look up in English? Your English is exceptional. You're more fluent than a lot of native speakers, frankly.

    • @carriefarnham7150
      @carriefarnham7150 3 роки тому +7

      Precisely what I was thinking! 😉

    • @binyaminkh2865
      @binyaminkh2865 3 роки тому +1

      she can also speak chinese

    • @randytrashcan
      @randytrashcan 3 роки тому +6

      @Pete Melon
      ...what?

    • @randytrashcan
      @randytrashcan 3 роки тому +13

      @Pete Melon
      Merely gauging your response. I had it right, although I hoped I weren't.
      It's nothing to do with being insulting to "my own," but accepting that a huge number of native speakers are quite lazy and aren't concerned with proper English, especially written. Blame it on spellchecks and text messaging, sure, but it isn't a matter of kind, as you stated; it is what it is. It's a failing of public education and a disregard of the language itself. Have you read about Berkeley's acceptance of Ebonics as an academic dialect?
      Her English is excellent, and it's better than a huge number of native speakers. You don't have to like it, you just need to accept it. People like problem solvers, not problems, so focus on solving the problem, not being the problem.

    • @johnnybgood3252
      @johnnybgood3252 3 роки тому +1

      @Pete Melon And one more nationalistic idiot ...

  • @jerelull9629
    @jerelull9629 3 роки тому +6

    You're fluent, miLady. As a 68-year-old Pennsylvanian, I'm forever looking up words that just don't come to mind, even waking up in the middle of the night to look one up for my dream -- THAT gets my wife chuckling -- so don't worry about that. My friends chalk it up to limited filing space: After a certain point, if you add one thing to remember, something gets pushed out to make room. (And I looked something up as I wrote that.;-)

  • @TheBooty28
    @TheBooty28 Рік тому +15

    As a native English speaker..Now that Dutch is now my second language ( I live in Belgium) I am also starting to forget how to spell English words like necessary. So I can understand!! I also struggle with apartment and separate!! I think sometimes the brain finds it hard to switch from the different pronunciations of the same letters that exist in both languages.

  • @LythaWausW
    @LythaWausW 3 роки тому +18

    My favorite thing to do in Munich is visit the Deutsches Museum, which is the world's largest museum of science and technology. You need more than a day in there.

    • @raybergmann4455
      @raybergmann4455 3 роки тому +2

      As I've mentioned previously, the Deutsches Museum is one of my favorites. I've lived in Alexandria, VA (Smithsonian) and Chicago (Field Museum as well as the Museum of Science and Industry).

  • @jaredroten6972
    @jaredroten6972 3 роки тому +29

    I have spent over 2 hours watching you today, lol. Way better than anything on TV. It is just so real and pleasant. Congrats Lady!

    • @FelifromGermany
      @FelifromGermany  3 роки тому +11

      Damnnnn haha that would be too much even for myself 😂 Glad you enjoy my content though! :)

  • @TheMVCoho
    @TheMVCoho 3 роки тому +20

    Your brother seems like a good guy!

  • @davidkopatz8270
    @davidkopatz8270 3 роки тому

    Thanks for the tour! I very much have enjoyed the picturisc scenery. Thanks and have a Great Day.

  • @nejdro1
    @nejdro1 3 роки тому +22

    My German wife never completely lost her accent after 50 years in America. I weened her off the typical German accent traps. She had an accent, but people did not nail it as German. She was extremely fluent in English. Being blond, blue eyed, having my family name of Jensen, and having sold Scandinavian furniture for many years, people often thought she was from Denmark.

    • @henningbartels6245
      @henningbartels6245 3 роки тому

      Some Americans guessed I'm South African (instead of German) by my accent. But I'm not sure If it is a compliment or rather worst. ;-)

  • @gkmandigo
    @gkmandigo 3 роки тому +17

    As a native English speaker who learned a second language myself (Spanish, in Mexico) I can say definitively, you are fluent in English. The marker is not to be perfect, no one is perfect in any language, there is always more to learn, the marker is that you can communicate any concept in your head to another and understand most any concept that is communicated to you and ask for whatever additional information that you need to understand the rare things you don't get immediately. Well done!

    •  3 роки тому

      You just described C1 in the CEFR (the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). :D (And there really shouldn't be a C2)

    •  3 роки тому

      @Zoom Ich hab's ausgeschrieben. Nein, das muss man nicht wissen. Man muss aber auch nicht immer alles kommentieren (und ich habe nicht dir geantwortet, sonst stünde ein @Zoom am Anfang)

  • @richardhopp8378
    @richardhopp8378 3 роки тому

    Love these video shorts. Thank You for doing these.

  • @SciTrekMan
    @SciTrekMan 3 роки тому

    This is my favorite video of yours. Very nice. Thanks for showing Munich!

  • @3.k
    @3.k 3 роки тому +33

    I think “made in the U.S.A.” products are well made in a lot of instances. Just like in Germany, a lot of production of American products is sourced out to the Far East as well, so if there is something that was made in the U.S. entirely, I expect high quality, because the company considered it necessary to pay American wages in order to get to the desired quality level.

    • @NormanF62
      @NormanF62 3 роки тому +2

      Pity because few things are made in America anymore and things coming out of the Far East are now high quality. What I used to think of as American brands are now really multinational companies. That’s been going on for a long time. Its affected Germany, too. My VW was built in Puebla, Mexico instead of in Wolfsburg! Globalization has affected all of us and for better or for worse, its a fact of life.

    • @3.k
      @3.k 3 роки тому

      @@NormanF62
      VW has a long tradition of producing in Mexico though, like Mercedes-Benz in South America.

    • @Adi031978
      @Adi031978 3 роки тому +1

      @Rusty Shackleford all about the rules on "value add" and last place of "significant" work. So the Made in really carries very little meaning nowadays

  • @stevebagley3436
    @stevebagley3436 3 роки тому +26

    200k!! I still feel like I “discovered you” as one of your earliest subscribers. Lol
    It was pretty awesome to meet your brother. He is so calm natured and polite. Also, Munich is beautiful! I was blown away by the architecture. And last but not least, I’m afraid of German grocers now. Lol

    • @chrissbayer9561
      @chrissbayer9561 3 роки тому +2

      I`ve been shopping in supermarkets in and around Munich for decades and I`ve never experienced an unfriendly grocer. Maybe that saleswoman was having a bad day... ;)

  • @kennethbriner5390
    @kennethbriner5390 3 роки тому +1

    Good tour. Reminded me of my weekend I had to see your beautiful city.

  • @robertgilliam7668
    @robertgilliam7668 3 роки тому +1

    Love your channel. Congratulations on 200K.

  • @sudlander9447
    @sudlander9447 3 роки тому +5

    Yay! 200k! 🎉🎉🎉

  • @jonham8469
    @jonham8469 3 роки тому +7

    Speaking of Bavaria and Texas, my great-great-grandfather, Andreas Meixner, was from Bavaria and he was one of the founders of the city of New Braunfels, TX. He and a shipload of Germans in 1835 had to walk from Indianola, TX, to New Braunfels, about 150 miles, with about a third of them dying along the way. All of my German ancestors from Texass, the Meixners and the Webers, came from Bavaria.

    • @hape3862
      @hape3862 3 роки тому +2

      I had a colleague named Meixner here in Augsburg and the name of my mother's boy-friend is Weber - so, still some of them around here in Bavaria. 😜

    • @longiusaescius2537
      @longiusaescius2537 3 місяці тому

      Nice

  • @thomaspinter5352
    @thomaspinter5352 2 роки тому +1

    It's been awhile since l've seen your site. What a pleasure to see your tour of Munich and Q&A's. We had planned another trip to Munch over Christmas however fate stepped in and could not go.
    I look forward to visit Germany again. Thank you for this video

  • @ruthhunter3381
    @ruthhunter3381 2 роки тому

    That was fun. Thanks. ☺️

  • @J3scribe
    @J3scribe 3 роки тому +3

    That was a lot of fun! What a beautiful city.

  • @Chris.3791
    @Chris.3791 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you for sharing your culture with us.

  • @elvinjonas5451
    @elvinjonas5451 3 роки тому

    Well done on achieving your 200K subscribers!

  • @pammcclung861
    @pammcclung861 2 роки тому

    I loved getting to see Munich through your eyes! Very interesting and fun. I'm loving your videos!

  • @MP-jo4hb
    @MP-jo4hb 3 роки тому +3

    I wanted to thank you for showing us around Munich.

  • @asf2k5
    @asf2k5 3 роки тому +4

    Dein Bruder ist genauso sympathisch wie du! :) Ich als Münchner fand das Video total gut und man sieht, was für eine schöne Stadt München ist.

    • @JRobbySh
      @JRobbySh 3 роки тому +1

      And Walkable. What with the U-Bahn and the S-Bahn one could live there easily without an Auto,

    • @thetinker3924
      @thetinker3924 Рік тому

      YES! Very beautiful!

    • @Arvidholders
      @Arvidholders 4 місяці тому

      ​@@JRobbySh Yes, like in most European cities. I'm 20 and have no car, which is pretty common.

  • @garywatts8543
    @garywatts8543 3 роки тому +1

    Love the river surfing! That was really cool to see (of course, everything else was great as well!)

  • @BN-nt9wx
    @BN-nt9wx 3 роки тому +1

    Great video as always. Love seeing your home town. Enjoy your stay and safe travels back to the states!

  • @carap7591
    @carap7591 3 роки тому +51

    Congrats on the 200k!

  • @garanceadrosehn9691
    @garanceadrosehn9691 2 роки тому +20

    KInda cool to see that your channel is now up to almost 320K, and it's about a year after you hit 200K!

  • @jeffreybrunken556
    @jeffreybrunken556 3 роки тому

    Wow! Ausgezeichtnet! I really enjoyed this.

  • @davidwright5280
    @davidwright5280 3 роки тому

    Congratulations on 200k. Great tour of Munchen. It has been a while since I was last there.

  • @Lisared023
    @Lisared023 3 роки тому +5

    Thank you for sharing your brother with us! He seems as great as you!

  • @lamegoldfish6736
    @lamegoldfish6736 3 роки тому +7

    That was a very nice tour of Munich. It's a very beautiful city. 😃

  • @MrGlenspace
    @MrGlenspace 3 роки тому +1

    Great video of Germany. Keep up the good work.

  • @HyphenDude
    @HyphenDude 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for sharing your home town with us. I absolutely love the architecture there.

  • @timothybrennan1375
    @timothybrennan1375 3 роки тому +3

    I really enjoy every episode and I'm so glad I found this! Your tour of Munchen is wonderful. I have been several times and hope to visit again soon. I will reference this video when I do! P.S. You speak better English than many, many of us Americans!!! And hardly any detectable accent.

  • @hermionemouse
    @hermionemouse 3 роки тому +6

    Great video and loved seeing the scenery. It's been a long time since I've been in Europe (I lived in Wien and went to university there for a little while) and I miss it. Loved the little bit of ABBA too.

  • @denniswalsh8476
    @denniswalsh8476 3 роки тому

    Great video. Your brother is great, seems very proud of you.

  • @KevinScott76
    @KevinScott76 3 роки тому

    Very fun! Thanks to your brother.

  • @Martina-rg4me
    @Martina-rg4me 3 роки тому +3

    Congrats on the new milestone Feli! 😄.
    Great video! 😊 This made me miss travelling , Germany ... ( I thought I had overcome it, but here I am missing it once more. Except for the cold.)
    I loved Munich, it is a beautiful city. Got to experience it, a few weeks before the start of the Pandemic, on a couple days off from work. Can’t wait to go back.
    ❤️ you

  • @sjc62759
    @sjc62759 3 роки тому

    The palace is such a huge building. Excellent tour of Munich, thanks for sharing. 👍😀

  • @danrice971
    @danrice971 Рік тому

    Your brother is so cute! I've got a crush for sure ❤️! Love the videos.

  • @boballmendinger3799
    @boballmendinger3799 3 роки тому +3

    Love that bit of ABBA music!

  • @blacksheeple2187
    @blacksheeple2187 3 роки тому +3

    Nice tour beautiful country!! Thank you for sharing 😁🙏🏼

    • @blacksheeple2187
      @blacksheeple2187 3 роки тому +1

      Oh and congratulations on the subscription milestone!!

  • @JimShank2
    @JimShank2 3 роки тому +2

    Great video! Really appreciate the time & effort. Enjoyed getting to know your brother too.

  • @mcharizard5686
    @mcharizard5686 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you for your videos, God Bless!!!

  • @josiegrikepelis9018
    @josiegrikepelis9018 Рік тому +3

    Thank you for your great video! Germany is my favourite holiday destination in Europe. My first trip was in 2004, seeing all the major cities and had came back 3 times since then.

  • @johnvonsauers8867
    @johnvonsauers8867 11 місяців тому +4

    another great Video, I gave the show a like 👍and I want to thank Feli❤ and her brother for the tour of Munich, Germany

  • @johnreis995
    @johnreis995 3 роки тому

    Thanks for the interesting tour. I loved seeing the Hofbrauhaus. It has been years since I was there. Also it was very nice to see everything freshly covered in snow. Great job!

  • @webavanderploeg2449
    @webavanderploeg2449 3 роки тому

    Thank you for the tour of your home town.

  • @tomgan5783
    @tomgan5783 3 роки тому +6

    This has got to be the best channel I’ve subscribed to so far. Your content is so genuine and good quality, keep it coming!! 🥰

  • @nightmare7219
    @nightmare7219 3 роки тому +4

    It's so amazing to see how your channel has grown Feli! I found you last year when you had 32k subs and I always knew you'd get even bigger. You're an awesome creator and you helped me keep sane at the beginning of lockdowns, it felt like I was discussing cultures with a friend. You'll be at 500k in no time and then a million before you know it!

  • @webdaddy
    @webdaddy 3 роки тому +1

    This was a great video. Thanks for taking us on a tour of Munchen! And your brother seems like a really cool guy.

  • @acsu96
    @acsu96 2 роки тому

    This is great winter tour to complement my trip to Munich in the summer :) glad we managed to see a lot of the big tourist areas during our short stay!

  • @kcjd8659
    @kcjd8659 Рік тому +4

    As a Floridian, the surfing is quite mind-blowing. You said “this wave”-so there is one wave and people buy surfboards and learn how to surf for that one wave? And wait in line to surf this single wave? That is determination.

  • @roburb73
    @roburb73 3 роки тому +4

    I recall that Castle/park, beautiful walk around the grounds. I lived in Germany for 4 years, but only made it to Munich once. This video brought back some great memories!

  • @dawnjenney5519
    @dawnjenney5519 Рік тому

    I enjoyed this video a lot! I Have been to Munich in the beginning of December and it is one of my favorite European cities. I did alot of exploring but I just learned of more I can’t wait to see!!! Your brother is handsome and seems very nice. Thanks for sharing your hometown with us! I am from Mt. Vernon, Ohio and currently living in Marco Island, Florida

  • @TMD3453
    @TMD3453 3 роки тому +1

    A good beer mug is always good to have! Prost🍺🥨

  • @wolfzmusic9706
    @wolfzmusic9706 3 роки тому +3

    i love your brother’s accent

  • @Asgar1205
    @Asgar1205 3 роки тому +29

    In my experience "Made in Germany" is a pretty much a guarantee for good quality, while "Made in USA" can be anywhere on the spectrum from catastrophic to fantastic craftsmanship and generally, the smaller the company you buy from the better. I have fantastic hand crafted items from the USA that are some of the best stuff you can imagine and then there are just terrible terrible mass produced things, that can go straight to the trash bin :D

    • @jacobedwards4747
      @jacobedwards4747 3 роки тому

      What are some examples of terrible US made things?

    • @Asgar1205
      @Asgar1205 3 роки тому +3

      @@jacobedwards4747 a prominent one? Teslas, their production quality is a joke compared to any other car in the world, even Romanian Dacias have better tolerances than those things.

    • @scarharting5577
      @scarharting5577 2 роки тому +5

      @@jacobedwards4747 Fords. Chryslers. Teslas.

    • @jimreilly917
      @jimreilly917 2 роки тому +2

      Absolute truth. Because so much of our mass produced stuff in is made in China and Mexico, or with no quality control in US factories.

    • @tomdonahue4224
      @tomdonahue4224 2 роки тому +1

      @@jacobedwards4747 late 1970's through 1980's American Cars. The K Car, Ford Pinto come to mind.

  • @scottman895
    @scottman895 3 роки тому +1

    Congratulations on reaching 200K subscribers! You have been doing such a great job! I really enjoy the combination of a Q&A with a tour around Munich! I need to get back to Munich one of these days as I only got to see the area around Marienplatz and Oktoberfest when I went a few years ago.

  • @markbren8573
    @markbren8573 3 роки тому +2

    I can't wait till your merch store is up and running. I love your channel, so keep them coming : )

  • @keefterry2155
    @keefterry2155 3 роки тому +24

    This lady is adorable!!!

  • @roberthindla247
    @roberthindla247 3 роки тому +4

    Best Travelogue ever. Edited, not scripted. Way to create!

  • @scrunoph
    @scrunoph 3 роки тому

    Love your videos, especially this one. I live considerably near Munich but haven't been there since the 2nd lockdown started. It's nice to see those familiar places after so long

  • @ruthhunter3381
    @ruthhunter3381 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the tour. I would enjoy more of them as you travel. Your brother is a good assistant. 👍😊

  • @gregthebaritone
    @gregthebaritone 2 роки тому +4

    When you are around Marienplatz again, I highly recommend going to Vee's Kaffee & Bohnen. They have some of the best cheesecakes I've ever had -- different variety every day.
    One of my other favorite things I had there during Chriskindlmarkt was the Rahmschmankerl. I was addicted to those. Maybe that pegs me as a tourist? I don't care, they were amazing.

  • @wichardbeenken1173
    @wichardbeenken1173 3 роки тому +26

    I heard the story with the devil in the church as follows: The devil agreed to help to build the church under the condition that it will have only on window, hoping that it will be so dark that nobody went in. When he came into the church via the main entrance , the church was full of light but he could only see one window at point he stops and stamped with his foot into the floor. You may have seen that at this point the pillars hide the windows at both sides perfectly, except the central one of the apsis.

    • @helgaioannidis9365
      @helgaioannidis9365 3 роки тому

      Yes, that's the legend as my grandmother told it to me. Also they say that the devil since rushes around the church creating wind and that's why around the church it's often windy.

    • @keanosteve-o1491
      @keanosteve-o1491 3 роки тому

      And the devil keeps screwing himself over because he keeps thinking people will keep their promises, and find out after they made the deal, that the people or whoever made the deal with him didn't fully accepted it and completely did the opposite of what they said they will do. Regardless, the devil keeps continuing to make the same mistake over and over again. He been played by his own kind, that's funny.

    • @hape3862
      @hape3862 3 роки тому +2

      Actually, NO windows at all. That's because the original high altar even covered the one window in the apsis.

  • @hvee4
    @hvee4 3 роки тому

    Congrats on 200k, I’d love to visit Munich one day, it looks amazing even in the snow…hello from the uk 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @jav842
    @jav842 2 роки тому

    I love your videos. It is so interesting to learn about other countries and culture.

  • @dunkenbronuts5019
    @dunkenbronuts5019 3 роки тому +8

    I went to Munich two years ago during the summer! I have to say everything in that city is the true Bavarian experience. Great video Felicia!

  • @joannjones3232
    @joannjones3232 3 роки тому +40

    The woman’s church lol. The Cathedral of the Dear Lady I’m sure is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary

    • @helgaioannidis9365
      @helgaioannidis9365 3 роки тому +14

      True. It's called "Dom zu unserer lieben Frau" (Cathedral to our dear Lady) and of course is dedicated to Virgin Mary.

    • @cathydombrovske9235
      @cathydombrovske9235 3 роки тому +17

      @@helgaioannidis9365 When I was in Munich I thought that was the most beautiful building I saw. I went in and sat there for nearly two hours, and it was so peaceful. The soaring ceiling, the simple white and gold of the interior, the arrangement of the plain, sturdy but graceful pillars -- the whole thing was just so beautiful. One of my favorite places in the world.

    • @scarharting5577
      @scarharting5577 2 роки тому +1

      @@cathydombrovske9235 Sadly, you have to wonder how many children have been raped within its walls.

    • @krakendragonslayer1909
      @krakendragonslayer1909 2 роки тому +3

      @@scarharting5577 You, and liars like you, are the main reason why nations like Poland defend the Church with their blood like it was a last stand.

    • @KarmaKraftttt
      @KarmaKraftttt 2 роки тому

      @@krakendragonslayer1909
      What else you except from a racist people whos heart is full of evil and hatred.

  • @andreaonmon
    @andreaonmon 3 роки тому

    Really enjoyed the Q&A plus Munich tour, especially since I had to cancel my 2020 trip to Germany. 😭
    I would love to buy the beer mugs when they come out!

  • @uwekonnigsstaddt524
    @uwekonnigsstaddt524 3 роки тому

    Felicitaciones en los 200K. Gracias por tu amabilidad. Post Tenebras Lux.

  • @KenCostlow
    @KenCostlow 3 роки тому +5

    That was an awesome video, Feli!! I saw a lot of places that I had been when I was on holiday in 1989. I also saw several venues that I remembered from watching the 1972 Summer Olympics.
    Timo is really cool, too! 🙋‍♂️

    • @KenCostlow
      @KenCostlow 3 роки тому +1

      Also, in reference to comparing Bavaria to Texas -- you should come to Texas sometime. We have many cities and towns with German heritage, like New Braunfels and Fredricksburg, that were settled by German immigrants more than 130 years ago. In fact, Germany and the Czech Republic would probably be the Seventh and Eighth Flags over Texas.

  • @douglasmerkel8747
    @douglasmerkel8747 3 роки тому +20

    At Marienplatz I stepped into a Hummel store to buy for my mom. The sales lady started to talk to me in English even though I had not said a thing. She then told me only Americans buy them.

    • @brianmccarthy5557
      @brianmccarthy5557 3 роки тому +2

      It always helps to buy clothes from German store, including shoes, and get your hair cut by a German barber or stylist. Our physical attitude and movements usually betray us as Americans, even if you speak German, but this normally delays the recognition.

    • @scottfrench4139
      @scottfrench4139 2 роки тому

      Used to be you could tell the Americans from their shoes (sneakers) and baseball caps.

  • @vg30boy
    @vg30boy Рік тому

    My wife and I were there back in 2009. Loved it so much. Best food ever too.

  • @travispalmer9178
    @travispalmer9178 2 роки тому

    Can’t wait to visit Munich

  • @uhinger
    @uhinger 3 роки тому +131

    Real Bavarians feel able to speak every language fluently after some certain amount of beer ... 😂

    • @GSIChamp__Andi
      @GSIChamp__Andi 3 роки тому +5

      And all at the Same time

    • @berulan8463
      @berulan8463 3 роки тому +3

      You don't need any words if you have enough beer. You might also not to be able to use them anymore.

    • @uhinger
      @uhinger 3 роки тому +3

      @@berulan8463 yeah, that's aloc ... alcol ...aholo ... , I mean aloho ... alcolo ... wtf ... nevermind: Cheers!
      ;-)

    • @berulan8463
      @berulan8463 3 роки тому +2

      @@uhinger Skol!

    • @brigittelacour5055
      @brigittelacour5055 3 роки тому

      On beer and I was more fluent in german even with a schwäbischbayrisch style ! I spend some summer near Augsburg