Exercising my rights In the ALTMÜHLTAL - the mindset that was a Culture Shock - BRITISH in GERMANY
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- Опубліковано 26 лис 2022
- Culture shocks are real. I have decided to share my experiences of life in Germany as a Brit, as well as the beautiful places I am lucky enough to visit.
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Sitting in my armchair in nothern Germany and beeing on a hike with you in the Altmühltal . Listen to your voice and music is phantastic. You really show that you are very intressted in the region where you are by telling us that the celts once lived there. Thank you Lauren for this wunderful piece of art.
Thank you so much! Yes, that’s how it works for me when I edit videos from the North, sitting in Bavaria. Thank you for saying hike, I feel very sporty lol!
DIe Kelten or Celtics,.. were everywhere in midle europe. Actualy in South Germany/Austria/Swizz. Which is said to be their root of. From where they explored and settled down in tribes from turkey to frances coast all regions. Germanics and Latins/Romans from kinda at same time, "motivated" them to "move" to France all together (who could) and while the germanics stayed at their "area" did the Romas poked them until they tryed save their culture, by jumping over to the big Island(s), which is today known as Great Britain. The romans followed and drived them even to the tip of then last hope, jumping over to the *Irland* Island.
>> Roman Geologist said: "..this region is poor in ressources..." and so the Romans decided *NOT to go over* to Island.
>> This historical moment, SAVED the heart of Celtics culture to this day. Well,.. no,..until the church came and killed a lot of their culture. But not all,..and THIS is smt i see repeated everywhere in "germanic cultures", which the church tryed to supress and erase,...but... undefeated,... still here,... for us to recover & to rise again.
>> This is a real fast/poor explaining about the Celtics. They where more then "just tribes" and to this day we & germanics back than learned lot of things from them.
>> Just to get fast the rough grip of understanding.
In Love to my Brothers and Sisters
@@aw3s0me12 Thank that is very intresting. You might have heard a celtic golden treasure got stolen from a museum in Bavaria
@@user-gq9oq9cn6y this specific no. But i will go right now and search it up just for my little brain ^^ But it does actualy not surprise me to hear smt alike.
@@user-gq9oq9cn6y okay,..this is insane & a poor sign for our security in Museums...
_4 days ago:_
The Celtic-Roman Museum, in Manching, Germany, Tuesday Nov. 22, 2022.
A huge horde of ancient gold coins dating back to around 100 B.C. has been stolen from Manching museum in southern Germany, police said Tuesday.
Nur eine wahre Künstlerin ist in der Lage Ästhetik, Baukunst und die Schönheit der Natur in adäquate Worte zu fassen. Vielen Dank dafür
Oh wow, vielen lieben Dank!
Kann mich nur anschließen, ... ich habe durchaus die Emotion, aber nicht die Worte!
I lived in Germany back in the 1980s, and I took for granted how free and civilized life there was. People have a lot of misconceptions about Germany, and some of the same people have misguided beliefs about the freedoms that they have in their home country.
You are absolutely right! I got used to it here, and had my eyes opened in the Summer when travelling.
Couldn't agree more. Maybe they are bored by the Ordnung and rebel..but for no good.
In Germany there ist a principle of law concerning property which says "property obliges". If you have property, for example land with forest, you have a responsability for society. So in case of a forest, you can not forbid anyone to go into your forest as long as there are not certain reasons to deny it. Anyone can walk any wood in germany and is even allowed to collect small amounts of leafs or sticks or mushrooms (as much as fits your hands) to take home. This is considered a fundamental right of freedom in germany. Only plants under protection or dangerous parts of the forests are forbidden.
Ah, can you also collect sticks? I didn´t know that! Thank you!
@@LaureninGermany Yes youre also allowed to collect a bunch of sticks as firewood for your home - but only if they are laying on the ground. You must not break them from a tree!
@@holgerczubka5453 that’s really good to know. I just got a camping stove.
@@LaureninGermany Please be aware: An open fire (a camping wood stove is also "open fire") in a forest is, sadly, only allowed in dedicated = official fireplaces, unless it is your OWN property.
@@19ghost73 yes, I know that, but thank you! I know there is a big fine associated with it. It’s to protect the wildlife.
Absolutely beautiful walking trails in Germany. Especially in Autumn. Thanks for taking us along with you! Your choice of music compliments the scenery very well, it's enchanting.
Thank you very much! Music is very important to me, it expresses how I feel about the place I visited.
This is so beautiful, Lauren. Kevin says that it’s the same in Sweden - you have a right to nature. I just love this concept and it’s totally foreign for Americans.
It makes life so much nicer, doesn’t it, Sara?!
There is no right to nature in the US? Here is the only period, where you not allowed every, is the "Growing Period" It feel so natural, to go outside and explore new ways and places!
A totally foreign concept? That's strange, if not public accessible nature, then what exactly is the few million acres of national forest that my property backs up to?
@@costakeith9048 I think Sara meant that we can walk across farmland here, and not just in national parks.
@@Omihalt exactly! It’s wonderful!
What I enjoy the most of your videos is the fresh perspective of our country. Germans often do not see the beautiful places like you see them. We see them every day and after a time we think: nothing special. But truly they are.
Yes! We get bogged down in the "Alltag", don´t we? Even I notice more, now that I film to share it with you on UA-cam. Thank you, Georg.
Dear Lauren, you're beaming with the wonderful nature ;-)) You're so awake, sensitive and lovely that it almost hurts ;-) That's how you understood our country, nature, but many people here dislike it have very removed. Please keep it up, stay a witness to the present!
You´re so kind, thank you. Yes, we really have a very special and wonderful country to live in!
My gosh, it looks so beautiful. Like being in a fairy tale. I have visited Germany twice, and I would love to visit a third time. Thank you for your video, and hello from Australia.
Hello to Australia! How wonderful that you watched from so far away! Yes, it´s like a fairytale here. I hope you can visit again, it´s still delightful! Where have you been so far?
Greetings to australia from germany
Liebe Lauren, Du strahlst mit der wunderbaren Natur um die Wette ;-)) Du bist so wach, sensibel und lieblich, da es beinahe weh tut ;-) So hast Du unser Land begriffen, die Natur, von der sich allerdings viele Leute hier sehr entfernt haben. Bitte weiter so, bleibe Zeuge der Gegenwart!
Ach, lieben Dank, Jeremy!
Thank you for your thoughtful video. You are so right. As an American, living in Germany now for over 20 years in Frankonia, though still torn between more than one culture... we could learn a lot from the Germans but we still only think of Uncle Adolf and Kaiser Bill. I am grateful for my little Heimat here in Würzburg.
I am pleased you like it, Würzburg is very beautiful.
@@LaureninGermany Please keep it up.
@@roddymoore when I get nice comments like this, it’s a big motivation ❤️
Germany is one of the most expensive countries, and by now its very much anti-freedom, which is no surprise at all.
Oh, how I miss driving through Germany and seeing castles on practically every hill. I also miss the ability to access so many wonderful inexpensive places to visit, especially the abundant hiking trails. Thank you for sharing your beautiful hike with us. I look forward to your next video.
It´s so wonderful, isn´t it? I´m glad you enjoyed it, Marie!
oh so wonderful
Danke Arno! I think it´s gorgeous there!
Thank you very much Lauren for the respectful and loving way showing (us "Krauts") how beautiful our country really is! After visiting the UK several times I learned that the UK also have some incredible beautiful places. But... the gras on the other side is always greener... ;-))
btw "Erholung" = recreation
Thank you so much! Well, I wouldn’t say greener- just lovely here and lovely there. But the freedom here is definitely better!
As to Erholung- You see, I know that’s the translation that you find, but it doesn’t mean the same thing. Because recreation is the act of doing something in your free time, but Erholung is what you get out of it, if it’s a positive experience.
@@LaureninGermany Thank you for your fast, nice and kind reply!!
But where did you find YOUR freedom? In the UK or in Germany?
No, I haven't searched and found the translation of "Erholung" - the translation just came to my mind!
Wunderschön!
Ein Spaziergang durch die Natur ist wirklich pure Erholung.
Sogar sich ein Video davon anzuschauen tut gut. 🙂💗
Danke, Barbara! Ja, das stimmt- der Körper und Psyche reagieren auch auf Bilder die wir uns nur zuschauen oder vorstellen. In der Tat, deswegen teile ich so gerne Videos die ich hoffe einem gut tut ❤️
@@LaureninGermany In some respect Covid was a "blessing", me and my (let's call it very good female) friend took to taking walks outside instead of going to Ü30-parties, so to speak looking for places where no one else was. Never before we were out so often around Munich. And it became a habit to take along thermos flask, glowwine in a thermos cup in winter, and Campari Spritz in stylish stemmed glass plus ice cubes in summer.
I am lucky, I can see, see details that not everyone sees. With that you do not necessarily need the most spectacular places to have fun.
@@feedingravens absolutely, I know exactly what you mean! When you are not distracted by „noise and show“ you can appreciate more intensely. ❤️
@@LaureninGermany danke dieses Video anzusehen und deine bezaubernde Stimme zu hören hat mir gut getan
@@Anonymos321 das freut mich sehr!
When I was young, I went canoeing in this area. It is so beautiful as you describe! And near Weissenburg is Carl's canal. It was the first connection between Danube and Rhine. More than a thousand years ago!
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Oh that‘s so cool! I will definitely go there, thank you!
Look for Karlsgraben in Google German Lauren. ❤❤❤❤
I will, thank you!
Gefunden, super thanks!
Thank you for your inspirational videos! There is no better start into sunday than watching beautiful pictures of nature and listening to your calm voice.
What a wonderful thing to write, thank you so much ❤️
i could hear her all day long such a wonderful calm Voice
@@Ati-MarcusS thank you so much!
Your German pronounciation is on point.
Thank you so much! I make a big effort.
I most appreciate the look of foreigners at my country. I think as a folk we lost the view of our great country.
So I'm grateful to all foreigners posting videos and especially Lauren.
Aw, thank you so much! I tell you, Germany is absolutely underestimated. It‘s an amazing country.
Beautiful video of a gorgeous hike.
9:00 I've had the impression that tree and the rocks would get up and dance around at night, only to settle back into their usual spots by daylight again. That's how magical it seemed to me.
Thank you for your insights and wisdoms, Lauren.
What a fantastic image! Yes! It feels like they are waiting…thank you so much!
What lovely weather you had. Looked like a perfect wintry day😀. I should do this more often. It’s always good to get outside❤
Yes, it´s hard to leave the cosy warm, but it really does me good. And the colours in that golden light! Loved your video, today Benikon! It´s made me feel so Christmassy.
@@LaureninGermany thanks a lot Lauren. After all it is the 1st Advent which is crazy to think. Your video is also a banger. Keep it up 💪💪
@@britingermany a banger 😂 I love it! Especially for this video…! 😂
I am more familiar with the lower Altmuhl near Riedenburg. The area you are showing is beautiful, just as you are. The tour you gave us is magnificent, and I enjoyed the historical notes (especially regarding the etymology of the river's name...I never knew that!). Thank you.
I also had always thought it meant the obvious! I loved finding that out! Thank you so much.
Servus, ich wünsche dir Lauren und allen Zuschauern einen schönen und erholsamen ersten Advent. Grüße auch an Marcelo und Contesse
Danke sehr! Dir auch einen schönen ersten Advent!
Servus is the south German equivalent of ciao in Italy
Just "hello" or "good bye".
I love it. Just "greetings"
Yes, I know - I didn´t know the actually origin of the word until a year ago!
In 2001 I got lost on the way to a business meeting outside of Lindberg. On the way to finding the client I passed by a misty field where a mighty buck just came out of the woods to be illuminated by the first rays of the sun. It was like a painting.
Then I got lost in a castle before I finally found the client who was in an old mill building with a view of a river and a castle.
Germany can be a beautiful country.
I know, it´s honestly magical, isn´t it?! That sounds so fantastic!
This is really soothing. You‘re quenching my soul! Your speech is so loveley and kind, i love to listen to your calm and clear british english, spiced with excellent german expressions. I myself are german living here and one can think it’s an ordinary walk you do but you enchanted it and reveal the magic of this landscape that many in Germany are not aware of like you show it to us with your heartfull uniqueness. What a pleasure! Thank you!🙏🏻🌱
Thank you so much! Yes, it´s easy not to realise how amazing and unique the place you are from is!
Beautiful, thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much!
Lovely videos, I appreciate you sharing these adventures! 🌟🤗
Thank you! I´m really glad you liked it!
To give another perspective on the "Ghost Chapel" - "Geist" in German very rarely means the same as "Ghost" (in the Spooky sense). If we want to talk about ghosts, we use the word "Gespenst", which is closer to the term "Apparition". Geist translates much better into "Spirit", which also fits much better into what the "Spirit Chapel" is supposed to mean: It's more about Wisdom, Contemplation and reflection, spiritual rather than ghostly.
When we say Holy Ghost in English, it doesn’t mean the same as ghost, it’s interchangeable with Holy Spirit, don’t worry. Holy Ghost Chapel means exactly what Heilig Geist Kapelle means.
@@LaureninGermany Ooh, thank you for that clarification! I had no idea that ghost is also used that way in English. As a first-semester English student i can use every such piece of information I can get my hands on. Thank you for giving such an appreciative perspective.
@@Gidon147 you are totally welcome. It’s a rare example of an exact same usage in both languages! Ghost in English is also always used like Geist- except when preceded by Holy and with a capital G. Then it’s the Holy Ghost. Best wishes, Gidon!
An excellent and relaxing start into Sunday. Thank you for sharing
Thank you, your comment makes me really happy!
Verdammt, hab' ich wirklich schon alles auf diesem Kanal gesehen? Na gut, dann schau ich es eben nochmal an! I loooooooove everything about it ❤️
Bald bald neues..... xxx
You picked absolutly stunning sceneries for this video and your lovely soothing voice does the rest.
It's also a charmingly funny video: "When they say 'Servus' (as in 'I am your servant') I don't believe them! None of them have come and cleaned my house!" - You crack me up!
lol I am so glad you get my humour! Thank you for your lovely comment!
I'm German living in New Zealand and I really really miss the unhindered access into nature and farmland, forestry....here everything is fenced off and private property, unless your lucky to live right next to conservation land, there's no such thing as running out of the backdoor with your dogs and off into the woods...
Wow, I really wouldn´t have expected that in New Zealand. I experienced that just for a short while on Sicily, and I actually left early. I couldn´t walk my dog anywhere except along a road, and then guard dogs would be crashing into those high fences. Sending you best wishes, und ganz liebe Grüße!
Sad because it means freedom and joy.
Oh wow, this was incredibly relaxing... definitely made my day! Thank you!
Wonderful, that´s so great to hear! Thank you!
lovely video, thx 4 sharing
Thank you!
Very interesting this video! I really liked it.
Thank you so much! That’s wonderful!
Oh, you have selected very nice music this time. sounded like Lute :)
Yes, isn’t it lovely?! I was thinking is it a harp, but I also think it is a lute.
Hi Lauren! I just found you and I like you. I I subscribed, of course. I do live not far from the Altmühltal. Love from a German Britain-Fan! ❤
Oh, one of my favourite places! I must go for another lovely walk there soon. Thank you so much for subscribing, it´s great of you!
Hallo Lauren,thank´s for sharing your emotion on a hike in the "Altmühltal",memory´s came back.Well done and stay safe.
Thank you so much! I´m really glad you enjoyed it, I loved going back!
One thing that depresses the hell out of me as an American is that in almost every video I see of Germany it seems so well-kept. The cities and towns are clean the roads are in good repair and people seem so much happier and then I look outside where I live. I don’t know how we got here but it sometimes feels like I’m living in a Third World.
I´m so sorry to hear that! Yes, I also really appreciate the loving pride people take in most areas I visit.
The USA could be one of the best countries, but it is on a wrong and dangerous way. Very sad.
Seems a bit as it f the USA is falling apart. Still you do have the Applachians e.g. with great simple guys. Don't let the difficulties get you down, there's still good in there. Rediscover apart from sheer capitalist view.
I really like your channel. Beautiful videos. Beautiful atmosphere. I wished I could do this in my own videos on my channel.
Thank you so much, Peter ❤️
The video is great and informative. The shots are so beautiful. The music is well chosen. But your voice is just fantastic.
Thank you for revealing your view to us.
What a lovely thing to say to me! Thank you so much!
I'm so glad I found your channel.
Thank you so much, that’s just lovely for me to read 🤗
What a lovely video. A really well-deserved sub.
Thank you so much, that´s wonderful!
Schloss Wittringen - yeah. It is beautiful. I grew up there. They used to have rowing boats for rent. Very cheap, so we could afford them. We would also play Boule and use the barbecue huts - both for free. The park is extensive and the rsstaurant is great.
I didn´t have time to go into the restaurant that day, but I would love to next time, so that´s good to know. How lovely, rowing boats! Yes, the park looked big - it was the hurricane (I´ve forgotton the name), so I couldn´t stay long enough to wander around as much as I would have liked. Even the museum is free..!
@@LaureninGermany They no longer have the boats, unfortunately. But everything else is still there. And for free. Including the bird island, hosting some parrots that will insult you. 😂
@@emmasly123 insulting parrots sound fantastic! 😂
It's really nice to see and hear about what people from all over the world think about this area of germany. I was born and raised there. So this was never special to me. It really helps appreciating what seems normal to oneself. Thank you
Yes, it´s so easy to not realise how amazing your everyday surroundings actually are! Thanks for watching!
@@LaureninGermany I'm actually from Berching. Don't know if you know it. It's a really nice small town with a lot of old buildings in place. You can even walk on the "Wehrmauer".
@@florianfanderl6674 no, I have never been- thanks, I‘ve made a note of it!
I may be guest conducting a few symphony orchestras in Germany in 2024. These videos are fantastic.
Ah, my day job is as an opera and concert singer, so watch out, you might get stuck here -it´s a great country for musicians. Have a great time!
@@LaureninGermany Lauren, I almost hope I get "Stuck" there. I hope to be in Munich, Hanover, and Frankfurt. I have proposed a series of concerts with music from the American composers: Barber, Bernstein (My conducting mentor), and Copland. There will be an announcement on my UA-cam channel when things get firmed up. Maybe we could meet up and attend each other's concerts.
Thank you Lauren for this beautiful video. - Do you know what touched me and hit me deep in my roots? It is the heartfelt appretiation for our cultures, countries and upbringing . Centuries of history ankered in our soul and running through our blood.- Ever since I started my small channel in February I have taken a closer look into your native country and also subscribed to several British creators. I shall do the same for you. ☮Sending Love,Peace and Joy from Rheinland Pfalz❣
Thanks, Elke, I´m glad you liked it.
In Germany, especially in Bavaria - every state has its own constitution -, it is your constitutional right to enjoy nature. You, as property owner, are only allowed to fence your outer-city, outer-village property if you have special needs to keep something save, for example your cattle, or if there is a higher risk for people entering it, like falling down a cliff.
I didn’t know that. It makes life so much nicer here.
just to see how you describe my own home region makes me want to go outside, love it! subscribed ;)
Wonderful, thank you so much!
You could have stopped off in Wellheim for a cup of tea... I have lived there for over 20 years after moving from the UK!
Next time! 😃
Oh, wow! Then I would definitely have missed the sunset, though. What a great place you picked to live. Whereabouts are you from, do you mind me asking?
@@LaureninGermany I'm from the north, Lancashire!
I just saw your video about visiting the UK for the first time in 12 years... I'm up to 13.5 years since the last visit and no plans to go any time soon! 😅
Thank you so much for this video! I grew up there but am currently on the other side of the planet for studying. It made so incredibly happy to see home through your eyes. ❤
Oh, how lovely! I’m so glad you found the video and it’s made you happy. Thank you so much for letting me know! Hugs from Bavaria 🤗😘😘
I am very jealous. I have been to Germany a few times with work and saw a little of the countryside but not enough. I would love to see more one day. But your posts slow me places to visit
You´ll make it happen next time - and I have wonderful places to show you until you get here again!
Near my place there is the "Erholungsweg" , where in times of cold war ( I live in West Berlin ) people went to a lovely small forest, the Steinbergpark. There is an artificial waterfall and a hill for sleighs in case of snowy weather like in 2021.
How lovely! I adore this about Germany. Have a look at my video about Gladbeck- I‘ll see if I can post the link, Susanna ua-cam.com/video/LiOHHUP3b8s/v-deo.html
We have the same ancient principle in Gaelic Ireland. ‘The land belongs to the people of Ireland - Éire.’
My mother´s side of the family is from Wexford, and I am Welsh - the celt must have freedom to roam. Hoping to go to Ireland at the latest in 2024.
Merry xmas and hope you have a lovely time known you over a year now don't time fly debs xx 🧑🎄🎁🎄🤗.
Hello Debs! Unbelievable! It’s been a mad year! Here’s to 2023 being fabulous. I might make it to GB next year- we should see if we can meet up! Xxx
@@LaureninGermany Big hug and yes deff debs xx 🤗
@@debsmostexcellentadventure5353 we‘ll keep in touch about it xxx
@@LaureninGermany 🧑🎄🎁 🎁 🎁
What a nice presentation.
Thank you very much!
I got the best of both worlds: beautiful scenery, beautifully narrated - as well as a cozy warm room and a hot coffee in the morning. Life couldn't be better.
I'll go outside after ...
I‘ve got my hot coffee right now! I am someone who always has to rush out before it gets dark, when it’s cold. I’m so glad you liked it!
So beautiful. The Autumn colours are stunning
Breathtaking! I am so glad I seized the moment and filmed that day!
We used to take the kids camping there.
Dinkelsbühl as well.
Ah, how fun! The place I lived that I point out in the video has camping in its big garden, right on the river - a dream for kids, (and big kids..lol!)
Even the sorcerer's apprentice taught us to be careful with your wishes, they could come true and whether you really want someone to come and clean up your home, who knows who will actually come?? Nice again a new video from to get to you.
For me, a pleasant way to end a week and start a new one.
The wonderful places you present to us, that's great.Even the old Germanic tribes were connected to the forest, there was a deep connection and the exists to a large extent to this day.
Some have forgotten that in the meantime and these people have to be reminded of it again.The mixed forest, the trees and plants, nature are our survival and we help best if we leave them alone and simply focus on them while hiking delight and enjoy.
I wish you a nice first advent. 🕯️
Oh now you‘ve scared me!!! I’m so easily influenced! Let’s hope it’s someone good and kind who comes… I used to be in the Brownies (like the Pfadfinder) and they had a rhyme about waiting for an elf to come and clean up, „then I looked in the mirror and saw…myself“! So, I avoid mirrors…
I was worried about posting so much nature this week, that people would be bored. It’s heartwarming to see how others also appreciate it. Have a lovely first Advent, Robert ❤️
@@LaureninGermany
For my personal opinion, posting about nature can't be boring,
there is so much going on,
all the different things with different colours, sizes and smells.
And your channel offers so many different videos, there is something for everyone.
This video just came up in my feed, so thanks algorithm! Lovely scenery and music (would love to know where the latter came from). Cheers from New Hampshire, USA!😀
The music is from Epidemic Sound - you can click on a link in the description and listen for a month for free. Search for Bonnie Grace! And thank you for watching, I´d love it if you stick around!
Lovely just lovely
Thank you so much!
It is always very interesting to see videos like this because it shows us a different perspective of and can help us to better appreciate all these things wonderful things all around us that we just see as natural and normal.
Exactly, it opens my eyes, too, because I think a bit more about the differences between where I am from and here. Thank you!
Servus- but none of them have come and cleaned my house😂
I grew up in Kelheim close to the Altmühltal . I really like it when you speak in german. Generally you have a beautiful voice. And yeah we live in a magical area.
Oh, thank you for your nice words! You made me want to drive to the Altmühltal, now. Kelheim is in a perfect spot, Weltenburg…Altmühltal…
@@LaureninGermany Ja, Weltenburg ist fantastisch. Meine Oma wohnt dort. Auch der Weg über den Wald von Kelheim nach Weltenburg ist wundervoll.
1:08 minutes: Lauren appears! Me: *Shiver'* 🥰🥰🥰
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@@LaureninGermany ILY 🥰
4:42 In Germany and many other germanic countries (+Italy) there is a law that allows walking in privately owned areas if they are paths, streets, fields, forests, water/ice etc.
So yes, its your right to just wander though nature.
It´s something that makes me feel very free here. I love this rule.
@@LaureninGermany
Its a freedom you never think much about, until you notice that its actually something limited to only your home country and a few others.
I already heard a few times that we germans are a bit special with our wanderlust. ^^
@@Grothgerek it’s true. Germans really get worked up about Freiheit- and I absolutely understand why. I was in another country, it was all fenced in everywhere- I left earlier than planned. It felt like a prison.
Finland also has a similar concept.
@@asafoetidajones8181 wonderful! I’m planning on travelling in - is it called the Norden? Well, the Nordic countries a lot in the future. So that’s good to know!
Your English is "Balsam" for my heart. I would like to hear more. Dankeschön.
Thank you so much!
Such a nice video from Altmühltal, it`s so beautiful there. My uncle who unfortunately died of cancer a few years ago, vacationed there with my aunt . And was so exited about how beautiful it was there surrounded by nature to vacation there.💙💞
I´m so sorry about your uncle. I am glad he experienced and enjoyed the Altmühltal. It really is wonderful there.
@@LaureninGermany 🥰👍
The Shot at 6:15 Min. fantastic. The Light is awesome. Good timing :)
Thank you so much for noticing and telling me! That’s my 2nd favourite bit of three. The other ones are when my dog stamps to the music, and the light by the first castle, too.
I love visiting Bavaria and you take me to places I probably would never visit, although I was in Ingolstadt a few weeks ago.
I´ve just been there - you were 20 minutes away from me. But yes, I go mainly to less known places, and I´m glad you like them, Alice!
The pleasure of travelling is what this video is all about. Enjoyable to watch and maybe pay a visit.
Great, I am so glad you enjoyed it!
Gedankenweg - path of thoughts: We have something similar in my hometown, the Philosophenweg - philosopher's path.
That sounds interesting. Are there also notices with sayings on them, there?
I think "resting" is a nice word for Erholung. :)
Nearly, but I think resting is too passive. That’s sich ausruhen. Erholung is what you get out of it!
Lest we forget: paragliding and hanggliding, too ! 😉
Looks like you know a thing or two about that!
@@LaureninGermany 'tis true 🙂Being familiar with the Altmühltal, I'm sure you've seen us cavorting around in the skies above Böhming and Oberemmendorf. If not - come check us out, it's nice to watch (and if you're the adventurous type, you can even book a tandem flight...)
@@Theworldofhanggliding I doubt that that’s for me- but who knows?!!?
You have a very charming humor it’s lovely
Love from Austria 🇦🇹
Thank you so much! Greetings back to beautiful Austria!
Thank You, Lauren .... much appreciated!
Thank you, that´s very kind!
@@LaureninGermany my pleasure, night owl ... 🦉
Uhu...me...?
@@LaureninGermany 🌃 🦉 🌠
OMG, I´m going to bed now... well, now in a minute....
I live not far away in Regensburg and I love wandering around in this area, there are many special nature places to find. There are also a lot of castles that are long gone and all that is left are a couple of stones, I love these places especially when the sun creates a little bit of mystic scenery.
Yes...me too! It´s utterly magical and makes your imagination run wild. I was just in Regensburg, at the Turmtheater. Such a beautiful city.
@@LaureninGermany I think it becomes magical by your choice of music, great filming, playing with light and sorytelling British voice. As Germans we treat it more like normal. However, indeed, there is something special about those karst landscapes you also find in Franconian Swiss, Svabia, France (Massif Central/Cevennes), Hrvatska and Slovenia, in parts of the Alps and Thuringa Forest. The white rocks with Fossils and special Flora, huge amount of caves and the disappearing and re-appearing creeks and the forteresses provide a good basis for imagination of secrets and stories and yes it is still not very well known compared to classical Tourist destinations like Neuschwanstein, but much used for Erholung by the locals.
@@florianmeier3186 thank you! Yes, these places are insider tips. I love them! One of the first videos I made was of the landscape you described, near Giengen an der Brenz. For me, that’s fairytale landscape and it has a legend to go with it, which I told in the video, of course!
Really awesome video =D I enjoyed it a lot and I have to say your voice is very calming ^^ I also always feel that the german names sound a lot more epic when you translate them into english. But maybe that is because my mother tongue is german x3
I agree, I think they sound epic! Lol! Thank you so much, Vitnir!
"still: Non of them had come and cleaned my house"
Still waiting…. 😂
The Celts were there- two millenia ago.......Bayern is a lovely place!
And now we’re back! Or at least I am 😆 Yes, it’s wonderful, but I love most parts of Germany, tbh.
Nice to see Schloss Wittringen in your video. The next time you are in that area you should visit Haus Beck at the border of Bottrop-Feldhausen, Gladbeck-Zweckel and Gelsenkirchen-Scholven.
I shall look into that! I loved Schloss Wittringen.
I only just found your channel and am VERY impressed by your German pronunciation! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you! That´s very kind of you!
Okay, I'm hopeless, I'm officially a Lauren groupie 🥰❤️🥰 I don't feel bad about it at all
Well, you certainly always make me feel better with your adorable comments, Bianca xxx
@@LaureninGermany 🌹
Beautiful video of a wonderful landscape, i worked there in nature conservation saving rare butterflies together with Adi Geyer. This video brought memories back, thanks for that!
That makes me really happy! And I love love love butterflies. Moths, too. I always put them outside, if they make their way into my home.
@@LaureninGermany Very good treatment of this wonderful animals. I wish you a good weekend!
@@oliverbock5659 thank you, you also, a great weekend.
Your pronunciation is excellent. I've always translated 'servus/servas' as 'I serve unto thee.'
Thank you so much! I understand servus as the Latin noun: slave. I believe the Hungarians used it as a greeting when first in Bavaria to show they were not aggressive.
@@LaureninGermany it's definitely all over the old K&K. I've heard old people say it as far away as Romania and the Ukraine. I've never heard the Hungarian origin story but it makes sense. Servas aus Texas!
So interesting! Servus aus Bayern!
Nice soundrack.
This is definitely one of my favourites, thanks!
liebe lauren,
erstmal vielen dank für dein tolles video über meine heimat - mit hypnotisierender stimme, die gleichsam zeigt, was für ein stimmwunder du auch beruflich bist.
wer dich hier verfolgt hat auf yt weiss, welch reine seele du bist und daher fast schade, dass du nicht mehr abonennten auf dich ziehst; gleichwohl das auch ein prädikatszeugnis ist.
hoffe von dir zu hören,
alles gute und viel erfolg weiterhin mit deinem mann in deine projekten.
b.
p.s. l traviata is my favourite, just love it.
Danke - thank you! Was für ganz lieben Worte.
@@LaureninGermany lauren, nicht dafür; das hast du dir selbst zuzuschreiben.
wenn es dich/euch interessiert, welche tollen sog. "hidden gems" es in deiner ex-heimat, dem altmühltal, gibt, dann lass es mich wissen. selbst unsere vielen niederländischen nachbarn, die es per pedes seit jahren schon entdeckt haben..., so habe ich doch als local etwas noch mehr in petto.
alles gute. und bis bald.
b.
lauren, es ist kein culture shock. und in einem anderen der phantastastischen videos hatte ich dir auch diesbzgl. geantwort.
not that you might think i am unaware to not think how great, just grateful, you are. not overwhelming you with attitude, just a simple man i am. nevertheless, i am looking fwd.
Oh my, thank you so much for taking me with you on this beautiful golden hour walk! ❤Here in Berlin is it cloudy, cold with light snow.
I think the snow isn’t far away here, now, too! You are so welcome - wasn’t it a stunning Autumn day?
@@LaureninGermany Gosh, it absolutely was! So very soul mollifying. I loved that you pointed out the freedom to just hike in Germany. I think most don't really appreciate it till they visit countries like the USA where you bump into fences everywhere.
I remember visiting the beautiful island of Sicily - and there were fences everywhere. I felt so claustrophobic and unsafe because of that. You couldn´t walk freely with your dogs like this.
nice, how You describe my birth nation...in this way I love it...
it's healing from all bad things, going on here at this time...
Thank you, Ida - that´s what I hope to do, highlight some of the wonderful things that are still here and happening.
Danke für dieses schöne Video
Danke sehr für das Zuschauen und den netten Kommentar!
I used to stay in a valley beside there to work in Ingolstadt
Ah! I just got home from Ingolstadt!
Dont miss out on Lake Constance. But better go there in the summer. In the winter you could try Oberstdorf
I know Lake Constance! I got married there! Oberstdorf I haven´t been to yet, thanks for the tip!
I live a few kilometers to the north/east of the Altmühltal. The Schwarze Laber Tal (Laber is the name of the river) It looks quite similiar The whole region has this imposing limestone cliffs castles and woodland. It's gorgeous :D
edit: As one tends to get used to it, it's a good thing now and then to be reminded in what beautiful area one lives.
Exactly! We get used to the amazing everyday standard of living we have. I just went outside and filmed the sun and the mist rising- so many people have to drive for hours to see something as beautiful!
The Schwarze Laber Tal sounds wonderful! I‘ve made a mental note, I must visit the area!
I live near the spring of the Altmühl and for me the hundreds of celtic excavation sites from the Hallstadt period are most fascinating.
Oh, I must visit your area - it sound fantastic!
@@LaureninGermany we have a privatly organized museum in Nuremberg 《Naturhistorisches Museum) there you can find a lot of Information including reconstructed buildings from the celtic period.
@@maritaschweizer1117 super! I didn’t know about that. I am not far from Manching, and I want to go there as soon as I can. (Kelten- und Römermuseum)
@@LaureninGermany yes Manching is an Oppidum it means a Keltic town. Of the Latene period (450 - 15 bc).
But i am more familiar with the early celtic period (750-450 bc) Which is callt Hallstadt period.
I really want to do more research. I will do, for sure in the future. I´m in the middle of a degree, and just can´t do everything I want to immediately! I hope you stay around and share infomation like this again.
What a luxury indeed. Walking uninterrupted in open nature. In USA where everyone is worried about the next guy shooting them down, this kind of right is unheard of. Folks are more worried about their personal safety than trying to enjoy nature.
Really? That’s so sad. I hadn’t heard that.
@@LaureninGermany Moving to the States after living in München can really be an eye opener. I hope the States manages to bridge the inequality that results in these unpleasant experiences. In Bavaria I used the public transport extensively, feeling so comfortable all times. In NY the public transport is not the first choice and people are so protective of their private space even inside a public transport for fear of violence. I just hope folks living here manage to change this aspect before it gets out of hand. The "marginalized" community speak so negatively about what they view as "entitled" community in public infrastructure. There is always fear in the air. You have to experience it to believe it. Sorry for the long rant.
I do get the impression that life is much much more comfortable for what I would call ordinary people here. I mean not very rich people. Don´t let it get you down... hugs from an hour away from Munich xx
@@iracture Grüße aus München.
A friend of mine moved to NY to work there. He spent 9/11 stuck in the subway. A colleague of him had a date at a dentist in the WTC, but could not make it. Sometimes you are lucky...
I visited the US with my parents and my uncle 3 times between the mid-70s and mid-90s, but mostly were in CA and other western states. When we were in NY, we went down to the Battery and the WTC (mid-90s), and then decided we were too lazy to take a taxi or the sub, and walked back to our hotel at Central Park.
When NY friends of my uncle heard that, they screamed "Are you insane? You might have been killed!" and we could just say "we hardly saw anyone. The only one approaching us was a black guy asking for fire". But granted, we were 6 people.
What I will never forget in NY is a scene: In the middle of the city, where is constant shadow, on the other side of the road was a skyscraper with wide open stairs in front. And there sat a woman you could have found in a movie or a fashion magazine, light brown costume, sloppy hat, looking cool into the distance.
And on the street is a Ferrari 365 GTB (Magnum's Ferrari) with open hood. She was waiting for the mechanic.
Sadly, back then you did not photograph everything.
From the elegance and style like the opening scene of "Breakfast at Tiffany's", where Audrey Hepburn gets out of the taxi at dawn, still in ihrem kleinen Schwarzen, to eat her croissant while looking at the shop windows of Tiffany's.
I follow what is going on in the US (way more than is good for me) via UA-cam comments since 2016, since my quest for "Why Trump??!".
The US gun possession rate is 20 times higher than in Germany, and the gun death rate is 30 times higher. Really just correlation and no causation?
Suicides are not included in this, the rates are equal, us germs just use different methods.
What no gun nut will tell you resp. refuses to hear - 1,000 women and 600 men are shot dead at home/year in the US - by partners, family & friends. "Only" 500 are shot at home by unknown intruders.
So a gun at home triples the risk you are killed....
I have the impression that the US has some very problematic myths that make things very complicated. Even in the movies you are learning the hero's gut feeling is always right, a hero acts on his gut feelings and does NOT follow rules and regulations, but acts alone, and he does not have to think or question his own position, he is RIGHT - always. A US hero NEVER changes his mind, admits that he is wrong, that he did not know all the information. It always works out, when he kills the evil villain in total self-justice, he always gets away with it - and gets the girl.
And we love that simplistic plot, the villain so deserved it
Am I wrong in that assessment, that people HATE to think about their own position? That most do not have the courage to question themselves?
Just look at Trump, he cannot admit to ANYthing. He is always on the attack when he is wrong. And his MAGA cult absolutely loves this. They do not see that this is in principle insecurity. Trump has no own self-esteem, he needs others to define himself. He is desperate without attention
I hate the term property so much and I'm German but on the anglosphere part of the internet most of the time.
It's always "private property" this or "private property" that.
1:54 shoutout to the lonely beer bottle on the bench! that´s germany.
lol so funny!
"Access to nature has to be free for all burgers" is part of the law. You have to stay on the path of corse. Dear Lauren, i the a culture shock the other way around. I had a lot of business trips to Milton Keynes in the UK. I booked a nice Country hotel to stretch my legs in the evenings.....and i could not. Fences, fences, fences and "privat property." Not even a footpath out of the Hotel. I had to take my car to travel to a puplic (boring) park.
Exactly - you understand why I react how I do to this wonderful freedom here!
When I was a child in the 80ies my parents hiked with me (/us so & my sister) on many Sundays through countryside like this, and I soaked in the mystic atmospheres of such mid Europe nature, where you can get the feeling to see spiritual creatures or vibes the deceased and similar. You can see this spirit in my 3 modest videos.
Hmmm are you using my channel for Werbung, you naughty boy...?!!
But exactly, your parents did the thing I was talking about! BTW, did you ever see my reply to your comment on my Norderney video, Mattes? xx
@@LaureninGermany yes, I answered to your comment, but answered very late after some days 😐
@@mattesrocket ah, I will look later 🤗
@@LaureninGermany "Hmmm are you using my channel for Werbung, you naughty boy...?!!" You cought me. With this trick I try to achieve to get 11 subscribers by the end of the year. Then I will promise to my community to upload within the next 2 years one more video! (Oh man, I need to create a patreon account.) 🤡
@@mattesrocket lol! Well, better slowly that not at all- that’s what I tell myself…
Somehow, you managed your video to look like old paintings from the romantic era coming to life.
Oh, lovely! Thank you!