I really can imagine how intense your feelings must have been coming home after such a long time ! The smell of the air, the landscape and the buildings. Homeland will ever be homeland.
was 6 years for Job in USA.... and the feeling i comed home to germany was so intense... i can feel U, Lauren nice that u find the time to make a video out of it. i was to overhelmed to even write it down.
I am from Austria, I was in GB very often and I ALWAYS enjoyed the friendliness that you have, always ready for a small talk, I like Britain very much.
I've lived in Germany since 1981, after 17 years in South Africa and 8 years before that Macclesfield. The weather here is better than in the midlands, but it took me a while to get used to Germany.
I am german from bavaria and apart from the alpes and lakes I found the landscape in britain much more beutiful. I also like the british way to treat each other.
So Lauren, Thanks for your wonderful creations and uploads in 2024. I wish you and your loved ones a Merry, Merry Christmas, and a happy new year. Love from Scandinavia.❤️
The same heartfelt wishes to you and yours, Hans! Thank you for so many interesting and warm conversations this year, and the very best wishes for 2025.
Oh, Uli! Someone asked me if I was from „here“ (Wales) and I could say yes for the first time in over a decade. And all the things that make Germans need to work to understand were normal, which reassured me that I‘m also normal. (Just foreign in Germany). Do you come home often?
I was born in Britain in 1964, I have lived all over the world since , and almost every 12 years I also end up back on the Island , Lauren we even both have lovely brown eyes and I loved this touching report. I've lived most of my life in the North of Germany, the root of all Saxons , Saxland, now called Schleswig-Holstein.
So Lauren. It will be the first of december in a few hours. Marry Christmas to you and everybody you love. Waiting patiently for your next uploisd. Greetings from the two most important countries in Scandinavia. Namely Denmark and Norway.
@@hansmarheim7620 hello Hans, I‘m so glad to hear from you. I was singing Solveigs Sang tonight and I always think of Sissl, who you told me about. I am not sure that I will keep going here. I have already left Facebook and Instagram, I still have accounts but I don‘t do anything or look at them. But I might do a farewell video here. I will definitely be uploading music videos, not expecting to get views or earn money, but because I filmed so many beautiful places this year and a half. Ah, you make me want to keep going with this channel. Are you still making videos? Oh! And Merry Christmas to you and yours, too! I think I will be able to wave to you, from Rügen. We have a show there on 27.12. so we even considered driving to Denmark around that time- but I think it will be too cold ?!
I was, last autumn, in Canada for the first time in 8 years and it was very strange. Food I missed and strangely ... culture shock. But I was very happy to be back here after, I was back home. I never was in England, I must visit one day.
Oh, the food, right?! I was going crazy over the most ordinary things. It is strange, being back, isn‘t it? I highly recommend you visit GB- wait until you see my upcoming videos!
But England is the favorite country of usa....practically a state of. And the same language...and American tv is full of Britain....in everything.....so it is....
German here, living in the US. I remember a trip to Eastbourne, Uk with my wife and young daughter. We arrived by plane from the US in the morning, took a car ride to Eastbourne. It was too early to check into the hotel. The hotel was one of those old ones, facing the beach or boardwalk, with tons of charm. We walked into the hotel, the landlord who was also the one preparing breakfast for the guests said in very kind way. “Welcome, your room is not ready yet, it is a bit early. How about I serve you a nice full English breakfast to start with?” That man was so warmhearted, calm and friendly. We quickly forgot about being jet lagged and stressed. I had full English breakfast every morning during my stay, I loved it. My wife who is Polish loves the general friendliness of the Americans. She also noticed during our UK trip that everybody was very, very friendly and easy to talk to. Since then, we put the English in a similar bucket as the Americans in terms of friendliness and approachability - just very, very friendly folks. Different, but friendly.
A good day, because Lauren uploaded a vid! Great video. Fantastic looking castle. I am also curious about your upcoming Musikvideos filming there. I hope you don’t wait too long uploading the next videos, especially about Wales.
What a lovely thing to say! I am planning on starting my next video as soon as I can and I hope to upload next week or the week after. I missed you all, and it‘s so wonderful to share this with you.
Das war ein wunderschöner Film, wie immer!❤ Ich freue mich, dass es dir gut geht. ❤ Ich würde gerne the UK besuchen, leider geht das nicht, weil ich chronisch krank bin. Auch deswegen schaue ich deine Filme so gerne. Ich danke dir dafür und ich lächle dir aus ganzem Herzen zu, Darling.❤❤❤
Ach, Du hast gerade ein Lächeln verursacht, my love! Danke, Tina. Ich hoffe, dass Du irgendwie gesundheitliche Unterstützung findest, die das Reisen möglich macht. Ich konnte wegen der Gesundheit lange auch nichts tun, wirklich, und bin deswegen so unfassbar dankbar. Ich schicke Dir eine große Umarmung.
Beautiful beloved Old Blighty - unbeatable really. Thank you for a lovely video and your very charming presentation style. Welcome back to our green and pleasant land, our sceptered isle.
Bis zum späten Nachmittag gestern war herrliches Wetter! Meine Frau hat eine Tour mit ihrem Motorrad machen können. Erst am frühen Abend hat es dann angefangen Sanftdauer zu regnen. Heute sieht es auch wieder gut aus. Mal sehen. Liebe Grüße Ben
Spot on! British smile more, say hello and thank you to the bus driver- I am German, had lived in England for almost 28 years until... 2016. I went back for a visit in 2023 and felt the same arriving at Dover (my last home was 30 min drive from Dover), tearful. I still feel so so homesick at times.
@@LaureninGermany moin Laurin, schön von dir zu hören! Ja, der Passport… Wir hätten jetzt die Zeit und Möglichkeit, einmal einen Besuch in London zu machen. Aber dafür bräuchten wir einen Reisepass! Nur für eine City Trip nach London! No!🤬❤😊
Moin Ben! Ich habe inzwischen zwei Pässe und bin mit meiner deutsche rein und raus gereist...da ich Angst hatte, sie würden mich stempeln und zurückholen nach 3 Monaten... Ach, holt Euch eine Reisepass, fahrt hin! Es ist so schön, und die Pass ist lange gültig!
Hi Lauren! Thank you for sharing your emotional journey. For most of us, it's nice to revisit or be able to give in to Heimweh, just recharge ones soul. It's been 15 years for me since my last visit to Germany and 6 years since my last visit to England. All the best - Peter
Hi Peter, oh, it‘s too long, isn‘t it? I do hope you are able to visit soon. It certainly did me so much good. So much was wonderfully the same. Recharge the soul- that is exactly it. I feel so much better about myself.
I'm so happy for you that you had the time to recharge. The positive energy shows and rubs off on your fans as well. If all goes well this coming April I'll visit England and friends in Ireland for two weeks, then 3 weeks in Germany visiting family and retracing my childhood.
@@pgoessnitzerfirst of all - thank you! I do so appreciate the (large!) coffee! I am drinking 5 a day at the moment, oh dear…. And how wonderful that sounds! My mother‘s side is from Ireland and I have not yet been. Your whole trip sounds great.
I missed it because I was getting ready for bed (my days are so long and my bed-time is so absurdly early). This is my treat after a long day. Sending you love and hugs!
It´s good to get up early, the heat is here! Love and hugs back to you. I wouldn´t have gone back if it wasn´t for this community, and it did me so much good.
@@LaureninGermany getting up early got me rained on while traipsing from the bus to the train station and the train station to work. Going in the other direction I was sweating because it was so hot and humid. My commute is soooooo long. But the people at work are lovely and the job is worth the travel. I am happy you felt safe and cared for well enough to go on this journey! You did look very happy indeed! 🥰
Hallo Lauren, ich freue mich, dass du wieder einmal ein tolles Video hochgeladen hast. Es hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Ist es nicht schön, wieder einmal nach so langer Zeit die Heimat wiederzusehen? Ich habe vor einem Monat auch meine Heimatstadt, in der ich die ersten 30 Jahre meines Lebens gelebt habe, nach jetzt fast 50 Jahren wieder einmal für längere Zeit besucht. Da kommen dann doch wieder viele Erinnerungen hoch und ein paar alte Freunde habe ich auch noch wieder getroffen. Jetzt freue ich mich auf deine nächsten Videos. Viele Grüße Heinz☺
Ach, wie schön! Ich würde gerne auch alte Freunde wieder sehen, hoffentlich nächstes Mal. Es hat wirklich gut getan, und ich warte keine 12 Jahre wieder, bis zum nächsten Besuch. Ein schönes Wochenende und bis ganz bald!
Ich habe mich gefreut nach langer Zeit Dich wiederzusehen. Du siehst toll aus und ich sehe Du genießt es in UK zu sein. Alles Gute für Dich und danke für die schönen Bilder. Peter
Danke, liebe Peter! Ich war wirklich sehr glücklich, dort zu sein, und es so zu finden, wie es war. Und oh, wir schön war es in Northumberland?! Ich hoffe, es geht Dir gut? Und bis ganz bald wieder!
That was a quick jump from Cambridgeshire to Bamburgh! That's actually a long drive! But so great to see you in my neck of the woods. Northumberland is a gem. Did anybody call you pet? Or bonnie lass?
No, not pet or bonnie lass! But love and darling! It‘s lovely in Northumberland, really special. And yes, it goes quicker when you can edit out the motorway, 😂
The Northumberland coast is really special - I spent a few weeks there on a youth exchange many years ago and always wondered how this area is so little known to overseas visitors.
@@LaureninGermany there is a spanish saying: relax, you are in Spain! And it's true! First I lived near Alicante, but later more to the south in Andalucia. Perfect!
Nice to see your happy face after coming home after such a long time. :-) It's funny, I've been uploading a bunch of photos from England and Wales to my Fotocommunity profile lately, and I've been thinking that it's time to visit once again. Looking forward to more content from your travels. :-)
What a funny coincidence! I have so many beautiful places to show you, Mogon. I‘m already planning my next trip. I‘m not waiting 12 months, let alone 12 years again!
There's something fascinating about coming home after some time living abroad. It should all be familiar but it's almost as though it's all brand new. Enjoy! 🙂
Exactly, and it was so wonderful because the changes were generally positive for me and the realisation that so much was just as I remembered made me so very happy!
I've not been back to South Africa in 7 years and a bit but I remember traveling to Brussels through Maatsricht and seeing Dutch signs everywhere and being so relieved to be able to understand everything around me. I am SOOOOO JEALOUS of the Bamburgh trip.
OMG it was SO COOL! It was completely spontaneous, too, just about 10 days before we travelled, we were able to add it in. I hope you can go. I think I´d like to go back on a less busy day and walk on the beach there, too. Yes, understanding everything, immediately, without that second of translation, was an amazing feeling
It's always a great experience for me to go visit my English roots, so I can relate to this video. After the typical European directness, the English are so refreshing. I always stuff myself with far too many pies and pasties when I'm there, overindulge in cream teas and later have to hunger all the calories off again. No easy task with a wife who cooks like a world champion. Wish you a nice stay, enjoy every minute of it.
Ha ha, I also ate EVERYTHING… TWICE lol!!! The most ordinary British foods are just so good, aren‘t they? Now when is your wife inviting me and Franz over?!!?
I am originally from the West Midlands, the Black Country. I left the UK in 1984 after studying German and Swedish at university. I settled first in Denmark, then Sweden. I have not returned, the past is now a foreign country. Scandinavia is such a great place for introverts such as myself!
@@TerencePetersenAjbro whereabouts in Sweden, Terence? I travelled through up to Norway past year, and I spent a bit of time in Denmark at Easter. Love it. The peace!
@@LaureninGermanyI Iive in Borås and commute to Gothenburg when not working from home. I lived nearly 30 years near Roskilde in Denmark. No matter which language I speak, it sounds foreign! Few can guess my Brummie origins though. Learning German paved the way for a career in technical writing and translation and a ticket away from the slums of the West Midlands. Dwi'n dysgu Cymraeg hefyd! Hab's guat!
@@TerencePetersenAjbro good for you! Yes, German/Germany affords a lot of work opportunities. Roskilde is beautiful! I went there…how funny! We could have waved.
Like you, i havnt been back to blighty since 2012 and really need to pop back. I have a theory around why we are more smiley and were able to small talk in England, then in Germany. To start with Germany has the polite you and the personal you in doesn’t have that it’s always a personal you. Secondly I think it has to do with the bar culture. In England, you have to go to the counter get your own drink and in variably chat and speak to people you do not know that’s a bit of lighthearted friendly banter is inevitable. In Germany on the other hand, you sit down at your table and you get served at your table and don’t have the interaction with people around you naturally. That you automatically have a more separated society. I miss this open and jovial nature of the Brit’s… I truly do. Just made me homesick 😊 Newly subbed and liked and looking forward to more content.
@@DailyDamage aw, thank you so much! I‘ve got a lot more Blighty and Irish content coming, so I‘m glad to have you. I‘ll have a think about what you wrote. Very interesting. Fascinating, the differences, aren‘t they?!
It is SO true that strangers are so much friendlier in the UK! Be it at the cash register in a (big) store, or even on a small London bus - locals have often spoken to me out of nowhere, just chit-chatting. And when they noticed I'm not a local, they always asked where I was from and where I'm visiting in the UK. Totally friendly and lovely! I wish we had that trait in Germany too.
In a way, Britain's landscape is special and unique. I do not know whether it is geology, vegetation or architecture, probably everything together, but for some reason I am almost always right when I see some landscapes and suspect that it is Great Britain. It's nice and inviting.
Nice to see you again. And you was in England, After a really long time. I can imagine how you felt. In my youth I was in England on holidays some times. I always loved it. Yes the people were always friendly and polite. Btw I couldn't find your concert in Quierschied. I would love to go. Take care 🌹💓
Ah, Conny, they have confirmed it, so it will happen. Are you on Instagram? You can PN me there if you like and I will let you know when it´s visible. Otherwise, just keep checking on the websites, 05.10.2024. It was a fantastic, inspiring trip! I feel so much better in every way since. I hope you are well, and really would love to meet you in Quierschied xxx
@@hansmarheim7620 hi Hans! So nice to hear from you. I have been really busy making the projections for two of our concert programmes (filming and cutting them) and we debuted a good deal of them last week. They were a huge success, thank goodness! I‘m thinking of making longer videos, so I‘ll try to make one soon. I have experienced and filmed so much since my last upload- where to start?! I sang Solveig last Saturday and thought of you!
@@hansmarheim7620 you, too, Hans! We just had a brain storming and have a new programme idea that we might be able to tour Scandinavia with…wouldn’t that be fantastic?! How is your channel going? How is life in general?
@@LaureninGermany That would indeed be fantastic, Lauren. I am exited to hear more about it. Brainstorming is, by the way, a fantastic tool to come up with bright new concepts. . Life is good. Lots of work and time flies. Only ten weeks till christmas. I have not done any work on my channel. I took your advice and understood that being a youtuber is like running a business. I know something about running a business and know it is not "money for nothing and free chickens" 😁. I will let my ideas on the topic mature before making any serious attempts. To me it seems like those youtubers making most money are the "influencers". Mixing creative content with commercial paid promotion. And i do not want to do that. Either one, or the other. I will get time during my christmas holiday to think more about it. The work i have now suits me well for a period of time. (Building module apartments and mobile homes) At least until i get restless and want some change. 🤔
I am German and when I was in England and Wales I noticed that people were much more polite, friendly and smiling than in my country. But I could say the same concerning other countries as France, Italy or Spain - people are much more relaxed as my compatriotes, I feel much better in other countries than in my own.
@@LaureninGermany Thank you! 🙂 Now I am looking forward to my holidays in apulia where people smile a lot (okay, the sun, but not only...). On every holiday, whether in Spain, Italy or France, I'm asked for directions because people think I'm a local. I certainly don't look typically German because I'm short, slim and dark-haired. ;-)
@@urotewelt7069 I get that a lot, too 🤣 But in GB people see the German number plate, or hear me speaking German to Franz, and tell me that my English is very good! 🤣🤣🤣
@@LaureninGermany You are also dark-haired and don't necessarily look Northern European! It must be funny (or not...) that your compatriots compliment you on your English language skills.... Don't mind, be cool! ;-)
We all tend to feel our own countries are super friendly. It's because the language we speak is the language we inherited from our parents and then our friends at kindergarten. It makes an enormous impact for life.! However fluent you then become at a later stage in life in an adopted language, it was not inherited at your very young age, and that determines a degree of confidence that will last for life.
Hm, when ever I return from England/Scotland even Ireland to Germany I notice this "other way" of friendliness over here. Lets say its still friendly but at least one degree colder.
The British, as I'm probably not the first to point out, tend to have the oddest names. Names like Casimir Longbottom. But then Germans have also had occasion to puzzle me with their relationship with syllables. Those Germans _love_ their compound words. "Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher" is a word that does not have a direct translation in English, probably because it refers to a relatively simple item that's sure to have a comparably simple definition.
I always feel very fluent when I make up a compound word and it‘s accepted. Yes, Longbottom and Lamb‘s Passage, which was where I used to live. Great stuff. But some German names are so extreme I don‘t dare write them here!
Well compound words often don't have a simple translation for a reason , like the word you mentioned means "a tool designed to crack an eggshell at its predetermined breaking point" , now you can call it an egg cracker but that won't define the tool exactly hence the compound name came up. Its stupid to assume that the compounds words always refer to a simple item which must have a simple definition in english when you don't even know their meaning. And I am not german just someone who knows how to use google 😂
@@exelrode Well, now I would like to know what you mean by "predetermined." Who is it with so vaulted a position as to pronounce where egg shells are properly broken?
@@lazyperfectionist1 Its not about pronunciation, its the fact that you didn't even know the meaning of that compound word and yet u assumed its translation would be something simple. Its just stupid to assume about stuff you don't know about. It doesn't take much effort to google and find the meaning even if u don't know the language.
12 years is a looong time. What were your first thoughts / feelings? Did it feel like "being home"? Or more like a travel back in time with maybe lot's of missed memories coming back? Maybe even having small issues to express yourself / finding the right words as you might partially think in German or mixed language than just in English? Or like being an outsider / tourist? Besides that, I wonder why you needed a permit to film there - I had the impression that only Germany would be that strict about privacy or public places compared to other countries.
I didn‘t feel like an outsider at all, Opa Andre. I felt immediately like I belonged and it was a wonderful feeling. But I did indeed sometimes struggle to think of a word!
Interesting perspective. I'm from the UK and in March took a short holiday (4 days) to Cologne and came back thinking Germans were kinder, friendlier and gentler (more gentle?) people. Even though I don't know German that well, I had a number of spontaneous interactions with locals that were initiated by them. I don't know if my feelings were to do with having an unconcious bias of Germans being cold being overturned, being unlucky with those I'm currently surrounded by (I am settled in the south east) or something else.
Cologne is known for this kind of friendliness. I`m pleased you had a good trip. And Germany is very regional, people are different in each area, absolutely!
Well, Cologne has always been THE melting pot in Germany. Northernmost Italian city, southwesternmost city of the Netherlands (just listen to our dialect 😅), so very openminded to foreigners letting their money in the town of grocers and traders😂. But seriously: Nowhere else in Germany will you find people with whom you can socialise as quickly as in Cologne.
I live there in a neighborhood on the outskirts of the city. Time has stood still here because a few bad people dominate the neighborhood in a negative way. Some people are unfriendly and xenophobic. Every street, every house can have its own atmosphere.
Cologne is also a city of unculturedness and primitiveness. People's directness can also get on your nerves. However, I could not imagine living in Scandinavia or Great Britain. In former times maybe.
@@LaureninGermany obviously I still have to improve on my english ;-) I meant I would like to have had the opportunity to live for a year or so on the Island .... Luckily enough blogs like yours exist these days.
😳My goodness. I just looked it up. Bamburgh Castle is suspected to have been the capital of the kingdom of Bernicia, circa 420 to 547. This castle was built more than 1400 years ago, at a time when no one aside from the Natives had set _foot_ in the Americas, yet. Of course, I am compelled to appreciate this, being from a land where we consider 100 years a long time.
I meant to add some information about the castle! You‘ve also inspired me to make sure I go to the oldest pub in Britain. And I think we all should appreciate it. It puts things in perspective and makes you realise what wonders we can achieve when we‘re not being idiots.
I loved England for this general kindness when I visited it a long time ago. A journalist once called Cologne, where I live now, 'the city of the smiling women'. It's true. And also in the meanwhile there is much more smalltalk to 'strangers' going on than before. In Greece it is normal people speaking with each other e.g. waiting at a stop. I find it normal too. Don't be afraid, we are not all monsters. ☺ By the way: After spending some months in London, England, and enjoying the easy way I got a cultural shock at the airport about the way Germans behaved, so rude. This was in the 80's.
@@LaureninGermany I 💖it and its people and the British humor always. I remember Dover landing there by ship and the costum's officer saying "Yes dear" (☺It was simply heartwarming).
I am German but I was living in England for a few years (Gravesend, east of London) and I really miss the country. I totally understand that the Brits don't want so many foreigners in their lovely country because housing is scarce, prices are already very high, I get it, but still I miss England badly.
Ah, I´m so glad you liked it. It is difficult with immigration. It´s easy to forget how small Britain is. House prices are also very high, I find, and the standard low at the cheaper end of the scale. Much lower than in Germany. Sending you a big British hug xxx
omg, you have to drive round at home with a German no plate 😂❤ and drive on the wrong side of the road with a steering wheel on the left, holy moly - I am sure you will enjoy your time
@@LaureninGermany I remember getting always confused when I did park in a one way on the "right" side. One could bet, I will set off driving on the wrong side after returning to the car ;) My luck I had attentive passengers who screamed at me!!
Liebe Lauren, es ist schön nach längerer Zeit mal wieder ein Video von dir zu sehen. 12 Jahre ist wirklich eine lange Zeit, dass du deine alte Heimat nicht besucht hattest. Hattest du nicht manchmal Heimweh bekommen? An Weihnachten wenn man mit der ganzen Familie zusammen ist. Die Natur , das Meer , der Strand ist wunderschön. Ich wünsche dir weiterhin viel Spaß und genieße die Zeit in deiner alten Heimat UK. Liebe Grüße aus Norddeutschland / Ostfriesland .😊💞🛳⛵⚓
Ja, ich hatte große Heimweh, blondkatze, aber leider kein Kontakt zu meine Familie. Deswegen war eine Heimreise eine sehr schmerzhafte Idee und ich bin so glücklich, dass es so schön war, wenn auch „nur“ mit meinem Mann und Fellkindern ❤
Oh, das tut mit leid für dich , dass du keinen Kontakt zu deiner Familie hast. Dafür hattest du aber eine schöne Zeit mit deinem Mann und deinen Fellkindern.❤@@LaureninGermany
Me, I haven't been in Britain in almost 30 years, and what you describe there is exactly what I have been missing since then. I shall take this lovely occasion to send a huge collective hug to merry old Blightey! 🤗 Have a big krauty chunk of love from me! 😍🥰 …And "Bembra castle"? Would that be like a B-version of Embra? 🤔🤷♂
Exactly that!!! It´s a good way to remember it, but I was so confused between Bamburg(h), Bambra and Bebbenbra... no wonder I needed all that cake! And we accept your krauty love gladly xxx
Hey, lange nichts von dir gesehen. Schöne Bilder von der Burg. Da wäre ich jetzt auch gerne. P.S.: Ich mache auch viel Smaltalk.Bin wohl kein typischer Norddeutscher. Esse auch kein Fisch. ;)
Sometimes it's nice to be "daheim" instead of only being "zuhause". Your face shows you happiness. P.S.: In my opinion the British drive on the right side of the road. To explain this takes a little more than just a couple of lines.
It was wonderful and I hadn‘t realised that I would still feel like I belonged. I had a moment, when someone asked me: are you from here? And I could answer „yes“ for the first time in 12 years. Tell me about the driving if you can be bothered! I‘d love to know!
Yes, a British guy lectured me about the "right side" the knights holds their lancet in the right hand, like the most people. Therefore it's important to ride on the left side., on the right side, they wouldn't hit their target. If it make sense today, I think not.
You're mistaken! The British (and Irish, Cypriotic, Japanese, Thai, etc) drive on the LEFT side of the road, not on the right! And if you believe that left is right, maybe you're just upside down...
@@gerohubner5101 At first left-hand traffic was all over Europe, until Napoleon thought it was a good idea to do things differently from the British. But he didn't change everything. Air traffic and shipping still travel on the left, except where some bureaucrat has decided otherwise. (In the case of watercraft and aircraft this is indicated by the lighting, and in the case of ships also by the side designation). But back to road traffic: it's a bit idiotic that we have to give way to those on whom the driver's view is extremely restricted -- by mirrors, A-pillars, passengers. If the driver were on the right-hand side of the vehicle, the view would be unrestricted in over 90 percent of all cases -- excluding any obstructions (buildings, walls, and vegetation) that might obstruct the view. Also, passenger traffic was left-hand-side oriented. There are several reasons why we greet with the right hand -- most obvious to show that we don't have a weapon in the right hand. Again, this takes too much of a space to explain here. By the way: the translation for right in my above statement is _richtig,_ it is not to be translated as _rechts._
Hi Real emotions, no laughter from a tape like in an american soap show. So real you imagine you can almost grab them somewhere between your neck and diaphragm.... The mouth becomes dry, you have to swallow, sighs and breath this emotional wave right into your body center. Untill the next trigger starts the whole process again.... Maybe it is or just sounds like nonsens, but that's how it looked to me. This depth is rare and therefore even more valuable from my understanding. Some things and places just feel right in an unexplainable way.🤷 I feel happy for you.😊 👋
Hi Juri, Yes, you are so right. Somehow, I needed to tell you all on camera to help me cope with the feelings at the time, and the response is so beautiful, like your words.
Das habe ich auch erlebt, dass man vom Kontinent und Europa sprach. Es hat mich etwas seltsam berührt. Vielleicht ist das mit eine unbewusste Ursache für den " Brexit ", den ich sehr bedauere. Aber es kann sich ja wieder ändern. Ich hoffe auf die jungen Leute, die globaler denken.
Yes, that easy human connection means a lot to me and it was lovely to have it again. Why couldn‘t you make small talk in Germany? Because of the language or because they don‘t do it the same way as we are used to?
@@LaureninGermany I felt that generally that I could not easily engage in small talk in Germany as I found them more reserved in nature (generally speaking).
@@zeelowsguysyes, that sounds like my experience. I feel that it would make them uncomfortable, as it‘s not usual, plus me being foreign (to them!) makes it even more confusing for them.
@@berndhofmann752 Na ja, anderswo ist auch nicht alles Gold, was glänzt. Jedes Land hat doch seine guten und seine weniger guten Seiten. Oder kann man wirklich sein Traumland finden, an dem es nichts auszusetzen gibt?
Delicious meal in merry old Britain? What s about steak n kidney pie... reminds me of the pathology theatre. Just jokin 😢 In my times in Britain some dishes like curry and chips, fish n chips (prepared by maroccans)
Well, I‘m sure their curry was tasty! Oh, there is delicious food in GB, you just have to know what to go for… I must show you in a future video. It‘s quite extreme! And they have all the traditional stuff in delicious vegan versions, so I ate my head off! 😂 I didn‘t make it for vegan fish n chips, next time- apparently there is vegan haggis, too! Not sure I fancy that…
Moin Lauren, you are familiar with northern Germany and the south, you live there … . I am nosy to know if you compare Nothern Germany with England or Southern Germany with England due to friendliness? Relaxness? 😊 Excuse my clumsy English please and try not to be polite. 😊… please.😊
@@LaureninGermany Thank you Lauren! When I was in England first time , as boy, aged 15, I magically felt somehow at „home“. It was all so similar for me, Bavaria was much more exotic. 😀
I really can imagine how intense your feelings must have been coming home after such a long time ! The smell of the air, the landscape and the buildings. Homeland will ever be homeland.
@@Jochen.Lutz-Germany it really hit me in a way I hadn‘t expected, it was wonderful! You‘re right…!
was 6 years for Job in USA.... and the feeling i comed home to germany was so intense...
i can feel U, Lauren
nice that u find the time to make a video out of it.
i was to overhelmed to even write it down.
I am from Austria, I was in GB very often and I ALWAYS enjoyed the friendliness that you have, always ready for a small talk, I like Britain very much.
@@mymixture965 that‘s lovely to hear!
I have lived in Germany for almost 50 years. I have been back to England often to visit my family but I could not imagine going back to live there.
@@geordiegeorge9041I‘d love to know why, if you wouldn‘t mind sharing!
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Same here. Emigrated in mid 80s.
I've lived in Germany since 1981, after 17 years in South Africa and 8 years before that Macclesfield. The weather here is better than in the midlands, but it took me a while to get used to Germany.
I am german from bavaria and apart from the alpes and lakes I found the landscape in britain much more beutiful. I also like the british way to treat each other.
So Lauren, Thanks for your wonderful creations and uploads in 2024. I wish you and your loved ones a Merry, Merry Christmas, and a happy new year. Love from Scandinavia.❤️
The same heartfelt wishes to you and yours, Hans! Thank you for so many interesting and warm conversations this year, and the very best wishes for 2025.
Nice to see you vlogging from the UK. I'm enjoying a short holiday touring Wales, currently in Aberystwyth, where everyone is so friendly.
How wonderful, Alice! I‘m already back, or we could have had a cuppa!
Happy to see that going back makes you happy. I feel an immediate ease when i go to germany. I totally get how you must feel.
Oh, Uli! Someone asked me if I was from „here“ (Wales) and I could say yes for the first time in over a decade. And all the things that make Germans need to work to understand were normal, which reassured me that I‘m also normal. (Just foreign in Germany).
Do you come home often?
@LaureninGermany I try every year, but that is not always in the cards.
I was born in Britain in 1964, I have lived all over the world since , and almost every 12 years I also end up back on the Island , Lauren we even both have lovely brown eyes and I loved this touching report. I've lived most of my life in the North of Germany, the root of all Saxons , Saxland, now called Schleswig-Holstein.
@@stephenstaines8268 sounds like you know how I feel! I sometimes feel I want to live in both places- and more- at the same time…
@@LaureninGermany life between two shores with no remorse, leads to sharing common ancient bonds of a time long before we all sailed into the Mystic.
So Lauren. It will be the first of december in a few hours. Marry Christmas to you and everybody you love. Waiting patiently for your next uploisd. Greetings from the two most important countries in Scandinavia. Namely Denmark and Norway.
@@hansmarheim7620 hello Hans, I‘m so glad to hear from you. I was singing Solveigs Sang tonight and I always think of Sissl, who you told me about.
I am not sure that I will keep going here. I have already left Facebook and Instagram, I still have accounts but I don‘t do anything or look at them. But I might do a farewell video here. I will definitely be uploading music videos, not expecting to get views or earn money, but because I filmed so many beautiful places this year and a half.
Ah, you make me want to keep going with this channel. Are you still making videos?
Oh! And Merry Christmas to you and yours, too! I think I will be able to wave to you, from Rügen. We have a show there on 27.12. so we even considered driving to Denmark around that time- but I think it will be too cold ?!
I was, last autumn, in Canada for the first time in 8 years and it was very strange. Food I missed and strangely ... culture shock. But I was very happy to be back here after, I was back home. I never was in England, I must visit one day.
Oh, the food, right?! I was going crazy over the most ordinary things. It is strange, being back, isn‘t it? I highly recommend you visit GB- wait until you see my upcoming videos!
But England is the favorite country of usa....practically a state of. And the same language...and American tv is full of Britain....in everything.....so it is....
I didn´t find it to be American at all, Dagmar.
It is great to see you enjoying your life!
How lovely of you, thank you!
German here, living in the US. I remember a trip to Eastbourne, Uk with my wife and young daughter. We arrived by plane from the US in the morning, took a car ride to Eastbourne. It was too early to check into the hotel. The hotel was one of those old ones, facing the beach or boardwalk, with tons of charm. We walked into the hotel, the landlord who was also the one preparing breakfast for the guests said in very kind way. “Welcome, your room is not ready yet, it is a bit early. How about I serve you a nice full English breakfast to start with?” That man was so warmhearted, calm and friendly. We quickly forgot about being jet lagged and stressed. I had full English breakfast every morning during my stay, I loved it. My wife who is Polish loves the general friendliness of the Americans. She also noticed during our UK trip that everybody was very, very friendly and easy to talk to. Since then, we put the English in a similar bucket as the Americans in terms of friendliness and approachability - just very, very friendly folks. Different, but friendly.
Lovely! That sounds just right to me. It also sounds as if you were great guests, who took his hospitality just as it was intended.
A good day, because Lauren uploaded a vid! Great video. Fantastic looking castle. I am also curious about your upcoming Musikvideos filming there. I hope you don’t wait too long uploading the next videos, especially about Wales.
What a lovely thing to say! I am planning on starting my next video as soon as I can and I hope to upload next week or the week after. I missed you all, and it‘s so wonderful to share this with you.
Das war ein wunderschöner Film, wie immer!❤
Ich freue mich, dass es dir gut geht. ❤
Ich würde gerne the UK besuchen, leider geht das nicht, weil ich chronisch krank bin. Auch deswegen schaue ich deine Filme so gerne.
Ich danke dir dafür und ich lächle dir aus ganzem Herzen zu, Darling.❤❤❤
Ach, Du hast gerade ein Lächeln verursacht, my love! Danke, Tina.
Ich hoffe, dass Du irgendwie gesundheitliche Unterstützung findest, die das Reisen möglich macht. Ich konnte wegen der Gesundheit lange auch nichts tun, wirklich, und bin deswegen so unfassbar dankbar. Ich schicke Dir eine große Umarmung.
@@LaureninGermany Ich danke dir, my Love.❤️
Ich hoffe du wirst bald gesund. Ich liebe die deutsche Sprache und habe seit 4 Jahre versucht es zu lernen
You haven't been in Britain for 12 years? 🤫 Enjoy it and have a wonderful time. Your videos are great. 🥰
Thank you! It was really good for me!
I can't imagine to stay away from the homecountry for so long. GB isn't that far away from Germany to do a short visit once in a while.
@@henningbartels6245 Obviously, it was very emotional for me, so you can imagine I had my reasons, which I may or may not share at some point.
Beautiful beloved Old Blighty - unbeatable really. Thank you for a lovely video and your very charming presentation style. Welcome back to our green and pleasant land, our sceptered isle.
@@gdok6088 ah, such lovely words! Thank you!
Those three references are to England, not the UK.
Thank you for sharing.😊
Thanks for watching!
Looks amazing
It was! I didn‘t expect it to be so gorgeous in Northumberland.
❤i moin Arno. Und? Nasse Füße bei euch?
❤i moin Arno. Und? Nasse Füße bei euch?
@@tasminoben686 Nö nur ein paar Tropfen heute. Bei euch?
Bis zum späten Nachmittag gestern war herrliches Wetter! Meine Frau hat eine Tour mit ihrem Motorrad machen können. Erst am frühen Abend hat es dann angefangen Sanftdauer zu regnen. Heute sieht es auch wieder gut aus. Mal sehen. Liebe Grüße Ben
Spot on! British smile more, say hello and thank you to the bus driver- I am German, had lived in England for almost 28 years until... 2016. I went back for a visit in 2023 and felt the same arriving at Dover (my last home was 30 min drive from Dover), tearful. I still feel so so homesick at times.
@@lille1966 this makes me so happy, to read that you liked it so much. And that they still thank the bus driver. Thank you for commenting ❤️
Lauren, of course you still are in Europe - even in England.
Thank you for the wonderful video.
Lol! You know what I mean… even my passport needs to be replaced as it still says EU.
Thank you for your patience, Peter!
@@LaureninGermanyare you able to take part in the elections after such a long time away?
@@berndhoffmann7703 last time I tried, no, but apparently yes, this time.
@@LaureninGermany moin Laurin, schön von dir zu hören! Ja, der Passport… Wir hätten jetzt die Zeit und Möglichkeit, einmal einen Besuch in London zu machen. Aber dafür bräuchten wir einen Reisepass! Nur für eine City Trip nach London! No!🤬❤😊
Moin Ben! Ich habe inzwischen zwei Pässe und bin mit meiner deutsche rein und raus gereist...da ich Angst hatte, sie würden mich stempeln und zurückholen nach 3 Monaten...
Ach, holt Euch eine Reisepass, fahrt hin! Es ist so schön, und die Pass ist lange gültig!
England is still a part of Europe. It's just not a part of the EU.
I am aware of that, that‘s the terminology that I have in my head.
Thanks for pointing that out.. 😉
No it isn't. It's not part of the earth anymore 😭
America first. UK 51st.
@@user-MaexHit is, don‘t worry, I wasn‘t flying that high…
Thank you for the lovely and wholesome video!
@@Armarta aw, thank you so much!
sorry couldn’t understand at 1:29. Two things are going the pub and … ?
@@studiohamfar M&S - Marks & Spencers food shop! I‘ll show you this place in one of my next videos. I‘m sorry I said it too fast!
Hi Lauren! Thank you for sharing your emotional journey. For most of us, it's nice to revisit or be able to give in to Heimweh, just recharge ones soul. It's been 15 years for me since my last visit to Germany and 6 years since my last visit to England. All the best - Peter
Hi Peter, oh, it‘s too long, isn‘t it? I do hope you are able to visit soon. It certainly did me so much good. So much was wonderfully the same. Recharge the soul- that is exactly it. I feel so much better about myself.
I'm so happy for you that you had the time to recharge. The positive energy shows and rubs off on your fans as well.
If all goes well this coming April I'll visit England and friends in Ireland for two weeks, then 3 weeks in Germany visiting family and retracing my childhood.
@@pgoessnitzerfirst of all - thank you! I do so appreciate the (large!) coffee! I am drinking 5 a day at the moment, oh dear….
And how wonderful that sounds! My mother‘s side is from Ireland and I have not yet been. Your whole trip sounds great.
Hi Lauren, Ive been in London and the rest of UK for some years and I was so happy there - chatty and friendly yes so they are!
@@sandrap.8986 ah, that‘s great to hear!
Yes- Bernard Cornwell's books- good stuff!
Such a fantastic story and I learned so much.
Cornwall knows how to write women. Very rare.
Big hug from Canada!
Oh, thank you!!!
I missed it because I was getting ready for bed (my days are so long and my bed-time is so absurdly early).
This is my treat after a long day.
Sending you love and hugs!
It´s good to get up early, the heat is here! Love and hugs back to you. I wouldn´t have gone back if it wasn´t for this community, and it did me so much good.
@@LaureninGermany getting up early got me rained on while traipsing from the bus to the train station and the train station to work. Going in the other direction I was sweating because it was so hot and humid. My commute is soooooo long. But the people at work are lovely and the job is worth the travel.
I am happy you felt safe and cared for well enough to go on this journey! You did look very happy indeed!
🥰
Ah… you got the job you went for! I am so pleased you have nice colleagues. That‘s worth a lot. How wonderful! Congratulations!
@@LaureninGermany Thank you!!!
Bamburgh, lovely place, gorgeous beach.
I loved it! Stunning!!!
Is there any raw sewage floating around?
No, I was looking out for it, but I didn´t see any, thank God.
Hallo Lauren, ich freue mich, dass du wieder einmal ein tolles Video hochgeladen hast. Es hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Ist es nicht schön, wieder einmal nach so langer Zeit die Heimat wiederzusehen? Ich habe vor einem Monat auch meine Heimatstadt, in der ich die ersten 30 Jahre meines Lebens gelebt habe, nach jetzt fast 50 Jahren wieder einmal für längere Zeit besucht. Da kommen dann doch wieder viele Erinnerungen hoch und ein paar alte Freunde habe ich auch noch wieder getroffen. Jetzt freue ich mich auf deine nächsten Videos. Viele Grüße Heinz☺
Ach, wie schön! Ich würde gerne auch alte Freunde wieder sehen, hoffentlich nächstes Mal. Es hat wirklich gut getan, und ich warte keine 12 Jahre wieder, bis zum nächsten Besuch.
Ein schönes Wochenende und bis ganz bald!
Ich habe mich gefreut nach langer Zeit Dich wiederzusehen. Du siehst toll aus und ich sehe Du genießt es in UK zu sein. Alles Gute für Dich und danke für die schönen Bilder. Peter
Danke, liebe Peter! Ich war wirklich sehr glücklich, dort zu sein, und es so zu finden, wie es war. Und oh, wir schön war es in Northumberland?!
Ich hoffe, es geht Dir gut? Und bis ganz bald wieder!
I can feel your joy just by watching ;)
I really was so happy! It was somehow a huge relief to see that I still fit in and that things aren‘t as bad as the news says.
That was a quick jump from Cambridgeshire to Bamburgh! That's actually a long drive! But so great to see you in my neck of the woods. Northumberland is a gem. Did anybody call you pet? Or bonnie lass?
No, not pet or bonnie lass! But love and darling! It‘s lovely in Northumberland, really special. And yes, it goes quicker when you can edit out the motorway, 😂
The Northumberland coast is really special - I spent a few weeks there on a youth exchange many years ago and always wondered how this area is so little known to overseas visitors.
@@notroll1279 I completely agree. I was enchanted. I would love to go back for much longer.
I love your Videos Lauren
And I can understand, that a relaxed way to live it's still miteinander in my country!
I live in Spain and I love it! ❤❤❤
How lovely you are, thank you! Ah, I didn‘t know you live in Spain. How is that? Are you different there?
@@LaureninGermany there is a spanish saying: relax, you are in Spain! And it's true!
First I lived near Alicante, but later more to the south in Andalucia. Perfect!
@@berndhofmann752that‘s wonderful, I am so pleased for you!
I hope you have a lovely time 😊
Thank you, that‘s lovely of you!
Great video‼
Thank you so much!
Wie schön-geniess die Zeit 🎉
Lieben Dank!
Nice to see your happy face after coming home after such a long time. :-)
It's funny, I've been uploading a bunch of photos from England and Wales to my Fotocommunity profile lately, and I've been thinking that it's time to visit once again. Looking forward to more content from your travels. :-)
What a funny coincidence! I have so many beautiful places to show you, Mogon. I‘m already planning my next trip. I‘m not waiting 12 months, let alone 12 years again!
Hello Lauren! Lovely you came back to the UK for a while. Would have loved to have met up with you. Off to Wales next week!🥰
Ah. Lovely, enjoy! It was a flying visit, I hardly slept. Can‘t wait to go back.
There's something fascinating about coming home after some time living abroad.
It should all be familiar but it's almost as though it's all brand new.
Enjoy! 🙂
Exactly, and it was so wonderful because the changes were generally positive for me and the realisation that so much was just as I remembered made me so very happy!
I've not been back to South Africa in 7 years and a bit but I remember traveling to Brussels through Maatsricht and seeing Dutch signs everywhere and being so relieved to be able to understand everything around me. I am SOOOOO JEALOUS of the Bamburgh trip.
OMG it was SO COOL! It was completely spontaneous, too, just about 10 days before we travelled, we were able to add it in. I hope you can go. I think I´d like to go back on a less busy day and walk on the beach there, too.
Yes, understanding everything, immediately, without that second of translation, was an amazing feeling
It's always a great experience for me to go visit my English roots, so I can relate to this video. After the typical European directness, the English are so refreshing. I always stuff myself with far too many pies and pasties when I'm there, overindulge in cream teas and later have to hunger all the calories off again. No easy task with a wife who cooks like a world champion.
Wish you a nice stay, enjoy every minute of it.
Ha ha, I also ate EVERYTHING… TWICE lol!!! The most ordinary British foods are just so good, aren‘t they? Now when is your wife inviting me and Franz over?!!?
I am originally from the West Midlands, the Black Country. I left the UK in 1984 after studying German and Swedish at university. I settled first in Denmark, then Sweden. I have not returned, the past is now a foreign country. Scandinavia is such a great place for introverts such as myself!
@@TerencePetersenAjbro whereabouts in Sweden, Terence? I travelled through up to Norway past year, and I spent a bit of time in Denmark at Easter. Love it. The peace!
@@LaureninGermanyI Iive in Borås and commute to Gothenburg when not working from home. I lived nearly 30 years near Roskilde in Denmark. No matter which language I speak, it sounds foreign! Few can guess my Brummie origins though. Learning German paved the way for a career in technical writing and translation and a ticket away from the slums of the West Midlands. Dwi'n dysgu Cymraeg hefyd! Hab's guat!
@@TerencePetersenAjbro good for you! Yes, German/Germany affords a lot of work opportunities.
Roskilde is beautiful! I went there…how funny! We could have waved.
Like you, i havnt been back to blighty since 2012 and really need to pop back.
I have a theory around why we are more smiley and were able to small talk in England, then in Germany. To start with Germany has the polite you and the personal you in doesn’t have that it’s always a personal you. Secondly I think it has to do with the bar culture. In England, you have to go to the counter get your own drink and in variably chat and speak to people you do not know that’s a bit of lighthearted friendly banter is inevitable. In Germany on the other hand, you sit down at your table and you get served at your table and don’t have the interaction with people around you naturally. That you automatically have a more separated society.
I miss this open and jovial nature of the Brit’s… I truly do. Just made me homesick 😊
Newly subbed and liked and looking forward to more content.
@@DailyDamage aw, thank you so much! I‘ve got a lot more Blighty and Irish content coming, so I‘m glad to have you.
I‘ll have a think about what you wrote. Very interesting. Fascinating, the differences, aren‘t they?!
4:54 you'll Never be able to Hide. I Left Britain in 2001. Returned for the oď holiday since then, it my good, how have things changed.
@@calendulakurbisbaum3645 It‘s true… I am always shocked at how much I still choose the same British style clothes lol! I
It is SO true that strangers are so much friendlier in the UK! Be it at the cash register in a (big) store, or even on a small London bus - locals have often spoken to me out of nowhere, just chit-chatting. And when they noticed I'm not a local, they always asked where I was from and where I'm visiting in the UK. Totally friendly and lovely! I wish we had that trait in Germany too.
Ah, I am so glad you like it, too! Doesn‘t it just brighten your day?
It's about time you went back, Wales has missed you 😁
Awww, I don‘t know about that, but I felt welcome enough!
Its you that sings the intro to last kingdom? Haha i loved that series !!
Nooo, I wish it was me! That‘s the amazing Eivør. I absolutely loved the last kingdom. So good.
In a way, Britain's landscape is special and unique. I do not know whether it is geology, vegetation or architecture, probably everything together, but for some reason I am almost always right when I see some landscapes and suspect that it is Great Britain. It's nice and inviting.
Yes, it‘s pretty unmistakeable! ❤
Amazing woman. Enjoy your time
Oh, wow, thank you!
Nice to see you again. And you was in England, After a really long time. I can imagine how you felt. In my youth I was in England on holidays some times. I always loved it. Yes the people were always friendly and polite. Btw I couldn't find your concert in Quierschied. I would love to go. Take care 🌹💓
Ah, Conny, they have confirmed it, so it will happen. Are you on Instagram? You can PN me there if you like and I will let you know when it´s visible. Otherwise, just keep checking on the websites, 05.10.2024.
It was a fantastic, inspiring trip! I feel so much better in every way since. I hope you are well, and really would love to meet you in Quierschied xxx
@@LaureninGermany Nice to hear how you enjoyed it. I'm not on Instagram, but I'll put the date in my calendar. 🥰
Though your tough feelings of your past ... Germany craves for you again but take your time .. however: great video 🙂
What an absolutely lovely thing to say, thank you! ❤
so true.... I do firmly agree
Home is were your heart is. Enjoy your time in Great Britain and God bless you!
Thank you, that´s very kind!
Hi Lauren. No uploads for a long time. I miss them. Hope everything is well.
@@hansmarheim7620 hi Hans! So nice to hear from you. I have been really busy making the projections for two of our concert programmes (filming and cutting them) and we debuted a good deal of them last week. They were a huge success, thank goodness!
I‘m thinking of making longer videos, so I‘ll try to make one soon. I have experienced and filmed so much since my last upload- where to start?!
I sang Solveig last Saturday and thought of you!
@@LaureninGermany That sounds just great Lauren. Looking very much forward to enjoy your works of art. I wish you a Happy Sunday 👍
@@hansmarheim7620 you, too, Hans! We just had a brain storming and have a new programme idea that we might be able to tour Scandinavia with…wouldn’t that be fantastic?!
How is your channel going? How is life in general?
@@LaureninGermany That would indeed be fantastic, Lauren. I am exited to hear more about it. Brainstorming is, by the way, a fantastic tool to come up with bright new concepts. . Life is good. Lots of work and time flies. Only ten weeks till christmas. I have not done any work on my channel. I took your advice and understood that being a youtuber is like running a business. I know something about running a business and know it is not "money for nothing and free chickens" 😁. I will let my ideas on the topic mature before making any serious attempts. To me it seems like those youtubers making most money are the "influencers". Mixing creative content with commercial paid promotion. And i do not want to do that. Either one, or the other. I will get time during my christmas holiday to think more about it. The work i have now suits me well for a period of time. (Building module apartments and mobile homes) At least until i get restless and want some change. 🤔
I am German and when I was in England and Wales I noticed that people were much more polite, friendly and smiling than in my country. But I could say the same concerning other countries as France, Italy or Spain - people are much more relaxed as my compatriotes, I feel much better in other countries than in my own.
@@urotewelt7069 it sounds like you are friendly, too, if you get smiled at everywhere! I‘m so glad you felt welcome in Wales 🏴
@@LaureninGermany Thank you! 🙂 Now I am looking forward to my holidays in apulia where people smile a lot (okay, the sun, but not only...).
On every holiday, whether in Spain, Italy or France, I'm asked for directions because people think I'm a local. I certainly don't look typically German because I'm short, slim and dark-haired. ;-)
@@urotewelt7069 I get that a lot, too 🤣 But in GB people see the German number plate, or hear me speaking German to Franz, and tell me that my English is very good! 🤣🤣🤣
@@LaureninGermany You are also dark-haired and don't necessarily look Northern European! It must be funny (or not...) that your compatriots compliment you on your English language skills.... Don't mind, be cool! ;-)
We all tend to feel our own countries are super friendly.
It's because the language we speak is the language we inherited from our parents and then our friends at kindergarten.
It makes an enormous impact for life.!
However fluent you then become at a later stage in life in an adopted language, it was not inherited at your very young age, and that determines a degree of confidence that will last for life.
I have a different opinion, but your comment certainly made me think a lot about it, thanks!
Hm, when ever I return from England/Scotland even Ireland to Germany I notice this "other way" of friendliness over here. Lets say its still friendly but at least one degree colder.
lovely.... just lovely..... the charming Lady..... always convincing...
Ahhh, thank you! 🥰
You must visit Saint Yves...usw
Enjoy it❤
Thank you!
The British, as I'm probably not the first to point out, tend to have the oddest names. Names like Casimir Longbottom. But then Germans have also had occasion to puzzle me with their relationship with syllables. Those Germans _love_ their compound words. "Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher" is a word that does not have a direct translation in English, probably because it refers to a relatively simple item that's sure to have a comparably simple definition.
I always feel very fluent when I make up a compound word and it‘s accepted.
Yes, Longbottom and Lamb‘s Passage, which was where I used to live. Great stuff. But some German names are so extreme I don‘t dare write them here!
@@LaureninGermany Schoiswohl! 😂
Well compound words often don't have a simple translation for a reason , like the word you mentioned means "a tool designed to crack an eggshell at its predetermined breaking point" , now you can call it an egg cracker but that won't define the tool exactly hence the compound name came up.
Its stupid to assume that the compounds words always refer to a simple item which must have a simple definition in english when you don't even know their meaning.
And I am not german just someone who knows how to use google 😂
@@exelrode Well, now I would like to know what you mean by "predetermined." Who is it with so vaulted a position as to pronounce where egg shells are properly broken?
@@lazyperfectionist1 Its not about pronunciation, its the fact that you didn't even know the meaning of that compound word and yet u assumed its translation would be something simple. Its just stupid to assume about stuff you don't know about. It doesn't take much effort to google and find the meaning even if u don't know the language.
Ahhhh, what a feeling to see the White cliffs of Dover
Indescribable… ❤️
I noticed this in Cornwall.... relaxed people... friendly....
Ah, that‘s wonderful, I‘m pleased for you! I‘ve never been to Cornwall, I can‘t wait to go!
12 years is a looong time. What were your first thoughts / feelings? Did it feel like "being home"? Or more like a travel back in time with maybe lot's of missed memories coming back? Maybe even having small issues to express yourself / finding the right words as you might partially think in German or mixed language than just in English? Or like being an outsider / tourist?
Besides that, I wonder why you needed a permit to film there - I had the impression that only Germany would be that strict about privacy or public places compared to other countries.
I didn‘t feel like an outsider at all, Opa Andre. I felt immediately like I belonged and it was a wonderful feeling.
But I did indeed sometimes struggle to think of a word!
Interesting perspective. I'm from the UK and in March took a short holiday (4 days) to Cologne and came back thinking Germans were kinder, friendlier and gentler (more gentle?) people. Even though I don't know German that well, I had a number of spontaneous interactions with locals that were initiated by them. I don't know if my feelings were to do with having an unconcious bias of Germans being cold being overturned, being unlucky with those I'm currently surrounded by (I am settled in the south east) or something else.
Cologne is known for this kind of friendliness. I`m pleased you had a good trip. And Germany is very regional, people are different in each area, absolutely!
Well, Cologne has always been THE melting pot in Germany. Northernmost Italian city, southwesternmost city of the Netherlands (just listen to our dialect 😅), so very openminded to foreigners letting their money in the town of grocers and traders😂. But seriously: Nowhere else in Germany will you find people with whom you can socialise as quickly as in Cologne.
I live there in a neighborhood on the outskirts of the city. Time has stood still here because a few bad people dominate the neighborhood in a negative way. Some people are unfriendly and xenophobic. Every street, every house can have its own atmosphere.
Cologne is also a city of unculturedness and primitiveness.
People's directness can also get on your nerves.
However, I could not imagine living in Scandinavia or Great Britain.
In former times maybe.
You look always very good Lauren ❤
Thank you so much! 🥰
I missed out on this one , living for a stretch of time in Britain.
Ah, I hope you really enjoy it! Whereabouts, may I ask?
@@LaureninGermany obviously I still have to improve on my english ;-) I meant I would like to have had the opportunity to live for a year or so on the Island .... Luckily enough blogs like yours exist these days.
@@JuergenAschenbrenner ahhhh! I did indeed misunderstand. Well, leave lots more comments and we‘ll get there!
I love celtic music
@@christianefiorito3204 me toooo!
😳My goodness. I just looked it up. Bamburgh Castle is suspected to have been the capital of the kingdom of Bernicia, circa 420 to 547. This castle was built more than 1400 years ago, at a time when no one aside from the Natives had set _foot_ in the Americas, yet.
Of course, I am compelled to appreciate this, being from a land where we consider 100 years a long time.
I meant to add some information about the castle! You‘ve also inspired me to make sure I go to the oldest pub in Britain.
And I think we all should appreciate it. It puts things in perspective and makes you realise what wonders we can achieve when we‘re not being idiots.
Ha, ha , …. 😊
I can fully agree. That's probably one reason why I like Britain so much.
I am so glad that it still is how I remember!
I loved England for this general kindness when I visited it a long time ago. A journalist once called Cologne, where I live now, 'the city of the smiling women'. It's true. And also in the meanwhile there is much more smalltalk to 'strangers' going on than before. In Greece it is normal people speaking with each other e.g. waiting at a stop. I find it normal too. Don't be afraid, we are not all monsters. ☺ By the way: After spending some months in London, England, and enjoying the easy way I got a cultural shock at the airport about the way Germans behaved, so rude. This was in the 80's.
There really is a huge difference, you are right! I am so glad you felt so welcome in GB!
@@LaureninGermany I 💖it and its people and the British humor always. I remember Dover landing there by ship and the costum's officer saying "Yes dear" (☺It was simply heartwarming).
I am German but I was living in England for a few years (Gravesend, east of London) and I really miss the country. I totally understand that the Brits don't want so many foreigners in their lovely country because housing is scarce, prices are already very high, I get it, but still I miss England badly.
Ah, I´m so glad you liked it. It is difficult with immigration. It´s easy to forget how small Britain is. House prices are also very high, I find, and the standard low at the cheaper end of the scale. Much lower than in Germany. Sending you a big British hug xxx
How could you leave out Durham, pet?
@@JoeWeider well, now, when you put it so nicely, I‘m really regretting it! I‘ll have to go back, happily!
Lovely 🙂
Yes, it was gorgeous!
omg, you have to drive round at home with a German no plate 😂❤ and drive on the wrong side of the road with a steering wheel on the left, holy moly - I am sure you will enjoy your time
I know, it was so funny and scary, too! I drive a British car when I first came to Germany, that was worse!
@@LaureninGermany I remember getting always confused when I did park in a one way on the "right" side. One could bet, I will set off driving on the wrong side after returning to the car ;) My luck I had attentive passengers who screamed at me!!
ILINKS FAHREN LINKS FAHREN!!! Am I right LOL?!!
I love Millionaires Shortbread, LIDL had it during it`s British Weeks before Brexit, never saw it since.
It‘s so good isn‘t it?! I‘m craving it, cold from the fridge, mmmm
Liebe Lauren, es ist schön nach längerer Zeit mal wieder ein Video von dir zu sehen. 12 Jahre ist wirklich eine lange Zeit, dass du deine alte Heimat nicht besucht hattest. Hattest du nicht manchmal Heimweh bekommen? An Weihnachten wenn man mit der ganzen Familie zusammen ist. Die Natur , das Meer , der Strand ist wunderschön. Ich wünsche dir weiterhin viel Spaß und genieße die Zeit in deiner alten Heimat UK. Liebe Grüße aus Norddeutschland / Ostfriesland .😊💞🛳⛵⚓
Ja, ich hatte große Heimweh, blondkatze, aber leider kein Kontakt zu meine Familie. Deswegen war eine Heimreise eine sehr schmerzhafte Idee und ich bin so glücklich, dass es so schön war, wenn auch „nur“ mit meinem Mann und Fellkindern ❤
Oh, das tut mit leid für dich , dass du keinen Kontakt zu deiner Familie hast. Dafür hattest du aber eine schöne Zeit mit deinem Mann und deinen Fellkindern.❤@@LaureninGermany
Everyone was so talkative and sniley because you were in the North East iof England 🙂
Well, we‘ll see if you are right when I travel to other areas in upcoming videos! But they most definitely were wonderful in Northumberland.
THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN.
Love it!
Me, I haven't been in Britain in almost 30 years, and what you describe there is exactly what I have been missing since then. I shall take this lovely occasion to send a huge collective hug to merry old Blightey! 🤗
Have a big krauty chunk of love from me! 😍🥰
…And "Bembra castle"? Would that be like a B-version of Embra? 🤔🤷♂
Exactly that!!! It´s a good way to remember it, but I was so confused between Bamburg(h), Bambra and Bebbenbra... no wonder I needed all that cake!
And we accept your krauty love gladly xxx
@@LaureninGermany Don't worry about the confusion! No matter where you go, it's lovely there! 🤗 …Okay, now I added Embra to it. 🥴 Sooorryyy!!1! ☺
Hey, lange nichts von dir gesehen. Schöne Bilder von der Burg. Da wäre ich jetzt auch gerne. P.S.: Ich mache auch viel Smaltalk.Bin wohl kein typischer Norddeutscher. Esse auch kein Fisch. ;)
@@HenryAusLuebeck ha! Ich glaube, Du bist nicht typisch irgendwas, der one and only Carlos! ❤️
@@LaureninGermany 🤣😍
Sometimes it's nice to be "daheim" instead of only being "zuhause". Your face shows you happiness.
P.S.: In my opinion the British drive on the right side of the road. To explain this takes a little more than just a couple of lines.
It was wonderful and I hadn‘t realised that I would still feel like I belonged. I had a moment, when someone asked me: are you from here? And I could answer „yes“ for the first time in 12 years.
Tell me about the driving if you can be bothered! I‘d love to know!
Yes, a British guy lectured me about the "right side" the knights holds their lancet in the right hand, like the most people. Therefore it's important to ride on the left side., on the right side, they wouldn't hit their target.
If it make sense today, I think not.
You're mistaken! The British (and Irish, Cypriotic, Japanese, Thai, etc) drive on the LEFT side of the road, not on the right!
And if you believe that left is right, maybe you're just upside down...
@@gerohubner5101 At first left-hand traffic was all over Europe, until Napoleon thought it was a good idea to do things differently from the British. But he didn't change everything. Air traffic and shipping still travel on the left, except where some bureaucrat has decided otherwise. (In the case of watercraft and aircraft this is indicated by the lighting, and in the case of ships also by the side designation). But back to road traffic: it's a bit idiotic that we have to give way to those on whom the driver's view is extremely restricted -- by mirrors, A-pillars, passengers. If the driver were on the right-hand side of the vehicle, the view would be unrestricted in over 90 percent of all cases -- excluding any obstructions (buildings, walls, and vegetation) that might obstruct the view.
Also, passenger traffic was left-hand-side oriented. There are several reasons why we greet with the right hand -- most obvious to show that we don't have a weapon in the right hand. Again, this takes too much of a space to explain here.
By the way: the translation for right in my above statement is _richtig,_ it is not to be translated as _rechts._
@@danielkaufmann15 It would take a lot of effort to change back. But that doesn't mean we can say that it would make a lot more sense.
*Klick repeat*
Do the same to the hug I am sending you through the waves…. 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
@@LaureninGermany I love You! ❤🤗🌹🫶🌹🤗❤️
Hi
Real emotions, no laughter from a tape like in an american soap show. So real you imagine you can almost grab them somewhere between your neck and diaphragm....
The mouth becomes dry, you have to swallow, sighs and breath this emotional wave right into your body center.
Untill the next trigger starts the whole process again....
Maybe it is or just sounds like nonsens, but that's how it looked to me. This depth is rare and therefore even more valuable from my understanding.
Some things and places just feel right in an unexplainable way.🤷
I feel happy for you.😊
👋
Hi Juri,
Yes, you are so right. Somehow, I needed to tell you all on camera to help me cope with the feelings at the time, and the response is so beautiful, like your words.
If England or the UK is not in Europe, which continent do they belong to?
Or is there another continent between (North)-America and Europe I missed?
Well, I meant the EU. But we do tend to say I‘m going to Europe to mean the continent.
Das habe ich auch erlebt, dass man vom Kontinent und Europa sprach. Es hat mich etwas seltsam berührt. Vielleicht ist das mit eine unbewusste Ursache für den " Brexit ", den ich sehr bedauere. Aber es kann sich ja wieder ändern. Ich hoffe auf die jungen Leute, die globaler denken.
Fühl dich umarmt. ❤
Aw, danke, wie lieb!
How positive can a human being be? Lauren: Hold my Kaffee und Kuchen!
@@bianca2817 haaa!!! I love it!!! 🤣🤣🤗🤗🤗❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Welcome back to your homelands. It must be great to be able to make small talk, I noticed I was unable to do this when I was in Germany
Yes, that easy human connection means a lot to me and it was lovely to have it again.
Why couldn‘t you make small talk in Germany? Because of the language or because they don‘t do it the same way as we are used to?
@@LaureninGermany I felt that generally that I could not easily engage in small talk in Germany as I found them more reserved in nature (generally speaking).
@@zeelowsguysyes, that sounds like my experience. I feel that it would make them uncomfortable, as it‘s not usual, plus me being foreign (to them!) makes it even more confusing for them.
@@LaureninGermany I certainly enjoyed my trip to Germany. Being part German myself it was really quite like “coming home” in a way 🙌🙏😊
Note to self: more smiling.
It‘s a good plan for almost everyone 😊
Ja, wir Deutschen sollten wirklich öfter lächeln, es macht das Leben für alle angenehmer.
na ich kenn so einige wenn die grinsen kriegste angst;)
Ich habe schon nach dem Studium die Konsequenzen gezogen und lebe seither meistens im Ausland.
@@berndhofmann752 Na ja, anderswo ist auch nicht alles Gold, was glänzt. Jedes Land hat doch seine guten und seine weniger guten Seiten. Oder kann man wirklich sein Traumland finden, an dem es nichts auszusetzen gibt?
@@gehtdichnixan3200 Die sollten ja auch nicht grinsen, sondern lächeln. Manche müssen vielleicht etwas üben.
@@ingeblank6182 das doofe is wenn ich rausguck seh ich immer weniger grund dazu .....
und ich hab schon depressionen grrrr aber ich weis was du meinst
Lindisfarne? There's a Folk Rock band of that name, who make beauitiful music!
I will look them up! Thanks!
@@LaureninGermany Founded in the late 1960s, but still around!
wo in Deutschland lebst Du? warst Du schon mal in der Pfalz?
Ich wohne in Bayern, reise aber viel für die Arbeit. Hier - schau!ua-cam.com/video/sy_WDKMc1Jk/v-deo.html
How about coming to Bury😂 really lovely here.
Bury St Edmonds? Is it? Or are you trying to trick me?!! 🧐
Boy...you're really cute and lively. Love it.
@@Ruddermeister oh, that‘s so nice! Thank you!
Oh, Biancaaaaa xxxx
@@LaureninGermany 🌹🥰❤️🥰🌹
Never liked Freud, but your video was lovely ;o).
Me neither! Thank you… 🤗
Your in coton Cambridge in Cambridgeshire
@@neilchilds7555 that‘s right, I was.
Driving on the wrong side of the road!😊
It was so funny, because of course, WE were on the wrong side and we were so shocked!
@@LaureninGermany I drove a car at Malta! terrible… 😉
Delicious meal in merry old Britain? What s about steak n kidney pie... reminds me of the pathology theatre. Just jokin 😢 In my times in Britain some dishes like curry and chips, fish n chips (prepared by maroccans)
Well, I‘m sure their curry was tasty! Oh, there is delicious food in GB, you just have to know what to go for… I must show you in a future video. It‘s quite extreme! And they have all the traditional stuff in delicious vegan versions, so I ate my head off! 😂 I didn‘t make it for vegan fish n chips, next time- apparently there is vegan haggis, too! Not sure I fancy that…
Moin Lauren, you are familiar with northern Germany and the south, you live there … . I am nosy to know if you compare Nothern Germany with England or Southern Germany with England due to friendliness? Relaxness? 😊 Excuse my clumsy English please and try not to be polite. 😊… please.😊
It definitely felt more Northern German than Southern, but also not German at all, if I am completely honest.
@@LaureninGermany Thank you Lauren! When I was in England first time , as boy, aged 15, I magically felt somehow at „home“. It was all so similar for me, Bavaria was much more exotic. 😀
Yes, yes and yes! I´m sure that´s why I feel more relaxed up North. Less like a transplanted orchid (ooo I am sooo precious aren´t I? LOL)
W o n d e r f u l thank you and keep on smilimg ..thank you for your upliftomg video..tom from Munich
Ahhh! Thank you so much, Tom!
🙋🏻♀️ Aaaaaaand again *Klick* ❤
And Walking in the Air is nearly at 2000!!!!
It should have many 0s more, it's still my number 1 song! Lauren, You are awesome! You really are! I love every second of all of Your videos! ❤🌹💋🌹❤
*Kiss-on-Your-nose-tip* 😊🥰
@@LaureninGermany 144 to 2000! OK, give me 1or 2 days! 😘❤️🤗❤️😘
@@LaureninGermany 67 left 😘