Please Note: These are observations and opinions based on our experiences. These are opinion based statements, not facts. It's very important in today's society that we remind ourselves of the differences. We didn't think it was necessary to put a disclaimer into every single one of our videos; however as some of our videos are reaching an audience who doesn't know us and/or have only seen a few videos, we feel this reminder is necessary. We want this to be a platform where we can share our opinions, observations and differences in a positive way. Differences are NOT a negative thing. It makes things interesting. We honestly feel that the world would be a very boring place if we were all the same. Thanks for watching!! Anyways, what is your impression of the US?
@@Str3aT kann ich bestätigen. Ich wohne schon seit 14 Jahre in Florida. Es gibt natürlich Schlösser, aber es ist mehr wie eine Art Riegel den man einfach umdreht. Aber viele die eine Garage haben gehen meisstens dadurch weil man ein automatischen Garagenöffner im Auto hat. Also benutzen wir fast nie die Türe und deswegen ist sie immer geschlossen. Aber wenn der Riegel z.B. nicht verschlossen ist, kann man wirklich einfach eintreten. Ist nicht so wie in Deutschland wo die Tür dann gleich verschlossen ist wenn sie mal zu geht.
the drive through ATMs and service stations blew my mind.. And having to pay for my fuel before I actually could put it in the car.. and selling booze at a service station...I found the service portions unbelievably huge.. I don't think I completed 1 meal in a single sitting. I got more free stuff because of my accent, I think thats why I loved the states so much lol Being in the dessert but seeing snow capped mountain ranges was completely mind blowing... although I had never actually seen snow before my last trip to america. and Im 43
I could be wrong but I think the US has every type of terrain. We have deserts. Plains, tropical. subtropical, artic, mounten (from foothills to the rockies), forest (many variations of them). Swamp. The list goes on.
Some is flood plain, farmland, preservation...you just can't win. They want boondoggle highspeed trains to reach every area. This is why we are over productive in the US, we don't try to solve every bleeding want at any cost. That's Socialism.
@@RePlaylist1 We don't have high speed rail at this point because in the 1940's the government got behind the auto industry. Prior to that rails was the way to travel. Later the government got behind Airlines to push that agenda. Trains then became more behind. Socialism has nothing to do with it. Bush up on your history a bit.
And most stores where I live carry 2 or 3 varieties. I always buy wash that I can use on my hair too. AND I was introduced to body wash at least 25 years ago at hotels I stayed in at the time.
It's difficult, but not impossible, to get travel size bottles of body wash/shower gel. With respect to fixed shower heads - that's why I prefer baths.
@@NuUnlimited These differences are so interesting. I mean, I grew up with knowing nothing but shower gel/body wash when I took a shower. Soaps, I mean the small pieces are just used on the sink in the bathroom to wash my hands after doing my business on the toilet.
Also shower gel? Have u smelt an American? Our hygiene beats any country in the world. If u smell bad herr people will visibly react to you. Especially the French. No natural smells.....
Anyone else kinda annoyed that when Deana is giving an explanation, Phil is just like, "no, no, I don't really think so, I think my observations based on a few hotel trips, and a trip to the grocery store is more insightful that you LIFETIME of being/living in America!" Like, LISTEN to her dude, she's literally giving you insight.
@@dandeleon2764 I'm annoyed. He talks about the issues he has with the bar soap and shower heads and that it's the same "everywhere" in the U.S, but also says in the hotels and houses he's been in. How is that "everywhere"?
Bazaar how many "mistakes" in this video. Bar soap in paper is less waste, whereas shampoos are really just advertising, most ppl are brand loyal. There are oodles of body wash and liquid hand soaps everywhere.
cars nguitars true. But even in the nicer hotels still provide that stinky prison soap cake. There is no lack of body wash/ shower gel being sold here in the states😂
in the us since 1991 was born in germany the only thing I had to adjust too was the climate and you get paid weekly instead of monthly paychecks no complaints here
@@TheBlackLakeSiren Heavy metal contaminants ...Lead etc...this was the 70's...don't know if they have it under control now or not...same with Italy...don't drink the water..Cholera !
@xellossaxon My life experiences living in the USA and in Germany are similar to yours. Buying food for a family of 4 is MUCH less expensive in Germany, both from restaurants and from grocery stores, but especially from grocery stores. We were pleasantly surprised by the low prices (and our total monthly expenditures) in German grocery stores compared to the USA, and my family lives in a "less expensive" part of the USA, the midwest. In other words, groceries and restaurant meals would cost even more money in other parts of the USA (think east coast: NY, Boston, D.C., Atlanta; or west coast: Los Angelos, San Francisco, Seattle). People from those parts of the USA would really think that German groceries and restaurants are less expensive.
I lived in Florida for almost a year and enjoyed it! Happy to see you guys reunited! Hope you'll have an amazing time together and serve us many more fun delicious vlogs!
Your English is fine and understandable but you do have an accent. Get an accent reduction coach and ditch the accent. It's not that difficult. Unfortunately, most English teachers had to study Education (Pädagogik) so they are often native German speakers so they have an accent which they teach to their students. Native speaking teachers are good; the pillow method (you and Deana) is best. Also, in German the emphasis is on avoiding mistakes while in the U.S. there is more flexibility. The German educational emphasis on the pursuit of perfection infects the culture and makes it less innovative.
I am a 47-year-old truck driver in the US I just visited Munich Germany in May 2022 the difference in trucks on the interstate is in Europe 99% of all trucks are company owned and they’re all governed mainly to the same speed between 80 and 100 km in United States we have a lot of owner operators
Deana! Take that man to Yosemite!! My friends from Bremen visted me in Maryland. I promptly flew them to Cali and we camped in Yosemite for a week. This was ten years ago. They visit Yosemite annually, then stop in to spend time with me. They want to imigrate here, not to be nearer to their friend, but for Yosemite. I hope they don't discover Yellow Stone, or I'll never see them again!
I felt rich when going back to Germany on vacation and had to go to the grocery store. U.S. prices are definitely higher, but incomes are usually also much higher in the U.S. (and there is also a bigger range between how much the richest and the poorest make).
Apart from the fact that most Germans prefer sparkling water, it's also important to note that eating out is more of a special occasion for Germans. Americans eat out more often and they generally spend less time at the table whereas in Germany, when people go to a restaurant together, they'll often sit there for two or even three hours. People talk, people drink. And because it's a special occasion, people don't want to drink tap water, they'll get a glass of wine, a beer, orange juice, Apfelschorle, etc. I have never seen anyone order tap water in a restaurant in Germany, not even my mother who pretty much only drinks tap water at home. It's one of those things that Americans notice immediately when they come to Germany but for most Germans, it's not a problem that needs fixing.
In America, in stores, there are whole sections called “Body Wash”. They just aren’t called “shower gels”. A lot of nice hotels have body wash, instead of bar soaps. Maybe not in the highway motels. You could assume it’s better for the environment to have fewer small plastic bottles, because as you know, small plastic containers are value neutral to recyclers. They end up being incinerated or just chucked into landfills.
I did a tour around the westside of the USA in 2001. So I can't give an actual impression. But it was a cool Journey. LA, Hollywood, Sausalito, San Francisco, Las Vegas and so on. And in one diner I noticed the personnel carrying shooting weapons. This was the first time in my life I saw something like that. It would not be possible over here in Germany. But the waitress was very kind and in a good mood, so I assume, this was a normal thing. XD.
@@Ira88881 Before. I even made a pen pal there and we sent emails to one another after the terror happened. But guns wouldn't have helped against the Nazis. They would just have had bigger ones than anyone else.
Was the personnel a Police officer with a gun in it's halster on his waist? If so that is normal for police officers to carry guns on them in America. If it was just an ordinary person (a non-police officer) that would be surprising especially in places like California which is a very liberal state that have strickter gun laws for the general public. Conservative states like Texas have a open gun carry law where ordinary citizens can carry a gun on their person.
My first impression of the US was that you can drive almost on any line that you want (when there are more than one!) - in Germany we have the "Rechtsfahrgebot", that means that you usually drive on the right side of the "Autobahn) and when you are faster than the car infront of you you have to overtake them left! I was also impressed that it was easy for me to drive like the americans - switch the lines no matter if I want to overtake another car from the left or the right!!! A HUGE HUGE plus which I wanted to adopt from the US is that the traffic lights are on the other side of the crossing 👍👍👍, it's really much more "comfortabler" for your neck because you only look straight ahead - in germany you often have to lay your head in the neck to see the lights 😱!!! I totally agree with the free water every where - that's pretty cool 👍👌👍👌👍 - unfortunally we don't have that here in Germany 😫😭!! For me as a handicapped person - sitting in a wheelchair - I have to say that the US (streets, sideways, shopping-areas, museums, official buildings, restrooms, etc.!) and the people are waaaaaaaaay MUCH better and friendlier👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 than in Germany!!! And just because everything seems to be so expensive I'M R E A L L Y impressed how you can afford your life - house, cars, children, etc.?!?!?!?!?! If I would have the money I would have been moved to the US in just a second (especially to the little island Coronado at San Diego 😍😍😍) - we were there several times and "IT" was just perfect - on the one side you can see Downtown San Diego and on the other side you have the beach and the beautiful ocean 😍😍😍!!! Even when my english is not the best - we L O V E D and enjoyed E V E R Y single stay in the US ❤❤❤❤❤ (LA - Hollywood, San Francisco, Las Vegas, San Diego, New York City and Massachusetts) because my Aunt lives in a little town in Massachusetts for more than 40 years now 👍👍👍!!!!
I just got my license and I agree!!! I am so scared driving on the interstate cause the big truck drivers drive crazy!!! 😁 There is shower gel!😁 a lot actually it’s just super expensive in general the prices of everything is stupid expensive I totally agree!!! I always have problems with the portions of the food for me it’s too much 😅 I love refills and I love water but I just can’t do it often cause I don’t like sinkwater 😶 And yes that’s what I recognized first when I came here! Everything is huge not only the distance also like the stove, washer, dryer even the fridge it’s way bigger then the ones we have in Germany 😁😅
Shower gel exist and in the USA. Liquid soap/gel (bodywash)is a huge market. Not sure what store you were shopping in not to see it. In a lot of homes there are removable shower heads. Some hotels have them. Depends on where you are.
Yes I agree about the toilets And I said the same thing about the taxes and the explanation for it was that most stores operate in different states and every state has their own tax
@17:30 - you have just perfectly described - California. Yes folks, just like the song says, we have it all. Snowy mountain peaks, wilderness forrest, desert landscapes, costal beaches, urban city centers, and the amazing aspect about this - you can visit and experience all these landscapes all within a SINGLE day! This is what makes California so unique and enviousness, and of course its people and culture nonetheless. In addition to what I've already mention, the icing on top for Phil, second only to Mexico, California has the best Mexican food any where you can find.
A hotel in Stuttgart had an all-in-one washing gel that hung on the shower wall, which was more convenient. We have Aldi across parts of the U.S., or Walmart, for budget shopping. Visiting D.C. was easier from northern Virginia because I could ride the Metro train, instead of looking for parking. Across the Midwest, semi-trucks and cars usually pass on the left, but St. Louis, MO, and the Chicago area also get aggressive driving. Cities and coastal areas are more expensive and crowded, but driving is considered more "normal" since suburbs expanded.
Free water is a novelty for you? I lived in Luxembourg for almost 10 years and still live in France and there is free water (you have to ask) in every restaurant (at least the ones i have been).
i actually have had little trouble getting around with a car my whole life if you live in a fairly mild climate. Ive lived in NYC, Tampa Bay, and southern Illinois. I bike, take cabs or Uber or get a ride. I prefer cycling personally!
Was driving through Wyoming at the posted speed of 80 mph and the trucks were passing by like I was standing still. A bit unnerving. I agree about the public toilets. The gaps are way to big. I was at the airport in Nice France. They had the best public restrooms anywhere. Was in my own private space to do my "business". Drive throughs are everywhere. I would be lost without my ATM. Just stayed at a couple hotels here in the U.S. Yes, there was shower gel but I used the bar soap. Taxes vary from state to state and even town to town. I always take my leftovers home. Not wasting perfectly good food. Free water!! Hah, what a concept. The first thing the server does in the states is put glasses of ice water on the table. Traveling in Europe we had to buy a bottle of water or a carafe of water. Driving in Germany is epic too. Cruising down the autobahn along the Rhine to the alps and all points in between. Just beautiful. The United States is huge and it takes forever to drive from one coast to the other but there's so much to see along the way. I've never actually driven coast to coast but have driven on both coasts. With limited vacation time it usually makes more sense to fly to your destination. We did just drive from Chicago to Salt Lake City. 1400 miles one way in two long days. I-80 all the way. Enjoy your time in the U.S.
Gaps in the public toilet stalls - Consider safety reasons. If someone passes out or has any medical emergency while inside, if they don't answer, someone can look inside to see if they're okay. The gaps also allow rescue workers to slide tools in to pry open a locked door, and the gaps act as vents to keep the funk from being completely trapped inside the stall. I've personally never seen anyone literally put their face against or very close to a gap and look inside. Some gaps are larger than others, but still.... The huge gap at the bottom is for you to see the feet of the occupant so you know to wait, if a child gets locked inside, they can crawl underneath. I saw that happen once. The mother kept trying to bump the door loose while her older daughter went to find help. The little girl started crying, so her mom told her to crawl under. I was hoping that the mom would have washed her child's exposed skin (wore shorts and a short sleeved top) off after that, but she didn't. I understand being glad that she was okay, but still. Also, the gaps keep some people from having sex, committing dangerous acts against others, or doing drugs inside the stalls because they know that people can see if they look hard enough. One more thing....if you've ever seen a public bathroom with a drain in the floor, it's so the mop water or any flood water can go down, plus when the cleanup crew does a power wash, they can hose off the stalls, walls and floors and let the water drain. I went into a women's public restroom one time right after a power wash and didn't know what was happening. A crew member came right behind me to tell me they were just about to put up a sign about the cleaning and that I had to use another restroom. All I know is that water was dripping from walls, stalls, sinks, etc. It was surprising, but at least it was sparkling and smelled nice.
So... I'm German and we always take our leftovers with us, we never just let them throw the food away. My it's just the way I'm raised but in my family that's how you do it and most of my friends do it the same too... Idk but I don't think it's typical German to let the restaurant throw the leftovers away. Just saying...
When i was in the army stationed at Ft Campbell Ky ..it was no problem for me to travel to my home state of Iowa on a 3 or 4 day weekend..something like 10 hr drive..ease of travel a plus.
The term "shower gel" and "body wash" are used equally interchangeably in stores and in common usage wherever I go (SoCal and Southwest), and are just as common or more so than bar soaps in all the stores I go to.
One of the things my non-American friends are always confused by until they visit here is State cultures. Each of the 50 States has a unique culture and even within those states, some are large enough to have multiple distinct cultural identities. I think this is because of the size of each state, which are often as large, or larger, than a single European nation. Montana, for example, is about the same size as Germany. Once people get their minds wrapped around how large each state is, it becomes easier to understand how those from Ohio feel distinctly different than their neighbors in Michigan across the state line.
YES!! Massachusetts has a very different cultural "norm" than South Carolina. There are a lot of customs and even words/phrases in each State that don't make sense to even native English speakers. Phil learned that there are many ways to say certain shoes and it's usually dependent on which region you're from like, "sneakers," "kicks," "tennis shoes." 😅😂
To me, all this looked the same to me. The every day culture seemed the same all over the US. I was shocked how uniform the country was. I imagined much bigger differences inbetween the states.
i think the same when i read somthings about Lederhosen, Dirndel, Oktoberfest and the rebuild Disney Castle ... So come to the North before Winter is comming ... and u will see - thats all lies :)
In Germany you have different cultures from town to town. Maybe not that extreme, but even dialects can differ from town to town. I think that is the case for every coutlntry that has thousends of years of history. I bet there is more diversity in cultures in germany alone than in the hole us. And thats only one country in europe. And hole of europe is not as big as the us.
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@@DeanaandPhil Just ask people in the US what they call a soda (I call it that, I just realized (finally :D)).
Shower Gel is also called Body Wash in the US; sales tax is different state to state, and can even change yearly, so it reduces need to change prices anytime the powers that be decide to change the tax. :D
As a Guy from the Netherlands the thing that annoyed me the most, when asked where I came from and answered: the Netherlands or Holland, I would always get: “oh I love the Netherlands”. When asking further it wasn’t the Netherlands they loved, but Dutch DJ’s...
I can’t even remember the last time I used bar soap. I always use shower gel/body wash. A lot of hotels I’ve stayed at have it. I think it depends on the hotel though. The bar soap is cheaper so a lot of hotels have that instead. I hope that’s how your reunion really was. It was adorable.
You must have been looking in the wrong section, there is a LOT of shower gel (body wash) in the stores. That’s all I’ve used for years. Taking leftovers? It’s a huge money saver, especially when you have a family. Nonstop refills? That’s why we’re fat. I’m first generation American, family came from Germany. Love your videos.
About packages, in Croatia is the same thing as in Germany, small packages. And about coupons, we have it but in a small amount as in USA, in USA you can save a really big amount of money. 😊
I didn't notice that it's common to throw away leftovers when eating out. We always take them home unless like the only thing left over is one quarter of the side or something.
I use shower gel. Not sure what store you went to, but we have tons of shower gel choices. Although it's true about the motels and the prison soap. LOL And yes I use the movable shower head in my home! Can't live without it! 30 bucks at Home Depot.
@@DeanaandPhil I'm German, been living in FL for 14 years now....its too hot! I feel like u never get used to it lol moving back to Germany this December and I'm so excited for snow!!!🤗🤗
#7 My wife and I absolutely base our tipping on ability to keep my water refilled. Before I get scolded, we never tip less than 15%, but go higher based on refills. I drink water like a camel at an oasis, so, yeah.
those were my first impressions to the tee when i visited my fiance's family haha! biggest culture shock to me tho was the gun corner in walmart, never expected to see that lol
Shower gel all the way. You are just staying in cheap hotels. Walmart has about 40 different kinds of shower gels. My German husband was hilarious when shopping for shower gel. It took him an hour to choose a shower gel. Shower gel isn't with the bars of soaps in Walmart or Target (usually) shower gel has it's own aisle.
Me too!! I tend to bring leftovers back as well. Phil was out with my friends and 80% of us packed the rest of our food to go... the thought it was the weirdest thing! haha - Deana
@@DeanaandPhil I'm from Germany and none of my friends wouldn't take leftovers home. I mean... we paid for that, right, why let them throw it away? I'm honestly a little bit shocked Phil thought that was strange compared to Germany. :D
About the first point: I don't know if it's the same in whole Europe, but in Italy if you're in the first lane of a highway and another vehicle in the second lane is slower than you, you can overtake it (in Italian is called "superamento"). What you can't do is moving from the second to the first lane to overtake a vehicle slower than you that is in the same lane.
OMG. I went to Germany (my first time in Europe) this year and PAYING FOR WATER DROVE ME BANANAS. LOL. I'm used to drinking like 2-4 refills of water whenever I eat out, but in germany, the bottles of water are SO TINY so I had to pay like up to 10 euro extra for each meal. I was literally so parched lol. And don't get me started on sparkling water *barf*.
You must be shopping at the wrong stores. The grocery stores near me have every bit of ten different brands of shower gel, and within those brands, there are numerous scents. Hotels don't represent the norm. I've never seen shower gel in a hotel. But I've used shower gel for years. P.S. It is interesting to get a German persons perspective on the U.S. I lived in Germany for a few years and loved it! Such a beautiful country, and lovely people.
Again very funny and informative, just great! What ancestors does Deana actually have? She looks fascinating, but I could not say Indian (North America), Mexican, Peruvian, etc. Sometimes I think she has Asian eyes. Your videos are awesome! Who cuts that? Phil or Deana, or you two together? I know, many questions! :))
I'm a blend of different ethnicities like a lot of people in the US! 🤗💜🌎 And, we each edit different videos, so we can have our own creative control for the video we are editing. Phil edited this one and I love how the "romantic reunion" turned out. 😂😋 Thanks for watching! Deana 😄
I visited Germany back in 2007. I'll give my perspective on these things as an American. 1. I didn't drive while there, but did ride with a few people. We were mostly in small towns (small to many Americans), so it was mostly cars. As for passing on the right, we often encounter people driving slow in the left lane here and they refuse to get over to the right. In that case, we'll just go around. 2. The bathroom thing threw me off. I'm used to the cracks/gaps here. It's generally not a big deal, or something we dwell on. The thing I don't understand is the privacy stuff. Here, we usually encounter dividers between urinals, but cracks in the stalls. It's really weird to me. In Germany, I mostly encountered trough urinals and those without dividers. I visited a club and it was just a long trough. The men's and women's bathrooms were adjacent, with an open doorway between them (inside the bathroom). Apparently the women's bathroom was full. I was peeing pretty much shoulder to shoulder with the other guys, and a bunch of women came in at one time and just went into the stalls in there. I guess this was normal, since I was the only one to react to it. I don't get the nudity thing, though. I hear people talking about privacy and it seems they're slightly prudish at times, but I saw full frontal nudity in the German version of a Time magazine in a doctor's office. I walked past a sex shop with big open windows proudly displaying sex toys to all on the street. I saw nudity on daytime TV. It seems many there are somehow not phased by nudity. I guess it mainly applies to bathrooms? The bathroom thing was odd to me since I encountered a lot of troughs and urinals without dividers, but the big complaints are with American stalls having gaps. I guess it's mainly with the "number 2" part of things when it comes to privacy in bathrooms. 3. I saw no strip malls there, so I understand. Even in Berlin, which was not quite as big as many cities here. I was thinking for the capital it would be more...metropolitan...or at least have a skyline with skyscrapers. I don't remember there being any, but it wasn't as crowded as expected. Many people were walking or riding bikes, and it was pretty clean/maintained. I remember people just lounging in the open area in front of the Reichstag, even sitting on the steps, which would be highly frowned upon at our version here. I also don't remember any 24 hour stores there. I was surprised by the tax being included in the price shown. I went shopping the first time and started trying to calculate how much I'd need with taxes, but I paid what I saw on the signs. I did visit a "mall-like" store there, but I can't remember which city it was. It reminded me of a mall here, but much smaller. 4. The shower gel thing... I've mainly used body wash/shower gel.The hotels are different, though. Pretty much all of them here just have bar soap (tiny bar in plastic wrapping). I've encountered small plastic bottles of "face soap" in our hotel bathrooms. I stayed with friends in Germany, so I'm not sure about the hotels there. I have a shower head attached to a hose at home, but it usually stays in its little holder mounted to the wall. Sometimes I take it off to wash off, but I mostly remove it to bathe my dog. 5. America is huge. Prices change with location. You probably noticed very high prices due to being in more expensive areas (such as NYC and DC). Big cities (especially in the Northeast and West) are very expensive, while places in the Midwest and South are often very cheap, but you can encounter slightly higher prices in the big cities in these regions. Our economy varies based on regions, especially with different population sizes, tax rates, etc. 6. Our portion sizes are huge compared to most other places around the world, and we even get free refills. As for having leftovers, it varies from person to person here. Some can't eat all on the plate, some can. Food is often wasted here, though, which gets to me (considering our populations with people who often struggle with paying for food/bills/etc). The only thing I wasn't able to finish in Germany was a beer. I was visiting a friend's family and was drinking a beer. I had half a beer left when they were ready to leave. They told me to just take it with me. I asked them if it was legal there, since we're not allowed open containers (even if not driving). I was in the back seat of this car, trying to sneak sips of my beer from others on the road. It just felt awkward and illegal. It was also not a problem to sit in public and have a beer with a friend, which would have resulted in a lot of trouble here. Also, I didn't get free refills in a few other places I've been, such as Costa Rica and Antigua. If I wanted more drink, had to pay for another glass. 7. I've been to DC, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, and a few other big cities up North. Inside the cities, everything is close together, but the cities are huge. Here in the South, the cities are further apart, and they are smaller, so many of us do need cars. Atlanta is a huge exception to this, though. The towns/cities in Germany are a lot smaller as well and remind me more of small towns in the South. They aren't really sprawling, though. I visited Braunschweig, Wolfenbuttel, Berlin, Magdeburg, and Potsdam. I saw them as more like my own home town/city and in some ways a little bigger or more crowded, but still kinda small and cozy. There are also a lot of really old buildings there (from the 1500s), which I found fascinating. Again, I was expecting Berlin to be more like Charlotte (NC) at the very least, but it wasn't. It seemed bigger than my home, but somehow still quite cozy/comfortable (especially for someone who hates being in big and crowded cities). I felt safe and comfortable. The people threw me off at times. Many people there (Germany in general) seemed more reserved or closed off in public. I didn't see a lot of people smiling or openly talking/joking, unless with really small groups of friends. It wasn't that they were rude, though, and I did manage to have some great conversations with strangers at times. Germany was definitely a culture shock for me in some ways, but I very much loved it. I'm generally open minded and easily adapt, even if I don't fully understand some things.
Bath gel/ body wash is the most common way to wash yourself in the states. Bar soap is coming back into style with all of the natural, homemade bar soaps being made. I prefer body wash because it's much more efficient and cleaner than a bar of soap. I usually take home leftovers too. I always have a detachable shower head, since living in Germany. The law in Germany makes sense for semi trucks, for safety. I've seen truckers going 80+ miles per hour here. I've been cut off by them and even had them start moving into the left lane as I was beside them, more than a few times.
I am german and I live in germany, so about the leftovers thing. If I can't finish my meal, then I always take the leftovers with me and eat them later or the next day. But maybe thats just how I was raised. I haven't witnessed other people leaving their food in a restaurant, but its not okay. Such a waste. Also, nice video! Keep it up :)
There was a time in some states where the truck speed limit was 10 mph less then for cars and trucks mostly stayed in the right lane. Of course that was back in the 60s and 70s. A lot of regular malls are closing down. Sales tax and tipping is normal here.
About the Prices , i agree with you, was my first impression too. After a while, i looked for better prices. Just a example, look at Walmart , they have a Walmart brand, called Great Value, for so many things , they taste better then the original and way cheaper. When you look then for German prices ,then you will see, the prices here sometimes cheaper for things you need everyday. Look for Milk, in Germany you buy the milk cheap for 79-89 cents per Liter, here i pay for the Milk 2,20 dollar for a Gallon ( 1 Gallon is i think 3,8 Liters ) you see , is way cheaper. But my Bad Impression is , the Bread here in the USA, I really love my German bread and i miss it. Ich will endlich wieder mal Brot und Broetchen essen lol. Aber ich liebe mein Leben in Texas. Schoene gruesse aus Athens Texas
I don't know the traffic rules in Washington DC , but here in CA especially in LA it is LEGAL to cross the cars on freeways from their right and left. This applies to multi lane Highways also.
Trucks used to stay to the right in the old days, that’s more of a thing in the last 30 or so years. You must’ve been in lower priced east coast hotels, never see bar soap in the hotels on the west coast. I agree on the shower heads, we have a removable head at home but hotels still don’t do them.
Interessantes Video, danke dafür. Bis auf die Sache mit dem „water for free“ kann ich bei allem zustimmen, was dir an Unterschieden zu Deutschland aufgefallen ist. Okay, wir müssen für Wasser bezahlen, aber ich bezahle lieber mein Wasser, als dass ich gechlortes Wasser trinken muss. Habe ich mehrfach erlebt, als ich in den Staaten war. Dass man andere Getränke ohne Ende aufgefüllt bekommt, ist nett, nur glaube ich NICHT, dass das nicht anderer Stelle einkalkuliert wurde! Zu verschenken hat keiner was.
From what I hear, younger people use shower gel and older people use bar soap. Also, the gap between the toilet door and the floor is so people don't get locked in the stall.
Love this video! We just returned from 12 days in Munich and Bavaria. It was fantastic and we loved almost everything about it. Here's a few thoughts: LIKES - Grocery stores, Public transportation, Friendly people, great service in shops & restaurants, Lack of obesity which we hadn't realized until we returned to the US. DISLIKES or things we didn't understand: No ice in our water, water is almost the same price as beer in restaurants, milk was never served very cold, No good fast food places except for Doner Kabab ( thanks for the tip Phil).
Gotta be real, bars of soap in hotels are usually only in the lower end ones. And they usually are in a closed package that you have to tear open, not just out in the open. And I do not know one person who uses bar soap, but I am younger and am sure some old-timers do still use bar soap.
Please Note: These are observations and opinions based on our experiences. These are opinion based statements, not facts. It's very important in today's society that we remind ourselves of the differences. We didn't think it was necessary to put a disclaimer into every single one of our videos; however as some of our videos are reaching an audience who doesn't know us and/or have only seen a few videos, we feel this reminder is necessary. We want this to be a platform where we can share our opinions, observations and differences in a positive way. Differences are NOT a negative thing. It makes things interesting. We honestly feel that the world would be a very boring place if we were all the same. Thanks for watching!!
Anyways, what is your impression of the US?
Deana and Phil my impression of the US is, that the people are so kind and friendly.
In Filmen oder Serien sieht man häufig das die Haustüren nicht abgeschlossen sind. Jeder kann einfach das Haus betreten. Ist das wirklich so?
@@Str3aT kann ich bestätigen. Ich wohne schon seit 14 Jahre in Florida. Es gibt natürlich Schlösser, aber es ist mehr wie eine Art Riegel den man einfach umdreht. Aber viele die eine Garage haben gehen meisstens dadurch weil man ein automatischen Garagenöffner im Auto hat. Also benutzen wir fast nie die Türe und deswegen ist sie immer geschlossen. Aber wenn der Riegel z.B. nicht verschlossen ist, kann man wirklich einfach eintreten. Ist nicht so wie in Deutschland wo die Tür dann gleich verschlossen ist wenn sie mal zu geht.
the drive through ATMs and service stations blew my mind.. And having to pay for my fuel before I actually could put it in the car.. and selling booze at a service station...I found the service portions unbelievably huge.. I don't think I completed 1 meal in a single sitting. I got more free stuff because of my accent, I think thats why I loved the states so much lol
Being in the dessert but seeing snow capped mountain ranges was completely mind blowing... although I had never actually seen snow before my last trip to america. and Im 43
That americans are loud and they don’t shower much. Just my impression but I think I’m wrong
I could be wrong but I think the US has every type of terrain. We have deserts. Plains, tropical. subtropical, artic, mounten (from foothills to the rockies), forest (many variations of them). Swamp. The list goes on.
Some is flood plain, farmland, preservation...you just can't win. They want boondoggle highspeed trains to reach every area. This is why we are over productive in the US, we don't try to solve every bleeding want at any cost. That's Socialism.
@Eff dees Hawaii, florida keys. Also some other islands that are territories of the US (puerto rico, US virgin islands so on).
@@RePlaylist1 We don't have high speed rail at this point because in the 1940's the government got behind the auto industry. Prior to that rails was the way to travel. Later the government got behind Airlines to push that agenda. Trains then became more behind. Socialism has nothing to do with it. Bush up on your history a bit.
@@Duke00x I thought we didn't have a Tropical Rainforest but after a little google it turns out we do in Puerto Rico.
Preisleistungsverhältnis... The most important word in Germany... 😂
Heizölrückstossabdämpfung längstes Wort im duden
@@_niemand antiestablishmentarianism is a nice word.
Backfeifengesicht. One word to describe an emotion, an action, a vengeance, an assault and a crime. Pure genius.
Gezundheit
Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz längstes deutsches Wort
"you always have to have last....." and just cuts her xD
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I was hoping somebody catches that 😂
Made me laugh!
shower gell is called body wash in the U.S.
And most stores where I live carry 2 or 3 varieties. I always buy wash that I can use on my hair too.
AND I was introduced to body wash at least 25 years ago at hotels I stayed in at the time.
It's difficult, but not impossible, to get travel size bottles of body wash/shower gel. With respect to fixed shower heads - that's why I prefer baths.
I used shower gel in middle school but thats the only time
@@NuUnlimited These differences are so interesting. I mean, I grew up with knowing nothing but shower gel/body wash when I took a shower. Soaps, I mean the small pieces are just used on the sink in the bathroom to wash my hands after doing my business on the toilet.
Also shower gel? Have u smelt an American? Our hygiene beats any country in the world. If u smell bad herr people will visibly react to you. Especially the French. No natural smells.....
At 13:01 The woman is right. Americans don't take home half eaten fast food often but will take home or box up a plate meal.
Better quality food is why.
A little something to remember the experience of not having to self serve.
Anyone else kinda annoyed that when Deana is giving an explanation, Phil is just like, "no, no, I don't really think so, I think my observations based on a few hotel trips, and a trip to the grocery store is more insightful that you LIFETIME of being/living in America!" Like, LISTEN to her dude, she's literally giving you insight.
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I'm annoyed. He talks about the issues he has with the bar soap and shower heads and that it's the same "everywhere" in the U.S, but also says in the hotels and houses he's been in. How is that "everywhere"?
The reunion sequence was as funny as ...! :-D Love it!
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@@Gothuew 😂😂😂👍
Yes we do use shower gel. However it is called body wash. Same product different name.
cars nguitars yeah most people use body wash over bar soap.
The term "shower gel" and "body wash" are used equally interchangeably in stores and in common useage wherever I go (SoCal and Southwest)
Bazaar how many "mistakes" in this video. Bar soap in paper is less waste, whereas shampoos are really just advertising, most ppl are brand loyal. There are oodles of body wash and liquid hand soaps everywhere.
shower gels / body wash is also found in the mens section ie. shaving, razors, beard stuff.
cars nguitars true. But even in the nicer hotels still provide that stinky prison soap cake. There is no lack of body wash/ shower gel being sold here in the states😂
I’m American and I use shower gel. Also, we do have detachable shower Heads.
In Europe you often find ONLY a detachable shower head, no fixed one.
@@afcgeo882 In the US, detachable shower heads tend to be something you install yourself. Easy enough to do.
stanklepoot I know. I have them
and I installed them. That’s not at all what I was saying. Did you read?
Lots of people have shower heads. Maybe it is that lots of motels/hotels don't.
I feel like the detachable shower heads are mostly owned by lonely women in US.
in the us since 1991 was born in germany the only thing I had to adjust too was the climate and you get paid weekly instead of monthly paychecks no complaints here
The water issue in Germany drives me nuts. I dont like sparkling water and dont always want soda. Free water would be awesome.
The military told us not to drink the tap water in Germany..that's why you rarely get iced drinks or water in restaurants unless it's bottled.
@@edwardbennet3902 why would they tell you not to?
@@TheBlackLakeSiren Heavy metal contaminants ...Lead etc...this was the 70's...don't know if they have it under control now or not...same with Italy...don't drink the water..Cholera !
I am in Germany right now and am really surprised how expensive it is here but the food is amazing
@xellossaxon My life experiences living in the USA and in Germany are similar to yours. Buying food for a family of 4 is MUCH less expensive in Germany, both from restaurants and from grocery stores, but especially from grocery stores. We were pleasantly surprised by the low prices (and our total monthly expenditures) in German grocery stores compared to the USA, and my family lives in a "less expensive" part of the USA, the midwest. In other words, groceries and restaurant meals would cost even more money in other parts of the USA (think east coast: NY, Boston, D.C., Atlanta; or west coast: Los Angelos, San Francisco, Seattle). People from those parts of the USA would really think that German groceries and restaurants are less expensive.
10:20 I LOVELOVELOVE Aldis- we go there all the time. Bring your own bag, european brand food items, fairly paid cashiers, yay!
I lived in Florida for almost a year and enjoyed it! Happy to see you guys reunited! Hope you'll have an amazing time together and serve us many more fun delicious vlogs!
Thanks a lot! Where do you live now?
@@DeanaandPhil uhm - still Japan! I comment on your videos all the time! 😂
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I'm an American and I use shower gel soap. I also have the showerhead that has a hose for better washing.
Phil, ich bewundere dich für deine Englischkenntnisse. Du sprichst so wunderbar fließend! You’re a true source of inspiration. Thank you!
Your English is fine and understandable but you do have an accent. Get an accent reduction coach and ditch the accent. It's not that difficult.
Unfortunately, most English teachers had to study Education (Pädagogik) so they are often native German speakers so they have an accent which they teach to their students. Native speaking teachers are good; the pillow method (you and Deana) is best. Also, in German the emphasis is on avoiding mistakes while in the U.S. there is more flexibility. The German educational emphasis on the pursuit of perfection infects the culture and makes it less innovative.
Sorry, but ich cant understand ihr. Nein offense. The only reason im using a few Deutsch words is because ich am learning Deutsch.
Some parts of the U.S. large semi-trucks do have their own lane especially on the interstate and some do have speed signage for them.
I am a 47-year-old truck driver in the US I just visited Munich Germany in May 2022 the difference in trucks on the interstate is in Europe 99% of all trucks are company owned and they’re all governed mainly to the same speed between 80 and 100 km in United States we have a lot of owner operators
I use shower gel, but in the U.S. it is usually called "body wash"!
Deana! Take that man to Yosemite!! My friends from Bremen visted me in Maryland. I promptly flew them to Cali and we camped in Yosemite for a week. This was ten years ago. They visit Yosemite annually, then stop in to spend time with me. They want to imigrate here, not to be nearer to their friend, but for Yosemite. I hope they don't discover Yellow Stone, or I'll never see them again!
Phil..."big ass cracks in the public toilet"...hahaha.
I'm enjoying watching your stuff guys, all the best :)
I felt rich when going back to Germany on vacation and had to go to the grocery store. U.S. prices are definitely higher, but incomes are usually also much higher in the U.S. (and there is also a bigger range between how much the richest and the poorest make).
The positive part about adding sales tax at the end is you are far more aware how high sales tax is and more apt to oppose new tax increases.
free water in restaurants should be a thing to be honest... i would like that!
Yeah, I got pretty dehydrated when going back to Germany on vacation because I didn't want to have to pay for more to drink.
Apart from the fact that most Germans prefer sparkling water, it's also important to note that eating out is more of a special occasion for Germans. Americans eat out more often and they generally spend less time at the table whereas in Germany, when people go to a restaurant together, they'll often sit there for two or even three hours. People talk, people drink. And because it's a special occasion, people don't want to drink tap water, they'll get a glass of wine, a beer, orange juice, Apfelschorle, etc. I have never seen anyone order tap water in a restaurant in Germany, not even my mother who pretty much only drinks tap water at home. It's one of those things that Americans notice immediately when they come to Germany but for most Germans, it's not a problem that needs fixing.
In America, in stores, there are whole sections called “Body Wash”. They just aren’t called “shower gels”. A lot of nice hotels have body wash, instead of bar soaps. Maybe not in the highway motels. You could assume it’s better for the environment to have fewer small plastic bottles, because as you know, small plastic containers are value neutral to recyclers. They end up being incinerated or just chucked into landfills.
I did a tour around the westside of the USA in 2001. So I can't give an actual impression. But it was a cool Journey. LA, Hollywood, Sausalito, San Francisco, Las Vegas and so on. And in one diner I noticed the personnel carrying shooting weapons. This was the first time in my life I saw something like that. It would not be possible over here in Germany. But the waitress was very kind and in a good mood, so I assume, this was a normal thing. XD.
Marry Kurie it's a FREE COUNTRY
LAST YEAR I TOOK MY CITIZENSHIP
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
FREEDOM OF BARING GUNS!!
I KNOW IT'S CRAZY 😬)
Maybe if more people carried guns in your home town in the 30s, the Nazis would have thought twice.
By the way...when in 2001? Before or after 9/11?
@@Ira88881 Before. I even made a pen pal there and we sent emails to one another after the terror happened. But guns wouldn't have helped against the Nazis. They would just have had bigger ones than anyone else.
Was the personnel a Police officer with a gun in it's halster on his waist? If so that is normal for police officers to carry guns on them in America. If it was just an ordinary person (a non-police officer) that would be surprising especially in places like California which is a very liberal state that have strickter gun laws for the general public. Conservative states like Texas have a open gun carry law where ordinary citizens can carry a gun on their person.
@@marrykurie48 Guns helped the Taliban defeat America 😭
My first impression of the US was that you can drive almost on any line that you want (when there are more than one!) - in Germany we have the "Rechtsfahrgebot", that means that you usually drive on the right side of the "Autobahn) and when you are faster than the car infront of you you have to overtake them left! I was also impressed that it was easy for me to drive like the americans - switch the lines no matter if I want to overtake another car from the left or the right!!!
A HUGE HUGE plus which I wanted to adopt from the US is that the traffic lights are on the other side of the crossing 👍👍👍, it's really much more "comfortabler" for your neck because you only look straight ahead - in germany you often have to lay your head in the neck to see the lights 😱!!!
I totally agree with the free water every where - that's pretty cool 👍👌👍👌👍 - unfortunally we don't have that here in Germany 😫😭!!
For me as a handicapped person - sitting in a wheelchair - I have to say that the US (streets, sideways, shopping-areas, museums, official buildings, restrooms, etc.!) and the people are waaaaaaaaay MUCH better and friendlier👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 than in Germany!!!
And just because everything seems to be so expensive I'M R E A L L Y impressed how you can afford your life - house, cars, children, etc.?!?!?!?!?!
If I would have the money I would have been moved to the US in just a second (especially to the little island Coronado at San Diego 😍😍😍) - we were there several times and "IT" was just perfect - on the one side you can see Downtown San Diego and on the other side you have the beach and the beautiful ocean 😍😍😍!!!
Even when my english is not the best - we L O V E D and enjoyed E V E R Y single stay in the US ❤❤❤❤❤ (LA - Hollywood, San Francisco, Las Vegas, San Diego, New York City and Massachusetts) because my Aunt lives in a little town in Massachusetts for more than 40 years now 👍👍👍!!!!
We got Aldi and lidl here now is only penny and Norma missing.germann grocery stores
I just got my license and I agree!!! I am so scared driving on the interstate cause the big truck drivers drive crazy!!! 😁 There is shower gel!😁 a lot actually it’s just super expensive in general the prices of everything is stupid expensive I totally agree!!!
I always have problems with the portions of the food for me it’s too much 😅
I love refills and I love water but I just can’t do it often cause I don’t like sinkwater 😶
And yes that’s what I recognized first when I came here! Everything is huge not only the distance also like the stove, washer, dryer even the fridge it’s way bigger then the ones we have in Germany 😁😅
If you want to see high grocery prices, look up videos for the prices grocery shopping in Alaska. It will blow your mind.
Shower gel exist and in the USA. Liquid soap/gel (bodywash)is a huge market. Not sure what store you were shopping in not to see it.
In a lot of homes there are removable shower heads. Some hotels have them. Depends on where you are.
4:50 is no one going to call phrasing on him here. I about died laughing.
Yes I agree about the toilets
And I said the same thing about the taxes and the explanation for it was that most stores operate in different states and every state has their own tax
Epic Intro. :-D I was laughing for minutes, got tears in my eyes and it was hard to breathe. The final nearly finished me too. :-D
@17:30 - you have just perfectly described - California. Yes folks, just like the song says, we have it all. Snowy mountain peaks, wilderness forrest, desert landscapes, costal beaches, urban city centers, and the amazing aspect about this - you can visit and experience all these landscapes all within a SINGLE day! This is what makes California so unique and enviousness, and of course its people and culture nonetheless. In addition to what I've already mention, the icing on top for Phil, second only to Mexico, California has the best Mexican food any where you can find.
I'm from Germany and never had a problem to get my leftovers to go...
A hotel in Stuttgart had an all-in-one washing gel that hung on the shower wall, which was more convenient. We have Aldi across parts of the U.S., or Walmart, for budget shopping. Visiting D.C. was easier from northern Virginia because I could ride the Metro train, instead of looking for parking. Across the Midwest, semi-trucks and cars usually pass on the left, but St. Louis, MO, and the Chicago area also get aggressive driving. Cities and coastal areas are more expensive and crowded, but driving is considered more "normal" since suburbs expanded.
Deana: "we like it big in the US!"
Phil look is saying like "i know huehuehue" xDDD
Free water is a novelty for you? I lived in Luxembourg for almost 10 years and still live in France and there is free water (you have to ask) in every restaurant (at least the ones i have been).
i actually have had little trouble getting around with a car my whole life if you live in a fairly mild climate. Ive lived in NYC, Tampa Bay, and southern Illinois. I bike, take cabs or Uber or get a ride. I prefer cycling personally!
Was driving through Wyoming at the posted speed of 80 mph and the trucks were passing by like I was standing still. A bit unnerving. I agree about the public toilets. The gaps are way to big. I was at the airport in Nice France. They had the best public restrooms anywhere. Was in my own private space to do my "business". Drive throughs are everywhere. I would be lost without my ATM. Just stayed at a couple hotels here in the U.S. Yes, there was shower gel but I used the bar soap. Taxes vary from state to state and even town to town. I always take my leftovers home. Not wasting perfectly good food. Free water!! Hah, what a concept. The first thing the server does in the states is put glasses of ice water on the table. Traveling in Europe we had to buy a bottle of water or a carafe of water. Driving in Germany is epic too. Cruising down the autobahn along the Rhine to the alps and all points in between. Just beautiful. The United States is huge and it takes forever to drive from one coast to the other but there's so much to see along the way. I've never actually driven coast to coast but have driven on both coasts. With limited vacation time it usually makes more sense to fly to your destination. We did just drive from Chicago to Salt Lake City. 1400 miles one way in two long days. I-80 all the way. Enjoy your time in the U.S.
With my family there's never ever leftover pizza in a restaurant.
Now if we order to take home, yeah, order extra so we do have leftovers.
Gaps in the public toilet stalls - Consider safety reasons. If someone passes out or has any medical emergency while inside, if they don't answer, someone can look inside to see if they're okay. The gaps also allow rescue workers to slide tools in to pry open a locked door, and the gaps act as vents to keep the funk from being completely trapped inside the stall. I've personally never seen anyone literally put their face against or very close to a gap and look inside. Some gaps are larger than others, but still....
The huge gap at the bottom is for you to see the feet of the occupant so you know to wait, if a child gets locked inside, they can crawl underneath. I saw that happen once. The mother kept trying to bump the door loose while her older daughter went to find help. The little girl started crying, so her mom told her to crawl under. I was hoping that the mom would have washed her child's exposed skin (wore shorts and a short sleeved top) off after that, but she didn't. I understand being glad that she was okay, but still.
Also, the gaps keep some people from having sex, committing dangerous acts against others, or doing drugs inside the stalls because they know that people can see if they look hard enough.
One more thing....if you've ever seen a public bathroom with a drain in the floor, it's so the mop water or any flood water can go down, plus when the cleanup crew does a power wash, they can hose off the stalls, walls and floors and let the water drain. I went into a women's public restroom one time right after a power wash and didn't know what was happening. A crew member came right behind me to tell me they were just about to put up a sign about the cleaning and that I had to use another restroom. All I know is that water was dripping from walls, stalls, sinks, etc. It was surprising, but at least it was sparkling and smelled nice.
So...
I'm German and we always take our leftovers with us, we never just let them throw the food away. My it's just the way I'm raised but in my family that's how you do it and most of my friends do it the same too... Idk but I don't think it's typical German to let the restaurant throw the leftovers away. Just saying...
When i was in the army stationed at Ft Campbell Ky ..it was no problem for me to travel to my home state of Iowa on a 3 or 4 day weekend..something like 10 hr drive..ease of travel a plus.
Prices are even higher in Canada. Our sales taxes are not included either.
Enjoyed your comments!
In Australia there is the same thing with the shower gel. Everywhere is shampoo and conditioner but so less shower gel.
The term "shower gel" and "body wash" are used equally interchangeably in stores and in common usage wherever I go (SoCal and Southwest), and are just as common or more so than bar soaps in all the stores I go to.
One of the things my non-American friends are always confused by until they visit here is State cultures. Each of the 50 States has a unique culture and even within those states, some are large enough to have multiple distinct cultural identities. I think this is because of the size of each state, which are often as large, or larger, than a single European nation. Montana, for example, is about the same size as Germany. Once people get their minds wrapped around how large each state is, it becomes easier to understand how those from Ohio feel distinctly different than their neighbors in Michigan across the state line.
YES!! Massachusetts has a very different cultural "norm" than South Carolina. There are a lot of customs and even words/phrases in each State that don't make sense to even native English speakers. Phil learned that there are many ways to say certain shoes and it's usually dependent on which region you're from like, "sneakers," "kicks," "tennis shoes." 😅😂
To me, all this looked the same to me. The every day culture seemed the same all over the US. I was shocked how uniform the country was. I imagined much bigger differences inbetween the states.
i think the same when i read somthings about Lederhosen, Dirndel, Oktoberfest and the rebuild Disney Castle ... So come to the North before Winter is comming ... and u will see - thats all lies :)
In Germany you have different cultures from town to town. Maybe not that extreme, but even dialects can differ from town to town. I think that is the case for every coutlntry that has thousends of years of history.
I bet there is more diversity in cultures in germany alone than in the hole us. And thats only one country in europe. And hole of europe is not as big as the us.
@@DeanaandPhil Just ask people in the US what they call a soda (I call it that, I just realized (finally :D)).
I always use shower gel. There are whole isles of it at Target, no problem finding it. It seems to be in the hotels maybe 75% of the time.
The difference starts already when u both showed 8 with ur fingers
Shower Gel is also called Body Wash in the US; sales tax is different state to state, and can even change yearly, so it reduces need to change prices anytime the powers that be decide to change the tax. :D
As a Guy from the Netherlands the thing that annoyed me the most, when asked where I came from and answered: the Netherlands or Holland, I would always get: “oh I love the Netherlands”. When asking further it wasn’t the Netherlands they loved, but Dutch DJ’s...
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I can't remember the last time I've used bar soap, i only used liquid soap
OMG you 2 are so cute!
Also, is the East Coast super into bar soap? I see more liquid body soap in most stores than solid, and I am in the midwest.
I can’t even remember the last time I used bar soap. I always use shower gel/body wash. A lot of hotels I’ve stayed at have it. I think it depends on the hotel though. The bar soap is cheaper so a lot of hotels have that instead.
I hope that’s how your reunion really was. It was adorable.
Air conditioning and ice in drinks, are the biggest things I notice the most when I go to Germany (Europe)
hahahha das intro!!😂😂 I can’t 😂😂😂
You must have been looking in the wrong section, there is a LOT of shower gel (body wash) in the stores. That’s all I’ve used for years. Taking leftovers? It’s a huge money saver, especially when you have a family. Nonstop refills? That’s why we’re fat. I’m first generation American, family came from Germany. Love your videos.
Thanks! I found body wash. But I still think it's like 80% bar soap 😬
@@DeanaandPhil Go to a big store like Target, you'll find a lot more shower gel. 😉
About packages, in Croatia is the same thing as in Germany, small packages. And about coupons, we have it but in a small amount as in USA, in USA you can save a really big amount of money. 😊
We also have weekly sales at most chain grocery stores so most people shop the sales.
I didn't notice that it's common to throw away leftovers when eating out. We always take them home unless like the only thing left over is one quarter of the side or something.
I've just started watching your channel and have gone through many videos so far. You guys are so funny and cute together! 😁
I use shower gel. Not sure what store you went to, but we have tons of shower gel choices. Although it's true about the motels and the prison soap. LOL And yes I use the movable shower head in my home! Can't live without it! 30 bucks at Home Depot.
Spending my time in Florida with my Fiancée! It’s awesome!
Ahh that's awesome. Soak up that sun! I really like Florida! I used to live there. I hope to take Phil there someday. 😍 - Deana
@@DeanaandPhil I'm German, been living in FL for 14 years now....its too hot! I feel like u never get used to it lol moving back to Germany this December and I'm so excited for snow!!!🤗🤗
#7 My wife and I absolutely base our tipping on ability to keep my water refilled.
Before I get scolded, we never tip less than 15%, but go higher based on refills. I drink water like a camel at an oasis, so, yeah.
those were my first impressions to the tee when i visited my fiance's family haha! biggest culture shock to me tho was the gun corner in walmart, never expected to see that lol
@Rita Roork I would've never guessed you were WHITE. Thanks for shouting it out to us.
Shower gel all the way. You are just staying in cheap hotels. Walmart has about 40 different kinds of shower gels. My German husband was hilarious when shopping for shower gel. It took him an hour to choose a shower gel. Shower gel isn't with the bars of soaps in Walmart or Target (usually) shower gel has it's own aisle.
Truckers feel the the hwy was built for them ..lol.. my bro was a trucker.
You don't realize how cool it is to other countrys to have drive through atm
I'm one of those people who has an intense fear of driving on freeways! I'm also one of those people who takes my food home from a restaurant.
Me too!! I tend to bring leftovers back as well. Phil was out with my friends and 80% of us packed the rest of our food to go... the thought it was the weirdest thing! haha - Deana
@@DeanaandPhil I'm from Germany and none of my friends wouldn't take leftovers home. I mean... we paid for that, right, why let them throw it away? I'm honestly a little bit shocked Phil thought that was strange compared to Germany. :D
About the first point: I don't know if it's the same in whole Europe, but in Italy if you're in the first lane of a highway and another vehicle in the second lane is slower than you, you can overtake it (in Italian is called "superamento"). What you can't do is moving from the second to the first lane to overtake a vehicle slower than you that is in the same lane.
OMG. I went to Germany (my first time in Europe) this year and PAYING FOR WATER DROVE ME BANANAS. LOL. I'm used to drinking like 2-4 refills of water whenever I eat out, but in germany, the bottles of water are SO TINY so I had to pay like up to 10 euro extra for each meal. I was literally so parched lol. And don't get me started on sparkling water *barf*.
@xellossaxon I forgot more than once when I asked for water and ended up with that carbonated stuff. :P Yuck.
When showering, I don't use shower gel, but I do use liquid soap.
You must be shopping at the wrong stores. The grocery stores near me have every bit of ten different brands of shower gel, and within those brands, there are numerous scents. Hotels don't represent the norm. I've never seen shower gel in a hotel. But I've used shower gel for years.
P.S. It is interesting to get a German persons perspective on the U.S. I lived in Germany for a few years and loved it! Such a beautiful country, and lovely people.
I love Phil... and "Washington State you have the Sasquatches running around..." haha
Again very funny and informative, just great! What ancestors does Deana actually have? She looks fascinating, but I could not say Indian (North America), Mexican, Peruvian, etc. Sometimes I think she has Asian eyes.
Your videos are awesome! Who cuts that? Phil or Deana, or you two together?
I know, many questions! :))
I'm a blend of different ethnicities like a lot of people in the US! 🤗💜🌎 And, we each edit different videos, so we can have our own creative control for the video we are editing. Phil edited this one and I love how the "romantic reunion" turned out. 😂😋 Thanks for watching! Deana 😄
Take him to a home depot or Lowes he will see many options and different components from everywhere in the world.
I visited Germany back in 2007. I'll give my perspective on these things as an American.
1. I didn't drive while there, but did ride with a few people. We were mostly in small towns (small to many Americans), so it was mostly cars. As for passing on the right, we often encounter people driving slow in the left lane here and they refuse to get over to the right. In that case, we'll just go around.
2. The bathroom thing threw me off. I'm used to the cracks/gaps here. It's generally not a big deal, or something we dwell on. The thing I don't understand is the privacy stuff. Here, we usually encounter dividers between urinals, but cracks in the stalls. It's really weird to me. In Germany, I mostly encountered trough urinals and those without dividers. I visited a club and it was just a long trough. The men's and women's bathrooms were adjacent, with an open doorway between them (inside the bathroom). Apparently the women's bathroom was full. I was peeing pretty much shoulder to shoulder with the other guys, and a bunch of women came in at one time and just went into the stalls in there. I guess this was normal, since I was the only one to react to it. I don't get the nudity thing, though. I hear people talking about privacy and it seems they're slightly prudish at times, but I saw full frontal nudity in the German version of a Time magazine in a doctor's office. I walked past a sex shop with big open windows proudly displaying sex toys to all on the street. I saw nudity on daytime TV. It seems many there are somehow not phased by nudity. I guess it mainly applies to bathrooms? The bathroom thing was odd to me since I encountered a lot of troughs and urinals without dividers, but the big complaints are with American stalls having gaps. I guess it's mainly with the "number 2" part of things when it comes to privacy in bathrooms.
3. I saw no strip malls there, so I understand. Even in Berlin, which was not quite as big as many cities here. I was thinking for the capital it would be more...metropolitan...or at least have a skyline with skyscrapers. I don't remember there being any, but it wasn't as crowded as expected. Many people were walking or riding bikes, and it was pretty clean/maintained. I remember people just lounging in the open area in front of the Reichstag, even sitting on the steps, which would be highly frowned upon at our version here. I also don't remember any 24 hour stores there. I was surprised by the tax being included in the price shown. I went shopping the first time and started trying to calculate how much I'd need with taxes, but I paid what I saw on the signs. I did visit a "mall-like" store there, but I can't remember which city it was. It reminded me of a mall here, but much smaller.
4. The shower gel thing... I've mainly used body wash/shower gel.The hotels are different, though. Pretty much all of them here just have bar soap (tiny bar in plastic wrapping). I've encountered small plastic bottles of "face soap" in our hotel bathrooms. I stayed with friends in Germany, so I'm not sure about the hotels there. I have a shower head attached to a hose at home, but it usually stays in its little holder mounted to the wall. Sometimes I take it off to wash off, but I mostly remove it to bathe my dog.
5. America is huge. Prices change with location. You probably noticed very high prices due to being in more expensive areas (such as NYC and DC). Big cities (especially in the Northeast and West) are very expensive, while places in the Midwest and South are often very cheap, but you can encounter slightly higher prices in the big cities in these regions. Our economy varies based on regions, especially with different population sizes, tax rates, etc.
6. Our portion sizes are huge compared to most other places around the world, and we even get free refills. As for having leftovers, it varies from person to person here. Some can't eat all on the plate, some can. Food is often wasted here, though, which gets to me (considering our populations with people who often struggle with paying for food/bills/etc). The only thing I wasn't able to finish in Germany was a beer. I was visiting a friend's family and was drinking a beer. I had half a beer left when they were ready to leave. They told me to just take it with me. I asked them if it was legal there, since we're not allowed open containers (even if not driving). I was in the back seat of this car, trying to sneak sips of my beer from others on the road. It just felt awkward and illegal. It was also not a problem to sit in public and have a beer with a friend, which would have resulted in a lot of trouble here. Also, I didn't get free refills in a few other places I've been, such as Costa Rica and Antigua. If I wanted more drink, had to pay for another glass.
7. I've been to DC, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, and a few other big cities up North. Inside the cities, everything is close together, but the cities are huge. Here in the South, the cities are further apart, and they are smaller, so many of us do need cars. Atlanta is a huge exception to this, though. The towns/cities in Germany are a lot smaller as well and remind me more of small towns in the South. They aren't really sprawling, though. I visited Braunschweig, Wolfenbuttel, Berlin, Magdeburg, and Potsdam. I saw them as more like my own home town/city and in some ways a little bigger or more crowded, but still kinda small and cozy. There are also a lot of really old buildings there (from the 1500s), which I found fascinating. Again, I was expecting Berlin to be more like Charlotte (NC) at the very least, but it wasn't. It seemed bigger than my home, but somehow still quite cozy/comfortable (especially for someone who hates being in big and crowded cities). I felt safe and comfortable. The people threw me off at times. Many people there (Germany in general) seemed more reserved or closed off in public. I didn't see a lot of people smiling or openly talking/joking, unless with really small groups of friends. It wasn't that they were rude, though, and I did manage to have some great conversations with strangers at times.
Germany was definitely a culture shock for me in some ways, but I very much loved it. I'm generally open minded and easily adapt, even if I don't fully understand some things.
Bath gel/ body wash is the most common way to wash yourself in the states. Bar soap is coming back into style with all of the natural, homemade bar soaps being made. I prefer body wash because it's much more efficient and cleaner than a bar of soap. I usually take home leftovers too. I always have a detachable shower head, since living in Germany. The law in Germany makes sense for semi trucks, for safety. I've seen truckers going 80+ miles per hour here. I've been cut off by them and even had them start moving into the left lane as I was beside them, more than a few times.
Down here im brazil we use lots of barsoap and our showers are electic =P
Really?! Interesting! Definitely a country we want to visit!
I am german and I live in germany, so about the leftovers thing. If I can't finish my meal, then I always take the leftovers with me and eat them later or the next day. But maybe thats just how I was raised. I haven't witnessed other people leaving their food in a restaurant, but its not okay. Such a waste. Also, nice video! Keep it up :)
You two are so funny hahaha
We’ve installed those removable shower heads in every home we’ve been in.
Because the waiters and waitresses are usually not paid a minimum wage..their pay is usually under minimum wage and that's why we pay them a tip
There was a time in some states where the truck speed limit was 10 mph less then for cars and trucks mostly stayed in the right lane. Of course that was back in the 60s and 70s. A lot of regular malls are closing down. Sales tax and tipping is normal here.
About the Prices , i agree with you, was my first impression too. After a while, i looked for better prices. Just a example, look at Walmart , they have a Walmart brand, called Great Value, for so many things , they taste better then the original and way cheaper. When you look then for German prices ,then you will see, the prices here sometimes cheaper for things you need everyday.
Look for Milk, in Germany you buy the milk cheap for 79-89 cents per Liter, here i pay for the Milk 2,20 dollar for a Gallon ( 1 Gallon is i think 3,8 Liters ) you see , is way cheaper.
But my Bad Impression is , the Bread here in the USA, I really love my German bread and i miss it.
Ich will endlich wieder mal Brot und Broetchen essen lol.
Aber ich liebe mein Leben in Texas. Schoene gruesse aus Athens Texas
We do use shower gel. We even prefer it often it's just that a bar of soap is cheaper to make so that's why many hotels will use them
I don't know the traffic rules in Washington DC , but here in CA especially in LA it is LEGAL to cross the cars on freeways from their right and left. This applies to multi lane Highways also.
For the soap, that's just a hotel thing. Many of us use body wash/shower gel.
ATM drive throughs are brilliant!
Here in Oregon you'll love it because no sales tax so the price you see is the price you pay. Oh and I use shower gel
LOL true, moveable showerheads are pretty pricey. No they COST cheap on amazon BUT you have to *install* them which is pricey.
We are a country of diy people. Most people would install it themselves.
Trucks used to stay to the right in the old days, that’s more of a thing in the last 30 or so years. You must’ve been in lower priced east coast hotels, never see bar soap in the hotels on the west coast. I agree on the shower heads, we have a removable head at home but hotels still don’t do them.
Interessantes Video, danke dafür. Bis auf die Sache mit dem „water for free“ kann ich bei allem zustimmen, was dir an Unterschieden zu Deutschland aufgefallen ist. Okay, wir müssen für Wasser bezahlen, aber ich bezahle lieber mein Wasser, als dass ich gechlortes Wasser trinken muss. Habe ich mehrfach erlebt, als ich in den Staaten war. Dass man andere Getränke ohne Ende aufgefüllt bekommt, ist nett, nur glaube ich NICHT, dass das nicht anderer Stelle einkalkuliert wurde! Zu verschenken hat keiner was.
From what I hear, younger people use shower gel and older people use bar soap. Also, the gap between the toilet door and the floor is so people don't get locked in the stall.
Trucks 40 years ago had to be in the slow lane and they were very courteous. All changed since then.
I have not used bar soap in years, Walmart has shower gel and you can order it off of Amazon also!
Love this video! We just returned from 12 days in Munich and Bavaria. It was fantastic and we loved almost everything about it. Here's a few thoughts: LIKES - Grocery stores, Public transportation, Friendly people, great service in shops & restaurants, Lack of obesity which we hadn't realized until we returned to the US. DISLIKES or things we didn't understand: No ice in our water, water is almost the same price as beer in restaurants, milk was never served very cold, No good fast food places except for Doner Kabab ( thanks for the tip Phil).
Totally agreed! Hope you had a good Döner experience 😬
@@DeanaandPhil Had great Doner, twice!
Wow Deana and Phil both of you are looking very nice beautiful amazing video well done 😊😊❤️❤️👍👍
Gotta be real, bars of soap in hotels are usually only in the lower end ones. And they usually are in a closed package that you have to tear open, not just out in the open. And I do not know one person who uses bar soap, but I am younger and am sure some old-timers do still use bar soap.