GERMAN OUTDOOR LIFESTYLE 🇩🇪 It's Easier to Stay Fit + Healthy Here Compared to the USA
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Living in Germany has helped us to get outside and get a lot more physically active compared to when we lived in the USA. We LOVE the walkable cities, towns, and even villages here and how exercise can easily be a part of our daily lives without having to schedule in time in a gym. All of us have gotten physically stronger and fitter, and we can see how this lifestyle will help us to live longer and be healthier.
In this video, we also show one of our recent hikes to the Langerbauer Alm outside of Ruhpolding, all in the Bavarian Alps. It was gorgeous! We've done many hikes with our four kids, and we share how the hiking trails are much different here than in the USA. Hope you enjoy it!
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If you guys ever visit Cologne, my family and I (transplants from Los Angeles, CA 3 years ago) would love to show you guys around. My two kids are both 9 and 6 years of age and both are fluent in English and German. We love your UA-cam channel and we always look forward to it, its funny that each of your episodes is definitely the same experiences we've had since living here in Germany. Thank you so much for your wonderful videos!
Oh wow, that would be awesome! So cool you also immigrated here from America. If you could message me on Instagram, I can save your message for when we do get up there. When’s a good time of year to visit Cologne?
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife Okay will message you via IG. Your videos are so spot-on about life in Germany. IMHO, Christmas, Spring and the Carneval season are highly recommended.
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife If you will travel relaxed with your children, Aldi offers next week train tickets
49 Euro for 2 times travelling whole Germany, included ICE. About prices for children im not sure, depents on the age. Look at Aldi/ Deutsche Bahn.
Cologne is a great City all over the year, also for children
@@Miristzuheiss oh wow I will definitely look into that. BTW, your Kinderhotel episode inspired my family to book a one-week stay next summer at Zell Am See kinderhotel in Austria. Vielen Dank für alles!
@@armondangeles7739 oh cool, i life in Düsseldorf, studiet years ago in Cologne. We are neighbours🤭
You will love Austria, the food, sooo yummie
Have a nice sunday, wether is great today🌻
That is one important aspect of growing Up in Germany - you learn by the way to Take more and more responsibility for yourself. The dishes Looks great
Another lovely video to thank you for. It's so great to hear how much you like to live here and how you can take advantage of the great surroundings you are in - you really have been lucky with the place you found and your kids are lucky to have such great parents !
Hi Grandma K! ❤️ So glad you enjoyed it, thank you for watching!
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife :)
If you like wine, I can highly recommend wine from the Main-Franken region, but they tend to be very dry. One of the things I remember when I was a solider, the Germans had a thing called Volksmarch where you basically go hiking and get stamps at various stations along the route. They tended to be 5k to 10k and were really enjoyable.
Oh fun! Several others have mentioned “Volksmarch” here in the comments - we will have to look those up!
Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, nur schlechte Kleidung. Ostfriesennerze for the win! ^_^
I always enjoy your videos which are so open minded and free from the heart :-) Thank you very much - it always helps to realize what I just take for granted that is so beautiful.
Thank you! 💕 There are many things to love about your beautiful country.
First scene i saw, i knew straight away were you were hiking to the Röthelmoosalm. One of my favorities. And yes Outdoorgear is expensive. Wait till the winterseason beginns, how expensive that gear all is.
Yes! It gets so expensive to get good quality, waterproof and warm clothing for four kids 🤣🤪. I have been able to get some things for cheap at our local second hand clothing store. And so cool you’ve also been to that Alm!
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife I lived there nearby in Traunstein
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife You should look up Aldi and Lidl offers. They regularly get the stuff that is needed for a coming season as special offers.
Article 141 of the Bavarian Constitution says: "The enjoyment of natural beauty and relaxation in the great outdoors, in particular entering the forest and mountain pasture, driving on the water and appropriating wild forest fruits to the extent customary in the area is permitted to everyone. Everyone is obliged to treat nature and the landscape with care."
There are similar provisions in place in the other German states and on federal level (an in many other European countries), but Bavaria is the only German state where going into the forest is a constitutional right.
No, its in every german state a constitutional right: BWaldG Paragraph 14
Something is a "constitutional right" if it is guaranteed by the constitution, not merely by a regular law like the Bundeswaldgesetz.
It's funny how you think it's really neat to have big broad gravel hiking paths compared to the small outdoorsy trails in the forest.
Here in Switzerland the hiking trails are marked in three different categories. There are thousands and thousands of kilometers worth of trails even though Switzerland is a tiny country, it's easy to navigate them and they're always well maintained.
So the easiest trails are marked with yellow signs (these would correspond to the trails you've shown so far including the small trickier paths in the forest).
Next you have the mountain trails. They are marked with white/red/white stripes. These trails are narrow nature trails and you need to wear good footwear as to be footsure. You're in high altitude alps/mountains.
Then you have the next level. They are marked white/blue/white stripes. These are more for the really experienced hikers as they can include some mountaineering, climbing etc.
The 2nd level hikes are the way to go, the views, the scenery and the memories will be experiences you'll never forget. Xou should check them out.
Here in Switzerland the youngest children take those hikes....
Cool Show. WEISHERBST are red graps that After press the juse is took of the Peelings. And so you get "Rose" wine.
Riesling Wein ist super!
Hi, I haven't read all the comments, perhaps someone answered this already. In Bavaria and the rest of Germany we have a so called Right of Entry which is Part of the Nature Preservation Law (Naturschutzgesetz):
Art. 27 Right of entry; Common use on bodies of water (1) All parts of the great outdoors, in particular forests, mountain pastures, rocks, wastelands, fallow areas, floodplains, riparian strips and agricultural areas, can be accessed by anyone free of charge.
That’s so cool!
Sara you have to keep in mind that you are Living in one of Maybe in the most beautiful area of Germany. All these opportunities you have are because of you are Living in a vacation area wehre many People spent their vacation Time. I know these area quiet well, because I had been thete very often for Mountainbiking with my Bike Clique. I Miss it absolutely. But I am no longer nearby and I am Not so sporty anymore because of age. And all of my biking Friends Got families and had no Time to Bike so extensivly like we did when we was younger.
Yes it is really beautiful here. But from what we’ve seen and learned about Germany, nearly every city and town has lots of sidewalks, and bicycling paths, and walking paths, right? And compared to the USA, the public transportation is excellent as well. And when we lived in France, we visited many parts of Northern Germany and took walks through woods up there, too. That’s what this video refers to. How the urban design in Germany helps us all to be safe and enjoy being outside.
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife sara I absolutely agree with you. But most Germans are embossed differently. We are used to the public transportion System and many Germans complaining about it. Because they expect to become better. Especially one political Party is always complaining about the "bad" German public transportation System. I have to agree the german railway System need to become more reliable.. there are many delays, so it makes no Fun to take die railway, if you have a punctual appointment.
Well I wish, I had so much time for being active!
the paths where there before the private propertys
Wir sagen: "Werkzeug klaut (stiehlt/stehlen) man nicht, denn damit muss man ja arbeiten!" ;-)
Da bin ich jetzt 60 geworden und lerne wieder was dazu. In Bezug auf Werkzeug kannte ich nur den Spruch: Werkzeug und die Frau verleiht Mann nicht. Weil Mann es immer nur gebraucht (versaut) wieder bekommt.
Ja natürlich sexistisch aber sowohl der Spruch als auch ich sind eben alt.
It is a Rosé. Trust your guts...it´s all about the colour of the wine.
If you didn´t know - a Rosé is made out of red wineberries BUT those red berries are then processed (the techniqual wine term for making wine in German is the verb "keltern" ) = "gekeltert" like making Whitewine..therefore it gets the light red colour....therefore it also has to be trunken like Whitewine = cooled so round about 8-12 degrees while Red Wine is drunken close to room temperature so round about 18 -22 degrees. (there are some few exceptions of certain Red Wine sorts drunken a bit cooler..so round about 15 -18 degrees)
Also just certain sorts of red wineberries are allowed to take for making Rosé according to German wine law.
The very cheap ones of Rosé wines from outside the EU are by the way mainly a fraud because those are just mixtures of white wine and red wine...just for the record so that you know.
About hiking through Privat property ..that goes back to medi eval "öffentliches Wegerecht" public trespassing rights/right-of-way..when I´m not wrong.
About being prepared for the weather: Be aware of the fact that Germany is far north. Berlin is at the same altitude than Edmonton/Canada. New York is at the altitude of Rome.
There might not always be warm and sunny weather so close to the arctic so you better get prepared ;-)
Gleicher Breitengrad - Ja. Aber es kommen noch viele sonstige klimatische und regionale Bedingungen hinzu. Flußtäler, Berge usw. Die das Wetter/Klima beeinflussen. Extremes Beispiel die Kanalinsel Jersey. Da wachsen Palmen…
@@kurtik9309 Golfstrom und so...
Yeah we’ve got a lot of snow clothes from this past winter and spring, so we are ready! ❄️☃️
Latitude, not altitude. ;)
Oh wow, this comment got way to long o_O
1. Part is me talking about where I live and how walking a lot and living on a hill is nice, even though I need a Rollator to walk.
2. Part are Destination-Suggestions if you ever might come to the south of Hessen (Odenwald & Bergstraße)
I live on a hill as well. The next Supermarket is 30 minutes down the hill to the main part of town. (Or 3 Busstops). I have bad knees, meaning I need a Rollator to walk. (really short walks and indoors, I can manage without)
My friends always tell me to move down to Mannheim (they all live somewhere around Mannheim - it's 2 hours with puplic transportation from here), so I don't need to walk up and down the hills with my bad knees. Plus it would be more comfortable for me, as I have no car and no licence (and never will have). But they don't understand, that I like living here. Even if it is just the 10 minute walk to the busstop and back, so I get at least some kind of activity.
Even though I can't walk well, I still have more than average muscles on my legs, as I do walk a lot due to where I live (At least a lot more, than I would do in a big city where all I could need is just around the corner) Back in the days I would often take my mothers dog for a walk in the forest. But I barely ever went there, since my Mother moved away. I like walking, even if it hurts, but I hate walking alone and sadly no one of my friends enjoys hiking (or even simple walks, as I don't know if I could manage to hike a whole day with a Rollator. Even though I often did as a kid and I loved it.
If you ever come visit the Odenwald/Bergstraße in the southern End of Hessen, I have a few stops, I can suggest.
1. Laudenbach - Felsenmeer (Boulder sea?)
It's like a stream made out of large boulders in the middle of the forest. The Romans used to get their stones from there and you can see some remnants. We often hiked there with our school. You can walk around it on the hiking trail, but way more fun is climbung up those boulders. Especially on the weekend and on nice, sunny days, you can find a lot of families, climbing up and down the stones.
2. Auerbach - Schloss Auerbach (It's a ruin and not a castle, but it's called castle)
This is a ruin in Auerbach, which is part of the city "Bensheim" (A pretty destination in itself, but I might be buyest as I grew up there) It is quite famous around here, as there is a huge tree growing ON TOP of the ruin. You can walk around and touch the tree. And of course you have a marvelous look over a wide area (one of the towers is open to go up the stairs)
3.Bensheim - Fürstenlager
If you walk through the park in Bensheim, you get up to the wineyard and if you keep going up the "Kirchberg" you come across a cafe the "Kirchberg Häuschen". If you continue walking into the forest, you come across a larg playground with a grill hut (not one that sells grilled goods, but one you can rent to grill there as we often did with school) and after that you reach the Fürstenlager. There is a huge building (I have to admit I never was in it, but I heard nowadays it can be rentet from schools and such for over night trips, though I'm not sure how accurate this information is. But other than this building there is a huge park around it. With pergolas, and other structures you come across, as you walk on. Plus there is a Swan Lake near to that building. I used to hike with a friend and we often would walk until we reached the Fürstenlager, before we would go wherever we felt like. I'm sorry, that I can't explained it very well, but it is 1 destination with a lot of small gems scattered around (and all these small things are part of the Fürstenlager) One eample could be the "Schrein der Freundschaft" (Shrine of Friendship)
4. Wahlen - Kneipp Wassertreten
When I was little we often went there as a family. You go a bit up in the forest until you reach a huge patch of grass, where you can pciknick. There is a lake with swans as well and of course the main thing: The "Wassertreten". It's said to be healthy and if I remember correctly there were signs explaining how to do it correctly. I remember there was a arm-bath, where you could put your arms in the cold water (all cold water is from a stream running through all of this). Then there where stones in the form of a huge stair. (the steps arent high, just really long, so you can walk along, though the stone is kind of slippery. Than there was a deep pool, where you got down a few stairs, walked around the railing in the middle and out of it again (As you should be in the cold water for a short time. Kind of hot and cold showers) But it was a bit worn down, when I was small and I don't know if it is there any more. But there was another part with water. it had 3 huge steps. 1. was up to your ankles, 2. around your knees and last one is nearly up to the crotch. I can remember that I was swimming in the cold water as a kid xD
Sadly I never visited it again since I'm full grown. After my grandather was done with working, he barely got out of the house any more, so all our family trips and bicile tours came to an end. And after he died my grandma had cancer. She's better now, but she's not going out much any more. And my mother has Rheuma and can't go into cold water, as it maked her pain worse by quite a lot. I asked my friends to go there and have a picknick with me, but they all are not interested in such stuff
5. Wald-Michelbach/Mörlenbach - Draisine
Recently (already a few years ago) they decided to use the old and unused railing tracks (back in the day a train would drive up all the way here, but they stopped using it and cut the route short, so the train ends in Fürth, Odenwald right now) Instead they used a Draisine. You can buy a ticket and use the Draisine to go along the old train track and see all the beautiful views the Odenwald has to offer. It is powered by Solar and by pedaling of the passengers (you can paddle, if you want, but I believe it is not a must) I sadly never got to do it myself, but I often see these yellow carts cross the streets from inside the bus, or my mothers car. You can get from one city to the other with it and at least Wald-Michelbach has a destinatet Tourist-Route for the people that visit with the Draisine. They show a few historical sights and lead across a few cafés and such. If Mörlenbach has a route like this as well, I am not sure, as I am not often there.
Many people drive o Wald-Michelbach with a bus, hike around as much as they like (Or go to the summer bob as you experienced already, we have one as well and a climb park right next to it, though it's a bit of a walk as it is on the outskirts of the town. The people than proceed to take the Draisine down to Mörlenbach and walk around there to have a look at all that interests them, before the take the train back. Or vice versa, so they start in Mörlenbach and go up to Wald-Michelbach.
I bet there are a lot more trip-destinations around here (We have "Buddhas Weg" in Siedelsbrunn and such), but these are the ones I had seen myself, or wanted to see (Draisine)
Adding: I used to walk around so much and was outside a lot when I was younger. Still miss it...
Sounds like you are really making the best of your circumstances. I admire you for getting out and even though it’s not easy! Thank you so much for these suggestions!
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife I sadly don't get out as much as I should. Just because I don't go for walks on my own. But it's way more than I would if I would live in the city. I guess if I would have someone near me to go on walks with me, I would go out way more often. But yeah, I like being out and seing everything in a positive light :D
German saying:
Wein auf Bier, das rat ich Dir. Bier auf Wein, lass das sein.
In the UK, even though some land is private, we have public rights of way on specific (century old) footpaths even if they cut through land since sold. Also known as the right to roam.
So I wonder if there are similar laws in Germany?
Yes, it is similar in Germany. There are paths even across farmyards that have been publicly accessible for centuries and will remain like that.
Then there is the "Betretungsrecht" (public right to access - on foot or using unmotorized transportation means) for forest paths and public wasteland, which is regulated by the Bundesland, and can - often times due to too heavy access - be restricted to paths and daylight time.
Furthermore there are Naturschutzgebiete, to which any access without legitimation is absolutely prohibited, and Landschaftsschutzgebiete, where buildings and construction of any sort are heavily restricted in order to protect Nature.
@@andeekaydot thank you for the great info! Germany has such beautiful countryside - it is almost a crime that I haven't even visited yet! I hope to do so in the near future 😊
The UK rights of way are in addition to the ‘right to roam’ which applies to open countryside, moorland etc. even where there aren’t specific footpaths. Beaches are never privately owned even when the land behind is private property .
@@Macca-zx7gz Please, do! You are going to love it! Check out Thüringen and Hessen! Lovely landscapes and good hiking trails!
Very cool!
Although I am not the "best bavarian" or "german" to ask, identify very little with this culture and society and have been and are gone a lot I still grew up in bavaria and am from a hiking family and at least I never come across an issue of theft. I guess since it is all out there and people are so used to it one doesn't really get this idea to do it. Besides this: Going up, do you really wanna pack up some extra weight? And going down: You are still fit enough to pack up some extra weight? Noooo.... ;-)
Why not interview one of those farmers about life here, theft, hikers etc. ?
That would be amazing! Great idea.
All these paths and little streets have probably been there for hundreds of years. Of course some of them have been upgraded but the routes they take were always used either to connect villages or to maintain farmland and forests (and new ones are rarely created). No one had to be asked if they want /allow / deny the public to use them as they always have been public. Furthermore, forests, lakes and farmland must not be fenced (with few exceptions) and everyone has the right to enjoy the nature, regardless whether it is privately owned or not.
That is just so awesome! We can all share the wilderness.
Exactly. Those are old roads. Besides, afaik forest owners have to keep the forest open to the public (except for some reforestation areas to protect the saplings, I think.)
That is so cool.
Those "Feldwege" are mostly kept up by the "Wegezweckverband", a farmers' cooperative for that purpose. But they are no "private" roads and everbody may use them. It may be that their use it limited, though, and you find the usual "no cars" traffic sign at them, the red circle around a white field with a motorcar symbol on them, with the additional plaque "except for agricultural vehicles". But that means you can walk and cycle through the fields there, safe from cars. Another "everbody's right" is the plucking of berries in natural grown hedges. Especially the north of Germany has miles and miles of them. Once they marked the boundaries of property, now they serve ecological purposes. They act as windbreakers and so prevent erosion, they are sanctuaries for birds and animals such as hedgehogs. They have to be kept at a medium high level so they do not become forests. The main bushes and low trees are hawthorn, willow, hazelnut and elder. And the elder it is that has a dark violet little berry that is a real vitamin bomb. It is laborious to harvest them but worth the effort. The juice needs to be boiled out by steam and the hot juice is then filled into sterile bottles. The partial vacuum in that bottles preserves it. Elderjuice is drunk hot with lots of sugar. And you can have it as a "soup" together with semolina dumplings and slices of apples in it.
@@christiankastorf1427 Ahhh ja, heißen Fliederbeerensaft (wir haben immer Flieder zum Holunder gesagt). Oder Fliederbeerensuppe mit Grieß. Erinnert mich an die Winter meiner Kindheit.
I loved hearing the Swedish version of "Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, es gibt nur falsche Kleidung". Another saying i also hear (and use) a lot when it's raining is "Wir sind doch nicht aus Zucker!" ("But we're not made of sugar!") And as long as you can't negate that, you have no reason not to go outside :D
Ah what a great phrase! 🤣
I also know the "Wir sind doch nicht aus Zucker" saying.
Or if someone refuses to go out when it rains just a little, you'd ask them (mainly to encourage them), "Bist du etwa aus Zucker?".
@@katjaschulz3022 My mother often said this.
And the correct answer is: "Nein, aber ich bin trotzdem süß." ;)
@@roesi1985 Aah, ja, das stimmt allerdings!
Article 26 of the Bavarian Nature Preserve Law (Bayerisches Naturschutzgesetz): Everyone has the right to enjoy nature - which basically means privately owned forests, alms, etc must be made available to the public, "No Trespassing" signs are illegal. That is the reason Wanderwege are so widely spread in Bavaria.
Oh wow, so cool! Thank you for sharing this.
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife thats for hole Germany and one article in the german "Grundgesetz" the highest law in Germany. But you have to respect the private property, means as example don't walk in farmland in the fields, in nature reserve areas only on the trails, don't pollute the environment and don't disturb the wildlife.
Only your real private property like your house, farm, garden, driveway to your house, etc. is real private, but it must be evident that it is a private property on which one lives.
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife It's not a simple law but an explicit article in the Bavarian constitution:
Art. 141 Denkmalschutz; Naturschutz; Freier Zugang zu Naturschönheiten
(3) Der Genuss der Naturschönheiten und die Erholung in der freien Natur, insbesondere das Betreten von Wald und Bergweide, das Befahren der Gewässer und die Aneignung wildwachsender Waldfrüchte in ortsüblichem Umfang ist jedermann gestattet. Dabei ist jedermann verpflichtet, mit Natur und Landschaft pfleglich umzugehen. Staat und Gemeinden sind berechtigt und verpflichtet, der Allgemeinheit die Zugänge zu Bergen, Seen und Flüssen und sonstigen landschaftlichen Schönheiten freizuhalten und allenfalls durch Einschränkungen des Eigentumsrechtes freizumachen sowie Wanderwege und Erholungsparks anzulegen.
Thank you for the effort you put in this videos. Watching your videos is part of my sunday morning coffee now^^
That’s so kind, thank you! I love that you enjoy our videos with your coffee!
My commute is literally a 45 minute walk along a river, it's such a privilege. I'm seriously considering selling my car because I don't need it. I love the freedom of not needing a car for everything!
Oh that’s a dream! Hearing the sound of the water must put you at easy each morning, what a great way to start your day.
In Munich there actually is a person who swims to work down the Isar to commute to his job in the city center
So cool. Sounds like a relaxing commute!
A Weißherbst is made vom red grapes of just one grape variety. The juice is imediatly separated from the peels and then fermented. So it becomes a light summer-wine without the bitterness of the tannins that are in the peels. And of course without the intensive colours.
Ahhh okay! Thank you so much for this wine lesson.
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife Origin of the name: "herbsten" is a traditional word for harvesting the grapes (as it happens in autumn/Herbst). So not the colour.
And the grape variety in this case is Lemberger.
...so "Weißherbst" is a german term for quote light rosé wine(s). The (red) grape variety of Lemberger is typical for the regions in Baden and Württemberg (1 state but 2 different wine regions). Another quite common grape variety for Weißherbst is Portugieser (yes same spelling like people from Portugal).
@@petereggers7603 In fact you do not find a lot of Lemberger in Baden, it is a grape very typical for Württemberg (>90% of German Lemberger wine is from there), and even more, Austria (Burgenland), under the name of "Blaufränkisch".
Those trails you walk on in the mountains are ancient paths. They're hundreds of years old, they were just broadened and smoothed out over time (graveling and/or putting on tarmac happened in the 1970s, where a process called "Flurbereinigung" happened to make agricultural roads stronger and cleaner). The closer you get to the austrian border, you'll also find yourself walking on former smuggler paths.
That is cool these paths are so old. I love there is history in everytbing here.
I'm German and your videos make me appreciate this beautiful country and all the things I take for granted. 🙇💜💚💙💛
I’m so glad we can help remind you what a great country you come from! ❤️❤️
My wife (Italian) and I (German) live alternately in Italy and Germany. We lived for a long time in Upper Bavaria near Rosenheim, and now we have a beautiful house in the Bavarian Forest. A piece of advice from both of us. Why don't you visit the Bavarian Forest National Park and the beautiful city of Passau, it's worth it.
Just adding my 2 cents from Austria: Here it‘s similar to Germany in that you have to grant access to your land to the public. In the other side there are strict rules what you are allowed to do there. E.g. you must not ride bikes except on marked trails, must not leave the trails, must not start campfires, litter etc. It‘s a system based on trust and it works more or less fine.
Oh very cool! I was also wondering what it’s like in Austria so I’m glad you added your 2 cents.
i have lived the past two years abroad and i really missed the outdoor culture in germany i’m back now and i go on a 2 hour walk everyday through the parks and woods i can’t live without it i don’t live in a mountainous region like you guys but people are still as active here i’m 16 btw that just goes to show you that people of all ages enjoy nature and the outdoors even teenagers
Wow! Everyday you’re able to go on a two hour walk through the woods?! That is incredible. And we’re so excited to have a young man like you watching! Thanks for leaving a comment!
We have someone here in Munich who's commute includes swimming in the Isar. Of course only when its possible and not too dangerous.
He had to travel by Subway constantly and was annoyed by being stuck with other people during the commute. So he got himself a waterproof backpack. put his clothes and electronics into it. and proceeded to swimm down the river until he reached his destination. And on his way back he uses the busses, i think.
There is a story of somebody ‘forced’ to do so at the Main because the operation hours of a ferry that was part of their commute had been reduced making it impossible to get to work on time in the morning (without a significant detour).
😂
that was more a PR campaign for his "cultural association" and bar/cafe/restaurant.
It's always so much joy to follow you. Good morning 🌞
Really nice to listen to your explanations and I can hear all the passion you have in doing and talking about this.
It's a pleasure for me to recommend your channel to other people.
Germans, Scandinavians, Slavic people have a long traditionell relationship
Thank you so much, Robert! We enjoy your comments every week - thank you SO much for supporting us! ❤️
In German, one says, "Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, nur schlechte Kleidung!" So practically the same as in Sweden too.
And yes, many still go out hiking. I myself do this regularly and am over 50. One of my sisters is over 60 and still a few years ago made the north - south route through Germany and was with her husband in Spain / Portugal on the pilgrimage (Jacob's Way). She is still extremely fit and until recently still made hiking tours for groups through the Black Forest, e.g. also the West-Weg through the Black Forest. But she has also been to Nepal several times and has made tours through the mountains with groups and has volunteered in a children's aid village in Nepal.
My mother has always hiked a lot and is now 94. Her legs don't really want to anymore and unfortunately she has to sit in a wheelchair most of the time now, but when we are out in the woods, she grabs her two walking sticks and walks until she can't anymore. That's not far now, but she insists. ;-)
Awe I love to hear that your 94-year-old mother still insists on walking in the woods. That spirit is probably what’s gotten her to 94!
"it was really good - daddy paid 74 Euros" Ha ha ha, your son has a keen eye on the economy! Have a nice sunday.
🤣🤣 right? It was rather expensive food, but wow, was it delicious!!
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 74 € sounds a lot at first. But it was 2 or 3 large sandwiches, Kaiserschmarren and drinks for 6Personen. With about 12 € per person is perfectly okay for an excursion restaurant, or an alpine pasture
One does not every day and you had a lot of fun. That counts 🙂🙂
Nothing gets past Grayson...
I missed being able to walk to a store every time I visited my relatives in the US. No sidewalks on the streets and tons of cars. Once I found a shortcut to walk to Walmart people stared at me like I'm crazy . When I visited one friend , an older American who loved long walks , in Tarpon Springs we walked Downtown to the Dinner every morning for breakfast many people stopped and asked if we need a ride. When we sayed ' No, thank you, we enjoy walking ' they most time couldn't understand that.
Yes!! If you walk to the store in the suburbs or rural areas of the USA, people will assume you’re doing something criminal or you’re very poor and don’t have a car. But that was nice that people offered you a ride!
Your videos always have such a positive vibe. Happy Sunday!
It is a legal requirement that anyone may enter privatly owned forests for the purpose of recreation. I never heard of such kind of requirements when it comes to pastures, though.
That is great that everyone needs to share their wilderness property!
There are 13 wine regions in Germany 😊🥂
Good to know! Thank you.
I nearly spew/snorted my coffee all over the breakfast table when you said that line about snitching a pig or cow 😂. It’s a funny image.
You are blessed to live in an area to which others only go for vacation. I’m not from Bavaria originally but love living here.
Ah you live here also? Yes it is a blessing to live in such a beautiful area, we are very grateful.
Nice and something to see with pride how our beautiful country is received! Our options here are very diverse, and that's what the landscape is for. Nice to know that Germany also has nicer things than the US. 😉
Please go on and have a great time in Germany!
Regarding theft: as an American in Austria, I've been so surprised how trusting people are. Most of the hiking paths I've seen, go through farms, and across pastures so it certainly would be easy for mean people to cause trouble. We've rented bikes before, and the owner of the bike rental shop only asked for our first names and how long we wanted to rent the bikes, without even asking for a deposit!
Schön das euch Deutschland so gut gefällt! Die Videos von euch sind wirklich prima anzusehen! Ihr seit ja auch gerne Mal auf Reisen ,da kann ich euch auch Mal den Harz empfehlen ! 1A Wanderwege und gut ausgeschildert! Vorbei an Bächen und Stauseen ! Es gibt viel zu sehen ,alte Bergwerke ,den Brocken mit der Brockenbahn ! Alte Städte zum Beispiel Goslar und viele mehr! Tropfsteinhöhlen ! Und nicht vergessen ein Besuch beim Windbeutelkönig oder anderen Gaststätten und die Regionalen Speisen und Getränke testen ! Viel Spaß dabei ! Ich liebe eure Familie ,und freue mich auf das kommende Video ! LG
Oh ja!! Der Windbeutelkönig ist am Sonnenberg, oder? So geil 🤩 Und das Bergwerksmuseum in Bad Lauterberg 😊 Oder in Braunlage auf den Wurmberg…
und auf dem Weg in den Harz müsst Ihr Göttingen anschauen 😁
27:20 props to Kevin for his Swedish - he even got the tonality of the language.
If only I can get that good at German soon!
@@kevinmcfall5285 I am pretty sure you will. You are pretty good at it already.
You’re being shy, babe. Don’t let him fool you! He’s had phone conversations all in German with the kids’ schools, the Gesundheitsamt, and the visa office! All complicated conversations with vocabulary you don’t learn in most German classes! He’s doing great in German.
The Bavarian constitution allows everybody to enjoy the wonderful nature. Therefore there is a regulation allowing everybody the trespassing (walking or riding) through woods and forests as well as farm lands even if they are privately owned. Surely they should stick to the path and not destroy anything along the way.
Indeed! Need to remember to be respectful.
A "Weißherbst" is made out of red (blue) grapes, but it is pressed (and processed) the way normally only white (green) grapes are pressed. That way it gets the rosé shade. You shouldn't mix it with a "Rosé" (which can be a "Weißherbst", but at least German labels would rather name it "Weißherbst") that is a Cuvee of red and white wines. Maybe you should try some Palatinatian Portugieser (Pinot) Weißherbst?
My neighbour, who is well over 90 takes her bike everyday for shopping, visiting friends, and attending church service. She has a nice Mercedes too, but only uses it when she wants to drive to another town.
Okay good to learn about how a Weißherbst is made! And I love to know that about your neighbor - still active abs getting out at 90 years.
You should go hiking in Ireland some day 😉 There the hiking paths officially do even CROSS pastures! Sometimes there are steps on each side of an old stone wall to climb over it. Its fun and of course SO beautiful there ❤
Oh wow! So cool! We’ve been to Scotland several times but not Ireland yet and Kevin and I both really want to go.
There's another saying: "Du bist doch nicht aus Zucker" - "You aren't made of sugar", so a little rain isn't going to do you harm.
I think what you have to keep in mind is how much more densely populated Germany (and a lot of Europe) is in comparison to the US. Germany is a little smaller than Montana, but it has one fourth of the population of the US. We simply can't afford to let big amounts of land be unused or closed off to the public, and no place is really ever far from the next settlement so there will be people everywhere. So yeah, most forests are used for forestry and hunting, but even the land that is left as nature sanctuary is actively monitored and maintained, to help ensure that it is the most useful to nature as it can be (because again, we can't leave a lot of land to nature), and to keep the people passing through safe - hence the broader paths for vehicles pretty much everywhere.
Btw, there is a law that if you own forest land, you have to allow the public to use it for recreation. My guess is that this can be traced way back to before industrialisation when forests where a major source of food and resources for the common people.
We have the same saying in Sweden. "Man är väl inte gjord av socker."
This is such a good point!
Did you hear Kevin speak Swedish in the video? 🙂
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife Yes I did. He talked good Swedish.
@@ihatebudweiser it’s not really the same bc Sweden 1. is much bigger than Germany and 2. has population of 10 mio compared to 80 mio.
I feel for you for your driver's test. I had to redo mine when I spent two years living in North Carolina. The written test was easy, but I hardly had any driving experience as I hadn't needed a car in Germany. In the end I passed and so will you. At least you don't have to take driving lessons which are really expensive.
Talking about clothing, you might have noticed that many of the outdoor and winter clothes, particularly for children, have reflecting pads on them which are important so that the children can be seen on their way to school in the winter when it is still dark outside in the morning. Even the German school bags have reflectors.
I am looking forward to your next video about schools, an American perspective into a Bavarian Gymnasium will be most appreciated.
Yes the older boys just started Gymnasium. We will be sharing their experiences soon.
Good point about the reflectors - I’ll double check and make sure the kids have them on their bookbags.
I'm excited to learn you've started to see yourself living there when you're older already. Seems something has clicked. And to be honest, that's what I was hoping for.
I cant imagine going back now...
@@kevinmcfall5285 I wouldn't like to see you leave either. Y'all are such a perfect fit.
We really love the lifestyle here! Which is a big reason why we moved back to Europe. Though we do miss our families and friends back in the USA. But we don’t miss the lifestyle.
It's getting harder to catch up with your uploads... 😁 I just returned from a 5 days trip to Dresden. I didn't visit this gorgeous city until now. I very unique town with lots of history and tons of art to discover in numerous museums.
Once again a great video about your outdoor and "close-to-nature" lifestyle. So jealous that the alps are lit. right before your door step.
Hi Peter! So cool you got to travel to Dresden.
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife There is also a famous hiking area south of Dresden. You should consider traveling there and visit the city and its art galleries and stuff one day and do hiking the other.
In Bavaria and afaik in all other German states it’s a legal requirement, that all people are allowed to hike and enter private forrest areas. So there’s no way of keeping them out.
Same for hiking trails which are official ways and paths. You are required to allow those paths on your private property.
And no, usually there are no problems with it as long as you are kind and know how to behave. But every now and then there are problems with unexpierenced hikers and animals, especially cows
Oh yes we could see there being a problem with cows! Haha we’ve had close encounters with them, also. A little scary!
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife cows arent agressive at all, except they see you as intruder.. Cows have a very bad eyesight, they cant see you walking towards them.. just talk and make noises, so the cow will know that you are there so you wont scare them when you suddenly appear in front of them.. Also, move slowly and do not make hectic movements.. If a cow sees you as an intruder, it will stare at you and keep an eye at you.. if the cow bows her head and shows you its horns, well, then slowly move away... cows can run faster than you think :) good luck.
You can hike through a private forest in Germany by law. There’s a law that says everyone has the right the thrive, Walk and hike through every forest of Germany. But if the owner has special interest and covered his forest with fences or labeled his forest for a good reason your not aloud to do that.
Okay very good to know!
Ich mag eure Familie, obwohl ich euch nur aus den Videos kenne. Viele Dinge , die ich für selbstverständlich hielt, sehe ich dank euch in neuem Licht. Thank you for your videos - it's open my mind for my own country . And next year,please, visit the german islands like lanegeoog, spiekeroog or the others, I think it will be another great expirience
Vielen dank, Stefan! ❤️
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife same!
Learning German must be a challenge where you live. The Bavarian dialect is a tough one. Good luck!
One of Graysons friends told his parents that he speaks Boarisch!
It really can be tough!
Hahaha typo! Speaks like a Boar 🤣🤔
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife 🤣🤪
Great video… the wine is probably a rosé. One small note: Prost at least for me is more a toast for bier or other refreshment drinks but as for wine it’s more Common to say either nothing but let the glasses resound or say: 🥂 zum Wohl. For your well-being. Prost is a Little more earthy and robust as zum Wohl… which seems more appropriate for a wine.. cheers 😎
Ooo okay! Good to know! Thank you.
There is a law "Bundeswaldgesetz" (Federal Forest Law) that regulates who may do what in the forest. There it is regulated that everyone is allowed to enter the forest even if it is private property. (§14.1: "Das Betreten des Waldes zum Zwecke der Erholung ist gestattet. Das Radfahren, das Fahren mit Krankenfahrstühlen und das Reiten im Walde ist nur auf Straßen und Wegen gestattet. Die Benutzung geschieht auf eigene Gefahr. Dies gilt insbesondere für waldtypische Gefahren.")
It is similar in other European countries, with some variation, like Swedish/Norwegian allemansrätten which even allows staying one night on private ground. In contrast, most of UK (with the exception of Scotland) did not allow this use of private property until 2000, so I guess this has been transferred to the US. Look for "Freedom to roam" in wikipedia for more information.
Articel 27 in the Bavarian Natureprotection Law (Bayerisches Naturschutzgesetz) says that all parts of the free nature, in particular forests, mountains, fallow areas, floodplains, riparian strips and agricultural areas, can be accessed by anyone free of charge. So even if this is privately ownd land you are allowed by law to go there. Access to the nature may only be prohibited in justified exceptional cases.
Hi Sarah, rolling the "r" is a very Bavarian thing, so you are turning into a real Bavarian already. You just have to get yourself a Dirndl now and you're all set 😄. Have a good sunday, looking forward to the next video.
Sara is very excited about getting a Dirndl. We are just a little cautious. We want to respect traditions and am not sure exactly when is appropriate to wear it.
@@kevinmcfall5285 Hi Kevin, Sara should not be worrying about this, a Dirndl can be worn any time and by everyone (preferably by a woman, of course), especially now during the beer festival season in Bavaria (although all beer fests have been cancelled due to Covid, including the Oktoberfest in Munich). I live in Munich and the Oktoberfest should have started yesterday and l saw a lot of women wearing a Dirndl yesterday anyway and having alternative small tiny beer fests all around the city called "Wirtshauswiesn" which translates to having an Oktoberfest in the Wirtshaus or tavern. You also see more and more young women and girls wearing a Dirndl in summer because it looks so pretty.
@@kevinmcfall5285 oh I would love to see both of you wearing traditional clothes! 😆 Imagining that... I'm sure you'll look absolutely gorgeous! 🤩😅 There's even a specific Ruhpolding style, if you want to get into it THAT much. Dindls and Lederhosen are very expensive, though, as they're meant to last for a lifetime. At least the non-touristy ones.
Okay tell me more about this specific Ruhpolding style! I need to ask around about it.
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife In Bavaria, you can find a huge number of garb associations (Trachtenvereine). These association's aim is to preserve traditional costumes, dances, festivities and other customs of their respective local area. The garbs you'll see there will be hisorically correct - whether you like them or not, is up to you. www.gtev-siegsdorf.de/
Here you can see a traditional event held in Siegsdorf that would be organized by garb associations: m.ua-cam.com/video/3Gss-00Gx-U/v-deo.html
And here, you can see the traditional Ruhpolding garb: m.ua-cam.com/video/gXH4E76V4_o/v-deo.html
As for your questions, I think many of your neighbours can advise you on what dirndl shop they'd recommend you, and what kind of garb they'd consider appropriate to wear. Although you're living in a small village, I'd be surprised if they felt offended by any of your personal choices, with exception of some cheap tourist or carnival gear. I'm not a Bavarian myself, however, so I can't speak in their name. 🤭
Looking forward to seeing footage of you wearing a dirndl! 💃 All Bavarians I know wear them with pride (well, those who have one), and in my personal opinion, most woman look pretty good in them.
Also do Scouting in America. When I went to World Scout Jamboree in North America 2019. There were German Scouts I met. They were so friendly. I feel like your children will benefit from an organization like scouts.
Regarding the elderly: in Germany we have a concept of taking care for the elderly that need help that is an alternative to retirement homes and that is quite big too, called "betreutes wohnen/ ambulante Altenpflege" wich is basically professionals taking care of elderly either in their own homes (from medical care to groceries or cleaning) or in Seniorenwohnanlagen, wich are small houses or flats, most of the time near parks, so they still have their own life and own home, a little more Independence but still got taken well care of. Also it is very common in Germany that Kids take care of their parents and it's made easier by monthly checks those people get for doing that from the goverment/ society, called Pflegegeld. That's up too 2000 euro monthly if your parent needs a lot of care and you have to leave your job because of it. It's financed by everybody in society with the Pflege taxes each one pays of their income and it's not only for the elderly but for people that need intensive care in general.
Oh wow! I didn’t know about Pflegegeld. How wonderful! So glad to know that the families of the elderly receive support here and they can stay in their homes with help if they want.
That's true!
Nature is overwhelming! 😂😂😂
Since you ware asking "how is it possible to walk on private land": the word you are looking for is "Betretungsrecht" codified in article 59 Bundesnaturgesetz ("federal nature law") and 14 Bundeswaldgesetz ("federal forest law). Essentially, the legal perception in Germany is "nature is there for everybody". Since you live in Bavaria, you also benefit from article 141 of the "state constitution of Bavaria". It makes free access to nature a (state) constitutional right. Actually, I am Austrian. We have very similar legislation. Article 33 of the Forstgesetz (federal forest law) also gives ample rights to use nature "for the purpose of recreation". For the high mountains (not forest, since above tree limit), there are individual state laws.
This is so cool! Thank you for sharing. We want to do a whole video Just on this.
I was so disappointed when I moved to the US and wanted to take my first walk in the woods and was told it wasn't possible.
Yes! How sad 😰. I like the German way that land is both private and shared.
Sad isnt it?!?
Are you a socialist then?
@@peterfischer7084 Was ist damit gemeint? In Bezug auf was?
Dass man auf privaten Waldwegen laufen darf?
@@capricorn1970i Es war eine nicht ganz ernstgemeinte Anspielung darauf, dass die Sozialverpflichtung des Eigentums in den USA von Vielen als sozialistisch beargwöhnt wird.
Alle Wald und größeren Grundbesitzer sind in ganz Deutschland verpflichten dieses Land den Bürgern zum Wandern und zur Erholung zugänglich zu machen und dafür gibt es auch ein Bundesgesetz.
Hi, your videos are very interesting to me because i can see the big and small differences between Germany and US. I was wondering that in the US you can only safely hike in nation parks. In Germany we have a generally permitted to walk into the woods even if they a privately owned. Of course there are differences and some areas you are not allowed to pass because of new planted trees, animales or hunting season. There is also a law that you can access farming fields in some ways. I am not really sure but if they are not in use there farmer would not come with his gun ;-)
With the more active idea, hope you get in to Volksmarching.
Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, es gibt nur falsche Kleidung.
There is no bad weather, there is only wrong clothing.
Det finns inget dåligt väder, det finns bara fel kläder.
No hay mal tiempo, sólo hay ropa equivocada.
Il n'y a pas de mauvais temps, il n'y a que de mauvais vêtements.
Ah nice! Translated into 5 languages!
Roads and hiking path : there will be Community roads, usually leading to some small hamlet or "somewhere" and private roads, usually for logging or access for other commercial reasons. A lot of those rights of way will be very old and were documented 100s of years ago. A lot of owners, private or managers of state forests, do not like mountain bikers. Where I'm from in Austria, you would rather hike on trails then on roads. For logging : The farmers do a lot of logging themselves, the state forests have their teams, and both may use private enterprises for bigger orders. I did some loggging in my student times, we were a gang of 4 -6 students that bought the trees from the state forest ( the ranger would mark them), logged and processed them and sold them for lumber or firewood.
Regen ist flüssiger Sonnenschein. Regen Klamotten nennt man auch Friesen Nerz
Hahahaha! Regen ist flüssiger Sonnenschein! Love it!
@@kevinmcfall5285 Sure about the term liquid sunshine, but the word Friesennerz is much more common north of the "Weisswurst Äquator", wich is marked by the river Main.
@@kevinmcfall5285 That's what they say in the US too.
I love this video. Your enthusiasm for Germany is infectous. The freedom to hike in the forest on private land is actually a law! Im Forstgesetz 1975 wird bestimmt, dass jedermann grundsätzlich den Wald zu Erholungszwecken betreten und sich dort aufhalten darf. Austria and Scandinavian countries have similar laws too. I love the freedom of being closer to nature and all the great hiking. Plus, most of the cabins on top of the mountains have really great, homemade food, whereas in the US, most good hiking paths are in the middle of nowhere so you have to bring your own food....or in the case of national parks, most of the food is highly processed, fast food.
Yes!! I so resonate with everything you say. How the hiking in the US is only in national parks and with no Alms. Yes the Alms have amazing, home cooked food usually run by families.
These paths (gravel roads) were made to deliver goods from and to the farms, (Alm). Not for hiking or biking :)
Yeah, those small paths are just for hiking, but the wider ones not. We call the Güterwege in Austria, so literally roads for transporting goods. Is it the same in Germany?
Also if they hike often enough and really into the mountains they will see helicopters delivering food etc to the more remote Almhütten that don't have a road.
@@j.a.1721 yes same here. Apart from goods people need to get to their homes too
@@j.a.1721 Wirtschaftswege
I got excited when I saw how long the video was (ok, I already was excited just because the video was up). I get what you are saying about the gym, I find it hilarious when people drive with their car to a gym to work out. TBH, when you were talking about the future when the kids are gone my first thought was: "Wait until Grayson or Griffin gets his first girlfriend (I don't even dare thinking about Ella and how that might be for Kevin, lol), that might bring a lot of other interesting experiences!". Looking forward to the next video.
We have so many great experiences ahead of us!
Yes that’s so true! Romantic experiences will be interesting!
About outdoors France: Depends where you are. People are very outdoors in the Haute Savoie, which is the Alps bordering Switzerland and Italy, a region similar to yours.
Ahhh good point!
Do you miss your families in the us? When want you go for a visit/ holiday back? Or when come your family for a visit to your new home Germany?
We do miss them, yes! We love our new lives and this great adventure we’re on, but we also wish they were closeby. We will go home to see them but they haven’t told us yet when they’ll be coming to see us…
Danke für Eueren so schönen, begeisterten Bericht über die deutsche Frischluft-Kultur mit Spaziergängen, Wanderungen, Fahrradtouren und des Lebens in Gottes schöner Natur im allgemeinen!
Aber richtig wäre "Roller" und nicht "Rooler" !
There is a law in germany, that allows people to enter forests and free landscape for recreation even when it is private property. Of course, this comes with additional rules, what is allowed an what is not.
"Griffin, how is the 'Kaiserschmarrn'"? "Great (and please STOP interrupting me eating it)"!!! :)
🤣🤣
Excellent editing. Beautiful pictures. And the music ....thanks so much!
Thank you! 💕
LEMBERGER: Lemberger, also known as "Blauer Limberger" and "Blaufränkisch" grows in a warm climate and wind-protected areas, since bud-burst is early and it ripens late. In very good sites, this Württemberg speciality yields wines with excellent quality. It does well in various soil types, especially fertile, deep, loess-loam soils.
For years we have been seeing a gradual but steady increase in the area under vines for Lemberger. It has expanded from 500 ha in 1970 to 1,900 ha in 2019. It is almost exclusively cultivated in Württemberg, where it accounts for about 16% of the total vineyard area compared with 1,9% in Germany overall.
Ah cool! Thanks for sharing this.
In Bavaria there is the Nature Protection Act (Naturschutzgesetz; I think in the other federal states there are similar Acts).
1The right to enjoy the beauties of nature and to recreate in the open air has been elevated by Art. 141 para. 3 sentence 1 of the Bavarian Constitution (BV) to a subjective right in the rank of a fundamental right to which everyone is entitled. 2The right to enjoy nature and recreation has public-law and private-law implications. 3In terms of public law, it restricts the ownership of the land it covers and specifies its social obligation. 4The affected owner must in principle accept the obligations resulting in detail from this without compensation because of the situation-bound nature of his property (Art. 36 Para. 1 BayNatSchG). 5The state enforcement authorities are responsible for enforcing and monitoring the rights and obligations arising from the right to enjoy nature and recreation in detail. 6In addition, this right also has effects under private law in that it prevents the owner or other beneficiary, such as the owner, from invoking possible claims for defense, since in this respect there is an obligation to tolerate pursuant to Sections 1004 (2), 858 (1) of the German Civil Code (BGB). 7The right to enjoy the beauties of nature and to recreate in the great outdoors also includes the right to appropriate wild forest fruits to the extent customary in the locality. 8The right of appropriation is regulated in more detail in Section 39 (3) of the Federal Nature Conservation Act (BNatSchG) (so-called hand bunch regulation). 9Not covered, however, are all actions that do not serve recreation. 10 Nor does the right to enter or drive on private paths for commercial purposes form part of the constitutionally guaranteed right of access.
So awesome! Glad this lets us experience the wilderness.
He has to agree, because there is a law that says Eigentum verpflichtet. that means agriculture land has also to be public space. So what you see, are Wirtschaftswege Feldwege und Waldwege, . And as the owner of that you have get and allow public use, but in special places with some limits For instance no cars in the woods or restrictions for mountain bikers when there are wild animals to protect .And they are private , bur they also are public "roads". Maybe eagle nest or starving deers in winter or so. But nearly all the areas are cultural land the meadow, the fields an the forests, They are kept in natural ways, but they are not nature although they lookalike nature
Wandern ist unglaublich schön ♥ Ich bin täglich draußen unterwegs und mache viele Bergtouren ♥♥♥
Wieder ein hervorragendes Video! Ich freue mich für euch, dass ihr so viele Gelegenheiten findet, körperlich aktiv zu sein!
Und ich bin beeindruckt von den schönen fehlerfreien deutschen Texten unter euren Videos in letzter Zeit. Eure Deutschkenntnisse machen hoffentlich weiter große Fortschritte. Es wird lustig werden euch bald mit bayrischem Akzent sprechen zu hören. ;-)
It‘s so much fun to watch your videos.
🍷 + 🍷 sooo funny! Ich musste laut lachen! 😂 so do we. My husband and I.
Weather and clothings. Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, nur (schlechte) falsche Kleidung.
Schön, dass ihr den Weg nach Deutschland gefunden habt. Nice to have you here!
I‘m looking forward to your next video. 😊
Beautiful area u life in. Make a garden tour 😂
15:15 Thats really big around our area. Every hill has a thousand ways and you feel like youre in the alps on some spots
A garden tour would be fun. I should’ve been doing it for each season already! So I could show all 4 seasons.
there are still lots Germans living in suburbs or inner cities, who don´t have these outdoor opportunities, so it´s not typical german, but a sign of living in a rural area
But even in the cities - you’ve still got parks, playgrounds, sidewalks, biking paths - right? You can walk and bike to work, or walk to the train station or bus stops. That’s the point we’re trying to make.
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife in Hamburg haben wir die sogenannten "Naherholungsgebiete". Kleine und größere Parks, meist mit einem Spielplatz und oft mit Wasser (Bach, See). Häufig sind die mehrere Kilometer lang, aber nur wenige hundert Meter breit. Natürlich muss man manchmal eine Autostrasse (meist mit Ampel) überqueueren, aber man kann sehr lange spazierengehen. In den Außenbezirken, wenn dort Einzelhäuser stehen, kann man sogar häufig auf der Straße spazierengehen.
Have you ever thought of getting vegan? You are a very far-sighted family, so aware of so many things as you mentioned referring to plastic bags, healthy nutrition, being outside, hosting a Ukraine family in your own home(yes, I nearly saw every video of yours) and and and. I really love you for your attitude, you are a perfect role model family. And then I watch you eating cheese and bacon.....😢 I know, becoming a vegan is a big step for the most people nowadays, but please give it a try, inform yourselves about the cruelties in the dairy, egg and meat industry. I know, you've been giving so much and not everything can be done by one family, but you are a special one, you can.😂 Thanks!!!! And GO VEGAN!!!❤ For the animals, for our environment and not at least for your own family's health!!!
Do you now have a German driving license? - I failed all classes (PKW, Motorrad, LKW) in the first practical tests because of small things. The exams after that were just a formality.
Dear Merry Messed up Family ;-) You touched upon a very true point: Germans (I worked with them a lot) are very much law obiding people! People will tell you off if you j-walk a traffic light. There is much more a community sense in most of Europe (maybe except in big cities). In Europe most of the people will not have a thought of : What can I take from the other? How can I take advantage? There is (luckily) still a common "we take care of each other" feeling allthough it is declining more and more. I am Dutch and if you travel to The Netherlands you can literally walk along many uncurtained windows where you can see all of the daily life inside. There is that protestant upbringing: We are good people; we have nothing to hide ;-)
Nowadays all changes in landscape are shared with the community and signed off on agreement by "every one". Meaning: If you are interested you can attend info sessions and have your opinion heard.
My son is currently in Fahrschule. He has his theoretical test in two weeks. When I look at his practice app, I am so thankful that my license was fully reciprocal. However keep in mind, the average person can easily pass with a little studying. And though I did not have to take a test, my husband still “schooled” me on the differences and that was very important.
Okay good to know! Thank you for the encouragement!
My grandmother never had a drivers license and only used a bike to get everywhere for her entire life. In case she needed something special/heavy she couldn't get herself she had 9 children most living close by to get her those things. We lived in a small village but were lucky to have a small Edeka but she would still sometimes bike to the nearest city because her young sister lived there, even though a train or bus was available as well. Her husband died quiet young of cancer, she had 9 children, many many grandchildren and grand grand children, so many I don't even know all my family by first name. And after all that time she still was out daily, still did everything by herself. As kids we always admired our grandmas bike skills because she would stand on one pedal with both feet and slowly come to a standstill... It always looked so elegant like in movies when women ride on a horse with both legs on one side. Evreytime we tried it we lost our balance haha
I’m so glad you shared this about your grandmother here! What a beautiful life she created for herself.
Es gibt kein schlechtes Wetter, es gibt nur schlechte Kleidung. Is the saying in german. Love your content and I was oftentimes in holidays in Heutal Austria. Not far away from where you live I assume. I saw the hiking sign in the video.
Now we have 3 kids 8, 5 and 2 and we are planning to go on a Farm a little south of München this year in late august. We live near Heidelberg in Baden Württemberg.
Wish you the best, you have a wonderful family and taken a very good choice to live your life.
Great pictures in a video film, insanely good.
To explain that more precisely, even if it is private property, it must be accessible to the population. Every German citizen has the right to visit and enter the forest.Of course, adhering to the laws, leaving no noise, dirt and damage!
Incidentally, the animals have been registered with an ear tag with a number since they were born and, even if these are removed, they cannot be sold. So there is no point in stealing them!
Have you noticed that more older people in Germany also ride bicycles and hike?
Thank you so much. 💕
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife it's the same in Austria. The public has a right to access those hiking paths. And I guess because everyone is so used to that everyone accepts it. It really is part of the culture. And that's probably why so many offer drinks and food, you want to make money with all those hikers :)
And you really don't want to be messing with cows. Just a few years ago a hiker died because he had a dog with him and a cow attacked and the court case against the farmer got a lot of attention and started a lot of debates about the laws and the safety.
Totally! We had hiked up a 500 m ascent mountain and there was a couple probably in their 80s heading up too. That gives me so much inspiration for my future!
Riesling !!! love it ! Weißherbst versus Rose = Weißherbst is done with "Edelfäule" = "noble rot" versus rosé wine. Ruländer and Grauburgunder is same differnce
When drinking wine in Germany, you would rather say „Zum Wohl!“ instead of „Prost!“. This is normally used for drinking beer or liquor.
Maybe some observant german viewers have commentted this already... Keep an eye on your rhododendrons, the yellow colour of the leaves is no sign of autum but a warning signal of lacking mineral nutrients. Get some fertilizer at a garden center, there're special ones for rhododrendons available. 😉😊
Ahhh okay, good to know! But now all of them are turning yellow and red…can it also be just what they do in the fall?
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife If some leaves of your rhododendrons turn completely yellow (or red) that's totally fine. But if on more and almost all leaves some parts get yellow and you still can see the darker leaf veins, that might be a sign of
- lack of nutrition or
- to much moist ("Staunässe") or
- wrong pH value in the ground
Ca.Minute 18:00 .
The general right of entry in the forest
There are certain rights that all people in the forest enjoy and that can therefore limit your room for manoeuvre as a forest owner. In particular, everyone is allowed to enter your forest for the purpose of recreation. However, every visitor must behave in such a way that the forest is affected as little as possible and its management is not hindered. In addition, the forest must not be endangered, damaged, polluted, other forest visitors must not be disturbed.
33% is Publicly owned forest.
Almost a third of Germany is forested. The area covered by forest in Germany is around 11.4 million hectares.
Most of the ways are taking care of the "Alpenverein" the fences are mostly for the cows ... but the really great ways have no signs and are not official ... they are often called "Steig"... the Farmer needs to climb the Mountain too so the farmer mostly have no problem with the ways ... in the Chiemgau the cows are on the Mountain for the howl sommer and the alms are sealed when no one is there... and right around now there is the Almabtrieb when the cows are brougt down in a spezial zeremony... sorry for my spelling mistakes ... i like your videos ... i'm from TS and i like your view on our region