15 Things That Shocked My German Fiancé About The USA

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[@ancaryvan4811]

Hello Nick, Simply let you know that do not be surprised if you found out there's German Heritage in you and your family. YT Algorithm, threw a documentary regarding the history of German immigrants and being wiped out due WWII reasons. Lastly, don't forget bring your dear fiancé to Federicksburg Texas.

[@Pulishit-xd4qk7ox7w]

You should explain to your German fiance that rodeo is originally Mexican and began with the Vaquero culture of Mexico and then the United States adopted it after the US robbed the southwest from Mexico in 1848.

[@karinschleicher2619]

I don't like Rodeos. It is an animal abuse. It hurts the horses so much. And people do that just for fun. It is so unnecessary...

[@Altonahh10]

I have traveled to the USA 24 times and nothing can shock me anymore. I'm probably the biggest kid on earth when I'm there. Everything fascinates me, any exaggeration is still not big enough for me, and when I was in Washington for Memorial Day in May, I was probably the biggest patriot there ever. I know I only see it all through the lens of a tourist and don't have to struggle with the difficulties of everyday life. But I too would probably have a huge car, a way too big house and set the AC to 64 Fahrenheit and couldn't drink a Coke without at least 4 ice cubes.

[@digitaldirt7773]

No one sets the temperature to 64 Degrees on AC ever unless stupid, that would cost too much. I live in Joshua Tree California, which is a high desert, so we get temperatures well above a hundred degrees in Summer but in the Winter I do get snow. I have three AC/Heater units on my roof, it is a big house, 4,530 square feet. I have them set to turn on heat when gets below 65 degrees and turn on the cold AC when it gets above 74 degrees. Since I am single I spend most of my time on my computer and watching TV in the entertainment room I lower the limits on the other 2 units so they don't run very often to keep cost down, one unit broke and my kitchen was 92 degrees inside, all my plants died.

[@norwegianblue2017]

Four ice cubes? You need to work on your hyperbole. More like forty!

[@AnnaLee33]

@@digitaldirt7773 in Germany, nobody I know has AC. You just (have to ) learn to keep the heat out. lol. #1: We have brick walls, insulation, and I have big trees creating a cool shade. . #2 Airing the rooms only when the temps are lower, early morning, over night, not during the day. I've managed to keep my rooms (ground floor) on pleasant temperatures all summer, this year, this way. But temperatures were not too extreme, like 34-35°C , which is around 93-95 F. Luckily I work from home and don't have to leave the house unless I have to, briefly, to get groceries nearby and the likes. I know it can't be compared,. Thanks for sharing and sorry your plants died!

[@Matthew_Loutner]

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[@Trifler500]

Regarding broken cars in the US: When I was in college, I worked with a guy who went on a trip over the weekend during the winter. When he got back, he told me he hit a bad patch of ice in the mountains on the way back. The car actually flipped over and crashed into a tree. He was extremely lucky, because the passenger side was completely crushed in, and the roof was gone over the passenger seat. He could have frozen to death up there, but as luck would have it, the car ended up on its wheels, the engine still ran, the wheels were undamaged, and no fluid lines had broken. He was able to resume his journey home. On the way, a cop pulled him over and asked him if he was OK. He told the cop that he was, and what had happened. The cop told him the car was no longer safe to drive, and that he'd be happy to call him a tow truck. He told him that he was broke and wasn't intending on driving the car again after he got back into town. The cop said that as long as he didn't intend to keep driving the car around, he was free to go on his way. Once he got back, he sold it to a junkyard, and that was that.

[@digitaldirt7773]

I live in California, any car that looks like that one in the video would be ticked or towed. look around California you don't see any rusty beater cars with bald tires, it is not allowed at all.

[@Trifler500]

@@digitaldirt7773 Guess they're more strict.

[@digitaldirt7773]

@@Trifler500 Absolutely more strict it would be towed

[@seantlewis376]

I'm a Portlander, and I lived in West Germany/Germany for two years. I love seeing this contrast. It is so fun to see someone else's perspective of the cultures.

[@seantlewis376]

If I weren't married when I went to Germany, I'm sure I would have been married when I left.

[@TraderRobin]

@@seantlewis376 Why, does Germany still require Americans to get married before they allowed to leave the country??

[@jeffsaxton716]

I'm an American who simply doesn't think my country is perfect. I appears to me that lots of developed countries are currently more free and have a smarter populace than we do. Let's improve instead of just bindly waving the flag.

[@scmkar]

Great light-hearted video. No reason to bad-mouth American OR European views and standards here. Your family looks like great people ☺

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

Actually, in Denmark, as the one place outside the US, we have a 4th of July Celebration, mostly in Rebil Hills in Jutland! Many Danes left Denmark for the US and this is for those. We had an original Timber House as a Museum in the Hills, but it sadly burned many years ago. Finn. Denmark

[@Westpark16]

I hope I understood you correctly that you have a 4th of July celebration in Denmark? That's interesting ? Sorry about the house 😮too.

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

@@Westpark16 The American Ambassador to Denmark, also some former ones, normally participates, as the many Americans now having a life in Denmark! Several of those also makes films here on KZbin to be found, about their new Danish Life, and how to become Real Danes, with a right to live here for good! "Travelling Young" and "Robe-trotting" are some of those. Finn

[@Westpark16]

@@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188 cool.

[@JMM33RanMA]

I think that is because Denmark was one of the first European countries to officially recognize US independence. Technically, Morocco was the first to make a treaty. The timeline is complicated because the first US was a loose confederation that lasted from 1776 until the present federal republic replaced it in 1789. My state, Massachusetts, is older, with the oldest constitution and continuous government since 1780. Technically it is the worlds only real "Peoples Democratic Republic" as it was actually established by the people voting in their town meetings which also approved the present state constitution proposed by the Provisional Government of 1774, which became the present state government under the new constitution in 1780. Længe leve vores venskab, vores demokrati og vores NATO-alliance!

[@finncarlbomholtsrensen1188]

@@JMM33RanMA Jeg bøjer mig dybt, i den anledning! I didn't have the actual background, just the present facts! We had a very popular and visible Ambassador during Obama: Rufus Gifford, and I know he is still an often and loved guest here in Denmark! Finn

[@markaverett1225]

Love it!! I love America, rodeos and July 4th on the lake! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@joannunemaker6332]

I'm glad you both had a great time on your trip to the US.😊❤

[@JMM33RanMA]

These videos are always entertaining but intensely nostalgic for me. I get to remember my ten or twelve trips to Germany [10 if you don't count an in-out-in separately]. for most of the past 20 years, I was teaching international college students in Boston. A French student said that it looked like many post offices because of the flags. The students usually thought Boston architecture was weird until I reminded them that we hadn't had a war here for over 200 years. The students were definitely put off by the drinking age limit. The Germans who were age legal wanted to get real beer, so I took them to a craft brewery, where they were intrigued by the list of choices, and most immediately decided to try blueberry beer. I'm so nostalgic right now, NALF, thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@bigedslobotomy]

Vehicle “inspection” at 8:25 is shunned by many states, because it has been seen as a way for dealerships and mechanics to “shake down” car owners. Too many repair shops use them as ways to extract money from car owners who want to keep their vehicle “approved” by the state. Interestingly, there are very few car accidents due to mechanical failure. Number one cause of car accidents is drunk driving, followed by irresponsible driving (speeding, weaving through traffic, etc). It seems that most mechanically challenged cars simply break down on the side of the road before becoming involved in an accident.

[@Matthew_Loutner]

I worked as an automechanic all of my life and am now retired. I have never seen a mechanic try to "shake down" anybody. I was working in Indiana when they canceled state inspections. The reason they canceled the inspections is that everybody and their brother knew someone who would just put a sticker on your car without making you do the repairs. So they said inspections were not effective and canceled them to save the consumer money.

[@Mr138tomhall]

Wonderful family funs. So beautiful to see. Thanks for your video Nalf.

[@buschhuhn9197]

Yay. Enjoying the Alfieri family vibe. Thanks for sharing👍🏽

[@sonjagatto9981]

Yes, Alf's family is very nice. Regardless life is very different. 😘

[@jonadabtheunsightly]

I've been all over the Midwest my entire life (I'm almost fifty), and I never heard of cornhole until about twenty years ago. However, there used to be a very similar children's game called "beanbags", which, as the name suggests, used dried beans in the bags instead of dried corn. There are some differences (e.g., in cornhole you can score points for just landing your bag on the board; beanbags always required you to actually get the bag into the hole, although in some cases the hole was larger, and you were usually standing a lot closer), but it's _essentially_ the same idea. _Everyone_ had beanbags in the seventies and eighties.

[@petrihalonen2855]

About moving houses, that happens in at least Sweden. In northern part of Sweden, they moved the whole city of Kiruna, the cityhall, a big church and all houses 2 miles due to the iron ore mine was expanding.

[@theresabu3000]

As they are houses out of wood it's possible for them to be moved. Houses in Germany usually have a beton foundation, cellar and walls out of beton blocks. So impossible to move 🧱

[@thecursed01]

@@theresabu3000 that's also a reason why a normal tradesman can afford a house in the usa and only the rich upper middle class privileged office people in germany can afford a home before being old.

[@JMM33RanMA]

Brits say moving house when they change addresses. That always makes me do a double take because it IS possible to move a house here in the US. FYI the entire city of Chicago was "moved" 100 or so years ago. They didn't change the location, they just elevated it. There are some other cities and towns that were wholly or part;y moved or elevated. If you are interested in such engineering, you might like one of the videos* about Boston's "Big Dig." They didn't move the city they put a surface and elevated highway under ground. *kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIHWqYiXrbmhe9E My international students here in Boston usually argued about whether the city is more British or European. They thought our 4th of July celebration* interesting as well as some of our other customs and history. There are many videos just about Boston, ranging from 2 minutes to 2+ hours long. This is just a short sampler. Various kinds of music are performed before the fireworks, traditionally Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture is performed to start the fireworks with real cannon fire. The first video is a sampler. The second features our pride and joy, the USS Constitution, the oldest warship still afloat. Välkommen till NATO! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHWwkGB8o6mDgZo kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJSqXql-mZKlh68

[@henningbartels6245]

Corn hole does exist in Germany, but I would not call it hughly popular.

[@phatmonkey11]

There's definitely places you can walk around with an alcoholic beverage in the US, the most obvious one being Bourbon St. in New Orleans. And here in Colorado you can walk around the rodeo with a beer (our local rodeo) and festivals in the park, as long as you're in the area of the park itself. And lots of music festivals, etc.

[@kurtstraube425]

Congrats on the engagement!

[@cjedgerly]

Great video Nick! I love listening to Laura's take on her stay earlier this month. You two are a great couple! It was also great seeing most of the people I follow on Quiver!!! 😄😄😄

[@kevinblankenburg4816]

If you want to experience a Swabian Rodeo, you should visit the Hengstparade in Marbach. Not Marbach Neckar, Marbach Gomadingen/ Schwäbische Alb. I can highly recommend it, you can combine it with a hike in the Lautertal/ Blautopf/ Zwiefalten. It is in late September on two or three weekends. They display horse riding at a very high level with world class horses. The "Haupt- und Landesgestüt Marbach" is run by state Baden-Württemberg and is located in one of the most scenic parts of the Alb.

[@sonjagatto9981]

Sounds very interesting❣👍

[@luddite4change449]

Highly recommended from my time in Germany!!!

[@lordsp]

just discovered this channel and man I wish I'd know it from before. Congrats on the engagement and wish you guys the best!

[@corbisum7593]

Incredibly beautiful impressions, beautiful places and a beautiful, big family, a dreamy ending at night on a lake, with beautiful houses on the edge and fireworks. Beautiful, I love it ♥ .

[@anne-katrinlehmann9716]

This is beautiful! I love that Laura enjoys the family and their way of life.

[@BlueFlash215]

I guess in the city you have less big family gatherings. Living rural in Germany when we have a family gathering (only close relatives!) we often are around 30 or more people I do enjoy the small dinners with my parents more as they and I fond time to talk about everything

[@sonjagatto9981]

👍Nice❣I am from the City. I had parents and a brother and many friends. It was perfect. 💕💕

[@fasthand5019]

Ihr beiden seid großartig. Denke, ihr werdet eure große Familie noch größer machen. Freue mich schon auf diese Nachrichten. Der interkulturelle Austausch ist sehr spannend.

[@sonjagatto9981]

Besonders fuer Aussenstehende. It is easy❣

[@johnsane2694]

We occasionally play corn hole with our group of friends here in Germany. Interestingly also a reimport of a tradition - a friend of ours brought it back from his year in Canada 😄

[@paelzermaedche-px4qd]

What a wonderful way for Laura to celebrate the 4th of July with all or most of your family. I'm so happy for her to get to know the family before she says "I do". I married a soldier 61 years ago in Germany and wished I could've met his family. I guess in your family, with Italian roots, you all are real family oriented. Good for you two and I'm sure you and Laura will be real happy. She is a wonderful well rounded young lady which goes for you as a well rounded young man. Your videos are always a class act.

[@jaat5932]

If you want to top the American experience, visit Alaska. Moose, caribou antlers or longhorns on driving cars.

[@needfoolthings]

What a first episode to the season!

[@DouglasCunningham-kj3oq]

Laura is a lucky girl! That's a quintessential American experience. Look's like it was an absolute blast! Having a new baby there was icing on the cake as we say

[@itsraining3000]

You picked your partner (or got picked) really well. Laura is such a vibe.

[@chrish9388]

Thx, nice video! See you on Quiver ♥

[@theprof73]

Your fiancée fits right in with your family 😊

[@heideschloegl7016]

Very entertaining video thank you ❤❤🎉

[@operator0]

That wikipedia article about vehicle testing said that TN only does emissions. That is incorrect. TN got rid of their emissions testing a few years ago, so they don't even do that anymore.

[@berndhill6564]

If you want to see a Rodeo in Europe, there will be one the first weekend in September.

[@stevedavenport1202]

Am from Seattle area. I have always noticed that Portland metro is a smidge warmer and more humid in the summer.

[@justaguy6100]

Meine Freundin ist eine Lehrerin in der Schweiz, and I'm originally from Texas, Hook 'Em. She's been following you guys and we also rib one another about the whole F to C thing. When I tell her the oppressive heat I've been working in that day she tells me that's "in Foreignheit," so I convert it to "Kooksius" for her. This year, she's coming in late September staying for a few weeks, so we've planned to go from Dallas to Austin/San Antonio. I took her to Austin last year and showed her a few things, she loved it, but the heat was terrible so this year a little Fall weather for a change. Sadly there's no rodeo I can find during that time, but we will take in an Oktoberfest event in the German Hill Country, along of course with some live music events Austin is famous for as well. I told her about the IGRA rodeo events and she'd prefer to go to one of them as she's allergic to the jingoistic MAGA-ish hype of some of the Southern hyperbole. We might take in a football game as well, either a Longhorns game which I'd prefer, or maybe a Dallas game when we get back to DFW. That will have to suffice for the immersive Americana experience she's missing not taking in a rodeo.

[@retireorbust]

Tex-mex? Brisket? Riverwalk and Houston ...or SpaceX launch? And I imagine some micro-brew hopping would be interesting. I love our American microbrews. I personally find German beer boring. My favorite brew that I managed to find was a nice doppelboch in north Bavaria. What I miss are the brats and the bread and the quaint villages.

[@Candy7la3Creme]

Your Cutting - Story Telling was just perfect this episode XD

[@meid789]

1:02 the ongoing war between celcius and fahrenheit 😂😂😂

[@daphnelovesL]

And Fahrenheit is Dutch invention and we we use Celsius because Napoleon.

[@shanefelkel9966]

When I was growing up in the good ol', we called it centigrade while we were looking sideways at it and poking it with a stick.

[@marktwain2053]

Why change horses in midstream?

[@daphnelovesL]

@@marktwain2053 Napoleon.

[@AFox-qc4kh]

​@@marktwain2053 because one makes sense the other doesn't.

[@SeriesNerd]

Fantastic 4th of July! Love especially you big family and Laura seems to fit so well. Happy for you! And college football facilities seems out of this world - for a German.

[@robletterly6679]

those were quite simple and quaint compared to what you might find at Georgia, Alabama, Ohio State, etc.

[@SeriesNerd]

​@@robletterly6679 Really, that blows my mind! I thought I knew to what extent college f. goes but I know nothing😂

[@sonjagatto9981]

I see Laura makes the best of it and so does Alf and family.👍👍

[@ChristopherX30]

@@robletterly6679 ROLL TIDE!!

[@lesliefranklin1870]

I've lived many years in the desert. On a hot day, going outside in the heat and inside in cold often can make you sick.

[@nadinebeck2069]

It's so sweet to see your large happy family growing! My parents in law have 11 grandchildren and they got a full set of football shirts, so they've got their own team. How many grandchildren do your parents need to have their own team? Wish you all the best 🥳

[@BlueFlash215]

I remember living in NC for a while. I drove all over the state and as well to Tennessee. One day, sitting in the house on a relatively normal day (27°C) I realized the AC was running. It was always running. The air I was breathing came in through pipes and filters. Some of the windows I tried to open wouldn't budge. I just couldn't slide them up. Nobody did it for years or decades. The food was awesome for the first couple days. After that I often felt sick eating at Cracker Barrel and Chipotle. I realized there was no real "restaurant". Run by ordinary people cooking ordinary meals. I'm sure we could have found some but after a long trip to get groceries all the food chains were close and a possible 1 hour drive extra was too much at that time. Last thing I realized: I wish I had an adverstisemt filter for ALL the signs along the road. It was just so overwhelming. One ad after another. It was painful that you couldn't enjoy the drive but instead being bombarded by ads. All in all I will always keep great memories of the time being in the States but a lot of things, a lot I didn't mention, were bothering me a lot. Coming back to Germany after such a long time felt like going to a spa. Everything was quiet, no overload with ads on the street, radio and ESPECIALLY the TV (the ads that tell you to buy pills for this and that but you'll probably won't live through them).

[@thecorvus100]

Nobody cares. Nobody asked. Act like an adult.

[@BP-or2iu]

Were you living in the middle of nowhere?

[@MrMojo271]

How could you not find a regular restaurant? You couldn’t have been looking very hard? I’ve traveled the entire country and I can almost always find a restaurant, and not a fast food restaurant.

[@BlueFlash215]

@@MrMojo271 I just checked again. We lived in a subdivision. We often drove to Smithfield to get groceries and stuff. I checked again. Form pur house there is no normal restaurant nearby. Only 2 BBQ grills which you might consider a restaurant. In Germany every town has one or multiple restaurants run by families. There are often no websites and surely no advertisement for the restaurant in Germany. In comparison. In a 12 mile radius, living very rural in Germany, Google caps out at 100 family run restaurants. German food, Italian, Greek, Albanian, US American, Czech, Thai, Chinese, Hongkong, Indian, Japanese, South Korean or Turkish. The restaurants often accommodate between 6 to 30 people. Seeing 30 people at one spot is only on good days. There are some larger restaurants that remind of what American restaurants look like. They have seats for 50-150 people and are mostly Chinese, American "Pizza" places and SEA mix. You won't find an Italian family or a Japanese Sushi master cooking for more than 20-40 people at a time. When you go to a restaurant in Germany, you typically stay for 2-4 hours, depending on how you like the food, drinks and talk. At a place in Germany with a lot of Americans, restaurants adapted to what Americans think what restaurants are. You won't find Germans going there. It is a ripoff and the food quality isn't just as pristine as other restaurants. They won't have a good assortment of wines and beers for example. You won't get alcohol free special made drinks... Those places don't have a 8 course meal.

[@sonjagatto9981]

@@BlueFlash215 I know exactly what you are talking about. I am German and live in Canada and know USA. I agree with what you wrote also in your other comment. AC and windows...I could go on and on but it is so different. People would never understand that don't know or have lived in Germany. Enjoy mein Deutschland...I am married here...so I am stuck❣😉Missing all the good food I used to know and not just in Germany, Italy, Austria, France etc. 😢

[@LythaWausW]

Yes, she got to experience a proper 4th of July - on the water: ) Now she needs to answer the door on October 31st and experience Thanksgiving.

[@robertcampopiano6001]

One thing you need to remember is that stores and restaurants have to compensate for body heat and the heat from the lights, cooking equipment, etc., so they have to crank up the A/C.

[@sebastianschubert7945]

You some parts of the building are really cold and others are still quite warm?

[@billdeburgh]

That does not make any sense.

[@williambrenner541]

I love it! So glad you were able to show Laura a typical 4th of July. We did that for my German relatives when they came to visit. They loved it. I believe they loved it as well as about 85% of the American way of living. Keep the videos coming! Thanks

[@michaelherrmann3423]

Endlich wieder da Danke.

[@robertlangland3351]

I played college football in the late 70's early 80's. Things have certainly improved significantly for today's kids. Good for them, they still have to be students and work hard at being a football player. Much respect.

[@2528drevas]

I spent three years stationed in the old Berlin Brigade and loved it. I went to Octoberfest in Munich, skied at Berchtesgaden, visited Dachau, I also got to drink beer at an actual monastery that brewed beer to support itself. I wouldn't trade the experience for anything.

[@thomasw.eggers4303]

Everybody should visit Dachau. It's a devastating experience. All your other days can be enjoyable, but Dachau, or one of the others, will live with you for the rest of your life.

[@alanarifuku3500]

That was one of your best videos ever. I laughed my head off!

[@williamhitchcock6265]

Thanks for another fun video. The america you showed is a lot different from where I live in the northeast. Hockey is big here. People play rugby and sometimes cricket. Yes, there is golf and tennis and major sporting events are sailing races to Bermuda, Germany, Denmark or England, or around the world. Houses and buildings are old ncluding a Viking tower and favorite food is lobster, clams, mussels and fish. We do have 4th of July. What ou showed Laura is as foreign to us as it ws for her,

[@catw6998]

Fireworks display as seen on a boat. Sounds like fun.

[@brokencardealer1]

Great video, i always enjoy watching them! And guys don´t forget: Carry your gun, but not your beer at the rodeo;) Love you guys

[@PEPPER2323]

I can't believe you went to Reno and never took a extra 30 minutes up to Lake Tahoe. One of the best and beautiful places in America. I lived in a very nice area of Reno for 17 years. I never went down town. I lived in Munich for 2 years in 1966 and 2010.

[@starseed8087]

Man, your family reminds me of the Quileute clan from Twilight, who can turn into werewolves. Especially when you and your brothers all walk around topless.

[@rowanpdx]

Well he is from where Twilight was filmed haha

[@anitahall2618]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@gerardflynn7382]

The US has hot dry weather. Europe may be hot but it's humid.

[@tommoore2012]

Awesome profile picture.

[@EliasB100]

Whaaaaat?? It’s so funny what people see

[@6806goats1]

Not sure how your channel popped up but glad it did. When I'm home in the US (rarely as I retired Navy in 2004 and came to work in the Middle East in 2007, still here) I stay with my brother in Vancouver, WA. I bought a big house not too far from Yellowstone so I'll try to move the renters out, renovate and move there. Anyway, only time I visited Germany was in August 2008 and enjoyed 2 weeks at the military resort in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Did the typical tours of the area including Eagles Nest and many others. Tried to take the military tour bus every day to check things out. Took the train to visit the BMW Welt in the morning and then over to Audi for a museum tour that afternoon. Great trip even if we only covered a small area in Germany. A coworker was stationed in Germany and is trying to get back there. Hope he has good success. I'd like to work there as well, do some walking in beautiful countryside or at least where it's not 50-52C outside. Down to 40 this week, 31 at night so maybe time to get my fat butt out to walk around. Cool videos and thanks for your content. I married a Thai woman and being able to show her Germany would be fun. Wintertime probably isn't a good idea as she'd freeze. Maybe my company has a job for me there as well and I could extend my retirement a year and see about getting a deal on a BMW GSA1300, ride around a bit and then ship it to the States. Almost forgot...Monk cheese and schnapps. And then since it's already been mentioned "Peter, watch out for your cornhole bud." : )

[@MarkusfromH]

Great video! Most of your family's members look very athletic and handsome! Your german fiancé is good looking, too, in my opinion! I wish You all the best!

[@HerrWerle]

Well, as you find out is Cornhole a German game, so I know as “Sackloch” and played it in my childhood and nowadays again with friends.

[@stevedavenport1202]

Yes, Germans like corn holing, rumor has it...

[@theresabu3000]

We have different popular outdoor games depending on region and your family - some like Cricket, Boule - or different other games with balls. Speedminton and table tennis is only two people, but often in seen in public parks. Kubb (Viking chess) and Mölkky are games out of wood for the whole family where you've got to prove your ability to throw with precision. There are probably more, but those are the ones I know and are pretty popular. By the way - we do have large families - on birthdays, weddings or holidays there's sometimes more then 100 people gathering. But depending on if you live close or further away - you won't see them all the time. Everyone has different ones though - mine is slowly dying out in Saxony because they are getting pretty old without a lot of younger generations. And a lot of us are living far apart - but we still try to see each other several times a year. My ex family in the rural north had over 150 close relatives - all ages - I think he had 8 cousins, which is a lot compared to my two 😅. The majority of them lived pretty close together - almost enough to populate one village 😂🤗

[@thomashovgaard3134]

I once saw a guy driving a tiny pink Barbie toy car on the highway with some crazy motor attached. Absolutely insane.

[@sherryford667]

Where? 😊

[@thomashovgaard3134]

@@sherryford667 Las Vegas ofcourse

[@peterdoe2617]

Das Englisch von Laura: WOW! Ich bekomm' ja Komplimente für mein Englisch. (Meine Frau war Amerikanerin.) Dafür müsste ich wohl noch weitere hundert Jahre üben?

[@AFox-qc4kh]

Scheint mir ziemlich normales Englisch zu sein ehrlich gesagt.

[@uwesauter2610]

In Baden-Württemberg you would have seen a submarine driving on the street instead of a house driving on the street.

[@LythaWausW]

I once saw a Schwebebahn being hauled down the street.

[@sonjagatto9981]

🤣

[@spidersinspace1099]

Loved this video. Looks like great folks.

[@ShionShinigami]

We don't have big families in Germany? I have three sisters and four brothers. Beat that!!!🥳🥳🥳🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

[@salia2897]

Yeah, factually, the fertility rate of the US is only a bit higher than that of Germany. There are probably parts of the society that push large families as an ideal a lot more publically, so the preception is different. But statistically, kids should only have slightly more siblings (unless there are a lot more people that have no kids at all, which I doubt).

[@gerardflynn7382]

​@@salia2897If the fertility rate is higher in the US. Then why is the population of the US lower than Europe??

[@salia2897]

@@gerardflynn7382 because that hasn't always been the case. But if it stays that way this will change unless Europe makes up for it through immigration. The big problem also isn't that it would be lower at some point. Europe could do with less people and people do not have to have a bad standard of living if there is less population density. The problem is when it declines to quickly you have a lot of old people and people nowadays get very old but most of them are not productive for their last 10-20 years and many of them need help. And you need the young people to provide that help. Well "young" population under 60 or so.

[@annamc3947]

We don’t really have big families in the US anymore, except maybe the Mormons. Even Catholics no longer have large families as they did when I was young. Nick’s is unusual.

[@AFox-qc4kh]

​@@gerardflynn7382 1. Things change over time. 2. Europe =/= Germany. There are regions in Europe with much higher rates than the US.

[@Trifler500]

8:24 - There's a bit more than that. What you read about were the vehicle inspections. However, the police will pull you over for not having certain things working. You must have working headlights and tail lights. The tail lights must also be red, which is why you'll occasionally see a broken tail light wrapped in red tape, because the bulb is white. You're also supposed to make sure your turn signals work, but it's unlikely a cop will be able to tell for those. There may be a couple of other things that I'm not thinking of atm.

[@Texbec]

As an American I'm surprised you don't understand how business and air conditioning works. See people walk in emitting body heat, the more people in the building building the hotter it will get, then add lights, machines and equipment and that adds more heat to the room. Not a good thing for food items. No one wants to spend time in a business where you are sweating to death. They would rather go somewhere with air conditioning were their not in danger of passing out from heat exhaustion.

[@AFox-qc4kh]

So there's only getting a heat stroke or freezing? Can't you imagine there's something in between? Nice room temperature?

[@geschichten_ursula278]

I don`t know about other germany families, but we come together 4 or 3 in the year. At Weihnachten, Ostern und Ende des Sommers zu Omas Geburtstag. It is big the familie is growing every year. Thank for the video it a side of America wich i really injoy. ; )

[@mr.wilson2251]

I'm looking forward to seeing our family again in Portland in October

[@earthlingdamien]

We used to have huge family reunions when my grandma was still alive. My mother had 3 siblings, the four of them had a total of 10 children, so that made for big family reunions which have definitely stayed as highlights of my childhood, this was in France by the way.

[@Freinersen]

I'm so glad to follow your channel. Awsomely wholesome.

[@jmb1101]

I hate that I have to bring a sweater everywhere in the summer!

[@uliwehner]

that was great. I am glad you were able to show Laura what 4th of July can be, rodeo and all. 2 notes: many Home Owners Associations (HOA) require houses to fly the flag. This german would definitely resist that! Also: i grew up in a huge family like that in germany. we were 3 kids, but the amount of cousins, nieces, nephews, etc. was totally up there with the Alfieris.I think this may be more of a generational thing. As more people choose to have fewer children, and as more people move to the suburbs or to different cities or even states for work, away from immediate family, you don't really see huge multi-generation family gatherings anymore.

[@jjrrmm]

Requirement to fly the flag is part of the freedom. Like drinking bear on the street. I guess.

[@uliwehner]

@@jjrrmm i personally do not approve of bears drinking on the streets, but hey, they are free too, i guess. either way, just about anything you have to do is not an expression of freedom, having to fly a particular flag, and not being allowed to fly another, now that is definitely not freedom. 50 gray vinyl housing containers in a suburb with 50 same size flags outside also gives me the heebie-jeebis, add some kids in school uniforms and i see north korea or russia in my minds eye. maybe i am weird.

[@havannaGS]

That's funny. The areas I've been people threw horse shoes instead of bean/corn bags. Got me the biggest blister on my thumb. Thx for taking us with.

[@TiagoFerguson920]

Love your video, Nick❤

[@stefanbobby1346]

Hey NALF, we play Cornhole in Tübingen, Germany, on a regular basis. But honestly only because one group of young Students came up with the idea to do it on a frequent visited street :D

[@anjasamaras9028]

We do play cornhole too. But you need a decent yard size to make it fun.

[@piotrlewandowski]

M16 rifle with "We don't call 911" has to be the most american thing ever :)

[@nomaam9077]

I know Cornhole from Stefan Raab's "Schlag den Raab". It was played often there.

[@bigedslobotomy]

On college football players at 8:45, while it seems to be a good deal to get a “free ride” through college on a sports scholarship, it can, in the end, be detrimental to one’s career, as many football (and basketball) players focus so heavily on their sport, that they ignore their studies. Also, many coaches will pressure professors to pass their star players, which in the end hurts them, as when they enter the working world (IF they graduate), they are not prepared for their career.

[@mescko]

The St. Paul Rodeo?! Damn, you were only 20 miles away from me! Never been to it, as it always clashes with the 4th 0f July events in my home town (Monmouth). The A/C 'shock' doesn't exist for me, I can't wait to get in there. I come from solid Scots stock, I don't like it much over 70, I don't go outside when it's 100. It's wonderful that she got to experience so much of America in a short time and that she enjoyed it so much!

[@jreyman]

That's weird. Her in CA, you can get alcohol beverages and wander about within the facility, or go sit in the stands and watch the event. You just can't leave the event's perimeter with any alcohol.

[@jenniewomack5113]

Where does your uncle live, I wasn't really placing it? My mentor is German and I think he does like Oregon IPAs.

[@Landaultd]

Don't allowing drink my beer where ever I want, it's not freedom 😂

[@Hun_Uinaq]

The German shock over the rodeo is real. When I was in high school, we had some German exchange students. I was part of the German club because I was in the linguistics cluster. Anyway, all the German class went on a field trip to the rodeo and the German exchange students came along. to say that this blew their minds would be the understatement of the century. They’d never seen anything like it. The bull riding and bronco busting seem to get them the most. The kids show was also very popular especially when they had to catch the greasy pig. They cheered and shouted themselves hoarse. I don’t think they’ve ever forgotten it. Us local kids enjoyed the rodeo all the more because we were watching their reactions. If you’re a German person and you come to the United States, you owe it to yourself to go to at least one rodeo. You will love the food, you will love the events and you will love the atmosphere. You will never forget it as long as you live, that much I promise. Hello from Texas!

[@reesofraft4166]

they screamed themself 'hoarse' ... greetings from germany. :D being in the language cluster and exposed to foreign languages and concepts - did you ever make it out of the us for vacation or business? or still speak a foreign language (maybe even on a regular basis)?

[@Hun_Uinaq]

@@reesofraft4166 I was not born in the US. I did grow up here. Have definitely made it out of here couple times. And I speak seven languages. Tschüss.

[@reesofraft4166]

@@Hun_Uinaq nice! haven't met any us citizen or even european that speaks that many languages. mostly it's the mother tongue and a (more or less decent) english, some make it up to 4 or 5 languages due to the location they live in. (belgium, luxemburg, switzerland...) usually they live close to several neighbouring nations with different languages and it is just helpful in their daily lives due to colleagues speaking a different mother tongue... plus english.

[@sonjagatto9981]

@@reesofraft4166 👍😉

[@callsigndd9ls897]

@@reesofraft4166 Exactly, that's right. I speak English reasonably well because I learned it as my first foreign language at school. I live in northern Germany and sail a lot on the Baltic Sea, so I've also learned Danish and a bit of Swedish. If you make an effort to use the language of the host country, you'll come into contact with people in neighboring countries much more quickly than if you use English as a bridge between two foreign languages.

[@drufause]

Yes I have been to the Ditch years ago. Also same trip went to the painted desert. It was intimidating and so uge.

[@laudbubelichtkind8026]

Seeing people playing cornhole last weekend in the Tiergarten, Berlin.

[@williamgrice4790]

....how is no one talking about how all the GF's, wives, and Aunt's (though not related) kinda look alike? js. Great video.

[@lyndonanderson2900]

Deschutes Mirror Pond is one of my favorite beers

[@FrauTietze42]

Cornhole: this is something played at kids parties here but it really is fun. Should be more popular for sure!!

[@jacky3580]

Oregon liquor laws can be puritanical. Rodeo is quintessential American so patriotism is a very strong part of the experience. St. Paul is a good rodeo but for a real blast try Pendleton Round Up. Middle of September every year. Let ‘er Buck!

[@jimvanlieshout7657]

Did she say 'pi$$', or 'pils' after sipping Bud Light? I can understand the former😂😂

[@EdwardCarnby-j4m]

Me too.

[@tillneumann406]

Just to be bean-counting, shouldn't the word in the video title be "fiancée", not "fiancé"? While everything is possible today, Laura looks like she deserves the extra "e".

[@Oceanic83]

Cornhole I think is slowly getting reintroduced to Germany. I saw a few cornhole setups in public beach areas, and at a bar/restaurant that had an outdoor area. Just like the bars here in the US with cornhole, giant Jenga, etc.

[@abcxyzsven]

The speech at the rodeo where they hyped up the USA so much was very weird to me. This is probably one of the reasons why there are Americans that really think their country is the best in the world in every aspect and their way of living must be the best in the world. Gives me chills somehow.

[@lindaniedringhaus8790]

This is what we are taught, beginning in kindergarten, in public schools. Citizens have to learn to think for themselves in College; some never do.

[@sarahmichael270244]

At this point I was thinking of Ukraine

[@vonBlankenburgLP]

Gave me some Leni Riefenstahl vibes.

[@johnlabus7359]

Let's just say that a rodeo typically attracts a subset of Americans who, as a group, are more likely to have that point of view.

[@shahlabadel8628]

exactly!

[@NathanMN]

Regarding broken cars, a lot of cars that are totaled by insurance companies in America are bought at auction and end up down in Mexico, where they fix them up and drive them even longer. Auto repair in America is much more expensive, partly because labor costs are much higher, so cars that aren't economical to fix here would be n Mexico. I used to live in southwest Kansas near US-54, and I'd often see one beat-up car towing another, driving south.

[@madt543]

LMFAO...You took your German Fiance to good ole Rodeo?? Giddy UP!!...got to teach her the Rope and Ride😃

[@patrickmcelligott5646]

Lake O? Great to see the contrast between the two cultures. I grew up with the Heppner rodeo and the Pendleton Roundup. Maybe someday you can both hit Eastern Oregon, including the John Day Fossil Beds.

[@needfoolthings]

When are the other 150 videos scheduled for?

[@norwegianblue2017]

About 45% of Minnesota residents claim to have German or Scandinavian ancestry.

[@1972Ray]

More than 7 million Germans came to the US in the 1800's, so it makes some sense.

[@boyensn4233]

where I live in Germany aome cities hold Cornhole competitions.