DAILY LIFE IN GERMANY ISN'T WHAT WE EXPECTED...

[@PassportTwo]

How many of you have moved to a different country? How did your daily life change when you moved or even once you moved back?? 😃

[@michaelgrabner8977]

I´m just curious..What was that on the plate besides the Schnitzel and the Knödel? I´m just eager to know. By the way I´m Viennese so we ate our Viennese Schnitzel either just with an oil+vinegar potatoe salad or with boiled potates with parsley but therefore with an green salad instead of an potatoe salad...or with rice + salad (= that are the 3 traditional ways) ..some also eat it with fried potatoes or french fries ..and we ALWAYS put some few drops of fresh lemon juice either from a sliced or chunked lemon on the breading of the cutted piece before we put it in the mouth Never ever we would add some sauce or gravy as like as Germans often do because that would destroy the crunch of the breading and is therefore seen as an unbelievable sacrileg..We also would never add a Knödel because a Knödel needs a tasty sauce or gravy..When we eat a Schnitzel with gravy respectively Sauce + Knödel we then simply don´t bread the Schnitzel we just flour it a little bit and roast it in the pan with just a litte tiny amount of oil or clarified butter. But don´t get me wrong I have no intend to judge you.. everyone should eat what he wants to eat and how he likes to eat generally. I just wanted to give you an inside of how the Viennese Schnitzel is - traditionally - eaten in Vienna the "Source of the Viennese Schnitzel" respectively in whole Austria... You really would get a very strange look - at least - when you would order a Viennese Schnitzel with Sauce or gravy or Knödel in Austria..and very likely you simply won´t get it that way because it´s seen as our national treasure (maybe you will get it in just one of those tourist´s traps in the Alps because some of those cook "german" for their german guests) .

[@PassportTwo]

haha, this time it was just a spinach salad with walnuts, blueberries, goat cheese with fig, and balsamic vinegar and olive oil. 😊 We always put lemon on it also! Actually, I drench mine in lemon...haha Thanks for explaining all of that about your culture! We wouldn't ever order it with Knödel if it wasn't on the menu. 😊 That was just our own invention because we love those two items and it makes us feel German eating those two together! haha, really interesting to see German and Austrian differences 😃

[@michaelgrabner8977]

@@PassportTwo Thanks for your info it was not really recognizable..and it sounds very tasty. And by the way I drench mine in lemon as well..Ha, Ha... Have you ever tried to fill the Knödel with roasted bacon with onions + a bit of fresh parsley or chives? You should give that a try + a tasty sauce or gravy.

[@PassportTwo]

Not yet, but we will! 😊

[@michaelgrabner8977]

@@PassportTwo You have to roast the bacon + onions then very important you have to cool it down a bit before you use it as filling (usually meanwhile you make the Knödel dough) and then add some fresh chopped parsley or chives to the filling and then make the Knödel. Some also add the parsley to the Knödel dough instead of adding to the filling respectively if it´s not a filled but pure Knödel..it´s just a matter of taste.

[@TabithaElkins]

My life has changed a bit for the better since I moved to Germany (from NY). The public transit, safe and clean cities (with exceptions of the grungy parts of Berlin or Frankfurt) and the great food are huge benefits. However, it's only truly fun living in Germany when you speak the language fluently, so you can understand jokes, rap music, slang, films, etc. It took awhile, but it was really worth it! So glad I changed my life and left the US!

[@nutzeeer]

Congrats!!

[@NotUnymous]

And Welcome :-)

[@ThorstenGowik]

Danke!

[@tristan-brawlstars6907]

Köftespieß

[@MT-tm8su]

@So Who's the Dummy Now? - If you have a work permit it doesn't matter. EU citizens have the "advantage" that they don't need a work permit if they move to a different EU country. So e.g. as a German you can easily work in France.

[@Kivas_Fajo]

Culinary tip for the Semmelknödel. After boiling them cut them in slices of around 1,5 cm (half an inch) and fry them in a pan with some butter untile both sides are crispy brownish. Add some salt and freshly ground pepper. This is much more yummy than they are anyway.

[@sthenzel]

Even better: Make a few more than needed, eat the first batch normally, slice´n´fry the rest a day or two later.

[@Kivas_Fajo]

@@sthenzel indeed

[@Streunekater]

I love your epilogue saying that we are not that different. Especially in these times people have the chance to understand that there is only one mankind.

[@TheOlorin74]

15:18 "So how was your first alone flight?" the mother fly asks her youngest son. "Oh, it was so great!" her son answers. "All those humans were clapping..."

[@imaginareality]

I've never seen a milk machine like that. That's so cool, I wished we had them here! (I live near Hamburg btw) Edit: Also, I still get very excited about castles and I've lived in Germany for most of my life :)

[@PassportTwo]

Ya! It is a local farm that has that set up in our grocery store parking lot and I have seen them in a handful of places for different farms or on KZbin I have seen them in England. So it definitely isn't a widespread thing 😊 Great! I'm glad to hear that you do! We feel like we immediately walk into a fairy tale in them 😃

[@abalada]

The fascination on medieval knights and castles is an old one. King Ludwig II was with Neuschwanstein Castle (1869) not the first one building an idealized medieval castle. Quiz: in which year the first idealized medieval castle was built? Giving a century is already a good guess.

[@PassportTwo]

Oooh...the 1600s?

[@abalada]

@@PassportTwo 1577 the Fuggers - a rich merchant family - built a "hunting lodge" in the style of a castle from the Staufer times (~ 1100 AD). www.marienburg-niederalfingen.de/

[@crappiefisher1331]

@@PassportTwo just because the topic knights and castles just came up: if you interested in stuff like that you should check out the "Kaltenberger Ritterturnier" ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmPCfpR6hdaVorM ). it's an annual knight tourney - the next one will be in 2021 (hopefully). it is amazing and probably something you would not see in the US.. if you think about going make sure to watch at least the evening or even better the night tourney.. the atmosphere is just so much better if it is already dark... ( www.ritterturnier.de/ ) sadly the site is only in german and the tourney itself is also in german (they always tell a little story, like a play) donno if you think you are already up for it ;)

[@sarahmayer8539]

You guys seem like a perfect couple, it's so nice to see you go through your life in germany, together! Rock on :)

[@PassportTwo]

Haha, we are far from perfect, but thank you for all your kind words 😊

[@svenjas3600]

I love the way you pronounce "Knödel" like "canoodle" 🤣🤣🤣 I only realized what you actually meant in the end and kept asking myself "ok what kind of food is a "canoodle", maybe some specialty from Oklahoma?" Sorry, I known German pronounciation isn't easy for Americans, but it's just so funny I can't help myself 😂

[@svenjas3600]

@iconoclast I guess I hadn't been looking at the plate very closely the first time, and anyway, the pronounciation was so off that I just didn't connect the two until the end of the video when Knödel were mentioned again.

[@SusiBlumentopf]

As I have written in another of your clips, please pronaunce kn-o-ej-dl. Because ö ist just oe, fast spoken Soundling like in "word". Can you say Knack-Knack? It's K is more like Ch-n or HH-n. German Ch is always spoken like "he" with a heavy stressed "h". So very simple: c/chn -oej-d(e)l.

[@catriona_drummond]

The Feuchtraumentlüftungventilator you know from the US you also find in Germany here, just not in a Tageslichtbad. :P

[@guntherthomsen3864]

I have here (Silicon Valley) a window which can be opened in every room of my flat, *except* in the bath room. What's up with that?

[@Stadtpark90]

I read Feucht-traum-Entlüftung lol (“wet-dream”-ventilation instead of wet-room-ventilation)

[@frankthecat9547]

@@Stadtpark90 same

[@BigDaddyNexus]

@@Stadtpark90 dito :D

[@SIProNoob]

Keine Sorge wegen dem zerbrochenen Glas. Wir Deutschen haben ein Sprichwort: Scherben bringen Glück! Achtung: Gilt nicht für Spiegel! ;)

[@gwhats]

Aber Glück und Glas, wie leicht bricht das... (Sorry, hab viel zu viele Gläser bei meiner Oma zerbrochen)

[@normanroscher7545]

Das gilt nur für Porzellanscherben! ;-) Deshalb: Beim Polterabend kein Glas zerschmeißen!

[@amkruger2476]

Wir Deutsche nutzen den Genitiv nach der Präposition "wegen"

[@amkruger2476]

@bademeister ja, das ist äußerst traurig. Der Genitiv ist sowas schönes

[@teacherella1338]

@@amkruger2476 Zwei Dinge, die absolut gar nicht gehen: 1) die Vergewaltigung des Genitivs (Markus seine Mutter höre ich gefühlt dreimal am Tag) 2) Leute, die Quarantäne wie Qualle aussprechen. Das ist meines Erachtens schon Folter.

[@hurtigheinz3790]

12:42min Aaaah! When you say "Ka-nudel" you mean "Knödel". I thought you were talking about some sort of noodles.

[@andreasrehn7454]

hurtig heinz me too :)

[@TheRoidanton]

wobei ich mit den Ka Nudeln mehr klar komm wie mit seinem stumpfen Messer und seinen Zwiebelschneideskills... irgendwann fehlt da mal ne Fingerkuppe

[@ungeimpfterrusslandtroll7155]

Kaspressknödel

[@svengoris6468]

I often wonder why we just not blend different positive cultural and practical things from each country everywhere; like some building materials and designs, waste seperation, economic cars instead of gas guzzling monsters... For now I'm hoping to be able to visit the weinfest der mittelmosel 3. bis 7. September. Greetz from Belgium

[@Syne7h]

haha When you approached the door, getting prepared to have to speak German or not, and then "oh, it's closed, ok" is my life here.

[@KingfisherMC]

that milk machine looks awesome! Ive lived in germany for around 14 years total and never seen one of them though :O the wierd thing with milk for me was that it sometimes comes in bags instead of bottles.

[@majukl]

Breaking a glass and pointing on it... that's my type of humor! ;-)

[@mueckenhoeffer]

If your apartment is older, you probably have no fan. My first apartment (30 years ago) had no window in the bathroom, but a fan AND radiant floor heat. This surprises me you have no fan because your apartment looks recently renovated. But I guess most of those houses in Ramstein were built in the 1950s through 1970s (and many of them by the father of my old Vermieter), so while modern inside, the bones are still old-school. Remind me which castle you can see from Ramstein? I remember Berg Nannstein, but that is in Landstuhl.

[@peachiepie4489]

Watching half asleep before going to bed when I see "Altstadt" of Kaiserslautern - where I was born and grew up until about 20. Was a welcoming surprise. I only moved within Germany but there can be quite a culture shock as well.

[@claudiag.6273]

I can tell you...i moved from Hamburg to Stralsund... people could not be more different. I came from an open and interested surrounding into a "leave me alone and please dont talk to me, if you want to do me a favor" I feel like an alien...

[@jasminleudesdorff3689]

Thank you so much for this video. Yes, there are for sure differences in how we handle things, how we express ourselfs, different traditions, food or even laws. But when we break it down to what makes us us, we are pretty much all the same. Sharing the same values, hopes and fears makes us far more similar than a different kind of potatoe sidedish will ever be able to devide us.

[@PassportTwo]

Spot on! We cannot let the choice of starchy side dishes get in-between us any longer! 😉 Glad you enjoyed! 😊

[@luisesandfrau7534]

Vorab: ich finde euch super. Es macht richtig Spass, eure Videos anzuschauen. Und bei dem Wiener Schnitzel mit Knödel musste ich herzhaft lachen. Ich bin aus Bayern und da gibts viele Knödel, aber eigentlich nur mit Sosse. Selbst beim Semmelknödelcarpaccio gibt man Balsamico und Olivenöl dazu. Da rutschen die einfach besser.😀 Das Schnitzel schon mal mit einem guten Kartoffelsalat probiert? Nix für ungut!😄

[@luisesandfrau7534]

Nicht falsch verstehen. Ihr könnt natürlich eure Knödel essen wie ihr wollt, ich bin nicht von der Knödelpolizei...

[@poiuz78]

@@luisesandfrau7534 Es gibt eine Knödelpolizei???? 😱

[@GothamClive]

@@poiuz78 Ja! Und jetzt sind wir informiert. Knödel ohne Sosse geht ja garnicht. Das wird bestraft mit mindestens 6 Stunden Volksmusik.

[@jefferyoetter6884]

You're right. I don't do things much different than if I lived in the US. When the cold season starts, I will start my "winter program" again and stop at the store on the way home from work so that I don't need to go back out into the cold again. But the summer, I come home from work, shower, relax a short bit then go back out to go to the store because... Nice weather. The store is between my job and my home so naturally during 20 to 30 degrees weather, not raining, I really don't mind leaving my home after work to retrace part of the route back to work with the store as my goal

[@onefortexas2379]

As a Bavarian living in Texas, I have traveled to 49 states have not made it to Alaska but will soon. I love the many great National Parks here with the variation in climate and scenery. OK, not so much here in Texas, but Utah, Arizona, California, Montana, Oregon, and Washington are fantastic and so is Canada.

[@PassportTwo]

I would actually be interested in hearing a Bavarian's perspective on life in Texas! We have heard so many people equate Bavaria to being the "Texas of Germany." We haven't been to nearly the number of states you have been to but I know what you are talking about! We certainly have some beautiful parts of the country we took for granted and didn't travel nearly enough 😃

[@YTUSER583]

I was very often in US, work and also vacation, you are right, the daily life between Euope and US is not so different, western culture is very similar. What is obvious, most people in US are very open, which is if you are new somewhere very nice.

[@PassportTwo]

We definitely are more open than Germans at first but we have found Germans to be a extremely warm and welcoming once we are able to get to know them as well. Thanks for sharing your experiences too! 😊

[@YTUSER583]

@@PassportTwo By the way, I like your videos very much, very professional, very nice to see the experiences you made and like your approach concerning the changes in your life, open minded which is very good. Not a lot of people are doing this in that way and thats in my opinion the main reason for a lot of issues we have in the world.

[@PassportTwo]

Thanks so much for all of that! We agree with your sentiment whole heartedly 😊

[@dgrassed]

I moved from Germany to the US and now I live in Oklahoma. There really isn't to much to do in here, compared to Germany. Distance is a huge factor. Here I have to drive 2 hours to get to Tulsa or OKC, while in Germany I could be in Switzerland in 2 hours or visit the cities around me within 1 hour or less.

[@PassportTwo]

Heck ya! Our home state! We lived in OKC and a lot of family lived in Tulsa so I know that distance and drive very well...also, I have to say, I am very surprised by this. haha, most people don't even know Oklahoma exists 😂

[@dgrassed]

@xellossaxon I had no choice, my family moved for work, before hand we lived in Texas, definable liked it better there.

[@DullyKrautheimer]

I lived in the U.S. for three months. First thing I learned, don't tell the guy your life story when you get asked: "How is it going?" or "Whats up?" :D I love to communicate so I enjoyed the small talk there a lot. A big problem for me was to get to the grocery store because everything was located in these huge shopping areas. It was San Diego so biking there (I didn't have a car) was pretty exhausting because it was a very hilly area. And car drivers are not used to cyclists. Honestly I think getting from A to B by bike was pretty dangerous. What I really miss is the kindness of the people and how helpful they have been. Enough bla bla;) Thanks for the video and stay save!

[@PassportTwo]

Haha, yup! That’s just like us saying “hello”! 😂 Thanks for sharing your experiences, that’s awesome hearing a perspective from the opposite direction of us 😃

[@kathleensaenz4717]

@mestoleyacar. Actually, you were lucky to live in San Diego...one of the most beautiful cities in the U.S.!

[@DullyKrautheimer]

@@kathleensaenz4717 I totally agree! It is an amazing place and I am very grateful I had this opportunity.

[@stefanw6665]

Well isnt it the same for the german" Wie gehts?" or "Alles gut?"

[@DullyKrautheimer]

@@stefanw6665 Actually it is the same thing. I think it is more the randomness it is getting used in the U.S. You wouldn't necessarily ask the cashier `Wie gehts?` unless you maybe see her on a regular bases or want to flirt with her:).

[@jaykay8703]

Great video again, guys! Really enjoyed this one. When this all is over (Corona) and I can visit my family again in the village right next to yours, we will invite you for a german beer 🍺...

[@PassportTwo]

Thanks so much!! That sounds amazing! 😃

[@6000mikesch]

Wiener Schnitzel with Knödel? Oh my god, no german would eat this in a combination!

[@sanSDI]

Naja, wenn nur noch das vom Vortag über ist, und Soße da ist, ich könnte mit klar kommen.

[@holleholl3057]

I wonder why they missed the "Sauerkraut" ;)

@@holleholl3057 Because Kein Deutscher isst Sauerkraut gerne!

[@hollgo626]

@ ICH mag Sauerkraut jedenfalls....😃 Schnitzel ist sowieso Österreich... Bockwurst mit Sauerkraut und Knödel, DAS wäre stilecht.....

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Just for clarification why we wouldn't do that: The reason for this is that dumplings/knödel are ideally eaten with sauce. But for Wiener Schnitzel you will want to avoid sauce because that would be detrimental to the crispiness of the breading. I will say the dish still looked kind of tasty.

[@TheYear-dm9op]

8:16 Cooking for beginners: just put your shopping basket on the stove and fire up xD .

[@eagle1de227]

The best conclusion you made in your video is that along all these differences between cultures there are nonetheless so much similarities between all of us. Thank you so much fo humanizing!

[@PassportTwo]

Glad you enjoyed 😊

[@andibuletten6206]

Nice video again. I like it, how you love our culture and our good old europe. There is a lot to see and to explore. We Germans often think, that Americans opinion about germany is, that we are still living in the medieval time. We are not, but here you can see, touch and feel our past history. But it's now also YOUR history. And it always was. Other countries, but the same world. We've always learned from each other. And we still will. Nice to have you here!! Stay healthy!

[@eiseispingu9685]

Good morning and thanks for the nice video again. That's so interesting, that you travel a lot while being in Europe and not back home. I can totally relate to that. We've been doing so much traveling in the US and loved it so much, but traveling in Europe especially Germany just doesn't feel special to us. Isn't that funny that distance makes things so much more interesting and worth traveling? Have a nice weekend

[@PassportTwo]

Haha, that's what we think a lot of people do when you live where you grew up. You take a lot for granted and don't get out to see things. That, and there is no sense of urgency sometimes. You think that you will go do that thing "later" but you never go do it since you live there. Since we don't know how long we will be here, we have a small sense of urgency to get out and see everything we can before we move some day! 😊

[@manub.3847]

Well, traveling and living in another country for long periods of time do not necessarily have the same effect.When you travel, you naturally want to see as much as possible in the short time you are in country XY. For some people, a trip to this or that distant country may be expensive and they save for a long time to pay for the trip, so you do not expect to travel to this country again soon.On the other hand, you are more likely to travel and visit sights or wildlife parks and zoos in your own country / region if you have your own children or guests from another region or as grandparents with your grandchildren.

[@TWBluerose]

I know this castle - thats "Burg Nanstein". I dont live that far from there.

[@katharinaendres5622]

Yayy! Burg Lichtenberg! Loved that castle as a kid :)

[@Balligat]

You need to buy a flyswatter! It's going to get more as we progress into summer ....

[@philipprichardt8057]

As a child I felt tremendously bad for you guys when I found out there are no castles in the US. How can there be a country without castles?

[@michaelz.7140]

McDonald's in Europe is very different than in the us. In Europe we have changing special menus (like Mexican Weeks, Hüttengaudi etc) every few weeks, whereas I didn't see that in the usa.

[@PassportTwo]

Yes! One of the biggest differences to is the McCafe's with good coffee, pastries, and a "nice" atmosphere. We don't have that in the US! It is just printed on the to-go coffee cups but no pastries or anything like that.

[@kippen64]

Having a shower for me involves both opening the window and turning on the exhaust fan.

[@ZikovanDijk]

Hello, thanks a lot for sharing your experiences!

[@darlastrange]

GOD, I love how you pronounce Knödel. That's so cute and I feel you, truly because it's a very difficult word for a non-native speaker, but I had a little giggle all the same. (Also I'm glad you enjoy the bread culture, :))

[@michamcv.1846]

Turkey uses ä ö ü too :-) time to learn for english people how to pronounce ae oe ue

[@marcovaneersel4532]

Thanks! Love your video's. From the Netherlands

[@PassportTwo]

Thanks so much! Hope to make it back to the Netherlands sometime soon once all this is over 😃

[@hurtigheinz3790]

@@PassportTwo I think the way you feel when being in Germany is the way I feel when being in Netherlands. Everything is cuter there - even the language. Linking Netherlands to camping at the shores in summer as a teenager and smoking weed may help for that illusion :)

[@florianmeier3186]

You are so right. Often the differences between professions or passions is more serious than between countries. When I stayed several weeks in France and visited an amateurs' observatory, I realized that people looking at the night sky in France and Germany and probably also the US have more in common than expected even if they sometimes can even hardly understand each other in normal life and the environment looks so different in first place. I think it is an important experience of longer travelling that there is something like a home everywhere on this planet. There is no need to die from homesickness even if it is not always easy. You just have to find the right people and can be "at home". However, language is sometimes a big barrier. Therefore, it is nice to have some common language for at least basic communication.

[@florianmeier3186]

If you are abroad you become a little more active as you want to visit all the stuff around, while at home you think you might do it also next year. And there is always the great and horror phase. Sometimes you think everything is interesting, better, greater, more beautiful here, even the skies are more blue. Sometimes you feel lost, lonely, do not understand anything and think people don't like you and are not interested. You wonder how this crazy idea to get to here came to your mind. However, this might change even within the next hour. And in fact, when you come back again there is this phase of enjoying but also seeing everything more critically than before and missing your new "home" you just left. And you get more worried. If something bad is happening at the place you lived, you feel more touched, think about the people you met there and how they are doing. So it is easier life to stay at home, but also much more boring.

[@ingevonschneider5100]

Wiener Schnitzel and Knödel are an unusual combinaton for a German. Anyone told you that before? I only know Schnitzel with mash potatoes, Schnitzel with Spätzle or Schnitzel with Kartoffelsalat. Knödel is combined with Braten or anything with gravy. Donny, are you an English teacher in a German school?

[@PassportTwo]

We’ve had quite a few comments saying our combination isn’t a German norm but we enjoy the combination😂 No, I’m a student going to German classes for 4 hours a day, every day.

[@ingevonschneider5100]

@@PassportTwo In German we have the saying: "Erlaubt ist, was gefällt", which means something like this: Do, what pleases you. I am a Geman teacher and I hope we both can go back to classes in may......

[@calise8783]

I moved here in 2000 and you guys are right, our daily lives are really the same regardless of where we live. We try to make a living while enjoying time with friends and family. They might eat more of this, and they something else. A holiday might have a different tradition. In the end we are all the same/similar. I’m glad to see you both have kept your spark and love of life even being away from your home country, especially in this crazy time we are living through. Keep up the great videos.

[@PassportTwo]

You nailed it in your comment as well. We need to start seeing the similarities more! Thanks so much for that! 😊 Stay healthy!

[@The_SPM_Fury]

Seeing the Porta Nigra always makes me happy... Greetings from Trier.

[@PassportTwo]

We love your city! Been at least 4-5 times now 😊

[@rogerthat5459]

My ancestors were baptized in the Catholic Church in Trier in 1820-1860s. I read that it is the oldest city in Germany, built on Julius Caesar's Roman ruins? Doing my genealogy (from USA)

[@sinaavicenna8761]

True, most times we have more in common than we think. One just notices the differences more often. Thanks for the video! Heidelberg is my favourite castle! :)

[@graziousgirl]

I like that they pronounce knödel like kanoodle, that's kinda sweet

[@thomasgoetz8723]

I like the way you say "Knödel" - it almost sounds like "canoodle". But that's not a surprise since one can canoodle a "Knödel" before eating it. I like your videos and welcome to Germany

[@merhena]

Am Anfang hab ich gedacht, "WAS essen die da??" Und ich liebe Knödel!

[@TheYear-dm9op]

I'm german, I didn't know this translation for "Knödel". I't not on leo after all :D. But I know the english colloquial term "canoodling" but that means "to make out" xD . So wtf do Knödel have to do with smootching?!

[@thomasgoetz8723]

@@TheYear-dm9op For me the translation of "canoodle" is "knutschen" . Therefore one can "knutsch" a knödel before eating it

[@merhena]

@@TheYear-dm9op I don't think it's the translation... Knödel may be an Eigenname.

[@religiohominilupus5259]

Cool vid, guys, thanks! The bloopers are priceless! Lol Greets from a Cajunized German. 😀

[@PassportTwo]

haha, glad you enjoyed them! Nice! My uncle is Cajun so I can definitely appreciate both of your worlds now 😃

[@religiohominilupus5259]

@@PassportTwo That's awesome! Is your uncle from NOLA? "My territory" is Lafayette. 😀

[@PassportTwo]

He is from Baton Rouge and went to the University of Louisiana 😃

[@religiohominilupus5259]

@@PassportTwo Mais yea sha, best part of BR! 😉

[@lizalfaro9230]

I miss living in Germany I left just before the travel ban I don’t miss having to open the window for showers

[@caciliawhy5195]

Great video emphasizing the pros and cons of each country. It is refreshing to not hear the constant America bashing which so many of the younger American ex-pats like to do. I think they think it gives them more German viewers. I personally prefer Europe, but I can live quite contentedly and comfortably in America. Every country has good and bad points and to just hate on one is just immature and stupid. Congrats on your videos.

[@Wampor]

Sehr schön! I like your spirit, charismatic video. :-)

[@arminvoneckerberg]

I have never seen a bathroom without a fan in my life.

[@NotUnymous]

Hi there, for a good Salsa check out some import stores. I never found a good one in german grocerystors for the past 33 years 😬 But our "Hella Gewürzketchup" is the best 😁

[@J.Crime123]

The only thing I could focus on was that you wear your house shoes on your couch. 2:00

[@AP-RSI]

Kleiner Tipp, was Soßen an geht. Meine Partnerin lebt in D'dorf / NRW und ab und zu fährt sie nach Venlo / Holland zum Einkaufen. Da gibt es einen recht großen Laden, der sich auch sehr stark auf deutsche Kunden eingestellt hat (zwei Brüder, oder so ähnlich heißt der... edit: noch mal geschaut... www.2bruder.com/de/angebote/prospekt ). Dort besorgt sie auch oft Soßen, da Holländer wirklich klasse Soßen haben. Ich bin da sehr begeistert. Wenn ihr also mal die Möglichkeit habt (nach Corona) einen Ausflug nach Holland zu machen, geht in ein großes Lebensmittelgeschäft und schaut nach Soßen. Vielleicht findet ihr da eher etwas nach eurem Geschmack!

[@PassportTwo]

Toll! Wir hatten geplant, diesen Monat nach Holland zu fahren, aber natürlich wurden diese Pläne abgesagt... wir wollen das so schnell wie möglich machen. Danke für den Tipp! 😃

[@michamcv.1846]

! if you want the perfekt tortilla / chips dip i suggest mixing Salsa with Quark 50/50 maybe add some muskat or other spices ^^

[@tianess5665]

I live in oklahoma and I love to see and hear how you guys have moved! I am excited to move myself!

[@PassportTwo]

Hey there fellow Okie! 😊

[@tesla.8410]

13:50 This is true, however I would argue that some substantial differences are in the details. For example, I would be interested in Audrey‘s work life in Germany vs the US. I believe Germany is a lot more worker friendly, emphasizing on a healthy work life balance, 30 days paid vacation, not fearing that sick days are frowned upon and much better benefits. I worked at a German company in CA and they provided what was considered a top notch health benefits. The same benefits were standard in Germany. So I could imagine life is just a bit easier, less stressful in Germany compared to the US, especially if you have a family. There is just more social security which you take for granted which changes your daily life without you really noticing it.

[@PassportTwo]

True! There are definitely a lot of differences in the details, but this video was primarily just trying to show the overarching themes are similar between both countries. Work can be a complicated thing because in the US, it is becoming increasingly popular that companies have to provide really really good perks in order for people to choose to work for them. For example, the company I worked for actually paid for ALL of their employees health insurance (300+ employees), had free food for lunches available, etc etc. So, although the US government doesn't require it, the theory (that in many cases seems to be proving true) is that the market would dictate that companies have to start taking good care of their employees or else they will go elsewhere to work. This is a very complicated subject as some people are able to move jobs more easily as others and some companies still don't care about their employees, but, our lives was just a bit easier and less stressfull with that job that probably a lot of people in Germany as well.

[@gabrieleboecker8058]

You nailed it again. Having lived in the States for many years and here, the differences are minimal and becoming less and less. Now, that being said, most - at least modern bathrooms - do have automatic vents and what I personally miss most about the States in my kitchen is the garbage disposal. I know it's controversial, but still....Keep it up, you guys are doing a great job becoming a melting pot for both sides of the Atlantic :-)

[@PassportTwo]

Ya, we learned in another one of videos that we overgeneralized a point about the fans in bathrooms because we have never seen one in Germany and we have always had to open a window, but we apparently have just never stayed in a modern place 😂 So this time we were specific in saying this is OUR experience! haha Thanks so much and glad you enjoyed! 😊

[@undo2613]

Hehe, yeah. I didn’t have that kitchen thingy but I loved the garbage chute I had in my apartment building. It might get stuck every once in a while, when someone used it to trash a chair(!). But just dropping down all your trash without thinking twice? Irresponsibly satisfying. 😁

[@AlaskaErik]

@@PassportTwo When I lived in Germany the toilet looked like a toilet, but it had a flapper valve and you flushed with the pitcher of water next to it. The only running water was the kitchen sink and it was cold water only. Bathing was done in a big galvanized steel tub. There was no refrigerator. Heat came from a coal stove. And this was in the middle of town, not in the boonies.

[@swanpride]

Thumb rule is that toilets which have a window don't have a vent, but those which don't (because they are build something inside the apartment) have one. The former is considered more desirable, though, because it is just nicer to open a window instead of having a loud vent which jumps on the moment you open the door. Those things used to be pretty loud.

[@gabrieleboecker8058]

@@swanpride I don't know that that's a rule of thumb. We have a huge window in our br and we have a vent that doesn't automatically start. It allows us to utilize it as we wish, showering, bathing etc. Plus, it's not overly loud. And a window in winter is not always the way to go either. I think the newer ones are better.

[@Rick2010100]

I think there are more mashed potatoes eaten in Germany than in the US. It is only in the south of Germany were the people eat less potatoes, in the rest of the country they eat much more potatoes. The reason for this dates back to the 17tn century were King Frederick (the great) of Prussia ordered the potatoe in the Prussian states as staple food. The soils of Prussia have often been sandy and sparse and potatoes grow there better than wheat.

[@Taylormayes]

Interesting--I am from Norman, Oklahoma, but grew up in Kaiserslautern. Hope you love it there.

[@PassportTwo]

That's awesome! So you know exactly both areas we are talking about 😃

[@KoldingDenmark]

03:06 milk machine?!? Never heard of it. You must really trust the people who maintain/clean that machine.

[@michellekelley9904]

So, now it's stuck in my head that Donnie may have a country music cd out there - somewhere. 😀

[@newuserBviewssecondsago-uz5rw]

3:19 Today morning was the first time I saw a milk automat and now I see it in a video😂😂😂

[@3.k]

When I saw the glass bottle above the tiles at 8:07 my first thought was 14:36 xD

[@jensgoerke3819]

Living in a different country usually adds more variety to your cooking repertoire, as does shopping at foreign grocery stores - the Turkish community here in Germany is well-established and their shops offer fresh vegetables and packaged or canned foods you can't get anywhere else. Shopping for groceries at least every other day I keep my larder stocked with a variety of different foods, ready for me to get creative in the kitchen. About unique things close to home - in my youth I used to bike around, sometimes to the local Hünengrab, and I think such short excursions are quite common just about everywhere, be it with family, friends, or alone. Then, after growing up, the novelty has worn off, and you end up filing those places away in your mind for future excursions with visiting friends.

[@PassportTwo]

You are right! We have definitely expanded our cooking repertoire quite a bit! We are excited one day when we move back to share all of our new dishes with friends and family 😃

[@balidobbster9010]

Ein sehr unterhaltsames Video. Besonders die gemütliche Szene im Wohnzimmer. Das könnte auch bei uns sein😊

[@PassportTwo]

haha, schön, dass es dir gefallen hat! 😊

[@kathleenl.6790]

I would say Wiener Schnitzel is definitely not a typical german diet on a daily basis :D There is a big movement/ change in the german society where a lot of people buy more organic food and try to live more sustainably. I think the most popular daily meal is still Spaghetti!!!!!

[@SusiBlumentopf]

Not really, I would say something with potatoes, f.i. sausage, slice of meat, chicken. Rice is still very common. Or omelettes, stews.

[@quantumpro8435]

As a german i can say i have never seen a milkmachine like that. Lives near Stuttgart

[@Kasisk]

7:02 Wiener Schnitzel mit Knödel? Hab ich auch noch nicht gesehen. Ist typisch Rheinland-Pfalz oder eine Passport Two Kreation? Als Franke fehlt mir da die Soße 🤣

[@PassportTwo]

Hahaha, eine Passport Two Kreation...😊 Aber es ist lecker und wir schlagen es vor! 😂

[@Kasisk]

@@PassportTwo Dann bin ich mal auf Euer Kochbuch gespannt :)

[@benjaminjakob1906]

Yeah, I was really wondering about this composition also😊 Who told you about that? It's not quite typical here. The problem is the sauce, Germans love sauce with their meat but there's never sauce together with a Schnitzel in breadcrumbs (except in a low quality "Gaststätte" where they put e.g. "Jägersoße", brown meat sauce with mushrooms over a breaded Schnitzel). On the other hand, Knödel without sauce are quite dry 😊 so they typically come with a saucy meat, e.g. Braised beef or pork. But what's the best side along with "Wiener" Schnitzel (even if it's not veal)? I could imagine French fries, potato salad or boiled potatoes with a veg, that comes with a sauce, e.g. Asparagus etc. Hey Germans, what do you all like with your Schnitzel? Give us some hints. (Don't say ketchup, that's what my kids would do first)

[@DesGeretGetNet]

@@benjaminjakob1906 Ordentliches Wiener Schnitzel nur so: www.plachutta-oper.at/en/wiener-schnitzel Das mit den Saucen zum Schnitzel ist typisch Deutsch. Verstehe das gar nicht, weil es die Panier versaut. In meiner Region (südliches Niederösterreich) essen wir es mit Kartoffelsalat oder Braterdäpfeln. Meine Oma machts mit Reis, was ich aber nicht leiden kann. Eine alte Tradiotion bei uns ist auch Apfel- oder Birnenkompott zum Schnitzel. Mag ich auch nicht, genauso wenig wie Preiselbeeren, was auch manche tun.

[@jensbaranek8322]

Me a graduated chef: Traditionally, you'll eat potatoe salad (- but what kind of potatoe salad? Simply this is somehow a religious question in Germany!), fried potatoes, french fries, or, original austrian (it comes from vienne!): boiled potatoes with a lot of butter & parsley! In the last case it depends on an extraordinary sort of potatoe. If you will have a good potatoe, you won't need a schnitzel at all. only butter & salt. Asparagus is a different thing. It`s mere the question what yuo'll eat along with the asparagus than vice versa. Traditionally potatoes, butter (or Sauce Hollandaise!!!) and ham. Or a schnitzel (but a small one then).

[@redbanlovesasians2236]

12:00 That is a REAL and overwhelming feeling when living abroad. So I'm not alone in this it seems. It kinda gets to you after a while. Travelling and living abroad speaking a different language is such a humbling experience that I truly believe if everyone did it the world would be a more understanding and less combative place.

[@PassportTwo]

COMPLETELY agree with you! It makes you so much more empathetic to other people if someone has the opportunity to go through this kind of experience. You are definitely not alone in that feeling!

[@timothyedmonds3684]

Hey guys, enjoy the vlog, thank you! Just to advice on the desire for a tasty salsa.. I’ve lived here 3 years now and have tried as many as I am sure you have, and continue to experience dissatisfaction. I’m originally from the PNW and Mexican food is part of our food culture. I recently started making my own salsa and have found it’s so easy and SATISFYING! Try it!

[@PassportTwo]

Good to know! 😃

[@christianc6331]

Tolles Video, aber ganz besonders die outtakes. Bekommt Donnie, den Pfand vom taschengeld abgezogen 😉😂

[@PassportTwo]

😂 jetzt muss ich eine neue Flasche kaufen...😅

[@paigecensale]

that tiger king comment killed me

[@ellalcschmidt]

Finally some foreigners that moved to palatinate and not Bavaria :D

[@neshmahenkel2428]

😂😅

[@H3llSkull]

Gotta say, the example you gave that we all spend the days doing most of the same acts is a good argument, The small differences are mostly cultural as in what sort of breakfast do they have, but it is still a breakfast ( brotaufschnitt / beans bacon and egg/ croissants and such) different things for different countries but in the essence still a snack or breakfast

[@PassportTwo]

Exactly! Glad you see that is true too 😃

[@HalfEye79]

Eine deutsche Branche wie McDonalds oder BurgerKing ist Kochlöffel. Dort gibt es aber auch Bratwurst oder Hähnchen.

[@teckyify]

Loved this video 😘

[@PassportTwo]

Thanks so much! Glad you do! 😄

[@skynet0912]

I hear much the same story from people visiting Denmark. We had a neighbor who was a host for a girl from Texas, and her biggest problem was that she didn't know how big things were, or how far away they were, because she had to get used to using the metric system! She was very bad with distances on maps (this was before satnavs got widespread), and buying things by weight or buying furniture was very confusing for her too...

[@katinkaridde-coffey6493]

Yayyy Oklahoma. I married an oklahoman and lived in Enid, Oklahoma for 2 years!

[@manwithouthope]

Community is a great show

[@liquidminds]

I'd say we all take the things that we have around us for granted at one point. But I guess, a lot of them are "Show your kid at least once"-places here in europe. We don't go there often, but everyone has been there at least once.

[@JMS-2111]

People should also know that if you learned German in school, and go to Germany you'll encounter their "strassensprache" - street talk, that you won't understand, but if you speak in "correct - official" German people will respond and talk to you in "correct" German, they can be very kind.

[@hoschiadedodi]

Haha, you are so right about the salsa

[@CommanderGameLP]

Hey nice you visited Trier 😁 If you ever come here again you should visit some of the smaller villages nearby. There are some nice locations and some great and affordable restaurants.

[@Trashloot]

Don't underestimate the LIDL baking section. Every other Discounter/supermarkt is not impressive. But LIDL can be a real alternative to a bakery. Its cheaper and the "Weltmeisterbrot" is really nice. When we travelled france on a budget we drove from one LIDL to another xD. The LIDL croissants are not as perfect as the French ones but they are close enough and better then every packaged ones :D. Seriously try the LIDL baking section.

[@SusiBlumentopf]

Du weißt aber schon, dass diese Discounter das Zeug als Teigware aus China beziehen und hier nur noch aufbacken, oder?

[@sphhyn]

Love that senior picture 😄

[@PassportTwo]

haha, thanks! Things have changed a little since then... 😆

[@Catwomenofchemistry]

In Baden-Württemberg, where I live, a lot of the smaller towns here have such Milk-Machines and Sausage-Machines and Sandwich-Machines and also Fruit-Machines xD where you can have fresh groceries 24/7.

[@st0ox]

Yeah, with the salsa is definitely a problem. Basically, everything related to Mexican food is heavily Europeanized and if it is something, that the Spanish culture invented or also has to offer then you get the Spanish version and not the Mexican style version. But, you can get every ingredient of an authentic Mexican salsa in really good quality and it is affordable, too. So doing a salsa yourself would be my way to solve this problem. By the way, in some cases, I prefer the "Spanish Original". I don't want to judge with my comment on the cultural differences in food. I don't know much about food in general, nor how Spanish and Mexico food developed over the centuries, and I love both cuisines, Europeanized or authentic. I just like my Mexican salsa, ok?, and maybe I had just not had the best salsas Spain has to offer yet. Recipes for your favourite salsa are very welcome, I will test them!

[@Tortojboksisto]

The german bread culture means that we have so many sorts of different breads. By number it's about 300 sorts. You should try most of them to find your favorite and it's not a big deal if you don't like one kind and have to throw it in the trash. Just because in almost every bakery store you can say that you only need half of this one or maybe 8 slices of that one. They will cut it for you and put back the other half. Then an elder woman who lives alone might be happy to see that there's a half one of her favorite and immediately buys it. Best wishes!

[@Tortojboksisto]

Sorry! I meant 3k sorts of bread. The third 0 is missing on my keyboard. 😂

[@PassportTwo]

Here is a whole video we did on Bread Culture 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXTMeqKhn5qYa6c

[@honeybadger4245]

At first I thought: What on earth is canoodle? 🤣 😘

[@Xoiskin1969X]

"Hallo, ich tue so als würde ich im zug lernen" :D:D:D

[@TheNiceChameleon]

xoiskin1969x hidden gem hahahaha

[@RightsForUrFights]

I love your videos you two are wonderful 😍

[@michaelgorman2662]

I suggest that you have visit to Munich during Christmas! Go to Circus Krone winter festival! See lots of Animals! Much better than that tiger King in Oklahoma! 😁

[@marco_loewert]

Schnitzel mit Knödel, haha, ihr seit lustig :-)

[@MagnificentGermanywithDarion]

Another great video my friends. Watching this video and all of your videos makes me miss Germany more and more. I know that I will return for a visit at some point ad hopefully soon. BTW, the bakeries, ahhhhhhhhhh . So, how long did it take to get the fly on the bloopers? Lol :).

[@PassportTwo]

haha, thanks. The fly actually just started paying us rent and is now a permanent member of the family. 😉

[@MagnificentGermanywithDarion]

@@PassportTwo Heee heeeee. lol lol

[@shieldsluck1969]

Haha... Der Schluss ist ja gut. So many haven't the courage to show accidents during the shooting.🙄

[@StarGame08]

8:56 TRIER MY CITY!!!

[@Smo-King-Gun]

Schnitzel und Knödel . . .uhm NO ( The direct German XD ) Knödel with Sauerbraten Please. Salsa is made at home fresh, dont buy that crap ;) Keep cooking ! Enjoying the vids keep it up. If you like, try letting the knödel go cold, then slice it and fry the slices in a pan till crispy on the outside, enjoy :) good for using left over knödel.

[@undo2613]

Oh, I forgot about the castles! You had way too much information in this video. 😉 I don‘t visit them much anymore. Been to Neuschwanstein and Nymphenburg in the last years but that‘s pretty much it. But I remember as a kid, living at the Rhine river, we used every Wandertag (hiking day, which every school has once a year - oh, so much about Germans and hiking? 😂) to visit a castle. There‘s a castle pretty much just a stone throw away there anyways. I was fascinated by the torture chambers, of course, but also of the stories that each and every castle had. True or made up. Like „die feindlichen Brüder“ (hostile brothers?), which are two castles right next to each other with just two big walls between. Saga goes, that it was two brothers getting into a fight about a lovely woman (of course). Or the Loreley, where a lovely woman (of course) sang so beautifully, that captains would get spellbound and run their ships aground with everyone drowning. It‘s really just very dangerous currents there, but that story is what folks made of it. So yeah, castles were quite a part of my childhood. But I think it very much depends on where you live. I know of folks who make their own armor and rent a castle for the weekend to do regular LARPing at the Rhine. In Bavaria the density of castles is way less. Yes, you visit them like a museum. But they are not as in your face. If you don’t see them wherever you look they have less of an impact? Speaking of which, and sorry for the long post, if you are really interested you could look into „Deutsche Heldensagen“. THOSE were huge for me as a child. A bit like Beowulf in English, we got Siegfried with the Nibelungensage and so, so many more. Not sure you can get all of them in English. But here is the one about the Nibelungen at least. 😊 www.yorku.ca/inpar/nibelung_armour.pdf

[@victoremmanuell_ptbr1902]

Europeans tend to enjoy LIFE while US people tend to enjoy WORK. In Europe, people work to live not "live to work". We enjoy staying time with family and friends, eating properly (not walking or inside of cars like in the US), taking advantage of the city's green spaces, and enjoying museums and theaters as much as we can. The USA is almost a "NON-STOP" society. I respect the country (the USA) but I would not like to live there.