Living in Germany: Pottenstein - An Unexpected Gem

[@derauditor5748]

Upper Franconia is so awesome. So many great Spots and they have the BEST Beer there. Looooots of small little Brewerys everywhere... They have done "Craft Beer" for centurys.

[@OrangeTabbyCat]

Go there January 6th when they light all the fires on the hills. That is amazing. But getter book a room there, it's at night and last time I went the roads where covered in ice. They also have a Felsenbad (Public pool) and the Teufels is actually a must see. Also a bit further in the other direction another great cave - Feengrotten in Saalfeld. I Never go on vacation in summer. I live in Franconia and have our area and Thuringia very close with the most beautiful nature. Off to go hiking on a bridge day now.

[@MagnificentGermanywithDarion]

Cool, I am really enjoying your channel. Thanks a million from Florida. Sept can'r get here fast enought lol !! Have you tried "Spahgett Eis" yet?

[@hmrays]

I hiked that path with a number of army buddies in July of 1976. I found it to be a simple but magical place. I think a pilgrimage is in order. Thanks for the great videos. Keep up the good work. There is a town east of you closer to the Czechia border called Falkenberg. Great place to visit as well if a Pottenstein fan!

[@tiro0oO5]

You are doing Germany the right way. The small gems, the hiking, outside activities, that is the best. Do not ruin it with stupid things like octoberfest, etc. ... oh and btw.: you are currently recommended to all german youtubers for some reason :D ... enjoy your time in germany and if you need a local guide in the Frankfurt area, write me a message :)

[@filmsmith]

That's really nice of you, thank you. We haven't been to Frankfurt yet, only passed through it. I know it's a very tourist thing to do, but we are going to Octoberfest later this year...

[@tiro0oO5]

@@filmsmith since you survived köln during carneval you will also survive octoberfest ;) ... have fun

[@justme7303]

No shame in being a tourist! lol I lived in Germany off/on for a total of eleven years. We did a LOT of what y'all are doing annnnnd we did the touristy stuff too. Definitely worth it!

[@hannahf.1190]

I live close there and for studying I live in Würzburg, so cool to see all of this on your channel :)

[@gerdpapenburg7050]

Really liked your video; it brings back old memories. When I was working for the U.S.Army in Nuremberg as a Civilian Support Group supervisor in the 1980's my assistant used to live in Pottenstein; I have often been there. The next time you visit I recommend to continue on the B470 road westbound and explore the Wiesent river valley.

[@filmsmith]

Happy that the video can bring a bit of joy. Thanks for the recommendation!

[@maryymendes]

You guys are giving me so many ideas from when I move back to Germany next year. Haha Just discovered your channel today and am hinge watching everything 😁 keep going! Greetings from Brasil

[@maze200sx]

Sometimes it just needs a nice American guy to see all the things you missed in your neighbourhood. Great videos :)

[@allisonwhite6181]

So fun watching your videos. I moved here October and have gone to many of the places you have in your videos! It’s so good to see other people stand and stare at the signs, travel hour away and then the things are closed, get turned around on the trails, .... I am glad that it is just not me. I travel alone so it’s hard to gauge. It is so fun to explore! And to see your great attitude.

[@erikas8619]

Adorable! (The town and you guys too!) And look at all those subscribers! Killing it with the drone game. Keep it up, friends!

[@Fjellfraes1981]

At 1:00 that's my garden/my shack.😍 Thanks for visiting my town.

[@EngelinZivilBO]

Now I know where you life :D don't wonder if you hear some weird "Daniel" screams the upcoming months :D

[@oscargarza804]

@@EngelinZivilBO hahaha that would be great

[@beadus3512]

So much fun watching your videos. You are just about becoming my favorite KZbinrs 😍

[@filmsmith]

That's nice to hear you say! I'll try to keep them coming consistently.

[@lukasneuner4760]

Hey, that's like half an hour from my home town :D I remember going down that track as a child and loving it.

[@willloveyoumore]

No idea how long you planned to stay in Germany, but don’t miss a visit on Nordseeküste and Ostseeküste !! You‘ll enjoy it for sure

[@THX--nn5bu]

The smeegle part cracked me up, Pottenstein looks way awesome and if I get a chance to visit Germany again this one will be on the list.

[@petragillespie6901]

What a beautiful video...thank you for sharing this with us. The music in the background is also awesome.. I am german living in the USA now...but this is a little piece of home..thank you. :)

[@filmsmith]

Makes me happy that I can help remind you of home. It's such a beautiful land. Thank you for watching!

[@danielblume7753]

You are both so cute. I enjoyed every second :)

[@filmsmith]

Thanks Daniel! It's fun to share

[@mybeginagin]

Just love watching you two love life and each other!

[@michael-7792]

Great Vlog! Beautiful area an town! Never heard from it before! But it looks so great and peaceful! So much hidden gems in my country!

[@ollrich]

Yay finally another MC Fitti Video ;)

[@filmsmith]

Haha!! Yup!

[@whealton23]

We just moved to Graf a month ago and spent today in Pottenstein. A gem for sure!

[@filmsmith]

Glad to hear that!

[@furzkram]

A pity you missed the cave tour. Always check out the opening times of any special place in advance!

[@oliverz]

Nice place to discover! Nice Vlog...looks like an advertise for Pottenstein :)

[@wielandbarthelmess6678]

Thanks for sharing! Like your videos as they don't pretend, but show as it is. Germany captured.

[@felsenmeer]

So you could also go to the Annafest (Forchheim) soon. Starting July 26. Been there 6 or 7 times. 22 beergarden from 15 different breweries and six live bands each day / night on different stages. Great Entertainment, people and beer.

[@sacroyalty]

That place looks sweet. Nice video. - fellow Californian

[@alecBonTube]

Hey folks. Wonderful video! If you've the time to visit Regensburg and its countryside, or the geological wonders of the Oberpfalz, let me know. I could show you my Heimat!

[@filmsmith]

We love Regensburg! It's in one of my videos. Episode 2. Thank you!

[@serfranke5744]

Wow, you guys visited Pottenstein! I have been there a couple of times, too and a good friend and working collegue lives not far away from there. It really is a great place

[@TheKiller2869]

You were close to my town, wonderfull place.

[@Wolfdings]

There are so many tremendous spots and activity offers in the Frankonian Switzerland. Go hike the Todsfelder Tal (extremely beautiful), visit 'Ruine Neideck' or the 'Riesenburg' or just go on a Kayak trip on the Wiesent. Also for hot summerdays visit the "Ostsee" near Bad Staffelstein. Awesome swimming spot there! And not to mention that upper Frankonia has the highest brewery density in the world. If you're into beer, do the "5 Seidla Steig". Hike to some of the best breweries and try to not get wasted :D

[@mr.copernicus8054]

I really enjoy your videos.

[@Luca-qn5td]

Thanks for sharing :) Looking very foreward to the snowboard vid!

[@josefsmusic4812]

tHANKS for loving our country so much! it s beautiful, isn t it? cheers

[@filmsmith]

It's only been for months, but we"ll get a lot of time here. It is a beautiful land!

[@josefsmusic4812]

Thanks for your answer! enjoy your time here. btw. i live in frankonia too@@filmsmith

[@filmsmith]

@@josefsmusic4812Thank you for being one of the many welcoming people here!

[@lenaaa3161]

No way! I live near Pottenstein omg thats so cool

[@frankoptis]

Me too! Update after seeing the video: And he's exploring the surroundings more than we are!

[@mojojim6458]

Thanks for the new video. I'm really enjoying your adventures.

[@OctoberReflection2]

never heard about this place, looks nice :)

[@EricB256]

The bobsled on the Ochsenkopf mountain near Bischofsgrün is even faster. It's located to the North of you and a bit farther away than Pottenstein but not by much. It's been a long time since I've visited the cave. I was still a kid then.

[@30moithirtyminutesofintere92]

U two are so lovely! Pleasure to have u here

[@filmsmith]

Thank you for being one of many welcoming people!

[@30moithirtyminutesofintere92]

@@filmsmith

[@kra2351]

You should go to Bamberg and drink some Schlenkerla Rauchbier!

[@filmsmith]

I don't know what that is but I'll take your word for it! We'll definitely go soon!

[@linusfotograf]

Andrew Smith It’s smoked beer

[@aussiechiro]

You guys are great.

[@jessedelreal1012]

Smeeeeeeagoooool

[@btvitek1671]

Waren mal mit der Schule auf der Bahn als Klassenfahrt :D

[@mrbroccholi]

Very cool :)

[@carljorgensen8543]

You should definitely visit the Festung Königstein it is a amazing place!!!

[@LeeNashMusic]

And when you are there Dresden isnt far :)

[@Sander1678]

You do a pretty good Smeagol.;o)

[@christianschnabel5467]

It is a pity that you missed the cave. Is it really worth it?

[@mrbroccholi]

Your wife is so nice. Congrats

[@Gigaswing]

so, well, you most probably visited one of the most beautiful places in germany. congrats ;-). if you are continuing to explore frankonia, you may visit bamberg or coburg, both beautiful little towns. let me know if you need a guide ;-)

[@filmsmith]

Thank you! We will eventually go to Bamberg for sure!

[@linusfotograf]

Andrew Smith The capital of beer

[@arkboy3]

Been there!

[@Ikleenup]

Dude I wonder if America has stuff like this? That looks like so much fun

[@wiglevclamor1536]

Pottenstein looks nice!

[@filmsmith]

It can be relaxing or exciting, or both! Great little town to visit. We will be back for sure.

[@wiglevclamor1536]

:-)

[@Anakianaj]

You really do live right around the corner, it seems 😂 Which is great; now you can go to all the places in the area and help me decide where to go :'D

[@filmsmith]

Glad to do it Anakiana! It's a beautiful country!

[@michaelgrabner8977]

Very nice vlogg. By the way there is no locality in Austria solely called Stubai ...either you mean the whole valley called "Stubai valley" or in German "Stubaital" including a bunch of different small villages with their own names which is the main valley of the "Stubaier Alpen" which are in english the "Stubai alps" which are a whole range of mountains with their own names = precisely spoken the whole range includes 15 different subgroups with their own names and every subgroup has a bunch of different mountains with their own names.... some of them are located in North-Tyrol/Austria and some of them in South-Tyrol/Italy... "Stubai" as a solely expression is just a brand-name for high quality mountaineer-stuff or used in the internet just as a shortage for the whole huge ski-ressort but that includes 4 different places with their own names which are "Stubaier Gletscher" - "Schlick2000" - "Elfer" - "Serles" and every single one of them include some tiny villages (or at least one) as well with another different names.. and I´m Austrian so therefore I know for sure...but I don´t know where you are actually going for snowboarding by you just saying "Stubai" unless "somewhere over there" in Tyrol near the Italian border ;-D Long story short it is just a collective term without being precise "where" - meaning which mountain? which village? or which ressort? you are going to visit? But I´m looking forward to be taken by surprise....

[@filmsmith]

Thanks for watching! Yeah we are going to the Stubai glacier to go snowboarding. Looks like it's going to be a blast!

[@michaelgrabner8977]

@@filmsmith Definitively...Stubaier Gletscher is a good choice. If you are interested here is the live Webcam of that ressort with all its ski-runs....mainly to check the weather high up over there...and I recommend to go snowboarding early in the morning because it might be huge traffic on the ski-runs later one during the day depending of the day you want to go ...usually during the week it is by far not so full than weekends ...and depending of the amount of ski-tourist are actually on site of course because that can variate a lot..one week you are almost alone and the next week you might be overrun by tourists and locals..and to get a clue the webcam is there to check that as well besides to check the weather and snow-conditions... www.stubaier-gletscher.com/stubai-live/webcams/ (to look at night makes no sense of course because it´s dark)

[@mojojim6458]

@@michaelgrabner8977 Michael, thanks so much for being so helpful to this couple. They're just beginning their love affair with Germany and Austria.

[@grokkvondenhorbs]

You should check out Pottenstein early January... there's an special christian event which is awesome even if you're not in the church game: www.lichtscheu.org/lichterfest-pottenstein/

[@darylwilliams7883]

Wow. Going to put that on my holiday list!

[@199gSauerkraut]

Pottenstaaa !!!

[@AdultColoringWithShara]

Chelsea you definitely don't need a man, but I'm so happy you found one that you want :)

[@filmsmith]

She definitely would be more than fine without one, and I'm lucky she chose me. Her only weakness is a bad sense of direction.. So I help her with that. ;)

[@cjxa7649]

@@filmsmith Dude, don't make yourself such small.

[@raistraw8629]

Stop this stupid thinking, man needs women and women needs man, that's natural. We are better and happier together, that's how we made, that's natural. And guess what, we are more happy, wenn we made kids and raise them together, because nature made us like this.

[@cjxa7649]

Yea Pottenstein is very nice and so on ... but did you ever visited Hamburg? THATS a gem!

[@filmsmith]

Not yet, but I've heard about it. Maybe we'll add it to the list.

[@cjxa7649]

@@filmsmith PN my if you've any questions or need for some sugestions.

[@Bambuzzsprosse]

We Germans have a nice little word for that bob slide: Sommerrodelbahn.

[@realityyy4047]

Great video! It's so much fun to watch your vlogs and see you enjoy the countryside :) Btw: In case you have some time and wanna go explore a little more you might wanna pay Nuremberg a visit, or maybe the concentration camp memorial site in Dachau. Nuremberg is a beautiful city with lots of history (just make sure you plan ahead and get the timing right for all the tours etc. cause there is so much to see) and Dachau is really impressive.....quite shocking maybe, but worth a trip.

[@S_Black]

It's not even close to being the biggest cave in Germany. But it's one of the most visited ones

[@sischr1]

Hi Chelsea and Andrew, come to Monschau, Northrhine Westphalia. I know, you would like that.

[@filmsmith]

I love the towns with hills, lakes, and rivers! That looks really nice!

[@filmsmith]

@mininmalta 123 Thank you for the offer! I'll look into it and talk to Chelsea about it.

[@nicosteffen364]

Summer slide!

[@neinnein6217]

nice

[@fdd7740]

your wife is so good girl.what do you think about Germany. is it beautiful like usa.

[@furzkram]

Sign up with Goethe Institut to learn German. Pays off.

[@aufmischa]

Nette Amerikaner 😉

[@herzschlagerhoht5637]

Already 2 years ago! :(

[@norbertderiro9458]

Nice Video ! Sorry für this little remark but the longest cave in Germany ist the Riesending-Schachthöhle wich ist 21,3 km (13,2 miles) long !

[@filmsmith]

Thanks! I guess you can't always trust the internet... Damn Wikipedia, making us look bad...

[@realityyy4047]

@@filmsmith Well, the cave in Pottenstein is probably the largest dripstone cave in Germany that offers guided tours for the public. It's really worth it imho. The Riesending-Schachthöhle on the other side is many times larger but it is not open to the public. You can only enter by getting a permit granted by the state, since it is very dangerous and should only be entered by people experienced in cave climbing, for example for scientific research. So I guess it's not completely wrong.

[@mucsalto8377]

giving lectures is the Germans best loved pastime!

[@norbertderiro9458]

@@mucsalto8377 yes we Germans like to stick to the facts so everything is going so well for us

[@mucsalto8377]

@@norbertderiro9458 yes, Germans like to stick the facts into the face of others.

[@31337flamer]

i seen you go out in the woods alone .. sometimes smartphones wont work if there is no tower nearby.. if u have a problem or u break your leg u would be in big trouble. and theres wolves in germany too. if u see them close always protect your neck and throat with your arms.. if u see weather changing fast head straight home.. i like watching u exploring everything :D but even if it looks so prepared u should always be aware ;)

[@servit0r]

I made this cave :)

[@sabrinaflemmig7782]

Teufelshöhle

[@ChitoBandito6]

"This cave is not a natural formation." 😏

[@filmsmith]

Nobody else is going to get that. Lol :)

[@ChitoBandito6]

@M&M It was a quote from Halo. 🙂

[@filmsmith]

@@ChitoBandito6 😂🤣

[@travelingwithmikeandpam9074]

The Germans are very punctual!!!