My Parents' FIRST IMPRESSIONS of Germany! 🇩🇪 The Food, Culture, Autobahn, Landscape & More

[@swanpride]

If the parents didn't have any trouble with German bread, they might not have an issue with gluten, but with the addictives which are in American bread.

[@outwardbound2241]

Thought that too

[@arnodobler1096]

was the same with Donny's sister from PassportTwo

[@mimime3716]

I heard it’s pesticides when people are able to eat bread outside USA

[@viomouse]

@@mimime3716 bleached flour, also. Pesticides are in german bread as well, just different ones. Also we don't have genetically engineered wheat.

[@515aleon]

Heard it might be Round up, which should be illegal. Damn dangerous stuff. Of course celiac disease is really a severe reaction to gluten and not what this is about.

[@helgaioannidis9365]

Aw your parents just look like they've always belonged to Germany ❤😂

[@Miristzuheiss]

You know, only two Parties at US. There is only one for intellektuelle, intelligent people. What i want to comment. US, cool dream people, but not easy to found

[@Kikifriedmann]

I was thinking 100% the same!!! In a good way! I am from Germany!

[@bookllama8158]

They even dress the same as Bavarians their age would. Opa’s checkered shirt makes him blend right in 😂

[@kalvaxus]

Right?! Give them matching raincoats and voila! They already got the walking sticks.

[@larrabeeu]

how do old Germans look like? I am a German who has lived in the US 47 years. Nobody says to me you look like an American.

[@Vajrakrti]

Your parents are SO lovely people. I love them for the first moment!❤

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

Thank you so much!

[@janpracht6662]

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife Is your channel still active? We have not heard from you for a long time.

[@alexk7973]

Your Dad will be happy to know that Solingen has been known for quality steel knives and blades since the middle ages. If you go to museums all over Europe and look at their medieval weapons collections you‘ll find swords declared as made in Solingen by the museum descriptions. Also Solingen has „Klingenstadt“ = City of Blades as a additional name. Making knives is their specialty!

[@hrruben5135]

Me fecit Solingen

[@mazestitching5182]

They are also known for making wonderful scissors. I have a collection of several stitching scissors from Solingen at home. They cut very well.

[@saschahinzmann8072]

Tell us about the love Solingen has for Remscheid and vice versa

[@hrruben5135]

@@saschahinzmann8072 Is there any? P.S.: Ich persönlich finde schon aber ich habe mein ganzes Leben (50+ Jahre) hier, in Solingen und im Bergischen Land, verbracht und ich weiß wie die Leute denken. Das Nachbarsdorf ist immer das Schlimmste.

[@Derry_Aire]

Is Solingen still a twin town with Blyth, Northumberland in the UK? I was born in Blyth and remember a new housing estate named in honour of Solingen in the early 70s which still exists today.

[@williamhitchcock6265]

My wife and I were in Essen visiting a woman who had been with us in USA as an exchange student 35 years ago. We had such fun with 3 generations of her family: 14 year old son, her husband and her and her parents. We did day trips to Dusseldorf and Koln and had to force ourselves to go to bed at night as we talked about our lives, politics in US and germany and what we had done in the past. Conversations were in english until they choked up, then german until we choked up and with an occasional descriptor in french when no one could come up with the accurate word in either language. (wine and beer were were served, but no one imbibed to excess). We felt we could have stayed for at least a year, were it not for our travel schedule. The sights were interesting, but yes, it's all about the people.

[@RustyDust101]

Hi McFalls, I do hope you are alright. We subscribers haven't heard from your wonderful channel in over six months. While I don't want to barge in, nor insist on an answer, it would be great to hear from you again. If you are dealing with problems, please, do so, no matter what it is. Just a Lebenszeichen, a sign of life, would be great. We are all concerned about your well-being. Sending you hugs, and the best wishes.

[@BlissLovePeace]

back in the USA ... guaranteed ...

[@TheDude237]

Yeah 100%

[@HawkPats]

With the drivers license I had the same experience as you Sarah, just vise versa. I lived in the US as a german foreigner for three years, and I had to do a driving test also. A few years prior to that, I flew over as a tourist and was allowed to drive a big camper van around the country without knowing anything about the US regulations 🤘😎

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

Yes! If you go an American state that has no reciprocity agreement with Germany you also can’t drive there. It’s such a dumb system. The countries should collaborate with each other at the federal level and not at the state.

[@HawkPats]

Ok, I didn't know that that is state related in the US. In my case it was TX. As you said: some laws just don't make sense

[@johnclements6614]

@@HawkPats I assume its a risk thing. A tourist for a couple of weeks whilst not knowing the rules will tend to be cautious. When they have been there for a few weeks there caution will go but they still will not know the rules. A tourist may be twice as likely to be involved in an accident (made up figure I do not know what the correct figure is) but they are driving for only a few weeks.

[@michaelgoetze2103]

My sister lives in Sweden and she was allowed to drive for one year on her South African driver's licence then had to do a Swedish driver's test. I don't know how they figured out that your driving gets suddenly bad after one year.

[@jessicaely2521]

My husband was the same. He came from Switzerland. He had to do a written test and driving test. All my husband had to do was drive around the block 🤣. They were gone for 3 minutes. The lady doing the testing wrote "Very experienced driver" in her notes. When I lived in Switzerland I had a harder time. The man doing the test knew how Floridans drove 😅😅. We are crazy drivers. I was very careful though. The tester was actually surprised in my driving skills.

[@CavHDeu]

Die Niederländer kommen in eure Gegend, weil es dort keine Berge gibt 😁 Als Westdeutscher kann ich nur sagen: die Niederländer sind die besten Nachbarn, die man sich nur wünschen kann. 🇳🇱❤🇩🇪 Tolle Eltern hast du, das erklärt auch warum du so eine gute Person und Mutter geworden bist. Freue mich immer über eure Videos.

[@JacobBax]

"die Niederländer sind die besten Nachbarn, die man sich nur wünschen kann" Schleimball 😂😂😂😂

[@CavHDeu]

@@JacobBax stimmt dennoch 😝

[@grafzahl4698]

@@CavHDeu Und die müssen ja irgendwo hin, wenn deren Land mal absäuft. Schon gut , wenn die sich mit uns gut verstehen :))))))

[@CavHDeu]

@@grafzahl4698 eher geht New York unter als dass die absaufen 🤣

[@Steven91637]

Niederlande 🇳🇱 echt lekker 😂

[@erikagoodale9014]

Sara, your parents are lovely people! I moved from Germany to the Florida when I was young and it was difficult to be so far away from family. I was very fortunate that my parents decided to visit once a year for many, many years. They had such a wonderful time with my two daughters and my mom often said that she was closer to my girls than to some of the other grandkids because she got to spent day and night with them. She helped bathe them when they were little and played the same Mensch aergere dich nicht game with them! They had the opportunity to attend pre-school and school functions. They participated in girl scout gatherings etc. My dad made friends with many of our neighbors. He planted plants in our yard that are sky high now and my daughters remember them very well. My parents passed away in 2020 and 2022 and I'm so glad we have those wonderful memories!

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

What special times you had with your parents! And to even have plants in your yard that were planted by your dad - a forever reminder of him. This is the hardest part of living abroad for me. I have struggled a lot with missing my family and I'm not sure it's worth it yet...would you say it is?

[@erikagoodale9014]

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife It's difficult to say if it is worth it. I believe it's a really wonderful opportunity for your children to experience other cultures. Once my kids were older I visited Germany much more frequently which helped a lot to not miss out on so much. Also, some of my friends had family within the US that lived far away as well so I always thought that my situation wasn't that much different. If your family can visit frequently and you have the chance to fly home every couple of years I think it will help! Love your videos!

[@robopecha]

oh well. if you make a channel about living in germany and then leave, there should be a video saying we are leaving germany and closing this chapter. bye. there does not need to be any explanation. but giving an ending to this channel would just make sense.

[@kaoim5045]

did they leave germany ?! it was such a sudden stop ...

[@robopecha]

@@kaoim5045 i assumed from reading the other comments on here. people seem to have been following them on social media..

[@rolandpreissler1861]

Wäre schön zu wissen warum ihr keine Videos mehr macht. Ich hoffe es ist nichts schlimmes passiert?

[@ramona146]

Guys I miss you 😪 I hope everything is ok and nothing bad has happened to you

[@RoadsFranconia]

I hope so too!!!

[@s.w.2892]

She is posting cleaning Tipps on Facebook.... and answered no question of anybody who asked why she isnt on KZbin without a word.... Very sad

[@peterpain6625]

@@s.w.2892 Probably automated (re)posts.

[@TheDude237]

I think she Sold her Facebook Account. Their House is empty for rent and Kevin gifted all bycicles for free.

[@ramona146]

@@TheDude237Woher weisst du das alles?

[@Eyyoh755]

Your parents, Sarah, are very nice and sympatic people. I recognized your sons look very familiar to their granny.

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

Oh nice! Thank you.

[@Eyyoh755]

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife Maybe your mom should mix up quark with marmalade on Brötchen for breakfast. I guess she will like to a hot cup of coffee.

[@michaelibk418]

Eine Zuseherin hat hier vor 3 Wochen gepostet dass sie das Fahrrad der Tochter auf Ebay Kleinanzeigen verkaufen weil sie zurück in die USA gehen. Ist ja alles legitim nur verstehe ich nicht dass man nicht ein kurzes Aufwiedersehen posten kann. Egal was passiert ist sie brauchen ja Wirkich keine Gründe nennen. Es interessiert mich nur deshalb weil von Anfang an ein so großer Enthusiasmus transportiert wurde wie wunderbar hier doch alles ist. So ist es einfach nur total unhöflich gar nichts zu sagen. Instagram ist auch nicht mehr aktuell. Wenn ich gar nichts mehr mit sozialen Medien zu tun haben möchte ist das auch in Ordnung, viele löschen dann aber konsequent ihre Kanäle.

[@lrrKOPF3D]

Bringt ja noch money rein nebenbei

[@Alexander-dt2eq]

nun das ist halt der Rückfall in die normale US Mentalität. Also nicht mit Deutschen Maßstab messen

[@AP-RSI]

Tja, Abo kündigen... fertig. Wenn man nicht mal eine kurzes Info-Video posten kann!

[@ihabsglei]

Alles nur gespielt, so sind sie halt.^^

[@monolith2063]

@@Alexander-dt2eq Na ja, man kennt ja die Hintergründe nicht. Daher wäre ich mit solchen Verallgemeinerungen zurückhaltend.

[@sisuguillam5109]

Quark rules! Your mum loving Quark warms my heart!

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

It’s so good!

[@sisuguillam5109]

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife especially as Kräuterquark!

[@dfolt]

And Quark is brought to best use as an ingredient of 'Käsekuchen'. - I once flew from D.C. to Orlando in first class, and the flight attendant offered me cheese cake. So I imagined the home-baked German Käsekuchen my wife bakes once in a while and which is my favourite. Needless to say, the United Airlines cheese cake was some artificial coloured something, and I do not know whether it had any Quark in it. 😂

[@sandraankenbrand]

We often move worldwide and its the only thing I really miss...

[@sisuguillam5109]

@@sandraankenbrand have you tried to make it at home? I've been told it's not that difficult!

[@maxbarko8717]

I hope your family is doing well and enjoying summer. Somehow I am missing your videos. Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦

[@TheDude237]

Back to USA

[@best-brokers]

havent heard anything from you folks for a while now! Hope you are doing fine! Looking forward to your next video!

[@blessingsoutlaw]

Your dad’s Georgia accent is so lovely! 🌷

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

I’m glad you like it! They both have Southern accents. Our ancestors have been in the south for hundreds of years so we have strong roots there.

[@TheDude237]

Make a last Video for Ur fans. Ur house is empty and the bicycles are all for free

[@naimapeukert8575]

Ich hoffe euch geht es gut❤ ich mach mir sorgen um euch,man sieht von euch nichts mehr. Ich wünsche euch von ganzem Herzen alles liebe und gute

[@dingens3510]

Ich hoffe euch geht es gut. Seit 3 Monaten kein neues Video macht mir auch Sorgen. Alles Liebe ❤️

[@crossfire2204]

Leider schreibt Sie scheinbar nur dem zurück, der keine "direkten Fragen "stellt. Schade, denn ich folge einigen USA Besuchern, Aber Sie ist etwas wählerisch. Denke mal, die machen Urlaub.

[@helgaherbstreit5102]

Ich hoffe, es geht Euch allen gut! Es gab so lange keine Videos mehr.

[@reinerbergkamen7852]

Die beiden haben sich getrennt und sind wieder in den USA

[@bschuchi71]

@@reinerbergkamen7852 Woher haben Sie diese Info?

[@milkweedlake]

​@@reinerbergkamen7852 Wow how did you find that out? 😢💔

[@peterpain6625]

@@milkweedlake So lange von den McFalls nichts kommt würde ich das als Neiderkommentar abtun. Gibt halt Leute die posten sowas nur damit sich andere genau so schlecht fühlen wie sie selbst.

[@TheDude237]

Das Haus steht leer bei Immobilienscout drin und Kevin hat alle Fahrräder zu verschenken drin gehabt. Google Kevin McFall Kleinanzeigen

[@denisdrumm971]

So lovely to see your parents, glad you've shared this experience with us. It was so cute to see how they had to adjust to the camera situation, but got more confident during the video. At first they almost seemed scared and shy, but then they talked more and more on their own and I guess they started to like it themselves!

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

Yes! It was a little scary for them at first and they did feel camera shy. Kevin and I are so used to being on camera now, I forget how it's hard for others!

[@knoppers2171]

Hallo Familie Mc Falls Ich bin erst seit kurzem auf ihrem Kanal gestoßen. Es ist begeistert ihnen zu zusehen, ihre positive Art ins wundervoll. Leider ist ihr letztes Video 6Monate her, ich hoffe es geht ihnen gut. Grüße aus Nordrhein-Westfalen 🙂

[@TheDude237]

Sind wieder in die USA gezogen

[@Herzschreiber]

Sooo sooo nice to meet your parents in this video! I love to see how much fun you all had and can well imagine the joy of the kids translating for them! And I really celebrate your Dad's choice of this souvenir! The knives from Solingen are really good stuff! And who wouldn't understand about how hard it is to say "tschüs" when an entire ocean lies between the members of a family?! I hope they reached home well and without complications!

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

Thank you so much! They had a good and safe trip back.

[@marie9814]

that's beautiful. Wishing Oma and Opa a pleasant stay with you and here in Germany. Seems like you are all happy that they are visiting.

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

Vielen dank! 💕

[@janpracht6662]

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife It would be interesting to make a video about German music-styles (Schlager, Deutsch-Rock, Volksmusik, German Country etc) and to compare it with US music. Which music styles do you like in the US and how much in the German songs do you understand?

[@sylviaschaich]

Miss you guys! Hope everything is allright

[@TheDude237]

Sind zurück in die USA gezogen

[@LucaSitan]

They moved back to the US, according to Kevin's Linkd in account he is employed in Atlanta again as of March 1 2024. Don't know about Sara and the kids but even if they separated, they still need to be in the same place for the kids to have access to both parents. So I am guessing they are all back in Atlanta. Guess Germany didn't work out for them. They should let people know though.

[@TheDude237]

Waste of time for the Kids

[@janpracht6662]

@@TheDude237 Whatever happend- I guess, the time in Germany was an enriching experience for the kids they will never forget.

[@monolith2063]

Da auch auch alle Fahrräder bei Kleinanzeigen verkauft bzw. verschenkt wurden, scheinen sie komplett wieder zurück in die USA gezogen zu sein. Deutschland war vermutlich nur eine Episode im Leben, so wie sie ja schon einmal in Frankreich gelebt hatten.

[@graywolf6498]

Did they get divorced?

[@LucaSitan]

@@graywolf6498 I don't know, I only saw that Kevin has a new job in Atlanta. But they have been silent ever since this video was posted so something must have gone wrong.

[@christianbraun5004]

Hello my friends. So cool that your parents liked being in Germany. 😊 To your question about meat: Our Edeka has both options for meat. The usual suspects are available pre-packaged, but they also have a counter with a lot more options. The thing with our particular Edeka is that all the meat from the counter is Bio quality, so it's a lot more expensive than the pre-packaged stuff. I guess that is why they have both options.

[@manub.3847]

Memories: As a child I grew up in Hamburg, in our section of the street there were: bakers, butchers, grocers (milk, butter, cheese, etc.) and a stationery and toy shop and a hairdressing salon. By the late 1970s to mid 1980s only the hairdresser, baker and stationery shop remained. The other shops could not compete against the offers from Aldi, Penny and Co. There are still a few bakeries, but many belong to a large corporation. Self-employed butchers are much less common and they are usually specialized. Today you can usually only find a butcher at Edeka, Famila and a few others, these used to be at REWE too.

[@cocobunitacobuni8738]

Our Edeka butcher gives my son a Würstchen every time we come by. I like to buy from the butcher counter and not the pre-packed because the meat tends to be preservative free and healthier.

[@Winona493]

​@@manub.3847 You're unfortunately right.😢

[@Winona493]

​​@@cocobunitacobuni8738 Sorry, this comment belongs to the comment above. So do not be surprised.🙈

[@Winona493]

​@@cocobunitacobuni8738 you're unfortunately right.😢

[@Martin-yo2lm]

Hello from Switzerland! How are you guys? Missing your videos a lot, are you okay?

[@juergenh.233]

auf Insta hat Sara vor zwei Wochen aus der Schweiz gepostet

[@RustyDust101]

Haha, your (grand-)parents got a much more German experience than most travelers from abroad. You've been germanized to an outstanding degree. Sara, wanna make a bet that you had multiple instances where a German word popped into your mind during a conversation with your parents instead of the English word? Quark: yepp, *technically* a cheese, but more along the lines of taste like a slightly tangy yoghurt, with the consistency somewhere between cream cheese and a very stiff yoghurt. What I was really astonished at seeing in one of my subscribed cooking channels (Binging with Babish) that he recently used Quark in one of his recipes. BTW: Quark is an awesome replacement for any cream cheese ingredients you might use in the States, IF you can get your hands on it. Any 'cheese cake' gets a really awesome taste from it. Same amounts, basically. Depending on where you got your bread your parents are probably ok. Many doughs are allowed to leaven for two to three days before being baked. A good bakery usually does that. Store-bought industrial bread however use the standard rising agents, among them a turbo-yeast, that simply changes the flavor, but not the structure of the dough, and allows very quick formation of CO2. A long leavening process changes the gluten in the dough, making it much easier to digest, resulting in little to no side-effects. Many sourdoughs can even be eaten by gluten-intolerants whole-sale. Mind you, full-blown cilliac patients should still be careful. Strangely enough, the mineralization of tap water is often better than even high quality bottled sparkling water in Germany. OK, ok, it's not the same taste, I agree. The different Sprudelwasser all do have slightly, but notably different tastes to them. But that also applies to local tap waters. I assume down in Bavaria the tap water must come either from deep wells, or even from glaciers. "Haus" obviously means house. But in terms of a restaurant menu "hausgebeiztes" means it was 'cured in-house' ie by themselves instead of having it cured elsewhere. However, this was probably not a smoke-cured salmon, but cured in a brine, similar to pickling or marinating. Same goes for anything else prefixed by "haus-XYZ" in a menu. These are home-made, not industrially prepared foods. Like 'hausgemachte Knödel" or "hausgemachte Spätzle" being "home-made dumplings" or "home-made Spätzle noodles". In some cases you may also see "Hausschlachtung" meaning the meat comes from an animal butchered on the premises (under rigorous veterinary control in Germany). Differences of solar panels: one is photo-voltaic producing electricity, the other is solar-thermal, heating water. My parents got solar-thermal plus a 2000 liter insulated layered storage tank. It uses purely physical, temperature controlled bi-metallic valves to get the specified water temperature into each layer, completely without any electronics. Water naturally forms almost non-interchanging layers of one temperature IF the differences in the temperature are marked enough. Even during the winter the sun is able to supply up 75°C water during a clear, sunny day. Which is sufficient to heat both tap and radiator water. A full morning of sun on those panels heats up the full tank even in the winter. That however obviously doesn't provide electricity.

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

Yes, you guessed right! There were many times I couldn’t remember the English word for some things. I could only say them in German!

[@AnoNymInvestor]

🤣

[@Sophie-nv6vi]

Hi McFalls, hope you are all doing OK! Just worried that we haven’t seen you post in a while but hopefully you are enjoying the summer! X

[@davidphillips7928]

Been a while since you posted. All ok?

[@filmalarmxxl]

Dear McFalls, we miss you! Send us something that we know you are ok! Beste Grüße aus Niedersachsen

[@crossfire2204]

@@filmalarmxxl Ja leider schreibt Sie nicht jedem zurück. Eigentlich schade. Ich folge einer Menge USA Einwanderern, aber Sie ist oft schnell verunsichert, oder antwortet leider nicht. Ich vermute mal, Sie haben erst einmal Urlaub gemacht?

[@wallerwolf6930]

@@crossfire2204 Nun schon 6 Monate Auszeit?

[@beadus3512]

@@wallerwolf6930 Liebe McFall Abonnenten, das Haus ist bei Immoscout gelistet und in diversen eBay Kleinanzeigen wurden Fahrräder und das Trampolin angeboten mit der Begründung, dass sie in die USA ziehen. Schade! Ich wünsche der Familie einen guten Neustart in der alten Heimat!

[@powerprinter1436]

Liebe Sarah, lieber Kevin, this was truly one of the most interesting and entertaining videos you’ve made so far. Would like to see more of your parents experiences here in Germany. I can say that I had a “tear in my eye”, because your dad reminds me so much to my dear American friend Mark that passed away two years ago. Mark and his wife Karen became very good friends to us over 12 years of knowing each other. They are living in Florida, we in northern Germany, but the mutual visits were always a blast. We learned so much about America and Americans, they learned about Germany and the Germans. I can remember the first time they came to us to Germany, after a long period of writing emails with and sending photos of our lives here and visiting them in their house, Mark’s wife Karen sat in our living room and said: “it’s funny, but I am thinking that I am sitting in a picture”. 😊. Viele Grüße von Markus.

[@sylviaweber4144]

Haven't seen a video in a while...miss you...hope all is well.....❤

[@anneki1313]

Hi you guys, I enjoyed your videos so much and I just wanted to ask how you are. It’s understandable, that everyone needs a break sometimes, but I am really worried. Are you ok? I hope you are all well and I wish you all the best. Hope you come back ❤😊

[@TheDude237]

Back to USA

[@derek4177]

@@TheDude237 source "trust me bro" or do you have any facts?

[@TheDude237]

@@derek4177 iam not the only one who saw it. their house was for rent and kevin gifted all things they cant carry. the bicycles for example

[@John-b8j]

So interesting to see the view of older/more experienced people in life, very interesting

[@m.h.6470]

For those, that don't know what "Quark" is: It is an acid-based cheese product. So imagine sour cream, but thicker / more viscous, but not as thick / viscous as cream cheese. It is neither sweet nor savory by default. Which is why you can find it as ingredients of both main dishes, like "oven potatoes with quark and chives", and also as deserts like simply "quark with berries". A lot of Germans put it on bread with jam on top or put müsli (typically a mix of cereals and berries/fruit) in it for breakfast.

[@peterkoller3761]

In Austria, we mix Topfen with spices and all sorts of fresh herbs and spread it on bread

[@mijp]

All cheeses do have (milk) acid. Cream chese or sour milk cheese might only have lactic acid bacteria. But other cheese like Quark has rennet two. Only cheep products tody have no rennet. But that is a money decision of the company. It is allowed that it is called Quark even if it is not Quark. Same with other fake products.

[@sandraankenbrand]

I never thought of it as cheese

[@m.h.6470]

@@sandraankenbrand well, it isn't cheese, but it is a cheese-like product. Unlike most cheeses, it doesn't use rennet, which is (usually) an animal product, but a mild acid instead. But it is still strained curdled milk, just like any other cheese.

[@alexandrorocca7142]

Oma und Opa seem very nice people. Quark is actually a character from the Star Trek Deep Space 9 series. 😄

[@SteveL-KY]

Back in the 1980s, I decided I'd like to treat my grandmother to a trip to the Swiss alps, specifically to Zermatt and the Matterhorn. She was unexpectedly extremely excited. On the day we left, we were just south of Frankfurt (where she lived) when I was driving at 160kph (100mph) when she suddenly blurted out that at our current speed it would take forever to get there. (BTW the trip was awesome.)

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

😆😆 too funny! Your grandma loved some SPEED!

[@peterdonecker6924]

Lovely grandparents❤, I hope they will have a lot of more chances to visit their lovely family in Germany and can explore more of our wonderful country.

[@GJ_Brown]

There are many reasons why KZbinrs suddenly stop posting videos. What I find peculiar is that there are no reasons given 😶 We here fans are left hanging in wonderment. Concern.

[@jorgjorgsen7528]

they are now in russia.

[@c.l.2635]

miss you all very much - four month without new adventures. Hope that you all are well !

[@somethingsmatter]

Your parents are lovely! How clever of your father to get a useful souvenir! I hope they had a nice time, and come again soon.

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

Yeah wasn’t that a good souvenir? 😊

[@markmuller7962]

Seeing your parents reaction and experience is so lovely and interesting, thank you 🙏

[@mvbmatheloesungen]

❤A very warm welcome to your parents in Germany 🇩🇪 they are such nice people ❤

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

Thank you! ❤

[@ChrisKuni]

Jagee and Geboo as 'names' made by the very own grandchild comes only like an honor to every grandparent for sure. :D Not even mention the type of childish cuteness that stucks to them.^^

[@chantellmd3694]

This is so lovely having your parents visit and witness the culture and countryside.

[@const2499]

Glad you liked it in germany. Glad to have pople visiting oure country. :)

[@mysteryegg340]

I grew up in Northern Germany in the 80's. We used to get real eggs, carefully pierce a small hole in the top and then bottom then blow the egg out into a bowl, then we'd paint the empty shell. I don't know if it's a German tradition or just specific to the town I lived in but we love doing this as kids.

[@peterkoller3761]

It is a tradition all over the place, also in Austria. We then hang them on twigs which we put in a vase - the tricky bit is to time it quite right so the twigs bloom on the Easter weekend

[@hotwykinger6889]

Eier auspusten is an old easter tradition ;) Moin from northern Germany :)

[@mysteryegg340]

@@hotwykinger6889 Nice info. We brought the tradition back with us when we moved to the UK in 1991. Now all the grand kids do it too :)

[@annettekaiser2316]

We do have the eggs filled with candy, they are paper mache and often covered in nostalgic images. They were very common up until the 1980s, and while they still exist, they are much rarer. It´s also a thing to hide "Easter nests", little round baskets lined with green dyed saw dust to imitate grass and filled with chocolate eggs, bunneys, chicks, lady bugs, etc.

[@sharischmidt4712]

Where are you???? You haven't posted on KZbin for months! Hope all is well with you and your family❤

[@TheDude237]

Back to USA

[@bellabusa8169]

Graduates of Georgia Tech, I’m impressed! Your parents are lovely. I was born in Heilbronn. My dad was in the Army and married a beautiful German lady.

[@m.h.6470]

Slight correction: "gebeizt" is pickled, not cured and NEITHER is raw. It is just not cooked through heat, but chemically it is "cooked" - the proteins are broken down, to make it more digestible and extend the "shelf life". Curing is done by using a lot of salt. Either in water to create a brine or directly applied to the meat. Pickling is vinegar based, with other ingredients, that can give more flavor.

[@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl]

Thank you for sharing those experiences with us. I had a few opportunities to go abroad for professional reasons and it was really interesting to work with French, Swedish and Italian people in their own countries. Best wishes to you and your grandparents!

[@arnodobler1096]

Hello, my dears! This is my favorite of your videos. Grandma and Grandpa are so nice and humorous. Grandpa playing with the grandchildren - heartwarming. What do they think of your decision to move to Germany?

[@tasminoben686]

❤

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

Yeah my dad is really playful with the kids! They all love him so much! They were very sad when we moved, it was quite hard.

[@Mimlou]

Checking in here on Feb 2024. Really miss you guys and would love to know that all is well. Please dot keep us worried😢😢

[@TheDude237]

They are back to USA

[@Mimlou]

@@TheDude237oh, wish they would’ve told us😢 Hope all is well with their family

[@TheDude237]

I think they feel embarrssed to fail

[@GrouchyBear411]

Your parents are adorable! 😊 As for ALDI in the US, the Store Brands are the same, yes, and some is imported. However, ALDI's thing is to go to local producers and demand a certain quality level, while guaranteeing a high number of purchase from the producer. So the ALDI Brand name is the same, but it is often produced locally.

[@oreopithecus]

Exactly. When I lived in Berlin, the eggs at Edeka, Rewe and Lidl came from as far away as the Netherlands or even Austria - yet the eggs at Aldi came from the very next village outside the city, only some 20 km away from my place.

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

Okay good to know!

[@hotwykinger6889]

BTW Edeka also exports from Germany to the States. Thats funy if your in an store in the states and see two on first look same Haribo winegum products with slightly different colors and if you read the rearside you see the one is produced in the US and the other in Germany.

[@ChristineBecker]

Your parents are lovely people. Best German knives come from my hometown Solingen.😃 These knives were very famous in the former days. Are you back in the US? It's been a long time since you shared your life in Germany with us. I hope everything is all right with you.

[@TheDude237]

Die letzten Sachen wurden Ende Januar bei Kleinanzeigen verschenkt. Ich schätze die Großeltern haben bestimmt auch die Kinder angefixt wieder zurück zukommen

[@Never_again_against_anyone]

So nice to see all of you together. That happpiness is really contagious. 😃Most of the gelato stores are closed in winter because they are family owned and it is still not uncommon that those families return to Italy in the winter. Also once snapped up that a lot of those families have their roots in one valley in the dolomites.

[@janinaschmidt1930]

At 31:35 the grandpa said "Danke". As a german I thought I heard it wrong :D Soo sweet 😊👍 I liked the whole conversation!

[@TheDude237]

Jemand hat deren Facebook Account übernommen und postet nur noch alte Sachen. Für wie blöd hält derjenige uns eigentlich? We’ve always dreamed of retiring to the Alps so this was truly a dream come true! Soviel dazu.

[@katjaflores7112]

Das ist in der Tat sehr merkwürdig!

[@powerage7352]

Alles nur Show...

[@edwinaburk1641]

Ich finde eure Videos einfach schön ! Warum gibt es keine neuen mehr .? Das ist so schade 😢

[@susannabonke8552]

Manchmal hat man keine Ideen...

[@TheDude237]

Ideen sind nicht der Grund. Sie sind nicht mehr in Deutschland

[@Ejonie]

In Germany Omas and Opas are often called with a second Name that describes them or the relationship, like i had a "Oma Berlin" obvious what that meant.. and an "Oma Wastl" Wastl was the Name of her Dog. often also Oma Firstname or Oma lastname or like in your family a Name that the little kids can speak or have a memory of.

[@jgr_lilli_]

I had an "Omi Mirow" and for years I thought her name was just Mirow, until my mom explained to me that Mirow was just the town she lived in lol.

[@sandraankenbrand]

I had an "Ladenoma" as she owned a small shop 😅😂

[@sonjak2395]

Tell your parents to move to Germany as well. The are fit enough to enjoy traveling Germany and the rest of Europe.

[@rosshart9514]

The term "Quark" for the elementary particle in physics was taken from a novel by James Joyce (Finnegans Wake), as a word without any meaning in English ("Three quarks for Muster Mark"). Coincidentally a German word for that white cheese already existed.

[@Sophie-nv6vi]

Your mum and dad are so cute! You got me tearing up at the end there - I hope they come back to visit soon x

[@KirstenJoerg]

How wonderful to see your parents, they are lovely! I do LOVE that your Mom loves quark because my Mom absolutely loves it too. Hope your Dad gets to return and drive a lot faster on the Autobahn hahah. Regarding Aldi & Lidl: They do have headquarters in the different countries too so they import some products but because countries are so different in foods and tastes, they do produce own products as well and work with other local companies/brands. When Aldi or Lidl opens up new stores here (it will be the same in the US), they usually have people from Germany teach the employees.

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

Okay good to know about ALDI and LIDL! And I love that your mom also loves quark. 💕

[@stefansucher9992]

Hi fokls from My Merry Messy German Life ! It was verry nice to introduce your inlaws! So I have to thanks a lot (and also the community) In my Opinion the americans and the germans can learn from each other! `cause each side have got good ideas for create a new world. And nice greetings from a good old german

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

I agree, so much we can learn from each other!

[@maluna9521]

Quark I mostly use for a dessert, by example together with fresh strawberrys. Or it taste very good together with a blueberry or strawberry jam on a Broetchen. The german bread is one of the first things I miss very much when I am for longer on a vacation. I guess we have in Germany the largest sorts of bread in the world. And that"s great.

[@jomayusa]

Lovely😊..Greetings from your new American and Singaporean Subscribers!

[@uweburger]

20 years ago aldi had a smaller number of different articles and they all had 3 digit numbers which the cashiers had to learn and type instead of scanning. They were even faster than today

[@Ba34qt]

Und ich dachte immer, sie können die Preise auswendig.

[@marcoengelbracht4141]

Loved your Video, my regards to your parents, I hope they enjoyed the stay here that much that they come back soon! A lot more to see here in Germany. Also the northern parts of Germany have their own magic.

[@TheDude237]

Die werden nicht nochmal kommen da sie ihre Kinder überzeugt haben wieder in die USA zu ziehen

[@amikino100]

I miss you too😢. All the best for you all in America! I hope hearing from you once again on this channel. Few sentences would be ok, just to know that everything is ok.

[@TheDude237]

They are already moving back to Amerika

[@paul.tuttle]

plastic eggs are actually just for decoration, not for chasing over her. And, btw: Tschüss is becoming more and more popular all over Germany- whereas in Bavaria it should be: "Servus" (which is informal when meeting people and also saying goodbye )

[@gailalbers1430]

Guys… Guys… please let us know you’re ok ! It’s really bad form to first get us interested and then do suddenly disappear without explanation. 😢

[@TheDude237]

Moved to USA

[@veigelchen8934]

​@@TheDude237 I think most know by now that they have moved back to the US. But this is still no explanation for the sudden disappearing. They could have posted a last video just to say they are moving back and that this would be also the end of the channel. That's why I think the reason for returning suddenly to the US must be sad. Something happened. Something they didn't see coming. So, I just truly hope that they are ok now. It's of course noone's business, but still... I miss them and I wonder.

[@00Galvatron00]

soo lovely vid ... put some tears in my eyes at the end ... mom & dad have so a good time , they never forget ...

[@maryschumann3920]

Quark is a Ferengi at Star Trek Deep Space Nine 🤣 When you order a "Halver Hahn" here in Cologne you don't get a half chicken. You get a rye bread bun with matured cheese and mustard.

[@marinae4672]

About ALDI: I live in Austria - Aldi is called Hofer here, but it's the same, so I guess the rest is the same as well. Apart from them scanning much faster, because they have the barcodes all around (and because they work much faster in general), their cash registers also aren't calculators where the cashier types in what they recieved in cash payment and then can read what change they get. They calculate it in their heads and yet they are still faster than in all other shops (supermarkets or others). It's not uncommon for the cashier to have your change ready before you even paid. Interestingly enough, even their card payment thingys (don't know how they are called) are faster than in other shops. And something that's been fascinating me since I was a kid: I am in my late 30s and still remember when barcodes weren't a thing here. All the shops had stickers on each product with the price .... all except Hofer (Aldi). Their cashiers knew the price of each single product! And Hofer was also the last shop that got barcodes. I think I was in my teens when they made the switch.

[@marthahenninger9273]

By the way, Trader Joe's is a subsidiary of Aldi Nord/North, the sibling store of Aldi Süd/South, which owns the Aldi stores in the USA.

[@Yamaazarashi]

Fantastic! My parets were alrady too old and weak when I moved to Germany. But my sister and niece have visited me twice. It may be time for inviting them now again! Thanks for remembering me about it!!

[@lutzhoffmann3724]

Vielen Dank für dieses wunderschöne Video. Lasst es euch gut gehen.

[@TheDude237]

Sie werden sich es auch gut gehen lassen jetzt wo sie wieder zurück in die USA gehen

[@edenschannel101]

​@@TheDude237why are you everywhere

[@TheDude237]

@@edenschannel101 Just to inform everyone. There are still people which subbed new

[@StrongKickMan]

I hope you guys do alright. Even if Germany was not you final destination, it was a pleasure watching you guys.

[@Uhrenfreund.]

Hi Sarah, congratulations on these great and lovely parents! 👍👍 They really are the prototypes of grandma and grandpa. I immediately took them into my heart. I wish for you and your kids that they could come visit more often - if they want to. Grandma and Grandpa are a very important part of the family, especially for the kids. I remember them from my youth! Maybe Kevin's parents will stop by sometime. It might have been interesting to see what they didn't like about Germany 🇩🇪. 😊 Sarah - thank you for this video. 👏👏👏

[@maxbarko8717]

There is a quite simple way for your mom to make Quark herself. Just put buttermilk into an oven with the light on over night. The next morning strain it through a cheese cloth (or tea towel). The liquid is whey and the rest is quark. You can decide how dry the Quark shall be.

[@volldillo]

I think, usual Quark would require rennet (in German: Lab). But I'm not shure about it. In any case, the whey should be extracted and the remainings are various kinds of quark.

[@maxbarko8717]

@@volldillo It works well without rennet. We are making it for years now here n Canada. You can buy Quark here for $10 per 500 g.

[@robertzander9723]

Your parents are so sweet, nice that you could show them your home and Bavaria, that you had time together to enjoy. Always interesting to hear new opinions about experience someone made in Germany. 🍻Cheers, thanks for the video.

[@tasminoben686]

❤

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

So glad you enjoyed it, Robert!

[@conniebruckner8190]

I'm so pleased for all of you, you, the children and your parents that you had such a great visit. Thanks also for sharing their visit with us!💖💖 Re Easter eggs: In the "olden days" ( 50s 60s) they had paper maché easter eggs one could fill. You might still find them, mostly in paper shops. We use the foil wrapped eggs. They come in all sizes, and of course the foli wrapped bunnies in different chocolate flavours.

[@Dutchbelg3]

Solingen is very well known to have a centuries old tradition of producing swords, knives and scissors. Nowadays they are usually machined but there are still some artisan producers.

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

Oh good to know! I’ll have to pass that on to my dad.

[@myknife_life]

The only left artisan knifemakers in Solingen, which are not custom makers, are Klaas and Hartkopf afaik. Böker is kind of an industrial producer and unfortunatly a few of the better ones with a real long history went out of business in the last few years because they couldn‘t find anyone to continue their business e. g. Linder and Hubertus

[@themanthemyththebanger]

​@@myknife_life with Böker being somewhat widely available in the States, that would be an interesting factory tour for any knife-lover visiting Germany from the US I think. Sarah's dad may have to look into it next time!

[@RealConstructor]

Even in The Netherlands Solingen is famous for knives and cutlery. I have a kitchen knife block from Solingen, Zwilling J.A. Henckels

[@whitegrey2317]

Miss to hear from you ❤

[@manfrednath2485]

Wirklich immer sehr interessant. Wenn aber gar nichts mehr kommt, wäre schade.

[@filmalarmxxl]

dear Mcfalls, no video since 3 month. miss you! hope you are ok!

[@TheDude237]

Back to USA

[@isana788]

Hello lovely Family McFalls, nothing came from you for a long time, which of course is ok, but I just wanted to ask if everything is ok and you're okay? Your videos were sooo great, every single one.

[@crossfire2204]

no answer... they write who they want... not to all user ? :-( so said...

[@TheDude237]

House is empty on Immobilienscout

[@TheDude237]

They are back in the USA the Channel is dead

[@bookllama8158]

In my (German) family, we always hid individually wrapped chocolate eggs. These are really popular in Germany and come in many different flavours and with different fillings. You can buy bags of them in every supermarket in the time before Easter. There usually also were some dyed hard-boiled eggs and a chocolate bunny for each child. Because the chocolate eggs are so small, there would easily have been more than 15 each, so lots of fun looking for them. I know some Germans give their children toys for Easter, but my family never did.

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

I think the painted egg tradition is sadly dying out here in the UK. We have hot cross buns but sadly they are becoming available all year round now and flavoured with so many things 😢

[@grandmak.]

So happy for you to have your parents come and visit ! Now they know exactly where to picture you and what your area looks like. I'm sure your kids were excited, too !

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

Hi Grandma K! That’s exactly what my mom said, that she’s really happy she has a picture in her mind now of everything we talk about.

[@grandmak.]

@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife I feel that !

[@tasminoben686]

❤

[@grandmak.]

@@tasminoben686 Hallo Ben !

[@caramella4220]

That's the trouble with letting strangers into your life. We care about you, and we worry.

[@TL-xv9of]

It is really important to get an outside view of our country, especially when it is so positive. I think we are going through times were our public self perception and the outlook to the future is far to negative. Thank you for your video.

[@Winona493]

As a German I enjoyed this video soooo much!!!! 😊 Thank you for your impressions, guys!!! I'll definitively subscribe, give thumbs up and share!!!!

[@hape3862]

What a lovely video! Glad to see they enjoyed it here. You did a good job as tourist guides.

[@helfgott1]

First WELCOME TO MY COUNTRY I really hope you will have a great time ❤❤😁😁 LOVE FROM BAVARIA you are so WELCOME 😃😃👍👍

[@MyMerryMessyGermanLife]

Thank you so much!

[@lorrefl7072]

Quark in Belgium is "Kwark" but we also call it "Platte Kaas" which means "Flat Cheese". In Belgium we don't only eat Quark like yoghurt but also savory on bread. Put some Quark on a slice of brown bread with a bit of salt, ground black pepper, chives or spring onion, slices of radish. So good!

[@sabinebassnotreble675]

De love our bread with Quark and Marmelade or Rübenkraut, so delicious !!!😋

[@andreea.andreea]

Dear Merry Messy , you have a great energy, thank you for taking us with u in your german daily expected and unexpected life. As a family who moved in Germany for less than an year, your insight and detailed videos really come in handy. Looking forward to see and hear more of u. 🤗

[@davesaunders7080]

Such an interesting video. I find it interesting to see visitors first impressions of a new place and how they adapt to all the differences, your folks are so thoughtful in their observations.

[@wakeupcall2665]

Das Haus steht auf Immonet wieder zur Vermietung. Rarität - Anwesen mit parkähnlichem Grundstück. Foto des Kamins, der hier im Video sichtbar ist. Seltsam ist es jedenfalls. Oh well. Wünsche den McFalls alles Gute!

[@TheDude237]

Kevin hat alle Fahrräder auf Kleinanzeigen verschenkt. Schätze die Großeltern haben ihr Ziel erreicht das sie wieder zurück kommen

[@monolith2063]

Warum ist das seltsam? In einer Kleinanzeige von Herrn McFall steht, dass sie in die USA umziehen. Kann ja durchaus sein, es kann viele Gründe geben, warum sie das machen. Eines sollte einem klar sein: KZbin spiegelt nie das gesamte wirkliche Leben wieder, sondern immer nur einen Ausschnitt daraus.

[@mulleflupp54]

​@@TheDude237 yes sie sind wieder in den USA und scheißen auf ihren KZbin Kanal bzw die Abonennten 1

[@janpracht6662]

@@TheDude237 Ist ja auch okay, wenn es so ist. Aber gegenüber der Community ist es nicht gerade nett, kommentarlos zu verschwinden. Es erwartet keiner, dass hier intime Familienheimnisse offengelegt werden (sie werden schon ihre privaten Gründe haben)- aber ohne Abschied abzuhauen, gehört sich nicht. Finde ich jedenfalls.

[@TheDude237]

Ich schätze sie schämen sich und posten lieber nichts

[@elbrover]

Hello, Sarah and Kevin! Salmon raw is very delicous: you buy it as filet with skin, remove the skin and give pretty much salt on it. No other spicys, maybe onion. In a freshbox in cooler/fridge wait 2-3 days, and serve with your favorite garnish. I have made this yet: yummy as always!

[@abinashmishra329]

Kevin must have eaten gravlaks in Sweden, which is made in the similar way.

[@ramona146]

Still miss you guys. I think of you very often and wonder what may you are doing now and if the kids are ok. Have you ever considered to continue the channel with your american life and american culture for the german part of your community? I'm pretty sure that there are still lots of people who think like me and are missing you. I wish you all the best, lots of Love from Ramona

[@TheDude237]

Nun übertreib mal nicht. Spätestens wenn Gabriel älter ist wird er schon im Internet auftauchen sei es Facebook, College oder LinkedIn