so i moved to germany

[@furbytvtv]

Thank you for all your kind comments and welcomes everyone 😊💗😇

[@AnnetteLudke-je5ll]

As a German I am sorry that you had so much trouble with your landlord.You are so sympathatic and friendly.

[@furbytvtv]

Thanks 🫶

[@nordwestbeiwest1899]

If you have made a German friend after a while, then you have one of the best friends in the world for the rest of your life!

[@tasminoben686]

So ist es! Grüße aus Ahrensburg in den Nordwesten! Ben❤

[@DocFumachu]

Welcome to Germany. I wish you all the best for your future and hope the rocky start was all the trouble you get here and things go smoothly moving forward.

[@furbytvtv]

Thank you 🫶 I’m sure it’s only up from here :))

[@Born.Toulouse]

Welcome to Bonn, Kate, it's great to have you here! And I wish you an even better year here than the last one - although perhaps a little less intimidating. You can be proud of yourself, of what you dared to do and what you've achieved!

[@furbytvtv]

Thank you so much for the kind words 😊😊

[@LizzyMom]

As another resident of Bonn, welcome to the Rhineland!

[@zorrothebug]

Hi, just watching at 10:00 you said in that moment you noticed how much power a landlord has in this country. Well, he/she does not, it was unlawful, but you didn't know so she took advantage over you. Does not help you with what happened but for the future seek help from the Mieterschutzbund (Tenant Protection Association). It's a registered society to which every tenant can apply for a yearly membership fee of less than 100€ and they give you advice on your rights and also legal advice or when necessary even step in to talk with or write to your landlord on your behalf. Though on their website I did not notice an English translation, I'm fairly sure they will have you covered also in English when calling or writing (mail or e-mail). Now continuing to watch... :-)

[@robwilliams2410]

Willkommen in Deutschland. I moved here from the States over 25 years ago and never looked back. Met my wife to be in Würzburg, we later moved to Nürnberg and I became a citizen close to a dozen years ago. Give me a shout if you visit Nürnberg.

[@furbytvtv]

Thanks Rob! Why have you never looked back? And what were the best and worst parts for you about the move? Keen to hear more of others’ stories if you’re willing to share :)

[@christiandengler6689]

Aussies are welcome, Americans are not! Better move back home!

[@robwilliams2410]

@ There are many ways to approach the question „why I never looked back.“ In general, I’m a forward looking person, not one to dwell on the past. What I had more specifically in mind was that I found my people here, and this place quickly became my home after coming via an internship to Würzburg. I studied German in school and University after my parents took us on a winter trip to Austria and Germany for skiing and visiting Mom‘s friends from her three years in Germany before she returned to the States to get married and have a family. During this trip, I became friends with some of the children of her friends, with whom I have remained close ever since. The best? Nothing beats being close to best friends. I also quickly came to appreciate the culture, focus more on the group than the individual, typical of the USA, as well as the social contract including access to higher education and healthcare. The worst? Living on a different continent makes it difficult to stay up to date with my family.

[@furbytvtv]

@@robwilliams2410thanks for going into it rob! I can relate about leaving family being super tough. It’s this making sacrifices to put yourself first which gets to me a little bit. I’ve always been a big family person, so that was hard leaving them in Sydney. But I guess they’re only a flight away. Hope you’ve managed to visit them over the years or them you, and all is mostly well. But it sounds like you’ve had a big experience too so thanks for sharing and all the best with the next years 😊

[@robwilliams2410]

@ The pandemic was particularly challenging. This was the only time I had to cancel a trip to the States, meant that I missed my mom’s 80th birthday and was the longest time between trips - several years. We did manage two trips this year, once in the spring then over Christmas. In the aggregate though, I have benefited disproportionately from my decision and thankful to be where I am.

[@Anonymos321]

Welcome here in Germany. I hope you'll enjoy your life here

[@ulfbraun943]

Du meine Güte, was für ein aufregender Ritt den Du in Deinem Leben hattest. Es ist schön zu hören, dass sich die Dinge langsam aber stetig verbessern. Und ich freue mich sehr für Dich. Du wirkst so offen und liebenswert und ich drücke Dir alle mir zur Verfügung stehenden Daumen für Dein tolles Leben hier in Deutschland !!!

[@furbytvtv]

Danke dir das ist sehr lieb 😊😊

[@f.d.robben159]

Welcome to Germany. As a father of seven children, one of whom is part of the queer community and my eldest daughter lives here in Germany with her Australian partner, I can really empathize with many of your difficulties and your emotionality. There is so much strength in us humans that we have in reserve for emergencies and seemingly insurmountable hurdles. With this strength and the support of family, friends and a loving partner, no hurdle is too high. You have already achieved so much I wish you all the best ;-)

[@furbytvtv]

Thanks so much for your beautiful comment and for the welcome 🫶

[@bonnersommer7201]

Welcome to Bonn! You are clearly an enrichment for the town :-) As someone already commented, there are also basketball teams here to join. I wish you all the best, hope to see more of you here on youtube!

[@furbytvtv]

Thank you 😊 and good tip!

[@Krmplc09]

As a person who moved to Köln almost 3 years ago I totally relate to Karneval being overwhelming when you don't drink. And even generally: somehow KZbin recommended me the perfect video to get to know you. Wishing you all the best with job hunting. Man is it hard, but you can do it. And I'm subscribing :)

[@fenrisulfur842]

Hey there and G´Day! Willkommen hier Kate!

[@Dutchbelg3]

Big hug to you for being persistent! Moving countries is quite an adventure and one with many frustrations ( I moved 20+ years ago and still feel like a person in the middle between 2 opposites) but I learned to survive and so did you up to now! Germany has excellent healthcare so there has to be an excellent position in neuroscience for you! Viel Glück !

[@DJ-ALIXX]

much colder here :) Alles Gute !

[@furbytvtv]

Yes indeed 😅 danke dir auch :)

[@wora1111]

"Living in a different language" causes lots of changes. I remember flying back to Germany after an exchange year. The plane was filled with Gernan students and everybody was talking English, telling his seat neighbor about what happened in the last 12 months.

[@KarMa-ws3ll]

When i moved to bonn in highschool, we used to call it the "Bundesdorf" (The federal village or the capital village. Its a wordplay). Its truly an international village 😀There is no other city like that here, not even Heidelberg.

[@harrydehnhardt5092]

Hi Kate, I was born near Bonn, spent the first 20 years of my life there and have many fond memories of that time. I wish you all the best for your future and hope that your feeling of happiness lasts as long as you live. Greetings from Frankfurt.

[@furbytvtv]

Thanks so much 😊

[@mariesiahl]

Du bist so mutig,, einfach so deinem Herz zu folgen. Willkommen in Deutschland. Ich wünsche dir alles Glück dieser Welt. 🙂🍀

[@furbytvtv]

Danke, dir auch 🫶😊

[@wimschoenmakers5463]

Yeah... must be a crazy journey for you until today, but all the difficulties you overcome will make you stronger and stronger. Germany is a nice country to live, so just go for it! Thanks for sharing your story !

[@gowest19]

Happy new year and welcome to germany,your charming and honest.

[@voyance4elle]

Herzlich Willkommen :) I like Bonn. I studied there and just met someone from there. Really friendly city imo ^^ good choice!

[@eatwithbella]

I just moved to Germany too!! Good luck with everything ☺

[@arnodobler1096]

Welcome!

[@eatwithbella]

@ thank you!!

[@furbytvtv]

Aw thanks you too! 😊

[@Anonymos321]

You are welcome too 👍

[@eatwithbella]

@@Anonymos321 thank you!

[@Elli-1312]

aww kate how cute is this video?! Cologne is so grateful for your decision to come live here

[@furbytvtv]

🥰🥰🥰

[@Jemima.Volcano]

Congratulations and Guten Tag!! Wishing you all the best ☺️ sending my love from Melbs 🇦🇺

[@furbytvtv]

Aw thank you Gemima! Sending love back to Melb 🥰

[@wora1111]

"I make a good coffee." That is a good statement to put in a CV. It would have gotten you an interview with me.

[@furbytvtv]

Haha thanks for the tip 😄

[@wora1111]

@@furbytvtv I put similar things in my resume/CV as well. Usually got some nice talking and allowed me to judge my (possible) employer. Some of them flunked this test though ....

[@irminschembri8263]

" Was Dich nicht umbringt, macht Dich stärker !" I know that sounds brutal, but it is true. We grow with the challenges life throws at us, not by sitting on a couch. Dir und Deiner Partnerin ein Glückliches und Gesundes Neues Jahr. And stay as open and couragious as you are and see where the winds will blow you.

[@nikolaiquack8548]

You can be really proud of you. I'm proud of you in any case. I've never lived in another country long term, but I did live in Ireland for 3 1/2 months in 2023. And I actually also got kicked out by landlady. Well, more like she made me feel so unwelcome till the point where I moved of my own accord...but she didn't give me back my deposit. I still get mad about it, when I think on it. So I can relate :D

[@santaclaus0815]

Landlords in Germany do not have unlimited power. But immigrants are naturally less familiar with German laws, rights and legal processes and may not even have legal protection insurance so that they can enforce their rights, get legal advice, etc.

[@_aullik]

German renting law is weird. Its even weirder with WG when you are just the "Addon". In General the Tenant has all the rights as long as he follows a few simple rules. First you need a contract from the Landlord (which is binding for them as soon as they send it unless specified otherwise) and sign it in time. Second you need to pay on time. Landlords can say a lot and be really annoying but that usually doesn't hold in court. So the Tenant needs to F up hard to loose in Court. However if you are foreign or just a sub-tenant it is easy to make mistakes and then get punished for them. It also isn't fun if you have a fucked up relationship with your Landlord.

[@kilianwinkelmann]

Go for it! Be happy, grow, be blessed!

[@laewox]

greetings from Bonn :D ..nice video and welcome to Germany! :)

[@Brocoree]

Im moving to Germany!! In 3 months I just found this randomly lol

[@furbytvtv]

@@Brocoree aye cool! How come?

[@Brocoree]

@furbytvtv I've loved Germany since my first visit back in 2012! There's so many things that are so great I want to try living there for a year and see

[@furbytvtv]

@ hey this sounds similar to my story! Do you know where you want to move yet or have a plan already?

[@ccat342]

​@@Brocoreepick the place you move to in Germany according to your interests and you will do just fine!

[@Brocoree]

@furbytvtv i have a friend that lives in Berlin and she has an extra room so I'll start there :)

[@siebentedimension]

That was a fantastic German sounding „tschüüüss“ in the end. Congrats!

[@MartinMundorf]

Welcome to Germany (its maybe a little bit late, but anyway). I wish you all the best for you, your relationship and d your future ☺

[@rociogb9889]

Thank you for sharing your experience ✌️

[@angeladoshen1038]

So so proud of you!! 🥹👏🏻

[@furbytvtv]

@@angeladoshen1038 aw Ang 🥰🥰🥰😘

[@Arch_Angelus]

Welcome to germany. Have a nice time here. And for the fear of maybe loosing something on the other side of the globe cause you are not there let me say you something: A poet from the Tang Dynasty, over 1,000 years ago in China, wrote a poem that captures the feelings about returning home that are hard for you to express. Quote: "Letters from beyond the mountains have ceased, and many years have passed, through winters and springs. As I near my hometown, my feelings grow even more hesitant, for I fear asking the people from home about it, lest it has changed beyond recognition." Quote end. So the feeling is present since 1000 of years and will never change, it is normal and human. And also think about this saying what describes especially from the perspective of a real german friendship (that's definitely how I feel and experience it): Quote: "Friends are like stars, even if you can't see them, they are always there" Quote end best regards

[@George-rm7yw]

Glad it is working out for you. As a Sydneysider who moved here in 2016, I have to say I totally get your struggles. I live in a small town in the north and nobody will speak English to me, even English teachers! The beginning was very hard, but I would just say learn the language as much as possible. It will help immensely. All the best.

[@furbytvtv]

Hey thanks for your comment! How come you moved here?

[@George-rm7yw]

@@furbytvtv My wife (German) and I were fed but with the daily Sydney grind of work, traffic and mortgage. A few sicknesses and deaths in the family finally swayed us. Life is short and came here for a better life... and the Austrian / Italian Alps...😅

[@mariekembh]

she’s back on KZbin juchei, give us an upload every week please

[@furbytvtv]

@@mariekembh will do my best anonymous fan 🥰

[@LordKosmos]

Well, viel Glück im neuen Lebensabschnitt and all the best to you! Take it easy, do not verzweifel with our "over"-bureaucracy and how fudging looooong some things take. Stay sane! Cheers!

[@dieterwtm8941]

I wish you much luck on your new life here in Germany. I would miss the Australian weather...

[@rufusheisenberg7896]

My former boss told me when I was dreaming of moving to another country: Gin Tonic tastes the same everywhere. All over the world. In a way, that's true. Many things remain the same. You have to function and everyday life rarely has any magic or glamor. But it makes a big difference where and with whom you drink your Gin Tonic. Now that you're staying sober, you'll probably have to find a different comparison...

[@thomasalbrecht5914]

If you drink Gin Tonic wherever you go to live, instead of trying the stuff that’s local, that is your problem and not the problem of the place you go to live in, so your former boss is either not competent to advise on emigration, or didn’t think that you had the competence it takes to migrate somewhere else.

[@fenrisulfur842]

Oh Wow! all the best for you two!

[@adlerdeszeus]

…uuuuihhh, that‘s a lot stuff to digest, your way of running through time express the need of letting it out and behind… so, make us curious about „what will come“ and don‘t fade! I leave here two wordings from a famous German (poet Goethe): „The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving“ and „There is no past we can bring back by longing for it. There is only an eternal now that builds and creates out of the past something new and better“ Warm welcome to center of Europe!

[@sayonarababy335]

Welcome to Germany. Hope you will feel fine here.

[@BlissLovePeace]

Inspirational … thank you!

[@giniinthebottle5777]

good to hear that you feel happy now; I hope it lasts; oh and also ... a belated welcome

[@naokimooi]

"Seine Geschichte kann man nur schreiben, wenn man aufsteht und es macht."

[@denisesofagirls200]

Happy new year!

[@furbytvtv]

Same to you!

[@claasengelbart2268]

Welcome to Germany! 👍🏻

[@fm95master]

Welcome! Wish you will have a wonderfull life here. :) Liebe Grüße aus Augsburg (Germany).

[@furbytvtv]

Thank you 🥰🥰

[@jingiz]

such a moving video (pun intended).

[@furbytvtv]

The perfect comment doesn’t exi-

[@KarMa-ws3ll]

If you have a contract, no landlord can just kick you out. Actually, renter laws are pretty strong here. And if you want to move in with someone , the landlord cannot really say anything against it, (if its not an illegal situation like 3 people on 9 m²). But if you move in for more than 6 weeks eg you are not just visiting, you dont have a conctract and its behind the landlords back - that is actually a problem.

[@Harryset1]

So, stay classy, stay cute and stay save. I hoffe, Deutschland wird Ihnen ein Umfeld bieten in Sie sich wohl fühlen können und wollen. Schöpfen Sie ruhig und gelassen alle Möglichkeiten aus die sich Ihnen bieten. Die besten Wünsche eines alten Mannes begleiten Sie -- was immer das auch bedeuten und nützen mag .. Auf ein erfolgreiches Jahr 2025! Greets, H.

[@citrezene]

I moved back to Germany 3 months ago hehe also I've never met an australian here before

[@furbytvtv]

@@citrezene aye nice how come? It’s true there aren’t too many Aussies here! I’ve met a couple but would love to meet some more :)

[@citrezene]

@furbytvtv spent a semester in Tokyo and met a few Aussies over there! Good luck with your Aussie-finding endeavors :D ♥️

[@DalaiDrama-hp6oj]

Hi from Bonn and welcome to Bonn 🤗 I did a 6 months student exchange to Brisbane like 28 years ago and I can definitely relate to some of your experiences... PS: If I was you, I would rigorously delete intolerant and especially rar-right AfD-party election campaigning comments (this video just recieved two of those this morning). From what I see so far, they don't seem to belong here at all, right?

[@jankock-bx7ps]

Very good / i am lucky for you/ go forward

[@michaelmckelvey5122]

What did your father do in Germany? He must have had a really good job to have the perks to have his daughter flown half--way around the world on visits.

[@rairei]

Happy New Year 2025 .. after having your big year 2024. All the best 🙂. Europe and especially Germany is a nice place to live. The more you dive in the more you'll understand 🙂

[@vesnabirek-keklik7137]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@petersfluege]

WELL DONE!

[@bobavontanelorn5713]

Welcome to Germany!

[@Kenrp11]

Tenants are way more protected in Germany than Australia.

[@klauskleber5154]

Have you think about playing basketball in Germany again? That can open some doors for you. 🙂

[@jannischronox1409]

In Gelsenkirchen? 😂

[@ftux1915]

Did you know that one of the most famous comedians here has Australian roots?

[@furbytvtv]

Who?

[@peterboil4064]

German is a pretty language though.

[@xxJOKeR75xx]

Actually Landlords have almost no power here. I guess you just didn't know. But welcome anyways and all the best.

[@ribaldc3998]

"Karneval". "big party" 🤣

[@TranceElevation]

You're such a nice smurf.

[@MIZRAIM1906]

Kate.... how can we date?

[@maylinde986]

(: ♡♡♡♡♡ 💙💚💛🧡❤️💜 💞 Liebe Grüße from a mother of several girls♡♡♡

[@bridgetteingham5214]

❤️🫶🫶🫶

[@furbytvtv]

@@bridgetteingham5214 🥰🥰🥰

[@mariekembh]

YOU DID IT ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹 so proud of you! Best thing that happened 2024

[@furbytvtv]

@@mariekembh I love u 💞💞💞🥹

[@lospegasus]

🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

[@eileengrothe]

🤍🌷🌿