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As we say in France, "En Europe on a l'heure, en Afrique on a le temps." which I would roughly translate as "In Europe you have watches, in Africa you have time."

Thanks for this video. Very simple and less stress.

I am pleased that so many people enjoy the wealth of "Germany". I pay 45% taxes, for health insurance I pay the highest contribution in the statutory health insurance and 30 years ago I was allowed to pay 450 DM a month for my son's kindergarten. It should just be clear that there are people who pay for all the fun, nothing is FREE. I would rather pay taxes for poor pensioners in Germany who have worked hard all their lives, these people were not given anything. Everyone is welcome to come to Germany, I just think that we have nothing to give away

This is a great video.. you’ve answered a lot of my questions thank you …please my additional questions are, 1. what are the documents you’d advice i prepare from Nigeria? I’ve seen some articles that mentioned translated birth and marriage certificates , can I translate these documents from Nigeria or I have to do them in Germany? 2. I’m 36 weeks pregnant and will arrive Berlin at 38 weeks, I don’t have a mutter pass, but i have health insurance, what would you recommend/advice i put in place from Nigeria before arriving Berlin. Can i like register in a hospital from Nigeria? It’s going ti be a rush and I hope to get things in order. Hope to read from you 🙏

I am surprised that you say food was free in the hospital etc. That is not entirely true. A day/night in a German hospital they will ask you to copay 10 Euros per day for food, bed, etc. Granted, compared to the U.S. that is nothing, but it is not free…

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Hi.. interesting video.. It`s always interesting to learn how we are in Germany by people who recognize our "normal". So Yes - it is absolutly unusual to talk to strangers in public spaces, and if - we start an "excuse me.." if we ask for the way or something like that. That`s perhaps also this "staring" thing.. Espescialli if there ist somebody interesting.. a beautiful woman with this great extraordanary hairstxle - and this different skin color-- and we do not dare to speak to strangers on the street.. So - if someone speaks to us on the street - we are just confused an try to figure out, if weh should know this person, if someone needs help, or if we had done something wrong.. So i guess it`s really not easy to get in touch, just because you need a reason.. This may be look sometimes a little unfriendly - but it`s just thats what we think its polite ..

Thanks for this recipe, Can you make this for a 5 months old please?

Bread for lunch is not true. Lunch they give potatoes, rice or noodles with meat and vegetables. But breakfast and dinner is always bread. That's true. You are I Germany not in Nigeria. Nobody eat egusi soup, we don't know it. The cook in the hospital don't know how to cook it.

Yes we look because black people are different to us and you look so beautiful and exotic for us. Please let enjoy us. The village people didn't saw black people before. So they stare of course. No we never talk to other people. We have another history than you and look our cold weather 😄The best you can do, learning German language. You don't have issues anymore, people like it so much when you speak German.

What about racism??? Germany people they heat us ,,coz of our color,,,,coz we are african. So like you said health insurance,,,everyone is treat the same,, Free school,,,kindergarten free,,but what about our dignithy,,,,Totally there is modern slavery in Germany.

You make a great first impression. Be aware that your command of German will have a HUGE impact on that, either positive or negative. As an American who has visited Lagos several times I understand your comments about friendship. My first six years in Germany I was a fanatic about learning the language, which paid significant dividends both at work and in being able to make friends. Your command of English is impressive, especially if it is your third language after Hausa and Yoruba. Therefore I think you are intelligent and would assume you have a university education and if not, still easily be more than smart enough to learn how to do whatever job you were applying for. Make sure your command of German is always in line with the answer to the question "How long have you been here?" In Munich I once met an American woman, a teacher of business English, who did not know the word "Tür," which means "door." She had been in country NINE years. Unbelievable! I believe she had gotten away with doing everything in English because of her spectacular looks, like a runway bikini model. Curious, I asked a couple of her students what they thought of her. Standing right next to us, a German woman laughed that the teacher was so stupid, she could not even learn the most basic German. A man added that this stupidity was a real plus for their lessons because it kept her explanations simple-minded. They looked over at her and smiled, switching to English. "We've been telling him what a wonderful teacher you are." She glanced over to a mirror on the wall, wiggled and preened herself, and beamed. Later she bragged to me that her students were impressed with her exceptional intelligence as an honors graduate from college, which enabled her to explain difficult English to them in such a clear and simple way. Your attractiveness sets really high standards. To maintain those standards, you need for your German to be good, better, for it to be great, i.e., at the same level as the 1st visual impression you make. You already know about Goethe Institute and the local Volkshochschule as a less expensive alternative. To get the accent down, critical to sounding as attractive as you look, one of the very best phonetic courses out there, and which you might not already know about, is from Dein Sprachcoach Maria, www.deinsprachcoach.de If I have been preaching to the choir, why so much the better!

Very nice vídeo. I am a black woman from Brazil. I will stay in Germany for one year and it is really interesting listen you. When they stare me i do the same with them.

I was in Germany in the month of July. Gross Gerau precisely and i attest to all you've stated. The HolySpirit Church in Heidelberg was just too quiet the day i visited the Castle in Heidelberg. Same with 1 in Koblenz. If it ois by the way you shout amen as being done in Nigeria that your prayers are answered then German's prayers will not be answered. lol. Very quiet people.

Maybe we germans are staring to you, because you are pretty!

I have culture shocks too. Not coming from a different place, but from a different time. When I was young there was not that obsession with "Termin machen" in Germany as it is nowadays. This is annoying for me too.

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the thing with the language barrier is very discussable though, especially in transport, it isnt as bad.....But in my opinion, you cant just go to another country and expect, that your language is the main language there...although many people can speak at least decent english🙃

Hi! I think, a main issue is, that germans are all in all mostly conservative thinking and acting people. Therefor, changes in social or public society take their time to be established here. For long lime, germany was not seen as a country, were immigration takes place ( instead of it already HAS BEEN such a place since the 50ties, when the german government started camaigns to invent workers from other countries - first especially italian, greek, spanish and slavic people....later mainly from turkey - there was a big lack of workers because many german workers had been killed in world war 2.) Thecgerman government and the german people expected the so called "Gastarbeiter" ( guest workers) not to stay in germany. They thought, that after a few years they would return to their homelands.... - but they didn't!! Most of them stayed because of the - compared to their homelands - better living conditions in germany and also invited their families to join them here! The german government and people refused to see that ( new conditions always take a lot of time to establish in germany, brcause the germans are very traditional oriented in their thinking...) and so everydays life is still not totally reflecting the indeed high number of immigrants/people from other countries that meanwhile had come to germany in the way, that is reflecting this phenomenon . During the last decades, things have become better, but germany is a very buresucratical concepted country and so things need time to change to the better....germans aren't bad people, but sadly they tend to stuck to their traditions and are not very flexible, when it comes to urgent needs in a world that changes faster and faster. Perhaps this stay help you understanding, why life in germany still needs a lot of changes towards taking more care for the situations of its immigrants! Hope you're doing well!

not everything is free if you have a job or when you are not depending on socialmoney ( Government support ) then you have to pay for kindergarden and other cost :)

don't mind staring, sometimes we spend hours looking at beautiful works of art and are not aware of the passage of time... looking at a beautiful person is breathtaking

I stare myself every morning in the mirror. That is so unpolite of me, that I stare back really hard!

I have really heard of this things from some few persons I knew of. You're right. I also heard German also operate a relationship of 50/50 relationship. New subbies here and notification turns on. Let stay connected.

Thank you for your video! It's a very informative, good and insightful one. I understand it bothers you when someone stares at you. But I agree with some of the commentators who have already replied to your video: I think most Germans stare at others because they are rather curious. I have to admit that I do this - unintentionally - sometimes too. And on my own terms, I personally never want to hurt another person or make him feel uncomfortable by looking at him. I really only have a positive interest in people. But in the future I will be even more careful not to look at other people for too long and make them feel uncomfortable. Please continue with your videos. They are really interesting!

German hospital food is terrible, I can attest to that🙈

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Jessica I would love to start a black woman hair product business in foreign countries. Like hair grease and Afro combs and pressing won sticks and Black woman skin lotions like coconut oil and shea butter. It’s easy to get theses things here but to start I need a partner. Tell me what you think and maybe you can talk to someone about this there in Germany

My father is Ethiopian and my mother is Cherokee and I have light brown eyes and curly hair and people stare at me here in America . I would love to come visit Germany to finish my medical studies. I had to stop because the cost is so expensive. Thanks for sharing.

Haha haha 😂 yes sweetheart feel good and proud of your blackness! They only wish they could be our color! Try and get darker. 😃😀😀

Please as a Nigerian that gave birth in Germany, what does it take for your baby to get citizenship in Germany? Is it by birth like in USA?

You are young, what cosmetics do you really need?

Well i am german but please let me tell you this. The german police (POLIZEI) is a real friend and helper. No joke. No matter what problem they will be there in a professional way.Sure there might be some ..... but beeing 62 living most of my life in germany there was never a situation which lead me not to trust our POLIZEI. They can be harsh but they are fair. Always show respect to german Polizei they deserve it.They are just good

Thank you for this video🙏 please can I send you a private message, I have a personal question. Your email or anything will be appreciated.

1. african food is obviously more expensive. it has to be shipped in and there is low demand... get used to some of the german foods and maybe help enrich the german culture with what you can bring to the table 2. how long have you been here? if you want to make friends find a 'verein' (group) that caters to your interests. give it a year or two and you will have a friend or two. usually once you are friends thats not going to change. if you need anything from a friend they are going to be there, no matter what. even if you havent met in years, the friendship is not over if you get stupid questions like the one about being a refugee pls dont take it as an insult. its most likely honest and naive interest in you.

but to be fair, same in Italy or France... foreigners find it really difficult to make friends... by the time you reach 30 most people settle down and stop looking for new friends.... but true the further up north you get the more diffcult it is, humanity will colonize mars before any German person makes small talk... they require a lot of beer before loosen up.... it's the weather.... I'm sure

clueless guy here: look for a Douglas Filiale near you, if you can. Ask if they can ship products from their website to the store and let you try things out. Douglas isn't cheap but customer service is quite good. So maybe worth a try...

many germans hate their letter boxes ! you no longer receive letters or postcards from your friends -allways bills and sometimes you don t even know what you have to pay for

Come on, Jessie, how could anyone _not_ stare at you? Even I as a gay man can appreciate that you are a beautiful woman. My poor straight fellow German men must be mesmerized. And the women envy as hell.

Try to see it this way as well: Things you are not used to usually have a reason. One, for a beginning, is - Germany works. If I go to many african states, my culture shock is - it does not work, Some paperwork and some appointments to make is a small price for a working state.

I left Germany 24 years ago ,but even then they had all diverse Shops Turkey s Shops African shops at the time it was mostly Hair ,did it really change that much? What happened to the African shops ? Over here in the Us The Hair shop which also called Buity supply shop got everything from hair products skin products and suma everything . Kinda like The Turkey s People have in their store. did it really change that much ??

They stare 😂 ! I am German and it’s true: some Germans actually stare. I make em stop if they stare by behaving a little weird! They get scared and quickly look away 😂

Staring? I think it depends on if you live in a little village or a big city. I would stare as well, because you are pretty. :-)

lol, I get you. I once saw an elderly man drop his wallet and when I call out to him, oh my if looks could kill, then I just said you dropped your wallet and he said thanks and moved on. 😂😂

"Germany can use letters to destroy your life" 😂😂 spot on! Also the "termin machen". These things are the reason why everything is functioning pretty smoothly, but they can also be tiresome for sure.

That talking to a stranger thing has changed in the last like 40 years. It used to be more normal before and it still is more normal in rural areas and by older people. Maybe just try, it's actually not a nogo and not totally out of the culture, just not done that often.