My Merry Messy German Life
My Merry Messy German Life
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My Parents' FIRST IMPRESSIONS of Germany! 🇩🇪 The Food, Culture, Autobahn, Landscape & More
We had a blast hosting my American parents on their first trip to Germany! 🇩🇪🇺🇸 From munching on traditional German cuisine and hiking up mountains like locals, to driving on the Autobahn and learning new words, we captured it all. Want to know what they thought of their time in Deutschland? Check out our video for their first impressions!
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//CHAPTERS//
0:00 - My Parents' First Impressions of Germany - Intro
03:16 - 1 - German Food
09:17 - 2 - Driving on the Autobahn
13:38 - 3 - German Supermarkets and Stores
19:12 - 4 - German Countryside - Solar Panels, Mountains
25:01 - 5 - German Culture
34:43 - BLOOPERS!
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🇩🇪 Life in Germany blog posts and videos here - mymerrymessylife.com/category/family/travel-and-life-in-germany/
//PLAYLISTS/
🇩🇪 Life in Germany - czcams.com/play/PLMUy6rPvNf96RmlBl22TCRUbrY3rTdPtb.html
🇩🇪 Raising Children in Germany - czcams.com/play/PLMUy6rPvNf97Cn8enlrCvxJER3nrRMmPd.html
🇩🇪 Traveling with Kids - czcams.com/play/PLMUy6rPvNf96Ml8PvPznoX6r61eVtSgoV.html
🇩🇪 Germany is Beautiful - Relaxing Nature Videos of Germany - czcams.com/video/jcKvtsODciQ/video.html
🇩🇪 Christmas is Magical in Germany - czcams.com/video/-NiHHBUlvXU/video.html
//ABOUT US//
We are a family of six, with four kids and a cat 😹, who moved from the USA to Germany in February of 2021 to pursue our dreams of adventure, travel, learning another language, and integrating into German life. We hope you enjoy our videos about our journey to integrate - the highs and the lows of being foreigners on the adventure of a lifetime.
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Komentáře

  • @marygarza4020
    @marygarza4020 Před 14 hodinami

    Mine developed mold. What did I do wrong?

  • @campcreates8484
    @campcreates8484 Před 16 hodinami

    Never tried but definitely going to!

  • @joannsvarrer5366
    @joannsvarrer5366 Před 17 hodinami

    Appreciate all of your info❤️❤️❤️

  • @wanneske1969
    @wanneske1969 Před dnem

    I'm Belgian and I guess the situation here is the same as in Germany (but we have better beer :-) ). I guess I had my first beer at 12 (communion) and got drunk the first time at the age of 16 at my nephews wedding. At the age of 18 I went to the youthclub weekly and you 'had' to drink there. I soon switched from pils/lager (5%) to Duvels (8.5%) and I guess I was drunk every saturday.

  • @wanneske1969
    @wanneske1969 Před dnem

    I guess you don't have to worry about school shootings in Germany ... Nobody has guns apart from hunters. Beautiful scenery ! Where is it ? In Bavaria ?

  • @arlenebuehler712
    @arlenebuehler712 Před dnem

    9:15 p.m I appreciate this video very much as I am a beginner learner of German. After a year and a half I still can't speak a lot like I have been told I should by now. I would like to be friends with you.

  • @nelsonnash2115
    @nelsonnash2115 Před dnem

    pretty sure sodium lauryl sulfate is not good for our hair and skin

  • @vanesag.9863
    @vanesag.9863 Před 2 dny

    In my Spanish town we have this playground on the middle of a walkable avenue. All children are on the playground (and sometimes teenagers chilling on the big swing) while parents are on the bar's and cafeteries' terraces talking, drinking (alcohol) and eating with other parents while their children play. Parents (mothers and fathers) or grandads/grandmums are on the playground with the smaller ones. The big swing is really cool bacause twice a week at mornings the special needs kids (wheelchair users with cerebral palsy) use it to amuse themselves while the others with a little more mobility (or their wheelchair is smaller) use the roundabout because it has a seat but the rest it's a platform. I love this playground because it has things for kids with mobility problems. It's in front of our National blind association and it has panels with the signs alphabet in Spanish and Catalan and with the Braille alphabet in Spanish and Catalan. Sometimes you can see little kids trying to sign their names. I think it very cute and inclusive. On other park we have this big monkey castle with a tower (perhaps 10-12 meters high) on an artificial hill and to go down there the funniest way you have to use a zig-zaging slide.

  • @biblereadingsandhymns3291

    This is terrible . DO NOT USE IN DISHWASHER, My dishwasher gave error message 4 times then it spewed soap all over the kitchen floor.

  • @sportsaxe1222
    @sportsaxe1222 Před 3 dny

    It’s too much foamy in the bottle. Any idea how to overcome that ?

  • @biblereadingsandhymns3291

    What can we use instead of citric acid. Citric acid is a mycotoxin

  • @robertpallmer7490
    @robertpallmer7490 Před 4 dny

    You have forgotten to tell about two further aspects! To have one child reduce your duty care insurance monthly! Second, at the first 3 years there will paid in duty pension insurance for an average wages! Additional you get 7 years additional 50% more money into pension insurance, when you work under averages wages, but not automatically! It need a birth certificate!

  • @mariannewigh-siebert9305

    I miss you and your wonderful videos. Haven‘t seen or heard anything for about a year. I hope, you and your family are all well. 🤗

  • @nbarrio
    @nbarrio Před 5 dny

    Sorry to hear you are back in the USA. In this video you could hear how you were really looking forward to staying here, so I guess something not very pleasant happened. I just discovered your channel yesterday and it really was great work what you did with it. T I wish you all the best in the USA

  • @lgbahn
    @lgbahn Před 6 dny

    hoffentlich kommen wieder neue Folgen von euch. Danke

  • @scottsloan8342
    @scottsloan8342 Před 6 dny

    One of my biggest worries is the potential for abuse at the overnight excursions. What do they put into place to restrict this? And what about cellphone usage? In America the average age to view p--n is age 10 on the playground. We are moving to Germany soon for work. We are a homeschool family and can not continue to do so in Germany. Quite worried about the potential exposure to abuse and inappropriate content.

  • @robertpallmer7490
    @robertpallmer7490 Před 7 dny

    I miss the Lametta on Christmas tree!

  • @ocasionewborn433
    @ocasionewborn433 Před 8 dny

    can you spray this on clothing to kill germs> i live in NYC i want to spray my coats and pants and shirts after being on the trains in NYC

  • @Quodlibet100
    @Quodlibet100 Před 9 dny

    Wunderschönes Video und ich habe sogar fast alles verstanden.

  • @PureSkin72
    @PureSkin72 Před 10 dny

    can i use warm rice water instead of water

  • @rachelearth
    @rachelearth Před 10 dny

    I have read from multiple sources, that Boston ferns help reduce toxins within the home. This includes formaldehyde! I just mail-ordered a little solid-wood table, which came with a warning sticker that it could be toxic to my health. It was so discouraging to try to work with the company to find out why that sticker was there. So - I'm going to get several large ferns (in case of other things that are probably off-gassing). Also - I'm going to wear a mask, and sand off the very thin varnish, and put a safe food-grade coating on instead. Because this little table is my new kitchen table, I will be constantly exposed to it. I know...I could return it. But it's the perfect size and design for my tiny home. Thank you SO much for this video! It was fun, interesting, and I want to learn more about essential oils.

  • @stellabaugh9581
    @stellabaugh9581 Před 10 dny

    How much do you use per load???

  • @wil9377
    @wil9377 Před 11 dny

    Using vinegar and water as a homemade wood floor cleaning solution can have a negative effect on your wood floor. It's important to remember that when you clean your wood floors, you aren't actually cleaning the wood you're cleaning the chemical finish that's on the wood. The finish is the protective layer of your wood floors. Since vinegar is an acid, it will actually break down the finish on the surface of your floor, and over time it will reduce the shine, and leave a dull appearance. Using vinegar and water to clean floors can also lead to an excessive amount of water on the floor, which can cause swelling and discoloration.

  • @monicasalvarez
    @monicasalvarez Před 13 dny

    How does it lather?

  • @donaldnovak2650
    @donaldnovak2650 Před 13 dny

    Did you stop your videos?

  • @sbyerley
    @sbyerley Před 14 dny

    I’m so glad that you are happy living in Germany. I hope that here in the US we can create a better quality of life in the future. Things like, vacation, holiday, & maternity leave/paternity time are so important we must change this. And of course, healthcare & free university needs to be more common. Although in Atlanta, for academic good students Georgia University is free. There simply needs to be more. Best of luck to All of us.

  • @kp74952
    @kp74952 Před 15 dny

    I prefer German mom

  • @marygarza4020
    @marygarza4020 Před 15 dny

    My water was boiling then used fine salt you recommended and it still didn’t dissolve and didn’t thicken. I still love.

  • @John.bww03
    @John.bww03 Před 15 dny

    Why is he so intelligent? I can't speak like this with 20 years old😭

  • @sylviaschaich
    @sylviaschaich Před 15 dny

    Miss you guys! Hope everything is allright

    • @TheDude237
      @TheDude237 Před 2 dny

      Sind zurück in die USA gezogen

  • @marisad.a.1063
    @marisad.a.1063 Před 17 dny

    Where is this family now?😢

  • @Bumi-90
    @Bumi-90 Před 17 dny

    For the Booking. Up to 5 Persons you can choose the place in the train. beginning at 6 you book as a group, which gets you some benefits in the price, for example the reservation for the place is free as far as i know, but you can no longer choose where you sit. If you want to choose you could book two 3 person tickets and choose places next to each other, or book at a trainstation with the personal, they can choose spots, but also give you the better price

  • @Bumi-90
    @Bumi-90 Před 17 dny

    There is a common practice to promote traindrivers according to their energy efficency, which means that some drivers have in the past cut power to the A/C so that they use less power and get promoted earlier. This is less common, since new trains would record this intervenmtion by the driver, and report it. And it was mostly on regional trains and less on the express trains

  • @marisad.a.1063
    @marisad.a.1063 Před 17 dny

    Where are you now😢

  • @marisad.a.1063
    @marisad.a.1063 Před 17 dny

    And where are you now 😢

  • @marisad.a.1063
    @marisad.a.1063 Před 17 dny

    And where are you now😢

  • @marisad.a.1063
    @marisad.a.1063 Před 17 dny

    And where are you now? I miss you

  • @John.bww03
    @John.bww03 Před 18 dny

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

  • @John.bww03
    @John.bww03 Před 18 dny

    Not gonna lie but winter is the worst time to take your parents to Germany it's so depressing in winter here but so beautiful in summer😍

    • @beadus3512
      @beadus3512 Před 12 dny

      Winter in Southern Bavaria with snow covered mountains isn‘t depressing at all!

  • @John.bww03
    @John.bww03 Před 18 dny

    Hope yall are still alive

  • @John.bww03
    @John.bww03 Před 18 dny

    Having children must be so great. It can be exhausting sure but the joy of seeing them play and feeling like a kid yourself again is priceless especially when the kids grow up in different cultures and have a wide variety of experiences. I'm only 20 years old but someday I definitely wanna have kids myself

  • @John.bww03
    @John.bww03 Před 18 dny

    Maybe you're a little too formal in the US and should become a little more loose and grounded in nature

  • @John.bww03
    @John.bww03 Před 18 dny

    Austin Evans moved to Germany???

  • @drachenbuckel3122
    @drachenbuckel3122 Před 19 dny

    I don't know if somebody already answerd the Mischbrot'mystery': it usually is a mixture of rye and wheat. The bakery will answer how the mix ratio. Yes we love our bread! 💖Love Your channel

  • @michaelkloters3454
    @michaelkloters3454 Před 19 dny

    Hi Sara, Hi Kevin i hope you receive this message after this long time! i`m in sorrow because sine this video i didn`t hear anything from you. is anything allright or did some bullshit happen to you? it`s okay when you only wanna keep your privacy but not to know what s up drives me me crazy so i send you my very best wishes for the hole " McFall Clan" and ..... please answer! Michael/Hannover

    • @wakeupcall2665
      @wakeupcall2665 Před 22 hodinami

      Die sind sang und klanglos verschwunden. Da kommt auch nix mehr. Social Media eben. Alles nur Schein. Man fühlte sich als Zuschauer so richtig ver**scht. Abo beenden, damit wenigsten die Werbedollars nicht mehr fließen

  • @Nikki-fp7fu
    @Nikki-fp7fu Před 19 dny

    Castile 🫧 soap is very good

  • @Alitruelove529
    @Alitruelove529 Před 19 dny

    So glad I found your channel!! I’ve made the toilet bowl cleaner so far! Love this shirt you got on! Need something for cat hair ball clean up!

  • @thorstenh.5588
    @thorstenh.5588 Před 19 dny

    Poor man....he can't say more as a few words because he married Mrs. talktalktalk

  • @Alitruelove529
    @Alitruelove529 Před 19 dny

    Does this have to be used right away or store up and use?

  • @Dynan117
    @Dynan117 Před 19 dny

    I put all the ingredients in in the same order as in the video but most of the product has just fizzed up and out the bottle. Also used this same amber glass bottle. Will need to try a different recipe sadly.