Can I say "squirrel"? Am I Catholic? Reverse culture shock? 200K Q&A VLOG | Feli from Germany
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Two months ago, my channel hit 200,000 subscribers and I want to say THANK YOU to each and every one of you!!! 🎉 🥳 I followed your requests for a 200k special and did the counterpart to my 100k subscribers special video where I took you guys on a tour through Cincinnati while answering questions ( • Moving back home? Best... ). So this time, my brother and I took you on a tour through our hometown Munich and I tried to answer as many of your questions as possible. Maybe your questions made it into the video too? 😊 I hope you guys enjoy this tour through a (cloudy, unfortunately) winter day in Munich! :)
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0:00 Intro
1:38 Nymphenburg Palace
9:47 Olympic Park
13:47 Königsplatz
15:40 Karlsplatz
17:47 Augustiner Bierhalle
19:01 Frauenkirche
20:10 Marienplatz
24:16 Hofbräuhaus
25:22 Odeonsplatz
28:43 English Garden (Song: Harbour - With Love)
31:37 Surfer Wave
34:15 Outro
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ABOUT ME: Hallo, Servus, and welcome to my channel! My name is Felicia (Feli), I'm 26, and I'm a German living in the USA! I was born and raised in Munich, Germany but have been living in Cincinnati, Ohio off and on since 2016. I first came here for an exchange semester during my undergrad at LMU Munich, then I returned for an internship, and then I got my master's degree in Cincinnati. I was lucky enough to win the Green Card lottery and have been a permanent resident since 2019! In my videos, I talk about cultural differences between America and Germany, things I like and dislike about living here, and other experiences that I have made during my time in the States. Let me know what YOU would like to hear about in the comments below. DANKE :)
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“My cat is fluent in both languages” simply means “my cat ignores me in both languages”
When "talking" with the feral cats in Rome, the cats seemed to respond to English and Italian. It might have been my tone, but it was amusing.
Usually cats ignore their owners in any language 😹 but they can be great listeners . I miss my cat but now I have a great doggy and little bunny ❤️
They are great friends and love to listen
Meow and miau -> fluent in English and German :D
True story.
I once had a cat that meowed in French
Your English is basically flawless. You sound like an American, and probably have a better vocabulary than some of us. Also, Munich is gorgeous. Thanks for the virtual tour.
@Pete Melon Oh Pete…
@Pete Melon She has a MINOR German accent. Occasionally she can sound nearly American if she's talking for awhile. It's much harder to tell that she "is not a native speaker". You can have an accent and still sound like you've been speaking English for most of your life.
@Pete Melon exactly
@@bryansproles2879 Imo I can tell she’s German. Yes she is trying to sound American & it works but you can still hear her German accent. That’s completely fine as well! I prefer it when somebody just sounds like themself, rather than trying to sound super American for example. Also getting rid of your accent completely is incredibly difficult & most people can’t do it.
Feli is more articulate than most Americans I know, and speaks better English than the majority of American youth today who can no longer even get their vowels right, much less form an intelligent sentence. Her trace of an accent is pleasant, and could be mistaken simply as nuance. Only when she speaks German does she betray that English is her second language.
This was great. I like how Thimo looks at Feli and smiles proudly and happy. I read it as: "See, this is my sister and she is great. And she is home and I am happy." Feli is very lucky to have such a supportive brother. Dedicating a whole daytrip out in the freezing cold open, making a video with her.
Both seem to be wonderful people.
Great podcast!
You should have your brother in your videos more often. He comes across on camera as sincere and real.
@@andrew_koala2974 Well, if the Germans got it from the Persian/Kurdish and they got it from Sanskrit, then wouldn't you say it originated in an Arabic language?
Timo: to me you are fluent
All english speakers on this comments section: agreed
Many Germans are fluent in English, but your English is amazingly authentic, since you've learned to speak with an American "midwest" accent. 'Very impressive.
American English is very German accented, especially midWestern accent.
I have lived in California my whole life. I have to listen to her for about five minutes before hearing any word that sounds even a little off. And I wouldn't think anything of it.
She said she’s a singer so he’s into the sound of words that helps.
@@robertgary3561 Actually, I can and do sing phonetically in German, but when I try to talk my limited vocabulary destroys me. She has a great English vocabulary
her accent barely sounds midwestern. it's sounds like a standard american accent
One of the things that makes Feli sound exceptionally fluent (any accent question or the rare incorrect preposition choice aside) is that she uses "relaxed speech"-style English exactly like native English speakers do (i.e., "wanna, gonna, gotta, hafta, coulda, woulda, shoulda, whaddayugonna do, whaddayuwanna have, etc.; she hasta get some gas, we've gotta go now" etc.). I taught conversational English in Japan for 7 years (I studied languages: my university major was German, minor was Russian and I study other languages including eald Englisc [Old English/Anglo-Saxon]). During my time in Japan the foreign teacher linguistic community had a major (and at times heated) ongoing debate about whether or not 'relaxed speech' should even be taught to students since it was "not proper." In my opinion, if the student already knows the vocabulary and the correct English grammar structure--which the majority of Japanese high school students do--then familiarization with "relaxed speech" forms is absolutely vital to ensure listening comprehension if the student hopes to have any chance at all of actually understanding 'every day' native-spoken English when she/he travels to the USA. I felt teachers were not fulfilling their responsibilities if they fail to impart this knowledge.
Before the turn of the century, US TV newscasters ("newsreaders" I believe, is the term the Brits use) tried to never use 'relaxed speech' on air; the effort was made to pronounce everything by the book (including not using any regional accents--though my girlfriend in Houston would still perceive a regional southern accent in her head as she listened to the speaker [there wasn't any]--which I found immensely amusing). These days, bloody everyone on TV, news personnel included, uses relaxed speech forms all the time, which I definitely notice! It's the norm these days and using it correctly when speaking is a significant indicator of a non-native speaker's innate comfort level in speaking English. Feli is near flawless in her use of it, and that's what makes her English fluency sound so convincingly natural to a native speaker's ears.
In the 1960th when I learned English at school I everyday listened to AFN radio bcs. there had been the best music. So the English of the radio moderators influenced my way to speak English and I got less grades in school. Today that way to speak is normally.
Since you're so linguistically aware, you might be able to relate to this: when I was looking into the development of Proto-Indo-European, I noticed that the in initial consonants in question words and some other words in its descendents evolved from the aspirated "wh" sound. This hardened into a "qu" sound in Latin, "kv" in Old Norse and somehow became "ch" in the Slavic languages. It seems to have survived intact in only one of the dozens of modern-day Indo-European languages: English - at least in some regions and individuals. And if you include features of the language among cultural elements, this would make the English aspirated "wh" the single oldest identifiable element of Anglo-Saxon culture, actually pre-dating it by some 5000 years. So I made sure to teach it to my own children, who I'm raising bilingually with German and English. Unfortunately, teachers of English in German schools rarely, if ever, teach their pupils to say wh that way.
@@MichaTicho Also, in Polish, a Slavic language, question words have evolved even further into “cz” (pronounced like English “ch,” if that’s what you meant), “k,” and “c” (pronounced “ts”).
George Bush of course had an adopted Texas accent, but in Obama's fairly non-accented speech he always said goin' and gonna.
She really only has one very conspicuous feature of a German accent in English: pronouncing /s/ suffixes (instead of voicing it to /z/) after a voiced sound, which you can hear early on here in words like "goes", "questions" and "everyone's". She does land the /z/ in "subscribers", though, which shows just how important that word is! :-D
As a native English speaker, I can say you are definitely fluent.
More fluent than a great many Americans!
yes@@daveogarf
If this lady's not fluent in English then nobody in the entire world is.
she's just humble :)
You can take the girl out of Germany but you can't take the German out of the girl.
And Germans do not brag about their language skills.
And I’m a fluent German infant.
I didn't mean to be annoying like that and say that I wasn't fluent haha I think I was more trying to say that I don't always FEEL fluent because there are still soooo many situations where I'm lacking the right words. Especially when talking about more challenging topics like politics, science, etc.
@@FelifromGermany that's really normal for native speakers too though. I struggle with articulating myself sometimes. Though I understand where you're coming from not having as complete a vernacular having spoken with Europeans and struggled to even get my grammar structure right. My German BTW is abominable. 😂
This is so sweet, you can see that your brother is proud of Feli
The architecture is absolutely stunning.
If you think that's already stunning you have to watch Vienna. Munich got destroyed a lot in the war. Vienna didn't. Also Vienna used to be a very very important city. The whole city of Vienna is stunning. Because they didn't have to rebuild
@Otis Kaboom Very true. Ave Christus Rex
@Otis Kaboom More importantly, it was all done with manual labor, along with horse and perhaps oxen power. it would be so much easier to make beautiful buildings with all the equipment and technology we have now, but we build unadorned blocks. In the US at least.
@Otis Kaboom. Must you? She answered the question. Don’t like her answer? Tough shit! Oh btw, I am a baptized Protestant!
I met a girl like you in the mid 1970's that was fresh from Germany & worked at the same French bakery in Dallas, Texas. She hardly had an accent like you. I told her I had made up a little song in German (though) I didn't know one single word of German. I just imitated what German sounded like to me. She asked to sing the song. I sang her a few measures of the song which ended in English. We both just stood there at the end of my little performance & had a good laugh together. I think she liked my tune, &/or musical rhythm or what not. It's still a fun little memory of for me. She was a pretty girl.
1970 rizz
Rizzler
I had a friend tell me “it’s necessary for a shirt to have one Collar and two Sleeves.” So One C (for collar) and and two Ss (for sleeves) for the word necessary
Doesnt anwet where the ss and the c goes xD
That's a great "Eselsbrücke"!! :) Thanks!
@Frank Lincoln Esel is what we say instead of dummy. It is a bridge to help the dummy across
Even I consistently have trouble with any words that have double letters in them, like necessary, and I am a native english speaker haha. English is a terrible and illogical language to say the least.
@@TheCriminalViolin English is written more according to the history of the word than how the English now speak it. Be thankful that English was simplified from the difficulties in Anglo-Saxons and Vikings communicating and trading and both having to deal with the French speaking Normans.
I have spoken English since I learned how to talk I can't spell necessary right half the time
Amen to that one!!!!
Same😂I read all the time but certain words just don’t look right sometimes, I remember having a complete breakdown in 1st grade because I couldn’t remember how to spell “who”
I still struggle to spell it correctly and Ive been speaking English my whole life......
I was sure that I knew the spelling until I used it in this comment section, and I needed two tries until autocorrect understood me. 😅
You can't necessarily spell necessary
You're fluent, miLady. As a 68-year-old Pennsylvanian, I'm forever looking up words that just don't come to mind, even waking up in the middle of the night to look one up for my dream -- THAT gets my wife chuckling -- so don't worry about that. My friends chalk it up to limited filing space: After a certain point, if you add one thing to remember, something gets pushed out to make room. (And I looked something up as I wrote that.;-)
Glad you care so much for cats. (I'm a cat person too 🙂)
I feel bad for your American cat. When you yell "Nine!" it probably thinks it is on it's last life.
😆👍
LOL - a really good one!
Nein! Nicht ‘Nine’.
@@calvinsellers1036 True, but the cat only speaks English.
The cat is expecting you to learn to speak cat. It's not going to lower itself to learn any human language. We are their staff, their servants, after all.
I don’t think it’s been appropriately called out that Timo is a good looking guy!
Timo is super cute!
Feli, you can’t tease us about what the German grocery store workers yelled at you and your brother about and not tell us!!! That’s a perfect example of cultural differences and the point of your channel, so I think you need to discuss this in a future video, as well as how a typical German would/should respond. And then how an American would respond. Thx.
Your English is extraordinary good, the best I've ever heard from a native speaker of German. I very rarely hear a German accent but when you say "conversation," you sometimes pronounce the "s" as it would be pronounced in German but I actually have to be trying to notice a German accent in this case. I'm very doubtful any American would ever notice but I thought you might just be interested in knowing. I have a very discerning ear compared to most people I know. Your English is flawless as far as I'm concerned.
Extraordinarily.
could not agree more with Kritiker313---excellent post---in fact, not only is your English pronunciation precise--I would say it's actually better than 90% (+) of Americans'---and when you switch back and forth, it's really remarkable how seamlessly you transition. One thing I believe I've noticed that may be helpful for Americans like me is, it seems to be easier to pronounce German when you also watch and imitate Germans' facial movements----my German instructor (from Hamburg though) has consistently told me my German pronunciation is, in her impression, very good---and she is meticulous----although I have to admit, she is also quite kind and gracious, haha! (in other words, I'm certain I have a lot of room for improvement to look forward to). Does that make any sense at all to you or is it just bunk?
The brother isn't as good with "squirrel" as she thought though.
Guess you don't watch DW.
The "German" things I hear with her are more about pitch and stress than about pronunciation, however I do hear her devoice final stops sometimes, and other little things like pronouncing "housing" as "how-sing" rather than "how-zing" (though for all I know "how-sing" might be a Cincinnati thing).
I have spent over 2 hours watching you today, lol. Way better than anything on TV. It is just so real and pleasant. Congrats Lady!
Damnnnn haha that would be too much even for myself 😂 Glad you enjoy my content though! :)
Curious: what were the last few words you had to look up in English? Your English is exceptional. You're more fluent than a lot of native speakers, frankly.
Precisely what I was thinking! 😉
she can also speak chinese
@Pete Melon
...what?
@Pete Melon
Merely gauging your response. I had it right, although I hoped I weren't.
It's nothing to do with being insulting to "my own," but accepting that a huge number of native speakers are quite lazy and aren't concerned with proper English, especially written. Blame it on spellchecks and text messaging, sure, but it isn't a matter of kind, as you stated; it is what it is. It's a failing of public education and a disregard of the language itself. Have you read about Berkeley's acceptance of Ebonics as an academic dialect?
Her English is excellent, and it's better than a huge number of native speakers. You don't have to like it, you just need to accept it. People like problem solvers, not problems, so focus on solving the problem, not being the problem.
@Pete Melon And one more nationalistic idiot ...
Fluent? Well I will tell you something, your a better American English speaker than most of the buggers I run into. I also have a friend who was born in Mexico 27 years ago and been here in the states for five years and absolutely no Spanish accent. So amazing.
You talked about "McDonalds". I was only in Germany once (Düsseldorf), and I was surprised to see that the "McDonalds" sold beer.
As a native English speaker..Now that Dutch is now my second language ( I live in Belgium) I am also starting to forget how to spell English words like necessary. So I can understand!! I also struggle with apartment and separate!! I think sometimes the brain finds it hard to switch from the different pronunciations of the same letters that exist in both languages.
My favorite thing to do in Munich is visit the Deutsches Museum, which is the world's largest museum of science and technology. You need more than a day in there.
As I've mentioned previously, the Deutsches Museum is one of my favorites. I've lived in Alexandria, VA (Smithsonian) and Chicago (Field Museum as well as the Museum of Science and Industry).
Your brother seems like a good guy!
another great Video, I gave the show a like 👍and I want to thank Feli❤ and her brother for the tour of Munich, Germany
200k!! I still feel like I “discovered you” as one of your earliest subscribers. Lol
It was pretty awesome to meet your brother. He is so calm natured and polite. Also, Munich is beautiful! I was blown away by the architecture. And last but not least, I’m afraid of German grocers now. Lol
I`ve been shopping in supermarkets in and around Munich for decades and I`ve never experienced an unfriendly grocer. Maybe that saleswoman was having a bad day... ;)
KInda cool to see that your channel is now up to almost 320K, and it's about a year after you hit 200K!
I hope I can go to Germany one day. My grandparents are from Munich, Germany but I’ve never been yet. Much love from Northern California! ❤️
Brody, hang onto that dream and you will get there! My grandparents were German, too, and I'd always wanted to go & see where they came from. Little decisions I made along the way all added up, and now I've been 3 times. The first time I visited an exchange student we'd hosted in our home, who has become a dear friend over the years; and we also did some genealogical research that led us to some cousins near Stuttgart, whom I've visited twice now, too. It has been so helpful to have these personal contacts on my visits, to help find my way around!
Dein Bruder ist genauso sympathisch wie du! :) Ich als Münchner fand das Video total gut und man sieht, was für eine schöne Stadt München ist.
And Walkable. What with the U-Bahn and the S-Bahn one could live there easily without an Auto,
YES! Very beautiful!
@@JRobbySh Yes, like in most European cities. I'm 20 and have no car, which is pretty common.
Real Bavarians feel able to speak every language fluently after some certain amount of beer ... 😂
And all at the Same time
You don't need any words if you have enough beer. You might also not to be able to use them anymore.
@@berulan8463 yeah, that's aloc ... alcol ...aholo ... , I mean aloho ... alcolo ... wtf ... nevermind: Cheers!
;-)
@@uhinger Skol!
On beer and I was more fluent in german even with a schwäbischbayrisch style ! I spend some summer near Augsburg
As a native English speaker who learned a second language myself (Spanish, in Mexico) I can say definitively, you are fluent in English. The marker is not to be perfect, no one is perfect in any language, there is always more to learn, the marker is that you can communicate any concept in your head to another and understand most any concept that is communicated to you and ask for whatever additional information that you need to understand the rare things you don't get immediately. Well done!
You just described C1 in the CEFR (the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). :D (And there really shouldn't be a C2)
@Zoom Ich hab's ausgeschrieben. Nein, das muss man nicht wissen. Man muss aber auch nicht immer alles kommentieren (und ich habe nicht dir geantwortet, sonst stünde ein @Zoom am Anfang)
Watching your videos makes me so nostalgic for Germany..specially the city I was stationed…thanks for sharing.
It was a thrill to see all the sights in the city where I lived and worked for several years in the mid 1980's. My family roots are not German, but I am proud to have spent time in Germany. I didn't realize just how much I miss Germany.
There are 1.61 km in a mile. And a kg is a little over 2 pounds. The rest really don't matter ...
I have walked almost every square inch of all the areas in Munich seen in this video. Although it was over 35 years ago, most of it still looks like it did while I was there (before the Wall fell).
My German wife never completely lost her accent after 50 years in America. I weened her off the typical German accent traps. She had an accent, but people did not nail it as German. She was extremely fluent in English. Being blond, blue eyed, having my family name of Jensen, and having sold Scandinavian furniture for many years, people often thought she was from Denmark.
Some Americans guessed I'm South African (instead of German) by my accent. But I'm not sure If it is a compliment or rather worst. ;-)
Congrats on the 200k!
Last time I was in Germany was about 16 years ago and it looks just as beautiful as I remember. My family lives in the same area.
Danke! I've not been in München for nearly 40 years and you video tour was a nice memory inducing of that time for me.
This lady is adorable!!!
Speaking of Bavaria and Texas, my great-great-grandfather, Andreas Meixner, was from Bavaria and he was one of the founders of the city of New Braunfels, TX. He and a shipload of Germans in 1835 had to walk from Indianola, TX, to New Braunfels, about 150 miles, with about a third of them dying along the way. All of my German ancestors from Texass, the Meixners and the Webers, came from Bavaria.
I had a colleague named Meixner here in Augsburg and the name of my mother's boy-friend is Weber - so, still some of them around here in Bavaria. 😜
Nice
Congrats on your Utube growth. Even though it's been close to 40 years since i was stationed in the Army in Germany i wish we had people like you and utube back then to teach people like me how to fit in and not be a sore thumb while living in Germany :)
What I like about you and your brother is you guys are pretty nice and good people! 🐁 Willing to help others and protect others 🐒 Rescue the protect the animals! All animals! 🦀
Who ever it was that stepped in the wet cement probably shouted “god damn it!” And only the devil would curse in a church.
Underrated comment, so funny 🤣🤣🤣
Although I have cursed and done hard drugs in a church, not sure where that puts me in the hierarchy of demonhood...
uh no, you can curse in a curch here. we are not people to shelf the bad words, we love to use them. same with nudity, its normal for us, nothing spectacular
@@lp.shakur I'm in the US and one of the Baptist ministers I'm friends with has actually cursed in front of me a few times, he's awesome 😅
@@lp.shakur imagine how they would have felt in 1490 though!
I also love Augustiner, it's delicious. Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, a western suburb of Philadelphia, produces a beer called Helles, which is in the same lager style as Augustiner and it tastes remarkably similar. If you ever travel to Philadelphia, give it a try and I feel you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Feli, I love your videos. You and your brother cracked me up saying squirrel.Let me know how I can send you pictures from Berlin on the day the wall came down. I know you weren’t born yet, but it was amazing seeing German reunification happen right in front of my eyes.
Go to Phoenix during summer, learn what 120 farenheit is like
yep! i live in the southern part of the US and it gets really really hot in the summers.
Love this one, living in mid-western Nevada, 90 is beautiful weather! 😁
@@hermionemouse hot plus 95% humidity FUCK the south!
Yes, but Phoenix is in the south in a desert, on the latitude of North Africa. Munich is one of the southernmost German cities but the latitude is more northerly than that of Quebéc. Nevertheless, we had temperatures of over 105 ° F in Germany in recent years
I live in Mesa, Arizona, the eastern part of MetroPhoenix, and the record high was set at 122°F in the shade about 30 years ago. The normal annual high is around 117°F and there are normally 100+ days were the high is 100+°F. The only thing that makes it bearable is the very low humidity
In my experience "Made in Germany" is a pretty much a guarantee for good quality, while "Made in USA" can be anywhere on the spectrum from catastrophic to fantastic craftsmanship and generally, the smaller the company you buy from the better. I have fantastic hand crafted items from the USA that are some of the best stuff you can imagine and then there are just terrible terrible mass produced things, that can go straight to the trash bin :D
What are some examples of terrible US made things?
@@jacobedwards4747 a prominent one? Teslas, their production quality is a joke compared to any other car in the world, even Romanian Dacias have better tolerances than those things.
@@jacobedwards4747 Fords. Chryslers. Teslas.
Absolute truth. Because so much of our mass produced stuff in is made in China and Mexico, or with no quality control in US factories.
@@jacobedwards4747 late 1970's through 1980's American Cars. The K Car, Ford Pinto come to mind.
This post gave me Heimweh. When I was young (in the 1990s), I lived in München for 4-5 years. I lived in an apartment in Olympischesdorf, so I was totally surprised to see that on the list. That's not usually on tourist lists, or at least it didn't used to be. But since it has music and sports venues, that makes total sense. Ahhhh, liebes Bayern. When I saw the Englischer Garten walk, I immediately thought "Okay, too cold today for FKK." Loved this whole video! Grüß an deined Bruder.
I learned german some 30 years ago, but I haven't been using it so I forgot most of what I learned. I DO remember one word that I (apparantly) learned wrong: Zwiebel. I clearly remember that my teacher and the tape recording (we learned by listening to a tape-recording of the stories in our books while reading along) pronounced it "Zweibel".
Enjoyed watching you give us a quick tour of your hometown. Your brother seems cool and laid back. We might as well meet the whole family, how about your Mom & Dad making an appearance on a video?
At Marienplatz I stepped into a Hummel store to buy for my mom. The sales lady started to talk to me in English even though I had not said a thing. She then told me only Americans buy them.
It always helps to buy clothes from German store, including shoes, and get your hair cut by a German barber or stylist. Our physical attitude and movements usually betray us as Americans, even if you speak German, but this normally delays the recognition.
Used to be you could tell the Americans from their shoes (sneakers) and baseball caps.
Best Travelogue ever. Edited, not scripted. Way to create!
Love these video shorts. Thank You for doing these.
I think “made in the U.S.A.” products are well made in a lot of instances. Just like in Germany, a lot of production of American products is sourced out to the Far East as well, so if there is something that was made in the U.S. entirely, I expect high quality, because the company considered it necessary to pay American wages in order to get to the desired quality level.
Pity because few things are made in America anymore and things coming out of the Far East are now high quality. What I used to think of as American brands are now really multinational companies. That’s been going on for a long time. Its affected Germany, too. My VW was built in Puebla, Mexico instead of in Wolfsburg! Globalization has affected all of us and for better or for worse, its a fact of life.
@@NormanF62
VW has a long tradition of producing in Mexico though, like Mercedes-Benz in South America.
@Rusty Shackleford all about the rules on "value add" and last place of "significant" work. So the Made in really carries very little meaning nowadays
The woman’s church lol. The Cathedral of the Dear Lady I’m sure is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary
True. It's called "Dom zu unserer lieben Frau" (Cathedral to our dear Lady) and of course is dedicated to Virgin Mary.
@@helgaioannidis9365 When I was in Munich I thought that was the most beautiful building I saw. I went in and sat there for nearly two hours, and it was so peaceful. The soaring ceiling, the simple white and gold of the interior, the arrangement of the plain, sturdy but graceful pillars -- the whole thing was just so beautiful. One of my favorite places in the world.
@@cathydombrovske9235 Sadly, you have to wonder how many children have been raped within its walls.
@@scarharting5577 You, and liars like you, are the main reason why nations like Poland defend the Church with their blood like it was a last stand.
@@krakendragonslayer1909
What else you except from a racist people whos heart is full of evil and hatred.
Thank you for sharing your brother with us! He seems as great as you!
That was an awesome video, Feli!! I saw a lot of places that I had been when I was on holiday in 1989. I also saw several venues that I remembered from watching the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Timo is really cool, too! 🙋♂️
Also, in reference to comparing Bavaria to Texas -- you should come to Texas sometime. We have many cities and towns with German heritage, like New Braunfels and Fredricksburg, that were settled by German immigrants more than 130 years ago. In fact, Germany and the Czech Republic would probably be the Seventh and Eighth Flags over Texas.
I went to Munich two years ago during the summer! I have to say everything in that city is the true Bavarian experience. Great video Felicia!
Beautiful!!!! It takes me back - I visited Munich in January, 13 years ago. I hope to go back someday. My husband and I are saving for a trip and waiting until the kids are older.
Very little. At the time I was in Austria for a study abroad semester, and I was actually studying Spanish. I remember “Gruss gott!” but I believe this is more Austrian. My husband does speak German, but has never been to visit. We are both actually of German descent, though our families have been in the US for many generations, but something about the culture in Germany and Austria made me feel “home” and we often relate more to the German way of doing things than the American way.
@@littleflower9536 Grüss Gott works nicely for Munich :D
What a great video. You and your brother go so well together, I love how he smiles when you speak, fluent English btw, and you can see how proud he is of you. So adorable.
Love your channel. Congratulations on 200K.
I heard the story with the devil in the church as follows: The devil agreed to help to build the church under the condition that it will have only on window, hoping that it will be so dark that nobody went in. When he came into the church via the main entrance , the church was full of light but he could only see one window at point he stops and stamped with his foot into the floor. You may have seen that at this point the pillars hide the windows at both sides perfectly, except the central one of the apsis.
Yes, that's the legend as my grandmother told it to me. Also they say that the devil since rushes around the church creating wind and that's why around the church it's often windy.
And the devil keeps screwing himself over because he keeps thinking people will keep their promises, and find out after they made the deal, that the people or whoever made the deal with him didn't fully accepted it and completely did the opposite of what they said they will do. Regardless, the devil keeps continuing to make the same mistake over and over again. He been played by his own kind, that's funny.
Actually, NO windows at all. That's because the original high altar even covered the one window in the apsis.
Such a beautiful city! I've never been to Germany, now I'm getting the urge to visit! (post pandemic) Thank you for your videos and congrats on 200k!
FlyingSnoopy Every North American should visit Germany and every German should tour North America
your brother seems really nice . it good that you can go to Germany and to America and still feel at home, where ever you roam!
Well done on achieving your 200K subscribers!
Your English is still a hell of a lot better than my German.
Her English is better than most American's!!
@@thehoneybadger8089 Hardly a high bar, but yes. LOL
@@thehoneybadger8089 most Americans' (plural) :D (I'm german)
@@huawafabe Thank you, compatriot, now I don't have to be the Grammar Nazi ;-)
@ I sacrificed myself haha :D But I did it jokingly because it fits the comment
Fun fact: The water in the swan ponds at Nymphenburg Palace and the water in the lake in the Olympic Park is actually the same. It also passed through Starnberger See before and will merge with the Schwabinger Bach in the Northern English Garden and continue to Schloss Schleißheim.
Nice walks along Munich's city canals and creeks.
Very fun! Thanks to your brother.
I loved getting to see Munich through your eyes! Very interesting and fun. I'm loving your videos!
I was born in US and i still lookup words from time to time so don't feel bad about that.
My sister lives in Saarland and when we were talking about your New Years traditions, she said she finds Bavarian people more traditional.
Congratulations on 200k. Great tour of Munchen. It has been a while since I was last there.
Great video as always. Love seeing your home town. Enjoy your stay and safe travels back to the states!
I would have never thought that Bavarians would be similar to Texans in many ways, but with watching this video, I can really see it! I can say that since I am originally from Texas and really want to learn as much as I can about Germany as a whole! And I am German by heritage, and I am currently in Germany as a student, which means I am experiencing the German culture first hand and I am getting to see how different and similar states in the US and states in Germany are!
Omg same! I’m Texan and Mexican and I just love Germany the culture is beautiful. I’m not one of those ww2 crazy people though, I’m more on the thinking the architecture, the culture, and the language are cool and beautiful
Im from Germany and yes, Bavaria is our Texas :D
It's actually quite weird when you start listing it, how many things you can come up with, that make these two states similar. Here are just a few off the top of my head. I'm sure others will be able to add:
- southern states, large , economically independent, and sometimes think of themselves as separate countries
- the thought of secession has been known to come to both the people within the state, as well as the ones on the outside/ further north
- ultra conservative
- religion and church life
- cows
- traditional clothes that are often seen as typical for the whole country, even though they are not: dirndl/lederhosen vs. cowboy hat/boots/belt, etc. - cliches
- traditional food can get a bit boring and typically is a tad unhealthy (pork in Bavaria, beef in TX), but tons of other choices of course
- the southern accent
- everything is bigger in.....
- people are moving there in large numbers
........ the list goes on
I had a guy in my college German class from Texas, . His accent was indelible. I loved hearing him say," Ich habe eine Frage".
Google Texas German. Surprisingly there's a whole community of Texans who maintain their German culture and have their own dialect that is not too different than Standardhochdeutsch.
My two cents: I'd definitely buy a beer mug if you start selling them.
I would too and I don't even drink beer. I just love this channel.
@Sean Rooney It's an alternate revenue stream. Make money while you sleep. It's the American Way.
Yep, me too!
Absolutely! I have a collection of steins I inherited from my father that he collected when he was in the Air Force, and I'm always looking for more.
Well, she does need to make money to pay her P.O. Box fees.
This is my favorite video of yours. Very nice. Thanks for showing Munich!
Good tour. Reminded me of my weekend I had to see your beautiful city.
When you first explained Schlagermusik I was thinking of Kentucky Bluegrass music. I went and listened to Helen Fischer... wow that is a unique style of music. Thanks for the cultural lesson!
You have Schlagermusik and Volkstümliche Musik , both are interwoven -- there could be some really good Schlagermusik (rarely) . Dont mix um Volkstümliche Musik with Volksmusik. Dont even start to listen to it.
That was a very nice tour of Munich. It's a very beautiful city. 😃
I wanted to thank you for showing us around Munich.
Congratulations on reaching 200K subscribers! You have been doing such a great job! I really enjoy the combination of a Q&A with a tour around Munich! I need to get back to Munich one of these days as I only got to see the area around Marienplatz and Oktoberfest when I went a few years ago.
I recall that Castle/park, beautiful walk around the grounds. I lived in Germany for 4 years, but only made it to Munich once. This video brought back some great memories!
Yay! 200k! 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks for the tour! I very much have enjoyed the picturisc scenery. Thanks and have a Great Day.
It's been awhile since l've seen your site. What a pleasure to see your tour of Munich and Q&A's. We had planned another trip to Munch over Christmas however fate stepped in and could not go.
I look forward to visit Germany again. Thank you for this video
Thank you for sharing your culture with us.
The way to adapt to a new culture is to be in a cheerful, accepting mood. Be very flexible. Think of your process of learning how to fit in as a big, exciting mental journey.
I love your videos. It is so interesting to learn about other countries and culture.
Thank you for the tour of your home town.
This has got to be the best channel I’ve subscribed to so far. Your content is so genuine and good quality, keep it coming!! 🥰
It's so amazing to see how your channel has grown Feli! I found you last year when you had 32k subs and I always knew you'd get even bigger. You're an awesome creator and you helped me keep sane at the beginning of lockdowns, it felt like I was discussing cultures with a friend. You'll be at 500k in no time and then a million before you know it!
Love the river surfing! That was really cool to see (of course, everything else was great as well!)
Thank you for sharing your home town with us. I absolutely love the architecture there.
Thank you for your great video! Germany is my favourite holiday destination in Europe. My first trip was in 2004, seeing all the major cities and had came back 3 times since then.
It amazes me that you don't have a German accent when you speak English. I see your brother speaks English and he has the German accent. Not only have you seemed to have mastered the English language but also the accent. Bravo for you!😊 I think it's Russians that have problems saying squirrel.
Feli is probably one of only a very few Germans who can properly pronounce squirrel
Yes on the Russians, and it became an American TV trope through Rock and Bullwinkle. Paul Frees and June Foray did the voices of Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. There was a tip of the hat to this in Saint Elsewhere where a surgeon asks the Russian maid his wife just hired to say "Moose and Squirrel".
she does have a slight accent
It certainly helped she was an exchange student. Though I remember our exchanges students had accents (we had one from Finland). Some people just have a knack for mastering languages. It's a skill like any other.
She definitely has a German accent. She is just SO fluent and articulate that you tend to ignore it...
Omg Munich is so breathtakingly beautiful & absolutely love these tour vlogs .
I can't wait till your merch store is up and running. I love your channel, so keep them coming : )
It's only going to keep growing. Congratulations!