Was in den USA hast du gesehen, das für uns so war?? 😊 What have you seen in the USA that was like these things for us?? 😊

@christianblunt4469

4 жыл бұрын

The sink.... after it starts to shredder my stuff

@FiveOClockTea

4 жыл бұрын

Bier 😅 Ich bin mir nicht sicher, was ich dort getrunken habe, aber hier war es sicher nicht 🙈 Beer 😅 I'm not sure what I drank there, but it most certainly wasn't beer 🙈

@misterugly4984

4 жыл бұрын

@@FiveOClockTea..made my day 😂🤣

@fatdad64able

4 жыл бұрын

The stalls in restaurants, or public toilets. The doors are so short on the bottom if a midget walked in he could look me straight in the eyes. The menues in restaurants caused me stress. There are so many options and combos and specials it is overkill to a German. Sometimes I almost started crying and wanted to tell the waiter"please, PLEASE, GO AWAY and get my food. If I picked out something from the menue, they pointed out a better option for that day....THEN they asked which salad dressing. "What do you have?" "Italian, ranch, thousand island, blue roka cheese". "Ummmmmh..........the one in the middle" " ranch, or thousand island? " "..oh, okaaay,...ummmh,....yes." "no, which which one?" "Okay the one with the cheese...." "blue roka cheese? " "okay..yes please" ( pheewwwww almost made a complete fool out of myself, lol) "Sir, which side would you like" "Coke Zero?" "No, which side dish? Mashed potatoes, hash browns, fries, or rice?" (😭PLEASE GO AWAY!!! PLEASE GET MY FOOOOOOOD!)

@misterugly4984

4 жыл бұрын

@@Rainerjgs Ernsthaft?

I was going to comment about you two spending Saturday watching a parking lot sign, then I realized I was spending Saturday watching a video of you two watching a parking lot sign.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

hahaha, which is worse? 😂

@Anson_AKB

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo depends on the season ... in summer, watching while sitting in a Cafe and having a Cappuccino would be nice, but now in the cold winter, it's probably less weird to sit in my warm living room and watch you freezing on video :-)

@c_jeanette

4 жыл бұрын

That just made me laugh.

@sheba9679

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂👍

@___Chris___

4 жыл бұрын

And I'm spending my time commenting on a comment of a guy who spends his time watching a video of two people watching a parking lot sign. Who's gonna try and beat me?

the sign will change to "besetzt" written in red letters. it means "occupied" ;)

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, thank you for solving the mystery!! 😂

@ContinuumGaming

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo ...or just "0" if you are unlucky ;). Depends on the sign.

@JakobFischer60

4 жыл бұрын

Same with toilets.

@walterjoshuapannbacker1571

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, I just wanted to post that reply. ;-)

@HenryLoenwind

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo The words used for parking spaces follow the use for chairs; a chair is either free (frei) or sat on (besetzt). Tangent: Which things "sit" or "stand" when they are in their resting place is kind of arbitrary. Cars usually "stand", but but there's no word for "a space blocked by something standing on it". Technically that would be "bestanden", but that already means "existed" or "passed". Sorry to all German learners about having words formed by rules that are already blocked with a different meaning. And BTW: You missed the Stadthalle (not a town hall).

parking? in germany?? for FREE???? you must be dreaming, ha!

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

haha, clearly! That is something extremely rare to come by it seems...

@dluckygurl8

4 жыл бұрын

Of course there's free parking in Germany! There are on-street parking with P (parking area sign) along the streets, which permits you to park but you have to read if it indicates who is allowed to park (e.g,. P Bewohner with Parkausweis Nr.XXX), if it requires a parking voucher (P mit Parkschein - obviously not free and you have to buy from a nearby machine; however, in some cities/areas, this is free on Sundays and on certain times during the day so do check the schedule!), or a parking disc (e.g., P 2Std. - parking allowed for 2 hours using your parking disc). Off-street parking lots are also almost always free within the vicinity where supermarkets, shops, pharmacy, etc. are. But, of course, you should be visiting one of these places to park for free. Lastly, there are neighborhoods or residential areas where there's on-street parking - they are almost always free unless otherwise indicated.

@markusgaul8467

4 жыл бұрын

sogar die toiletten bei mc donalds kosten geld... das ist in den usa nicht so

@Astrofrank

4 жыл бұрын

There are even parking areas where you can park for free many hours, you need to pay a bit only if you park longer. A good example are some parking areas in Wasserburg am Inn. Other parking areas might change from "cost money" to "free" depending on the need for parking space, avoiding permanent parkers blocking parking space.

@Pharo02

4 жыл бұрын

@@markusgaul8467 Bei McDonalds? Noch nie gesehen .D Im Kaufhaus muss man immer bezahlen,aber ich glaube man muss garnicht bezahlen sondern kann also wie Trinkgeld halt.

Had a similar experience when I went to the US for the first time with my family. We had a hard time finding proper bread. Americans seem to like their bread spongy, plus they only sell white bread. One day we stumbled upon some dark bread. We were excited - until we found that it, too, was spongy American wheat flour bread, just coloured with corn syrup, so not only was it soft and fluffy, it was also cloyingly sweet. My dear Americans: Why? Just why?

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

haha, its pretty much all we know! I actually grew up only eating white bread when I visited my grandparents because my parents would always get whole grain bread (still spongy) and I thought it was a special treat to eat white bread 😂 Btw, if you haven't seen it yet, we did a whole video on German Brotkultur 😊 You can find it here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pXedq9GkmpjLZag.html

@Aurirang

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo This was a personal mental trauma for me as well, when we visitec Canada for three weeks. (Same bread-culture apparently) Coming from Switzerland, which has a similarly strong bread-culture than germany, we were at first amused by the sheer sponginess of the breads and how they'd just plop back into form when pressed together and let got. But after two weeks eating only spongy white bread we were severly missing our own, more firm and not sweet bread. (We had settled for an "italian" variety since we at least couldn't taste the sweetness all too much. Of course cheese was a pretty big issue as well. We noticed that processed cheese is.. not exactly tasty (and wouldn't be allowed to be labelled as 'cheese' in Switzerland anyway, yes we're protective of our cheese :D) and what is called "Swiss cheese" is as Swiss as Algae on the bottom of the Atlantic. It just has holes. We eventually found soem small slice of actual cheese but holy shit is that stuff expensive. Getting fresh fruit and veggies was pretty difficult as well since apparently most veggies are sold in huge packages as frozen food (we had very limited packing capacity) and the fruits often didn't look all that stellar. (I'm most likely spoiled) The meat was awesome though although i could never really get warm with that relish-sauce. (Dad absolutely loved it though) It was certainly an adventure but i gotta be honest. I wouldn't visit canada (or the US) just for culinary reasons... But i'd love to visit some places for sightseeing at some point. Great Canyon, Rockies, Florida just to see if the people there are really that crazy.. Whatever else that is not too hot and a sight worth. And maybe chat with some locals. :D

@ebony721

4 жыл бұрын

What?!?! That's sad... I like the german bread

@applejuice8271

4 жыл бұрын

Eww that sounds gross 0.0

@ebony721

4 жыл бұрын

Probably because I'm a German as well

And the Bürgermeister isn't a Master of Burgers. ;)

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, I think we could figure that one out now! Although that would be a nice title to have...😉

@npntube6847

4 жыл бұрын

Haha Burgermaster, so funny! Like Huntingmaster!

@fatdad64able

4 жыл бұрын

Sehr, sehr schade, eigentlich. ^^

@victoriakierse4802

4 жыл бұрын

Der Bürgermeister of Hamburg

@mijp

4 жыл бұрын

Wir haben auch ein Rathaus... ;)

Actually Pharmacies have the Gothic "A" throughout germany. The green cross is a newer Sign, which not all apothecaries in germany have, in effort to make Pharamcies more distinguishable for foreigners since green crosses are more common in the rest of the EU and sometimes it indicates that it's a DocMorris apothecary shop.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Ya, we see the red "A" everywhere but like you said, in general across the EU and in Germany you will see the green cross still. Since in the US the green cross is completely different that is why it is in this video. 😊 Our village, we have some pharmacies that don't have the green cross but most do (not shown in the video)

@michaelf8556

4 жыл бұрын

The green cross is used in France for pharmacies... and made its way to Germany 😉

@Anson_AKB

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelf8556 for decades, we saw it in italy too, but in germany the green cross (that probably is "more international" and thus easier to see and find for foreigners and tourists) is relatively new and the traditional sign that all of them have is the red A, for the german word _"Apotheke"_ in contrast to Pharmacy, Pharmacie, Pharmacia, etc so that those people rather would look for a "P" instead of an "A".

@emanuel3345

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelf8556 The green cross is used in Croatia as well. So, it is like they said... to be more recognisable to foreigners.

@michaelf8556

4 жыл бұрын

Emanuel right,.. but it s just used in the regions close to the neighbour countries, where it s used 😉 in most parts of Germany, you won t find the green cross

Waiting for the "0" was great. You really made my day! I think the sign will show "besetzt".

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

haha, glad you enjoyed it! 😆 Thanks for the information as well!

@gmhude56

4 жыл бұрын

Thats right

@Stephan4711

4 жыл бұрын

And the color switches to red

@JollyRogerVF84

4 жыл бұрын

Besetzt wäre zu lang, für die drei 000. ;) Ich gehe davon aus, daß dann einfach "- - -" da steht oder "0". :D

@jenshotze

3 жыл бұрын

"belegt" is the word that's going to appear. "belegt" is more used for toilets

If the parking were free it would be kostenlos.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Genau! Wir haben jetzt das gelernt 😊

@peterpain6625

4 жыл бұрын

And to look for those in a big city would be "sinnlos" ;)

@schnorpel

4 жыл бұрын

Or gratis

@carstekoch

4 жыл бұрын

@@peterpain6625 Quasi umsonst ;)

2:42 lol I come from Germany and I never really noticed the "green crosses". I think because the red "A" (for "Apotheke" = pharmacy) is bigger and much more noticeable

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

The "A" for sure is the German norm but the green cross seems to be coming more and more popular 😊

@pmparda

4 жыл бұрын

The green cross is used in Greece too

@nommis7743

4 жыл бұрын

The Green Cross is used in other Countries like french, belgium, netherlands, greece, swiss.

@mandriniooriginale7988

4 жыл бұрын

Is Not correct at all. Also the pharmacies are different companies and one of them is allowed to use the big A. Other use different signs.

@mandriniooriginale7988

4 жыл бұрын

@@nommis7743 the Green Cross is simply No registered TM

"Bürgerbegehren" is not a desire to eat burgers :)

@boulbon08

4 жыл бұрын

Lol 😆

@oskarkiesewalter2866

4 жыл бұрын

Dieses wort werde ich von nun an aber genau so zweckentfremden.

@Sketchblopp

4 жыл бұрын

Unless it's about burgers. ;D

@PhoenixClank

4 жыл бұрын

Ich hab grad ein sehr ausgeprägtes Burgerbegehren.

@muemelification

4 жыл бұрын

…but it should be!

After seeing you two getting excited over the eggs i want to see your reaction to the all mighty Eierschalensollbruchstellenverursacher

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

First off, that name is amazing but I have heard there is a more simple name used for that tool? haha, we have seen it online but never in person! Seems like a genius tool!

@FutureChaosTV

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo Eierpickser? :D

@nadjasmind8187

4 жыл бұрын

Eierköpfer 😊

@the_retag

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo its the klack if i remember correctly got one somewhere

@RustyDust101

4 жыл бұрын

I actually own one of these unique fun devices. It was called that to align with the German stereotype of creating these absolutely ridiculously long compound words. It actually doesn't work that well. It is a metal rod with an inverted half-egg-shape cup on one end, and a handle on the other end. In the cup is a small ridge inside the inner rim. On the metal rod is a sliding heavy ball bearing. You place the cup over the egg shell firmly, hold the handle upright but loosely. You lift the ball bearing and let it drop. The ball bearing causes the ridge to fracture the egg shell in a perfect ring which then supposedly is easy to lift off. Well, theoretically it sounds great but it is more or less a novelty joke item.

lol imagine walking around your town and you see some tourists spectating car going in and out of a parking lot. that would be hilarious :)

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, Aubrey was noticing all of the stares we were getting and was getting embarrassed...😂

@Anson_AKB

4 жыл бұрын

it would be the ideal task to do on a lazy sunday ... except that the probability to observe it becoming filled would be even lower when all shops are closed :-)

@theta3

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo Aubrey and you stare at the counter display of the parking lot for K in Lautern Shopping Mal. But the actual count point for this is not at street level ;-) It is located on the top floor. You do not see the cars that actually enter or leave. 8-O Greetings from "Meinereiner" = Rainer in K'town

@wolfgangratz4976

4 жыл бұрын

"They must not have cars where they are from."

Each Apotheke, if closed, has a sign in the door giving directions to the next Not-Apotheke (pharmacy on duty whatever the weekday or vacation) I believe it is about one in every five pharmacies that stay opened even during closing hours. But they alternate, so check each sunday if you feel the need for "shopping"

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

That’s really good to know and we hadn’t learned that yet! We were honestly wondering what happens like on Sunday if they are all closed and you need medication. Thanks for the tip! 😊

@theorganguy

4 жыл бұрын

Talk about unexpected... "Not-Pharmacy" is not not a Pharmacy... but an emergency-Pharmacy (not an ER-Pharmacy, tho)

@llothar68

4 жыл бұрын

Leider schon lange nicht mehr normal in Deutschland. Da haengt in allen nur noch ne Telefonnummer

@PhilippKiessler

4 жыл бұрын

But beware, pharmacys on duty for emergency services ("Notdienst-Apotheke") usually charge a "Notdienstzuschlag", an extra charge for their emergency services to be payed for every item you buy. So do not go shopping there, unless it's really important to get medicine instantly.

@silkwesir1444

4 жыл бұрын

It is also a good idea to call before you go to the not-apotheke, and announce that you're coming, because they may not check the door continuously... but they _are_ there, even if it might not look like it, in the back of the shop... unlike what Lothar Scholz claimed there

01:43 The umlaut isn't the dots on top. The whole letter is the umlaut. The dots on top are called "trema" and are used to point out that a vowel needs to be pronounced independently of the vowel in front of it (example: Noël), and therefor do not change the sound of the vowel. But an umlaut is a sound different from the letter it is based on.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the clarification 😊 We have only heard everybody referring to the dots as umlauts and did not realize it is the whole thing. 👍

@wernerhiemer406

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo And to add they were two little "e" beforehand.

@seyekoh

4 жыл бұрын

That's not true, trema is the French word for umlaut. The trema/umlaut can go over many letters

@chrisrudolf9839

4 жыл бұрын

@@seyekoh Titamiva was partially right. In German, the Umlaute are ä, ö, and ü, the dots alone are not called Umlaut. I'm not entirely sure whether the dots alone are called trema in German when they are part of the aforementioned three Umlaute, I only ever heard trema as the term for such two dots that indicate that the marked vowel should be spoken seperately to and adjacent vowel that usually would form a Doppellaut (like a trema on an e that is preceded by an i, which usually indicates a long "ee" sound in German.

@GrandesVeleros

4 жыл бұрын

The Umlauts were originally written "ae, oe, and ue". The dots to indicate Umlauts are a lazy form of two small down strokes, like an equal sign turned 90⁰. They, in turn, represented the "e" in an older form of cursive writing. That was started way back in the dark ages (before printing) in order to conserve parchment which was really expensive.

The houses that survived the wars would have written on them ano and than the year when the construction was finished.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

We have noticed that on quite a few buildings. Thanks! 👍🏼

@Deliciousfoodofficer

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo basically it origins come from latin (the romans). It means anno domini. In german "im jahre des herren".

@lkrnpk

3 жыл бұрын

Also sometimes there's ''Soli Deo Gloria'', or ''glory to the God alone'' but that is an after Reformation thing for Lutheran areas I'd say

the green cross isnt common for pharmacy. you have to look for that iconic "A" sign. if the parking lot is full it says "besetzt" that means occupied

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

In our city we filmed they nearly all have the green cross but they do all have the "A" sign like you say. However, we see the green cross enough and have heard enough foreigners from outside Europe get confused by that we included it 😊

@BratislavMetulski

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo well... the green cross is used now because it is the international sign for pharmacy. not only europe. in germany it wasnt even used in the past. they came up with this for the tourists 😂

@donaghmore1967

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo Are you living in Kaiserslautern or nearby ? RAB ?

When buildings are "rebuilt" it often means that they have recycled the original antique stones and wood left over from the bombing raids and that this has been used again - only parts of these buildings were made with modern bricks and wood. Most of the buildings in Germany that look old are also old, only in larger cities like Dresden, Berlin etc. a lot was partially rebuilt with modern building materials, but mostly there were still ruins left to use as the original base.

First things first you are welcome, the name "Haus des Bürgers" is not an uncommon branding for a town hall, but you will not find it in any city.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the welcome 😊Ya, I think the only places we have seen it has been in small towns or villages.

@chrisrudolf9839

4 жыл бұрын

Other possible names for such a community hall are "Gemeindehaus" (community hall), Stadthalle (literally it translates to city hall, but is not to be confused with the administrative building they would call city hall in the U.S., this is called "Rathaus" (=council hall) in German), Mehrzweckhalle (Multi use hall) or - if the city feels like boasting and give it a fancy name: Kongresszentrum, Kongressforum or Kongresscenter (congress center).

@Yildryn

4 жыл бұрын

@@chrisrudolf9839 Bei Mehrzweckhalle würde ich eher auf 'multipurpose hall/arena" in der Übersetzung gehen. Das Rathaus kann auch das 'Stadthaus' sein - siehe Bonn. Die Stadt hat aber auch mehr als ein Rathaus. (Das alte am Markt, Bad Godesberger Rathaus, Beuler Rathaus) Was die beiden so fazinierend vor dem Parkhaus gehalten hat ist ja das "Parkleitsystem" - jede größere Stadt die etwas auf sich hält hat so was. Und manchmal hilft es wirklich, weil man dann die Parkhäuser mit den kleinen Zahlen einfach meidet. Was auch auffallend ist - und was für Amerikaner vielleicht etwas ungewohnt sein kann - gelbe Fahrbahnmakierungen sind temporär, das heißt, dass sie (meistens) wegen einer Baustelle den Verkehr anders leiten müssen, und nach getaner Arbeit verschwinden die gelben Dinger einfach wieder, da die Fahrbahnmakierungen immer weiß sind, wenn sie permanent da sind. Gleiche Sache, aber nicht auf der Fahrbahn, sondern etwas darüber - die Richtungsschilder. Deren Farbe hat eine bedeutung - und sagt etwas über die Wichtigkeit der Straße aus. Schwarze Schrift auf weißem Grund: Lokale Dinge, wie zum Beispiel das Industriegebiet. Schwarze Schrift auf gelbem Untergrund: Bundesstraßen oder Hauptverkehrsadern innerhalb der Stadt. Weiße Schrift auf blauem Untergrund: Pedal to the Metal, Richtunsgweiser für/zur Autobahn und Beschilderung auf selbiger. Aber: Die Farbkombinationen gibt es auch für andere Schilder die nicht zur Autobahn führen (Richtungsschilder, Sackgasse oder das Einbahnstraßenschild (One Way Road)), sondern können auch eine Mindestgeschwindigkeit angeben, die ein Fahrzeug erreichen muss, um eine Straße befahren zu dürfen - aber auch die Richtgeschwindigkeit auf der Autobahn ist eine weiße 130 auf blauem Grund. Bleiben wir mal bei der Autobahn und ihrem Pendant, der Intersate. Größter Unterschied hier ist, das die Autobahn nur Zahlen hat, keine Hmmelsrichtungs Angabe ( I 80 east/west). Aber auch die Zahlen folgen einer Logik: Die (Bundes-)Autobahnen mit einer ungeraden Ziffer (1, 3, 5, 7 ... ) sind eine Nord-Süd Verbindung, Autobahnen mit einer geraden Ziffer (2, 4, 6, 8 ... ) verlaufen in Ost-West. Dann haben beide Systeme aber auch Gemeinsamkeiten - Verbindungsautobahnen und Zubringer werden meistens dreistellig (A565, von A59, durch Bonn nach Meckenheim, auf A61) beziffert. Noch kleiner Funfact: Die A555 ist tatsächlich die erste Autobahn Deutschlands, eröffnet von niemand anderem als "dem Alten", der zu dem Zeitpunkt noch Oberbürgermeister der Stadt Köln war (Konrad Adenauer). Der Status wurde ihr aber während des nationalsozialistischen Regiemes aberkannt. Und damit hab ich 'genug palavert, ming Schnüss wund jefaselt und sach: Macht eet joot, ik schwing min Huut.'

@barvdw

4 жыл бұрын

tldr for those unfamiliar with German, Yldrin speaks about the name for city hall, some say Stadthaus like in Bonn, and a city can have more than one Rathaus, often from former towns that merged, or that were replaced when they got too small. Yellow lines as road signage means temporary signage in Germany (and Belgium, for instance, but not Sweden), and are used at road works when lanes are reduced. The Autobahn roads are rarely signposted with cardinal directions, just the number, with even numbers going east to west, and uneven going north to south.

@theta3

4 жыл бұрын

@@Yildryn Vielen Dank - für die komprimierte Info! Hier lernt man sogar als gebürtiger Deutscher noch dazu.

the green cross for pharmacies is actually a non-German thing that a lot of other countries in Europe use to signify pharmacies. Traditionally, pharmacies in Germany have that red "Fraktur" (black letter) 'A' as a sign for pharmacies (A for 'Apotheke'), but I guess some pharmacies have additionally adopted the green Plus to help international visitors find them

I'm from Puerto Rico, the Germans came in the early 19century. So the word for pharmacy is Apotheca.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Nice! I wonder if that has to do also with Latin roots of words 🤷🏻‍♂️

@estherbockholt7428

4 жыл бұрын

It's actually derived from ancient Greek. apo (away) theke (box, closet, storage) so literally a place to store away things.

@HexenkoeniginVonAngmar

4 жыл бұрын

It's "Apotheke" in German, so same word with a different ending letter and k instead of c :D

@barvdw

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo neither are Latin, pharmakon is Greek for drug or poison.

@DSP16569

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo Greek ἀποθήκη (apothēkē) and it means storage room. Pharmacy also from the greeks φάρμακον pharmakon meaning medicament, poison, miracle elexir. Therefor in a Apotheke they store Pharmacies :-)

A "Back Shop" is not a gay brothel or a gay disco, it is just a bakery.

@barvdw

4 жыл бұрын

Seeing Pretzels and other Semmel in the window should be a dead giveaway, of course.

@icefrost5355

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha!!

@avior2951

4 жыл бұрын

Calling bakeries "Back Shops" is super gay

@leDespicable

3 жыл бұрын

@@avior2951 Backshops aren't proper bakeries, there's a difference

Great video, but a few things: Community Centers: Many communities will have these, but "Haus des Bürgers" seems to be a local name in Rheinlad-Pfalz. Depending on where you are, they they'll be called "Haus des Bürgers", "Bürgerhaus" "Gemeindehaus", "Stadthaus", "Gemeindehalle", "Stadthalle", or some other word using either "Bürger" (citizen), "Stadt" (town) or "Gemeinde" (village). As an aside, while "Stadthalle" does translate to "city hall", it's not the city hall where the mayor has their office. That's the Rathaus, which is named after the Stadtrat (or Gemeinderat in non-city communities), the city/village council. (The word "Rat" means "advice", and a "beraten" means "to debate" or "to consider as a group") Pharmacies: If you're looking for a pharmacy in Germany, do NOT look for a green cross. That is the main sign for pharmacies in other European countries, and has been added to pharmacies in tourist-y areas over the last few years, but you won't find it elsewhere. The main sign for a pharmacy in Germany is that red gothic letter "A" with the aesculab staff on it that could be seen next to the green cross in the places you showed. That is used by *every* pharmacy in Germany. (It's a trademark owned by the association of pharmacies of Germany if think) Parking garages: Once they are full, the sign will say "Besetzt" (occupied) in red. And if you're looking for "Free of charge", the term to look for is "Kostenlos" (which literally translates to "without cost") Eggs: That color is neither a protective coating nor a marketing gimmick. It's a legal requirement to protect/inform consumers of what they're buying. The law mandates that boiled eggs *must* be colored when they're sold as boiled eggs, and raw eggs *must not* be colored when sold. Re a protective coating, eggs in Europe don't need protection (or refrigeration for that matter) because they leave the natural waxy coating on the egg, it's illegal in Europe to wash that off, and I'm pretty sure that carries over to boiled eggs as well. In the US it's the opposite, eggs must be washed by the production facilities there, and because that removes that natural coating, they need to be refrigerated from day 1.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your information! 😊 In terms of all of the German words you mention like "kostenlos," I go to German class now everyday for 4 hours so I have finally learned most of these terms and we understand these things much better now! haha, but when we first got here we definitely didn't know these things.. Everything we find online says that is what the true purpose of it is. See below and the link that we found 🤷‍♂️ "...but because the thick coloring actually contains a natural resin which forms a protective coating around the hard-boiled egg - preserving it up to three months" digitalcosmonaut.com/2019/colored-eggs-german-supermarket-easter/

@HenryLoenwind

4 жыл бұрын

Tanith, how do you boil an egg without washing off the natural protective coating?

@tanithrosenbaum

4 жыл бұрын

@@HenryLoenwind Hmm valid point. But independent of the coating, I've had boiled eggs without paint, and they still kept pretty well. So it may just be like cooked steak or cooked schnitzel, that they just don't need refrigeration. But I do admit I may be wrong in that point.

@tanithrosenbaum

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo Heh okies, I had that one wrong then. Thank you for digging up the link, TIL.

fyi: the protective "layer" on raw eggs, is actually the natural protective layer, when the egg got laid (the shell is not washed). That's why the eggs can also be stored without cooling. Just be aware of the date of laying, stamped on to the eggs ;) 18-20 days are fine without cooling, and if they are cooled you can add 2 - 4 additional weeks (I'd go with 2, just to be safe).

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Right, we have another video where we talk about raw eggs and why they can stay unrefrigerated here vs in the US where that layer is washed off. In this video we were just talking about the additional layer that is added to the boiled and colored eggs because that natural layer is lost in the boiling process 😊

@SerrinTheElf

Жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo BTW, if I remember my choldhood correctly, they are actually packaged and sold as easter eggs over easter. I at least always knew the dyed and boiled eggs you showed as easter eggs. Und nochmal in Deutsch: Wenn ich mich an meine Kindheit recht errinnere, werden diese Eier tatsächlich über Ostern als Ostereier verkauft. Ich zumindest kannte diese gekochten und gefärbten Eier immer als Ostereier.

the eggs were originally only sold aroudn easter, but then they started to market the easter eggs as party eggs and now you get them the whole year

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Here they are "Vespereier" rather than party eggs. haha, I wonder if this region thought they could expand the sale of the eggs into snack times as well rather than just being party and a holiday eggs.

@Eagle_Owl2

4 жыл бұрын

Also, eggs don't have an artificial protective coating. The colour is just colour, nothing else. The eggs in Germany are not refrigerated in stores because they get not cleaned beforehand, making sure that the natural coating against germs is still intact.

@grafvonrotz2233

4 жыл бұрын

Yummy party chicken menstruation, hmmm.

Das ist für mich sehr interessant, besonders weil ich einige Dinge nicht erwartet hätte. :) Wie das "Haus des Bürgers" heißt ist regional unterschiedlich, in Stuttgart-Botnang wo ich meine frühe Kindheit erlebte wurde es "Bürgerhaus" genannt, aber es gibt auch andere Bezeichnungen die zum Teil selbst für Muttersprachler (zum Beispiel aus einem anderen Bundesland) zu Verwechslungen mit Behörden (Einwohnermeldeämtern und Standesämtern die, zum Beispiel, in manchen Regionen "Bürgeramt", "Bürgerbüro", oder ähnlich heißen) führen können. Ich kann euch erzählen was bei dem Parkplatzschild passiert, wenn keine freien Plätze mehr vorhanden sind. Je nach dem wie groß die Anzeige ist wechselt es zu "besetzt", "STOP" oder "---" wenn das Parkhaus geöffnet ist, wenn es schließt erscheint auf der Anzeige meistens "---", "STOP", oder "geschlossen". Es war lustig zu sehen, dass ich nicht die Einzige bin, die stehenbleibt, um zu sehen wie die Anzeige auf 0 schaltet (Technik die begeistert). XD

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Danke für deine Informationen! Ich freue mich, dass du uns lustig gefunden hast haha. Jetzt müssen wir nicht mehr auf das Parkplatzschild warten, um uns umzustellen, weil du unsere Frage beantwortet hast! 😂

@carliemarliee

4 жыл бұрын

Lese den Kommentar während ich in Botnang im Bett liege. Lustiger Zufall

It made me laugh you confusing a community centre with a burger joint.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, glad you enjoyed it 😂

Your enthusiasm is refreshing. You waiting for the parking garage to get full put a smile on my face on a rainy friday. Thanks for that. Greetings from Frankfurt.

Dane here. Didn't notice the dots over the "u" the first seconds, and then I couldn't stop laughing ^_^ "House of burgers" lol!

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, we genuinely were a little bummed to find out it wasn’t a massive burger restaurant in the center of town and we definitely have overheard tons of people say the same thing! 😂

@akyhne

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo - How's work life there? How much spare time do you have compared to the US? It seems people in the US do more "Live to Work" than the opposite. Is the six work days common in the US? Could you do a video on this, when you have lived there for some time? Don't forget to visit Denmark at some point ;)

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

We have talked about this topic a little bit in some of our other videos but we haven't devoted an entire video to it yet, but we would like to! Definitely a lot more time off and we find ourselves asking ourselves, "when do they work around here?" because people seem to take so much time off! haha, but we genuinely like the work-life balance better here! 6 days is not common, 5 is the norm. We actually visited Denmark last year at the beginning of the year and we have some videos on our time in Denmark 😊 We LOVED Denmark and will definitely go back soon!

@ContinuumGaming

4 жыл бұрын

Very funny indead :D. "Haus des Bürgers" oder "Bürgerhaus". Sehr oft sind die Häuse auch z. B. mit dem Rathaus zusammengelegt (was auch ziemlich lustig sein kann... => Rattenhaus vs. Town hall ;)).

@Janoip

4 жыл бұрын

@@ContinuumGaming Ich kenne nur Bürgerhäuser,die Häuser des Bürgers sind mehr so ein Süden Ding oder?

Fahrt mal an die Nordsee und am besten auf eine Insel wie Norderney. Die Gezeiten (Tide) der Nordsee ist schon recht extrem. Es ist sowohl im Winter toll (windig und kühl) als auch in der wärmeren Jahreszeit (dann eine Wattwanderung - walking through the Tide). Der Norden ist auf jeden Fall ganz anders als der Süden - kulturell, architektonisch, kulinarisch und sprachlich.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

cool! Danke für dein Vorschlag! Wir haben nur Schwerin besucht und das ist alles, was wir in Norddeutschland gesehen haben. Wir würden gern gleich an die Nordsee fahren. 😀

@911fletcher

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo Da empfehle ich Bremerhaven, es braucht keinen Insel zu sein. In der Wesermündung beträgt der Tidenhun dreieinhalb Meter. Gerade für Amerikaner ist das Auswandererhaus zu empfehlen. Das Klimahaus wird auch gern besucht.

@joroplays9163

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo Ich also Norddeutscher empfehle euch da die Insel Sylt und natürlich St.-Peter-Ording. Beides sehr sehenswert. Besonders das Restaurant auf Stelzen am St.-Peter-Ordinger Strand

@philippschwartzerdt3431

4 жыл бұрын

Am besten noch Cuxhaven - Dort kann man bis zu 10 km auf dem Meeresgrund bei "Watt" bis zur Insel Neuwerk laufen. So hat man einerseits die Küste, eine Strand, Seehundbänke, einen Fluss (Elbe), eine Insel (Neuwerk) und eines der größten Natur- und Vogelschutzschutzgebiete Europas direkt vor der Haustür 😉 Actually all being said regarding the North (East or West) is correct - being one of the nicest regions (people and countryside) - at least from my prospective. So not many possibilities to make mistakes when visiting. Just be prepared for any weather - and I mean literally any weather!

@911fletcher

4 жыл бұрын

@@philippschwartzerdt3431 In Bremerhaven kommt man aber gratis auf den Deich - in Cuxhaven kostet das was.

It will never go to zero, we usually hive mind someone out if we feel someone need that parking spot. We need to keep our efficiency.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

haha, well...I hate to tell you but we have since seen it down at 0...but it didn't last long so I would say the efficiency is still very true!

@sarahsteinhofer292

4 жыл бұрын

There is actually still parking spots left even if it’s down to 0

@chrisrudolf9839

4 жыл бұрын

As a less esoteric explanation, if only 1 or 2 spots are left, we'd fear that the parking space might be difficult to acess, because only that one narrow space right beside the pillar might be free and the car in the next space is parked so purely that you can't get in. Thus if there is an alternative place to park nearby, I wouldn't enter a parking lot that is indicated to have almost no spots left.

@silkwesir1444

4 жыл бұрын

@@sarahsteinhofer292 yes they may be a few extra spots, because people might go in quicker than they leave and then the display and entry barrier couldn't keep up properly, and then there would be someone who is "trapped" inside without being able to park.

@hughmungus1767

3 жыл бұрын

abc abc - I still remember my first trip to Germany in 1983. At one point, my cousin's wife and I went out to run an errand which involved parking in a parking garage. It was the first time I ever entered a parking area without paying in advance - which was how we did things in Canada in those days - and we paid on the way out. Paying on the way out is quite common in Canada now but it was unheard of in 1983.

In Argentina Green crosses have the same meaning: just regular pharmacies/drugstores. Red ones: hospital Purple ones: veterinarian.

Perfection! Running the parking space at near maximum capacity

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, exactly. That German Maximum efficiency at work!

4:25 The sign will just turn into "besetzt"...

One of the most underrated channels in this genre on YT. I really love your videos and I can’t wait for the next one.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thanks so much for the love! We really appreciate you saying that and we are excited for the next one ourselves. haha

In germany every old house has a plate on it called „Denkmalschutz „ it says that this house is original and you are not allowed to change details of it you have to keep it in shape in the original way it was build

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Gotcha, thanks for the information! 😊

Those colored eggs _are_ easter eggs, but someone figured out that people will still buy them out of season because it's practical to have boiled eggs available all year, so they started selling them year round.

Und jetzt zurück zum Parkhaus mit euch!🤣

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

haha, nein! Nie wieder! Die Leute haben das wir verrückt gedacht! 🤣

@schuhschrank947

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo Um Dir beim Deutschlernen zu helfen: "Die Leute haben gedacht, das wir verrückt sind!" oder: "Die Leute dachten wir sind verrückt!""!

@unapatton1978

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo just being a grammar nerd: Die Leute haben gedacht, dass wir verrückt sind. Oder auf deutsch: Jetzt halten uns alle für verrückt.

@schuhschrank947

4 жыл бұрын

@@unapatton1978 Ja, Du hast recht! Ich hab mir schon gedacht, das jemand damit um die Ecke kommt. Seit Jahren ignoriere ich das Dass mit Doppel-S sehr erfolgreich. Ich hallte diese Regel für völlig überflüssig!

@asator0505

4 жыл бұрын

@@unapatton1978 i wouldnt call you a grammar nerd for not teaching people wrong german, lol

"No weed. Don't worry" That is what i am worried about :O

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Then I'm glad we were able to put your worries at ease 😉

@PsychedSushi43

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo i think he means that hes worried because there is no weed.. i agree with that tho 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@silkwesir1444

4 жыл бұрын

@@PsychedSushi43 well even then, he know doesn't have to worry anymore, because now he KNOWS there is no weed there. On a more serious note, it actually can be a problem for those who get prescribed it for medicinal reasons have trouble getting their prescription even at pharmacies. Because many pharmacies apparently shy away from the extra paperwork involved. So these patients also might, rightfully so, worry that their pharmacy won't have weed ;)

Its pretty interesting to hear what you guys think about germany. I would have never thought that these signs and names would confuse people from the states. Love the video keep it up!

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it 😊

Hello, I loved to see your video. Watching at a parking house for cars entering so that the "Frei" sign will change - hilarious!

@ZikovanDijk

4 жыл бұрын

I guess... when automobilists see - like you - that only 2 or 5 slots are available, they decide not to drive in.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, thanks! We are glad you enjoyed it 😊

Hey! Wegen der Eier, ich kaufe die nur Ostern oder färbe dann selbst. Diese „Partyeier“ gibt es noch nicht so lange. Wegen der Gebäude kann ich euch nur empfehlen zu reisen. Ihr seid ja meist im Westen und Süden unterwegs, da kenne ich mich nicht so gut aus. Ich kenne aber Bernkastel Kues an der Mosel, da gibt es tolle alte Gebäude und guten Wein. Städte in Mittel- und Ostdeutschland, die ich wegen Architektur und flair nur empfehlen kann sind: Erfurt, Weimar, Quedlinburg, Wernigerode, Görlitz, Bautzen, Göttingen. Wegen der Apotheke, soweit ich weiß, ist das grüne Kreuz recht neu und eher in Frankreich verbreitet. Typischer ist das seltsame geschwungene rote A für Apotheke. Ich kann euch auch nur empfehlen innerhalb Deutschlands zu reisen, denn es gibt sehr viele spannende lokale Eigenheiten zu entdecken. Fahrt auf jeden Fall mal nach Norddeutschland nach Hamburg, Bremen und an das Meer oder Rostock. Auch der Osten hat, wie schon gesagt, spannende Städte und Landschaften. Wenn ihr mehr über deutsche und französische Eigenheiten erfahren wollt, schaut den Fernsehsender Arte, die haben eine Sendung namens Karambolage, sehr lustig und lehrreich!

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Ich danke Ihnen für all Ihre Empfehlungen! Diese werden für uns sehr hilfreich sein! 😀

@Schmissgesicht

4 жыл бұрын

Was? Die Eier gibts schon mind. seit 35 Jahren im Supermarkt

@Schmissgesicht

4 жыл бұрын

Im Westen zumindest

@JohnDoe-tp5sk

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo auf jeden Fall Bernkastel Kues oder Koblenz.

@Anson_AKB

4 жыл бұрын

@@Schmissgesicht bei uns gab es die gekochten Eier nur ganz selten, und meist nur zu Ostern (und deshalb gefärbt). Erst seit vielleicht drei oder vier Jahren (als sie in einem Jahr vor Ostern täglich schnell ausverkauft waren) begannen Läden sie das ganze Jahr über zu verkaufen, zunächst (ausserhalb von Ostern) hauptsächlich ungefärbt (dann waren sie durch eine Art Klarlack geschützt), später dann als "Party-Eier" auch gefärbt, Haltbarkeit ungekühlt meist 2-3 Wochen, ähnlich wie frische (ungewaschene und ungekochte) Eier. Meistens ist auch gleich noch eine kleine Tüte mit einem Gramm Salz in jeder Packung mit 6 Party-Eiern. Auch wenn sie etwas teurer sind kaufe ich sie gerne, weil ich dann alle zwei Tage 10 Minuten spare, ein einzelnes Ei kochen zu müssen.

never heard of a person who doesnt like eggs.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, I've tried the scrambled, boiled, fried, in tacos, etc and I just can't bring myself to like them...its very unfortunate. haha

@Kino_Cartoon

4 жыл бұрын

I guess I'll be the first person 😅 I'm not vegan but I don't like eggs that you can buy at the supermarket. I always feel bad (my stomach hurted and I felt like vomiting) after eating them and so I stopped liking them. My grandma owned chickens once but not anymore. Those eggs didn't made me feel bad and tasted 1000 times better than those in the supermarket. So yeah you could say that I still like eggs but not the common ones in the supermarket and I a little bit glad I don't like those eggs even so my stomach helped 😅

@hughmungus1767

3 жыл бұрын

hullmees666 - Really? I've heard of people who are severely allergic to eggs. When you get the flu shot here (in Canada), they always make sure you don't have egg allergies because the shot contains a bit of egg.

Love your editing and content. I’m a new subscriber. Been fixated with Germany for a while now. Would love to hear more about the German supermarket, school system, work efficiency, or habits that are totally German. More power to your channel! 💕

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Ihr beide seid sehr sympathisch und ich mag eure Videos sehr. Es ist sehr interessant zu sehen, das Dinge mit denen man selbst aufgewachsen ist, für andere verwirrend sein kann.

Regensburg is a beautuifull city where most of the architecture is really old 😊 they also have the oldest fast food place, the "wurstkuchl" it's delicious and a beautifully town 😊 also, dinkelsbühl is a nice city, where the old town is still old 😘

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Nice! Thank you so much for the great suggestions! We will have to add these to our list to check out 😊

@JTHBS

4 жыл бұрын

Yes i agree its a great city...living there right now. Totaly different then Kaiserslautern, where this video was made, and also on the totally opposite side of Germany :D I studied there before i came to Regensburg and recognize all the places in this video.

Now THAT explains why for the first time in my life I had to smoke my medication and they didn't care for my perscription either in California. Peace everybody......hehehe......

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, 😉

Hi. I love the video which reminds me of when I first came here from Philadelphia 37 years ago. New is always exciting. Hope that you enjoy your stay here and have many fantastic adventures.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoy it and are able to reminisce through it 😊 It is very exciting and we are having a lot of fun so far!

As far as i know there is a pratctical reason behind the coloured eggs: germany has pranksters too and so you can be sure that you don't have an egg exchanged with a raw one.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad they are saving us from the pranksters 😊

@jonathanwetherell3609

4 жыл бұрын

There is another reason. When a hen lays it covers the egg with a protective coat that is water soluble. This protects from bacteria. I f you wash the egg (as is normal in the USA) or boil it, the coat is removed. You must then either refrigerate or paint the egg. This is why raw eggs in the US are sold in chill cabinets.

Cool, Weird Al Yankovic is still doing stuff ^^ Just teasing. I like your videos.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

I think you’re confused, this is Passport Two. But here is his channel m.kzread.info/dron/DBrVr0ttWpoRY-_yZajp2Q.html 😉

8:20 They are in fact Easter Eggs just all the rest of the year they are marketed as "Party Eggs".

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Or are they in fact "Party Eggs" (Vespereier in our region) and just marketed as Easter eggs for Easter?...😉

@BlackWater_49

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo Possible but who needs Party Eggs?

@chrisrudolf9839

4 жыл бұрын

Actually in my childhood (1980ties) colored boiled eggs like that were only sold in supermarkets around easter time. It wasn't until the early nineties when they dubbed them "breakfast eggs" instead and sold them all year. I don't agree with 031doolittle though, I don't think the reason was that they always had leftovers, since nowadays they often sell differently colored eggs around easter (e.g. eggs that have a rainbow color pattern). They just realized that many people liked to buy hard boiled eggs as a snack.

@silkwesir1444

4 жыл бұрын

I have seen them marketed as "Brotzeit-Eier", not party eggs...

@emjayay

3 жыл бұрын

@@silkwesir1444 I never noticed what they are called, but they are handy (also colorful).

I really have started enjoying all your videos . I have started Learning German and enjoy watching your cultural experiance . My dad was fluent in German but he went to Germany back in the late 60s back in the Soviet days and he went through checkpoint Charlie and all that. As interesting as his stories are, they don’t represent a post Cold War culture correctly , so it’s fun learning through you.

Nice video as always 💖 Actually there is a burger restaurant in Berlin called "Burgeramt" (~ Citizens Registration Office) and people keep on calling there to apply for ID cards etc. not realizing that it is a restaurant.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

haha, that's hilarious and the exact opposite situation! We may look that place up our next time in Berlin just for the laughs.

@Jay-in-the-USA

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo haha you should :-D

We have BÜRGERHAUS, just a different kind of say ghe same thing!

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

And I'm sure the same confusion would occur for Americans looking at it and still thinking it is a burger restaurant...haha

I mean at places you can get the colored eggs basicly all year round, but mostly they are still meant for eastern.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

These eggs are specifically Vesper eggs that are sold year round and are meant for Vesper (snack time) though 😊

@tarmok3756

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo true, but even here in germany most simply consider it an easter thing and at times wonder themself, why they are sold "off season"

@meplays5269

4 жыл бұрын

I Think it is mainly because it can be easily distinguished from the uncooked eggs. Also children like that colouring and will speficillay ask for these.

@boahkeinbockmehr

4 жыл бұрын

Nah, they are simply coloured to make them distinguishable from raw eggs in a glimpse of an eye

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Everything we find online says that is what the true purpose of it is. See below and the link that we found 🤷‍♂️ "...but because the thick coloring actually contains a natural resin which forms a protective coating around the hard-boiled egg - preserving it up to three months" digitalcosmonaut.com/2019/colored-eggs-german-supermarket-easter/

Great video. On my last trip to Germany, I was driving through Munich with a friend of mine and we were looking for parking. My friend (who has never been to Germany before)had yelled out "Free parking". I keep trying to tell him that the parking was not free and then after ten minutes of "hmmmm" it finally clicked for him lol lol. Did you ever find a good burger place? lol. I am still laughing "with" the outtakes lol. :).

@PassportTwo

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, the 'free' parking never seems to fail at tricking Americans! We actually have found some VERY good burger places! 😃

@MagnificentGermanywithDarion

3 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo lol lol.

Cool b-roll. How do you make your b-roll look glitchy and stop motiony like that?

The word „german“:*is in the title* German people: die Kommentare wurden erfolgreich eingenommen

I enjoy your videos quite a bit.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

So happy to hear that! We are glad you enjoy them 😊

Buying a (Ham)burger. I think it fits in the same row as buying an „Amerikaner“ and a „Berliner“ in a bakery. (For non-german: Amerikaner is a flat backed piece with frosting. i don‘t know why it is called like this. A „Berliner“ is a rounded fluffy piece filled with jam. But these sound like citizens)

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

And a “Berliner” in the US is just called “Jelly filled doughnut” or a “Bavarian Cream Doughnut” depending on if it’s jelly or Bavarian Cream on the inside of course...haha

@spot1401

4 жыл бұрын

half the frosting is white, half is chocolate. oversimplified pie chart of the amercan population

Heeeey, die sind in Kaiserslautern. Da komm ich her😀 Sind hier noch andre Lautrer?

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

haha, Wir wohnen nicht in Kaiserslautern aber Ich lerne Deutsch in Kaiserslautern! 😀

@majukl

4 жыл бұрын

Ahjo! :-)

@M.S.M.111

4 жыл бұрын

Ja vom Bännjerrück 👋🖖

@karinculver1455

4 жыл бұрын

Ich bin am Vogelgesang aufgewachsen und spaeter Steinstrasse. Ich vermisse Kaiserslautern sehr.

8:15 Well, the colored eggs are easy to explain. In the beginning they were really only sold at Easter. Sometime before 10? years ago, parents discovered the coloured eggs for their children's lunch boxes (school/kindergarten). And now they are available all year round, as coloured breakfast eggs...also for adults!

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Nice! Thanks so much for the explanation! That really makes a lot of sense. Kind of like parents in the US cutting kids’ food in funny shapes to convince them to eat it. Haha

@HenryLoenwind

4 жыл бұрын

I'd go for "at some time the companies making colored eggs noticed that they had plenty of expensive machinery sitting around unused for most of the year"...

@RoflDude21

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo Not really the true thing behind it is, in Germany it is a law to mark already hard boiled Egg to differ them from the raw eggs. So the industries made them more attractive by coloring them this fancy.

@MrAla6

4 жыл бұрын

To note something mentioned in video about protective coating. Because raw egg have natural protection layer sealing pores in shell you should never wash egg for storage. It's also against law to sell washed egg because diseases. By boiling you destroy that natural barrier and then artificial one must be applied. Why to not colour it then for attractiveness?

@user-vq3lk

Жыл бұрын

Easter every day!

These rebuilt squares like in Frankfurt are rather rare. In Dresden is another very spectacular one. In Berlin they are rebuiling the „Stadtschloss“ (Citycastle). But other than these you can assume that the buildings are old when they look old. Rebuilding in this old manor is just to expensive to do it everywhere.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the information! We have Dresden on our list to visit very soon and we didn't know about the "Stadtschloss" in Berlin. 😊

Your Video got me smiling a lot! There are some pre ww2 buildings left in Ktown - some on that square where you were standing on asking yourself that question. It's difficult to tell though. One of those buildings which existed before ww2 containing a famous pub just recently burned down. The guy owning the lot rebuilt it in it's original look with all the proper building materials - and yeah: the pub is back in as well. Greetings from Kaiserslautern. Keep making videos 👍

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Nice! Glad you enjoyed it and glad to see somebody else from Kaiserslautern! 😊 Thanks for all the info you provided!

The one thing i was reallyshocked about when I visited the US was that my father in law told me you can't trust just cross the street when the ligth is green (as a walking person) I was like, what why?? I don't know if it only was that town (Kingman in arizona) and people just drive so poorly but he said you can't trust them to stop for you unless you made specifically eye contact and know they will stop for you.. they blew my mind a little..

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Ya, this may depend a little bit on specifically where in the US you are, but as a whole I can agree that US drivers are not used to seeing pedestrians and therefore do not look out for them. People just don't walk to places like they do in Europe and therefore it's not that common to come across a pedestrian in a lot of parts of the US.

@Kath-Erina

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo we (my finace&now husband and me) walked a few places back then because his dad wouldn't allow us to take his car because it was a very old and not always working car... and in general I was surprised at what cars you would sometimes see driving on the streets. In Germany they wouldn't even have gotten tüv 10 years ago. They were that bad (but there were some really poor regions around so I don't judge of course but it was funny to me cause I've only been used to German standards. Funnily enough that was in 2014, 6 years later and my father in law still drives that very same old car everyday 😅 (it's a huge old truck with no power steering, VEEERY loud and probably the opposite of environmental friendly lol - in fact we parked one day in a parking lot and a small very new car three slots further started to siren because of the noise and vibration coming from the truck 😂😂) sorry for this long random comment, I just got stuck in memories 🙈

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, that’s fine! It was fun to read! Our state, Oklahoma, doesn’t have inspections for vehicles either but we also lived in Texas for 4 years where they do have to be inspected. So I know exactly what you’re talking about some cars that maybe shouldn’t be on the road. Haha No power steering?? Must be a beast to drive! Haha

@Kath-Erina

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo it was 😂 we lived very close to the desert (outside the city) and would drive there to walk the dogs. My husband was allowed there to try it once and it was a disaster, he's a strong man but had troubles driving it, I guess my father in law was right not letting me try it lol

@Kath-Erina

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo I can't wait to visit the US again but it wont happen in the next years ( we got two little kids and a third one on the way) that sadly is too expensive and the kids wouldn't have much of it, I hope when they're older we'll be able to and see a lot more of the US this time, different states and cities! Maybe even Oklahoma;)

Really old buildings? Check the border to Switzerland: Konstanz, Laufenburg (D und CH), Rheinfelden (CH). There a lot of buildings and streets have survived WWII

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips! We will definitely check out this places 😊

@Dahrenhorst

4 жыл бұрын

At the end of WW2 there was a policy of the allied forces, that all towns in Germany with more than 100.000 citizens (at that time) have to be bombed into oblivion - and many were. So you'll find in many smaller towns intact old buildings, but nearly all larger towns were more or less totally destroyed. If you are looking for nice "Old Town" districts, go to smaller cities and you have a good chance to see many buildings hundreds of years old.

@ferzbeitel6026

4 жыл бұрын

The city of Heidelberg has not been bombed in WWII. Reasons may have been, that there has not been much industry and that the US Army had chosen Heidelberg to become its headquarters. You may think, that the castle of Heidelberg has been destroyed in WWII, but in fact this was a job of the French in an earlier war in the 17th or 18th century. It has never been reconstructed.

@sabineb.8372

4 жыл бұрын

If you visit Konstanz you also have to go to Meersburg, on the other side of the lake (Bodensee). During wwll the swiss cities at the boarder were in bright light. Konstanz made the same and short time later Meersburg too.

@Never_again_against_anyone

4 жыл бұрын

Do not miss Freiburg. It was bombed, but the cathedral did not get hit while all the houses surrounding the market place around it were totally destroyed.

Ha ha ha your video ist so funny! When you first arrived you must have thought that all of us are smoking weed because of the green crosses 🤣😂 And the one with the burger restaurant - so cute 😘😂

Best part of the video was watching him get excited over the parking garage counter :-) How did you two end up moving to Germany? My mom and her side of the family live in Germany and I've always wanted to move there. I have no idea how to begin. I have applied for open positions with a number of companies but I've made no progress. I've always felt like this is where I actually belong.

Es sind trotzdem Ostereier XD

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Ostereier zu Ostern, Vespereier zu Vesper 😉

@Herzschreiber

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo in some German regions they're sold as "Party Eier"

5:00 You really, urgently, need a hobby. ;-)))

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, you’re watching our hobby!

When there's no parking space the sign usually says "Voll" at least where i live

I think it's not only a protective coating for the eggs but also so you can tell the hardboiled ones from any raw eggs you may have in the fridge.

One way to see if a building is old is to look out for a smal shield in blue and white. Those are signs for "Denkmalschutz", meaning monument preservation. Just google it to see what it looks like. Not all old buildings have it but a lot do.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Great information! We have not heard about this yet. We will be looking for this now! 😊

@boahkeinbockmehr

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo it's a real pain for the house owners though, as that means they are obliged to keep the facade the way it is for pretty much ever. So every renovation, every repair, every new window has to be customised to fit those criteria - hence quite a few people that live in old houses fight against getting the plaquette on their property.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Ya, I’ve heard of this being true in a lot of the northeast United States as well where people have a lot of homes or buildings protected as historical sites and it becomes a huge struggle to modernize them for modern living. Obviously, not always as old as German buildings, but same type of struggle. Haha 😊

When a nothammer is one.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Like how a “nothammer” actually is a hammer? Haha

@forkless

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo Yep, it's an emergency (not) hammer used in cars to pierce the windows. -)

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, yup. We’ve seen these on the trains as well! That would have been a great addition to this video as well! 😂

@honkytonk4465

4 жыл бұрын

'Not' cognate to 'need'.

Nice to see some places I've been in Kaiserslautern. Last time I was there was 2008. I have a few pictures of me in that same square that you were at. Right next to the fountain.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Nice! Not many reasons for people to come visit this area but there are some very beautiful little corners 😊

Interesting observations you did! The green cross arrived in Germany in the past view years. Earlier, you only could see the complicated ‚A‘ like Apotheke, which is totally incompatible to other countries. Interesting, that there can be a total different meaning to that green cross!

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

Haus des Bürgers is not a common name, most cities will not have a house with this name. The name also feels a bit outdated and my guess is that the house was not built or renamed in the last three decades. Now a city would likely avoid the term citizen and instead choose a name that does not exclude recent immigrants like you.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, didn't think about the connotations associated with that word. Thanks for sharing 😊

@petersmiling9494

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo The name was recently changed to "congress center Ramstein" congress-center-ramstein.de/?lang=en

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

I've seen that around town, but even so, the massive sign on the building still leads a lot of people to erroneously think its a burger restaurant 😊 (not that they should take it down for that reason or anything, the Americans just need to learn what it actually means of course haha)

5:50 I presume it will switch to „0“. It can’t spell „besetzt“. The display is too short.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Ya, I think the sign with the numbers with change to “0” but the one with the word “frei” seems like it would change to “besetzt” 😊

@bmwcorrado

4 жыл бұрын

Es geht dabei auch um das Hauptschild des Parkhauses auf dem "FREI" steht und nicht um den Zähler !!

@HenryLoenwind

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo There's a good chance that the number sign will go to "-" or "---" instead to avoid confusion with "8", "6", and "9".

@majukl

4 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure it switches to "- - -", which, as a "warning", can be seen more easily.

The color of the eggs is not a protective coat. Just to distinguish them from the non-boiled ones.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Everything we find online says that is what the true purpose of it is. See below and the link that we found 🤷‍♂️ "...but because the thick coloring actually contains a natural resin which forms a protective coating around the hard-boiled egg - preserving it up to three months" digitalcosmonaut.com/2019/colored-eggs-german-supermarket-easter/

@HenryLoenwind

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo BTW: Many People don't know about the natural protective coating eggs habe (and which gets washed off when they are cooked) because it's either always there (Europe) or always washed off (USA). Once you know that that is the reason that American eggs are refrigerated and German ones are not, it becomes obvious that boiled eggs need some kind of coating to be stored unrefrigerated for any amount of time.

@rainerkoch7160

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo , well, that's not a "professional" website. To make it short: Years before, people boiled eggs, because this makes them last longer than fresh eggs. During easter, this was important, because due to the fasting period people were not allowed to eat eggs, but the hens still produced eggs and it would habe been waste to discard those eggs. Later, they started to color theses eggs to make them look fancy for the children (and probably also at this time to distuingish them from fresh eggs).. At no time, this coloring was meant to make them last longer, because this already is achieved by boiling them or just by their natural protection (which shouldn't be washed off, so you shouldn't wash boiled eggs either, unless you eat them immediately). The chemics used for the coloring would probably be worse then just to leave them the way they are. Today, the color has only one reason: to make clear that theses are boiled (and not fresh) eggs. People here also said, that you shouldn't eat theses eggs because you don't now how old they are... and that's also absoulute nonsense. They are boiled the same day they were produced, and the date of expiry is marked clearly on the package, just like on any other food item. Well, of course this only applies to eggs purchased in a store. For eggs you get from friends it might be true that those are quite old :-)

The Freen Cross on a Pharmacies indicates its a 'international Apotheke' meaning this one does stock foreign Medicine, serving foreigners with descriptions from outside germany.

Don't buy these pre coloured eggs. They're not the freshest.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

We literally only bought them for this video. Neither of us are big on hard boiled eggs! 😂

If you need a parking space in K-Town check out the parking spaces in front of the Rathaus. Something is usually always free or after 5 minutes of waiting someone drives away.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Nice! Thanks for the recommendation! I’m in Kaiserslautern everyday and I drive half the time so I’m always on the hunt for a good parking spot 👍🏼

That's Kaiserslautern! (Yes, it was mostly destroyed in the WW2 air bombing due to having been an industrial center)

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

It is! haha, thanks for the information 😊

Nice to see my hometown. Greetings from KL

In the city I live we call it "Bürgerhaus" instead of "Haus des Bürgers" and its weird, because the only times I hear people do things in there is when it gets rented for gradution-parties of when you leave school or when they do christmas parties,... lol

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

haha, well, ours seems to always have concerts and plays going on. Seems like a lot of cool stuff going on in it!

Haha, these videos are funny (especially as I am born in Weilerbach 😎)... keep it up guys!

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Nice! haha, thanks so much!

while visiting k-twn in 2017, went and studied the 3-D city map that was on an upper floor of one of the city administration buildings. Noticed this as well but outside in bruges Belgium and Edinburgh Scotland. are these common throughout Europe? We really enjoyed studying them and all the workmanship and craftsmanship that went into creating them

i saw you filming infront of K in Lautern🤣

The parking space count..up, down, up, down...soooo close. 🤣

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, we’ll spend every Saturday watching now to catch it at zero at some point! 😉

@bravegirlarise7672

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo yeah, I wanna see a photo on Instagram when it finally hits zero. 🤣

Lol i have seen you two watching the parking sign in Kaiserslautern .. and now this vid gets recommended to me .. the world is small

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

No way?? You remember seeing us from like a month or more ago doing this?? Haha

@lithydacat4264

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo yeah it doesn't happen too often to see the same people standing in the same spot on the way to get groceries and back :'D

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, we were wondering what people would think if we did that...glad we could add some variety to your day! 😂

@lithydacat4264

4 жыл бұрын

@@PassportTwo i mean there is a man taking out his ferrets for a walk on these streets every now and then and other curiosities running around around The K so people probably won't overthink too much anymore but still I am kinda glad that your vid got recommend to me so that non mystery of the two watching the parking garage sign was solved ... don't know why but videos of foreign peeps talking about the 'strange' things in Germany bring a smile to my face ! ^^

Regarding the Counters for the Park garage: I think during the video I have seen the same cars that went in, came out a few moments later. So they have driven through the Garage without finding a parking spot. Basically the Counter is not reflecting the reality properly which is quite a frequent thing. If a counter shows less than 10 I usually do not bother to even drive into the garage to find out if the counter was correct. So what can be the reasons for the counter beeing off? First thing: The counter usually works this way: The Software knows from its Config how many parking Spots are available in the Park Garage and then deducts the Cars going in and adds the cars going out to/from that Number. In some older Parking Garages the parking spots are very small for our modern vehicles, so if someone is not exactly parking in the center of his parking spot, the spot next to it becomes unusable. In some Parking Garages the ceiling height is not high enough to fit any vehicle in any spot. Some Parking spots might have been reserved for use by local Shopkeepers, are exclusive to Women, to Parents with Children, to disabled people or any other restriction that would prevent just anyone from parking there. Those are usually included in the counter, but are obviously not able to be used by anyone (And yes, we Germans have a special relationship with rules and regulations). And than there is the technical aspect: What if the Garage was not completely empty wen the Counter started (expecting all spaces to be available)? What if a Sensor missed counting a Car? What if a Sensor counted something that was not a Car (i.e. Bicycle, Kinderwagen), or simply broke? Yes all of that depends obviously on the quality of the Hardware and the People using it, but bottom line is: There are plenty of reasons why those Counters can show 5 Parking Spots, but none of them exists, or is usable to you. I think I have even seen one of the counters showing a negative Value quite regularly when I was living near Cologne many years back (well, could also have been the display was broken and the first number only showed as a "-" while it should have been a 2,3,4,5 or 8. Welcome to Germany :-)

@zaroxilphukiir1088

3 жыл бұрын

And to complete things: There are more modern systems used, where there is a sensor over every parking spot to detect if its occupied or not. Those are usually build into newly build parking garages and older ones are often not upgraded due to the significant amount of wiring you need to put in afterwards to make the sensors work, which makes it probably more expensive than having it build into the garage right from the start.

If you were wondering what the "Vesper" on the packaging of the eggs means, it's a regional word for Dinner, consising of bread, cheese, ham and other stuff to eat on bread. Eggs and pickles are also often eaten for Vesper. My grandparents still use that word and they hardly eat anything else for dinner. You can also often order a "Vesper Platte" at traditional German restaurants.

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Ah nice, I thought it just meant snack kind of like Imbiss. Thanks for sharing! 😊

In Russelshiem ,Frankfurt, Weisbaden train station have or had mortar holes in the buildings

The color is usually also a hint with signs.. red and Green.. just like Traffic lights..

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Thanks for the tip 😊

As someone from the Eastern part of Germany, I unexpectedly also learned a lot about my own country :D Can't recall ever having seen a "Haus des Bürgers", green crosses at pharmacies (saw tons of those in France though) or Easter eggs being sold outside of Easter (although the last one might just be me never paying attention, because if I want to eat boiled eggs I boil them myself...)

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

haha, glad we could share with you something about your own country! 😂

Really nice! 😃thank you for this friendly analysis. Besides that you found interesting items, you took some really great pictures of my home town Kaiserslautern (our tourism board should learn from you). Whenever you see "old" buildings in Germany, be sure they are old (like these timbered ones) and often you'll find historic information on signs nearby. If you have questions on anything, don't hesitate to ask a local!. Would be great to see more contact between German and American citizens in Kaiserslautern! 🇺🇸🇩🇪

@PassportTwo

4 жыл бұрын

Well, hey neighbor! haha Thanks so much for all those nice words and the offer for help 😊 Since we aren't here with the military or the government at all and purely on our own because we wanted to move to Germany, we don't get as much contact even with Americans so that would be great! haha

@benjaminjakob1906

4 жыл бұрын

Willkommen! Wahrscheinlich wisst ihr schon mehr über einige Regionen von Deutschland als ich. Wenn ihr Fragen habt, meldet euch gerne. Leider leben Amerikaner und Deutsche in K-Town in unterschiedlichen Welten. Jeder hat seine eigenen Shops, Schulen, Restaurants, sodass es schwer ist, in Kontakt zu kommen. Aber wenn man eure Videos betrachtet, sieht man, dass es sehr intressant ist, unsere Erfahrungen auszutauschen. Viel Spaß dabei! (If this was too much German, I'll be happy to help you again)

The town Celle in Lower Saxony was, unlike the close capital Hannover, not bombed. It has the biggest collection of half-timbered houses in the whole of Europe. During the Christmas market it gives a great atmosphere. Celle also has a beautiful castle and is overall a very historical city. You should definetly visit sometime :)

Most people eat these hard-boiled eggs with salt, but what i learnt from my grandmother a small drop of "Maggi" (Soup Spicing Sauce) fits just perfectly on it.

And what about "false friends" words. Examples: "Gift" in german means poison, "Kind" is a child, "Angel" is a fishing rod and "toll" means great. So when I read a news about "Death toll" (neither English nor German are my first language) I understand "stunning/great/fantastic deaths".

You are great sharing your new experiences. Those eggs are so convenient, saving all the boiling. The only thing important about about Ramstein is "Du Hast mich".

@alexspareone3872

4 жыл бұрын

...just joking, I know its also a Place.