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I'm really eager and espe
this episode today becaus
to be one about Germany a
notably the very first on
boyfriend Marco Marco is
Germany living now here i
will often represent the
throughout this podcast.
of really good stuff that
So I'm breaking this up i
and this is part one. The
in this episode that I th
you if you ever go to Germ
coming to the U. S. Or i
with someone from another
help you understand both
bit better. Let's go ahead
right into the episode. S
with us. I am so excited
be doing this. Marco, wha
yourself or at least say
I'm so excited to be here
years old. I've been livi
two and a half years now
through my job. What I wa
in this episode is the wh
And so I've gotten Marco
into this idea. What is i
an american and especially
awesome. That's a good ans
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I mean, generalizations a
I would say on average, A
than Germans in particula
loud for an american. I t
there. The way you and yo
express praise is very ve
know, everything is amazin
and awesome. Whereas in G
of the time would just sa
bad. So I have to remind
I need to say things are
fantastic and magnificent
the german perspective wh
us and you know how my pe
know that I'm this overli
person and personality. S
met and we were getting t
through throughout the ti
know each other. Did you
I expressed compliments t
and even now, do you find
too much? Does it fall in
of over exaggeration or d
nice? Or do you think it'
nice, but it's too much.
It also depends on kind o
Sometimes sometimes it's
Oh my God, you know, it's
days when I'm a little bi
is having none of it. Yeah
You mentioned about how j
themselves differently. S
saying that they under exp
over. Yeah, that's very t
extremes. I mean, I'm not
better in that regard. I w
little more positive and
but americans on the othe
here in the south can be
like even with strangers,
with strangers somewhere
Oh my God, you look so a
And in Germany, nobody ca
is money. I don't have to
be 32 50. But I think you
before that you have gro
I don't get me wrong. I w
and the weirdness. I stil
I'm not homesick. I like
because you you never rea
Even for me coming here w
anybody, you go to the gr
have a very brief and alb
with the cashier, but it'
nice. That's a, that's a
it. What else would you d
of being with an american
have a different relatio
when it comes to money an
give us, give some an exa
I feel like americans don
their means. I mean the k
you can get into or that'
get into by default throu
going to school here and
is just so different than
like the kind of the kind
even get an 18 year old f
wouldn't get a six figur
it's like, okay, here you
back with, I don't know,
We don't do that in Germ
I think, I think North Am
there. So both the U.S. A
else that that just doesn'
a different world. People
more. They treat themselv
than they can technically
you first came to the U.S.
this type of debt system
had this kind of debt. Wh
I think it's insane. I th
think it's insane. It's a
incentivizes basically be
you have the credit score
have to have some loan go
going on. So there's if y
like a car or something,
outright, there is a bigg
it to show the system tha
a good money manager. So
So it means that in Germ
a credit score. No, there
an equivalent that is rea
score. When you get a lo
something, the rate of y
depend on some weird scor
in Germany only have a l
or to buy a house. That i
are more in general respo
money choices. And that's
my points in terms of wha
a German, you're very, ve
money and you're very goo
say I'm very good. I'm ju
slash European. By the wa
about this whole finance
wrap my mind around is th
have checks here. Oh yeah
thing that I think many a
I never thought that diffe
have checks. I mean, we d
in the nineties or someth
Do you still get checks l
or whatever? We don't, we
from bank account to banc
is it. If I had to descri
bigger and more expensive
huge. Everything costs li
as much like even going t
still can't. I mean, I st
getting poor anytime we g
It's a small, small shopp
and then cashier says $80
what did I just buy the h
thing when it comes to ha
two different countries h
lot of people wonder if t
barrier or if two people
communicating with each o
to us, do you think that
barrier problem at any po
you think that our communic
each other is pretty strai
solid. I think it's prett
think we have a language
usually sometimes the, yo
adjectives like when I'm
in american would mean am
say not bad, you know, ba
sometimes you know, this
of measurement like feet
stuff like that. Are there
I do on a daily basis or
that you find very, let's
So maybe the way I decorat
I'm really into decorati
with a number of things.
term. I mean, I think it'
girls thing to decorate
no matter the nationalit
is a certain american way
when I think of, you know
it was a very american st
was very kind of, you kno
big garish. I love this w
you've used. Yeah, very fl
like here, look here birth
Amazing. We're gonna have
seen well not with you in
I've seen just during ch
decorate the houses. It's
colorful and cheesy. Yeah
to describe America. I fe
a little bit cheesy, still
and nice. But from from my
like, I didn't, I grew up
let's say things are more
or in Europe. When we get
episode, you can go into
gonna be a christmas marke
How many episodes have yo
I've planned quite a bit.
We share, we're both big
in terms of being with me
Maybe that's not so unusu
your life a little easier
planning or what what you
you get a little bit carrie
impatient and excited and
I need to do this now. So
are pretty easy with us. W
others parents and family
with each other? Do they
like us? Like how would y
family think of me and wh
of you from your perspect
very much likes you as fa
problems. It depends on w
talking about. I mean, if
about my sister, that's n
talking about my parents
a similar story. That's a
story. It's a different s
primarily because older pe
foreign languages at scho
today. And especially in
from the east of Germany
didn't learn english at s
that they had to take or
say most people for most
I've heard it was more en
liking it. That's fair. S
a bit of a barrier. But s
you've met, you've met e
I have and I'm translatin
a very or still is always
kind of get together. Wh
your family, the ones who
english, I really feel so
so connected with them. I
is this unspoken warmth t
radiate and we just really
wavelength. Like I really
for example, like I reale
so close to him and he spe
Yeah, really next to next
But yet at the same time,
only for the time being,
quite similar language in
I'm not saying it's not n
need language to feel clos
heart to heart level. But
It helps. But I still rea
family. Do you really love
I do. They're very, very
and I feel like I feel li
That is important. You k
intruding the, you know,
It's okay. It is a bonus w
really like both people t
thing I want to ask is ab
the U. S. Do you like your
to what you were living i
I do. I very much like my
like it more? Probably ye
Yeah, yes, I do like it m
the weather, especially d
think that in America, if
what you're doing, you ar
than you would in Europe.
the things that make me f
with the German and let's
Do you like that idea? Wh
have? Yeah, I didn't get,
give you an option. I fee
serious a lot. Not always
I mean, I can't speak on
nation. I mean, there sti
people, but I would say t
bit more serious and a li
and sometimes brutally on
are. Yeah, that's that is
being very serious, very
like with no filter. The
sandwich. So you say somet
you say the truth, then y
don't have time for that.
is what it is. I mean, we
either, you know, you've
or you suck or you suck.
wouldn't normally, you w
harshly, but you would st
people know more transpare
than you would hear here.
start with a with a posit
you can improve here wher
would probably be more di
was crap. But again, I do
positive basic vibe here.
makes me feel like I'm tr
is this entire environment
to cars and really being
a really big German stere
really, really into cars.
about your love and obss
obsession. For one thing,
it's not like I drive a f
but I do like informing m
and yeah, I'm just, yeah,
car junkie, car junkie.
whatever. Okay, Germany i
You're welcome by the way
is a valuable contributio
thing and I think this is
thing for me when I'm wit
I really truly never left
feel like every day I exp
I literally hear German e
it on the news, I hear it
you in your meetings in t
you when you speak on the
I hear German and so I th
it feels like it's like a
without actually getting
to Germany and that's rea
I'm oblivious to it when
I have meetings with col
That's just part of the j
now and again talking to
of course, I mean the rea
German you get to hear wh
Atlanta drivers who by th
to save their lives. It's
that I miss about Germany
to drive because we actua
quite a, you know, quite
training. I mean, we'll g
episode, but just for a b
How much does it cost in
your license? I actually
rate is, but I think on a
I would say three grand,
Yeah, that sounds in here
to pay $20 to get my Amer
that's the way the people
don't signal, they don't
they're totally overwhelm
a vehicle. It is just, it
fun fact, it is crazy exp
license in Germany. That
riding in the car with a
get these little cuss ou
the road and they're all
great. This wraps up part
episode. Stay tuned for p
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I really look forward to