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where we dive deep into s
travel stories, dating ad
tips and takeaways to ent
inner curiosity and travel
now for part two of the w
with the German slash Amer
my lovely boyfriend orig
Germany, but now living t
in the U. S. Marco. If yo
to part one of this episo
and listen to that first
topics that may make it e
Marco's and ultimately th
and perspective of Ameri
go ahead and jump into th
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don't like ice in your dr
European thing. And even
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drink. It's a very Ameri
in everything. I mean, I
juice with ice on an aer
believe it. That's so fun
outrageous. I know that l
like with a with a with a
I get that even in Germani
get ice with it. That's n
in my life would I have e
attendant to put ice into
the amount of ice to even
soda soft drink. There's
like it's not drink with
drink. Yeah, I don't know
with ice is. I don't know
but that that is very muc
this place that we live i
style at times is differe
brands. Well, it's not ju
we've talked about this.
per se. It is americans o
more plain kind of shirts
especially in their kind
might wear like a T shirt
something printed on it,
or some whatever picture.
not really a thing. Usua
kind of plain T shirts, p
about this stereotype of
wearing socks and sandal
thing. I mean, me perso
of that, but there is tru
especially when you look
boomers and people older
you go somewhere abroad a
of people, a bunch of tou
tourists, if they wear w
chances are they're Germ
know what, I don't know w
that, but hey, I don't kn
it's caught on. I don't
the funniest stereotypes
ever. It's an accurate o
it's not not a thing anym
I have yet to meet somebo
that. What about wearing
Oh, and that's another t
me at some point that the
of Adidas is not correct.
So I'm not going to say
way. I will say it the pr
you wear a lot of Adidas.
do like shirts. Again, I
entire country. I know yo
I still just think some o
have just really remind m
German, but in a good way
a good way. No, no, no. W
about clothing here, it's
on holidays to wear thing
colors, you know, america
you have a you have a star
for example. Yeah, I am g
definitely, I might even
I do, but I haven't worn
Yeah, but our first fourth
you wore it and then you
Oh yeah, that's maybe tha
specifically between Germ
America is super patrioti
flag just about anywhere.
in Germany, it's seen as
basically, I mean, unless
Euro or World Cup, then i
any any other time. No, al
to to to show a national
sad, but here it's the ot
is instilled patriotism,
you know, you sing the na
anthem. We don't sing our
when two German sports te
each other. But here it's
America, please rise for
I mean, it's just a form
which I really like actua
see how in Germany that's
The thing is there are ot
I mean, Germany is maybe
I would argue that even o
have a healthy national p
their national colors ever
sing the national anthem
time. Americans really lo
like America, we are the
noticeable anywhere you g
flag anywhere. If I had w
knowing where I am, it wo
and I will see an America
I know, okay, you're you'r
in America. I don't know
patriotic over time, but
something you didn't expe
an american? Well, you ar
the way, you know, in Am
have a perspective that m
do not have because you'r
traveled. I almost want t
have barely ever left the
aware that there's a whol
and that there's differen
cultures. So that's that
sense. And then I didn't
expecting this more kind
attitude and mindset. I'm
not to be that type of st
I mean, I'm not, I'm not
It's just, it's just peop
themselves and they don'
because the entire contin
to Europe is much more ho
over in Europe. Whereas wh
I grew up, I grew up 30 m
the Czech border and that
language culture. And her
you can go from florida t
essentially the same. I t
as a whole needs to be mu
that. Well, it can't beca
so big distances are so v
cracks me up is signs. E
essentially the entire co
english. Everything is ju
english. Whereas in Europe
there are different langu
is kind of in symbols. Yo
once having that kind of
in the car here and seein
english and you didn't u
didn't know what a dead e
like dead end. What do yo
mean? The end is dead. Wh
are three things that you
about being with an Ameri
being with an American, b
America are just the posi
specifically down here an
specifically chick filet
who don't know what chick
is your description of chi
that? Well, let's say fast
a pretty good one. Chick
everything is kind of re
But they, it's very good
for fast food. It's very,
we shouldn't gush too muc
they will have to sponsor
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advertising here. It is j
than McDonald's, for exam
McDonald's in the U.S. You
that is just bad in Germa
it's acceptable, but here
good. Let's move on to th
you miss about Germany no
in the U.S. It's not all
from, of course, friends
human no matter where you
Yeah, the driving I miss
road discipline. I do mis
markets. I do think that'
that Germany does excep
then when it comes to wh
especially thinking of e
basic food bread, the Ge
I think many Germans actua
are here that like this,
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but I make do without it.
bread here is very full o
soft and it doesn't go ba
I like that word peculiar
awesome. Really, really, r
really love German bread.
makes me realize or helpe
I'm with a German is you
necessarily need a lot of
like when we visited your
in Germany, we saw how mu
are compared to these mass
we often see in the U.S.
you simplify my life like
easier and happier. Well,
most welcome. Do you thin
lifestyle of having every
the way you see this kind
of living like in terms o
had an influence on me in
I go back to Germany or g
I like with the way thing
get off the plane, there'
but still a lot of people
car parking spaces are so
get claustrophobic even I
go back and here you kno
abundance. So yeah, it ha
But yeah, when it comes t
or house, I still don't f
know, 10 acres of space.
huge american thing. The
like it applies to everyt
in our daily life that re
being with a German is ou
Marco, would you like to
do when we have some wine
a German thing when you s
each other into the eyes,
Yeah, that that in the eye
bad luck if you don't, ba
a bad love life. Can you
else that reminds you ev
you are with an american,
immersive in a different
immersive in the sense th
who grew up here, who's h
and then there are just s
we encounter from time to
that's kind of neat. Like
is and really, really sma
you have a moment every no
realize, oh yeah, that's d
the same time, like Germa
are not that different be
countries and cultures ar
part of the western kind
America's history has a l
It would be different if
who is with somebody from
Russia or India. Our diffe
manageable than other peo
this is a stupid question
Do you really get free t
with being with a German?
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mandatory kind of weird q
go one step further. I pe
been to Oktoberfest in Mu
unexpected. By the way, t
when it comes to america
What americans perceive a
of the time very specifical
is the southeastern state
can't speak for all of Ge
a very Bavarian thing. Th
you wear with it is a ver
How do you pronounce tha
in German in standard Germ
speak Bavarian, but like
is called later, which is
pants and the women's dre
Dundle. You'll have to sa
again. Dundle Dundle. Ye
term. We only really hear
later, hosen. Yeah, not g
It could be worse later.
later, hosen later, hosen
be worse. That's another t
learning random German wo
That makes me very happy.
we wrap up, I want to ask
speak something in Germa
circus animal. So that's
ask the German to say ran
because you just want to
the foreign language is. N
or please for our audience
my name. What does that t
favorite american? Okay,
cheesy note. Great. That's
there any last remarks tha
about this topic or about
or about Germany, about A
episode. There's a lot to
kind of moot because it w
I have. I mean, as you alr
probably not going to be
no, it's not. So there ar
Well, yeah, thank you for
be offended. I still very
and love America. But the
I find weird and I will c
them out. Yeah, this will
of Marco, but I'm just so
this episode with me. I'm
happy. So thank you Marco
I'm really beaming righ
welcome anything for you
in German. You're really
Auf Wiedersehen or Auf Wider
a podcast. Let's do it ag
Auf Wiederhören. Auf Wieder
No, no, I want to try to
bis bald is what I would s
Bist du nicht so ma? Bist
to me so my yeah, it wasn
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tuning in with us today.
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