@UCaExrfeFws6pVDtCIr-W7Lg actually Jewish. Originating in Poland, brought to the US by Jewish immigrants. Bagels are a part of NY food culture. And the Jewish community was in many ways much more at home in the US and in New York than in Europe.
It's true, is the beauty of it. Of course we have common values and stuff, as different cultural stuff too. Like from Denmark to Germany to Spain, to Portugal, to Greece, (...).
There’s also a large difference between different parts of the US New England and the Pacific Northwest are vastly different regions I come from the South and the Midwest to me Is pretty different from the South as well I can’t speak for Europe because I’ve never been to Europe
Pizza in czech restaurants has nothing to do with italy. I bet it was one of those "make your own pizza" deals, where you start with dough and ketchup, and order other parts.
Regarding the "You just can't get away from America..." I'm German, but once I had a similar experience. I was visiting Paris with my school class. We were walking in the streets of the famous Monmartre hill towards the Sacre Coeur Church. Suddendly, we entered a small square and I saw an almost unbelievable stereotypical french scene: People sitting outside of a small Café, street painters selling their works while painting, golden evening sunlight... It was really amazing, almost like a dream. Then I turned around and saw a "Starbucks"...
Guess it's pretty much the reverse experience but reminds me of a time visiting the US (I'm from UK) walking down this street and it was like bar, bar, steakhouse, mcdonalds, bar, irish pub. Granted I know there is a large Irish population in the US so not that surprising to see one I guess and sure I'm British not Irish but still was interesting going from seeing American stuff pretty much everywhere then to actually visit the US and suddenly come across something that feels like a piece of home in the middle of it heh. But then admittedly it probably stood out more to me at the time as I was over there for work at the time and it was pretty much exactly what I was looking for just when I was starting to think "Maybe I should just go back to the hotel not feeling any of these places". Nothing against American bars there just that I was on my own at the end of a long day and craving a different atmosphere than I get from American style bars ie more like a pub or what I'd tend to call a cafe-bar (Pretty much along the lines of a continental European type bar), could just be my weird preferences but American bars feel more like a kickstart atmosphere great for starting a night out not so great for winding down if that makes sense. Also was rather pleasantly surprised to be introduced to a couple of craft beers in there which dispelled the notion that Americans can't brew a beer to save their life, kinda mystifying how none of the good beers succeeded in the market there though perhaps too few consumers are able to recognise a good beer when they see it after years of desensitisation lol.
Funfact: the Building aside the "Cute Hotel" is a left over from the Roman Empire and one of the oldest in Prague. Beside older than modern American History xD
@@crkijana3173 Holy Roman Empire en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire The Holy Roman Empire had never an official capital city. But when Charles IV from the House of Luxembourg became King of Bohemia and was later elected as Holy Roman Emperor Prague became for some time the unofficial capital city. The official administrative language of the Holy Roman Empire was Latin.
@@abalada Roman Empire and Holy Roman Empire are two different things. Also, claiming that an evidently Renaissance building is the oldest when you have bunch of Romanesque rotunds scattered around doesn't sound wrong at all.
That's true. If she saw VW Van would call it "little" too I bet. Is better "little" and efficient than other way around. And so many big cars in America but the speed limit is less than in Europe.
12:33 😅😅 I am terribly sorry to tell you, cause you really look sooo happy about the title of this picture, but it´s actually not Václavské náměstí😅 It´s “28. října” street, one of the streets on the side of Václavské náměstí :)) Greetings from Prague :) P.S. Of course one tram, there is one driver, one number, one way :))
@@BICIeCOMPUTERconGabriele its the reason everywhere. thats the whole point in being lactose in tolerant. also lots of countries int he world are lactose in tolerant. more countries that are then countries that are not. 65% of the people in the world are lactose in tolerant. glad i am dutch and dont have this problem haha. love cheese way to much
when i was in Italy i was so pleased i could get pizza without cheese and not be charged for chesse, because everywhere else where i was cheese is included in the price and you have to tell the waiter you want without cheese, it’s not something they ask
Just on the matter of trains .. since we have no trains here .. i was also quite hyped when i came to study in Germany. Tram ride from the apartment to university, train ride and train stations .. awesome (also tons of photos the likes of "me at the station", "me in front of a train" (and various other trains), "me inside a train", "look at other people .. in trains!")
@@ChrisTian-rm7zm It's actually just Tomato, Olive Oil and Garlic. It's called "Marinara" beacause sailormen ("Marinai") couldn't bring Mozzarella on board since it spoils quickly. Pro tip: If u add anchovies on a Marinara it becomes "Pizza Napoli" which is one of my faves! ( Yes, I am from Napoli :* )
Right, a single tram even with multiple cars is just a single tram. However the title of the photo is still kinda appropriate. I think it depends on the intention behind the photo. If you just want to collect impressions and show to others how trams look like over here, to me using the plural is perfectly fine. Though I'm just a german so there might be other common rules in other languages -.-
@@Bunny99s I initially didn't think of it in that context, but I suppose you're right. While it literally is a singular tram in the picture, she could have been framing it in the context of a fascination at the collective concept of trams in general, especially if the idea of public transportation was a new, novel notion to her, being a Floridian. 👍 You're right, it's all in the perspective/concept. ☺💯
living in Lincolnshire they had a" train" consisting of a single carriage
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There are two perfectly usable trains connected to one another, which sometimes drives just by one (not connected). To me, it Is two trams connected. If it were more modern types of trams, such as Škoda 15t that is one long piece, then it would be mentioned in singular. Btw. the example of train is invalid, since vagoons (usually) cannot drive by themselves, opposed to trams.
I'm so glad I checked TH-cam this morning, this video has made it a nice start to the day. Listening to Dana was way more enjoyable than the photos themselves.
I was feeling pretty down and your video popped up at the perfect time to just distract me and take me on a cheerful and funny trip through your Prague photos. For 16 minutes I could forget the world. Thank you. I needed that. xx
This was so cute! Definitely reminded me of my first week in Europe! In Stockholm a lot of the underground stations have art and different designs. People even do tours of the underground, because you can buy a ticket good for a few hours - but there are so many stations that you can't really do all of them in one day.
@Stephanie Mecredy So cool to hear about the Stockholm underground station tours!! Stefan and I went to Stockholm years ago, but it was just a quick trip and we didn't use the public transportation. Hopefully we can visit Stockholm again one day and see it! We really enjoyed the city.
@@WantedAdventure It's really cool, and a lovely city! I was supposed to go back with my husband this summer, but we'll see how next year plays out. I'd definitely recommend visitng again :D
I love Prague, it's such a great city! I can only imagine how overwhelming it must have felt if it was your first European city. Definitely recognize many of the places.
Dear Dana. Having started with your now defuncted blog, turning over to youtube and having watched *every* single video since then, I still do appreciate every single item you post. By now, you happen to be a part of my "family", and I enjoy every piece you post, I really do. It's just awesome what you do. ,) PS: Keep being safe, healthy, and many greetings to your handsome husband Stefan.
I live in Prague and every time I go out of my house I see a new beautiful part of a building, even though I’ve been walking around the same houses for years! There’s always something new to see! I also recognized most of the places in the photos. Takes me about 20-30 minutes to walk to the center of Prague so I go there all the time with my friends and family :) walking around Prague is one of my favorite things in the world ❤️
I remember the first time I arrived in Europe. As I exited the airport and headed into town, I was amazed at how small everything was. I felt as if I were not visiting a continent, but rather a miniature golf course.
Haha first impressions are so strange. My first time in the US I was shocked at how badly dressed everyone was. I thought maybe US people travel like hobos but then I arrived downtown and everyone there was dressed like thrift shop dummies. So strange!
In Europe we conserve old buildings and we don‘t tend to Build too much Skyscrapers 🏙 because they would ruin the Panorama... You have to have a permission, very old buildings stone buildings are piece of History and you are not allowed to modify it, only to renovate but conserving always the Original basis even if it is your own property!!!
@@Hildegarden I lived in Salzburg one summer. All the old buildings had the dates of construction displayed prominently on them. The only thing was, I'd go into a building that said 1517 on it, and in the lobby there would be a small plaque saying "rebuilt in 1948." I guess Salzburg must have been completly flattened during the war.
Big Scary Steve in Some Parts of Europe there were destroyed a lot of beautiful old buildings!!! Especially in Germany... one of the consequences of the War!!! That’s True, but Remember Europe is made of a lot of countries and in most of them you can easily find very old buildings or monuments, every country is unique... and we haven’t too much Skyscrapers 🏙 similar to America ... there are only a few of them... too high constructions are limited and themselves the Europeans made this choice! I think this is good, somehow there is a sense of space and you can breathe... for example in New York you have a sense of stress and too much cement everywhere... It’s cool to visit but not to live permanently...
Been to Prague 4 times. I loved everything about it 🤩🤩🤩 I felt like there is still things to see and to discover, everytime that I came back. Stay healthy, we will get through this! 🍀
I think renaming photos that way was 100% a 2008 thing, because I used to do the same thing 😂😂 Also, about your questions: 1- Marinara sauce literally gets its name from the Pizza Marinara, which is just pizza and sauce 🤣 2- Even with two, three or more wagons, I'd still say "Tram"!
I can relate. The first week in Europe; everything super magical. The reality of it can melt your brain. Even after a year it was still super awesome. Like a permanent vacation.
Thanks for the upbeat video, I really needed that! Oh, and for the u-bahn (or as we dutchies say: metro) stations, I'd recommend Rotterdam Wilhelminaplein or Central. Nice, roomy, airy places. The rebuild of Delft station is also quite nice, with the old city map on the ceiling, but that's not an u-bahn station, even if it is underground.
If you're into cool looking public transportation stations, look at the Moscow metro. Its stations look mind-blowing. Especially check out "mayakovskaya", "novoslobodskaya" and "prospekt mira". They're like little palaces.
This one is called Pizza Marinara originating from Neaple only spiced with Oregano and Garlic. So yes, i have seen and had it myself - wood oven style. Easy to make yourself too ^^ And it's one tram with two tram cars. They can be seperated and drive individually if needed. So... 2 in 1 i guess? You're starting to exhibit signs of "Lagerkoller" - get out of the apartment and/or talk with someone about it, please. Take a backpack, hop in your car and drive to the countryside, get some sun and air. We're just at the beginning of this and don't want you to go crazy. Stay healthy, mentally and physically ;3
Great show Dana! I liked it, it reminded me to the "good old times" before photography was digitized. We had a very specific form of "torture" for friends and family usually taking place in early autumn after the travel and vacation season. That was called "Dia-Abend", when everyone invited everyone to view their very skillfully taken pictures of sunburned bodies at the "Teutonengriff" in Italy, any world famous monuments brutally squeezed at the edge of the photo presenting "Onkel Franz" in front of the Colloseum or "Tante Emma" besides the pyramids. and many out of focus snapshots taken too fast for 20th Century imaging equipment. One main feature of the torture were the angry discussions where, when and why a particular photo was taken as there was this massive timegap between taking the picture and the first time you were able to watch it . But of course neither Onkel Franz nor Tante Emma were so enthusiastic about their photos and memories as you presented us on your 1st experiences on a european life style. So many traditions lost in this brave new digital world where your beloved ones get GoPro HD Real Time footage from your vacation :-)
Well no, my grandparents have to watch my family's vacation pictures every single year. And because of digital photography, it's usually a lot of footage - I always feel sorry for them.
Pizza with sauce but without cheese is often called "Pizza Bread" and ordered as a side if you only want to eat a salad. In some menus therefore it is below the salads and not at the top of the pizza section. A Skoda Fabia is also in Europe a subcompact car...
Thanks for the fun and entertaining video! It look my mind off of the fact that I'm not able to see my family and friends. I'm not complaining. I am so lucky to be healthy and to be able to pay my bills, cos my salary keeps rolling in. I am very very thankful for that! But I am still missing my family and friends and this video made me feel better! Thank you! 😘 And please don't worry about your make-up or anything like that! You're beautiful inside and out!! All my love from Hamburg! Pls stay safe 🙏
First of all, thanks for the video and everything you went through for filming it, second, im a big Doctor Who fan and I cannot unsee the Dalek style in the subwaystation at 7:56 . Anyhow, have a nice day, enjoy the sun, stay safe and strong. Best wishes from the Wetterau!
Hahah....lovely video, great impressions! Prague is magical isn't. Your first evening in Prague you had a Stella Artois?? Oh dear! In the land that invented the pilsner. Excellent. Stay safe.
Loved this upbeat video ❤ I've never been to Prague but we're definitely plan on going when the kids are a bit older. I also have Czech roots (my great-grandma was from there) but have no knowledge of Czech whatsoever. Here in Stuttgart, we don't have trams but we have S-Bahn and U-Bahn, and your picture was definitely just showing one tram 🙂
When I first moved to Europe never having even visited I felt the same way. Elation, that’s the best word. As far as beautiful U-Bahn stations in Berlin I love Rathaus Spandau. It’s Art Deco themed and feels like walking into the 1930s, just stunning. Thanks for the silly vid!
That lifted my mood a lot! It's very nice that you honestly say, that you're having a bad day. Because right now probably everyone has those days every now and then, but especially the internet makes you feel like you shouldn't. The photo titles are amazing 😂
Hang in there Dana! We're all having a hard time during this time of isolation, it's okay to feel bad about it sometimes, we all do :) Loved the video, it was very funny and reminded me of when I moved to Paris and wanted to take pictures of the métro but people looked at me like I was crazy haha
Team One Tram. Also, I hate to burst your bubble, Dana, but your photo at 12:35 does not actually depict Václavské náměstí, but one of the side streets adjacent to the Wenceslas Square. This is the 28th October Street (ulice 28. října). The Wenceslas Square begins at the end of the block, just past the building on the right with the sun-lit green-roofed turret. (Sorry for being a pedant. Somehow I just can't help it.) Loved your video, which I thought paid a lovely tribute to my city. Best wishes from Prague! Stay safe!
Some metro stations in Athens are like small museums, showing artefacts dug out during construction. I'm pretty sure there are some videos and pics here posted by tourists or locals that you can check out.
Mönchengladbach Mönch = Monk glad ~ glatt = flat bach = small river The "gladebach" or "gladbach" is a small river flowing through Mönchengladbach, today mostly in tubes because people needed space to settle around there. The Gladbach flows below an abbey which was founded first in the medivial age (by monks).
Wonderful memories. I love looking back on the photos when I first visited Germany. I remember why I took the photos and what I was thinking about when I took them. I remember taking pictures in Berlin and I specifically wanted to see the Brandenburg Tör and when I arrived it was under renovation so the entire gate was wrapped in a T-Mobile tarp that looked like a soccer goal. I was crushed, I thought just my luck but I did get to see many other amazing things including when I went into the government building and while standing in line the chancellor was leaving. That was pretty thrilling (it was Gerhard Schroeder at the time I was there). So many amazing memories. Thank you for sharing your memories with us Dana. I know these days are troubling but we are trying to enjoy the little things right now and be grateful for what we have since alot of people here are struggling with rent, bills etc. I am able to work from home with my job so I am really glad about that. Things are going to get better, I know it. Thanks again Dana for brightening our day 🌞 👏 👍 😊 🤗
It's one tram (line).And that restaurant looks like like it's from the 70s. This reminded me of this story. In 2005 I (back then 12yo) imported around 2000 photos to a new computer. The first photo was about a scrabble board (because I was proud of the words idk). But instead of renaming one picture I gave all the photos a new name (Scrabble). At that time I didn't know how to turn in back. So until this day I have around 2000 photos called Scrabble (and I'm too lazy to change the title)
So I just clicked on the video because the police car looked so familiar :-D , the green & white design (used also in Slovakia). Usually when Americans make videos about "life in Europe", it's 95% the UK, France, Germany or Spain. This is quite refreshing, to see a story from a neighbouring country even though I take Prague as my second home since I go there quite often. Thinking about visiting Slovakia anytime soon?
I can totally relate when you say you love pronouncing "Vaclavce Namesti" (or however it's spelled). I was once on holiday in Prague and I still remember a tram station being called "Strosmayerovo Namesti" and I loved and still love how they always said that in an announcement on the tram! And I do love to say that myself: Strosmayerovo Namesti! :D
Love to see you going exstatic, Dana! Great storytelling! It's a nice distraction on Good Friday, isolated in northern Bavaria. Your walk on memory lane made me go on the same path - good to imagine all the positive things that we have experienced! Thanks for that inspiration! That type of pizza may have been Pizzabrot or a variant of Bruscetta(?) Stay safe and healthy!
:) I live in Prague so I can pin point most of the pictures. The car isn't small, it's on the bigger side :). Tram is definitively single one. Just two wagons.
Re: Tram/Trams. It is one tram with 2 cars to it. The tram is a term for a singular collective of something. For example you wouldn't say "trains" if you were waiting for a train (singular) even though there are multiple cars that make it up. Each car is not an individual train; it's collectively a singular unit train Transpose that concept to trams, and ya get ONE tram with multiple cars. ☺🙋
When we first moved to Connecticut from NJ 40 years ago, my husband went into a Pizza Parlor( some of which are called Apizza) and ordered a plain pizza and luckily someone told him that it had no cheese! You have to order a cheese pizza to get what in NJ was called plain. We had a very picky 4 year-old but she did want cheese.
Here in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, we do have a metro system, but it's stations are not nearly as nice as the Prague ones. Best we can do is Tussenwater, which is a station above ground. When I was on holiday in Prague, Marostranska station was usually the station I got off the train (and get a cappuccino in the small coffeeplace above it. (Marostranska is the station nearest to the Prague castle btw). I am team Tram btw.. it's one tram.
That picture with the tram...is just 1 tram there :) It comes from a european that uses these things for years. In my country we fall them tramvai and they have from one wagon to 3-4 wagons sometimes
The mural faces on the pillars in between the tracks at Cologne's Appelhofplatz station are quite fascinating as they let you look back, in a way, into the 90s when they were created.
The "little car" is a Škoda Fabia, but the "Kobi" (wagon) version of it. So yes, it's actually classified as a "Kleinwagen" in Germany. The non-estate/wagon is even a bit shorter. It shares the same platform with the VW Polo, which is so small that it isn't even offered in the USA, there the smallest Volkswagen people can buy is the Golf. So this picture is appropriately titled.
@@lichtgestalt609 Nope, the MK1 Fabia was released about the same time in the late 90s as the Octavia. And that's definitely a Fabia, because the rear side window is much smaller than the Octavia's.
I study in Prague but to be honest I only go to Uni and back and sometimes grocery shopping so I don't recognise most of the "regular" pictures, of course I know the Prague castle etc. And in the picture it is one tram :)
I've been in Prag 25 times since1982 , and I have seen the change during the last 38 years. We passed the Karoly Most with 4People side by side, not in a line... try this today. In fact, you visited one of the most beautyfull and most interesting cities in Europe for your first visit in the Old World. I love this city. I guess, the picture you Name Vaclavske Namesti ist a street beside that place. And what you named "Tram" is the Vaclavske Namesti. Praha is also one of the most important cities in German history. The so called Goldene Bulle, der Prager Fenstersturz, the second German Football Champion, the oldest german University and a large number of German kings and so many other incidences were connected with this city. But the most important fact are the friendly and polite inhabitants. I like the Czech people.
As for the cheeseless pizza, I've never seen one on a menu, but back in the 1970's, my local supermarket carried such a pizza in a boxed kit. The brand name was "Appian Way." (I never tried it.)
actually, your "into a bar" picture reminds me of a restaurant we went to, during our class trip to Prague back in 93 (I think)... the place had a rooster as "door sign" and it went down two stries below the ground on Wenzel's Square. I had some of the most awesome deer dish of my whole life and it was incredibly cheap (I think we paid something like 25 Marks (don't remember what that was in the Czecslowakian crwons back then) for the 4 of us, including a bottle of really nice wine ...
Pizza Margherita is not the same thing as pizza marinara. Pizza Margherita definitely has cheese, and also something with a small bit of green--perhaps basil leaves, or just a very few whole olives--because it's supposed to mirror the colors of the Italian flag. (I first had pizza Margherita in Hamburg, and it had exactly four whole green olives on it.)
Thanks for sharing your first European trip and being able to laugh with (and at) your younger self. LOL Hope you're doing OK and staying sane in the current crisis.
I've been living in Vienna now for over 20 years and consider it a super beautiful city. However, I love Prague so very much, that we try to go there at least once a year - thanks god it's not that far :) I also love the czech food and a pint of good beer for the amount of approx 1 € :)
That was really fun. After this tough time is over I definitely plan to start planning a trip to Europe. Probably the first place I will go to is The Netherlands
In Berlin, the U7 going to Spandau has some really cool looking stations, futuristically designed and all. But there are actually many "artsy" U-Bahn stations in Berlin, I think back then when they built the things, they even had different architects and designers that were assigned a station each to do with as they pleased...so yeah, some of the designs are really special.
Who would've thought a European food (Bagels) would be available in a European country? 🤦
I missed that in food history class 🙄
I think Bagels are as much american as european food.
@UCaExrfeFws6pVDtCIr-W7Lg actually Jewish. Originating in Poland, brought to the US by Jewish immigrants. Bagels are a part of NY food culture. And the Jewish community was in many ways much more at home in the US and in New York than in Europe.
People often forget that usa is not very old and allmost every thing comes from old europe. even the burger.
and jagermeister :P
Like "Europe" is one place and one culture only.....There's a massive difference between Denmark and Germany, for starters....
It's true, is the beauty of it. Of course we have common values and stuff, as different cultural stuff too. Like from Denmark to Germany to Spain, to Portugal, to Greece, (...).
@Ginger there's are huge differences between Portugal and Finland, and Ireland and the Balkans. Small continent or not.
@Ginger There's bigger differences between some European countries then between the US, Iran, China and Russia...
Oh Not so Big espacily in the borders.
There’s also a large difference between different parts of the US New England and the Pacific Northwest are vastly different regions I come from the South and the Midwest to me Is pretty different from the South as well I can’t speak for Europe because I’ve never been to Europe
Pizza without cheese is usually named "marinara", it is common in Italy.
The naples one is so good and cheap af
Pizza in czech restaurants has nothing to do with italy. I bet it was one of those "make your own pizza" deals, where you start with dough and ketchup, and order other parts.
Or probably it was just a focaccia, who knows not knowing what else was on the pizza.
In Spain is a "coca" (kind of)
And the Italians invented Pizza.
Regarding the "You just can't get away from America..." I'm German, but once I had a similar experience. I was visiting Paris with my school class. We were walking in the streets of the famous Monmartre hill towards the Sacre Coeur Church. Suddendly, we entered a small square and I saw an almost unbelievable stereotypical french scene: People sitting outside of a small Café, street painters selling their works while painting, golden evening sunlight... It was really amazing, almost like a dream.
Then I turned around and saw a "Starbucks"...
Guess it's pretty much the reverse experience but reminds me of a time visiting the US (I'm from UK) walking down this street and it was like bar, bar, steakhouse, mcdonalds, bar, irish pub. Granted I know there is a large Irish population in the US so not that surprising to see one I guess and sure I'm British not Irish but still was interesting going from seeing American stuff pretty much everywhere then to actually visit the US and suddenly come across something that feels like a piece of home in the middle of it heh. But then admittedly it probably stood out more to me at the time as I was over there for work at the time and it was pretty much exactly what I was looking for just when I was starting to think "Maybe I should just go back to the hotel not feeling any of these places". Nothing against American bars there just that I was on my own at the end of a long day and craving a different atmosphere than I get from American style bars ie more like a pub or what I'd tend to call a cafe-bar (Pretty much along the lines of a continental European type bar), could just be my weird preferences but American bars feel more like a kickstart atmosphere great for starting a night out not so great for winding down if that makes sense. Also was rather pleasantly surprised to be introduced to a couple of craft beers in there which dispelled the notion that Americans can't brew a beer to save their life, kinda mystifying how none of the good beers succeeded in the market there though perhaps too few consumers are able to recognise a good beer when they see it after years of desensitisation lol.
First thing I saw arriving in Tokyo: McDonald's. Other things I've seen in Tokyo: Irish pub (actually several Irish pubs...)
You probably were at place du Tertre no? That whole area is touristy af, nothing original about it, everything there is basically to cater to tourists
@@Forlfir Yes, you are right. :( Well, at least the atmosphere was nice.
Someone once said that he like visiting America because it was the only place in the world that hadn't become Americanized.
I live in Prague and except for the photos of specific hotels, bars, shops... I recognise most of the places :). And it is definitely just 1 tram.
Pizza bread is cheap and almost Pizza. That was a nice cheerful video. I hope u are fine stay positiv. I love your happy energy
"Mülldeponie, music to my ears"
There is a sentence I never thought I'd hear.
Same
Although i am watching this in the middle of the night, Mülldeponie really made my day.
Admittedly, it usually sounds better than it smells
Funfact: the Building aside the "Cute Hotel" is a left over from the Roman Empire and one of the oldest in Prague. Beside older than modern American History xD
Prague was never part of Roman Empire
@@crkijana3173 Holy Roman Empire
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire
The Holy Roman Empire had never an official capital city. But when Charles IV from the House of Luxembourg became King of Bohemia and was later elected as Holy Roman Emperor Prague became for some time the unofficial capital city. The official administrative language of the Holy Roman Empire was Latin.
@@abalada Roman Empire and Holy Roman Empire are two different things. Also, claiming that an evidently Renaissance building is the oldest when you have bunch of Romanesque rotunds scattered around doesn't sound wrong at all.
Whaat? We have much older buildings in Prague. About thousand years old.
Ah it's so interesting for me as someone living in the Czech republic watching people talking about Prague when they are from other countries.
I lived in Prague for many years and I totally love the city, the people, the language. I come back every now and then, not often unfortunately 😟
The police car is a Skoda Fabia and it actually is a Stationwagon (the biggest version of the model).
"This one is titled, I swear to you, 'little car.'"
It's a car designed for the average European road.
She doesn't know what a "hustenzuckerl" is in Vienna xD
I guess she's seen a Fiat 500 by this point.
@@AnickaSR do you mean a Fiat 126...?XD
That's true. If she saw VW Van would call it "little" too I bet. Is better "little" and efficient than other way around. And so many big cars in America but the speed limit is less than in Europe.
Tbh the Skoda Fabia is small even by European standards
12:33 😅😅 I am terribly sorry to tell you, cause you really look sooo happy about the title of this picture, but it´s actually not Václavské náměstí😅 It´s “28. října” street, one of the streets on the side of Václavské náměstí :)) Greetings from Prague :)
P.S. Of course one tram, there is one driver, one number, one way :))
In Italy - home of the pizza - waiters often ask "with or without mozarella?". So pizza without cheese is a common thing, apparently.
yeah ofc it is. people who are lactose intolerant cant eat cheese
@@metalvideos1961 Yes, this is the reason (I'm Italian)
@@BICIeCOMPUTERconGabriele its the reason everywhere. thats the whole point in being lactose in tolerant. also lots of countries int he world are lactose in tolerant. more countries that are then countries that are not. 65% of the people in the world are lactose in tolerant. glad i am dutch and dont have this problem haha. love cheese way to much
@@metalvideos1961 Cheese is one of the most amazing and delicious food out there
when i was in Italy i was so pleased i could get pizza without cheese and not be charged for chesse, because everywhere else where i was cheese is included in the price and you have to tell the waiter you want without cheese, it’s not something they ask
Just on the matter of trains .. since we have no trains here .. i was also quite hyped when i came to study in Germany. Tram ride from the apartment to university, train ride and train stations .. awesome (also tons of photos the likes of "me at the station", "me in front of a train" (and various other trains), "me inside a train", "look at other people .. in trains!")
May I take a wild guess and assume you're from Iceland?
@@WardancerHB yes - no public trains there =(
Actually it depends on the definitions of "country" and "Europe".
At least Andorra and Malta are countries in Europe without trains.
@@Rea_List Vatican State.
It's a Pizza marinara that you ordered. It's Kind of the original type Pizza.
As a child, this was my favorite type of pizza.
One of the original types, you mean, along with Pitta and Pide.
Pizza marinara is with seafoods
@@ChrisTian-rm7zm It's actually just Tomato, Olive Oil and Garlic. It's called "Marinara" beacause sailormen ("Marinai") couldn't bring Mozzarella on board since it spoils quickly.
Pro tip: If u add anchovies on a Marinara it becomes "Pizza Napoli" which is one of my faves! ( Yes, I am from Napoli :* )
@@NessunaOmbra Ok, thank you, I didn't know that! :-)
It's one tram. You wouldn't call a train made of 30 cars 30 trains either. Logic stuff. o_0
It's "Trayam"
Right, a single tram even with multiple cars is just a single tram. However the title of the photo is still kinda appropriate. I think it depends on the intention behind the photo. If you just want to collect impressions and show to others how trams look like over here, to me using the plural is perfectly fine. Though I'm just a german so there might be other common rules in other languages -.-
@@Bunny99s I initially didn't think of it in that context, but I suppose you're right. While it literally is a singular tram in the picture, she could have been framing it in the context of a fascination at the collective concept of trams in general, especially if the idea of public transportation was a new, novel notion to her, being a Floridian. 👍 You're right, it's all in the perspective/concept. ☺💯
living in Lincolnshire they had a" train" consisting of a single carriage
There are two perfectly usable trains connected to one another, which sometimes drives just by one (not connected). To me, it Is two trams connected. If it were more modern types of trams, such as Škoda 15t that is one long piece, then it would be mentioned in singular. Btw. the example of train is invalid, since vagoons (usually) cannot drive by themselves, opposed to trams.
I'm so glad I checked TH-cam this morning, this video has made it a nice start to the day. Listening to Dana was way more enjoyable than the photos themselves.
I was feeling pretty down and your video popped up at the perfect time to just distract me and take me on a cheerful and funny trip through your Prague photos. For 16 minutes I could forget the world. Thank you. I needed that. xx
The subway station "HafenCity Universität" in Hamburg has a wonderful design and has a nice light show at the full hour!
This was so cute! Definitely reminded me of my first week in Europe! In Stockholm a lot of the underground stations have art and different designs. People even do tours of the underground, because you can buy a ticket good for a few hours - but there are so many stations that you can't really do all of them in one day.
@Stephanie Mecredy So cool to hear about the Stockholm underground station tours!! Stefan and I went to Stockholm years ago, but it was just a quick trip and we didn't use the public transportation. Hopefully we can visit Stockholm again one day and see it! We really enjoyed the city.
@@WantedAdventure It's really cool, and a lovely city! I was supposed to go back with my husband this summer, but we'll see how next year plays out. I'd definitely recommend visitng again :D
Moscow is famous for its metro stations. There's lots of marble and status etc. Google it x3
This was very fun to watch. Was grinning at the computer screen like a crazy person the whole time. :)
Lol
"I wanted to go to the Czech Republic and I ended up in Germany" ;-)
Sudetenland intensifies.
I love Prague, it's such a great city! I can only imagine how overwhelming it must have felt if it was your first European city. Definitely recognize many of the places.
Dear Dana. Having started with your now defuncted blog, turning over to youtube and having watched *every* single video since then, I still do appreciate every single item you post. By now, you happen to be a part of my "family", and I enjoy every piece you post, I really do. It's just awesome what you do. ,)
PS: Keep being safe, healthy, and many greetings to your handsome husband Stefan.
Awww, babyface Dana, thank you for sharing this. Happy to hear it make you feel better. It was indeed a feel good video. Mission accomplished :)
I live in Prague and every time I go out of my house I see a new beautiful part of a building, even though I’ve been walking around the same houses for years! There’s always something new to see! I also recognized most of the places in the photos. Takes me about 20-30 minutes to walk to the center of Prague so I go there all the time with my friends and family :) walking around Prague is one of my favorite things in the world ❤️
I remember the first time I arrived in Europe. As I exited the airport and headed into town, I was amazed at how small everything was. I felt as if I were not visiting a continent, but rather a miniature golf course.
Haha first impressions are so strange. My first time in the US I was shocked at how badly dressed everyone was. I thought maybe US people travel like hobos but then I arrived downtown and everyone there was dressed like thrift shop dummies. So strange!
That was also my impression. The smallness seems more obvious from a tall guy's perspective.
In Europe we conserve old buildings and we don‘t tend to Build too much Skyscrapers 🏙 because they would ruin the Panorama... You have to have a permission, very old buildings stone buildings are piece of History and you are not allowed to modify it, only to renovate but conserving always the Original basis even if it is your own property!!!
@@Hildegarden I lived in Salzburg one summer. All the old buildings had the dates of construction displayed prominently on them. The only thing was, I'd go into a building that said 1517 on it, and in the lobby there would be a small plaque saying "rebuilt in 1948." I guess Salzburg must have been completly flattened during the war.
Big Scary Steve in Some Parts of Europe there were destroyed a lot of beautiful old buildings!!! Especially in Germany... one of the consequences of the War!!! That’s True, but Remember Europe is made of a lot of countries and in most of them you can easily find very old buildings or monuments, every country is unique... and we haven’t too much Skyscrapers 🏙 similar to America ... there are only a few of them... too high constructions are limited and themselves the Europeans made this choice! I think this is good, somehow there is a sense of space and you can breathe... for example in New York you have a sense of stress and too much cement everywhere... It’s cool to visit but not to live permanently...
JANA is a common name in Croatia! That is a Slavic name ! Jana, Janica, etc. Dana, Danica,( north star)
Sorry you're having a bad day. We will get through this. At least the pizza had sauce. :) Here in Alaska we just have the bus.
Thank you! This Video cheered me right up. And I needed it, too, today! ☺ Happy Easter from Austria!
Yay!! I'm so glad to hear you enjoy the video. Happy Easter from Munich, Germany!!🌸🌷
Been to Prague 4 times. I loved everything about it 🤩🤩🤩 I felt like there is still things to see and to discover, everytime that I came back.
Stay healthy, we will get through this! 🍀
I return to this video when I'm feeling blue and you always cheer me up. Thanks so much!
I think renaming photos that way was 100% a 2008 thing, because I used to do the same thing 😂😂
Also, about your questions:
1- Marinara sauce literally gets its name from the Pizza Marinara, which is just pizza and sauce 🤣
2- Even with two, three or more wagons, I'd still say "Tram"!
I can relate. The first week in Europe; everything super magical. The reality of it can melt your brain. Even after a year it was still super awesome. Like a permanent vacation.
I mean, who titles their pictures? Really?
Ain't nobody got time for dat
Thanks for the upbeat video, I really needed that!
Oh, and for the u-bahn (or as we dutchies say: metro) stations, I'd recommend Rotterdam Wilhelminaplein or Central. Nice, roomy, airy places.
The rebuild of Delft station is also quite nice, with the old city map on the ceiling, but that's not an u-bahn station, even if it is underground.
If you're into cool looking public transportation stations, look at the Moscow metro. Its stations look mind-blowing. Especially check out "mayakovskaya", "novoslobodskaya" and "prospekt mira". They're like little palaces.
Ditto in Leningrad (now St.Petersburg).
tram: i think it counts as one tram, but two tram cars ;-)
This one is called Pizza Marinara originating from Neaple only spiced with Oregano and Garlic.
So yes, i have seen and had it myself - wood oven style. Easy to make yourself too ^^ And it's one tram with two tram cars. They can be seperated and drive individually if needed. So... 2 in 1 i guess?
You're starting to exhibit signs of "Lagerkoller" - get out of the apartment and/or talk with someone about it, please. Take a backpack, hop in your car and drive to the countryside, get some sun and air. We're just at the beginning of this and don't want you to go crazy.
Stay healthy, mentally and physically ;3
I am not sure towards the individual drivability of tram cars.
There were ones that couldn't run seperately.
Great show Dana! I liked it, it reminded me to the "good old times" before photography was digitized.
We had a very specific form of "torture" for friends and family usually taking place in early autumn after the travel and vacation season.
That was called "Dia-Abend", when everyone invited everyone to view their very skillfully taken pictures of sunburned bodies at the "Teutonengriff" in Italy, any world famous monuments brutally squeezed at the edge of the photo presenting "Onkel Franz" in front of the Colloseum or "Tante Emma" besides the pyramids. and many out of focus snapshots taken too fast for 20th Century imaging equipment.
One main feature of the torture were the angry discussions where, when and why a particular photo was taken as there was this massive timegap between taking the picture and the first time you were able to watch it .
But of course neither Onkel Franz nor Tante Emma were so enthusiastic about their photos and memories as you presented us on your 1st experiences on a european life style.
So many traditions lost in this brave new digital world where your beloved ones get GoPro HD Real Time footage from your vacation :-)
Well no, my grandparents have to watch my family's vacation pictures every single year. And because of digital photography, it's usually a lot of footage - I always feel sorry for them.
I love how was you in love with Prague architecture...
I was walking with same open eyes in Manchester 😲
Greetings from Prague born guy 😃
Prague, Krakow, Munich, Vienna, Budapest and Zagreb look very similar, because they was part of same state.
The underground in Prague is great. Here in the UK we have 3 underground systems, London, Glasgow and Newcastle
Pizza with sauce but without cheese is often called "Pizza Bread" and ordered as a side if you only want to eat a salad. In some menus therefore it is below the salads and not at the top of the pizza section. A Skoda Fabia is also in Europe a subcompact car...
Nice video Dana. I never change my file names but I will do now, thats actually a good idea for when you revisit them later.
'You just can't get away from America, can you?!' I died.
Lol
Thanks for the fun and entertaining video! It look my mind off of the fact that I'm not able to see my family and friends. I'm not complaining. I am so lucky to be healthy and to be able to pay my bills, cos my salary keeps rolling in. I am very very thankful for that! But I am still missing my family and friends and this video made me feel better! Thank you! 😘 And please don't worry about your make-up or anything like that! You're beautiful inside and out!! All my love from Hamburg! Pls stay safe 🙏
Re "Trendy" Those wicker chairs say rural ontario circa 1965. If you hold onto something long enough it is fashionable again.
I was thinking "don't know if it's 'trendy', but it sure looks very 1970s"
First of all, thanks for the video and everything you went through for filming it,
second, im a big Doctor Who fan and I cannot unsee the Dalek style in the subwaystation at 7:56 .
Anyhow, have a nice day, enjoy the sun, stay safe and strong.
Best wishes from the Wetterau!
Danke.
Danke für dein herzerwärmendes Lächeln, danke für die gute Laune, die du in deinen Filmen verbreitest und danke dafür, dass es dich gibt.
Hahah....lovely video, great impressions! Prague is magical isn't. Your first evening in Prague you had a Stella Artois?? Oh dear! In the land that invented the pilsner. Excellent. Stay safe.
8:10 Berlin - Heidelberger Platz
That is the Berlin station that comes the closest to the famous Moscow stations.
"Maybe at some point I'll start wearing different shirts in my videos again" 😂 I feel you!
Several in one - that would be very entertaining.
@Cheshire Cat In my latest video from Thursday I was even wearing a purple shirt!! Very excited about that😁🌟👏
Loved this upbeat video ❤ I've never been to Prague but we're definitely plan on going when the kids are a bit older. I also have Czech roots (my great-grandma was from there) but have no knowledge of Czech whatsoever. Here in Stuttgart, we don't have trams but we have S-Bahn and U-Bahn, and your picture was definitely just showing one tram 🙂
I feel sad that you feel sad, but I completely understanding how little things make you feel better. Don't stop doing what you're doing
U-Bahn-stations that I like in my city (Berlin): Wittenbergplatz and Herrmannplatz.
1 Tram, it only has 1 destination. 😁
When I first moved to Europe never having even visited I felt the same way. Elation, that’s the best word. As far as beautiful U-Bahn stations in Berlin I love Rathaus Spandau. It’s Art Deco themed and feels like walking into the 1930s, just stunning. Thanks for the silly vid!
That lifted my mood a lot! It's very nice that you honestly say, that you're having a bad day. Because right now probably everyone has those days every now and then, but especially the internet makes you feel like you shouldn't. The photo titles are amazing 😂
Ohh jeez is the second time im watchin this , had such a good laugh at your series "labeling photos with me and .... " 🤣🤣 Love it !
Regarding nice looking U-Bahn stations - check out the Paulsternstrasse in Berlin, very colorful and fun!
Also, its just 1 tram with 2 waggons.
In Stockholm, you can watch paintings in the stations.
Most of them are at the lines marked red in the map.
Hang in there Dana! We're all having a hard time during this time of isolation, it's okay to feel bad about it sometimes, we all do :) Loved the video, it was very funny and reminded me of when I moved to Paris and wanted to take pictures of the métro but people looked at me like I was crazy haha
Team One Tram.
Also, I hate to burst your bubble, Dana, but your photo at 12:35 does not actually depict Václavské náměstí, but one of the side streets adjacent to the Wenceslas Square. This is the 28th October Street (ulice 28. října). The Wenceslas Square begins at the end of the block, just past the building on the right with the sun-lit green-roofed turret. (Sorry for being a pedant. Somehow I just can't help it.)
Loved your video, which I thought paid a lovely tribute to my city.
Best wishes from Prague! Stay safe!
The architecture still amazes me in Zagreb the Croatian capital. And i lived here from birth.
I never thought of labeling photos, now I might try it
Thanks for the video
Some metro stations in Athens are like small museums, showing artefacts dug out during construction. I'm pretty sure there are some videos and pics here posted by tourists or locals that you can check out.
i went to prague two times, some years ago and liked it very much.amazing,great city. so much sigths,culture and architecture.
Mönchengladbach
Mönch = Monk
glad ~ glatt = flat
bach = small river
The "gladebach" or "gladbach" is a small river flowing through Mönchengladbach, today mostly in tubes because people needed space to settle around there. The Gladbach flows below an abbey which was founded first in the medivial age (by monks).
It's so kind how you talk about our country 😅😊 greetings from Czechia
Wonderful memories. I love looking back on the photos when I first visited Germany. I remember why I took the photos and what I was thinking about when I took them. I remember taking pictures in Berlin and I specifically wanted to see the Brandenburg Tör and when I arrived it was under renovation so the entire gate was wrapped in a T-Mobile tarp that looked like a soccer goal. I was crushed, I thought just my luck but I did get to see many other amazing things including when I went into the government building and while standing in line the chancellor was leaving. That was pretty thrilling (it was Gerhard Schroeder at the time I was there). So many amazing memories. Thank you for sharing your memories with us Dana. I know these days are troubling but we are trying to enjoy the little things right now and be grateful for what we have since alot of people here are struggling with rent, bills etc. I am able to work from home with my job so I am really glad about that. Things are going to get better, I know it. Thanks again Dana for brightening our day 🌞 👏 👍 😊 🤗
It's one tram (line).And that restaurant looks like like it's from the 70s.
This reminded me of this story. In 2005 I (back then 12yo) imported around 2000 photos to a new computer. The first photo was about a scrabble board (because I was proud of the words idk). But instead of renaming one picture I gave all the photos a new name (Scrabble). At that time I didn't know how to turn in back. So until this day I have around 2000 photos called Scrabble (and I'm too lazy to change the title)
So I just clicked on the video because the police car looked so familiar :-D , the green & white design (used also in Slovakia). Usually when Americans make videos about "life in Europe", it's 95% the UK, France, Germany or Spain. This is quite refreshing, to see a story from a neighbouring country even though I take Prague as my second home since I go there quite often. Thinking about visiting Slovakia anytime soon?
A pizza with nothing on it, actually just the dough, is called PIADINA. It is used to dip the sauce from your plate.
I can totally relate when you say you love pronouncing "Vaclavce Namesti" (or however it's spelled). I was once on holiday in Prague and I still remember a tram station being called "Strosmayerovo Namesti" and I loved and still love how they always said that in an announcement on the tram! And I do love to say that myself: Strosmayerovo Namesti! :D
My favorite U-Bahn Station here in Munich is Westfriedhof. I love the artsy cave look!
In Germany you can even buy a pizza which would not taste well with cheese - topping made of chocolate ...
Love to see you going exstatic, Dana! Great storytelling! It's a nice distraction on Good Friday, isolated in northern Bavaria.
Your walk on memory lane made me go on the same path - good to imagine all the positive things that we have experienced! Thanks for that inspiration!
That type of pizza may have been Pizzabrot or a variant of Bruscetta(?)
Stay safe and healthy!
check out moscow metro stations, they are architectional masterpiece, its actually a museum
:) I live in Prague so I can pin point most of the pictures. The car isn't small, it's on the bigger side :). Tram is definitively single one. Just two wagons.
Kdybys poslouchala co v tom videu říká, tak by sis mohla odpustit tento naprosto zbytečný komentář.
@@MrMajsterixx Jí to očividně nevadilo, takže čí komentář je zbytečný?
Re: Tram/Trams. It is one tram with 2 cars to it. The tram is a term for a singular collective of something. For example you wouldn't say "trains" if you were waiting for a train (singular) even though there are multiple cars that make it up. Each car is not an individual train; it's collectively a singular unit train Transpose that concept to trams, and ya get ONE tram with multiple cars. ☺🙋
Wow, I have never been to Prague, but just like the places I have been in Europe it looks wonderful. And, to me, It is One Tram, with two wagons.
When we first moved to Connecticut from NJ 40 years ago, my husband went into a Pizza Parlor( some of which are called Apizza) and ordered a plain pizza and luckily someone told him that it had no cheese! You have to order a cheese pizza to get what in NJ was called plain. We had a very picky 4 year-old but she did want cheese.
I have been to Prague and I loved it. The photo titled "me" has the powder tower in the background
Here in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, we do have a metro system, but it's stations are not nearly as nice as the Prague ones. Best we can do is Tussenwater, which is a station above ground.
When I was on holiday in Prague, Marostranska station was usually the station I got off the train (and get a cappuccino in the small coffeeplace above it. (Marostranska is the station nearest to the Prague castle btw).
I am team Tram btw.. it's one tram.
I label most of my Pictures like this: [Day] (only when I travel) - Place and/or person - whatever is in the picture
That picture with the tram...is just 1 tram there :)
It comes from a european that uses these things for years. In my country we fall them tramvai and they have from one wagon to 3-4 wagons sometimes
The mural faces on the pillars in between the tracks at Cologne's Appelhofplatz station are quite fascinating as they let you look back, in a way, into the 90s when they were created.
You might have ordered pizza bread. Some retaurants in Germany have it, too. It's basically pizza with just tomato sauce and without cheese.
I really enjoyed the lightheartedness and sweet memories
The "little car" is a Škoda Fabia, but the "Kobi" (wagon) version of it. So yes, it's actually classified as a "Kleinwagen" in Germany. The non-estate/wagon is even a bit shorter. It shares the same platform with the VW Polo, which is so small that it isn't even offered in the USA, there the smallest Volkswagen people can buy is the Golf. So this picture is appropriately titled.
I took it for a Octavia - the Fabia was created later.
@@lichtgestalt609 Nope, the MK1 Fabia was released about the same time in the late 90s as the Octavia. And that's definitely a Fabia, because the rear side window is much smaller than the Octavia's.
I study in Prague but to be honest I only go to Uni and back and sometimes grocery shopping so I don't recognise most of the "regular" pictures, of course I know the Prague castle etc.
And in the picture it is one tram :)
Also, my mum's name is Jana too.
„Hubschrauber“ and „Mülldeponie“. You are killing me, Dana. 😂 I think the best part is about pizza.
Most German toddlers LOVE the word Hubschrauber, especially boys. Mülldeponie not so much
Truly a master of descriptive picture names. 😁
Thanks for making this video.
I've been in Prag 25 times since1982
, and I have seen the change during the last 38 years. We passed the Karoly Most with 4People side by side, not in a line... try this today.
In fact, you visited one of the most beautyfull and most interesting cities in Europe for your first visit in the Old World. I love this city.
I guess, the picture you Name Vaclavske Namesti ist a street beside that place. And what you named "Tram" is the Vaclavske Namesti.
Praha is also one of the most important cities in German history. The so called Goldene Bulle, der Prager Fenstersturz, the second German Football Champion, the oldest german University and a large number of German kings and so many other incidences were connected with this city.
But the most important fact are the friendly and polite inhabitants. I like the Czech people.
As for the cheeseless pizza, I've never seen one on a menu, but back in the 1970's, my local supermarket carried such a pizza in a boxed kit. The brand name was "Appian Way." (I never tried it.)
actually, your "into a bar" picture reminds me of a restaurant we went to, during our class trip to Prague back in 93 (I think)... the place had a rooster as "door sign" and it went down two stries below the ground on Wenzel's Square. I had some of the most awesome deer dish of my whole life and it was incredibly cheap (I think we paid something like 25 Marks (don't remember what that was in the Czecslowakian crwons back then) for the 4 of us, including a bottle of really nice wine ...
Pizza Margherita is not the same thing as pizza marinara. Pizza Margherita definitely has cheese, and also something with a small bit of green--perhaps basil leaves, or just a very few whole olives--because it's supposed to mirror the colors of the Italian flag. (I first had pizza Margherita in Hamburg, and it had exactly four whole green olives on it.)
Thanks for sharing your first European trip and being able to laugh with (and at) your younger self. LOL Hope you're doing OK and staying sane in the current crisis.
I've been living in Vienna now for over 20 years and consider it a super beautiful city.
However, I love Prague so very much, that we try to go there at least once a year - thanks god it's not that far :)
I also love the czech food and a pint of good beer for the amount of approx 1 € :)
That was really fun. After this tough time is over I definitely plan to start planning a trip to Europe. Probably the first place I will go to is The Netherlands
Thank you! I've also been in a kinda bad mood lately and your video did cheer me up :)
I'm so glad to hear the video cheered you up!!🌸🌷
In Berlin, the U7 going to Spandau has some really cool looking stations, futuristically designed and all. But there are actually many "artsy" U-Bahn stations in Berlin, I think back then when they built the things, they even had different architects and designers that were assigned a station each to do with as they pleased...so yeah, some of the designs are really special.