I waited at the till when I first went shopping here thinking someone was coming, it wasn’t until all my grocery was there in a pile in one corner that I realized I was alone, I didn’t even have a bag so that also was a shock to me. The stupid thing though i wasn’t the only one confused , the til operator was too. She must have thought I was stupid really because she asked me something a couple of times and because I had just arrived in the country visiting my language skills were limited. I was saved by a nice lady who spoke struggle speaking in English but explained that I needed to buy a bag or bring one from home, I got the bag and just knew what to do then after but this really was not only a culture shock for me but also a very embarrassing moment😅
Germans to me are well discipline as I listen to you unpacking these culture shocks. The hardest and difficult one in my view is the grocery one I share your sentiments imagine if someone is behind you but you'll adjust Cindy. You have very understanding and supportive hubby ❤ you're so blessed. I am mother and granny retired already.
I think one of the most disciplined countries in the 🌎.. I am slowly getting used to german environments and it’s own way of life. He’s really supportive I’m Blessed with that Awww Granny Thami🤗🥰 now we need a book from you or a TH-cam channel I think you have to so much with the world 🤗♥️
yea, the stare might be the weirdest for many people. but its good you have already figured out that it mostly has to do with curiosity, not so much with something like disrespect or any worse. gotta say, a few friends from london visited me once and on our first train ride we were like not that quite and of course obviously speaking a foreign language. also there was a girl who had long curly hair dyed red, so vocally and visibly we did not try to keep bein unnoticed, and in fact multiple people were constantly watching us for about 10 minutes or so. i can definitely imagine how weird that might be to strangers at first glance. oh and yes, grocery shopping is not really about comfort, its rather about speed round here. i grew up with it so i was seriously surprised bout how it's working in the u.s. for instance. just makes it clear to anyone why walmart not even lasted a decade before retrieving from the german market^^ cheers to the both of you :>
Aah, I have figured it out and gotten used to it now . You right for those who are still new in Germany might find it abit uneasy with the stare.. I can imagine you guys talking alil louder (Germans don’t like noise) and you speaking English it’s quite intriguing for Germans… Oh yes speed speed everywhere here, customer service, walking , shopping lol time is money in Germany 😅. I still get nervous if I have a lot of groceries 🙈
Sindy I am with you with the grocery shopping .I would panic myself, being South African we are so used to somebody packing for us . That being said experiencing a different culture is just awesome , enjoy it dear ❤️and when South Africans says they will call you now now , they are just being modest .Expect the call within an hour or even later 😂😂but I still have mega love for my people ...❤️🇿🇦
Hey Sis, lol the nerves get to me here when I pack need to try to manage it haha … I am learning more about myself being here, it was a good move for me… now now you the drift yaz😂😂😂 expect a call in a week Mega love 💕
Now all these are a shock to me lol. 😂😂 About the grocery I think we're are like South Africans, in Kenya we don't pack our own stuffs. Punctuality in my country does not exist.🤣 The fifth point I could never get used to it.🙌 We only have one type of bread here. 😂 I feel like Germany is a totally different world on its own. 😁 Thank you loves for sharing this with us. 🤍 Team Mega Love we love you.🤍
Hahah I’m glad I’m not alone with these shocks. Germany is quite special for sure 😅, with punctuality in Kenya I remember people really take their precious time with everything 😂🤣 Just like in South Africa.. Same the only bread I grew up with it’s the four cornered bread & I’m not going to call it toast bread unless toasted 🤣😅
Yes, getting used to a new culture and their different ways of being is very daunting, however, staying open to learning is key. Wishing you only the best on this journey🌸💖🌸 Yes, it would be great to have you come through...😊🤗💖
Baby girl about the things you mentioned we have some in common in Uganda like Time, the Bread 🍞 🥖🥯 and to Stare, we don’t. Most especially in my Tribe (Baganda) it’s not allowed to stare. I didn’t know this and I’ve learned thank you guys for sharing. Love you💗 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Lol Uganda is on my list now 💃🏾 quite great to know your country has abit of similarities with Germany:) Baganda will try to learn about your tribe seems interesting 😊.. lol in SA we are taught not to look into your elder’s eyes to „show“ respect crazy right . Thank you for being here ♥️🤗😊
😄😂 this was soo interesting...especially the time bit..African time is soo funny...now now..is 2hours.. love it 😄. I think Germans are lovely but not very relaxed people
As French, I was estonished to see people sunbathing nude in parks, swimming nude in swimming pools, pedestrians waiting it's green for pedestrians even if there is no car coming, but I loved it. Now, it's weird to me if I see people wearing swimsuits.
That’s how shopping is done in UK 🇬🇧 as well. You pay a pound to get a trolley and you pack your own shopping. Same with putting petroleum in your car, you do it yourself.
❤️.😂. In Poland, we also have many types of bread, as in Germany. In big groceries even here in Poland we have identical situation. I found out from a friend who works in such a grocery, so I think that in Germany they have the same system, cashiers are controlled all the time how fast they work. Groceries have standards and employees have to respect them. Personally, I do not like and will never get used to such a rush. I lay out the products on the conveyor belt at my own pace and pack them into the nets also in peace.
Ahhhh that’s new to me , cashiers being controlled how fast they are hmmm… awww now I need to try your bread 🤗😍. I should try this do it with my own pace and less anxiety 😅
Hooooo, cashiers aren't controlled in Germany for their times - that sounds brutal tho 😅 In Germany you often wait a long time to get to the cashier so it's more like a feeling of respect for the customer I think. At least in my schooltime-job as a cashier it was something like this - could have changed tho. As a customer I just dont want to make the other wait even longer - therefore I help out to fasten the process.
Hello Sindy here in the USA, We have a store called Aldi there you have to put a quarter in the cart to use it but once you put the grocery cart back your money is returned to you. Now our regular grocery stores they scan groceries and bag them for you. It’s not bad. But I understand what you are saying. Thanks for sharing! Much love from VA♥️
Aldi hmm I think it’s also here but I have not visited yet. Wow what a concept there :)… I’m glad you understand me Much love hope your week is amazing ♥️
The comfort with nudity was also a shocker for me! At the Fkk beaches qhen you are biking along the Danube River there are certain nature areas where nudity is allowed . Must say though that in the Saunas one must take a towel and sit on the towel (at least here in Vienna). Just imagine, I learnt that being on time in Japan means 15 mins before the agreed time! Wow! I have a question and that is " is it a German thing not to eat ham or bacon for breakfast ?"
Aaah Fkk Never heard of it will try to have look cause I’m curious now 😅 Yeah saunas here are pretty much the same, if you have to have a towel to sit on / I must say some people to cover. WHAT? 15 mins before agreed time that’s new to me now. Hubby just said in German hotels and households love eating different kinds of ham (Serrano, Parma, Schwarzwälder,…) & bacon with all kinds of egg styles. But surely there is also a movement of young people to eat vegan, bowles, smoothies..
Hey Sindy, welcome to Hamburg :-) Quick info on "why to be naked in a german Sauna": Hygene. If you feel uncomfortable, some Saunas have women-only-days - perhaps that would make it easier for you (Kaifu-Lodge for example each tuesday).
Ps: stares. Its difficulte to generalize it but me and my friends do stare. Well, we try not too but it's... happening. Be asured, at least for us it is just curiosity. Like: whats this dress. Is she a foreigner (not negativly ;-)), whats that for an accents, nice shoes, and so on. Clearly, with a stunner like you, you'll also have some "woah what a beauty"-lost-in-thought-stares like your Boyfriend mentioned 😅🙈 And yes, sadly racism exist in Germany too. But as far as I know Hamburg is after Bremen the least racist area (AfD polls are at 5.4 % and as a port city with the nickname "Tor zur Welt" we always had lots of foreigner living and working together with us).
Haha you are so flattering :) Now that you break it down like this it surely makes sense. I am used it now sometimes I like the stares funny enough hahah 🫣… Honestly I love Hamburg so much the intercultural city with many different people from around the globe which makes it beautiful Enjoy your mid week ☺️
@@sindypetronella and you, enjoy your new homebase :-) Btw. If not already done, a tour through our town hall is surprisingly great... I know, sounds boring as hell, but damn the riches. So far, all the best ✌️
For me punctuality is a quastion about respect. If you have an appointment or meeting etc and come too late, you waste my time. I have better things to do than waiting for you. I organize myself to be punctual and expect the same vice versa... In buisness it is also a quastion about your professionality. If you are not able to be punctual, what should that say to me about your professionality? Like your content, good luck for the future and greetings to all spectators around the globe :)
Greetings ☺️ I absolutely agree with you, IT IS RESPECT. I value this. No one will take you serious or try to invest in/on you if you don't even show common courtesy of being on time thank you so much Goshino :)
for us it's just disrespectful to waste someone else's lifetime waiting for us.... also it's just inefficient, same with shopping.... if i walk into a store and someone would ask me if i need help, or at a supermarket someone would pack my things i would think that they think i can't handle that on my own... 😅
I have noticed you guys are like this with time. Which is way you are so efficient in so many things ☺️… haha true here you do things your own labor costs are quite high I understand totally. Thank you for taking the time to be here ☺️☺️
i love all people and cultures, there's so much we all can learn from. everyone just should try to be as good as she/he as a human can be, respect others, be open minded and most important, spread love ♥️
Pls tell me why is it very hard to find truth love in all this dating app if you are From Nigeria why i have been doing this for a long time but nothing is coming out i I have lost hope 😥😥 pls help me all these i meet on the app we say can i get your nexked pic which i can't send to a guy who i am not married to pls help me out please 😥😭😭
I waited at the till when I first went shopping here thinking someone was coming, it wasn’t until all my grocery was there in a pile in one corner that I realized I was alone, I didn’t even have a bag so that also was a shock to me. The stupid thing though i wasn’t the only one confused , the til operator was too. She must have thought I was stupid really because she asked me something a couple of times and because I had just arrived in the country visiting my language skills were limited. I was saved by a nice lady who spoke struggle speaking in English but explained that I needed to buy a bag or bring one from home, I got the bag and just knew what to do then after but this really was not only a culture shock for me but also a very embarrassing moment😅
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Sorry!!!hope you'll have a wonderful time over all!!!🇩🇪💛
Germans to me are well discipline as I listen to you unpacking these culture shocks. The hardest and difficult one in my view is the grocery one I share your sentiments imagine if someone is behind you but you'll adjust Cindy. You have very understanding and supportive hubby ❤ you're so blessed. I am mother and granny retired already.
I think one of the most disciplined countries in the 🌎.. I am slowly getting used to german environments and it’s own way of life.
He’s really supportive I’m
Blessed with that
Awww Granny Thami🤗🥰 now we need a book from you or a TH-cam channel I think you have to so much with the world 🤗♥️
Not the sauna chile!!! Ohhhhhh hell no! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
lol YEYI , JA NEH deep sigh
Really enjoyed the culture shock video 😃😃👌🏾, tjoooo the stares hey, the bread I'm so amazed...but uyazi I will call you now, now 🤣🤣
Thank you Pat:), hope you have a beautiful week :)
Its Awesome that you both try to understand each other feels.
There is no other way ♥️♥️ that to understand each other, it took some hard work :)
😭 scanning own groceries AND still packing it really gets to me LMAOOOOOO
Lol braaaaa 🤣🙈
Wow! I enjoyed this video.
Very shocking, informative and interesting.
Mega love to my favorite couple.
All the way from SA.🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
Thank you so much Ma ♥️🤗
Was shocked myself my first visits here . I’m glad you enjoyed
Happy Sunday ♥️♥️
yea, the stare might be the weirdest for many people. but its good you have already figured out that it mostly has to do with curiosity, not so much with something like disrespect or any worse. gotta say, a few friends from london visited me once and on our first train ride we were like not that quite and of course obviously speaking a foreign language. also there was a girl who had long curly hair dyed red, so vocally and visibly we did not try to keep bein unnoticed, and in fact multiple people were constantly watching us for about 10 minutes or so. i can definitely imagine how weird that might be to strangers at first glance.
oh and yes, grocery shopping is not really about comfort, its rather about speed round here. i grew up with it so i was seriously surprised bout how it's working in the u.s. for instance. just makes it clear to anyone why walmart not even lasted a decade before retrieving from the german market^^
cheers to the both of you :>
Aah, I have figured it out and gotten used to it now . You right for those who are still new in Germany might find it abit uneasy with the stare.. I can imagine you guys talking alil louder (Germans don’t like noise) and you speaking English it’s quite intriguing for Germans…
Oh yes speed speed everywhere here, customer service, walking , shopping lol time is money in Germany 😅. I still get nervous if I have a lot of groceries 🙈
Sindy I am with you with the grocery shopping .I would panic myself, being South African we are so used to somebody packing for us . That being said experiencing a different culture is just awesome , enjoy it dear ❤️and when South Africans says they will call you now now , they are just being modest .Expect the call within an hour or even later 😂😂but I still have mega love for my people ...❤️🇿🇦
Hey Sis, lol the nerves get to me here when I pack need to try to manage it haha … I am learning more about myself being here, it was a good move for me… now now you the drift yaz😂😂😂 expect a call in a week
Mega love 💕
Now all these are a shock to me lol. 😂😂 About the grocery I think we're are like South Africans, in Kenya we don't pack our own stuffs. Punctuality in my country does not exist.🤣 The fifth point I could never get used to it.🙌 We only have one type of bread here. 😂 I feel like Germany is a totally different world on its own. 😁 Thank you loves for sharing this with us. 🤍 Team Mega Love we love you.🤍
Hahah I’m glad I’m not alone with these shocks. Germany is quite special for sure 😅, with punctuality in Kenya I remember people really take their precious time with everything 😂🤣 Just like in South Africa.. Same the only bread I grew up with it’s the four cornered bread & I’m not going to call it toast bread unless toasted 🤣😅
Really enjoyed this! Very informative video. It was hilarious too! Well done Cindy Petronella, you are doing great! Really enjoyed this! 🇿🇲
Hehe I’m thrilled when you enjoy the video :) thanks Suzanna 😘😘
Aww❤️❤️❤️am the first person to comment....I love everything about this family...have been following your journey
Aww how adorable 🤗..
Thank you Mellow😘
Nice that you are taking in the German culture and settling in nicely. Thanks for another informative video😊
It took me sometime but slowly adjusting ♥️🤗thanks sis. ♥️. Watching your recent upload tonight x
Yes, getting used to a new culture and their different ways of being is very daunting, however, staying open to learning is key. Wishing you only the best on this journey🌸💖🌸
Yes, it would be great to have you come through...😊🤗💖
Grocery situation is the same in France. I just dump everything in the trolley and pack them in bags in my car.
Haha… quite cool
Baby girl about the things you mentioned we have some in common in Uganda like Time, the Bread 🍞 🥖🥯 and to Stare, we don’t. Most especially in my Tribe (Baganda) it’s not allowed to stare. I didn’t know this and I’ve learned thank you guys for sharing. Love you💗
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Lol Uganda is on my list now 💃🏾 quite great to know your country has abit of similarities with Germany:) Baganda will try to learn about your tribe seems interesting 😊.. lol in SA we are taught not to look into your elder’s eyes to „show“ respect crazy right .
Thank you for being here ♥️🤗😊
Thanks for sharing I love this ❤️💕
You most welcome Chichi😘😘😊
This is informative,when I someday go to Germany I will adapt,thx girl😘
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😄😂 this was soo interesting...especially the time bit..African time is soo funny...now now..is 2hours.. love it 😄. I think Germans are lovely but not very relaxed people
Lol Irene 😂😂 African timing never gets old 😂.. I agree with you 😅 always in a rush every minute is money apparently they have this saying
😆 ....the bread dialog
lol I cannot deal
As French, I was estonished to see people sunbathing nude in parks, swimming nude in swimming pools, pedestrians waiting it's green for pedestrians even if there is no car coming, but I loved it. Now, it's weird to me if I see people wearing swimsuits.
That’s how shopping is done in UK 🇬🇧 as well. You pay a pound to get a trolley and you pack your own shopping. Same with putting petroleum in your car, you do it yourself.
How amazing!! Wasn’t used to such but it’s pretty cool I must say 🥰
❤️.😂. In Poland, we also have many types of bread, as in Germany.
In big groceries even here in Poland we have identical situation. I found out from a friend who works in such a grocery, so I think that in Germany they have the same system, cashiers are controlled all the time how fast they work. Groceries have standards and employees have to respect them. Personally, I do not like and will never get used to such a rush. I lay out the products on the conveyor belt at my own pace and pack them into the nets also in peace.
Ahhhh that’s new to me , cashiers being controlled how fast they are hmmm… awww now I need to try your bread 🤗😍.
I should try this do it with my own pace and less anxiety 😅
Hooooo, cashiers aren't controlled in Germany for their times - that sounds brutal tho 😅 In Germany you often wait a long time to get to the cashier so it's more like a feeling of respect for the customer I think.
At least in my schooltime-job as a cashier it was something like this - could have changed tho.
As a customer I just dont want to make the other wait even longer - therefore I help out to fasten the process.
Even in dubai carrefour we do grocery scanning,pay &go...
I find it convenient..
Super cool , getting used to it :)
Amazing couple! Like the topic.
Thank you Bosanka ♥️
It’s the bread for me, no matter how many sort they have I still miss Albany & nothing will replace it#period!
lol yeyi that's my fav too.. I miss it with my rooibos tea eish I miss home now girl
BEAUTIFUL COUPLE!!! Cheers!!!
Thank you Deano 🤗😘😘
Hello Sindy here in the USA, We have a store called Aldi there you have to put a quarter in the cart to use it but once you put the grocery cart back your money is returned to you. Now our regular grocery stores they scan groceries and bag them for you. It’s not bad. But I understand what you are saying. Thanks for sharing! Much love from VA♥️
Aldi hmm I think it’s also here but I have not visited yet. Wow what a concept there :)… I’m glad you understand me
Much love hope your week is amazing ♥️
Aldi is a German company. No wonder it seems alien to you.
@@olafgogmo5426 just went there for the first time today. I didn’t like it
The comfort with nudity was also a shocker for me! At the Fkk beaches qhen you are biking along the Danube River there are certain nature areas where nudity is allowed . Must say though that in the Saunas one must take a towel and sit on the towel (at least here in Vienna).
Just imagine, I learnt that being on time in Japan means 15 mins before the agreed time! Wow!
I have a question and that is " is it a German thing not to eat ham or bacon for breakfast ?"
Aaah Fkk Never heard of it will try to have look cause I’m curious now 😅
Yeah saunas here are pretty much the same, if you have to have a towel to sit on / I must say some people to cover.
WHAT? 15 mins before agreed time that’s new to me now.
Hubby just said in German hotels and households love eating different kinds of ham (Serrano, Parma, Schwarzwälder,…) & bacon with all kinds of egg styles. But surely there is also a movement of young people to eat vegan, bowles, smoothies..
Hey Sindy, welcome to Hamburg :-)
Quick info on "why to be naked in a german Sauna": Hygene.
If you feel uncomfortable, some Saunas have women-only-days - perhaps that would make it easier for you (Kaifu-Lodge for example each tuesday).
Ps: stares.
Its difficulte to generalize it but me and my friends do stare. Well, we try not too but it's... happening.
Be asured, at least for us it is just curiosity. Like: whats this dress. Is she a foreigner (not negativly ;-)), whats that for an accents, nice shoes, and so on.
Clearly, with a stunner like you, you'll also have some "woah what a beauty"-lost-in-thought-stares like your Boyfriend mentioned 😅🙈
And yes, sadly racism exist in Germany too.
But as far as I know Hamburg is after Bremen the least racist area (AfD polls are at 5.4 % and as a port city with the nickname "Tor zur Welt" we always had lots of foreigner living and working together with us).
Hey hey :) thanks for the warm welcome 🤗
Thanks for the tip will check it out :)
Haha you are so flattering :)
Now that you break it down like this it surely makes sense. I am used it now sometimes I like the stares funny enough hahah 🫣…
Honestly I love Hamburg so much the intercultural city with many different people from around the globe which makes it beautiful
Enjoy your mid week ☺️
@@sindypetronella and you, enjoy your new homebase :-)
Btw. If not already done, a tour through our town hall is surprisingly great... I know, sounds boring as hell, but damn the riches.
So far, all the best ✌️
NOW NOW 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣⚰️
haha girl you know us 😂💀
German stare-staring its common in each country if someone is new esp different color thing
yes it´s cause she is pretty
In a sauna you sit on your towel only for hygenic reasons, not to hide anything. Not to sit on a towel is disgusting and you would be told off.
Aaaah thanks for letting us know :)
Hahaha In Nederland they do also that. That's why I don't like to go to the sauna. And that's not culture at all.
haha oh really Netherlands too , interesting enough
It is the bread shoker for me. *Toasted bread* 🤔🤔🤔
Lol girl 😊
Really nice german guy 👍👍👍
Thank you :)
for most Germans the rule is - If you are on time, you are already late
Lol wow!! Oh gott
For me punctuality is a quastion about respect. If you have an appointment or meeting etc and come too late, you waste my time. I have better things to do than waiting for you. I organize myself to be punctual and expect the same vice versa... In buisness it is also a quastion about your professionality. If you are not able to be punctual, what should that say to me about your professionality?
Like your content, good luck for the future and greetings to all spectators around the globe :)
Greetings ☺️
I absolutely agree with you, IT IS RESPECT. I value this. No one will take you serious or try to invest in/on you if you don't even show common courtesy of being on time
thank you so much Goshino :)
I love to watch people.way better than to stare on a phone. Imo.💛some people overdo it...
True I also People watch but staring I cannot yeah some over do it :( 😘😘
for us it's just disrespectful to waste someone else's lifetime waiting for us....
also it's just inefficient, same with shopping.... if i walk into a store and someone would ask me if i need help, or at a supermarket someone would pack my things i would think that they think i can't handle that on my own... 😅
I have noticed you guys are like this with time. Which is way you are so efficient in so many things ☺️… haha true here you do things your own labor costs are quite high I understand totally. Thank you for taking the time to be here ☺️☺️
i love all people and cultures, there's so much we all can learn from. everyone just should try to be as good as she/he as a human can be, respect others, be open minded and most important, spread love ♥️
Awww 🌺👏🏾♥️! Preach 👏🏾
😲 😲 😳
Mega love
Madawu 🤗🥰 thank you 😊
Please do you not talk lies about present Ramaposa when it comes to time management.
Wo wohnst du in Deutschland?
Hamburg
Meine lieblingsstadt in Deutschland!
Pls tell me why is it very hard to find truth love in all this dating app if you are From Nigeria why i have been doing this for a long time but nothing is coming out i I have lost hope 😥😥 pls help me all these i meet on the app we say can i get your nexked pic which i can't send to a guy who i am not married to pls help me out please 😥😭😭
I think Germany so Not Stare. Thea are playing Attention vor their surrounding and are Award of Others Leopold. IT IS Not a negative behaviour.
Ok :) thanks for clearing it up
So one thing I really have to say... Toast is definitely not bread!
Lol ohh maaan 🙈, I guess you are German. In South Africa we call it bread
@@sindypetronella Actually, I am a Colorado Country Girl.However, I have been living in Germany since I was 2 years old.Greetings Kelsea
Love the country life 🥰…
Greetings 🥰 hope you have a lovely night . Tomorrow morning will have toast 😅
@@sindypetronella Thank you, but for breakfast I only have a pot of coffee - hot as hell and black as my soul.🥰
LOL good one !