Good afternoon everyone and hi from Germany!
I'm currently visiting my family which was basically just a last minute decision because
Jörg and I couldn't go over the holidays because the travel restrictions were so so
strict.
And now they're a little bit lifted so I just booked a flight right away.
Unfortunately Jörg couldn't come.
And yeah, today I'm in Saarlouis and I showed you a little bit of Saarlouis last time I
visited.
It's a very lovely town, a very nice vibe, very close to the French border.
And I thought I just film a little bit.
It's very cold today actually but as you can see we have sunshine so that's wonderful.
And Saarlouis is very known for all it's, well, in England we would call them pubs.
It's like so so many pubs, it's crazy.
And yeah,
there's one here, next to it another one and another one over there, like pubs everywhere.
I've never seen so many to be honest and yeah, this is like the pub quarter you could say.
And Jörg and I used to work in Saarlouis for many years actually and
it's very nice.
It's, usually in summer, it's very very busy.
You can sit outside and just enjoy the atmosphere.
Sorry about the noise.
, Here, here's one, here's another one, another one over there.
It's just pubs.
It's crazy isn't it?
That's the one, this is where they sell Bratwurst and it's called 'Buden' in in German so little
stands.
Bratwurst, bread and just some more sweet treats I think.
And that's the place where we usually went shopping for clothes and stuff.
It's a bigger department store called 'Pieper'.
This is the theatre here in Saarlouis which I think has a bit of a strange architecture.
We've never seen a play but I thought I would film it for you.
And right next to it is the library, just in there.
What I would like to film now is because it's always so special whenever I come to Germany.
I will try to find a shop where they sell cakes and bread and rolls and just film it
from the outside because you keep saying that you want to see all the treats they have here.
So maybe I'll find something.
You might remember this place from last time.
I went here with my parents to have cake and coffee.
So they have rolls here, bread, cake, sweet treats and
bread over there.
Very good.
Another place with bread and cake.
And I don't know if you can see the Berliner.
They are so good.
I just stepped out of my parents house to go for a little walk around the village where
I grew up.
It's called Wiesbach.
It has a population of about 3.800 people.
We have one degree Celsius, it feels quite cold.
It's a bit cloudy so it feels even colder but I thought it would be nice to go for a
walk and just show you a little bit.
And I want to go to a tiny chapel that I want to share.
It's called 'Vogelsborn' and I have very special memories so let's go there.
And as you can see it's very very rural where my parents live.
And this is why I do a lot of nordic walking here because you can just step out of the
house and walk right away.
It's very nice.
And whenever I visit Germany, I bring my walking sticks, Jörg does too when when we're together
because my father is so fit.
He is honestly, he's amazing and we've been doing like workouts together for almost as
long as I can remember.
And we do enjoy enjoy that so so much, the fresh air and when we filmed here around Wiesbach,
Jörg and I, about one and a half years ago we went to another chapel that we filmed and
this chapel 'Vogelsborn' is quite special.
I remember so well when I was a very little girl and we had Father's Day, sorry my nose,
and yeah, we had Father's Day and I went on a very very long walk with my dad.
And we went there as well and back then, I mean I was maybe six, seven years old so back
then I thought we were walking for miles and miles.
We weren't of course but it just stuck with me.
And yeah, it's just so special and I hope no one is there so I can film.
I'm just a little bit sad that Jörg couldn't come.
I mean he had time off over the festive period of course but then he had to go back to the
office, uh, in January so yeah, he said I should go and spend time with my family because
basically I can work anywhere.
I just need my laptop, camera and then can work anywhere which is so so great and yeah,
I do enjoy spending time with my family.
I'm so glad I could come.
But it would be even nicer if Jörg was here.
But now let's go to the chapel.
And here's the chapel.
People just walked in so I will wait for them to come out and then step inside.
It's right next to the wood, it's very peaceful.
And here's the little chapel.
It's so well looked after.
Just love coming here for walk, it's about 20 minutes from my parents.
And there's this little house in the middle of nowhere and when I was little, I always
wanted to live there.
But when I see it now it is so remote.
I don't even know if there's water or or electricity but yeah, everything seems so different when
you're little.
I'm so looking forward to hot cuppa once I'm back.
You know what I never told you.
The region where I grew up has a certain dialect and I also speak the dialect.
I grew up High German and learned the dialect at school and kindergarten so I speak that
as well but it's not the language, if you want to call it language, not the language
I feel comfortable with.
I because I grew up High German, this is just the language I feel most comfortable with.
And and we still get so many questions whether Jörg and I speak English at home.
And I don't know, it keeps surprising us because we are both German and it wouldn't make sense
you know.
Jörg and I will be together for 33 years this year and no, we only speak German.
We just make English videos but at home it's German all the way.
See Jörg and I have been together for so long that I actually skipped one year.
We were together for 34 years in September.
Look at the tree with all the hearts.
That's adorable, isn't it?
I never know if you're interested in the houses here in the area.
So this house is quite big.
And maybe I can film a couple more houses for you.
I'm always a bit anxious because you never know if someone comes out of the house shouting
at you.
Let's see.
It's actually very nice to live here because it's a dead-end street so that's very lovely.
So this style was quite popular some years ago with the windows.
And these houses are older.
And this here is the only shop in Wiesbach.
Uh, we also have a bakery and a hairdresser but that's about it.
We just came to Eppelborn which is the town next to Wiesbach where my family lives and
behind me is an amazing 'Konditorei'.
It's been there for ages and yeah, I want to buy some cakes.
They don't really sell gluten-free cakes but I still want to try to film a little bit and
yeah, let's have a look.
The chocolates are always interesting too!
Oh yes, they look amazing!
This one looks beautiful too with its pastel colours.
Yes, yes.
So pretty, yes.
A bit of colour.
A bit of spring.
This is the place.
It's called 'Konditorei Resch'.
It's been around for ages as I mentioned earlier and the cakes they sell are really really
good.
And they also have a café but during covert is all a bit difficult so we do take away.
This is the cake we got for us today.
So this here is cheese cake, isn't it?
Yes?
Mom?
Yes.
And this here is raspberry.
Raspberry with cream.
Yes.
I don't know the exact name.
And here, I totally forgot the name.
It's some sort of almond cake.
Almond cake, yes.
Almond cake.
Looks yummy.
And this is my parents china.
'Wild rose'.
This is 'Wild Rose' from Villeroy & Boch.
Yes.
Beautiful to this day.
I love it to this day.
Sugar bowl, milk bowl.
Mhmm.
Beautiful.
Exactly.
Oh, did I say milk bowl?
I mean milk jar.
We will enjoy this now!
Exactly!
Yum!
We had such a lovely tea time.
I always have cheesecake in Germany because that one wasn't gluten free so I always have
the top which is great as well.
And then with a lovely cup of tea that I brought from England.
But now I want to show you the Christmas present that Jörg and I got from my parents because
it's so beautiful.
We've had it on our wish list for many years.
It's in here, and it's from the Ore Mountains.
Let's see.
This is it a beautiful.
A beautiful and very big nutcracker.
And it's so gorgeous, isn't it?
And this is how it works: Yeah, you put the nut in there and then -
Yeah, there it is.
It's like this.
Gorgeous nutcracker.
Yes.
Do you like it?
Hmm.
I hope you enjoyed the private snippets from Germany.
Today I actually planned on filming my dad and I doing nordic walking but it's such a
great and rainy day today that we stay in.
And yeah, I thought I need to show you our Christmas present.
And I can't wait to be back with Jörg because I'm pretty sure places will be opening up
again soon so we can visit nice spots and film for you.
And then it will be spring or summer.
And yeah, I just wanted to show you a Christmas present.
And the next video will be from the UK again so stay tuned for that.
Until next time.
Bye.