If the parents didn't have any trouble with German bread, they might not have an issue with gluten, but with the addictives which are in American bread.

Hi McFalls, I do hope you are alright. We subscribers haven't heard from your wonderful channel in over six months. While I don't want to barge in, nor insist on an answer, it would be great to hear from you again. If you are dealing with problems, please, do so, no matter what it is. Just a Lebenszeichen, a sign of life, would be great. We are all concerned about your well-being. Sending you hugs, and the best wishes.

Aw your parents just look like they've always belonged to Germany ❤😂

Your parents are SO lovely people. I love them for the first moment!❤

Hallo Familie Mc Falls Ich bin erst seit kurzem auf ihrem Kanal gestoßen. Es ist begeistert ihnen zu zusehen, ihre positive Art ins wundervoll. Leider ist ihr letztes Video 6Monate her, ich hoffe es geht ihnen gut. Grüße aus Nordrhein-Westfalen 🙂

Hello from Switzerland! How are you guys? Missing your videos a lot, are you okay?

Ich hoffe, es geht Euch allen gut! Es gab so lange keine Videos mehr.

Your Dad will be happy to know that Solingen has been known for quality steel knives and blades since the middle ages. If you go to museums all over Europe and look at their medieval weapons collections you‘ll find swords declared as made in Solingen by the museum descriptions. Also Solingen has „Klingenstadt“ = City of Blades as a additional name. Making knives is their specialty!

My wife and I were in Essen visiting a woman who had been with us in USA as an exchange student 35 years ago. We had such fun with 3 generations of her family: 14 year old son, her husband and her and her parents. We did day trips to Dusseldorf and Koln and had to force ourselves to go to bed at night as we talked about our lives, politics in US and germany and what we had done in the past. Conversations were in english until they choked up, then german until we choked up and with an occasional descriptor in french when no one could come up with the accurate word in either language. (wine and beer were were served, but no one imbibed to excess). We felt we could have stayed for at least a year, were it not for our travel schedule. The sights were interesting, but yes, it's all about the people.

I hope your family is doing well and enjoying summer. Somehow I am missing your videos. Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦

dear Mcfalls, no video since 3 month. miss you! hope you are ok!

Quark rules! Your mum loving Quark warms my heart!

havent heard anything from you folks for a while now! Hope you are doing fine! Looking forward to your next video!

Die Niederländer kommen in eure Gegend, weil es dort keine Berge gibt 😁 Als Westdeutscher kann ich nur sagen: die Niederländer sind die besten Nachbarn, die man sich nur wünschen kann. 🇳🇱❤🇩🇪 Tolle Eltern hast du, das erklärt auch warum du so eine gute Person und Mutter geworden bist. Freue mich immer über eure Videos.

Ich finde eure Videos einfach schön ! Warum gibt es keine neuen mehr .? Das ist so schade 😢

Hi you guys, I enjoyed your videos so much and I just wanted to ask how you are. It’s understandable, that everyone needs a break sometimes, but I am really worried. Are you ok? I hope you are all well and I wish you all the best. Hope you come back ❤😊

With the drivers license I had the same experience as you Sarah, just vise versa. I lived in the US as a german foreigner for three years, and I had to do a driving test also. A few years prior to that, I flew over as a tourist and was allowed to drive a big camper van around the country without knowing anything about the US regulations 🤘😎

Haven't seen a video in a while...miss you...hope all is well.....❤

Oma und Opa seem very nice people. Quark is actually a character from the Star Trek Deep Space 9 series. 😄

Ich hoffe euch geht es gut❤ ich mach mir sorgen um euch,man sieht von euch nichts mehr. Ich wünsche euch von ganzem Herzen alles liebe und gute

Guys I miss you 😪 I hope everything is ok and nothing bad has happened to you

miss you all very much - four month without new adventures. Hope that you all are well !

OK GUYS IT'S BEEN 7 MONTHS, WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHY ARE YOU NOT ON HERE, WE'RE ALL CONCERNED AND MISS YOU.

I miss you too😢. All the best for you all in America! I hope hearing from you once again on this channel. Few sentences would be ok, just to know that everything is ok.

Your parents, Sarah, are very nice and sympatic people. I recognized your sons look very familiar to their granny.

Your dad’s Georgia accent is so lovely! 🌷

Sara, your parents are lovely people! I moved from Germany to the Florida when I was young and it was difficult to be so far away from family. I was very fortunate that my parents decided to visit once a year for many, many years. They had such a wonderful time with my two daughters and my mom often said that she was closer to my girls than to some of the other grandkids because she got to spent day and night with them. She helped bathe them when they were little and played the same Mensch aergere dich nicht game with them! They had the opportunity to attend pre-school and school functions. They participated in girl scout gatherings etc. My dad made friends with many of our neighbors. He planted plants in our yard that are sky high now and my daughters remember them very well. My parents passed away in 2020 and 2022 and I'm so glad we have those wonderful memories!

Jemand hat deren Facebook Account übernommen und postet nur noch alte Sachen. Für wie blöd hält derjenige uns eigentlich? We’ve always dreamed of retiring to the Alps so this was truly a dream come true! Soviel dazu.

Where are you???? You haven't posted on KZfaq for months! Hope all is well with you and your family❤

Hi McFalls, hope you are all doing OK! Just worried that we haven’t seen you post in a while but hopefully you are enjoying the summer! X

that's beautiful. Wishing Oma and Opa a pleasant stay with you and here in Germany. Seems like you are all happy that they are visiting.

Wirklich immer sehr interessant. Wenn aber gar nichts mehr kommt, wäre schade.

Haha, your (grand-)parents got a much more German experience than most travelers from abroad. You've been germanized to an outstanding degree. Sara, wanna make a bet that you had multiple instances where a German word popped into your mind during a conversation with your parents instead of the English word? Quark: yepp, *technically* a cheese, but more along the lines of taste like a slightly tangy yoghurt, with the consistency somewhere between cream cheese and a very stiff yoghurt. What I was really astonished at seeing in one of my subscribed cooking channels (Binging with Babish) that he recently used Quark in one of his recipes. BTW: Quark is an awesome replacement for any cream cheese ingredients you might use in the States, IF you can get your hands on it. Any 'cheese cake' gets a really awesome taste from it. Same amounts, basically. Depending on where you got your bread your parents are probably ok. Many doughs are allowed to leaven for two to three days before being baked. A good bakery usually does that. Store-bought industrial bread however use the standard rising agents, among them a turbo-yeast, that simply changes the flavor, but not the structure of the dough, and allows very quick formation of CO2. A long leavening process changes the gluten in the dough, making it much easier to digest, resulting in little to no side-effects. Many sourdoughs can even be eaten by gluten-intolerants whole-sale. Mind you, full-blown cilliac patients should still be careful. Strangely enough, the mineralization of tap water is often better than even high quality bottled sparkling water in Germany. OK, ok, it's not the same taste, I agree. The different Sprudelwasser all do have slightly, but notably different tastes to them. But that also applies to local tap waters. I assume down in Bavaria the tap water must come either from deep wells, or even from glaciers. "Haus" obviously means house. But in terms of a restaurant menu "hausgebeiztes" means it was 'cured in-house' ie by themselves instead of having it cured elsewhere. However, this was probably not a smoke-cured salmon, but cured in a brine, similar to pickling or marinating. Same goes for anything else prefixed by "haus-XYZ" in a menu. These are home-made, not industrially prepared foods. Like 'hausgemachte Knödel" or "hausgemachte Spätzle" being "home-made dumplings" or "home-made Spätzle noodles". In some cases you may also see "Hausschlachtung" meaning the meat comes from an animal butchered on the premises (under rigorous veterinary control in Germany). Differences of solar panels: one is photo-voltaic producing electricity, the other is solar-thermal, heating water. My parents got solar-thermal plus a 2000 liter insulated layered storage tank. It uses purely physical, temperature controlled bi-metallic valves to get the specified water temperature into each layer, completely without any electronics. Water naturally forms almost non-interchanging layers of one temperature IF the differences in the temperature are marked enough. Even during the winter the sun is able to supply up 75°C water during a clear, sunny day. Which is sufficient to heat both tap and radiator water. A full morning of sun on those panels heats up the full tank even in the winter. That however obviously doesn't provide electricity.

Hello my friends. So cool that your parents liked being in Germany. 😊 To your question about meat: Our Edeka has both options for meat. The usual suspects are available pre-packaged, but they also have a counter with a lot more options. The thing with our particular Edeka is that all the meat from the counter is Bio quality, so it's a lot more expensive than the pre-packaged stuff. I guess that is why they have both options.

Such an interesting video. I find it interesting to see visitors first impressions of a new place and how they adapt to all the differences, your folks are so thoughtful in their observations.

that was a fun video 😀 thank you so much for sharing!

Seeing your parents reaction and experience is so lovely and interesting, thank you 🙏

Jagee and Geboo as 'names' made by the very own grandchild comes only like an honor to every grandparent for sure. :D Not even mention the type of childish cuteness that stucks to them.^^

AWWW FUN INterview with your family !!!!!!

Thank you for this video. Your parents seem to be wonderful grandparents and lovely people. It must have been so hard to come to germany and leave them in the states. Even so in our modern world there is the opportunity to talk on the phone, skype and visit, I think leaving loved ones behind is the hardest thing about living abroad. At the end of the video, I shed a little tear for you, because they were leaving, but I am also happy, that they were with you and had so many nice memories made, to tell. I hope they had a good journey home and you will see and hear each other again soon.

Gosh, that's so sweet! And it's so interesting to hear how they experienced everything and what they thought surprising ❤

❤A very warm welcome to your parents in Germany 🇩🇪 they are such nice people ❤

Great Video. Your parents are very nice and open for new things and experiences. 👍

What a lovely video! Glad to see they enjoyed it here. You did a good job as tourist guides.

So nice to see all of you together. That happpiness is really contagious. 😃Most of the gelato stores are closed in winter because they are family owned and it is still not uncommon that those families return to Italy in the winter. Also once snapped up that a lot of those families have their roots in one valley in the dolomites.

Liebe Sarah, lieber Kevin, this was truly one of the most interesting and entertaining videos you’ve made so far. Would like to see more of your parents experiences here in Germany. I can say that I had a “tear in my eye”, because your dad reminds me so much to my dear American friend Mark that passed away two years ago. Mark and his wife Karen became very good friends to us over 12 years of knowing each other. They are living in Florida, we in northern Germany, but the mutual visits were always a blast. We learned so much about America and Americans, they learned about Germany and the Germans. I can remember the first time they came to us to Germany, after a long period of writing emails with and sending photos of our lives here and visiting them in their house, Mark’s wife Karen sat in our living room and said: “it’s funny, but I am thinking that I am sitting in a picture”. 😊. Viele Grüße von Markus.

So fun to have your parents visit, Looks like they had a wonderful time!

Your mum and dad are so cute! You got me tearing up at the end there - I hope they come back to visit soon x

Sooo sooo nice to meet your parents in this video! I love to see how much fun you all had and can well imagine the joy of the kids translating for them! And I really celebrate your Dad's choice of this souvenir! The knives from Solingen are really good stuff! And who wouldn't understand about how hard it is to say "tschüs" when an entire ocean lies between the members of a family?! I hope they reached home well and without complications!

So lovely to see your parents, glad you've shared this experience with us. It was so cute to see how they had to adjust to the camera situation, but got more confident during the video. At first they almost seemed scared and shy, but then they talked more and more on their own and I guess they started to like it themselves!

Wieder einmal ein sehr interessantes und tolles Video. 😊

I am very happy for you that you had such a great time together! You surely miss each other a lot, the more prescious those shared days. May you enjoy many happy and healthy visits and discover more beauty. And I wish you so well to meet soon again. Btw. Your parents are just as loveable as you, Not that I am surprised. Thank you for sharing those moments.

This is so lovely having your parents visit and witness the culture and countryside.

Slight correction: "gebeizt" is pickled, not cured and NEITHER is raw. It is just not cooked through heat, but chemically it is "cooked" - the proteins are broken down, to make it more digestible and extend the "shelf life". Curing is done by using a lot of salt. Either in water to create a brine or directly applied to the meat. Pickling is vinegar based, with other ingredients, that can give more flavor.

Very sympathic people and a great video!

How pleasant ordinary life can be. Thanks for sharing. Hope they made their way safely, just over the "pond"

We do have the eggs filled with candy, they are paper mache and often covered in nostalgic images. They were very common up until the 1980s, and while they still exist, they are much rarer. It´s also a thing to hide "Easter nests", little round baskets lined with green dyed saw dust to imitate grass and filled with chocolate eggs, bunneys, chicks, lady bugs, etc.

Your parents are lovely! How clever of your father to get a useful souvenir! I hope they had a nice time, and come again soon.

Another great video, I appreciate them!

This was so enjoyable❣

Hello, my dears! This is my favorite of your videos. Grandma and Grandpa are so nice and humorous. Grandpa playing with the grandchildren - heartwarming. What do they think of your decision to move to Germany?

For those, that don't know what "Quark" is: It is an acid-based cheese product. So imagine sour cream, but thicker / more viscous, but not as thick / viscous as cream cheese. It is neither sweet nor savory by default. Which is why you can find it as ingredients of both main dishes, like "oven potatoes with quark and chives", and also as deserts like simply "quark with berries". A lot of Germans put it on bread with jam on top or put müsli (typically a mix of cereals and berries/fruit) in it for breakfast.

Oh Yes i def enjoyed it 😊 very lovely parents you have 😊 thank you for sharing

Awww😍 Your parents are so lovely! I can see both of your parents in you 😊 And I totally forgot about "quark" and that you don't have it here in the US. I am so happy for you that you have the chance to share your joy and experiences with your parents. I hope they come back again❤

The term "Quark" for the elementary particle in physics was taken from a novel by James Joyce (Finnegans Wake), as a word without any meaning in English ("Three quarks for Muster Mark"). Coincidentally a German word for that white cheese already existed.

Lovely grandparents❤, I hope they will have a lot of more chances to visit their lovely family in Germany and can explore more of our wonderful country.

Vielen Dank für das tolle Video!! Ihr seid sehr sympathisch, weiter so und alles Gute! 🍀👍🏻 ❤

soo lovely vid ... put some tears in my eyes at the end ... mom & dad have so a good time , they never forget ...

They moved back to the US, according to Kevin's Linkd in account he is employed in Atlanta again as of March 1 2024. Don't know about Sara and the kids but even if they separated, they still need to be in the same place for the kids to have access to both parents. So I am guessing they are all back in Atlanta. Guess Germany didn't work out for them. They should let people know though.

That's the trouble with letting strangers into your life. We care about you, and we worry.

Nice, I'm glad that your family was able to spend such a relaxing Eastern in Germany. I think we have a lot more in common than what separates us. Of course, many things are a little different but also recognizable. I found the cuckoo clock in the background the funniest, but also very cozy with you. Thank you for sharing this. I wish that you discover many more beautiful things in Germany. Greetings to your parents, Axel ❤

I'm so pleased for all of you, you, the children and your parents that you had such a great visit. Thanks also for sharing their visit with us!💖💖 Re Easter eggs: In the "olden days" ( 50s 60s) they had paper maché easter eggs one could fill. You might still find them, mostly in paper shops. We use the foil wrapped eggs. They come in all sizes, and of course the foli wrapped bunnies in different chocolate flavours.

Back in the 1980s, I decided I'd like to treat my grandmother to a trip to the Swiss alps, specifically to Zermatt and the Matterhorn. She was unexpectedly extremely excited. On the day we left, we were just south of Frankfurt (where she lived) when I was driving at 160kph (100mph) when she suddenly blurted out that at our current speed it would take forever to get there. (BTW the trip was awesome.)

Graduates of Georgia Tech, I’m impressed! Your parents are lovely. I was born in Heilbronn. My dad was in the Army and married a beautiful German lady.

Sehr schönes Video- Hat mich gefreut deine Eltern kennenlernen zu dürfen.

So ein schönes Video. Dankeschön! 🙂

Quark I mostly use for a dessert, by example together with fresh strawberrys. Or it taste very good together with a blueberry or strawberry jam on a Broetchen. The german bread is one of the first things I miss very much when I am for longer on a vacation. I guess we have in Germany the largest sorts of bread in the world. And that"s great.

Quark is a Ferengi at Star Trek Deep Space Nine 🤣 When you order a "Halver Hahn" here in Cologne you don't get a half chicken. You get a rye bread bun with matured cheese and mustard.

Lovely. Glad you guys enjoy our home so much :)

Awh this is amazing. It looks like they had such a great time!

20 years ago aldi had a smaller number of different articles and they all had 3 digit numbers which the cashiers had to learn and type instead of scanning. They were even faster than today

Das Haus steht auf Immonet wieder zur Vermietung. Rarität - Anwesen mit parkähnlichem Grundstück. Foto des Kamins, der hier im Video sichtbar ist. Seltsam ist es jedenfalls. Oh well. Wünsche den McFalls alles Gute!

Lovely people. ☺ And thanks to you they got some insights that nearly no tourist will ever see. ❤

Your parents are so sweet, nice that you could show them your home and Bavaria, that you had time together to enjoy. Always interesting to hear new opinions about experience someone made in Germany. Cheers and thanks for the video ;-)

I miss new videos from you, i hope everthing is okay with all of you?

Looking forward to your driving video ❤ I only got my driver's license last September and I'd love your perspective

It's so heart-warming to see your parents and mostly the interaction between the kids and their grandparents. Unfortunately, all my grandparents are gone now so I remembered the time we spend as kids with our grandmother. As my maternal grandma is from Korea, we visited her in the summer holidays for five weeks and it's such a beautiful memory. I have a little sister who - when she was 2-5 yo - was shy to speak Korean and couldn't understand all. So I often had to translate what my little sister said to my grandma and Korean relatives and vice-versa. The story how your kids translated German for their grandparents reminded me totally of how I did for my grandma/relatives and my sister. I really like your videos. It's so interesting to see how the process of settling down in Germany is for you with children and I can improve my English. Also for me, as my mother is from Korea and lives here for over 30 years it's super interesting how it could have been for her - though she moved here as a student and had the kids (me & my sister) after living here for several years.😊

those are some very lovely parents you have! it seems like they really enjoyed their probably long overdue familytime :)

The view from Hochfelln looks great! I've been to the Bavarian Alps a couple of times, but I didn't know about Hochfelln. I want to go Berchtesgaden again some day. I'll go to Hochfelln too.

Solingen is very well known to have a centuries old tradition of producing swords, knives and scissors. Nowadays they are usually machined but there are still some artisan producers.

Seems like you had a lovely visit! Nice of the weather to cooperate as well. Safe travel home

So sweet a video! Your parents are really lovely. And btw: Solingen Knives are absolute premium knives! Good choice!

A knife from Solingen, nice. if they didn't point that out in the shop: That's a famous place of knife- and swordmakers reaching back to the 14th century. May add a little historical bit to his souvenir in case he cares.

Dear Merry Messy , you have a great energy, thank you for taking us with u in your german daily expected and unexpected life. As a family who moved in Germany for less than an year, your insight and detailed videos really come in handy. Looking forward to see and hear more of u. 🤗

Really enjoyed the video. Danke dafür.

This was just too lovely! 🥰 Best wishes and greetings from south west germany.

Hello lovely Family McFalls, nothing came from you for a long time, which of course is ok, but I just wanted to ask if everything is ok and you're okay? Your videos were sooo great, every single one.

Hallo, wollte mal nachfragen, ob ihr KZfaq aufgegeben habt oder nur eine Pause macht? Ich würde mich über neue Videos freuen! LG

You and your parents are so heartwarming. Love! ❤

o i havent watch this series for a long time. ...good to see you all again ^^