The German in me is dying, looking at how none of you have both hands on the table while you're eating hahaha

That would be sooooo interesting but I didn't understand half of it. 😕🤷‍♀️ Such a good intro!!!!

really enjoyed this kind of content but u should get a better mic for the table conversations

We love to have you around! And please do not stop to tell what you are thinking... it is so inspiring to hear different perspectives to the normal and daily things in life! Thanks for sharing ❤

I like the format, hope to see more of it in the future!

Number one deep conversation channel on KZfaq.

Yes! Definitely more of this kind of content. I like podcasts and topics that get discussed to the core and would love to see longer version of this lunch conversation.

Americans talking about "Europeans" as if we are not made up of many different peoples, with many countries having strong regional differences (like Germany, for example) in themselves, is the epitome of the "Ignorant American"-stereotype. Also, the perception that "European" women are "easy" (as in easy to get, wanting to have sex constantly, not caring about relationships etc.) was one of the reasons many American soldiers after WW2 behaved really badly. Not only in Germany, but also in France, treating the women like they saw them as whores. Not behaving as liberators, but lustfull and degrading conquerors. That this perception is still something that exists in the US - even if not that extreme, the groundwork for such thinking still seems to be there - is troubling, to say the least. And again ignorant, considering that while you might call Germany as a whole (to use it as an example again) to be more "sexually liberated", the whole "hook-up culture" here is not nearly as prominent as in the US. As the example you yourself gave that football-players from the US have a bad reputation, because at the core many do in fact think the same as the soldiers back then, in regards to the women and thus behave very disrespectfull towards them. Edit: That is of course not directed as an attack against you guys. It's just an educational and cultural problem of the US and isn't your fault at all. Americans coming here and seeing that it's different and carrying those impression back home is important to combat the ignorance.

It's absolutely great, please keep it comming. Longer epsiodes are apreciated

I really like this more free form and unstructured conversations. You have had some in the past talking with Cody and Speedy, which were really good and insightful.

I thoroughly enjoyed this. Very insightful, please do more like this!

Nalf, I loved follow you along on your chats and those random but interesting topics! Would love to see / hear more...

its strange that the podcast idea came this late :D please! go for it! :)

I like the format. It's an interesting way to mix things up content wise. And it seems like a good way of keeping records of these conversations for yourself. But I agree with other commenters that the audio needs work. I'm used to listening to native speakers and had head phones on and I still had to go back a few times to understand what was said. (Which shows how interested I was.) Also I think it might make it easier to follow sometimes if there were a transition or something before a change of topic ?

NALF is on fire with the uploads. To the top of KZfaq he goes!

Oh I would love to see more content like this. Just with a little bit better audio. It was really interesting. That's why I love your channel. I moved to Germany, Bavaria, from Croatia very recently and find your videos both helpful, smart,informational and kind of relaxed-funny.

Hey man I really like you're channel ! it's super dope and gets me stoked to travel , but it's also super humble

More long format conversational vlogs would be awesome. In the past you made some with Bruno (still much missed but perhaps a special guest appearance in the future). Also there’s a fantastic discussion with Gerry on his American high school exchange year experience, and there’s the one where Speedy set you and Cody straight about everything as she’s totally marvellous. Spent a year working in Stuttgart and one memorable hilarious exchange was between two German colleagues, where the girl told the guy that his surname of “Kaltwasser” was ridiculous and no woman would marry him because of it !!! As an European woman I was flabbergasted (& amused) by the bluntness of another European woman.

Wow, neues Video! Gerade erst das alte gesehen! ;)

Love this, very interesting and definitely worth pursuing! Ans brings us closer to your fellow bros too. So they don't remain cardboard cutouts. Way to go!

Loved the content, I would really like to see more of it. The sound wasn’t great, but with my Bose headphones I was still able to understand it just fine.

Really nice to hear all your opinions on normal day stuff!

yes, pleeeaase !! I'd love a podcast !

i like the conversations (the more politcal ones) in your channel the most because u keep it real that way.^^

I really like the idea. I would definitly sit down watch like a hour long conversation you have about how you see life in germany !

"Us football players have this really bad reputation of partying all the time and hooking up with girls etc..." -short pause - "And it's pretty accurate actually hahaha" ... Made my day😅

Loved this conversation! Lived in Germany for 10 years. I understand completely what you guys were discussing. ☺️

About the motivation: I get so much motivation out of your videos. Not only creative motivation but also to just get to work and stuff. Maybe you can find something like that too on youtube or wherever

I really like these thoughtful conversations! :)

it’s nice man. keep on doing that kind of stuff

I’d love a podcast to get more conversations like that! In a format like that you would have more time and could get deeper into certain topics without having to cut it short for the sake of a video.

I'd like more of those kind of videos!

I'd love to listen to a podcast with all of you!

i love those conversations.

Greta video idea. Love it already. Pretty cool how reflecting you all are.

I can only agree with the other people here: love more videos like this but with better sound

Little bit sad that the sound quality of todays video was worse than usual because of the background noise. Still an interesting conversation.

I would totally watch your podcast Nick! :D

Well done NALF!!! Interesting! Im watching from Switzerland, Europe. ;-)

When you consider space (USA/Europe) and differences, you have to take into account for how long this has been going on in Europe. When we meet someone else from Europe we don't consider them european but natives of their country. Europe is just a continent and what makes Europe european is the diversity of nations. We just drive a couple hours and have no idea whats going on, basically. This is very different in the US. Especially if you think about that most immigrants in the US came from Europe and actually mixed together. Hence the term melting pot. This mixing together only happens in a very marginal way here. The cultural differences are huge. You have trouble learning German when German is actually related to English. Now imagine 3 huge language families that have very little in common (germanic/romance/slavic). These language families learn very quickly and understand each other very well within their own bubble but to jump from one bubble to the next is a dedicated step to take. For centuries only diplomats and privileged students, like Goethe and the boiz, learned diplomatic languages like french. There was even a time when german officials from two different regions, for the sake of understanding each other, spoke in French together. The common folk stayed german, french, italian and so on. They barely even met outsiders. Then you can even consider regional effects of mountains, the Mediterranean Sea, Scandinavia, the Balkan. People are so different. Reminds me of a talk I had with my brother, who thinks everyone on earth should talk the same language (and only one language) to be more efficiant and I strongly disagreed. You might have already recognized that some thoughts are easier to think in German and some are easier to think in English. This applies to every language and culture. It is the individuality that brings up great minds and that's probably what made the USA the country it is. In the USA when people ask where are you from, people respond with "I'm 1/4th Haitian, 1/8th irish and 1/16th italian and what not." You barely see that in Europe. People look at you and know where you are from. (sorry for that long comment, bad habit)

you have a talent for making movies :) the choices, the moments, the music - the introduction was so naturally captivating. or are you a professional? but its a pity its difficult to hear the conversation

it would be very interesting to see more of such content - but we would need either higher audio quality or subtitles (or maybe even both). have a good one!

Outch. Didn't know about the bad reputation. Now I understand why Nalf still is a bachelor... (I always thought are the girls in Schwäbisch Hall blind?!?!) maybe you should spend some free time in Stuttgart? From a sociological POV: Such a reputation is more persistent in smaller communities like Schwäb.Hall than in bigger cities as social closure is stronger in towns than cities. Plus Stuttgart e.g. has seen more interaction with individuals from the US, thus tends to judge them more on individual level than on cultural background. BUT there's one town that's completely exceptional: Ramstein. As this base was/is used as a transition base after deployments to war zones a lot of PTSD related incidents happened there...thus the overall reputation there seems to me strained in a long term way...

The empty coffee bag needed to go into the Gelbe Sack! :-)

It was very interesting to me and would like to see more content like that! ;)

Shout out to Jadrian: You and your shorts , hello ? its COLD! @Nalf, (as nearly every time) nice video!!! someday we will see you in HW! i as a German (a real Schwob) can say, I like the amarican people here , its very nice to have you all here ! i hope i can make it to Kirchdorf and see you there ! Dennis

Just do a podcast. I'm not American nor European but it's still fun to listen to different perspectives and opinions.

Podcast? Yes, please.

There is this "dinner for one" sign over your heads .😂😂😂 Good exchange between you guys.

Pleeeaaaase release more Lunchtime Convo's!

Good Idea. I would love to see more. But pleas whit a better Audio.

...when the intro is better than the content... actually I take that back, the intro is a metaphor for the frustration of coming up with content. It's a process, keep up the good work, Nalf!

i googled your nfl brother, was watching the roster of his team and when i saw his face i immedly recognize him as your brother

I vote for podcast. I'm listening to cultural podcasts but hard to find them. Also, could be because I speak English fluently but I could hear everything that was said.

Hey Nalf! Nice Video. It would be cool if you talk somebody or visit the west Part of germany. Like Dortmund or Essen. Because i think its a big diffrent to the south like schwäbisch hall.

I would love a podcast like that where you have your teammates on, a video version would be even better.

I can understand the struggle with swabian culture 😂 I moved from a small town in the middle of nowhere in bavaria to Stuttgart in 2015 and it was a challenge to adapt to the culture. The first few years I felt like a foreigner and I was often called a foreigner by swabians 🤷‍♀️ but ever since I lost my strong bavarian accent, they don't really mind anymore. More so they are surprised when I tell them that I'm from bavaria. But well 🤷‍♀️ bavarians are foreigners everywhere.. Even in our own Bundesland 😂 But I like Baden-Württemberg a lot and decided to stay here 😉😁

It seems like a major generalization to talk about "European girls". Each European country is quite distinctive, especially when it comes to the girls, Nick!

New perspective. I do like keep let them coming

Hi Nalf. Do you ever do a reassessment of those videos, and thinking at that time?

I didn't understand 50% of the conversation. The sound was terrible! Sorry.

Okay, let's stop and think about this for a moment... I think the fact European women are not as prudish as their American counterparts is a huge factor in the misconception of them. Honestly, I think a woman is a woman, no matter where she is from... some just let their freak flag fly higher than others.

@NALF I don't know why I got recommended a 2 year old video, but I would definitely love hearing a "NALFs Lunchbreak Podcast" to sweeten up ("versüßen", hihi) my long trips on the Autobahn 😍

give me more of this! its great... only a few americans talking about live, germany and experiences...

Very, very good video start: super music (who did it?), she shot is also top notch...makes my flesh crawl! Do you mentioned that picture at the wall: it's a scene from a german (british) new years eve comedy classic...every year (since the sixtys) it is shown in tv at new years eve! 😉It's name is "Dinner for one"!

Hahaha love the BEE GEES music playing in the background😂😂

good video, which you would do it in a proper setting without background noise and if everybody took some notes beforehand

Yes!!!!! Podcast!!!!!!!

NAFAMALE. That’s funny! 🤣 But seriously, great content and that’s coming from an American born from a German mom and who also German paternal lineage as well. Keep it up.

Really nice. More of that!

In order to be attractive for German women it doesn't suffice to be physically fit, you need to be able to carry a conversation, be reliable, honest, and have a sense of humor .... be presentable, which includes being able to adopt European / German table manners and choose your attire according to the situation you are going to be in (hint: it's better to be over- than to be underdressed). Most important: Try to find out what the woman is interested in and *do not talk* about boy stuff all the time (except when asked). If you want a wife who is putting up with just being at home cooking & taking care of the kids .... you better search for her in America

Nice touch with the Freddie Frinton in the background...

Brilliant video! Makes me wish I could join your conversation.👍🏼

Really like the new guy, it refreshes the show.

Provided they all agree to having their private thoughts broadcast online, by all means do continue this format. But don't treat these vids as of they were Hollywood action movies, don't edit and cut conversations down into a few leftovers which you think are soundbites we're interested in. We do have an attention span and a soft spot for all of you guys. And yeah, I can see why people who don't happen to be highly immersed within spoken English struggle with the audio, you might want to look into that.

NALF is churning out the videos, making up for his hiatus. :-) Interesting topic, but hard to understand for a non-native speaker.

I'd be very interested to see more videos in this format. But if you want to do it regularly, you'll have to improve audio quality somehow, as others have mentioned.

What a great intro.

I had a really bad fight while watching this video, I asked myself: Should I eat my crunchy salad (and miss out because I couldnt hear anything * crunch crunch crunch* :D ) or should I stop Nalfs Video? 😁 Your video won!

Great video. I lived in the Frankfurt area in the mid-80's/90's. It was a diverse landscape of women from all over the world (Frankfurt business & banking) and I got to experience women from many nations. What I really enjoyed about European women was, for the most part, not all the games. If a woman liked you, you knew it. If they didn't like you, you knew that too. Many times German women would come up to you and start a conversation if they wanted to get to know you. If you were in a relationship, they were very faithful and would do anything for you. It was difficult to deal with American women coming back to the US and all the games.

Loved it, but sometimes it is hard to understand what you guys are saying.

Dude, your handwriting is on point.... :D :D

Self-reflection is the best motivator ;)

Great idea !

BTW: the "Americans conversation about..." format is great!

Can you please Release the full version as a Podcast or start a Podcast with These Guys?

1) i think you are living in germany long enough now to make your shopping lists in german. 2) i d love to hear more of your conversations (maybe some in german too)

6:49 did he say Braunschweig?🙊 cause I’m from Braunschweig😅 anyway I like that kinda chill talk about your different experiences and I’d love to see more of it😌

Loved this video.

Really interessting but unluckily I didn´t understood all of it. Is there a poissibility to get a full undertitle? Thx

Add some beer and a late night snack and it will take off! It's always interesting to hear people talk and especially when it's about situations in life and perspectives. NOTE: The picture on the wall, any information about that? Anyone...

No 1 intro channel on KZfaq.

about reputation: these kind of reputation about americans is also found around air bases like Spangdahlem Air Base. I had a chance to get a little insight during my time at the german army (Bundeswehr). If you feel homesick, visit one. It feels kinda like the US...

Loved the longer conversations. I guess a podcast might be a nice idea because you could improve the audio quality just by having everybody next to their own mic etc.

You should start a podcast with this content.

good idea and video !!!!

i like the old school (not digital) shopping list 😊👍

Subtiltle pleaseeee!!

Here is my list: 1) It took me nearly half of an hour to manage holding the pen like you did. 2) Followed by another half hour of researching what the "usual" way is and if that is a cultural difference. 3) And 10 seconds to realize how bored i was, that it does not matter at all and that i wasted 1 hour of lifetime to this topic. About your question on the end: Yes. For me as a german it is quite interesting how other cultures look at us, because "if you are in the house, you can only see to the outside". (Hope you know what i mean) (And sorry, my english is quite bad.)

Fun Fact: Did you notice the painting on the wall? That's from a sketch called "Dinner for one" which plays on EVERY channel on New Years eve. It's a tradition. I've even been to New Years parties with this sketch as their theme. It ends with sentence "The same procedure as last year, Miss Sophie?" "The same procedure as every year, James!".