I'm half-Asian, half-European raised in Germany myself and I agree 💯 with Dong-in referring to German culture as 'Neidkultur' (envy culture). I'm grateful to have a successful career, to have gained 5 university degrees, to be conventionally attractive and to have a lot of beautiful-inside-and-out relatives and friends. Not once in my life have I intended to do anyone any harm at all. All my life, I've just being doing me and giving back to society. But so many times has German culture proven to me that they'll never be supportive of me and my dreams no matter how much I support them. In German, we have this word called 'gönnen'. It means being able to be happy for someone else. I sensed that NOT AT ALL in Germany, so when I was 18 I became an expat abroad and traveled the world. Now I live in Amsterdam where so many people are so loving and supportive of each other. I love witnessing people thrive, bloom and be their most authentic, healthy, successful, beautiful self under their own personal definition! And they do the same for me. Since then, my mental health has been SO much better. Growing up in Germany gave me anxiety. It's not all bad in Germany, e.g. there's a great social system, great work ethic, great engineering companies, great automotive sector etc. but they're slow with adopting a nurturing mental health culture, slow with innovation, slow with being open-minded to all things new and different etc. A lot of Germans (again, not all!) are so stuck in their comfort zone criticising things and people they're unfamiliar with...until 3 years later, they found out it's trending, that's when they adopt the trend, but then, they're often way too late to the game and behind the rest of the world. If security and predictability are important for you, Germany is your country. But if you're 'different' in any sense (non-caucasian, non-cis, non-heterosexual, not having a conventional career, mental health condition, physical disability, salary above / below average etc.), this culture is likely to make you feel discriminated, excluded and isolated and a feeling of not belonging to a community - even if you were raised there. The thing is German culture isn't even aware of it and chooses to remain ignorant towards it shifting the blame on you ('Ist doch nicht böse gemeint. Reiss dich doch mal zusammen'). That is mentally abusive and unhealthy af. If you're special and wish to experience LIFE with all its facets and colors, RUN for your life. Good on you, Farina and Dong-in. You're both too successful, kind, beautiful for a culture that largely can't be happy for you, unless they're close family and close friends. ❤🎉

16:20 As an Asian American who's been living in Germany for six years now, I can really relate with those sentiments... Even now I never felt I really belonged. I gave it my best shot here, perhaps it's time to move on... best of luck with this new chapter in your lives!!

Lol. “Why is Farina wearing eggs? I like eggs too…” …. they’re flowers y’all.

All the best of luck for you two in your new chapter, Farina and Dong! It warms my heart to see how you care for each other and have each others back, and hold space for difficult conversations. Thank you for sharing that with us even just a bit.

I'm just so excited for your new adventure, I feel like it's going to be amazing for you both! ❤

It's so sad to not be comfortable in the country you were born and raised in ,It makes me so mad that people have to live like this just because of others who are racist. I didn't know germany had such a big issue with racism. Where I live in Greece we have a huge problem with this as well and the saddest part is the youth is a part of it too

You guys are simply adorable 🥰thank you for being honest and open, I can relate to many of Dongin mentions of not belonging...I am eastern European, based in London and although people are not obviously rude they are not welcoming and open to different cultures either. I have been here for 12 years and I still cannot settle. Dongin is right - I never thought this way before but is true, we don't have to put up with this type of behavior and learn to deal with it. I find this video very inspiring. It is so refreshing to see a cute couple, being kind and supportive with each other. I have just subscribed and look forward to seeing more of your adventures. Thank you both 💜

It is not always going be green pasture across the pond. Each country will definitely has its own slew of problems to deal with. When you are in Asia, you will probably be always treated as a foreigner. They will probably boxed you in as a foreigner as well if you don't speak and behave the way they do.

Even though you guys have a lot of work to do with all the moving situation don't forget to be exited. I feel like both of you will have a great impact in Korea for the young generation. Can't wait to see all the future adventures ! xoxo

Love you so much guys. Have a wonderful time in Korea, my dream country. May God bless you both. Much love.❤❤❤

Both of you are glowing💗 Im so excited for the Korea vlogs in the future! But dont take any pressure of posting in here moving takes a lot of work and it is stressful, so focus on the moving you dont have to post anything. Lots of love from finland💓

Good luck!!! I’m sure you will both be happier there and I can’t wait to see the new content!

You are such a beautiful couple ! Best wishes on your move and your new korean life. 💜

Wherever you two go, I will be happy for you! I wish you both all the best and stay safe 🥰 Hugs from Michigan, USA 🫂💞

Don't be stressed love you guys and have a wonderful time in Korea my dream country may god bless you

I love Dorina! excited to follow along with your journey to Korea and beyond! 💕

I hope your transition to Seoul goes very smoothly. I’m happy you two are moving there and wish you lots of happiness!💚

I hope u both will be happy after moving to korea and will have a happy life there. Wish u all the best❤

hope you guys achieve everything you want to in korea!! so happy for both of you ❤️

I really hope you guys have the best time of your lives there!!❤ sure it will be a little hard to adjust but it's worth it 🎉

I am so happy for you both! Wishing you all these best in this new chapter in your lives❤️

So excited for you guys ❤️ May you guys have a great future in Korea 🤍💗

I love your realistic motivation to move here, so happy for you guys. Some fans of you are living here, my question is gonna be some fan meeting in Seoul like few months ago? Jotatoes are waiting for you here😁

im so excited for you both!!! cant wait for the move heheh wishing you 2 the best of luck and a safe flight for you 3 ❤

I’ve followed you guys for a while - but never commented. But I love your videos. You both come across like you both 100% click and get each other and I can’t believe how CALM you both are when you prank each other 😂. You both seem super fun 😊

can’t wait for all the korea content 💕

The bangs have made a return, you look fabulous! 😍❤❤ One more video on the moving series means one step closer to fulfilling your dream of living in Korea 💕

Have a great life in South Korea! Love you both and your videos. Be safe :)

This is a great video! I am also moving to Korea next month AND turning 30 as well in May! It’s exciting but stressful so I totally get the feelings of doubts. I often ask myself, “Why am I doing this?” But I know in the end everything will work out the way it’s meant too. 🥰

Love this real and honest video ❤ sending best wishes for your move and new life in Korea 😊

I’m so happy that you guys are going ❤

My Fave the DORINA COUPLE 💜💜 So much love farina💜💜 hope to see more content from you in Korea and wishing you all the best in your new journey 💜💜💜💜💜😊

Absolutely soo excited for you both!! Moving to Korea can’t be easy but I’m sure with the the both of you together, you’ll make the best of memories!! Sending love and luck to you both 😘💕💜 BTW WHEN ARE WE GETTING THE WEDDING?!?!! 😊

My husband is German and I am America and we are living in Germany at the moment…my husband is retiring in less than 5 years and he doesn’t not want to stay in Germany. We have family in the USA and that’s where we are heading after retirement. NOT looking back…for those same reasons that you mentioned (mostly). Good luck to you both! 🎉❤

I hope you guys will flourish in your new journey, may you be happy and peaceful 💛

All the best of luck for your move~~ I must say, after living in Korea for 3 years now, as a European, the rose tinted glasses have come off 😂 Like I still like it here, the food, the fast paced life, so many things to do etc. But being here as a tourist and actually living here is so different..After getting integrated into the society you start to see all the not so nice sides. I remember watching some videos before moving here where people were saying that they came here super excited and left with a depression. I get it now. I think the main problems one faces here are mental. Your family isn’t here, you have friends but mostly those friends are foreigners who again, mostly won’t stay here for long. They might be exchange students or short time visitors etc. If you don’t speak Korean getting Korean friends is harder. And even if you do, you realise quite fast that the people here have totally different priorities in life and you might feel like you just can’t relate to them and feel left out. If you have a boyfriend/girlfriend things might be easier but then especially if you break up you realise how much (too much) you relied on them since they kinda became your security net and family abroad. All these things you need to deal with by yourself while trying to survive everyday life in a country that will forever look at you as a foreigner first and foremost. You can never blend in, and you will eventually feel the burden of it when you feel like you can’t catch a break ever. You might stay at home for a few days and when you go back out, you feel super anxious. I have a friend who told me that at first when we met he just wanted to get to know me bc i was a foreigner but once we became friends he realised how good of a person I actually was, that I was just another human being lol. That all being said, I do love Korea. And I am not going to give up on everything I have established here. But I really want people to understand what they are getting themselves into when moving abroad, to a completely different culture. It is not all fun and games. It is everyday life, it is the same everywhere honestly. It is a routine. No one can everyday be doing some fun and glamorous stuff we see on social media. Everyone, just try make the best out of your situation and if you are feeling down, don’t give up and try to find new things to enjoy and make you happy 🤍 the little things matter the most

I'm happy for you guys, be safe and be happy in every sense of the word. Be blessed

However, Asia will not be without its problems. I can't count the number of times I've been talked about rudely on the bus or in a restaurant because they thought I didn't speak Korean/Chinese. And I'm white, my darker-skinned friends encounter racism much more than that. At first, Korean racism doesn't seem so harsh, but the more time you spend there, the more it gets under your skin. When you get spit on at the bus stop, when your black friends are not allowed in the clubs again, or when you hear them talking behind your back again...it's not easy. I wish you a lot of strength for this! Things maybe better nowadays, but not many of my foreign friends have been able to stay in the country for a long period. The work culture is very oppressive and women are still starting from a very disadvantaged position in life. I would certainly not have a child in this country. Even my Korean partner said when we have a baby we will go back to Europe. It's funny, because I only started to appreciate Europe after I left. I believe the saying is true, that people sometimes fail to appreciate the basic things in life. But, I hope that you will still have a great moving experience. Because even though Korea has a lot of downsides, it's still a wonderful country. I just think a lot of people only want to see the bright and rosy side of things. I just noticed that people have become very idealistic about Korea lately and I just wrote this comment to shade the picture a bit. Thanks for mentioning this in the video!

I love you guys so much, and wish the very best for both of you. I too wish to move to Korea one day as living Canada is getting more and more expensive too and it is getting harder for young people to get out on there own. Plus other personal reasons lol. But GOOD LUCK. And I hope to see you guys in Korea one day❤❤❤❤❤❤

I just wanna say good luck with everything specially the packing , I hope you have safe trip and ur things too

Everything will be alright! 💙

Thank you for answering my question 😊

Good luck, sounds exciting!

A power couple!!! I wish you all the best in South Korea, enjoy it and live your life to the fullest! To add, I have a quick question because I'm very curious, how did you two get all the Korean job offers? Thank you guys so much!

to be honest, i'm really happy for you guys. i think it's a good desicion. and also you're making your dreams come true. I'm really really happy for you guys. i cant wait for the vlogs in korea and other contents. take care of yourself

I truly hope you guys have a blessed and amazing time, I hope you will prosper in all that you do and you will have a very long blessed life.

Some lighthearted questions: - What are you most looking forward to seeing/doing in Korea? - Funniest/weirdest difference between germany and korea/asian culture? - Most memorable moment(s) being multilingual/cultural? Looking forward to see what you guys will be up to and any interviews that might be taking place. Have fun moving, hope you'll have a confortable flight! Ps. Learning korean myself so this all coming together is fun and interesting to watch. =) (I'm dutch, it will be my third language. I'm having fun with Korean. Recognizing more bit by bit is very rewarding.)

First ❤️ love you guys u always make my day I'm so happy for u

I'M SO EARLY FOR ONCE, AHHH, I'm so excited to watch this!! ❤

model dongin would be cool 😳 I hope you guys get good opportunities in korea

I'm a native Korean but moved to Austria when I was little. The racism we experienced in the 90's and 00's was overwhelming - for instance, at the age of 5, a bus driver deliberately shut the doors as I was about to jump into my mother's arms outside the bus, separating me from her. As the bus began to move, my arms were still stuck between the doors, and I screamed and cried uncontrollably while everyone, including the adults, watched quietly. My mother frantically chased the bus to the next stop to get me. There were countless other incidents that shaped my view of the world (especially the West) and me as a person. That's why I'm grateful for the rise of BTS and K-pop, knowing that many East Asian kids in Europe don't have to grow up like I did. Racism still lives on in Austria (and especially the eastern side of Europe, _yikes_ ) and for Asian males it must be worse than for me, an Asian woman - I understand why Dongin wants to leave for Korea, I feel it in my core lol. Ich wünsche euch beiden das Beste und freue mich auf die Vlogs aus Korea! ❤

Supporting you from Maryland ❤

I love you guys videos I love you guys ❤❤❤ you are so sweet ❤❤❤ I hope u move safely ❤❤ all the best 🥰🥰🥰

I live in the UK and I think all of EUROPE is lacking opportunity and getting more expensive and small minded . I very much liked South Korea and Japan when I visited and the food is so much better and more things to do and opportunities. Think you're doing the right move . Good luck to both of you xxx

I'm really happy,i live in gangnam and i've always wanted to meet you guys. I'm really happy for you guys,hope you enjoy you're time there!!

I look forward to all of the Korea vlogs :)

I think you have very good reasons to move to other country and it’ll be nice to see your journey :)

I just love this couple so much ❤❤❤❤

You are the best. love you guys

So cute Farina you are beautiful ♡♡

Excited for both of you 💕 when can you come to Los Angeles 🤭?

wow, i wish you guys good luck and i hope you will be happy in korea, we are also thinking about moving to korea. I think for my husband korea is better than europe

ALL MY LOVE FARINA

Ich fühls so. Bin auch vor 3 Jahren ausgewandert (nach Norwegen), aus genau denselben Gründen. Ich hab auch nix gegen Deutschland, aber hab mich auch irgendwie nie so zu Hause gefühlt (obwohl ich deutsche bin). Habs auf jeden Fall noch nicht 1 Sek bereut, also nur Mut, wird schon alles

I'm new to your channel first off I wanted to wish you all the best on your journey with moving to South Korea I wanted add my experience so born and raised in Germany grew up 2 hours south from you guys have been living in the US for longer than I was back in Germany. I agree with a lot you guys were saying and again I have not been in Germany in forever it seems. I did not even know what "Neidkultur" is but yea I can see that going on and people like that are just jerks by nature, When I went back to Germany after being here for 3 month I was treated crappy because of being over here and coming back, now I'm from a small village and I can't speak for the city and it's a different way of life than the city. Never have been anywhere else before I came to the U.S I was not aware what you can face, I have been through a lot of racism for the the fact that I'm German it really opened my eyes seeing how bad people treat people, I have been told to go back, I have been told that I needed to take on the citizenship ( which I would not do) before I get kicked out. Was blamed for the past , there is to much to list ,I'm planning on going back because I have never felt like I belonged here, you can adjust even fit in but you don't belong, so I know that feeling all to well. I use to tell people "Hate me for who I am not what I am" it should never matter what you are, where your from, it does not matter where you from because that is not what makes you who you are. It's a true shame how people are and act I wished one day they would wake up and stop the way they treat people because they think they can. I am in the process of learning Korean and I only watch K Dramas and listen to K Pop I have seen may similarities to South Korea how I grew up I have never found this here it makes me happy to see that people still act like that. I hope you find your happiness in South Korea you get to stay there as long as you want. Viel Glueck, gute Reise wuensche euch nur das aller aller beste.

Love you guys 😍

Ahh Idk if Korea is a good choice if you're worried about quality of life, the society's mentality and racism... I'm glad that you haven't experienced anything too bad so far Farina but I can assure you Korea can be very blatantly racist and their racism most definitely doesn't exclude white people. Plus their suicide rate should tell you something about their mentality and quality of life. But I guess as long as you're not too incorporated into korean society and just doing your own thing in your own bubble with youtube, it'll be okay. Wishing you guys the best

Congrats on the move you two! I wanna visit Korea sometime as well. As far as living? Never say never, but I need to be good at saving up, which I’m not 🤣.

My favorite cute and lovely couple! ♡

Fari I would love to see you in black hair once😊

Bangs for the win!

Whenever I look at farina the person that only come to my mind is my friend from France 😭✨

How is it going with learning Korean? Is it hard to learn as a German person and how far have you come already? Im German too and i tried to learn Korean but it took me so long to even learn the basics.

As someone looking into moving to Asia from Europe, what moving company did you decide to use? There are so many to choose from and I don't really know where to start looking for one

You couple is More than welcome to Korea. I am subscribing quite a few Korean - German couples living in Korea, and none of them had any racial issues living in Korea, so I don't think you'll have problems.

Love you always 💓

eeeeeeeeeeeeeee i'm earlyyyyy btw i love you both

Missing food from your home country can be big. I miss un sweet bread and salty snacks etc. I live in Busan and so many snacks are sooo sweet here

OMG FIRST, LITERALLY

yesss donginaa🎉

Good luck with the air pollution! The worst is in the Spring. These days every day is a very bad pollution day. Winter typically has the least pollution.

my mom was German and never got naturalized here, i was born there as well but US citizenship. I was told that i can get German citizenship or dual...considering dual possibly. i have a lot to consider but want to get out of the states.

So cute couples ❤

I wish you all the best! ❤ Ich hab oft den Wunsch in ein Land zu ziehen, in dem ich dann wirklich Ausländerin bin. Hier bin ich geboren und trotzdem nicht Deutsch. Das Land meiner Eltern ist für mich jedoch keine Option. Das ist kulturell einfach zu konservativ. 😅 I‘m stuck in Germany rn Aber zumindest mach ichs weniger rassistisch durch meine Anwesenheit

I am part german and American but I am born and raised in America but I went to Germany this summer to see my mom's fam

The Cutest couple !!

Take love from Bangladesh 🥰 love u both🥰

Beautiful couple 😍

The not reading his mails and it being too late is so relatable lol (not for modeling but other stuff ofc)

Am from Asia i went to Georgia for study purpose i just couldn't get used to the place it was truely boring so i can understand what you guys say there's not much activity

Thanks

l am more excited knowing that we are gonna have Korean content based vlogs and pranks. l am so happy and keep up. You guys will do well with everything, love yaaaa

This is a wonderful pretty Sweater Farina😊 where can i found the Semilar Sweater

All the best both of you. For the next chapter and for the next journey... Congratulated .. You are happy we are also satisfied we don't want anything we just you both to be happy 💕... Excited for the chapter 2

I hope you guys will feel comfortable collaborating with other KZfaqrs in Korea. Heres a few I like 🫣 Jin and Hattie (more pls 🥹) Kiu ssaem (hairstylist) KWONFAM (german korean family) Edward Avila International Couple Jay and Sasha BosungJun (dogs meet or something idk lol) Rachel Kwon + her husband

Not the bagel 🥯 !!! Give Dongjn’s bagel back 😂

Love you guys ,I hope you have found an appartment before you leave for Korea xxx

Dong-in, what type of marketing do you specialize in? I do marketing as well, my specialty is email but I have a generalist background as well.

Firsttt!!

12:15 I dunno if it's only my town, or I am really lucky BUT: - I saw few times a person getting off quite expensive car (the engine still on, door not closed), going into the bakery and coming back like several minutes later. No one even looked at this car. My dad told me that he also wittnessed sth like that -I don't really feel a need to chain my bike, - I don't know anyone who got stolen sth expensive in at least 10 years -Once a 13-15 year old boy found me in the shop and gave me back my brand new phone I left in the same shop on the shelf some time earlier. I live in Poland (so middle Europe) in the 40 thousands urban dwellers town. And fun fact, when my cousin (he lives all his life in Germany) found out that often I'm too lazy to chain properly my bike, he said I'm crazy lol And I feel sorry for your bagel Dongin