Finally Opening Up About my First Year in Germany as an Immigrant 😨

Do you want to know the truth about my first year in Germany?
The struggles and the adventures?

People say a lot of things about “first years” and “first experiences”. Some have it easier than others and some go through hell and back again to make things work. For me, it was a little different.

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MY TIPS FOR LIVING IN GERMANY ✅

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[LaureninGermany]

This was very interesting, Jenna, thanks for sharing. I am so glad you had that dreamy start, and got to fall in love with Germany before the Alltag and bureaucracy got hold of you, as well as the personal difficulties. Also, my first jobs in Germany were in Freiburg and Düsseldorf- I literally travelled on the train between them Friday Düsseldorf, Saturday Freiburg!
You are a lovely person, sending a virtual hug 🤗

[Amandafusion]

Another great video, thanks for sharing, I have been living here now for 5 months and your videos have really helped me. Thank you so much.

[ElizabethJBond]

Interesting video and there's a lot I can relate to. I first moved to Germany in the early 2000s to teach English on a two-year contract. I was quite lucky that my employer sorted a lot of things out for me and provided accommodation. This meant that I didn't have to go through the rigamarole of finding a flat, furnishing it, etc. I was also in a bit of an expat/English-speaking bubble, so it did come as a slight shock to the system when I moved to D'dorf and had to step outside that. Overall, though, it's one of the best moves I've made. I daresay your husband could have got a good job in England as a dentist. For me, though, the UK cost of living has just become too high. I've found that Germany offers a lot more in terms of prospects and quality of life. Kudos to you for going down the self-employment route, though, as that can be very difficult and expensive.

[robertzander]

Hello Jenna
You are one of the sweetest person i have ever seen, i absolutely love your channel and appreciate your meaning, because you really into the things that you like to talk about with a lot of research. And even if i don't agree with everything i have so much respect of your work.
Interesting to hear about this very specific topic of your experience and life with different culture, different language, far away of your home and so much to learn.
Freiburg is wonderful, a very nice place, but they need to build new houses as well as lot of other places in Germany.
I wish you a nice weekend, maybe with some snow ❄️

[BlissLovePeace]

Thanks much! Deine Aussprache ist übrigens beeindruckend und erfrischend ... insbesondere auch, weil da ansonsten schon einige Metzger unterwegs sind. Auch wahr, jeder von uns hätte natürlich mit den allermeisten Sprachen auch so seine Probleme.
Bottom line: Great job, much appreciated!

[Miristzuheiss]

You have to look " Ländle" a PR Produktion for Baden-Württemberg. I laught so much. Best entertainment
to catch foreign employers. Hu, i wrote it, you say IT😩 Cause Nalf was so proud about this genial vlogs

[stampcollector]

Nice to welcome you in "The Länd". I love Canada - just because you invented ice hockey. ♥ (There are more reasons, but I love hockey! *_*)

[ernestmccutcheon]

Hey Jenna, interesting, I didn't know about your Freiburg experience. I spent my first 15 years Germany in the Düsseldorf area. You missed the time when steel was still being produced in the Ruhr valley and the air quality was really bad. When I left they were just starting construction on the Rheinpromenade in Düsseldorf and it has become a much nicer place to live now. For the last 25 years I have been living in the Karlsruhe area and have family living in Freiburg and in Berlin. To be honest, I do prefer this part of Germany, but I think that most areas of Germany have their own particular attractions. For expats wanting to come to Germany, I would suggest looking for a smaller, self-governed munipality near a larger city to start out in. The bureaucracies there generally are not as overwelmed as in the larger cities and they tend to be very helpful to expats.

[mattesrocket]

My opinion: think twice, if you move to Baden-Württemberg/Länd, there are some downsides depending where in Baden-Württemberg you would end

[joriskemper]

My halfbrother owns a restaurant in the lighttower in Düsseldorf.

[JS-iyzb]

I’ll be in Düsseldorf in 3 weeks to interview for a job! Woot!

[Gert-DK]

The gap in the job marked, is more or less in all of Europe. There are a few exceptions.

[eugeniorossi]

This time you said "actually" only 29 times. Sorry, I know I am a bad guy, but I can't do anything about it 😀😇

[hussamghrayeb]

Me and My german wife living in Dubai and she always mention that she wants to move back, but I'm very scared of the move :(

[flamedealership]

pssttt - i'm writing all of this in lower caps, so mila won't wake up...😁💛
if those were little snippets from videos from way back when you came here, then i'm actually a little envious - eight years and you haven't changed a bit. 👍 and for saying you did everything wrong in your first year and you had to grow up fast afterwards: it would seem that somehow "you've got the curve" 😁 and made up for it pretty well 👏👏.
so, if you were trying to put yourself up as being a bad example - i'm sorry to say, but you failed miserabely (especially at the end of the video...)😁💛💛

[smxqobd]

7:08 My first thought let pop up "adultery". Like committing to ad... eh becoming an adult.

[pinkhope]

Ich mag dich und deine Videos echt gerne. Aber ich komme über das bis später nicht hinweg. Es müsste eigentlich bis bald heißen. Bis später heißt das man sich zeitnah eigentlich am selben Tag wieder sieht. Bis bald ist demnächst. Was es ja eher trifft. Ich weiß nicht warum aber es triggered mich jedes mal 🤣🤣🤣

[francodenobili]

Well, aren't you glad you did not give up your sweetheart but more important, you did not move to LITTLE BRITAIN - FORMERLY KNOWN AS 'THE EMPIRE OF GREAT BRITAIN ' 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
My first year in the states was tough, evenso my english was already good enough because in my German hockey team we always had canadian players ( 2 foreigners the league allowed each Team here back then ).
So I had years of practicing my school english 😱 ). But making friends was despite americans being friendly, they are very, very on surface ( sehr oberflächlich ), so it took a year about to make serious friends. Stop blabbering Franco 🙄
Anywho, bet many many people are glad you stayed 👍🙋‍♂️

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