Moving to Germany from the USA 🇩🇪 Things That Were Hard at First but are Easier One Year Later

One year ago we left the USA for Germany and entered into the greatest adventure of our lives! It has been a journey full of exciting times, mistakes, accomplishments, fun and also challenges. Today, we're talking about all the things that were really hard for us last year when we first moved, but are much easier now.

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//VIDEOS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO//
One Year Living in Germany Celebration! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=radxNCVnjHM&t=39s
We Can See How Engineers are Made in Germany - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OE5RBYzErk&t=112s
Has Our German Improved after One Year of Living Here? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E7ZAEeRiHk&t=34s
Foreign Language Anxiety - Our Fears of Speaking German as Foreigners and How We Conquer Them - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBGpDT0sQws&t=2s
How We Bought a Car in Germany - ALL in German! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxuoNMfaCVE&list=PLMUy6rPvNf96RmlBl22TCRUbrY3rTdPtb&index=15&t=168s
Will Germany Let Me Stay? Problems with my Residence Permit, Driver's License and Health Insurance - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJT3ddtJivc&list=PLMUy6rPvNf96RmlBl22TCRUbrY3rTdPtb&index=52

🇩🇪 See all of our Life in Germany blog posts and videos here - https://mymerrymessylife.com/category/family/travel-and-life-in-germany/

🇩🇪 See our Life in Germany YouTube playlist here - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMUy6rPvNf96RmlBl22TCRUbrY3rTdPtb

🇩🇪 See our Raising Children in Germany playlist here (including the videos on our kids in German schools) - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMUy6rPvNf97Cn8enlrCvxJER3nrRMmPd

🇩🇪 See our Traveling with Kids playlist here - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMUy6rPvNf96Ml8PvPznoX6r61eVtSgoV

🇩🇪 See how we spent our first Christmas season in Germany (it was magical!) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NiHHBUlvXU&list=PLMUy6rPvNf97YkZA8qSPHUAwwy0gyqH_s

//ABOUT US//
We are a family of six, with four kids and a cat 😹, who moved from the USA to Germany in February of 2021 to pursue our dreams of adventure, travel, learning another language, and integrating into German life. We hope you enjoy our videos about our journey to integrate - the highs and the lows of being foreigners on the adventure of a lifetime.

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///CHAPTERS - Jump to Your Favorite Part//
0:00 - Intro, see our One Year of Living in Germany Anniversary party!
03:03 - #1 - Getting the kids settled in school.
04:17 - #2 - Understanding product labels in the stores.
05:37 - #3 - Learning to pay our utility bills in a new format in a new language.
06:24 - #4 - Learning new ingredients for cooking and baking.
07:42 - #5 - Needing the right outdoor clothing to send our kids to school.
08:19 - #6 - Buying furniture before arriving was a huge headache!
09:34 - #7 - We couldn't find the post office for at least a month!
10:18 - #8 - Recycling in our Kreis (county) is very complicated!
11:27 - #9 - Understanding how to buy a car here in a new language was tricky.
12:22 - #10 - Getting health insurance settled was a hassle.
13:52 - #11 - My American driver's license isn't valid here in Germany.
14:47 - #12 - It took some time to find new "normal" stores for our family.
15:35 - #13 - Finding new favorite bath, body, beauty and hair products took time.
16:59 - #14 - Learning how to file taxes in two countries.
18:19 - #15 - Switching everything out to our new address took time and was a headache.
19:13 - #16 - Being brave enough to speak German as a beginner was hard at first.
20:54 - #17 - Making friends takes time and we felt lonely at first.
23:10 - Are we happy we moved here? Has it been worth it?

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