This exploration transcends superficial aesthetics by grounding German folklore in its physical and symbolic realities, offering a nuanced look at how environment shapes cultural identity. It effectively argues that true understanding requires moving past simplified tropes to engage with the lived traditions of a landscape.
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Exploring Magical German Forest
Added:A secret swing. Oh, butterfly. Woo.
Press X. Press X. Look, we lost the forest. Holland. Holland.
>> Germans make a specific sound when they're on a swing. It goes like this.
>> Why do we need a pineapple for swinging?
Okay, let me do something that Holland is good at. Cheers.
>> Uses Indian and Italian. See, you chose peace. Mhm.
What did you choose?
>> Welcome to a German village video. This is Edgar and she is taking me to a secret spot. Not even I know it. We have berries.
Can I eat one?
>> Um I wouldn't. Look how beautiful. This is what I always wear when I do my daily walks. Let me demonstrate you how it looks like when when I walk through the forest.
>> This is what everyone looks like here.
Show me how you walk through the forest every day.
>> Just walk.
>> This is how a gentleman says hello.
Hello, my lady. And then Oh, wow.
So, here we can see the firewood for the winter.
[laughter] The secret swing. Look here. On the way, we have spiky leaves.
Oh, press X.
Holland. Holland. La Holland. Hey. Holland. Holland. Why do I look like Holland?
Why do you look like Holland?
>> I look like Holland. [laughter] I do.
Right.
>> No.
>> I feel like I look like Holland.
>> The normal trail could go here. We're going to go this way. Okay. I'm really curious now. Spider webs.
>> Oh, you can't feel the magic through the screen, but you can feel the magic when you're here. I mean, look. Wow. It's beautiful. This could be a window saving screen. Oh, butterfly. Woo.
A So peaceful here.
>> Yeah, I think you chose the peaceful life.
>> There it is.
>> This is it. Sit down. Look, hear, and feel the rhythms of nature.
So deep. [laughter] >> You're on the magic swing.
>> Yes.
>> Do you feel bewitched already?
>> No, I feel magical.
>> Yeah, that's what I meant.
>> And now I feel like I'm in a carousel rather than on a swing.
>> Germans make a specific sound when they're on a swing. It goes like this.
Russians swing like this.
I am having so much fun.
>> Why does it not spin for you?
>> It does a little. You have to keep the balance.
>> Oh. Oh, but you have experience cuz you swing all the time.
>> All the time apparently.
>> Oh, no. I was swinging like a Russian. I have to >> I think we have three wishes.
Three wishes and the dreams will become true. What is your wish?
>> But if you say it, >> okay, think about your wish and show us how it makes you feel.
[laughter] You want to swing with me?
Do you have a pineapple?
>> Pineapple? Why pineapple?
>> For swinging.
>> Why do we need a pineapple for swinging?
Isn't that a thing? People who swim, they have a pineapple.
>> What?
>> To show that they are swinging like not on.
>> Oh.
Oh. Oh.
I thought I had holding like a pineapple in your hand and sitting on it.
>> I have a pineapple.
>> Wait, that's why I've seen people at festivals holding up a pineapple and I was wondering why they brought a pineapple.
>> I want to swim. What?
>> What? You didn't know that?
>> No.
>> Holland.
>> Okay, let me do something that Harland is good at.
[screaming] >> Rook, >> you should be a professional Harland impersonator.
>> Yeah.
[laughter] >> Ready for the game on Saturday?
>> Yes.
>> Now I'm going to be on speed. on speed.
>> Okay.
Okay. Okay. Okay.
Oh my god.
Okay. Now I feel a bit sick from the spinning.
German girl is sad because the swing was spinning too much.
[laughter] >> Life is tough. A lot of fairy tales actually happen in the forest. For example, Snow White >> and Red Riding Hood.
>> And Red Riding Hood. Yes. And there's always the most dangerous thing in the forest is the wolf.
>> There's no wolf in Snow White.
>> Oh, that says about society that they are.
>> What does the wolf represent?
>> Humans, men.
>> Capitalism, communism. Moral of the story, >> drink more water.
>> Yeah, the morals of the story are drink more water, feed your chickens, >> feed the wolves, and >> feed the wolves. Okay, let's go home and read the brother Grim's fairy tales.
>> Okay, >> I'm hungry. [laughter] >> We'll eat, too.
>> All right, Liz, do you think you'll find the way back?
Yes, because you showed it to me and now I just have to reverse it. So, this is the dead end and this is the way that we went. So, we have to go here.
>> You should be a Girl Scout.
>> Girl Scout cookies.
Oh. Oh, no.
>> We got lost.
>> Forest.
>> We're lost in the forest.
>> So, we just got to pick away.
>> Okay. I picked this one. Who's going to win?
>> Yeah.
>> Holland. That's why I look like I don't even look like Holland. But earlier I felt like told you you look like no one.
It was just when I opened the the front camera and I looked at myself I felt like I look like Holland. But maybe I was just watching too many Harland videos.
>> So now I'm tripping a little bit now.
Now I'm starting to see Harland everywhere, [laughter] even in the mirror.
>> Press X. Press X.
So it's the wrong way. This is the wrong way. Okay. So, maybe it's this way.
>> Here we have a burka.
Burger. This tree is called bur.
So, what do we have to press the jump?
Please tell us the way.
>> The main trail.
>> Ah, okay. Here we are again. Now I recognize it. That's also where the poisonous berry is, where we don't want to risk it.
>> We have the berries at home. So, why >> Oh, yeah. Let's have some berries at home.
I will take the berry. Cheers.
I like the red cures.
>> Oh, I like these one.
>> I think this one's good.
>> This one.
>> This is a raspberry.
>> Ras.
Ah, >> climb the hatch to get to. [laughter] >> So, we have to climb. We have to We have to press X again.
>> Press X.
Okay.
Cry. Okay. Let me try.
M. Oh my god, they're really good. Let's cook.
So guys, we made it home. We are inside now because we are hungry. So, we both put fans in our hair. sugar band like this so the hair doesn't fall in the food. Here in the oven we have salmon.
>> Salmon.
Which spices are we using? Salt.
Salon pepper doesn't actually belong in there. Oh, a German style curry. Oh, you're putting a lot. Yes. Nice. So, it's going to be very tasty. Some turmeric. The turmeric is already in the curry, but it's just for the ratio. Some some Italian seasoning.
>> Italian national fusion. It uses Indian and Italian.
Yeah. You know, I was actually thinking maybe I want to I want to start my own sauces. I want to develop sauces and start my own sauce brand.
What do you think about that?
>> That sounds awesome.
>> Yeah. Look how tall the fridge is.
[laughter] Yeah. What's What's the fridge's name again? Oh, Holland. Holland. Holland.
>> Let's close the fridge.
>> Needs to stay cool. Let me try.
Cinnamon Pier.
>> Yes. Oh my god, it's so I want to take a bath in this. What are my peers going to think about that? [laughter] Why my bad jokes are so bad today? Why do you have so much macak?
>> For the gains?
>> No, for my bread.
>> You're baking bread out of quack?
>> Yes.
>> But then it's so good for the gains.
>> This is penguin.
>> Is it for me?
>> I think so.
>> It's fiol.
[laughter] Holland would never eat this because only So, we're going to take it out of Holland. We got to take it out of Oh, it's so hot.
Oh, sounded like your tooth broke. Put it in.
>> You're eating the dessert before the main course.
>> Oh, I have a tendency to do that actually.
So, here we have the rice, broccoli, the magic sauce with all the spices and salmon. I >> can finally eat.
>> Yes.
That's good. Okay. So, now we are serving food. Oh, thank you. You are such a polite guest. Thank [snorts] you.
You are such a nice host. [laughter] Here is some broccoli for you. We are speaking in capital letters.
>> Some broccoli for you, too.
>> Some broccoli for you.
>> So much broccoli.
>> More broccoli for your gains, [clears throat] >> for your health.
Eat your vegetables, sweetheart. Here, eat your greens.
I take care of my greens. I inhale them daily. 420 g of broccoli. That actually looks good. I think now it looks more like an Asian dish, but the the salmon is from Norway. Just like [laughter] from Norway.
In German we say k.
>> I eat k.
>> I don't eat like that. [clears throat] >> I eat like this.
>> But then it's all different. Like now we have just rice. I need the right ratio.
>> Yeah, but every now every fork taste is different. It's nice.
>> No, it's confusing. [laughter] >> It's over stimulated.
>> Wow. You mix so much.
>> Yeah. It has to be even.
>> See, you chose peace.
What did you choose?
>> Violence. So, we going to finish eating now and then we will read some German fairy tales the way they are really like not the Disney version, the real German version. Very interesting topic and we do a dedicated video for it and then we explain the original version of the fairy tales because it's so different.
Okay, I'm looking forward. See you next time.
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