Germany vs Czech Republic (Czechia) 🇩🇪🇨🇿 Hospitality, Style, Grocery shopping, Language...

hey guys welcome back to my channel and if you're new here it is so great to have you I'm Anon a New Zealander living in the beautiful wine region of lower Franconia Germany so just a few days ago my family and I returned back from a little summer holiday we stayed in an absolutely gorgeous area of the Czech Republic called Marans l so Germans may know this place as Marine bud it's in the kovi Vari the ksbd area and oh my goodness it is so Beau beautiful we absolutely love this area of chck that's why we keep going back and a lot of Germans know how beautiful it is too because there are so many Germans everywhere and it's so close to Germany so all through this area there are natural hot springs and the water in these Hot Springs contain healing properties and so it's a famous area and as I said a lot of Germans like to visit this area has beautiful lakes and forests and really unique gorgeous architecture and scenery I've been to the kovi Vari region probably four times and to Prague so many times I've lost count and I've realized that I have not made a video talking about the cultural differences between Germany and the Czech Republic and I've done this for a lot of countries I've visited I think it's about time for a Germany versus czeck video I embrace cultural differences and so I'm not meaning to criticize any of the cultures I talk about it's just interesting to point out the differences so before I get into the cultural comparisons I want to talk a little bit about our amazing accommodation we were lucky enough to stay in revton studios and if you watch my videos you would have seen that we have stayed a couple of times before in rivon suets in kiv Vari so we stayed for four nights in Marans l in rivon studios and oh my goodness it was incredible each apartment is decorated in a different Musical theme from David Bowie to Elon John we had the coolest studio apartment decorated with Ace of Bas memorabilia the whole style of this apartment was so fun and unique with a very cool Vibe everything was spotless sparkling clean well organized the beds were all made up with fresh clean bedding and oh my goodness the beds and pillows were so comfortable we all slept really well during our stay in rebon studios we had a nice little fully equipped kitchenette where we could cook and prepare all of our meals Ron always adds little extras like porridge packets tea bags sugar salt oil this time we were even greeted with fresh croissants and jam which I thought was so sweet rivon studios in marians lansia even has a musical themed Lobby for their guests to just hang out drink coffee read books watch TV I just love how this Lobby is decorated so fun and unique downstairs we even had a mini gym that we were free to use during our entire stay at rebon Studios so the highlight of our stay for the kids was definitely this amazing playroom as well as this awesome fluorescent music museum with so many cool features oh my goodness the kids loved this we had a fantastic stay at rton studios in Marans Lans and I would highly recommend this accommodation to anyone visiting this area Okay so so let's jump into the cultural comparisons between Germany and the Czech Republic so something I've noticed every time I visit the Czech Republic is the hospitality there is world class it is so so good so a perfect example as reton Studios from the moment we arrived to the moment we left we were so well looked after they just went above and beyond to accommodate us and it was like that everywhere we went in check whether it was restaurant whether it was even at the supermarket um I just felt like the cashiers were super friendly and warm and chaty even though I couldn't speak chick they had a really good sense of humor when I said sorry I don't speak chick so I found that really cool in contrast I hate to say it but the hospitality in Germany is not that great Germany is not known for really great warm welcoming hospitality and so I've talked about this in previous videos when you go to restaurants in Germany I just feel like the hospitality is lacking in Germany you get the beer minimum as far as making you feel welcome so yeah I love Germany you all know that I love Germany but I have to say that check definitely wins when it comes to service and Hospitality so something else I noticed particularly this time around in the Czech Republic when I went to the supermarket I found it a lot less stressful than it is in Germany and so I've talked about how when you go to the supermarket in Germany it's always just one big rush at the checkout they are very time efficient here in Germany and super super quick when they are serving you and you know scanning your items and it's almost like I joke about it often and say it's kind of like an Olympic sport going to the supermarket in Germany need to be prepared you need to be fit you need lots of practice to be able to just handle the pace of just the checkout speed at the checkout in the Czech Republic that's a mouthful it is a lot less stressful and the people working at the supermarket they take their time scanning the items they are chatting with each other I was not expecting this cuz I'm used to the supermarket chaos in Germany so I was getting all prepared and then I realized that I could just take my time because they were just putting things through nice and slowly the only problem with this is because they take their time at the checkout you were waiting for so long in the queue and there was several times when my family were waiting for me I said I was just going to nip in quickly and get a few things from the supermarket and they were waiting for me for so long and it's because I was just waiting in the queue and I was just expecting it to be as quick as in Germany but no no it's not at all but I have to say apart from the insane speed of the checkouts in Germany there are a lot of things that I prefer about German supermarkets for one all of the bags are biodegradable like paper bags or you have to bring your own reusable bags and in check they still have the plastic bags hardly anyone there uses reusable bags and they are a lot more environmentally conscious in Germany also something I noticed this time round is in several different supermarkets that I went to and in the Czech Republic the food was not as fresh as what I'm used to in Germany so for example in Germany the meat is always super super fresh and if there's like 3 days until the use by date or 2 days they'll make it clear with a sticker that you know you need to use this quickly but in check most of the meat that I saw it was only going to last like a day or two until it went off and I don't know whether this is common in check but it was three different supermarkets I went to and I noticed that the Ed by date on all of the meat was getting pretty close and this is not the case in German Supermarket so a perfect example is the last night we wanted to cook a roast beef and I went to the supermarket and I found a really nice cut of beef and I got home and I opened it up and it absolutely stunk and I showed my husband and he was like no no that is not good that is old meat and oh it stunk so badly and I looked at the use by date and it was about to go off the next day but it had clearly already gone off and we were too far away from the supermarket to go back and we had to cheuck out the meat I was just so devastated I was so looking forward to an end oh it just made me feel sick and yeah I was put off buying meat in the chick Republic but maybe it was just my bad experience at that particular time I don't know maybe that was just a coincidence but I noticed that the food seems a little bit fresher in Germany as well as the fruit and vegetables I just noticed in Germany everything seems to be a bit fresher something else I noticed was that in Germany the level of English is a lot higher than in chck at least in the area where I was the people at the revton where we stay spoke beautiful like perfect English but in general the level of English in Czech is not as high as in ger Germany I wasn't really expecting people to speak a high level of English in check because I know that it's not the case in every country I know that Germany is exceptional when it comes to the high level of English that they speak but something that really surprised me is the high level of German that many of the people in Czech spoke so for example if I was in a shop or a restaurant and I had to ask a question I would automatically ask it in English assuming that they may speak a little bit of English more so than German for the most part they would say something along the lines of sorry nor English and then they would switch to German and I was oh and then I'd speak to them in German and it was fine but I found it really interesting that many of them spoke great German but no English I guess this has something to do with the fact that a lot of Germans travel to this area of check I don't know whether it's like this all over check but in this area in the Vari region there are a lot of Germans who visit in the hospitality industry it just probably makes more sense business-wise for them to learn German instead of English so I found that super interesting I actually noticed that in Croatia too more Croatian people spoke German than they did English that was really eye opening for me so last but not least something I just have to comment on that is the style of the people in check versus Germany so I noticed that the women in check are very elegant obviously not all of them but many of the women in cck dress in a very elegant way similar to how the women in Poland dress and in Germany I'm not saying that the women dress badly or anything in general German women dress really nicely but they have a more relaxed and comfortable style you could say so it's all about comfort and practicality in Germany and in cck it's a little bit more about style and elegance and I was talking about this with my daughter Amelia she's 11 and we took a night stroll through the city center in clov Vari and she was saying wow the women here dressed so nicely they're so elegant just like Omar so Amelia's Omar my husband's mom is originally from Poland and she dresses so beautifully and she always looks very elegant and noticed that the woman in check had a similar style to her arar which she really liked and I just love people watching wherever I go and I couldn't help but noticed how beautifully dressed the women were in general as I mentioned there were a lot of Germans visiting C during the time I was there and I could spot a German a mile off Amelia and I were actually playing a little Game Spot the German just for fun and we just could tell by the way the people dressed if they were a German or not Germans were most likely dressed in very comfortable practical clothes I'm not saying they didn't look good but they just had a different style about them so it was just more about comfort and practicality rather than elegance and style so anyway guys I've come to the end of this video I really really hope you enjoyed it if you enjoyed it then don't forget to give it a big thumbs up it really really helps out my channel I would love you to consider subscribing if you haven't already I know that so many of you who watch my videos are not actually subscribed so if you would consider subscribing if you like my videos then that would mean the world to me feel free to connect with me on Instagram and I will see you again really soon bye