Come To Germany With Me | EuroShop | Come Shopping | Oktoberfest | Wesel Germany | Kate McCabe Vlog

Hi Kate my son lives there and the food quality is far higher than in the UK.
We get the rubbish.
Enjoy we were there in July and March to see my son and grandaughter.
Xxxxxx❤❤❤❤

Oh I miss Woolworths! 😢

Hey Kate, thanks for taking us along. There are charity shops in Germany but less than here in UK, on hindsight, they have vibrant thrift shops, second-hand markets, and the equivalent of carboot sales. 😊 I still have Christmas decorations I got in Germany when I visit my brother and his family. Including 1 meter high nutcracker I carried through the airport 🤦‍♀️😂

What a fun video!

Loved your vlog seeing C&A and woolworths enjoyed it in Germany with you xx❤

Hi Kate hope you are well another great super vlog and good luck for Toby on his football match love it and enjoy your stay take care. X

That "lookout thing" is an old TV tower

Lovely blog – the Oktoberfest looked brilliant- wishing I was there!!

Hi Kate, new subscriber here, really enjoying your channel. I came over from Mr Carrington. Lovely tour of Germany, nice to see Oktoberfest, looked like a great time! Thank you so much for sharing, take care. Kathy x (Ontario, Canada)

My cousins were just in Germany a few days before you for something to do with his job. They both did a lot of site seeing and posted so many pictures. Of course they were enjoying Oktoberfest. They are both looking forward to going again next year.
I miss Woolworth but ours in the USA have been closed for years.

I went in a C&A in Palma on ne of our cruises and i bought a hoody. I still war it to take my dog for a walk. xx

Looked a lovely place and noticibly clean. I miss having C & A over here! Been to C & A in Palma, Majorca and oddly enough in Tenerife. X

Great fun

11:42 Yes! Cyclamen 🙂

Looks like you all had good fun at the Beer fest. 😂 🍻🍻 Well done to Toby. 🎉
I live in N Germany.
I was chuckling at all the things you tried that are typical German things. Curry Wurst and Pommes, Schnitzel and Bratkartoffeln and Beer of course.
Woolworths in Germany is not like Woolworths or Marks and Spencers. 😂 I was disappointed. It has nice things but it is nothing like Woolworths was in the UK. And C&A is expensive. Imo.
I find superstores or chains expensive.
Just to let you know Kate, Germany doesn't have charity shops like in the UK.
I only found a very small Oxfam in Altona, in Hamburg.
It was small and pricey.
What they do have are called social shops. And you need to know where to go, they are in random places, not on the high streets.
Some don't allow customers in without a special card. They cater for people struggling financially.
Some only allow the public in between 4-6pm.
Some social shops do allow everyone to shop, and only people with cards can get a discount.
Nothing is priced.
You pick what you want and take it to the counter.
They have a price list stuck up somewhere all written in German of the general prices for items.
I never find that works for me.
It depends who is on duty at the counter. Some people give good prices, some rack up the prices.
In one shop the staff were very rude to me when I kept asking them how much something costs. I only had 10 Euros on me that day and had a small budget. Some people are nice but some can be super rude.
I generally find the people selling at fleamarkets very nice.
In Germany politeness is the key.
I always greet the stall seller.
Things are not usually priced, but some do.
I ask how much something costs and put things back neatly.
Most German people don't like it when you try to haggle. They give you the price and it offends people if you try to push their prices down. If they ask you how much do you want to pay, don't fall for that. Rather say what is your best price if you really want it.
What I want to pay is very little and usually the seller wants much more than what I want to pay.
The odd person doesn't mind if one asks for a cheaper price but I have noticed it upsets sellers.
I have only ever asked someone once if they would accept 20 euros for a used bottle of perfume instead of 25. 😂 I felt so bad asking. The man did not look happy. He had already packed his car. He begrudgingly agreed. He made 20 Euros instead of nothing. I still thought 20 was too high since the perfume did not have a box and was used.
I just really struggle to find perfume that suits me, and that fragrance was what I had been looking for, otherwise I would have left it.
So, yeah, always take small coins and cash. Look out for things given away as free gifts at a market, and if you take something you like, say thank you to the giver. I always do, and it makes the person feel good. I appreciate the gifts and use everything I have found.
So thank you to any German people with good hearts. 💜
Germans like politeness. They do have a spirit of giving and like to recycle.
What I can recommend are German fleamarkets in summer if you get back to Germany.
You also need to check where you will be staying and check on the internet what dates markets are going on and where.
Also factor in the weather.
Go early as fleamarkets start packing up at around 1 ish. They are advertised as being open all day, but they don't stick to that. I have learned to shop as people are closing like a mad person. It is super frustrating.
And always take your own strong bags when you shop and throw in newspaper to wrap breakables.
Fleamarkets have great things for sale.
I'm sharing tips if you get back to Germany or for anyone reading this who might find the info useful. 😂
I have never seen a car boot sale in N Germany, and believe me, I go to every fleamarkarket I can in summer. 😂 Take care. 🌞💕😎