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I've talked about it in a couple videos now: in many situations it seems like
Americans can in general often be somewhat more outwardly expressive about their excitement
than Germans.
Americans, for example, often say things like: great, amazing, awesome.
While Germans often go with things like: good, nice and fine.
But I have noticed one situation in which many Germans can be much more expressive of
their joy and celebration than Americans.
Flying. Flying? Yes, flying. Or rather...okay, more like landing in particular.
Okay, let me set the scene for you. Everyone boards the plane. The plane takes off.
The plane flies through the sky. And then the plane lands in the destination city.
And after that, everyone gets off the plane and goes on their merry little way. Right?
Ehhh, wait a second.
For some Germans there's actually an extra step in there. Clapping.
You heard me right. Clapping. But not always.
The first kind of big vacation that Stefan and I went on together was to the Canary Islands.
We flew there from Munich, and Stefan had booked the vacation through a German website,
so on that direct flight from Munich to the La Palma Airport it pretty much seemed to
me like it was me and all the rest Germans.
The plane touched down at the La Palma Airport, which was when my ears were greeted with a
sound that I had not in the least been expecting.
Cheerful clapping of glee and happiness.
And not just like one or two people clapping, or a couple of kids on their very first flight clapping.
It seemed to me like the entire plane, that everyone on there had suddenly together started
clapping. I was like, did everyone plan this?
How did everybody know that everyone was going to start clapping? Why are people clapping?
I was confused back then.
But from my experience of now living in Germany for around 8 years and having traveled to
different locations from different locations, I think I may have cracked the clapping code,
but I would love to hear from you down in the comments, do I have it right?
Clapping, I believe, is not just about the plane landing, but rather about where the
plane is landing.
The destination location is very important to this.
Clapping, I noticed, usually happens on flights that are going to what are considered
"vacation destinations."
Thus on our flight from Munich to the Canary Islands, the travelers clapped.
But, for example, when I flew from Berlin to Munich, there was no clapping.
And I also do not think that it's only Germans who have a tendency to clap, either.
When Stefan and I flew from Zurich, Switzerland to Miami, Florida last November a large section
of the plane clapped upon landing in Miami.
Okay, I suppose those people could have also been German.
I did not get up and ask them if they were Swiss or German or what, but we had flown
out of Switzerland, so I just kind of guessed that they were probably Swiss.
Following my first rule, about vacation destination, I thought it was very interesting because
I realized that must mean that the clappers considered Florida to be a "vacation destination."
Which of course it is.
It is definitely a vacation destination for people living in the U.S. as well as internationally,
but I think I'd just kind of forgotten about that because I had spent so many years living
in Florida.
I had forgotten that it was a "typical vacation place" because in my mind it was simply
where I'd grown up.
But then as I mentioned in this video here, we spent 6 days, around 6 six days in Florida,
and for us it was definitely a vacation. It definitely felt like such a vacation.
So my question for you is: did I get the clapping rule right?
Have you ever clapped when a plane lands or have you ever been on a plane when other people
have clapped upon landing?
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I have done now a couple videos.
Clap, clap, clap, clap, clap, clap...
Mr. German Man wants everyone to know for the record that he did not clap on that flight.
It has been said. He did not clap.
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