Maria Bagwell

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

It’s been about a month since we got back home, and I’ve finally finished putting all our photos and videos from the trip into one big video.

It was pretty hard to capture everything we experienced just through tweets, so I think this video is a much better way to show everything that went on.

It has everything in it, our phone call with the ISS, all the adventures we had with locals, and all the other crazy stuff that happened along the way. About 99% of the footage in this video is something we haven’t posted before.

Unfortunately, I can’t upload it directly to Twitter because it’s filled with copyrighted music. We obviously can’t monetize it on YouTube either because of that, but if you could leave a like and subscribe, that would really help us out.

For our next trip this fall, we’re planning to make YT videos on the exciting days, especially things like college gamedays, so it’s definitely worth subscribing:)

Here’s the video:
https://t.co/LFeppkeLmv

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

So long, America🫡🇺🇸

49 days ago we landed in the USA to follow our country at the World Cup. We had no idea it would turn into the trip of a lifetime.

Thank you to everyone who followed along, and to all the people we met who made this journey even more special. We honestly don’t have the words to express how grateful we are for everything you did for us.

This trip exceeded every expectation we had. We came here with an open mind, wanting to experience as much of the country as possible. I still remember telling my friends on the flight to Atlanta that I hoped we’d get to meet a few locals on this trip. Now we’re flying home with friends all across the USA.

Before we came, we heard so many stereotypes and warnings about America. People told us about safety concerns, that they might check our social media at the border, and all kinds of other things. None of it matched our experience. This was probably the most welcoming country we’ve ever visited.

So if you have the chance to travel, do it. The world isn’t nearly as bad as the media often makes it seem. 99% of people are awesome!

I heard this quote somewhere during the World Cup, and I think it sums up our experience perfectly:

“If you want to hate the world, watch the news. If you want to love it, travel it.”

Thank you, America ❤️🇺🇸

[Maria Bagwell @MariaYB]

@FreddyLA7 I love this so much. ❤️

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

Tennessee❤️

When people told us at the beginning of our road trip that people in the South are different, we didn’t really know what they meant. But after spending several weeks here, we finally understand.

The hospitality here is just something else. Everyone knows everyone, and it feels like people are living one big shared life. Someone is always stopping by, doors are always open, and everyone is welcome.

One guy told us he hasn’t locked his house in 23 years. When we were out on the lake, we met some people who immediately invited us to their lake house to hang out. They offered us drinks, chicken wings, and made us feel completely at home. It’s a kind of hospitality I’ve never experienced before.

When we got back to the dock late that night, one of the guys on the boat said something that really stuck with me:

“You don’t have to live in some big, exciting city. What matters is the people who live there. That’s what makes you happy. I’ve lived in many places around the world, but nothing comes close to Ocoee, Tennessee. And you know the best part about living here? We’re going to do the exact same thing again tomorrow.”

We will be back.

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

Hello again.

We’re currently in Clemson, South Carolina. I’ve decided to come back here to document the final part of our road trip.

The main reason I deactivated my account two weeks ago was that things became increasingly toxic. For some people, it’s unfortunately unfathomable that a good story can exist without some kind of hidden agenda behind it. There was even a Reddit group going through my entire account trying to find anything they could use to reveal my identity.

I know this was only a small percentage of people, but after a while it became exhausting. During the last two weeks, I received so many kind messages on Instagram, and they really made me realize how many people genuinely enjoyed following the trip. Some people even told me that their grandparents regularly ask them, “What are the Germans up to today?” I think that’s really cool.

I decided to continue because I realized that the overwhelming majority of people loved following along. A small group of very loud people shouldn’t be able to ruin something that brought so many others joy.

I also want to clear something up, as people who follow me on Instagram already know.

I’ve been to the United States before. This is not my first visit, and I’ve never claimed that it was. The last time I was here was in January 2022, when I visited New York and Philadelphia.

A lot of people shared my Raising Cane’s post from November 2025 to make it look like I was secretly American. That post wasn’t from the United States, it was from my trip to Saudi Arabia.

This is my first time back in the U.S. in more than four years, and apart from Boston, I’d never visited any of the places we’ve been to on this trip before. That’s probably why many people assumed it was our first time in America, because for all of these places, it actually was.

And let me tell you, Ohio and Alabama are very different from New York City or Los Angeles.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Thanks for reading.

[Maria Bagwell @MariaYB]

@FreddyLA7 Welcome Back! We’ve missed you

[George Harrison @GeorgeHarrison]

Happy Birthday, @ringostarrmusic!

[George Robertson @63Robbo]

My grandson gave me a replica World Cup to take to USA and collect photos of places of where it went and anyone who touched it for him ,it visited , Ayr, Aberdeen, London, Boston , Providence, Foxboro, New York, Cape Coral, Miami, Atlanta and now resting for in Nashville

[JD Vance @JDVance]

She bought a $50 dress for $8.75. America: meet your next director of the federal budget!

[If Sarcasm Was a Girl @HellBitch247]

@FreddyLA7 @Enterprise @Hertz @Budget @Avis

Here is your chance! Don’t let us down. This man needs a rental car tonight! 😬

[Lee Zeldin @epaleezeldin]

Visiting the Palisades and Altadena fire areas these past two days, the greatest sound was from all the hammers pounding away as thousands rebuild their homes, lives, and community. Our work certainly isn't yet done, but the progress is simply awesome. President Trump has consistently made it clear to me to do everything in EPA’s power everyday to help the cause and we have been proudly hard at work to do our part to assist.

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

Big update to the fraud we discussed in this video. The largest homeless NGO in LA, Weingart Center is under FEDERAL investigation and the court just REJECTED all of Weingart's attempts to dismiss the fraud and waste claims regarding their shady property deal in Cheviot Hills.

What happened? Karen Bass and Nithya Raman laundered YOUR tax dollars through the Weingart NGO to pay 2x cost on a homeless housing project from a scammer middleman; a $16M flip, for a dubious homeless project, all while evicting the seniors who lived there.

Big hat tip to Samantha Nussbaum for doing the leg work on this case and bringing some accountability to the rampant fraud in LA's Homeless Industrial Complex. Are you starting to see how the scams work?

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

Our connecting flight from Dallas to Canada has been canceled due to weather. They rebooked us on a flight tomorrow evening.
We‘re gonna miss the Germany match💔

[Chad Prather @WatchChad]

This brought a tear to my eye. Major Capers is a TRUE AMERICAN HERO!

"THIS IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. I FOUGHT FOR THAT FLAG—I BELIEVE IN IT."

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

Here is what Hillary Clinton had to say about Joe Biden back when he announced his run for re-election.

She now says it was "a terrible mistake for the country."

Funny.

So why did you endorse him?

Why did you campaign for him?

Why did Democrats tell people he was sharp as a tack and fit to lead?

Now that you’ve lost, suddenly you think you’re the brave truth-teller who saw it all along?

No, Hillary.

You were part of the cover-up. You don't get to play prophet now.

[Burt Jones @burtjonesforga]

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[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

Just wanted to say that my only account is this one here on Twitter. I’m not on Instagram or TikTok, so any account you see on there is not me. Please be careful, don’t send them money.

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

Guys please don‘t follow any of these pages. I see my favorite football club is following it, and companies are in the comments and probably in the DM’s as well. It‘s not me!!!

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

"Why are there so many commercial real estate vacancies all over LA?!? It's such a mystery!"

Until you crack down on this rampant criminal activity, you cannot reverse this blight, nobody will want to do business in LA, and our economic death spiral will continue, unabated.