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CONTRIBUTED BY LINDA MENCH All you moms out there can relate to this, I’m certain: beautiful, sunshiny, warm day and the kids are draped over the couch like blankets, complaining to each other about “who” killed “what” on mine craft! (Or some variation of that argument!) So, clever mom and clever 15 year old create [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY LINDA MENCH A cloudy, dreary weekend with baseball games postponed due to rain. Tired of playing yet another indoor nerf game. The desperate need to get the wiggles out resulted in a wonderful Sunday drive discovery: Wildpark Potzberg! Our mission was to find a place open on Sunday to purchase a pretzel. Instead, [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE Tulips and Holland; Holland and tulips; the two are inexorably linked, but did you know that the tulip originally came from southeast Asia and the land of the Turks? Here are some fun tulip facts: The word “tulip” is derived from a mispronunciation of the Turkish word “dulband” which means turban. [...]

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  CONTRIBUTED BY KARI MARTINDALE Burg Breuberg  is a surprisingly large and well-preserved castle located in the Odenwald.  Much of the castle is in good shape; in fact, some of the property is in use as youth hostel, among other things. There is no admission to wander the castle grounds and there is plenty of [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE Today, Bad Dürkeim is a spa town in the Rhine-Nekar region of Germany and is best known by most American’s for it Wurstmarkt, the largest and one of the oldest wine festivals in the world. But there is still plenty to do if you visit outside the first weekends is September, [...]

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 CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE     Heilbronn is an interesting blend of old and new; modern, medieval and gothic, all sitting next to each other. We recently went for a quick visit and had a chance to do a quick walking tour. Here are the highlights: The city of Heilbronn was first mentioned in 741 [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY MERIL CHICKINI I’m sure if you have been in Germany long enough you have noticed that Germans love to celebrate. No matter if it’s Advent with the Christmas markets, Volksfests, medieval fests, loud and colorful Fasching, or wine/beer festivals (we have all heard about Oktoberfest even before landing in Germany) there’s always something [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY LINDA MENCH Our first excursion to France in search of WWII battlegrounds led us to Metz, France.  Little did we know we would discover a gem of a city with over 1400 years of turbulent history!  From Call of Duty video games, we were interested to see what history we might discover in [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY MERIL CHICKINI If you are looking for a day trip that is full of history, has tons of sightseeing to do and offers great selection of shops and restaurants then Regensburg is the right city. Regensburg is only a 40 minute ride from Grafenwoehr, you can walk around in a city that has [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY LINDA MENCH Rodeln im Schnee!   Freshly fallen snow sent us on a journey to find a good sledding hill.  We found a Wintersportzplatz website (auf Deutsch only) and a 2006 article online about the place.  It’s definitely a little-known winter park area to the average American tourist, as the location was practically secret, [...]

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