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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 MERIL CHICKINI Megaplay is an inside playground for kids of all ages. There’s a separate play area for smaller kids with small ball pit, slides and big soft legos. You can find a small racing track for bobby carts and bikes, big slides and climbing castle and huge trampoline area for older kids. Dress [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY LAURA SNYDER Yabadoo is an indoor playpark in Mehlingen, near Kaiserslautern.  There are fun activities for kids of all ages.  You can bring your own food and drinks or purchase food from their snack bar.  The price of the food is reasonable.  There are 4 kids plates to choose from that are all [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY LIZ MYERS The kids didn’t have school today so a few girlfriends and I decided to take our kids to The Devil’s Table. It’s a good 45 minutes from Ramstein in Pirmasens. I knew there was a huge slide at the park but had no idea it was going to have so many [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY LAURA SNYDER So often I hear Americans living in Germany say, “there’s nothing to do on Sunday, everything is closed.” Someone else then replies, “You’ll get used to not doing anything on Sundays, it just takes time.” I think this may end up being one of my biggest pet peeves. Can I just [...]

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