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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 AMY BERMUDEZ   If I told you to imagine rural Europe, Berchtesgaden is the kind of town you’d think of. Cows chilling in the fields, grass so green it looks fake, rolling hills dotted with cottages and surrounded by mountains. The main attraction here: Kehlsteinhaus or The Eagle’s Nest. If you aren’t familiar [...]

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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 BREA I had oh so much fun last weekend at Frühlingsfest! Let me explain briefly. Fruhlingsfest, also known as Spring Fest (Frühling = Spring, Fest = fest) is noticeably similar to Oktoberfest but on a smaller scale. Spring Fest has the tents reminiscent of Oktoberfest’s famous tents, but smaller and more local. Stuttgart [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY EMILY KLINS On a whim, my husband and I decided to take a short trip to the Black Forest region of Germany. The village of Ortenberg, located on the Rhine river just 25 km away from Strasbourg, France, offered true German charm and hospitality. We stayed at Gasthaus im Glattfelder for the duration [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY MICHELLE KING Saturday was an eventful day for us. My husband and I went to Nürnberg to meet up with a friend who is stationed in Heidelburg. We decided to take the train because we knew we’d have a few drinks and didn’t want to worry about driving home. We bought the Bavarian [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE In London? Big Ben In Central California? Big Sur In Texas? Big… everything (Everything’s bigger in Texas) In Ramstein-Miesenbach? Big Emma’s Turns out its not just Texas where everything is bigger! Big Emma’s is a restaurant in the town of Ramstein where everything is huge. They specialize in big portions of [...]

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CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE Even if the brew tastes somewhat strange at the first swallow, do not stop, because soon you will realize that your thirst will not decrease and your pleasure will visibly increase. That’s what it says on the coasters at Schlenkerla in Bamburg. It almost sounds like a riddle, doesn’t it? So [...]

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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 SARAH FORTE In Germany, where is the largest city? The capital? The largest stadium? Today, the answer is Berlin, but the oldest city in Germany once held all of these titles. And what is the oldest city in Germany, you ask? None other than Trier, once known as Augusta Trevororum and later as [...]

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