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Your Ski Club Winter Season Options

Your Ski Club Winter Season Options

by Michael Mamer
Kaiserslautern-Westpfalz ski club board member

For many folks, summer is the time to do fun outdoor activities, such as
swimming, hiking, water skiing, and BBQs. The summer months are great,
no doubt about it and it

July 8, 2011 ×

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Fest demonstrates old craftsmanship

Fest demonstrates old craftsmanship

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The Otterberg forestry office and the villages of Hochspeyer,
Frankenstein and Waldleiningen will sponsor, in cooperation with local
associations, the 10th Triftfest, drifting fest, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday at the Biedenbacher Woog (pond) in the Leinbach Valley.

July 8, 2011 ×

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Enjoy a moonlight tour of Falkenstein Castle

The view of the Falkenstein castle ruins is a spectacular sight on
approach via the windy roads up the hill. The legendary ruins sit atop
this steep hill and overlook the wild and scenic valley of Falkenstein.

July 8, 2011 ×

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Chicken fest in Queidersbach

Chicken fest in Queidersbach

Queidersbach will start its 41st chicken fest with the traditional “Frühschoppen,” or early morning beer, at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Heissenberg festgrounds. Up to 400 chickens at a time will be barbecued on self-made beechwood grills. In the afternoon during coffee and cake time, the band Barbara and Dirk […]

July 8, 2011 ×

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2011 Summer Concert Guide

2011 Summer Concert Guide

Compiled by Nicole Karsch-Meibom

THERE

July 1, 2011 ×

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From Wartime to Spacecraft

From Wartime to Spacecraft

by Nicole Karsch-Meibom
Contributing writer

If you love classic cars, Formula 1, locomotives or aircraft, there is a
perfect day trip for you. Visit the Auto & Technik Museum in
Sinsheim and the Technik Museum in Speyer. Only 44 kilometers away from
each other, both locations are in the vicinity of Mannheim and
Heidelberg, east of Kaiserslautern.

July 1, 2011 ×

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Survive flying with discount airlines

Survive flying with discount airlines

by A.L. Shaff
Contributing writer

OK, after considering what to expect and what not to expect, a wise
flier on any discount airline should still accept a few good hints from
those people who have chalked up trip after trip and thousands of miles
on Ryan Air and their counterparts.

July 1, 2011 ×

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Freiburg: A Jewel Among German Towns

Freiburg: A Jewel Among German Towns

by Nicole Karsch-Meibom
Contributing writer

From Sept. 22 to 25, Pope Benedict XVI is going to visit Freiburg. Good
choice. Freiburg is considered a jewel among German towns. Reason enough
consider a overnight trip to the capital of the Black Forest.

July 1, 2011 ×

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Altstadtfest returns to Kaiserslautern

Altstadtfest returns to Kaiserslautern

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The historical part of Kaiserslautern, called the

June 24, 2011 ×

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Kaiserslautern celebrates anniversary of culture night

Kaiserslautern celebrates anniversary of culture night

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Kaiserslautern will sponsor its annual

June 24, 2011 ×