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“I enjoy riding the trails near the Ramstein area on my mountain bike.”
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“My favorite thing to do here in Germany is hitting up the festivals. We like that because they have a lot of fruit festivals like the cherry festivals, the strawberry festivals, the apple festivals – so that’s our favorite part of springtime.”
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“I like to go to Kurpfalz Park in Wachenheim. It is a little bit of a drive (50 minutes) but not too bad. They have paddle boats, slides, a rollerbond (luge run) and a lot of animals to see – sort of like an open-area zoo.”
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“This past four-day weekend I went paragliding in Interlaken, Switzerland. It was beautiful, 60-degree weather and it was absolutely amazing. That was the best and there was a big, historic city park there where I took my kids.”
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“I love to go to the Neunkirchen Zoo with my kids. It’s like a walking path – uphill, downhill, round the corner, inside, outside. There is a white tiger, there aren’t any lions, but there are multiple elephants that are very active. Our kids would stay in the monkey area all day if we let them.”
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Nicholas Morgan
“Amusement parks are great around springtime. Our favorite one is Phantasialand in Cologne.”
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“My favorite springtime thing to do is to start enjoying nature more. We like to run as a family and bike as a family so we start to do more of those activities as the weather gets better.”
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“During the spring I like to go to the little villages and to the castles. I like meeting the German people and speaking with them and
learning their language.”