News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany 
Easter is a happy time. After a long winter, finally nature is in full
bloom. Children are waiting for the Easter bunny. Employers usually
manage to combine their free days into a long weekend. School is out for
at least a couple of days.
Veal Steak topped with Asparagus, smothered in Hollandaise Sauce served with Melted Tomatoes & Carrots Vichy Ingredients (for 4 people) 4 veal steaks, seasoned with salt and white pepper 1 tablespoon ghee or butter 12 stalks green asparagus 1 small box of Hollandaise sauce For Carrots Vichy 8 medium sized […]
Is it eggs-tra difficult for you to plan an eggs-traordinary Easter for your kids this year? The community egg hunts aren’t happening. Church activities are limited. How can you help your kids feel egg-static about their egg hunt? More importantly, how can you egg-stend the time to keep everyone occupied? […]
Finally, winter is over, and everything seems to be awakening from a long sleep. Nature is bursting into bloom, spring fever is taking us over and Easter is just around the corner.
In Germany, there are many different traditions to dismiss winter and celebrate the arrival of springtime and the Easter feast. If you’re not familiar with all these traditions, don’t worry. This article will give you a short introduction to the most important traditions and explain all you need to know. Maybe you’re interested in taking part in one of the festivities. Go ahead, it’s definitely an experience you don’t want to miss!
The Easter holidays are just around the corner. In Germany, Easter week begins with Holy Thursday, which Germans call “Gründonnerstag,” or green Thursday. The word “green” is not associated with the color, but rather with the old German verb “grienen,” meaning to bemoan. Some people still recognize Holy Thursday traditions by eating green vegetables that day, preferably spinach.
Right in time for Easter, more than 100 artisans from all over Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg will present their diversity of ceramic works from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the 17th annual Homburg Ceramics Market in the center of Homburg. Both Saarpfalz-Touristik and Homburg City Marketing organizers hope to lure thousands of visitors from the whole region.
The city of Sankt Wendel, located in the state of Saarland, will hold its annual Easter market today through Sunday.
The Association for the Advancement of German-French Partnership will sponsor its 21st annual Easter market from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Niederkirchen’s Westpfalzhalle. Volunteers helped to decorate the community hall with colorful flowers and Easter decorations to lure a lot of visitors from all over.
Some Christian families attend at least one special church service during the long Easter weekend, and what better way is there to celebrate the resurrection than at a historical cathedral surrounded by beaming stained glass windows, an amazing orchestra and breath-taking gothic architecture planted in the center of one of Germany’s oldest cities, Cologne?
Deciding on which Easter markets to visit is tough since there are so many popping up in large and small towns throughout Germany.
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