Cologne-Bonn Airport (Cologne Bonn Airport) is a commonly used airport of those living in the Spangdahlem & Rammstein, Germany areas, especially those who are taking advantage of some of the great RyanAir prices! We recently flew out of Cologne-Bonn in January 2015. I’ve seen several people asking questions, and of course I had a ton of questions for our first visit so I wanted so share.
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During our trip to Bastogne, Belgium for the 70th Anniversary reenactment of the Battle of the Bulge we decided to check out the 101st Airborne Museum. It was a neat stop filled with tons of history, great for you history buffs and still entertaining enough for only those mildly interested in history.
This is a great museum honoring the ‘Screaming Eagles’ of the 101st Airborne division.
The [Read more…]
January is slower month here in Germany for festivals, especially following 2 months of Christmas Markets! January Things To Do Around Spangdahlem has some interesting things to go see. We had a opportunity to check out some of the Christmas markets from the December Festivals but our favorite event was the Battle of the Bulge Re-enactment in Bastonge, Belgium, it’ll be posted on Thurs! Again these [Read more…]
Happy New Year! I wanted to re-cap where we have traveled in 2014 🙂 We hit our 1 year mark here in Germany in November 2014! We’ve taken advantage of the past 12 months and have traveled quite a bit!
Here’s a re-cap of where we have been this year!
Schwabach, Germany – The Goldsmith Town
Vianden Castle in Luxembourg
Heidelburg Castle, Germany
Saint Martin’s Cathedral (The Dom) in Mainz, Germany
December is another busy month here in Germany for festivals! December festivals around Spangdahlem has some great things to go see. We had a opportunity to check out 2 of the Christmas markets from the November Festivals. Again these are generally no more than 3 hours away, although I may throw in one or two further away ones if I think that they are something to consider.
There are festivals for [Read more…]
Since we were going to be so close to the Switzerland border I had to plan for us to go see Rhine Falls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland ! This was our 11th country we have visited so far! It was 50 minutes from Monkey Mountain in Salem, Germany (LINK). It is also Europe’s largest plain waterfall. I have to say that since we lived in Iceland for 2 years we haven’t generally been impressed by [Read more…]
The Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Exhibition at the Blooming Baroque (Blühenden Barock) in Ludwigsburg, Germany is said to be the world’s largest pumpkin event, there are over 400,000 pumpkins used! It runs from the beginning of October to the start of November. For 2014 it is open Oct. 5th – Nov. 2nd. So if you haven’t visited yet you still have time.
Some have called it a pumpkin festival, but as far as [Read more…]
Did you know that your German dishwasher needs salt?! I had NO clue! Seriously we have lived in our house for 7 months and I just realized this! Sure I’ve heard others talk about putting salt in their dishwasher, but I guess I just thought it didn’t apply to mine!
Your first clue that you may need to add salt is that your dishes may not be drying well. I just chalked it up to living in Germany and [Read more…]
Historisches Burgenfest in Manderscheid, Germany is the closest medieval festival to Spangdahlem AB. It takes place among the two Mandersheid Castles that we have visited. We heard about it shortly after we arrived in Nov of 2013 so it was on the top of the list to check out this August. If your wanting to go next year they’ve already updated the website with the dates for August of 2015.
Let me [Read more…]
Thomas Philips is a great find here in Bitburg, Germany for shopping! A friend described it to me as ‘like a Ross but a more unorganized’ LOL! I agree it is like a Ross with lower cost items and without the clothing. They have a few items like socks, leggings, but generally not much clothing.
When you first enter you walk into what I call the Household good section. Here you’ll find glasses, kitchen [Read more…]