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Proper supervision ensures child safety
According to Safe Kids USA, March 8 marked the first child-related
vehicular tragedy of the year when a mother came out of work only to
realize she had left her 6-year-old daughter in the car.
Archive for April, 2011
Commentary
News
Ramstein’s JMPC open for business
After final completion in December 2010, the new and improved Joint
Mobility Processing Center and Installation Deployment Readiness Center
has opened offering a more efficient deployment process for the entire
KMC.
Lifestyle
Neu Leiningen, Burg Leiningen: Take the road less traveled
Possibly the most recognized and unvisited castle ruins in Southern
Germany stand just east of Kaiserslautern high above the German Wine
Road.
Features
Crusing the Rhine River
Spring has sprung, Summer will come and the hordes of visitors will start to arrive.
Everyone will ask first for a castle visit then a cruise on the Rhine
River. Here
News
Do you need to get away? Take a day trip to a city nearby
Being stationed in Germany has some of
the greatest perks, such as excellent food, beautiful countryside and
long weekends to enjoy it all. To some, trying to decide on a place to
visit on these weekends can seem a bit daunting, but here is a list of a
few destinations within no more than a few hours’ drive from the KMC.
Lifestyle
Discover the hidden gems of Idar-Oberstein
Long ago, the villages of Idar and Oberstein fused into one gem of a
city that became famous around the world for producing masterpieces from
the raw ores.
As explorers found ever-more fascinating gemstones in Africa, the
Americas, and even Asia, Idar-Oberstein turned itself from mining to
importing then cutting and finishing the stones into high-quality
jewelry and artifacts.
Lifestyle
Wissenbourg: French flair, German coziness at the foot of the Vogese
If you take Parisian street cafe flair and mix it with the coziness of a
small German timber-framed town, you get Wissenbourg. This petit French
village situated at the foot of the Vogese National Park is located
south toward Karlsruhe, and a little over an hour away from
Kaiserslautern. It belongs to the border region of France and Germany,
the Alsace, which has developed its unique mixture of both cultures.
