Lifestyle

Since November 2012, a small team of dedicated Soldiers have been crawling out of bed in the early hours two to three times a week to march with each other at times over 25 miles. This sacrifice was in preparation for one of the most arduous and intensely celebrated annual events of modern times — the International Four Days Marches Nijmegen.

The 29th lake fest at Lake Ohmbachsee will take place today to Sunday. For three days, the lake will turn into a big, natural stage with lights, music and shows. Bands of various styles will entertain visitors on three stages set up around Ohmbachsee.

The two-day summer 2013 Technology Exposition, hosted by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, finished Wednesday at the Ramstein Officers’ Club.

Members of the KMC celebrate U.S. Independence Day with live music, children’s activities, carnival rides, food specialties, games and a fireworks display July 4 on Ramstein.

“You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream!” Because after all, July is national ice cream month. About 98 percent of household homes that consume dairy products also regularly purchase ice cream. The average American consumes more than 23 quarts a year, and children ages 2 to 12 years old and people over the age of 45 eat the most ice cream in our country.

Driving down the “Burgenstrasse,” or Castle Road, a themed route in Southern Germany and the Czech Republic that runs between Mannheim and Prague, one of the first castles you will pass is Heidelberg Castle, the most well-known ruin in the period of romanticism.