Lifestyle

Motorists traveling to Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia or the Czech
Republic should have a valid vignette for 2012, said officials from the
German automobile club ADAC. Anybody found with an old vignette risks
having to pay a high fine.

The City of Kaisers-lautern raised its parking fees in January. All
parking meters in the center of town have been reset, and new traffic
signs displaying the new parking times have been put up.

Residents in the villages of the Kaiserslautern County and in the City
of Kaiserslautern each have specific dates for the pickup of waste.
Usually they receive little booklets listing pickup dates and tips for
trash disposal.

Volksmarching Notes » Interested in volksmarching but not sure how things work? Send an e-mail to volksmarch@gmail.com with the subject “Getting started.” » Both volksmarching calendars are now available for purchase. The calendar for volksmarching in Germany, Terminliste 2012, may be obtained for €2.50 and provides dates, locations, points of contact and […]

Volksmarching Notes » Interested in volksmarching but not sure how things work? Send an e-mail to volksmarch@gmail.com with the subject “Getting started.” » The calendar for volksmarching in Germany, Terminliste 2012, is now available for €2.50 in the start hall at most events. This useful booklet lists dates, locations, points of contact […]

To send in your baby’s birth announcement, send an e-mail to editor@kaiserslauternamerican.com with “birth announcement” written in the subject line. Make sure to include a high resolution photo (300 dpi) and the following information: full name, time and date of birth, weight and height, place of birth, full names of […]

From after Christmas until late January, children disguised as the three
holy kings can be seen walking from house to house in the KMC. They
have paper crowns on their head and carry a big golden star on a pole.
They sing, pray and ask for charity collections for their parish.