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Schützenfest- A Marksmanship Competition and Weekend Celebration!

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A few years, while visiting family in Germany, everyone was getting ready for the weekend’s Schützenfest. What is Schützenfest? I asked…. ahhhh… It’s a big fest with shooting competitions, drinking, a coronation, and a massive party that lasts the whole weekend. WHAT?? That’s right, a festival involving shooting and alcohol. (What could go wrong?) Nothing! […]

Oktoberfest Party Ideas- Plan An Oktoberfest Party!

German Easter Fountains- a German Easter Tradition

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  One way towns in Germany prepare for Easter is by decorating fountains. These German Easter Fountains are covered with flowers and colored eggs, making them a festive centerpiece to the city center square. Some places get wildly creative with arches and bundles of plastic hanging eggs. Other towns are more conservative with mostly container […]

Christmas Eve Dinner in Germany – Würstchen mit Kartoffelsalat?

Oktoberfest in Germany! A Wedding Celebration, and lots of Beer

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Munich, Germany is the home of the ORIGINAL Oktoberfest. The fabulous Festival seeming takes over the city in late September , and just around that time we get these images of a Lederhosen wearing, Beer guzzling, Pretzel eating Man, with his Lusty dirndl wearing Fraulein. This image is only partially true, and doesn’t tell the […]

Christmas Eve Dinner in Germany – Würstchen mit Kartoffelsalat?

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