Category: Local
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Koblenz, Germany 🇩🇪
I was fortunate enough to meet up with some lovely friends from Maryland on their cruise up the Rhine.
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Wiesbaden Fastnacht Parade 🇩🇪
The Wiesbaden Fastnacht Parade, a vibrant highlight of the city’s carnival season, took place on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Organized by the Dachorganisation Wiesbadener Karneval 1950 e.V. (DACHO), the event celebrated its 75th anniversary, drawing over 5,000 participants from more than 65 clubs, including groups from across Germany and abroad. The parade featured 18 music…
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Return to Cannstatter: Stuttgart’s Own Oktoberfest 🇩🇪
Visiting the Cannstatter Volksfest in the evening reveals a whole new side of Stuttgart’s beloved celebration — one that rivals Munich’s Oktoberfest in energy and spirit. As twilight settles over the Wasen fairgrounds, the lights flicker on, music swells, and the air fills with the irresistible mix of sizzling bratwurst, roasted almonds, and laughter. The…
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Cannstatter Volksfest: Stuttgart’s Spirited Celebration 🇩🇪
Every autumn, Stuttgart transforms into a whirlwind of color, sound, and celebration for the Cannstatter Volksfest — Germany’s second-largest beer festival and one of its most cherished traditions. What began in 1818 as a harvest festival celebrating the end of famine has grown into a joyful blend of Bavarian-style festivity and Swabian pride. Held at…
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The Oppenheim Keller Tour: Life Beneath the Front Lines 🇩🇪
In September 2022, we visited Oppenheim for one of the most fascinating and unexpected history lessons we’ve experienced in Germany — the Keller tour, a walk through the vast underground cellar system hidden beneath the old town. At first glance, Oppenheim looks like a quiet Rhine-side town surrounded by vineyards. But beneath its streets lies…
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Bad Nauheim: Honoring Elvis and a Family Memory 🇩🇪
We visited Bad Nauheim to celebrate what would have been our late uncle’s birthday — a man who was a huge Elvis Presley fan — and there was no more fitting place to do it. This small spa town in Hesse holds a unique place in music history, and walking its streets felt like stepping…
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Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival 2021: Autumn at Its Most Imaginative 🇩🇪
The Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival is one of those events that turns a historic place into something completely unexpected, and our visit in 2021 felt like stepping into a storybook version of fall. Set in the expansive gardens of Residenzschloss Ludwigsburg, one of Europe’s largest Baroque palaces, the festival blends centuries-old elegance with playful creativity. Each…