Celebrate the German-American Volksfest three days-long
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany - Grafenwoehr. Once again, the U.S. Army Garrison Grafenwoehr is inviting the entire population to celebrate the German-American Volksfest on Grafenwoehr Training Area. The fest takes place from July 30 to August 1, 2010 statt. The fest is opens on July 30 and 31 from 11 a.m. to midnight and on August 1 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
The fest area at Camp Kasserine offers visitors a large variety of rides and more than 100 booths selling souvenirs, gifts and an international assortment of food ranging from American ice cream, barbeque ribs, tacos, nachos, chili, corn-on-the-cob, barbeque chicken, hot dogs, hamburgers and steaks to baked potatoes, gyros, smoked fish and egg rolls.
In 2004, the SV TuS/DJK sports club built a modern Sportpark near the local outdoor swimming pool. A sports center with a restaurant, a fully-automated 4-lane kegel alley, a sauna, meeting and training rooms as well as three regular sports fields and one small sports field are located on a 473 616 square meter-area.
Sports Center Concordia Huetten, Sports Center TSV Gmünd, Playgrounds, Tennis Courts, Shooting Range, Kegel Alleys, Summer Curling Lane, Fishing, Skeet Range, Fitness Center, Youth Center and many more.
Basically, there are 3 regulations you have to follow if you plan to bring a pet to Germany. The regulations posted here refer to the import of dogs, cats and ferrets.
The Hofbräuhaus am Platzl is a world famous beer hall in the city center of Munich, Germany.
This inn may be the world's most famous inn originally built in 1589 by the Bavarian duke William V to avoid buying beer for his troops from Lower Saxony. The general public was admitted only in 1828 by then king Louis I. The building was completely remodeled in 1897, when the brewery moved to the suburbs. In the bombing of WW II, everything but the main inn ("Schwemme") was destroyed; it took until 1958 to be rebuilt.
Credit cards are becoming more and more accepted in Germany, but living in the Grafenwoehr/Vilseck/Hohenfels area it’s strongly recommended to not solely rely on using credit cards! Probably due to the rather low density of population and/or puchase power in this area, most stores pass on credit card acceptance.
In bigger cities like Nuernberg, Regensburg or Munich, the usage of credit cards is more common.
German beer is highly diverse and an important part of Germany's culture. There are more than 1300 breweries in Germany, the highest number of breweries in the world. The German beer market is a bit sheltered from the rest of the world beer market by the German brewers' adherence to the Bavarian Reinheitsgebot (purity requirement) dating from 1516, according to which the only allowed ingredients of beer are "Wasser (water), Hopfen (hops) und (Gersten-)Malz (barley-malt)". Many breweries worldwide adopted the Reinheitsgebot for their own beers. After its invention, cultured yeast became the fourth legal ingredient. Through the agreement (which was law up to 1988 but is still adhered to by virtually all German brewers), beers from Germany tend to have a good reputation for their quality. The Germans are behind only the Czechs and the Irish in their per capita consumption of beer.
