A touch of Bavaria returns to Bucks County this summer as the River Valley Schuhplattler Troupe don their lederhosen to perform at the Tinicum Arts Festival on July 11 and 12. (courtesy photo)Hunterdon County Democrat  A touch of Bavaria returns to Bucks County this summer as the River Valley Schuhplattler Troupe don their lederhosen to perform at the Tinicum Arts Festival on July 11 and 12. The Schuhplattler is thought to be the oldest known European dance, dating from about 3000 BC, Read more [...]

The BAVARIA Open Days 2015 took place at the BAVARIA shipyard on 12th and 13th of June. More than 500 customers and dealers from more than 20 countries along with 2,000 visitors from the surrounding area around Wurzburg visited the OPEN DAYS for a look behind the scenes of the second biggest shipyard for yachts in the world. Now the official video of the BAVARIA OPEN DAYS is online (https://youtu.be/zlfFCq99cIw (Link: https://youtu.be/zlfFCq99cIw )) Seeing nine sailing yachts and seven Read more [...]

A week ago emergency accommodation for 200 Syrian refugees was erected right next to the gym of Wilhelm-Diess-Gymnasium in Pocking, Bavaria, Die Welt reports. The gym has been closed as a result, and PE lessons have been relocated to a nearby primary school, but the school is still worried about the refugees interacting with students. So worried in fact that the headteacher recently sent out a letter to parents to give reassurance about extra security measures. "For the refugees, access Read more [...]

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Following the G7 meetings in Bavaria this month, the leaders involved committed to supporting disaster insurance as part of plans to tackle climate change. Particularly intensive support will be targeted at vulnerable countries, in order to affirm their efforts to deal with climate change-related disaster risk. The G7 announced that they “will aim to increase by up to 400 million the number of people in the most vulnerable developing countries who have access to direct or indirect insurance coverage Read more [...]

Lufthansa first class passengers and Lufthansa Private Jet guests can now enliven the waiting time before their next take-off with a unique experience- taking a Porsche 911 or Panamera for a spin through Munich, the sub-Alpine landscape or Lower Bavaria. The Porsche First Class offer is available for all Lufthansa, SWISS or Austrian Airlines passengers, Lufthansa HON Circle members and Lufthansa Private Jet guests who possess a valid first class boarding ticket for that day. Thomas Klühr, Read more [...]

Mama’s Little Helper

This reference site for parents in Pa. and N.J. features a calendar of local (and many FREE) events, coupons, giveaways, directories (classes, places to play, story times, consignment stores/sales), helpful articles a blog!

Click to enlarge All floorlamps have been upgraded with additional LED reading lights for maximum comfort; in the bathrooms the focus have been directed on warm white, dimmable lighting and throughout the complete project ceiling-mounted spotlights from Baulmann are creating different lighting scenarios. To contact Baulmann Leuchten, visit www.baulmann.com All pictures are copyright by Schloss Elmau". Click Read more [...]

Mr. Herbie Selig was born in the year 1914 in Bavaria. His family had been living in the town of Zeilitzheim, Germany for over 300 years, but by the time Mr. Selig was born, only 14 Jewish families remained there. His father died when he was 13, and his mother became a business woman to support the family. The Jewish children studied in a Catholic school, located on the premises of a Protestant castle. Mr. Selig tells of visiting his grandparents in their pastoral village across the Rhine River, Read more [...]

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s plan to replace nuclear power plants across Germany with renewables requires an energy superhighway that will run over Valerie Grill’s back yard. The 43-year-old mother of two is one of thousands of citizens objecting to the 21 billion-euro ($23 billion) program to erect high-voltage electricity lines linking offshore wind farms in the North Sea to factories in the south. It includes a 500-mile cable from Wilster on the north coast to Grafenrheinfeld in Bavaria, known Read more [...]