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July 10, 2020
A spectacular bird show in Potzberg Last week I decided to take my teenage daughters to the Wildpark Potzberg. The only thing I knew was that they had a bird show that featured falcons and bald eagles. I have never been to a bird show nor was I overly excited about going to this one, but my daughters wanted
to go. So, off we went. I was pleasantly surprised at this show! This is a family-owned property and you can tell that they pour their heart and soul into it. The owner, Harald Schauss, does a won derful job with the management of this beautiful park, and the animals and birds are friendly as well. When Arriving When we arrived in the park
Kaiserslautern Evangelical
Lutheran Church 8:30 am Worship & Holy Communion Sunday School Following
Service in English
Meeting in Ev.-Luth. St. Michaelis Church, Karpfenstr. 7, 67655 Kaiserslautern Email: KaiserslauternLutheran@gmail.com or call 0152-54677961 for directions.
Joe Asher, Pastor
www.KELC.eu
As we walked towards the show area, we saw horses, rams and sev eral free-roaming bunnies.
ing lot, I noticed that there was an abundance of hiking trail informa tion. There is also a hotel and res taurant. After we paid our entrance fee of 24 Euro (8 Euro for adults and 5,50 Euro for children over age 4), we stopped by the café to get a snack. Our primary purpose was to see the “Birds of Prey Show” which starts every day at 3 p.m. and goes through the end of October. We had about 30 minutes of free time to roam the property before the show started. Petting Zoo
Kaiserslautern Military CoMMunity Chapel sChedule ARMY POC for Miesau, Landstuhl, and Deanner is the USAG R-P Chaplain’s Office in Bldg 3213 on Kleber Kaserne, DSN 541-2105, CIV 0611143-541-2105.
Jewish services
AIR FORCE POC for Ramstein North, Ramstein South, Vogelweh, and Kapaun is the USAF Chaplain Corps, Bldg 1201 on Ramstein, DSN 480-6148, CIV 06371-47-6148.
Messianic Jewish services
Buddhist (sGi)
Kapaun Chapel (Bldg 2781) Divine Liturgy: 9:00 a.m. Sundays Confessions by appointment
Ramstein South Chapel Jewish Shul Area (Bldg 2403) Shabbat Evening Service: 6:00 p.m. Fridays Ramstein South Chapel (Bldg 2403) Service: 10:00 a.m. Saturdays
orthodox Christian services
Ramstein North Chapel Conference Room (Bldg 1201) protestant services Service: 10:30 a.m., 4th Saturday Service: 12:00 p.m., 3rd Thursday at LRMC Chapel Landstuhl Community Chapel (Bldg 3773) For more info: ktownsgibuddhism@gmail.com Worship: 11:00 a.m. Sundays Children’s Youth Church: 11:00 a.m. Sundays Catholic services Daenner Community Chapel (Bldg 3150) Daenner Community Chapel (Bldg 3150) Chapel Next Sunday Mass: 12:30 p.m. (all year round) Worship: Sunday 10:00 a.m. Confession: 11:45 p.m. Children’s Church: Sunday 10:30 a.m. Landstuhl Community Chapel Seventh-Day Adventist Worship Sabbath School: 9:30 a.m. Saturdays (Bldg 3773) Worship: 11:00 a.m. Saturdays Tue, Wed, Fri: 12 p.m. Small Group: 6:00-7:00 p.m. Wednesday Sunday: 9 a.m. Ramstein North Chapel (Bldg 1201) Confession: 8 a.m. Contemporary Service: 11:00 a.m. Sundays Ramstein North Chapel (Bldg 1201) Ramstein South Chapel (Bldg 2403) Daily Mass: 11:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday Traditional with Communion: 9:30 a.m. Sundays Sunday Masses: 9 a.m., 1 p.m. & 5 p.m. Vogelweh Chapel (Bldg 2063) Confession: RNC or by appt. 4 p.m.- 4:45 p.m. Gospel Service: 11:00 a.m. Sundays. Sundays For more info: facebook.com\vogelwehgospelservice or email episcopal (anglican) rvgsfacebook@gmail.com (st. albans) Kapaun Chapel (Bldg 2781) Wiccan Service: 10:30 a.m. Sundays Kapaun Annex (Bldg 2782)
islamic services
Service: 7:00 p.m. Saturdays
Ramstein South Chapel Mosque Area (Bldg 2403) Jummah Prayers: 1:15 p.m. Fridays Daily Prayers: 1:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday
Wisconsin evangelical lutheran synod (Wels) Ramstein South Chapel (Bldg 2403) Service: 4:00 p.m. 2nd & 4th Sundays
Even though my girls are teen agers, they still love petting zoos! At the restaurant there is outside seat ing that overlooks a playground and an area for feeding and petting goats. I have to admit that I fell in love with a tiny goat, and for a brief moment entertained the idea of having one as a pet. And then I woke up and realized that was a bad idea. (Note: There is animal food for sale in the park, so please do not feed the animals any human food!)
Other Sections of the Park There is one section of the park that we did not walk through and I believe this is where the peacocks, white deer, elk and donkeys are kept. We also passed the cages of several different species of birds. I was a bit sad during this portion of the walk to see these beautiful creatures in cages and tethered to posts. They seemed to be well taken care of, so I had to let it go. The Bird Show
Once we passed the cages, the property opened up to the seating area for the show and, literally, the view is breathtaking. It is a stun ning location to watch eagles soar!
The show lasts about one hour and is in German with no English translation. However, there were a couple of English words. Apparently, there are two bald eagles named Air Force One and Obama. This prompted a chuckle from the audience. It really was a lot of fun and strangely peaceful to watch these beautiful creatures soar. And Mr. Shauss is quite comi cal so he had the birds do tricks by flying extremely close to our heads. He even managed to get Air Force One to land about two inches from my shoulder. After the Show At the end of the show a little boy (who we assumed to be Mr. Shauss’ son) appears with a very
small owl and gives everyone in the audience an opportunity to pet the owl. He proceeded to educate my girls (in German) about the owl. This was quite funny to watch since they kept asking if he spoke English and he just kept talking… in German. Children’s Birthday Party I asked one of the interns who spoke English about children’s birthday parties. I was told that you can have your child’s birthday party there and that each child will get an opportunity to hold one of the owls. If you could have seen the faces of the small children there who were thrilled to just pet an owl, you would book a party imme diately! Click on the park’s website for more information. Note: Dogs are allowed in the park, but they are not allowed in the area where the “Birds of Prey Show” is conducted, for obvious reasons. If you have small children and you don’t want to bring your stroller, they do have wagons for rent for less than 5 Euro. How to get there The park is located in Fockelberg and is around 30 min utes northwest of Kaiserslautern, 1 hours and 40 minutes southwest of Wiesbaden and 2 hours and 45 minutes northwest of Stuttgart. Address: Inhaber Harald Schauß 66887 Föckelberg Telephone: +49 (0) 6385 6249 Author’s Profile: Cheryl Koller is a native of Georgia. She is a DOD spouse, mom of 4 daughters (2 adults, 2 teens), thrill-seeker, avid traveler, and lover of food and wine. She is a self-proclaimed Freedom-Preneur and Blogger currently living in Ramstein with her family.
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