Welcome 2016!

Well, I am glad to be able to help each and everyone of you. As you may know, I am no longer in Germany and have actually just moved again! We left Germany just two years ago, and we now just moved over Christmas to Scott AFB, in Illinois. So, I need your help with keeping this site up to date. Please help me by sending me new information and photos, or correcting outdated information. Below are a few things that I am looking for, but will be grateful for anything you can send me that you think others may find helpful. 

• new photos of the outside of random houses off base
• photos of General housing on Ramstein
• some outside photos of the new townhomes
• photo of the new KMCC
• photos of some of the new play areas on Ramstein in housing
• more photos of the new pool on Ramstein
• new information - what are they doing with the old bx on Ramstein?
• more info on the new KMCC, your thoughts, likes, dislikes

Please email me with and comments or suggestions that you may have for my site. I want to be able to keep this up and running with current information. I can't do this without your help. Thanks so much and I am sure other newcomers will thank you as well! Also, don't forget that we have a Facebook page.....please join us there for more information! Join us at the "I Love Germany" Facebook Page

Danke! Christy

I want to give a quick update. I am not sure if you know, but I haven't lived in Germany for 6 years now and am no longer a military spouse. I was torn as to what to do with this great site that I have put SOOO much time and heart into since I first put it on the web in 2001, and had even considered deleting it recently. I didn't want to because I know that it has helped a ton over people, having over 1 million visitors. I felt that it was becoming very outdated, although there is still a ton of pertinent information here, and I wasn't sure I had the strength to try and get it up to speed. I put a note out on our Facebook page, and got several responses that I should keep it up and that everyone would help me to update it. So, that is what I wanted to tell you; be looking for new updates in the next few months, and as always, feel free to help me out as well. Everyone really appreciates the information about moving to and living in Germany while affiliated with the military. I have one last thing to say... I want to give a HUGE thank you to Marge Royahn Hackbart for paying for the next two years to keep this website online. Marge is a civilian who works on base and has spent many years in Germany. She will be there for another 5 years and thought it was very important that we keep this great website available to all of you, as it helped her so much with her move so many years ago. Thank you again Marge!!

I hope this message finds everyone well!
Tshuß ~ Christy

2013 - What? Holy cow......

Halo! Please help me to keep this site up to date......feel free to send me  any comments, suggestions, or new information that you may have for my site. I want to be able to keep this up and running with current information. I can't do this without your help. Thanks so much and I am sure other newcomers will thank you as well! Suggestions for new information:

• new photos of the outside of random houses off base
• photos of General housing on Ramstein
• some outside photos of the new townhomes
• photo of the new KMCC
• photos of some of the new play areas on Ramstein in housing
• more photos of the new pool on Ramstein
• new information - what are they doing with the old bx on Ramstein?
• more info on the new KMCC, your thoughts, likes, dislikes

Please don't forget to join us on Facebook -  the link is to the left! You can ask all of your questions there.......you will get great information from people who are living there, or who have in the past; often from more than one person.

Tschuß,
Christy Parish

On to a new Decade!

Wow, 10 years is along time and it is amazing to me that we have been looking to the internet for answers for that long. Can't you remember when we didn't even have internet, or a computer for that matter? Wow, I feel old. I wonder how we will be finding out information in another 10 years? That will be some super duper internet or something, I am sure!

Well, I am glad to be able to help each and everyone of you. As you may know, I am no longer in Germany and have actually just moved again! We left Germany just two years ago, and we now just moved over Christmas to Scott AFB, in Illinois. So, I need your help with keeping this site up to date. Please help me by sending me new information and photos, or correcting outdated information. Below are a few things that I am looking for, but will be grateful for anything you can send me that you think others may find helpful.

• new photos of the outside of random houses off base
• photos of General housing on Ramstein
• some outside photos of the new townhomes
• photo of the new KMCC
• photos of some of the new play areas on Ramstein in housing
• more photos of the new pool on Ramstein
• new information - what are they doing with the old bx on Ramstein?
• more info on the new KMCC, your thoughts, likes, dislikes

Please email me with and comments or suggestions that you may have for my site. I want to be able to keep this up and running with current information. I can't do this without your help. Thanks so much and I am sure other newcomers will thank you as well!

PLEASE refrain from emailing me with questions about moving to Germany. For the first couple of years, I would get several emails a week and would personally answer them all. I just don't have time for that and that is why I have the message board and Facebook page. Please join those groups at the left of the site and you can ask all of your questions there. You will get great information from people who are living there; often from more than one person. I like this because you will get more than one person's point of view on things.

Happy New Year and here's hoping the next 10 years is great!
Tschuß,
Christy Parish

New Changes & 10 Years on the web!

Hi! Welcome to the "ALL NEW" Germany Information Website. With time, come changes. We are celebrating our 10th year on the web, and boy have we come a long way! Originally, I started posting information on our family site. I started adding information and photos that I thought my family would enjoy seeing about our new home in Germany. I ended up adding more and more information, and ended up thinking, "You know, someone moving here may benefit from this information." So, in November of 2000, I moved everything from our family site, over to it's own new site. This new site is what you know as "The Germany Information Website". Thank you to all of my loyal visitors and I welcome all of you newcomers. You will notice some changes here and I hope you find this site easier to navigate. As you may know, I am no longer in Germany and need your help with updating my site. Please help me by sending me new information and photos, or correcting outdated information. My new site is much easier to update, so come on and send me new information when you can. Below are a few things that I am looking for, but will be grateful for anything you can send me.

• new photos of the outside of random houses off base
• photos of General housing on Ramstien
• some outside photos of the new townhomes
• photo of the new KMCC
• photos of some of the new play areas on Ramstein in housing
• photos of the new pool on Ramstein
• new information - what are they doing with the old bx on Ramstein?
• any info on the new KMCC, your thoughts, likes, dislikes

Please email me with and comments or suggestions that you may have for my site. I want to be able to keep this up and running with current information. I can't do this without your help. I am asking that you please not email me with questions about moving to Germany. For the first couple of years, I would get several emails a week and would personally answer them all. I just don't have time for that and that is why I have the message board and Facebook page. Please join those groups at the left of the site and you can ask all of your questions there. You will get great information from people who are living there; often from more than one person. I like this because you will get more than one person's point of view on things.

You will find all of the information you need at the menu above or in the archives to the right. Well, I hope you like the new site, and again, I appreciate all of the help and information you can send me or any suggestions you may have! And thanks again for keeping us on the web for 10 years!

Tschuß,
Christy Parish

A few things that you might find interesting.....

• Find us on FACEBOOK! I finally made a group on Facebook called 'I Love Germany' Click here to find us!
• I need your help! Please show your support and help to keep this site going! We can't keep the site online without you! Click here to find out how you can help!
• Ebates - Coupons, Rebates, and Cash Back and it is FREE! Use this site if you are going to shop online! You get money back from the purchases you make. I have been a member for a few years now and love when I get my checks in the mail! Help our Germany site by using usafparish96@yahoo.com as the person that referred you or click here! Sign up right now and after you make your first purchase, we both get $5.00 in our account! This can be your donation to help keep our site going!
• Join KLSA - Kaiserslautern/Landstuhl Spouses' Association - Click here for more info! Open to all ID card holders!!
• German Toilets - A great read that might interest you! Click here
• Help the Webmaster - Please contact me anytime via email. We want to know - are we giving correct information? Is there something we should change or add? Send us your thoughts and we will post it on "What others have to say". Would you like to submit photos of your house or Holidays through Europe (photos of places we don't already have on the site)? We would like all the feedback you are willing to give and we need your help! The webmaster no longer lives in Germany.

Ramstein Swimming Pool

Here are a couple of photos from the pool that is located by the Northside Gym and Post Office. It opened in 2008 and is a great facility, complete with locker rooms. If anyone has more information or photos, please send them to me so that I may post them here.