European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse M?v1 " " of it a i i v la a " t Ivoa. A so a. Pm of t--5ffr tsar Kpa Birpe a # to ivs a -l-w8tbisln? lt8 it " l by a shoot n her for coma months. If Thernotta a a sett up the rate wants Rte put tip their Dukes anime set Jutt titular convolutions among i to the per of surrounding glassware. One night spot 4dvttlea girls who /l4 be twist lesson to what Cox a Erfe Moi of a too. No 3 Wocl bleed 4j� floor a shaking Badt a tuft to Ppd on Tea act conducted by John Neumyer As part of the famous French chateau country that follow the Loire River Valley the old province at Anjou lays claim to some of the Best in French food French wines French history and the sheer natural Beauty of the French Countryside. Tet is tha famous Rose wine of Anjou Rilje Tea h Type of Pat that ranks High with Many other French National dishes Phim pies stuffed artichokes and a special Type of butter made with shallots vinegar Salt and Pepper. Anjou boasts More than two do in Chateaux largest of which is at the old Cap fat atty of angers a colossal fortified Castle with17 Ftp Regnante towers. Traditionally Early summer is one of the Best times of the Yea to see Paris. But this tradition applies no less to Anjou and the rest of the chateau country that lies Only two hours South of the French capital where the French monarchs of the 14th and 15th centuries built their summer castles. Anjou to uralic ble sols Are the name of the ancient Frea Cli provinces that made up what is known today us the Chatea country that stretches Westward Home 140 mites from Orleans the first Stop on a week s junket from Paris site of one i France s most splendid cathedrals Orleans has always been a Battleground to times of War from the Days when Joan of arc liberated the City from the English to the world War i when it was badly damaged by bombing raids Short drive Westward along the Loire River across Lush farm lands and vineyards he two of the Region s most celebrated Chateaux Chambord and Blois. Chambord one of the architectural gems of the Loire Valley is the first to come to View like Versailles Chambord was born from the whim of a French eng Franco tit i started in Isis and completed a Quarter of a Century later the chateau is a masterpiece of French Renaissance its roof a fantasy of sculptured chimneys Spires Pinnacles friezes and windows. Its Interior boasts the unbelievable double spiral grand Taimo a ii engineering Narvel permitting people to a end an descend without meeting. The whole Story of Chambord and of All the other great chateau along the Loire is retold spectacularly almost every night As part of the. Popular spectacles son it shows allow the traveler to walk Back through the pages of history and actually Sample the life music gaiety and tragedy of the illustrious French monarchy that inhabited these great castles. Not far from Chara bord is Blois with its famous external staircase Stilt considered one of the masterpieces of the French Renaissance Blois was the favorite Home of Henri i and was Long known As the court of the Kings of it was at Blois that Henri Catherine de Medicis and the due Deguise confronted each other during the bloody religious was of that period. After that historic confrontation the a Guise was As Aas slated and Catherine moved on to a chateau of her own at Chau Toht to the tit the last of the great castles in the ble sols Region after which one arrives in Touraine. Head town of Touraine i Tours which afro happens to be one of the gourmet capitals of France Here one can the Utji delicacies As demoiselle Tatun tart kind or Apple tart. Or there Are the of Juncos praline and Alagood cakes and us other specialities a Fried bread and Brand stoop Andreh Waw treats from the Loire including crayfish sole Shad and Tours is the site of the splendid Archi episcopal Palace one of the world s greatest examples of Renaissance architecture. As for Chateaux Amboise with its austere inner Tower and the Bridge like Castle at Che Monceaux Are among the greatest. In All there Are More than 60 such Chateaux within a 50-Mheradius, of the Loire Valley. Chambord blots Che Monceaux am false and angers Are perhaps the most visited. But each of the 60 habits particular share of history and each has its own distinct Beauty what s More chateau country shops Are renowned for their bar gains in antique furniture antique jewelry and antique firearms and pocked like people a Cagliari Sardinia up the rugged Bland of Sardinia once to famed for its bandits is challenging the South of France As playground for the International set. The Aga Khan Aristotle Onassis and Ingrid Bergman Are among the celebrities wha have discovered the beaches and Crystal Clear Waters of the sardinian land Boom has turned simple Farmers and shepherds into "lira0miliionalxes overnight luxury hotels Are springing up on the Island s Rock coast ships and planes Are expected to ferry a record number of tourists across the 115-mile strip of water that separates the Island from the italian Mainland the stars and stripes kept Sardinia of the tourist tracks a was a product of geography and disease. For thousand of years malaria tvs the real ruler of Sardinia. Islanders died and the coastal area was considered particularly dangerous. Ten years ago the Rockefeller foundation launched a Battle to wipe out malaria and the Island is now almost free of the disposer this opened up new possibilities for poverty stricken Bard Lata italian tourists were among the first to explore the Island s Lovely beaches and rugged Interior. Sardinian Waters Are a Paradise for skin divers end sportsmen started going to the Island to Hunt wild sheep boar and Deer. Now prospects Are Bright for Sardinia an Island that for so Lon has endured hardship and privation. Sunday june 24, 1962
