European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Bols campers get water washing facilities supplies at Central location. By Morton p. Gudebrod is Paris Bureau nearly 90.000 of the millions of Camp Ert who will warm the european Roada thu summer will pitch their Tensor Park their camping trailers for a time right in the City of Parli. While the City of Light with us Stone architectural splendours great museums hotel de luxe and gilded  not seem a prime attraction for the devotee of sleeping bags and butane cuisine it nevertheless has an enormous Appeal to tourists who want to wimple the capital s urbanity and cultural treasures while maintaining their status u Cut Dooray Folk. The parisian bivouac of these seasonal nomads is the 10-acre camping area main talked in the bold tie Boulogne by the touring club of France. Situated on the Bank of the Seine River it is a Bosk Clearing shaded by huge Oaks Chestnut and plane Trees that efficiently sound proof it from the clamor of the nearby Metropolis. Yet the nearest station of the metro subway system is less than half a mile away in one direction and the grand stands of the Longchamp race course even closer in the other. Last year More than 80,000 persons spent one or More nights in the camping do Floia 67,000 of these were non French tourists representing 57 countries. These included several Hundred american Mill tary families stationed in Europe and Visi tors from on far away As Australia an the for East. Most were attracted by he Opportunity to com hint camping s informality and Economy with business or Pien sure in the French capital. During t to Truk summer months Thebo i is Encampment a run is filled to us Cap Icetty of 2.fhk a Imperf Annii on tin nver ii zip Flioy another 200 Are turned away for Lack of  would have to turn Newny Mimy More if it were not for certain  s is l. F. March Lllan. Who with he wife directs the camping Duboin for the touring club. We accept no campers whose regular Home is Wuhan 30 Miles of Paris. Flor All there Are 700,000 ardent campers m that area alone and Many of them would move out of their apartments into the Bols for the whole summer if Welt  Camp tills Tilko must be holders of a International tourism card although this is easily obtainable for a Small fee at any automobile club and visits Are restricted to one month. Our Camp is unique in some Way says Marcellyn i think the clientele is More widely International than most Otherson the continent. Camps in other areas have their Spe Cial appeals mountains seashore open country each of which attract special Seg ments of the camping population. But Paris hns a Universal  the summer season Here we have a working United notions in microcosm people of All sorts of customs tastes and languages engaged in Brief but  Marcellyn feels that perhaps the Mai reason for the Lack of friction Between Paris campers of the same or differing nationalities is Paris itself. During the daytime about half the campers take off in the morning to see what the capital has to offer by Day the louvre the arc Detriomphe. The Eiffel Tower and so Forth. They come Back to Wauls a Venlon tired out ready to Dookun Nihil ups a Mil and go to bed. Avoid oils time the Oiler half theonis who want to to to i to Folk s brr Ere or see the ilium inn Lons or Sample i Heni by of d Jive hit1 Camp and Don t come Hack Mill . I in mini cum is everybody was mm1 or miss Sci i Chi r tiny and not the there might lie difficulties hut Here we almost Alwi Tys have perfect  of tin1 Kuhn mar tourists Marcel Len Mills Sony an no Ernst of two or Threet lilys. Paris is not hit1 primary goal of Llu  it says but in important Way Slit Lon on thu or  in residence thu Bolu campers find All the usual amenities of a first class camping site such As water electricity laundry and Telephone and a commissary. The 11o15 camping area is open allying except from Jan. 15 to March 1, and patronage is by no Means limited tothe summer sightseeing tourist season. Many foreign students who Are in Paris to study find camping Here an economical1 answer to their housing problem Marcel Len says. Then during the French school vacation at easter Many French families from the provinces come with their Chil  september and october finds us filled with a different sort of  s the season of the Auto show and the big Trade fairs. Nowadays Many business men and even important industrialists coming to Paris or these events choose to stay Here in the Bols hotel rooms Are almost unobtainable at that time which is Why some of these people choose camping. But there s More than that to it. After the formality of business sessions and conference even  men prefer to come Back to their caravans Here where they can Takeoff their jackets and Choat and relax with their families to the formality and Dressi Ness required by Paris hotel  is photos by Gene Bane is 1963 variety of gear is displayed in this photo of to 10-Ocr camping area in the Bois de Boulogne on the Seine River right in Paris. The stars and stripes Page 13