European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 3 Rhine Fleet launches its cruise season tourists wanting variety in their travel May take a train from Mainz to and then take a boat Back to by Linda White travel editor to the tune of brass bands and the Boom of the Cologne Duessel Dorfer cd shipping line opened its Rhine River cruise season thursday with a gala trip upstream from Cologne to the Berlin was greeted at every Stop by wine princesses and town a fire boat spraying streams of water escorted the ship through on passengers were regaled with food and tourist offices of the wine villages along the Rhine set up school groups from the sister towns of bad and Pierre Les joined in a Flag waving song the cd Fleet will be operating on the Rhine until joint excursions in cooperation with the German Federal railway Are available ride one Way on the train and the other on the either the boat or train can be boarded at any one of 35 stops Between Cologne and and some boats go on to Mosel River cruises Between Koblenz and co chem will begin May 12 and run to the cd Fleet consists of 14 including the paddle Steamer Goethe and the hydrofoil Day trips and cruises of several Days Are the Goethe runs May 20 to the end of ticket information and schedules Are available at travel railway stations or cd Landing a firefighting boat accompanies the with the Koblenz Ehre Breitstein fortress in the photos by Gus Schuettler brass bands contributed to the