European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Continued from Page 7 crypt until 6 and the museum saturday and sunday the louvre the approach to this National museum is Long and Lovely and gives just a hint of what is the collections Are snared among six departments in 225 so get a guide Book and map of the museum and decide what you want to you cant see everything unless you have Days to winged Victory of the Venus de Milo and the Mona Lisa Are close together and there is always a crowd around heres a hint the museum shop has a Large collection of Art books in plus reproductions of some of the items in the collection which make Good souvenir the Pompidou Center it looks like nothing so much As a Texas Oil brightly it is the National modern Art the Industrial design the Public information Library and the Institute for acoustic and musical research All in it along with the modernistic shopping Center nostalgically named the forum Des Halles usurped the beloved Market of some parisians still growl about the Pompidou but they visit it the spacious Terrace out front is a stage for fire taking the metro is one Vnus of the Paris stripes photo Linda White Paris cuisine when youre youre haute by Linda White travel editor contrary to popular you can have a bad meal in or perhaps it is Only that the Standard of eating is so High that anything less than Superb is a As i was having a cup of Coffee near the a family of americans at the next table was served what appeared to be a shrivelled Brown quiche i think its like our said one of the turning up his grandma nibbled at a stale piece of this is supposed to be so she said in a Mournful this need not happen to there Are hundreds of excellent restaurants in Paris one Only has to do a Little research to find the first thing to do is to get a Good guide Book or the books using Independent ratings Are the most the Michelin redware still the last word in restaurant and hotel they tend toward the so adventurous diners May want to supplement them other Patricia Wells food lovers guide to Paris is a Good one new on the v the tourist office has a guide Des restaurants which rather than its companion guide Des hotels gives the tourist offices Star ratings for which should not be confused with Guidebook the office also publishes listings of restaurants in the grand hotels and restaurants with Terrace or Garden magazines which specialise in whats happening in entertainment generally have listings of often just a listing of their if you have friends in or who have been to ask them for recommendations but dont Overlook the fact that your tastes May not be the when you probe for details about that exquisite you May find it Good Deal learn to Trust take a Good look at the restaurant inside and menu posted beside the dont hesitate to judge by the food already served and the number of customers already Jine Crystal and men napkins dont guarantee Good food any More than bread crumbs on the floor and rechecked oilcloth mean in a 12 to 15 percent tip will be included in your food it May be added into the Price of each dish the menu will say service comprise if so or tacked on to the end of the you Are not obligated to leave but if the service has been particularly Good you May want to add a few francs Here is a personal opinion of some of the restaurants i chose on my last my discovery for this trip was the cheese restaurant a Drouet at 41 Rue As i walked in the door of the tiny shop downstairs and was enveloped by the smell of Ripe i knew i had found something mimes and musicians at any time of Day or the Center itself is open daily except tuesday noon to 10 saturdays and sundays from 10 the invalids on sunny arrive from the Alexandre Iii Bridge for the finest View of the buildings crowned by the Golden dome of the Church where Napoleon lies take a stroll along the Green Esplanade to the naked Little Park and watch groups of men playing the ground has been stripped Bare by hundreds of feet and on Lazy sundays the Only sound is the chunk and Click of the heavy steel but on Rainy take the metro to the Latour Faubourg Stop and save the the army one of the richest collections of War runs the Gamut from prehistory and the Early Middle Ages to world War tickets to the museum Are Good for two consecutive it is open daily 10 a separate exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of the Victory has been extended until in the sound and Light show shades of glory is presented nightly in the the English version is at now to May 14 and again 8 to 16 and at now until seats Cost 28 francs about the opera and the Madelaine the Only Way to see inside the opera one of the biggest Heaters in the is to go to a the the restaurant is on the second floor take the and personable waiters can help you make your Choice in a variety of including near the door is a table of seven baskets Jam packed with assorted we have about 100 sorts of All of them French except for two my waiter told the two strangers Are a Swiss and an italian for a Drouet has Quick lunches for 90 francs about and larger set menus for 115 francs about cheese fans can have a cheese which works on the same principle As a wine probe you Start with the mild ones and work your Way up to the sheep and Goat i opted to order a la i started with a fresh on restaurants counters As a worker shucks stripes Magazine april