European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Calendar Austria Church Days in an Alpine Johann in july Lake Munden am july Al tier july this is the 20th anniversary of the Kapraun Glacier Cable the festival will feature trick hang sky diving and ice a disco will be set up on the Glacier International music bad july 14 France International Folk dance festival in the open air july Celebration of the National throughout the july simulated burning of the walled july Mill festival with lantern it july Eligius Day Folk july bullfights in the july International meeting Between instrument makers and master july traditional country july Languedoc coast july Marionette july Germany Folk Cathedral july Hochster Castle Alt Hochst in july Castle illuminations and july die Kinde Zeche historic open air july Rhine july historical Coopers july the performances Are being staged once More by the cellar ens great Britain Royal Earls through july the program will include the massed bands of 12 regiments Celebration their 300th displays by the household cavalry and the Kings troop Royal horse the Royal Navy Field gun Competition and Richmond july Folk an edwardian picnic and a Teddy bears reunion will highlight festivities in this London festival of july boat Fawney Henley on july Stratford Donavon Stratfor Dupon july Hungary jazz july Riding july Luxembourg open air july wine july Beer the Netherlands Nijm Egen walking july this fou Day Marathon attracts about participants each year and is the forerunner of walking Portugal Madeira wine Spain summer Avila july poetry festivals of the markets Are livened by Folk dances and Sweden Mackerel fishing july the Asele july the largest festival in with july Folk Rural Turkey Troy gallery Belgium James Ensor museum of Beautiful until called the most original personality in modern belgian was born in Denmark Funken students of the Jutland Academy of Art the Egeskov july Eva Opsund textile Hessel july Kalun Borg 75th anniversary Kalun Borg july France Bordeaux International exhibition of Fine arts until great Britain West London front line drawings from world War Waterman arts july the works of soviet War artists will be on View for the first time in the the works depict the main stages of the from the 900day blockade of Leningrad to the Battles for Moscow and Leningrad and the final fight for London Edward Lear Royal Academy of until july the exhibit brings together for the first time the full Range of this talented mans famous for his nonsense Lear is less Well known As a landscape natural history craftsman and the Netherlands Rotterdam at the foot of the euro until end this action exhibition brings together air and there will be optical sound and Light restaurants and kaleidoscopic entry is guilders about for adults and guilders about for it is open daily 10 12 stripes Magazine july balloon museum is flying High by Frederick Winship United press International the Only museum in the world devoted to the sport of ballooning is marking its 10th anniversary with a bumper number of summer Many of them there Are an estimated passenger balloons in the mostly of the hot air More than of them in the United states where the sport has flourished since the so it is not surprising that the balloon museum on the grounds of the chateau de bal Leroy in is a Magnet for american the museum was established by Malcolm publisher of Forbes Magazine in new Forbes is a world renowned Winner of the Harmon International trophy for the first balloon flight across America in Forbes Magazine owns the chateau de designed by celebrated architect Francois mansard and built in the museum is housed in the former occupying two commodious floors of the quaint Brick and Stone it houses a wide variety of objects connected with or inspired by ballooning and attracted visitors to this farm Village deep in Calvados country in attendance is increasing every year As More and More people become fascinated by said Kassia who oversees the chateau operation for we had 200 More people in May this year than the heaviest traffic is in july and but the museum never seems too we get lots of especially in the summer who was born in Pennsylvania of an american father and a French pointed out some of the museums recent she showed particular Pride in the Metal helium valve from the double Eagle which made the first trans Atlantic balloon crossing in and souvenirs of the first transpacific crossing in we also have received a Beautiful collection of 18thcentury porcelain Pill boxes decorated with a collection of tin toy balloons and and Many More pastels and Lep Rieur our Book collection is now almost Complete from the first Book on ballooning published in 1784 until the most recent published 200 years in addition to the Forbes there Are important exhibits on loan from the museum of air in where the Montgolfier Brothers launched the first manned balloon flight on the displays have been arranged and labelled by English balloonist Anne president of the friends of the bal Leroy we try to show Only period not reproductions and handicraft Lewis Smith we have special exhibits and dioramas illustrating the limited practical uses of mainly for military observation and barrage Protection against planes in wartime and for meteorological tests the study of cosmic rays and wind Drift and pollution there is a glittering collection of colourfully enamelled miniature balloon pins which Are traditionally Given by balloon owners to passengers on their first when youre up there in a silent youre a part of the wind and the elements and you get a whole different View of the Earth literally and said who was staying at the chateau in june for the annual bal Leroy International invitational balloon meet attended by balloonist from 17 How to get to bal Leroy by motor from Paris 2v2 by train to Bayeux or by plane to visiting hours the museum is open to the Public every Day except wednesday from 9 to noon and from 2 until 6 from March 1 through Large groups should make arrangements prior to their there Are no guides at the but a guided half hour tour of the the earliest surviving mansard is nearest tourist sights the Panorama of Normandy beaches which figured in the Day invasion is Only a few Miles visits to the american military cemetery at Omaha Beach and the invasion museum at arro Manche Are a also nearby Are Bayeux with its famous Conquest tapestry and gothic Cathedral and Caen with its Fine Norman architecture and Tomb of William the