European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse One of the members of the tour group takes a photo at the Church of Saint Trophim in Aries. Ford was to a seashell picked up on a Beach becomes the subject for discussion of pilgrimages and the beginnings of diplomatic immunity. At the hotel breakfast table a Box of Rice Crispien printed in 14 languages inspires him to say this is the Rosetta Stone of 3 million years from his slide shows have been a part of every tour almost since the beginning. I did t bring slides on the first tour he said. Then i realized that everyone was pushing and Art history tour stops to take a class picture on the grounds of Van Gogh s Sanitorium in Provence. Shoving to see. The slides give us a close up look a background. When we go to a collection the pictures will leap off the Walls As old friends. Each person is free to look at what interests the slide shows not Only preview what the groups will see but give related information As Well. They make the trips More than Tours they Are rigorous and highly disciplined study Stangel gets his class involved in such projects As recreating a Van Gogh picture for a photograph at a draw Bridge in Provence. He Speaks in the editorial first person i wanted to Wake us up to see Cluny when we drove past Don t forget to bring our cameras with us and at breakfast put a Roll in our pockets for the slide he is a connoisseur of vietnamese chinese food and advises tour participants where to find the Best macaroons at every Stop. He grudgingly allows seven minutes of shopping time but advises the group to spend it in the food shops stocking up for the next leg of the journey. Picnicking on the bus saves time Why waste an hour of Daylight in a restaurant when you could be seeing Art As Long As we re Down Here my philosophy is to see As much As we and the people keep coming Back for More. On the recent trip to Southern France 17 of the 50 participants were making a repeat journey. Eleven had made two or three of his Art history Tours one couple were on their 10th, and two men estimated this to be number 12 or 15. Air Force capt. Hugh Graham of Stuttgart Germany made a list and came up with 14 Art history Tours four of them repeats. He has made the Italy tour three times. The Tours Are a Good sampling of european history he said. They Are the Best combination of intensive historical and cultural information. And i enjoy the food in France Mike Kastle of Heidelberg Germany a civilian Engineer for Usa isae was the other member vying for most Tours. He has repeated several including Burgundy Provence and Belgium. I like the places he takes you and the people who travel with him said Kastle. Don and Fredrica Broson of Munich chalking up no. 10, said for us it s a Way to learn history. We always go on a different tour and we Haven t run out we be been on six or eight of his Tours another couple said. But we be spread them out Over the years. They Are not the kind of Tours you can do Back to he s incredible said first timer Jerry Miller of huts Thenhausen Germany. The real problem with his Tours is that it wipes out All other Tours. Other Tours just say Here s this and that and the dates. This Man lives what you Are seeing. He brings everything and what does Stangel do for vacation i Haven t had one since i can remember he said. I know this sounds corny but this is not work to me. I m doing what i d be doing anyway. I Don t feel the need to take time off for a Between Tours he lectures about Art history. He no longer has time to teach in the classroom but serves As consultant for Dodds program enrichment. Before coming to Europe he taught at the University of California at los Angeles. March 73, 7986 stripes Magazine
