European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Let s go if you Are making a trip Back to the states this year Why not go the other Way around turn Home leave into a trip around the world. Sun Tours the on base travel office for the air Force has planned a 19-Day itinerary for individuals or Small groups taking Home leave this summer. The Date is june 17-july 5, from Frankfurt to Bangkok Hong Kong Taipei Tokyo Honolulu los Angeles. From Hong Kong an optional tour to Macao and Zongshan China is available. From Tokyo travellers can visit mount Fuji. Flights Are aboard Northwest Orient and can be arranged to any final destination served by the airline. Trip Price is $2,799 per person with a single supplement of $610. Use your Home leave toward paying for the ticket. Price includes roundtrip flight hotel rooms with private facilities and breakfast transfers Between hotels and airports sightseeing in Bangkok Hong Kong Taipei Tokyo and Honolulu. Not included Are Airport taxes of about $44.50. For information Contact or. Schafer Sun Tours Nirnberger Strasse 11d-6450 Hanau Germany. Tel. 06181-256066 or 256068. Or write Sun Tours Postrach 5765, d-6800 Mannheim 1, Germany. Book for Bremerhaven sail Bremerhaven 86 will be one of the biggest festivals in Germany this summer with More than 200 tall ships participating in the Cutty Sark sailing race. Dates Are july 24-27. The Bremerhaven itt reports hotels in the City booked up but space is still available in the " surrounding area. Reservations Are accepted in writing Only and you must stay at least three nights. For reservations Contact Stadt studio Columbus Center d-2850 Bremerhaven Germany. Include your name number of people in the party number of nights you wish to stay arrival and departure dates Economy address and civilian Telephone number. The Bremen tourist office at Bohnhof Platz 29 May also be Able to help. Cultural and culinary event every wednesday the Wiesbaden Penta hotel has a Farmers Buffet starting at 6 . It features food specialities from the different states of Germany. On display Are handicrafts from the states. The hotel is at Auguste Viktoria Strasse 15. Ski season extended if you Are thinking of a late season ski expedition the folks at arc Chi Emsee have Good news for you. The nearby ski slopes at Wink Moos Stein Platte Are extending their season until april 13. Arc Chi Emsee has ski weeks for beginners and intermediates. A ski week includes five Days of lessons lift passes transportation to and from the slopes races awards and More. Ski equipment and clothing Are available for rent. Arc also offers private Semi private and group lessons. A special promotional package Spring fling costs $59.98 for two persons sharing a room including a full american breakfast and $7 credit per person toward any recreational event. To sign up Tel. Military 2535-575, ets 4402-575 or civilian 08821-75710. Attention artists a Competition is open until april 30 for new souvenirs for the West Flanders area of Belgium. The ideas should be original simple and Cost no More than about $15. For information Contact Westt Merisme Vlamin Straat 55, b-8000 Brugge Belgium. Bed guests of bed and breakfast go can stay at the Home of a songwriter or a Farmer a nurse or an Antiques dealer a concert pianist or a journalist. Instead of a hotel they stay in thatched cottages Paris in Spring want to run a Marathon in one of the world s most Beautiful cities excited about seeing Tennis matches Between the world s top players or do you just want to watch the City come into Bloom the Paris Uso can help make your visit fun. The Paris International Marathon will be May 4. Thousands of runners will begin at the place de la concorde and run through the winding streets past Parks and monuments and by sidewalk cafes with cheering crowds. For an entry Blank Send a stamped self addressed envelope to the Paris Uso. For the tourist at heart Paris is starting to Bloom at Versailles gardens and around the Eiffel Tower. The Uso can direct you to the most Beautiful gardens As Well As to museums and monuments. For Tennis enthusiasts the French Tennis open will be played at Rolland Garros stadium May 26 june 8. Tickets Are hard to get but you can inquire at federation Francaise de Tennis 2 Rue Gordon Bennett f-75016 Paris. For All kinds of information visit the Paris Uso at 49 Rue Pierre Charron near the champs Elysee. A phone Call or letter several weeks before your visit will give them time to locate convenient and relatively inexpensive accommodations. The Uso can also help with Tours tickets to Folies Bergere and other shows even shopping in the Uso gift shop. Contact the Paris Uso 49 Rue Pierre Charron f-75008 Paris or Paris Uso Apo new York 09777. Tel. 01-47237180. Water Mills Manor houses or Tudor farmhouses. Cost for a week can be about the same As a couple of nights in a hotel. Bed and breakfast accommodations Are found everywhere in cities like London Edinburgh York Stratford and Bath or in places you never heard of such As Stoke St. Gregory All Stretton Appleton be moors the Isle of muck or  Gog Rogoch that s in Wales and is the longest place name in the world. Visitors can Book in Advance from a Choice of 300 places from 8.50 pounds about $13 per person per night for bed and breakfast or from 90 pounds about $135 per person per week for dinner bed and breakfast. Off Peak go As you please plan operates for 8 pounds about $12 per person per night All Over the country. London rates Start at 15 pounds about $22.50. For a brochure or booking Contact bed and breakfast . Box 66, Henley on thames Oxon rg9 1xs, great Britain. Tel. 0491-578803. British travel Center the British travel Center is scheduled to open in april in Central London. It will be operated by the British tourist authority British rail american express and other partners. It will be open seven Days a week to provide information booking and travel services on destinations throughout Britain. The Center is on lower Regent Stree not far from Piccadilly circus. Meet the Black Forest the hotel Zur Krone in Ebe Sweier Dubach has an introduction to the Black Forest offer april through August. Several programs Are offered. Program 1 includes two nights bed and breakfast a Welcome drink a four course Badisch dinner a Day tour of the Black Forest and Badisch wine route and More. Cost is 110 Marks about $50 per person in double room without Bath and toilet 125 Marks about $57 in room with Shower and 574 Marks about $260 for a 4-5 person apartment with toilet and Shower. Dates for this program Are april 4-7, april 25-27, july 4-6, and May 30-june 1, which will coincide with the Dubach wine festival. Program 2 is a tour of the Alsace with stops in Strasbourg at the potters Village a Effenheim and at Weinheim visit to the Casino in Baden Baden and drive along the Black Forest Hochstrasser. Dates Are june 13-15 and july 25-27, which coincides with the Village Forest festival. Program 3 Isan asparagus tour with a trip to a Spargal farm in the Alsace and a taste of the Harvest at Hugelheim Schwet Zingen. Dates Are aug. 22-24. Cost for programs 2 and 3 Are 116 Marks about $53 per person in a double room without toilet and Bath 131 Marks about $60 in room with Shower and 574 Marks about $260 for the apartment. For information Contact Gasthoff Zur Krone am Dubach 1, d-7601 Ebe Sweier Dubach Germany. Tel. 0781-41244. Note to readers -/.,. When writing for information use your Economy address rather than your Apo. It speeds up the process considerably. If you order brochures by Apo they Are sent to new York first and then return usually by ship. There have even been reports of a Small Post office in Scotland that refused to accept Apo mail. When  your country be sure to add the International dealing codes applicable to the country where you Are living. Exchange rates fluctuate so rapidly that the rates used Here can Only be approximate. Apri 3,1986 stripes Magazine 13