European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse I Ihler doors before Midnight. There is no age limit to can stay in hostels except in Bavaria Southern Many where it is 30but preference is Given Young polome hostels have family accommodations. Of stay in a Hostel you Musl have an International Jyh Hostel card. For information Contact american selected cities Rome. Maid Newyork it of i 1-4. $1.00 $148 $129 $200 the hmm youth hold is inc., 1332 i sired new. By tin Washington . 20005. Liat of hostels Row Rorn houss holidays Are becoming extremely a Pulai and almost every european country olfers Thorn. Tourism offices can help match you Wilh a farm Lai Hizy a Young family in you have Young children an Aldai couple in you Are looking for peace and quiet. They have Chi blogs describing the farms and whal they Olfer. Bed and breakfast rooms and pensions nr.6 another Good bargain and Are available both in the cities and the Countryside. They Range my luxury to Bare Basic. Self catering apartments and Holiday houses Are another alternative also available All Over Europe. Camping is a Money Saver from roughing ii to camping on tensile grounds. A number of hotels in Sweden have what they Call the hotel Check program. Buy the checks in the prefer make the Tirol night s reservation before you leave Home and Book slays in other places As you go. The National tourist Ohice has information about How the checks work and addresses of where to buy them. The Quality Check for room with toilet and Bath costs 200 Kroner about $28 per person in a double room breakfast included. The budget Check for room without Bath and toilet costs 150 Kroner about $21. The checks Are Good at inter s hotels and Sweden hotels. Scandic hotels have rooms this summer for 170 Kroner about $24 per person. Children under 15 slay Iree in their parents room Sara hotels sell the scandinavian Bonus pass Lor about $20. With it rooms in this Chain Cost 160 Kroner about $22 per person in a double room with breakfast. Denmark has a similar plan i hat operates through the National to urls office. Budget checks Are Good in about 70 hotels for rooms without Bath or toilet Dan checks Are Good at Aboul 60 hotels for rooms Wilh private facilities and Kro checks Are even cheaper and Good at about so Small inns in the country. Finland s National tourist Soltice oilers fun cheques which can be used in three hotel Price categories during the summer As Well As finn carping checks to be used at the National campgrounds. Each in Cheque costs 120 Al Marks about $24 and is Good for one person one night in a double room breakfast included. A second category is in a belter hotel and you must pay anexlra60hnnmarks about $12. The third category is Lor lodging in a cheaper hotel with a picnic lunch or lunch in a self serve restaurant included. A different sort of plan is the Dinar Check of Yugoslavia. The Check is bought or hard currency at Banks and hotels in the country and when cashed at participating hotels and restaurants gives the extra five percent. People under age 26 can buy the French youth card at some 6.000 outlets in France including tourist offices town Halls youth centers and some Banks. Ii is Good for reductions on lodging travel cultural and sports events. With the card comes a listing of about 4,000 addresses where the benefits Are available. Food one reason to travel is to Sample the food and drink of Europe from the scandinavian smorgasbord to hungarian goulash. Dining in a Michelini three Star restaurant can bean Umlor Vellable experience but Good food is one of the Besl bargains Europe has to offer. Splurge on the three Star if you Musl though Many people actually prefer one and two Star restaurant but try thai Little Bistro round the Corner Loo. And remember unless the occasion Calls Lor something very special a carafe of House wine will do ust As Well As a Billle. For less Money. Cafeterias and department store restaurant offer reasonably priced food. Check the menu posted both Lor food available and Price in the window or beside the door of a restaurant before you go in. Guide to estimated daily expenses abroad this is. O sampling of per diem rates set by the stale department for government employees trav Eling on official business overseas. Rates arc based on he Cost of hotels and meals for one person at moderately priced plus 10 percent of roam and meal costs of cover incidentals. The figures Are released monthly the allowances listed for cities and countries Here were in effect Asol feb. 1. Where n country rather than a cily is named he allowance is the same for All cities in. The country. Complete lists May be ordered for $2 each or $18 a year through the superintendent of documents United Stales government printing office Washington . 20402. Western Europe i London Edinburgh Amsterdam j Scandinavia Stockholm Finland Denmark Eastern Europe soviet Union we East and Africa Israel ii in t necessary to eat every meal in a restaurant. Even villages have weekly markets and in the cities they May be huge covered a flairs with produce ram All Over Europe. Explore the shops too. The cheese shops the Butcher shops the vegetable shops the bakeries and the pastry shops. You can put together a tasty nourishing meal in no time. Just be careful nol to Over buy europeans Don l use preservatives As much As americans do and that Iresh Pale that was so Good yesterday May be spoiled today. Breakfast is almost always included in the hotel room Price but ask before you make a reservation or Check in. Also find out in it is a full breakfast or Continental Lare. You will pay Quillea bit Elia Lor an egg in you order one when the break Asl is Continental. The Netherlands has a tourist menu scheme which has about 600 participating restaurants. They serve a three course meal Lor 1b.75 guilders about $7,50. Denmark has a similar Dan menu plan. May 6, 1986 the stars and
