European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes swimming the Channel daily Magazine d Dod seeks Access to Zaire base Page 5 d Gephardt opens demo race Page 9 q March 311/z proclaimed nerd Day Page 12 the St neg of clues hut Hoflund unofficial fu1ucation for the g.�. Ahmed force1 vol. 45, no. 310 tuesday february 24, 19b7 iwo bulb will Iii Mil i m actually travelling More but travelling More said Deborah Buckman of Frankfurt. "1 Lake the bus instead of flying i Don t do As much shopping when i m there last year she did quite a bit of travelling within Germany. This year it ill be do soviet Union and Berlin bul i la Lake the duty train to Berlin in Stead of Hying she said. Emiko Cifford whose husband is stationed with the army in Frankfurt also is not cutting out travel. We arc leaving in August so this is our last Chance what the Dollar is does i matter. We can do without Crystal and China travel is More important for people Are still travel Ink confirmed Edna Ander son of the Munich information Tours and travel of fice. Our bus Tours arc Way off they have been Ever since the libyan crisis but id make up for it people Are booking More exotic Anderson was referring to the u.5. Attack on Libya last april after which All army itt bus hours were cancelled Abr about a month. Jul nol every itt office has seen a decline in bus Tours. We move on the average two or three big hours a month especially on the holidays said Icsel Goedd of the Wuerzburg itt. Right now Paris is out and warm places Are in. Ski Tours arc big. Over the Christmas holidays Yugoslavia was a big that bus tour for five Days Cost s139. Yugoslavia and Prague Czechoslovakia Are a Torii i now agreed Kim Bolinger of the Heidelberg itt. They arc really an easier tour for five Days in Yugoslavia costs 235marks about ii 30and a Lime night stay in Prague in March costs $ 189. Right now Amsterdam the Netherlands is our must popular destination. The three Cumry Tours Austria Switzerland Liechtenstein Are popular especially with people who have visitors from the states said Kay Skinner of the Frankfurt itt. Among ski resorts Garmisch is popular Price Wise and Austria has the reputation of being cheaper than Anderson said More individual hours Are being booked and people Are giving More though to their travels. Our travellers Are More educated than they used to be she said. Maybe icy Are trying to get the bes value for their dollars. They know More about where icy Are going and what they want to France disc Stinsman director of the Frankfurt itt said thai because of uie Dollar s fluctuation More and More Lour operators arc setting their prices in that Means the traveler who last year paid � 525 for one operator s nine Day tour to Scandinavia will have to pay 1,380 Marks s767 for the lame sour this year. Operators who is ill set prices in dollars a raising those prices. For example a five Day trip to Budapest Hungary that Cost j187 lust autumn will Cost $206 this Spring. St Sman said people arc Laking More trips close to Home. She also said Normal weekends arc slow be see travel on Page 3
