European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Let s go a Eidesheim wine festival every year More and More people discover the still fermenting grape squeezing thai Are not quite wine. The Lime signifies the end of the Harvest and the beginning of Harvest festivals. A Eidesheim am Rhein about 45 minutes West of fran Furll will celebrate this special Lime of year with a wok Lang festival oct. 30 to nov. F. The festival opens on sunday with the tapping of the first disk monday through thursday brass bands will thro Rhoul i i City during the Day and there will lie music and Lancing in the evenings. On Friday at 7 ., Castle Bromer will open its doors fora feast. Diners will be entertained by jugglers and minstrels. The Entrance fee is 15 Marks. Guided hours of i he vineyards will leave from Drossel Gasse Panorama Weg daily at 2 For More information on the Rudesheim wine week Contact the Sta Lische , 1 Foj d-6220 Rudesheim am Rhein id chj722-29&2. Hilton special if you re going Back to the United Stales Between now and the Middle of december you might want to take advantage of the special Hilton hotel weekend Rales. Mori than 250 Hilton hotels in the United slates Are Rains on weekends now until dec. Ii. The Hilton weekender package is available at rates As Low As $59 per room per night. The spi ram is applicable for single or double rooms and children slay free in their Parenti room. Continental breakfast is included. Advance reservations Are required and arc available for one two or three weekend nights. Travellers can make reservations through travel agents also european agents or by calling Hilton s loll free Restiv talons number in the ., i -800 hiiton5. Rooms available at i he special rate Are limited so Early booking is advised. Literary London cordon Square in West London is where several members of the Bloomsbury Sel a literary and artistic group and their friends lived from 1919 to 1925. Luminaries from the group included Virginia Woolf John Maynard Keynes Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell. Although the area is nol designated on City maps in is not difficult to find. Bloomsbury is bounded by Euston Road to the North. New Oxford Streel and Theobald s Road to the South Tottenham court Road on the West and Gray s inn Road on the East. Several buses serve the area and the Holborn subway station on the Central and Piccadilly lines also makes a convenient entry Point ust walk up soul Hampton Row. The first turn on the left leads to Bloomsbury Vienna Winter scene is i Paget of Lull color detail on the social and cultural Venti in Vienna from november through april music Fei Lirah Art exhibition i Heitur productions. New year s celebrations and opera balls. Jet brochure also hat useful Lipi about travel package it with Contact add wrists and prices. It is available in English from the tourist Board s,a-10 Swien. Square and the British museum and a Short walk to the North is Gordon Square. Ust East of Gordon Square is Tavistock Square to which Virginia and Leslie Woolf moved in 1924. A hotel now occupies the site of their House no. 52. Much of the area with its squares and gardens makes fur pleasant walking. Surprisingly London lacks an Active Bloomsbury society but one place Worth seeing is the Bloomsbury workshop a bookshop and Art gallery. It is near the British museum at 12 Galen place Lei 105-06321. Brussels on the Wall Brussels is one of the most popular and fashionable Royal cities in Europe. Touring sights such us the grand place the Palace the atomism and the world famous Hanneken Pis can keep a visitor Busy for Days. Now visitors and hopeful travellers to Brussels can have a Little bit of Belgium at Home. The belgian tourist office is giving away a poster of Brussels called Brussels by night. To order your free Posler visit the nearby belgian tourist office or write to the Belgi Sches Verk Ehrsam Berliner Allee 47,4000 Dusseldorf 1, or Call in Germany 0211-326006. Courses will be available during the trip. A Basic underwater photography course May also be offered. Prices vary for the trip which includes transportation and lodging and the trip is open to All. Fur More information Contact trip Captain Bobbie of Roe it 06124-3783 evenings and weekends. Hessen farm holidays tired of exotic vacations bored with Llie i Vernl even if you re not several Farmers in the West German slate of Hessen Are offering vacationers the Opportunity to spend some time in a working farm. Visitors can help with the feedings go out in the Fields for the harvests or even try baking bread. Packages Are arranged for , Uirt you can even bring your pets. Prices for the farm holidays an1 Low one night with breakfast runs 13 Marks half Board from 18 Marks and full Board from 27 Marks. Offers run through dec. 11. For information on the farm vacations Contact the Abraha m Lincoln Strasse 38-42, d-6200 Wiesbaden Lei 06121-7m352 and ask for the farm vacations brochure ii is ? in English. Scuba trip free ferry to Denmark the mantas american scuba club is planning a trip to the maldives islands off the coast of India Fob. 2-17. Over boo species of fish and countless varieties of Coral to 83-degree water with so foot to 100-foot visibility make this one of the lop diving Sites in the world. Vacationers will be Able to swim snorkel and dive. Sunbathers can relax on while Sand beaches Only Steps from the bungalows. Advanced open water and night diver if you re planning to travel to Denmark in the near future you May want to plan your route to include the Island of Teller off the East const of Denmark. From now through december the 3 a hour cruise from Linbeck trave Munder West Germany to Celsur on the Island and Back is free for passengers and aulos Courtesy of it lines. For information on the Island and a free ferry pass write to avg Moore danish tourist Board nato to pts Leach 4145, d-3000 Hannover 1. Harrods expects crowds for huge annual Sale by Karin Davies United press International when actor Charlton Heston opened harrods task i Nuary Sale he said it was More crowded than the Chariot race in Bert hut his Oscar winning film. An hour before the Sale opened hundreds of people lined up at the doors of the British institution pulling up with rain and gusting winds for a payoff of drastically marked Down merchandise. An estimated 300,000 shoppers hunted for deals in harrods 20 acres of Selling space on that first Day. When the doors of the London store opened simultaneously at 9 ., bargain Ravens from around the world stampeded up escalators hurrying to snatch up clothes Crystal furs freezers Tennis rackets and jewelry at discounts of up to 50 percent. Accountant Ian Birch of Somerset sprinted through door 10, Ami halved the record fora dash to the China department getting there in 13 seconds this year s Sale begins on Jan. 4 at 9 And closes Jan. 26 at 6 ., said spokeswoman Linsey Watson. The announcement of Sale dates so far in Advance helps people who Don t live in or near London make plans accordingly Watson said. Every year some travellers plan their Winter vacations to take advantage of the Sale. Although the Dollar has been weak against the Pound americans have been undeterred from buying at harrods she said. They showed up in droves for the store s july Sale. Burberry s rain Coats Are something americans love to buy Watson said. Cashmere and anything with a harrods logo Are popular too. One Tourist tried to buy a display canopy explaining he wanted to use it on his Patio. He went Home disappointed Watson said. Local people also take advantage of the Sale. A group of 15 businessmen meets during each Sale in the Man swear department to Stock up on suits. Harrods in t giving any clues yet m to what will be on Sale this year Watson said. The store has a reputation for Selling anything from a pin loan elephant and its motto is All things for All people on the first Day of last year s january Sale harrods look in a record $10.2 million. The january 1087 Sale earned harrods a total of $65 million. Within an hour last year sales included $170,000 Worth of China and Glass three Grant pianos and eight uprights and five children s Rolls royces harrods has five floors of retail space including the food Halls which Stock 163 brands of whisky 500 cheeses and 130 kinds of bread. For the Sale an additional 500 Cash registers arc Sel up 300 temporary dressing rooms Are added on the first floor and an extra 2,000 people Are hired. October 20, 1988 it Ipei not line 21
