European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 01, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The my favorite place in Europe icim Timil into / Hajje 7 mountains and misty Fords lit1 in the North Atlantic Between Norway and Iceland. Sparsely populated and storm battered. La i acres Are .1 world apart Funni their Parent of nary Denmark. After three acc Keiit Baik Pai King there in 111 2, they became my  urn can  c. I in i a Ernest people living mainly by fishing and sheep Ais tag. Are hospitable and usually willing to  their cars with a wandering hit hiker like Muse it. I he most interesting parts of the islands Are tin High rugged headlands of the North and West i Oasis and the Small outlying islands. Travel in these areas is Dill cull due to extremely unstable weather and Laik of any form of accommodation. Unmapped sheep paths Lead along precipitous mountainsides to sheer Milfs lowering up to 2,000 feel above the sea. Giant Del a bed Rock Pinna Les provide Homos o thousands of is reaming sea Birds. The westernmost Island. Mykines has a Liny Village of Sod roofed houses and an Ama singly huge Puffin Colony. I remember the i across for their unspoiled Beauty their remoteness and the spirit of exploration and and ii lure that they inspired in me. Mil Granada Spain by Virginia Pulver Ivr k it Tahini in lift nil link. Sit ,. / As id in1 Blind in  i his ext rpt from .1 poem by i ram is o de in a a dues Mil cd Gerale the Beauty of Andalusia s Gem , Down on the i Ity from the  of the Alhambra. The i ily is a magnificent Lapel by of history Mil Only Morary life. The Gypsy Marler Ai Ross the Valley fascinates the visitor. The rugged mountains nov pc mapped even during the scor Hing summer months Are a Magn fit enl l Ai or drop for this moorish Palace. Queen Isabel and King i Ferdinand waged a Long and bloody War Lor this romantic City and in is easy to see Why they persisted. Granada is a sensual Paradise an Oasis a dream sequent e. One Annot visit ibis Ity and leave untouched. Above the Alhambra is a Point aptly named. 11 Ultimo Suspiro Del Moro the last sigh of the Moor. Ii is Here thai the Defeated moorish army paused to look Hack Al the Paradise they had surrendered to the Christian armies Anil no doubt a painful sigh escaped. Ii is Here that their Leader Boabdil wept As a woman Lor the loss of Hal he Lould not defend As a Man Moscow by a. Kae Mikas ii was a nondescript i afe on a nondescript Avenue the name of which i do not even know. But in was not us the Loial that would forever remain vivid in my mind in was the handsome Young Man who Sal Belore me. No he was not a person of visor Ldla import or Een dashing suave or Debon Naae i the was a common Iti in of a working class environment us one of the masses. And what transpired Between us that Day in that nondescript  would have no Impact on the world As we know in or the future of Mankind Lor we merely engager in Good Ort last toned i one Asalion a e Dis cussed of Molus thing. Us h As music and i lollies we Well on to talk of oui respective homelands comparing the Prues of Nei Ess Ilies the lunched the past. The Burg Heater one of Many popular tourist Sites in Vienna 8 stripes Magazine june 1, 1989