European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Cuen n Init. n wwrrm1 Cun i hot rip Gnu i a \ kind in August August is a very important month for the c Ity of Edinburgh Scotland with literally hundreds of events planned the entire City will be one big festival. The Edinburgh International festival aug. 12-sept 2, will focus on the arts of Czechoslovakia and the Pacific. Rudolf Nureyev and the Renaissance theatre company Are among the major names appearing at the festival. The fringe described As the largest feast of arts and entertainment in the world also runs aug 12-sept. 1. This extravaganza will include just about every form of the arts known to Man. There will also be a film festival aug 1 1-26 and a jazz festival aug. .18-26, a Tattoo a military spectacle Loa Turing marching and Maneu vers is being held at the Edinburgh Castle daily until aug. 25. An event that has already started is the 100th birthday Celebration of Scotland s Firth of Forth railway Bridge. Special excursions to see the Bridge both by rail and riverboat Are or More information Contact the British tourist authority thames Tower Black s Road Hammersmith London w6 9el, and test More than 30,000 visitors and 8,000 runners Are expected at the 1990 Fulda Marathon and German american test at Fulda West Germany aug. 24-26. The fest on Downs Barracks will include live entertainment and a car show in addition to the usual food beverages and Booths. 1 he Marathon on aug. 26 will include five separate runs. There will be two marathons and three half marathons three of them open to individuals and two to teams. Trophies will be awarded to the winners. For More information Contact Ray Stead at ets 121-1870 or Bobbi Kaiser Al ets 321-3637., registration forms and rules for the Marathon Wilt be printed in the july and August issues of Atn to Guido the Marathon s sponsor environment Friendly Tours a new company in England is offering environment Friendly ways to spend your vacation this summer including vegetarian meals. Vegi. Ventures which is headed by chef traveler and yoga teacher Nigel Walker offers a number of programs. Some of these include Barge sailing on the East coast walking in the Lake District and activity Breaks in the scottish Highlands. The company uses Public transport car pools and organically grown food to lower the environmental Impact of its vacation packages and tries to keep each tour group Small. The programs last from two Days to two weeks costs for a weekend trip Start at 75 pounds about $142. For More information Contact Vegi ventures 1 7 Lilian Road Burnham on Crouch Essex cm0 8ds, England Tel. 0044 0621-784285,fishing in Bavaria nine villages in the Falkenstein coding and Stams ried areas of the bavarian Forest in West Germany offer special arrangements for fishermen. Several packages Are available one bargain includes six Days lodging breakfast and fishing License for 168 Marks about $107. Liu area s fivers Are stocked with Trout Carp eels and other european species of fish. I or More information Contact or Lauvsland am Regen Verk Ehrsam d-8495 coding West Germany Tel. 00461 -1 066. Swiss boat pass 1 i teen Swiss shipping lines have c combined forces and Are offering a special half Price travel card to visitors. For Only 15 Marks about $22.50 per person the Quot world s largest cuckoo clock Quot in Schonack is one of the attractions of the new clock Road in the Black Forest. You have unlimited travel on i 5 Rivers and lakes within Switzerland. You can choose excursions in the Central regions the Alps and even in the Mediterranean climate of Switzerland s Southern Region. The offer expires of i 31. For More information or to order tickets Contact the Swiss National tourist office Kaise Strasse 2.1, d-6000 Frankfurt main 1, West Germany Tel. 069 25600120. Hiking among the ruins special programs for history conscious hikers have been set up in the paler Forest nature Park near Rota when West Germany. The hiking routes in that area Are lined with the ruins of old fortresses and there Are several reasonably priced Pac Kages that est bets i Lere s a list of Quot Best bets Quot for the weekend of aug. 11-12, and one or two special interest trips that you can take1 at any Lime. Denmark South Jutland min holidays. I he towns of Aaben Raa Christia fold i Haderslev and Sond Orborg have e ome up with a four Day rain Holiday with three overnights two meals per Day and 1 6 Leisure at Tiv Ilies. I his Pat Kage costs $110 $ 1 12 per person for the entire stay. Children under 1 2 years of age stay free. Tor More information Contact the danish tourist Board Nai o Liaison h 4 1 45, d 1000 1 Hannover West Germany. England lie in a medieval Astle get re rising King s Lynn aug. 1 1-12. I ords ladies soldiers and servants will give visitors a taste of life As it was 500 years ago. Admission Prit is Are 2 50 pounds about $4.75 for adults and 1 Pound about $1.85 for c Hildren. Telephone 10044 0551-611130. Allow you to take your time viewing them. One route leads past Cliffs to the Allen Lairg near rot Alben. Another leads to the Sterne Schloss a former roman Tori. The sightseeing program also includes the Grafenstein ruins and the a Flahn grate Dahn and Tan Stein fortresses. The Cost Tor six Days lodgings with breakfast starts at Only 06 Marks $61.50 per person. A Bungalow for up to our people can also be rented starting at 250 Marks $160. For More information c intact the i. d-6782 rot Alben. West Germany Tel. 06111 1.5410.Austria for singles under 1 to motto Quot alone is also Tine a Austria tourist agencies have come up with a Broc Burr for singles and people travelling by themselves. The brochure titled go sold lists a variety of holidays at locations ranging from cosmopolitan cities to Mountain retreats f or the sports minded there Are hiking and bicycling Tours horseback Riding Tennis and go it holidays. Each Holiday is set up to avoid the disc Ornforff and extra expense Many singles have experienced when travelling alone. One typical offering is a six Clay horseback Riding course with All accommodations and meats provided 15 Riding lessons and Many extras for about 790 Marks $505. Tor More information Contact the1 Austria information office Schille Strasse 50, a 4010 i in Austria Tel. 0041 712-2122. A jewish travel tips the German National tourist offic e s new brochure Germany for the jewish traveler e on Lains useful information for any visitor a jewish or not. Quot it s the first time we be done this Quot said a spokesman at the tourist Agency in Frankfurt. Quot the idea and publication came from our new York office who Felt there was a growing demand Tor information on sights which Relee i the history of jews in West i he 35-Page Booklet contains Hric f sketch lies taken from 2,000 years of German jewish history. It opens with a four Page summary of the history of lews in Germany focusing on the f Soloc Aust and c in lines with information on popular tourist cities and mints of spec Ial interest to jewish travellers. It c overs the history of the jewish communities in various e cities and tells How to rabbis and to buy Kosher food while in Germany a free c Opy of the brochure can be obtained from tin German National tourist Board Beethoven Strasse 69, d-6000 f Frankfurt main i or from its . Offic e s at 747 third ave a a new York . 100 7, and at 444 s. I lower st., suite 22 10, i of Angeles Calif. 90071. Tt-1 pm i i i m him ii i a a a International birr Nan rally Bognor Regis aug. I 2, would be human fliers will attempt to defy Gravity. And break rec ords by jumping off the town s pier into the English Channel. I he previous Quot flight rec Ord Quot is about 205 feel. I Here will also be an aerobatic s display marching and steel bands sideshows and a Market. I Telephone 0044 024 1-265460. Hungary formula one c a race aug. 10 12, and motorcycle world championship race aug. 10-sept. 2, Budapest i lungaroring1. F or lie sets Contact Busz Hung,.try tourist office sch Fergasse 17, j 6000 Frankfurt Mam i West Germany Tel 069-2998870. West Germany so Honan a Wilt h it turns to hav the world s largest Cue too to Ltd is one of the major Points of interest on Germany s new a Quot a. Loc k Road Quot i 108-mile Long route through the Lilac k i Orest. There you c an find the Zoial Beautiful scenery explore a plethora of c Loc k shops and see firsthand the 100 year old Busi of Wall a making. Winess August % 1990 stripes Magazine 17
