European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Lets go compiled by Marian Hamilto easter getaway the military Community outdoor recreation Center at Hanau Germany offers a Spring break and family getaway to arc s Chi Emsee Lake hotel on april 5-7. Included in the package Are round trip bus transportation two overnights in double room with Bath and Shower two breakfasts one dinner and a half Day Herrence Emsee Castle tour. Services at the hotel include free child care free cribs for infants and an to and movie Channel in each room. Optional Tours include trips to Berchtesgaden and Salt mines. Trip Cost is $99 for adults and $45 per child. This includes All Tours and services except the Berchtesgaden and Salt mine Tours. A $50 Deposit per adult and $20 Deposit per child is required at the time of booking a sign up deadline is March 29, and the bus departs Hanau outdoor recreation at 5 30 . On april 5. For More information Contact Hanau outdoor recreation at ets 322-8891 or civilian 06181-160335.travel fair the scheduled airline ticket office Sato of will hold a travel fair at Frankfurt s Terrace club on the Abrams Complex March 23-24. More than 30 vendors representing . Airlines car rental companies bus tour companies hotels ferry companies tourist boards German rail and arc will be there. Visitors will be eligible for travel discounts and special giveaways including a trip to the United states. Discounts on bus Tours and car rentals will also be available. For More information Contact Sato of Hanauer Landstrass 21, w-6000 Frankfurt main 1, Germany Tel. 069-40588445 or 069-40588576. Learning Spanish in Spain i Lingua Gijon a language school in Gijon Spain offers visitors a Chance to live with a Spanish family and learn Spanish at the same time this summer. The classes Are offered in july and August and Are meant for both beginners and those who already speak some Spanish. Only eight students Are signed up for each course so that each can get the most out of the instruction. The courses last two weeks but can be extended a week at a time. Classes last three hours a Day during the week and excursions to various local attractions Are planned for the weekends. One afternoon a week is also set aside for museum and concert visits. Students have the Choice of living with a Spanish family or staying at a hotel. Outside the classroom students time is their own. The s be minutes walk from the Beach and the City of Gijon also offers typical tourist attractions. The Cost for the vacation package is 40,000 Spanish. Pesetas about $408 for two weeks language lessons and 17,000 pesetas about $173 a week for lodgings and All meals with a Spanish family. Each extra week of lessons will Cost 20,000 pesetas $204. Students staying m hotels will pay varying costs depending on the Type of accommodation chosen. Students must be at least 18 years of age to sign up for these courses. For More information Contact the i Lingua school of languages Menendez Playa 2, e-33202 Gijon Espana Tel. 0034 985-330087. Train rides beginning with the easter weekend the Geilenkirche Ermany Railroad museum starts its summer season. To e p celebrate the season s opening rides on an old fashioned steam engine Are offered. The rides will also be offered every sunday and fran Holiday through the end of september. The rides on the 90-year-old train Start from the Geilenkirchen-1 Rath train station travel to Schie Waldenrath and then return. The train leaves every 45 minutes starting at a 0 . Sights along the Way include glimpses of wild animals in their natural habitat. For More information Contact the Teresse Gemeinschaft Hist Rischer Schiener Velehr a -. Postrach 603, w-5100 Aachen Germany Tel. 0-41 -82369. Eiso Bahn museum the Railroad museum at Geilenkirche Germany begins its summer season during the easter weekend the museum will offer rides on old fashioned steam trains every sunday and German Holiday through break the town of spleen Austria offers birthday Breaks for families this Spring through april 20, birthday kids and their families vacationing in the Otz Tal area near Solden Are eligible for a special Deal. Included in the we Klong package Are ski lessons ski pass swimming and Sauna privileges and a half Day of paragliding and snowboarding. The birthday child will receive a special ski jacket and a birthday party featuring entertainment by mister Pumpernickel Quot otherwise known As Chris Howland. The birthday package costs 4,990 austrian schillings about $408not including lodging and meals. Pensions in this area usually Cost 300-350 schillings $27-$32 per night per person including breakfast hotels Cost about 700-900 schillings $64-$82 per person per night and include two meals a Day most offer discounts for children for More information about the birthday package and Mccomb nations Contact the Otz Tal Arena a-6450 Solden Austria Tel. 0043 5254-22120. The employees speak under sail history under sail is the name of a shipboard vacation planned by danish museums tourist organizations and the Aalborg Denmark University Extension department this summer. Onjune30-july4,july5-9, july 10-14 or july 15-19, visitors have the Chance to tour the Northern coast of Denmark and its islands aboard a Schooner. They May even take part in the ship s daily routines if they wish. Local museum staffs will be aboard to Tell about the history of the islands and towns visited by the ship and other experts will conduct Tours of towns museums and castles along the Way. Overnight accommodations will be at hotels in the ports visited. Breakfast and dinner each Day will be served at the hotels lunch will be provided on the ship. Cost for the trip including five Days lodging and meals land transportation Tours and admissions fees is 3,950 danish Kroner $658 per person. For More information Contact Folke University tet Aalborg bade Husvet 23, dk-9000 Aalborg Denmark Tel. 0045 98-167500.Rock collecting weekend the tourist Board in Kirchheim Blanden Germany offers a special Mineral Hunting weekend for Rock hounds on april 6-7. Accompanied by an experienced guide visitors can search along the donners Burg for Semi precious stones and other minerals. The area was chosen for the a weekend because its surface rocks Are More than 280 million years old and the area has been famous for its minerals and ores for Many years. The Cost of the package starts at 110 Marks $72 and includes lodgings in an area youth Hostel All meals guide and Rock Hunting expeditions. For More information Contact the Donnersberge touristic verb and Uhlan Strasse 2, w-6719 Kirchheim Blanden Germany Tel 06352-1712.wine Breaks the area around Wurzburg Germany is known As the part of Bavaria that prefers wine to Beer. Now the City tourist Board offers several area vacation packages for visitors who like both. For instance the town of thu Igersheim offers a wine introduction Holiday starting at 199 Marks $130 for a. Three Day break and 399 Marks $260 for a five Day package. Ochse Furt offers Ochse Furter Beer tasting sessions starting at 65 Marks $42.50 and Holz Kirchen has a three Day weekend that includes a medieval banquet front 179 Marks $117. Finally a seventh heaven in Franconia package is offered starting at 78 Marks $51. For More information Contact the Wurzburg Zeppelin Strasse 15, w-8700 Wurzburg Germany Tel. 0931-8003246. The Days Are getting longer and warmer which Means it s time to Start thinking summer and outdoor fun. To help us help you enjoy your favorite warm weather pastimes let us know what activities you Are interested in. Do you want More information on sky diving Mountain climbing scuba fishing kayaking Archery swimming biking etc.? Are you a member of a club that focuses on a particular activity such As a canoeing club or hiking club we d like to prepare a list of these clubs to run in this Magazine. Please Send us the name of the club mailing address where and when it meets and a Point of Contact for More information. Send to outdoors features department stars and stripes apo09211 or outdoors features department stars and stripes Postrach 111437 w-6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany March 21, 1991 stripes Magazine 7 7
