European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lets go. Is amps Jim Derheim visitors to Antwerp it Belgium can sign up for several kinds of boat trips at the City Harbor this summer. Music sightseeing and children s programs Are some of the choices available. Czech Border Breaks the town of Laibach Germany located near the Border of Czechoslovakia is offering we Klong Quot get acquainted packages for visitors. Arrangements include hotel stay with breakfasts and Tours across the Border to nearby czech towns. Costs Start at 159 Marks $90 per person. For More information Contact the Verk Ehrsam bad Strasse 5, d-8491 Laibach Germany Telephone 099418321. Italian Gas coupons visitors planning to drive in Italy now have another Way to Purchase gasoline at bargain prices. Gas coupons that offer 15 percent to 20 percent discounts Are available at Milan s linage Airport and Rome s Fiumicini Airport. The coupons Are for foreigners Only and must be bought with foreign currency prices Range from $1 tto $160 depending upon the number of coupons and Region to be visited. The Price includes Quot magnetic toll cards Quot free passage through toll Booth Sand Quot breakdown service Quot on the roads. Another option for american id card holders is through the army and air Force Exchange system which also offers Gas coupons at lower prices. Visitors Are authorized to buy up to 200 liners per month at american military a civilities throughout Italy. Leave or try orders and vehicle registration Are required and visitors must also Stop at the military police office to have the Purchase authorization verified. Cafes Gas coupons Are Only Good for gasoline not for other Highway services. For More information Contact cafes Public relations at ets 440-7194 or German civilian 089-6220-8755.German train Tours the German Federal Railroad co., has published an English language brochure listing special one Day Tours with English speaking guides. Available Tours include a party train to Lake Constance on aug. 10 Tours to the Black Forest bad a Pirkheim and the Lorelei in september and two trips to the Munich oktoberfest. The Lake Constance trip costs 76-82 Marks $43-$46 for adults and 49-52 Marks $28-$30 for children. The Black Forest tour costs 65-73 Marks $37-41 per person. All trips vary in Price depending on departure Points and planned activities. For More information or to order the brochure Contact the Deutscher Bun Desbah  Frankfurt  Personen Vermehr Friedrich Ebert anlage 35, d-6000 Frankfurt main 1, Germany Telephone 069-2655425. Train station ticket offices and Sato Uso and itt offices can also provide  trip the Heidelberg Germany outdoor recreation Center which started offering hiking trips in exotic locations last year is going to Thailand this year. 1 the Thailand trek slated for nov. 1628, includes round trip plane and bus travel seven nights hotel accommodation in Bangkok and Chiang Mai Northern Thailand four Days hiking some meals and trekking guides. The Price per person in a double room is $1,900. For More information Contact the Heidelberg outdoor recreation Center at ets 370-8737 or civilian 06221 -57-8737.willingen Breaks the spa area of Willinger in Northwestern Germany offers a variety of Holiday Breaks for tourists. Its adventure week  the town of Esseln includes five overnights with breakfast swimming hiking Sauna and a tour of the area costs Start at 180 Marks $102 per person. Three overnights with breakfast and daily Quot Laguna Baths Quot in Willinger Start at 139 Marks $78 per person. A four Day Tennis course with five overnights starts at 499 Marks $282. A hiking break in sch Alefeld including seven overnights breakfast and sack lunches costs 262 Marks $t48 per person. Other Breaks Are also available. For More information Contact the  Waldeck Ede Bergland e.v., Sii dring 2, d354q Korbach Germany Telephone 05631-54359.belgian boat trips the belgian shipping company Flandria offers a variety of boat trips from Antwerp Belgium this summer. Some trips include min Tours of the Waters Between Antwerp and Ostend or Bruges in Belgium. Others go to Vlissingen or Rotterdam in the Netherlands. On mondays visitors Are offered a Quot glockenspiel trip past the Antwerp Cathedral or cruise with a jazz band. On Board. Children can Board a pirates boat featuring cartoons every wednesday afternoon. For More information Contact the Belg Ischen Verk Ehrsam Berliner Allee 47, d-4000 Dusseldorf i Germany Telephone 0211 -326008 or the belgian National tourist information office gras Markt 61, b-1000 Brussels 1, Belgium Telephone 02-5040390. Family holidays the Black Forest vacation Village of Uhlinger Birk Endorf Germany offers a new Holiday arrangement called Active family fun this summer. The package includes seven overnights starting at 158 Marks $89 per adult. There is a 20 percent discount for children under age of 16, and a 30 percent. Discount for children under 10 years. Children under 3 stay free. For More information Contact tourist information d-7899 Uhlinger Birk Endorf Germany Telephone 07743-380.israel hiking the first four sections of a new israeli 1,000-Kilometer Cross country hiking Trail have been opened making the biblical land accessible by fool. When finished the Trail will extend from Northern Dan near Lebanon to southernmost Eilat on the red sea with markings in hebrew English and arabic. The Trail follows biblical routes and takes hikers to historic Sites and through geological formations and nature reserves. For More information Call 212 5600650 in the United  Breaks the bavarian spa of bad Wiesser Germany which is located on he shores of Lake Fegern and boasts natural iodine and Fulfur Springs offers visitors one and two week fitness Breaks. The arrangements include medical checkups massages Complete sport therapy training for Back and trunk Muscles endurance training bicycling gymnastics and general conditioning exercises. The program including lodging costs 390 Marks $220 for one week and 690 Marks $390 for two weeks. For More information Contact the gesundheit Park Wilhelnina Strasse 2, d-8182 bad Wiesser Germany Telephone 08022-81883. Best bets Here s a list of Quot Best bets Quot for the weekend of july 19-21, and one or two special trips you can take a Little later. Austria Between july 21 and aug. 10, the town of Nat Ternbach offers a wild West adventure for children. Sitting around a Camp fire staying overnight in a ranch House and Riding the Indian Quot express Are some of the activities available. A weekend with meals a instructors an program costs 990 Austria Tel. 0043 7278-8255, ext. 13 from Germany. Belgium the Village of Viel Salm holds its combination Blueberry festival and witches Sabbath on july 20-21. This humorous Celebration combines the Blueberry Harvest with magic witches of All kinds and a sound and Light show. On sunday a Parade wends its Way through Yelling and trick playing witches. For More information Call 062-211325 in Belgium. Sunflower fest july 20-21. Music and Folk dancing Are included in the weekend s program As Are Normal fest activities food and wine. For More information Contact Stefan Herzog at 06131-263419. Italy the towns of la spezia and Catania hold their festivals in Honor of Saint Giacomo the Patron Saint of fishermen on july 23-25. In la spezia there will be Parachute jumps Flag tossers swordplay a nighttime costume on the Steps of Santa Maria Del Monte. The decorative patterns formed by the lamps Are different each year. For More information Call 0933-21091 in Italy. United kingdom the Sherwood Forest visitor Centre in Edwinstowe England holds its annual Robin Hood festival on july 22-28. Activities through the week include jousting performances by jesters Craft demonstrations Archery and a medieval feast of roast pig. Entry to austrian schillings $78 per person. For More information Contact the tourism same a-2723 Nat Ternbach Germany the three Rhein Hessen towns of Albig Gau Hickelheim and Underheim will hold a wine and Parade fireworks Andu boat procession. For More information Call 0187-808125 in Italy. Catania will hold a lamplight Vigil Call 0623-823202 or 0602-824422 in England. July 18, 1991 stripes Magazine 17