European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lets Goring in �?T93 in Vienna the Altstadt or old City of Vienna Austria hosts a huge new year s eve party starting at 2 . It features four marquees a decorated new year s Trail with Champagne and snack stands and an underground disco running until 2 . Quot everybody Waltz Quot is Neuer Markt marquee s theme. Jazz stars Dana Gillespie Richard Ostereicher and Charly Ratzer set the Tempo on Platz am Hof. Viennese cabaret artists entertain on Lubeck and Young groups perform modern Folk music on Jude Platz. As a Quot gift Quot during the holidays Vienna transport Board lets children travel free on the City s trams subways buses and a Bahn metropolitan railway until Jan. 6. Events Are detailed in a brochure new year in Vienna available on dec. 31 from special information stands throughout Vienna or from the Vienna tourist Board a-1025 Vienna obese Augarten Strasse 40, Austria Telephone 211 -14 0 or fax 216-84 92.Silvester on trains there s still a Chance to celebrate Silvester new year s eve aboard any of five special German rail trains with dance cars refreshments and entertainment through the night. Different trains Stop at some of the following stations Darmstadt Frankfurt Fulda Hanau Heidelberg Kassel and Wiesbaden and at several smaller towns. All inclusive prices Start at 92 Marks about $60. For information and tickets Contact Sato of offices Der travel agencies or train stations in the cities and towns listed above. Holiday boughs Are hauled Home from the Woods by an austrian Farmer s of. Jenny Dee s Motel is built on the Banks of the Calder and Hebble navigation. The area features boating facilities a pub and restaurant and is a popular place for canal Side walks. The 30-room Motel has four family suites and one room with facilities for disabled people. Single rates Are 45 pounds about $72 with bed and breakfast and Standard doubles Are 65 pounds about $104. For information Contact Jenny Dee s Motel canal Basin Salter Hebble Hill Huddersfield Road Halifax England hx3 out Telephone 0422-320584. Uso new years trips camping in Sweden enjoy new year s eve on the champs-elys6es in Paris or aboard a party train destined for a mystery Village. Three special trips Are planned for new year s by the Uso of Mannheim Germany. The train journey features a three course meal wine dancing and entertainment in route to the fest Halle in a German Village for 120 Marks about $78. Two bus trips Are planned to Paris and include sightseeing and a bottle of Champagne the one Day trip costs $69 and the overnight trip costs $139. For further details Contact the Mannheim Uso at Dan 380-7468.imperial Ball nights the Kaiser Ball at the Homburg in Vienna Austria on new year s eve sets the City s Ball season in motion. About 300 balls Are held during the next few months. They include the Flower Ball on Jan. 15 at City Hall and the philharmonic Ball on Jan. 21 at the Musi Verein. The Bonbon Ball takes place at the Konzer thaus on feb. 12, while the Vienna state opera hosts the opera Ball on feb. 18. Magical sounds blend with illusions at the magicians Ball on feb. 27-28 at the Vienna Hilton hotel. Information on the balls can be obtained from the Vienna tourist Board a-1025 Vienna obese Augarten Strasse 40, Austria Telephone 211-14 0 or fax 216-84 92.canalside Motel a new Motel a built in traditional Stone with each room boasting a View of a restored canal and wooded Valley a has opened in Halifax 199 Miles Northwest of London. Located at Salter Hebble Hill a 64-Page color Booklet is available in English to camping enthusiasts who would like to visit Sweden when the weather warms up. Sweden 1993 camping camping huts and vacation houses lists hundreds of tent Sites camper or re Sites and rental vacation Homes of All sizes. To obtain the free Booklet Contact scr Box 255, s-45117 Udd Evalla Sweden Telephone 08-522-393 45 or fax 08-522338 49.Farewell dance a Farewell hangar dance open to the Public will be sponsored by the 81 St tac fighter Wing on feb. 6, at Raf Ben Waters England. Dubbed the Quot Mission completion hangar dance Calendar and lat a go Are compiled by Libby Grimm Laura Dehr and Gidget Smith. Items should be received by stars and stripes at least two weeks in Advance. Send them to lets go special sections european stars and stripes unit 29480 Apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 1437 6100 Darmstadt 11 Germany fax. Dan 348-8463 or civilian 06155-601463 or Dan 348-8245/8230 or Call civilian 06155-601245/230 Telephone Nuthem Fordel Unpi on these Peges Ere Tat mme Whita the country named. If Catton from another country Check your local Telephone directory for the Correct country code. Changes through the decades Quot it is being held to say Farewell to the British Community. The air Force will pull out from Raf Ben Waters and Raf Woodbridge in september 1993, due to the draw Down. The air Force moved into Ben Waters in 1951 and Woodbridge in 1952. The dance runs from 6 30 . To 1 . And will feature music from the 40s to the 60s. The menu included in the ticket Price offers hamburgers sliced Ham or baked Beans and Franks. Tickets Cost 11 pounds about $18 and can be purchased at the Ben Waters open mess or by British mail until Jan. 30. Write Ben Waters open mess 81 Mars Mwaba bldg. 194, Raf Ben Waters Woodbridge Suffolk England ip12 2rq. When ordering by mail include a return address where tickets can be sent. Postal orders must be paid by Check or Money order made payable to Raf Ben Waters club Complex. Check guarantee numbers should be listed on the Back of personal  in bottles the town of Enk Huizen in the Netherlands claims to have the world s biggest collection of ships in bottles. The Budde Schiff museum exhibits about 500 ships and bottles of various types. They Range from a tiny Model in a perfume bottle to one in an 8-gallon wine bottle. The museum is open daily from 10 . To 6 . Entry is 5 guilders about $2.90 for adults and 3.50 guilders about $2 for children Ages 4-12. Children under age 4 Are free. For More details Contact the museum for budded Schiffer Zeu Despue 1, nl-1610-gh Enk Huizen Netherlands Telephone 02280-18583.experience Luneburg Luneburg Germany has launched a Quot four Day weekend  the program which starts on a Friday evening includes a stroll through the town and visits to the City Hall and German Salt museum on saturday. A trip to the theater is scheduled for sunday and fitness activities Are on the Calendar for monday. Information about the program which runs until March car be obtained by contacting the Vermehr Verein Rathaus w-21 20 Luneburg Telephone 04131 -309596. Here s a list of Quot Best bets Quot for tonight and the next several Days. Have a Nice Holiday Austria enjoy performances of the original version of one of the world s most famous Christmas carols Stille nacht Heiliger nacht silent night holy night tonight or Friday in the Alpine Village of Oberndorf located near Salzburg. When Franz Gruber worked As a Church organist in Oberndorf he wrote the song s music and the Church s assistant pastor Josef Mohr wrote the lyrics. They introduced it on Christmas eve in 1818. Germany Bavaria s Berchtesgaden echoes with Quot Mountain shooting Quot tonight in Celebration of Christmas eve and again on new year s eve. The event features Many residents discharging their firearms at the same time a while Church Bells peal or firecrackers provide the sounds of Silvester. Italy traditional torchlight Christmas eve processions take place tonight around the nation. Farmers living in Agnone in Isernia province carry torches reaching As Long As 9 feet. Horseback riders wearing 13th-Century costumes join the Parade in Treccio in Rieti province. Canneto Sull Oglio in Mantua province features a procession of Shepher Desses. The Parade in Castellito d Orba in Alessandria province ends with roasted chestnuts and mulled wine around a Bonfire in the Center of town. Lighting of the Christmas log is performed in Caltabiano in the province of Catania. On Christmas Day and the next a Large Chestnut tree a felled in the mountains on Christmas eve a is hauled to Baiano in Avellino province. The tree is erected in front of the Church of Santo Stefano amid the noise of firecrackers and festivities. A procession takes place in the Square until Epiphany when the tree is auctioned off to local artisans. December 24, 1992 stripes Magazine 1/