European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Travel tips on the roads Highway construction Sites Austria a-13 at Matreci Wald. B-115 at Dio Tach. B-130 at Mich Eldorf. B-217 at Mil Holdorf. Germany a a-1 Between the Lubock Mol Sling and Lubeck centrum exits. Ar2 Between the Essen glad Eck and Gelsenkirchen Buer exits. A3 Between the Raunholm exit and the Wiesbaden interchange. A-5 Between the Jastatt and Baden Baden exits Between the Fernwald exit and the Gambach interchange and Between the Karlsbad exit and the Karlsruhe interchange. A-7 Between the Kassel Mitte and Utterberg exits. A-4 at the w Dresden interchange. A-8 Between Karlsruhe interchange and Karlsbad exit and Between Stuttgart flu Hafen and Stuttgart Oeger Toch exits. A-10 Between the Prewitt interchange and the sch amp Nefeld interchange. A-15 Between the vet Schau and Cottbus Sod exits. Netherlands a a-1 Between  and Laren. A-2 Between Best and be made. A-4 Between Leid Schendal and Rij Swink. A-9 at the  interchange. A-12 Between the Waterberg interchange and the we Tervoort exit. A-28 Between Haren and Groningen. Switzerland a n-1 Between the Bru Ettisell interchange and the St. Gallen rappers Wil exit ramp. N-2 at the Luzern centrum exit and Between the Amstey and Wasson exits. N-13 at the san Bernardino Tunnel. This is a partial list of major projects Mountain passes closed Austria a Silvetta Timmel Joch Stalle Sattel and Gros Glockner. Franco Alios Cayolle Croix do for Gaibler Glandon Iserman Izzard Kleiner St. Bernhard Mont cells and rest fond la Bonette. Italy a Gavia Stolfe Ryjoch for cola do Vigno and Penser Joch. Switzerland a Albula col de la Croix Furka girl Mel grosser St. Bernhard Klausen Luk Manier Numen in Obe Ralp san Bernardino St. Gotthard Slugen Susten and  pricks prices Are per liter for unloaded super. Austria a 85$ Belgium a 87$ czech Republic a 66c Croatia a 74$ Denmark a 83$ England a 70$ on the Economy France a 90$-94 Germany a 84$-91$ on Tho Economy Greece a 90$ Hungary a 83$ Italy 97$-99$ on the Economy Poland a 51$ slovak Republic a 68$ Slovenia a 51 Spain �?84$ Switzerland �?58$-71$ Yugoslavia a $1.90 of Highway 111 information Telephone numbers listed Are valid for the country named. If calling from another country Check your local Telephone directory for the country code. England a 0898-500-241 highways raffle in Britain and Europe Royal automobile club. Germany a 01169 highways raffle in Germany Europe Al Gemeiner Deutscher automobile club German language Only. Italy a 06-4212 or 06-43631 highways Raffic in Italy italian automobile club Aci italian language Only. Isoura All Gamaliar Daut scow audio Mobil club Munich Sarmany for hire by the new York times q. A group of us Are going to Paris to visit the major museums a the louvre d orsay Pompidou Picasso and orangerie. Are there English speaking guides that could go with is to visit them a. There Are some English speaking 4ftj guides that can Lead groups through the museums of Paris or organizations that can provide them. The Pompidou museum does not accept private guides. The museum Telephone 4478-12-33, will provide an English speaking guide for a tour of 60 to 90 minutes for $100. To visit with a group you should make arrangements with the museum at least two weeks in Advance. The service Des visits it conferences Des musses nation Aux 62 Rue , 75181 Paris Fedex 04,42-96-58-30, will provide guides with Art history backgrounds for groups to museums of your Choice. Groups must be 30 or fewer. The fee for the group is $120, plus museum admission $60 for the elderly. You will have to Call the museum to arrange the visit however. Contenders Des monuments histor ques hotel de Sully 62 Rue , 75004 Paris 44-61-21-66. These guides All have degrees in Art history. The charge is $92 for a group for a 90-minute tour. Tro Ismil 35 Rue la Bootie 75008 Paris 45r63-99-11. Guides have taken it s possible to hire a personal English speaking guide when touring museums in Paris like the louvre. Fat Art history courses at the louvre. The charge is $198 for a half Day. Pierre Andry Helene a Coute do passe 77 Avenue de , 75012 Paris 43-44-49-86. A Dene with a degree in Art history charges $176 for a two hour tour. Veronique d vaudeville 1 Rue Pierre Goudrault 75013 Paris 45-82-24-02. Her guides have studied Art history. The Cost for a half Day tour is $160. Daniele Louveau Jouan 237 Rue do Faubourg , 75010 Paris 4607-53-56. She has a degree in tourism and has studied Art and charges $166 for a tour of two or three hours. Q. Will the la Scala opera season be on in february 1993? if so How can i get tickets a. Tickets for la Scala whose season runs from dec. 7 through june Are always difficult to get. You have the Best Chance by asking your hotel manager or concierge. There is no Agency in the United states authorized to sell la Scala tickets. To order tickets write by registered mail requesting receipt to . Teatro Alia Scala of fico big Letteria via filed Ramatici 2, 20121 Milano Italy. You can ask for Only one production listing up to three performance dates in order of preference Type and location of seats Only two to a customer and your address and Telephone number. Winners and losers in class warfare by Christopher Reynolds los Angeles times attention airline passengers. The subject is seat class and legroom and we seem to have a bit of turbulence ahead. We take you now to Reader Mary Barlow of Orange county calif., who recently travelled to London via Virgin Atlantic airways. Soon after settling into her Economy class seat she sensed something amiss. Something. Constricting. In order to accommodate their new mid class Section Barlow deduced Virgin Atlantic s Interior designers Quot took out most of the legroom from Economy Quot they took some anyway. Virgin Atlantic spokeswoman Lori Levin acknowledged last week that Cabin interiors were redesigned to make room for the airline s new mid class seats a and the relatively spacious 30 inches of legroom Between them a when the Section debuted in april. Levin also noted however that Virgin still gives its Economy travellers As much or More room than Many of its competitors do. Now Flash to Kim Prisk of san Diego who recently found himself in the air Between Newark n.j., and Munich Germany. There Prisk discovered that Continental airlines too was fiddling with its class system to his advantage. Prisk was expecting a business class seat with its usual 40-Inch pitch a that is 40 inches Between his seat Back and the seat in front of him. Instead he found that the airline is in the Middle of merging its first class and business class sections on International flights to form Quot business first Quot class and is leaving 55 inches Between seats in the new Section. Prisk stretched slept and reported that Quot it was  the class system has been a complicated and competitive Issue among air carriers for years and it has been made More so by the burgeoning masses of frequent fliers seeking upgrades and the conflicting examples set by european carriers whose service is so highly admired by american travellers. Beyond that the . Carriers seem to have widely varied ideas of what the Market wants. And so boarding an american commercial Jet these Days we can t be sure just How Many compartments Well see How comfortable they la be or what they la Cost. Some airlines such As Continental and us air Are vying for business travellers who Are no longer willing to pay for a first class seat. Quot there Are a lot of companies that will Spring Foi business class that won t Spring for first class Quot said Dave Shipley assistant vice president for Public relations at us air. Quot As Long As you can sell your business seats you really Don t need a  other carriers Are looking out for those travellers who go first class regardless of the Economy at Large. Delta airlines is nearly doubling the number of first class seats on the 80 Boeing 737 jets it flies in North America. At the same time leading .-based carriers have begun offering three Levels of service instead of two on major business routes inside the United states with United and american following Twa s Lead. All this jostling draws scant attention from those travellers looking Only for Low prices and it s easy to see Why. When i called american airlines to ask for prices on a Jan. 13 flight from los Angeles to London the preservationist told me i could have a discounted restricted coach round trip ticket for As Little As $498, an unrestricted coach ticket for $3,424, a business class ticket for $5,236, or a first class ticket for $8,100. Comfort costs. Still Many frequent fliers especially those travelling on business highly prize the extra legroom the priority service the Superior meals served on China the seat Back video terminals and telephones and the free drinks and newspapers that extra Money buys. 22 stripes Magazine february 18, 1993