European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Let s go follow in Royalty s footsteps a 10-Day tour of Scotland s battlefields monuments and Homes associated with Bonnie Prince Charlie and his attempt to claim the English throne in the 18th Century convenes in Edinburgh on april 16. The tour will be conducted by capt. Victor Macdonald Evans a scottish lord a former British paratrooper and Veteran of the Falkland islands War. Participants will visit the Battlefield of Culloden a Moor in the northeastern Highlands where English forces ended the jacobite uprising in april 1746, by defeating supporters of Prince Charles Edward. Stuart. They will travel to the Isle of Skye to visit the grave of Flora Macdonald who helped the Prince flee to France disguised As a woman. The tour ends with a banquet in a baronial Hall in Fife. The tour costs $1,140 per person double occupancy including hotels All meals sightseeing fees and local transportation for More information Contact scottish Battlefield & historic Tours North Bridge House 28 North Bridge Edinburgh eh1 1qg, Scotland. To phone from Continental Europe dial 44 31-226-2202. Experience Bach s world sat travel is sponsoring a tour to the former East German City of Leipzig on april 1 -3. The City will play Host to the Bach festival for the 17th time since 1904, and for the first time since German reunification. Because this festival coincides with easter Bach s St. Matthew and so John passions and easter cantatas will be performed on the Days he intended them for in the churches where he performed his own music. On april 2, tour participants will tour Dresden a Basel Switzerland celebrates carnival feb. 21-23. It begins with the  at 4 . Monday. Best bets Here s a list of Best bets for this weekend and a few special events you can attend a. Little later. Austria ski in kit Bohl on saturday sunday and monday. Contact the outdoor adventure Center in Hohenfels Germany for More information. The number is Dan 466-2060. France Skoal is the latest thing for Glisse fanatics. It is narrower than a Monoski just As much fun As snowboarding but with emphasis on thrills. Exhibition tournaments will be held in la Plagne on saturday and sunday and in Val Thorens on april 16-17. For More information dial the appropriate International Access code followed by 33 75 39 8019. Ireland celebrate St Patrick s Day the weekend of March 17-20 in Killarney Ireland. Its roaring twenties festival features a 1920 a style Ball where competitors dress in costume a Parade featuring High society and gangsters a performance of the musical anything goes a jazz extravaganza and a pub tour. For More information Contact Bradie sales service. To Call from Continental Europe dial the appropriate european Center for Art and architecture before its firebombing in world War ii. Visitors will also travel to the City of Meissen to visit the showroom of the famous Meissen porcelain factory. The tour Price of 413 Marks about $240 per person includes round trip train transportation from Frankfurt a walking tour of Leipzig bus transportation to Dresden and Meissen accommodations with double occupancy an English speaking guide and easter Brunch. Single room supplement is 50 Marks about $29. Performance tickets for Friday evening Cost an additional 21 to 27 Marks about $12 to $16and must be purchased while booking. Booking deadline is feb. 21. You can Book this tour at your local sat travel office. Children s discounts Are available on request. See finnish nature and culture through april 24, you can join a snowmobile safari through Lapland s Cape and Mountain area for $1,127 per person double occupancy air fares extra. The six Day five night trip includes accommodations at both a hotel and a wilderness Lodge and a snowmobile driving instruction equipment and plenty of warm clothing. If ice water runs through your veins there s also a three Day two night package through april 29 that takes travellers aboard an icebreaker for a cruise through the Gulf of bothnia Europe s largest continuous ice Field. The tour costs $448 per person based on double occupancy. If these outdoor adventures seem too brisk try the night at the opera package through March 31, where you can celebrate the opening of Helsinki s new opera House. This tour begins at $135 per person double occupancy. For More information Call 1-800-526-4927 in the United states. You must have a Telephone card to Access most 800 numbers in the states and you will be Likely be charged a fee for the Call. Carnival continues in Basel when some areas rejected catholicism in the late Middle Ages celebrants did t want to give up carnival so they just moved the Date. The fasnacht Celebration in Basel Switzerland is probably the most spectacular of those festivities. At 4 . On monday the lights in the town Center Are doused and from Back Yards and alleys appear gangs of bizarrely costumed musicians wearing lamps on their Heads. The groups ramble through the old town following Gigantic lanterns. As Daylight approaches the groups break up and the whole town becomes even More of a kaleidoscopic cacophony As drummers and filers wander around the streets. The main Parade starts at 1 . With club members in their latest finery incited by trucks of Orange throwing pranksters and Guggen Musik where the bands deliberately play earsplitting by off key. A few tips the last Esso station before the Swiss Border is Weil am Rhein. If you continue through the Back streets you can Cross into Basel easily. Be careful where you Park once the celebrations Start you May get towed or blocked Access code followed by 35 364 411 70. Italy ski the dolomites on Friday through monday. Contact the outdoor recreation centers in Vilseck and Crafe Wohr Germany for More information. The Dan numbers Are 476-2563 and 475-7402. Spain there s always plenty to entertain children in the vacation regions of Spain. Madrid has a zoological Garden Complete with dolphins. Almeria has a Western town authentic enough for Hollywood movies. Saturdays at 4 45 . You la see a Western show with cowboys and a Bank robbery. The Village is open from 9 . To 6 . In july and August until 9 . For information dial the appropriate International Access code followed by 34 51 365 236. United kingdom the Jorvik Viking festival continues in York England through saturday. This walled City 193 Miles North of London was a major Viking settlement and features Torch it processions combat re enactments boat burnings Viking feasts and medieval crafts. For More information phone 0904 611 944. From Continental Europe dial the appropriate International Access code followed by 44. Fila you can learn More about composer Johann Sebastian Bach at the Bach festival in Leipzig Germany on april 1-3. It s suitable for Young musicians As Well. There is no overnight travel and children s discounts Are available on request. In. Dress warmly. Don t take children into the Market Square for the 4 . Morgens Raich it gets extremely crowded and dangerous for the Little ones. Go eur ail from Naples Italy the Naples Italy information tickets and Tours office offers three types of eur ail passes co. Travel throughout Europe. The regular Eura Ispass costs from $510 per adult for 15 consecutive Days of unlimited first class travel to $1,400 per adult for three months unlimited first class travel. Children 4-11 years old travel for half Price children under four travel free. The eur ail save pass can be used by three or More people travelling together. It costs from $440 per adult for 15 consecutive Days first class travel to one month first class travel for $690 per adult. Children s rates also apply for this Type of pass. The eur ail flex pass is Good for a specific number of Days travel within a specific Validity period. Prices Range from five Days travel in a two month period for $360 to 15 Days travel in a two month period for $750. If overnight travel begins after 7 ., Only the following Day counts As a travel Day. Explore the English Countryside the Heidelberg officers and civilians wives club is sponsoring a trip to London and the nearby Countryside March 22-27. It includes two overnights in London with a City tour two nights in Stratford Birthplace of William Shakespeare visit to Warwick and Windsor castles stonehenge and Oxford. Price is $429. For More information Call 06221 761 885 or 06224 170 128. When dealing from outside Germany dial the appropriate International Access code followed by 49 6221 761 885 or 49 6224 170 128. Calendar and lot s go Are compiled by Keri Ann Southworth Gidget Smith and Marian Hamilton. Items should be received by stars and stripes at least two weeks in Advance. Send them to let s go special sections european stars and stripes unit 29480 Apoate 09211 or postfach11 1437 64278 Darmstadt Germany fax Dan 348-8463 or civilian 06155-601463 or Dan 348-8245/8230 or Call civilian 06155-601245/230 to i non number for listing on thata Ragaa Ara for Calls within the country Namad. H calling fro another country Check your local Tat Phona directory for tha Correct country Coda. February 17, 1994 stripes Magazine 21