European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Travel tips on the roads Highway construction Sites Austria a-1 Salzburg North a-7 Between Dornach Andt ruffling. A-13 Between Schonberg  Matra Iwald exit. Germany a-1 Between the up Husen Bremen Lahndorf  Bremen hem Lingen exits  Between Kiln Niehl  Leve Kusen exits. A-2 Between Hamm  interchange Kamen. A-4 interchange Kiln scid  k6ln/poll. A-5 Between the Jastatt  Baden Baden exits  Between Fernwald  interchange Gambach. A-7 interchange Hamburg Northwest Between   Wurzburg Estenfeld. A-8 Between Karlsbad  interchange Karlsruhe a-9 Between Weissenfels  bad Durrenberg exits. A-10 Between Rudersdorf  berlin/k6penick  Between berlirt/hellersorfandrudersddrf.a-61between Ahrweiler  sir Izig netherlands.-. A-2 Between Amsterdam  utrecht. A-15 at bottle Tunnel a-52 Between arnhem  nil Mezgeri. Switzerland n-2 Between Basel Sud  Basel Ost. N-12 Between Fla Matt  do Edingen exits. " a this is a partial list of major projects Mountain passes closed Austria Lech Warth Silvetta Timmel Joch Gross locker Stalle Sattel. France Altos Cayolle Crox de per Galbier Glandon Iserman Izzard Mont Cenis Kleiner St. Bernhard rest fond la Bonette. Italy still Serkoch Penser Joch Pocola i Vigno Fedalia Grrdner Sella Joch. Switzerland Albula col de la Croix Furka Gotthard Grimsely Klausen Luk Manier Numen in grosser St. Bernhard Obe Ralp Sari Bernardino Slugen Susten umbral. Oas uni prices Are per liter for unleaded super Austria 850 Belgium 870 czech Republic 660 Croatia 740 Denmark 830 England 700 on the Economy France 900-940 Germany 840-910 on the Economy Greece 900 Hungary 830 Italy 970-990 on the Economy Poland 510 Slovek Republic 660 Slovenia 510 Spain 840 Switzerland 580-710 Yugoslavia $1.98. Highway information Telephone numbers listed Are valid for the country named. If calling from another country Check your local Telephone directory for the International Access  country codes. England 0898-500-241 highways traffic in Britain  Europe Royal automobile club. Germany 01169 highways traffic in Germany Europe All Gefelner Deutscher automobile club German language Only. Italy 06-4212 or 06-43631 highways traffic in Italy italian automobile club Aci italian language Only. Source ally Meln a Tut Tchur automobile club Munich Germany dance your Way through Spain by Terence ne1lan the new York times q. Could you give me any information about dance classes in flamenco  Sevillanos in Seville Spain or maybe in Madrid a. There Are schools for flamenco  Sevillanos in Many parts of Spain but in Seville which has at least 26 of them dance schools Are something of a cottage Industry. Sevillanos which originated in Seville consist of four movements depicting the two dancers meeting their falling in love their falling out  their reconciliation. Each of the four movements has three phases. It is not necessary to speak Spanish to take lessons the instructions Are Given along with the movements  teachers say foreigners have no More difficulty learning the Steps than do. Spaniards. There Are an average of 15 people in a flamenco class  about eight in a Sevillanos class. For. A Complete listing of schools write to the flamenco Center of Andalusia Cadiz Palacio Demartin Plaza san Juan 1, Jerez de la Frontera Cadiz 11403, Spain. The Telephone number is 34 56-349 265.-  following Are details of three Seville schools escue Lade Panza Matilde Coral 82-84 Calle Castilla Seville Spain 41010. The Telephone number is 34 5-433-9731. Classes in Sevillanos held on tuesdays  thursdays from 5 to 6 .,  in flamenco on the same Days from 11 . To noon. The classes Cost $40 a month. Academia Ger Aldrade Sevilla 13 Calle Avion Cuatro Vientos Seville 41005, Spain. The Telephone number is 34 5-466-1736. Hourly classes in flamenco  Sevillanos Are offered mondays wednesdays  fridays from 5 to 1.0  The students level of skill As Well As the number of students in the class determine the exact hour. The monthly fee is $43. Academia Virtudes Melero pradas 18 Calle Escober Seville 41002, Spain. The Telephone number is 34 & a 5-437-2423. Hour Long classes in Sevillanos  flamenco Are held every Day from 10 . To 10  After paying a $95 registration fee you May attend As Many classes As you think you need  then pay a $95 completion fee following Are details of three schools in Madrid International Ballet school  dance Center Garcia Paredes 76, Madrid 28010, Spain the Telephone number is 34 1-310-1353. Classes in Sevillanos Are held on thursdays from 7 30 to 8 30  An eight class course costs $71l flamenco is taught on tuesdays  thursdays from 8 30 to 9 30  At a Cost of $57 a month. -. Calve Mesa Academia san Delfin 5, Madrid 28018, Spain. The Telephone number is 34 1 469 3973. Hour Long classes in Sevillanos Are held twice a week at a monthly Cost of $43, with the student i choosing the Days. Flamenco classes lasting an hour Are held every Friday afternoon monthly tuition is $43. Centro de Danza Rafael de Cordoba Ferraz 11, Madrid 28008, Spain. The Telephone number is 34 1 -547-6228. This is one of the Best known schools in Madrid. Classes in Sevillanos Are held from noon to 1  And from 8 to 9  On tuesdays  thursdays. The course which the school says lasts As Long As it takes to learn the Steps Well costs $68 a month plus a registration fee of $36. Flamenco is taught at the same times at a Cost of $79 a month plus the registration fee. I q. A travel guide to Provence France tells me whatever june there is a Carreto Zama do or Chariot race in Barben Tane. Can you Tell me anything about it a. Every june 24, during its annual Village fest Barben Tane holds an event in which 30 or 40 horses Lead a single Chariot through the Village streets first walking  then galloping. They do not race. The event part of a Celebration of Provencal language  customs is known As Carreto ramada not Zama do according to Claude Mauron a literature professor at the University of Aix in Provence from the Provencal words meaning Chariot  covered with leaves. According to tradition local Farmers decorate the Chariot with Elm tree leaves. Similar Carreto ramada events Are held every weekend from the Middle of june to the Middle of september in a number of other villages in what is known Asle pays Arles an area of Provence Between Avignon  Aries. Each horse in the event which dates to the 17th Century is led by a Man in a White shirt  dark pants. The other villages include the following Bourbon first weekend in Jun chateau Renard first weekend in augus trog Nonas third week in augus Craveson last weekend in july  Les Paludis de moves first weekend in september. Also included Are Lausanne second weekend in Jun colleges third weekend in  do Gres second weekend in  de Provence aug. 15  Vallab Regues second weekend in August. Each Village dedicates the event to a different Saint. They Are usually held after sunday morning s mass. Q. I will be visiting Hong Kong toward the end of september. What sort of weather can i expect a. Between july  september Hong Kong is subject to typhoons moving northward from the sout China sea that bring heavy rain  very violent winds. The average High temperature in september is 85 degrees  the Low 77. Precipitation that month averages 1.0.1 inches. After 400 years Holland etes Wod Bemous Symbol by the associated press from the Early Days when they Cost a Fortune to their desperate use As food amid wartime starvation the Tulip has symbolized Holland. Now the dutch tourist Industry is promoting Tulip 400, a birthday extravaganza cashing in on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of a Flower that Onee even seduced the country to the Edge of bankruptcy. The Tulip is very much Woven into Pur history. It s a Symbol of our country says Viola de Jong who s running Tulip 400 for the dutch tourist Board. It was Back in the autumn of 1593 that Leiden University botanist Carolus Clausius planted the first Tulip bulb in dutch soil. He d been Given the bulb by the austrian ambassador in Turkey where the bulbs were imported around . 1000 from their native habitat in Central Asia. Today the Netherlands produces 1994$the Tulip t celebrates a 61 More than 70 percent of the world s Tulip bulbs about 3.1 billion  the perennial is exported to 80 countries. Tulip 400 has been sponsoring a string of parades festivals  Tours through the Rainbow hued Tulip Fields this Spring. It s All geared at attracting the tourist Dollar. By 1634, 40 years after Clausius first Tulip poked its Way out of the dirt in March 1594, this Cousin to the Lily had mesmerized the dutch nation. Exotic tulips were a status Symbol amid the More mundane riches of the dutch Golden age with a wildly speculative futures Market growing up around the bulbs of rarities. But unknown to speculators the color  pattern changes known As breaking that made the bulbs so desirable were caused by viral penetration of the bulbs. Speculators gambled  lost family fortunes on bulbs that never bloomed again. One bulb brought 4,500 florins the Cost of a House. The Market ultimately crashed in 163 7  thousands were ruined putting the nation s investor class on the verge of bankruptcy. 20 stripes Magazine april 21, 1994