European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Travel tips on the roads Highway construction Sites Austria a-1 Between the Thalau and Salzburg North exits and Between the Unz and Traun interchanges. A-2 Between the port Schach West and Velden West exits. A-9 Between the Graz Webling and Graz West exits. A-10 bet Yeen the Fla Thauwinkel exit and the tavern Tunnel. A-12 Between Zirl and Pett Nau. Germany a-2 Between the Gelsenkirchen Buer and Essen glad Eck exits. A-3 Between the Frankfurt Sud exit and the Offenbach interchange and Between the Bonn Sieburg interchange and bad Honnef Linz ext. A-4 Between the Kiln Sud interchange and the k6ln/poll exit. A-5 Between the Heidelberg interchange and Ladenburg Between the Langen and Weiter Stadt exits and Between the Karlsruhe Durlach and Bruchal exits. A-6 Between the Kaiserslautern West and Lan Stuhl exits Between the Crail sheim and Feuchtwanger interchanges Between the Schwet Zingen Bockenheim and Mannheim exits and Between the Schwet Zingen Bockenheim and Waldorf exits. A-7 Between the Soltau Ost and Soltau Sud exits and Between Niederst Otzinger in Baden Wurttemberge and the bavarian Border. A-8 Between the Karlsbad exit and the Karlsruhe interchange. A-9 Between the Weissenfels and bad Diirr Enberg exits Between the Dessau Sud and Gorbig exits and at the Nurnberg interchange. A-10 Between the fal Kensee and Potsdam Nord exit and Between fal Kensee and the Havel land interchange. A-19 Between Waren and Malchow. A-61 Between the Wehr and Kruft exits. A-67 Between the Darmstadt interchange and the Gernshein exit. Netherlands a-2 at the nude Krijn interchange. A-52 at Waal Rug. Switzerland n-1 Between Wangen an Der aare and Niece Ripp. N-2 Between the Basel Ost exit and the Gellert interchange. N-12 Between Fla Matt and Dud Ingen. N-13 Between san Bernardino and plan san Giacomo. This is a partial list of major projects gasoline prices prices Are per liter for unleaded super Austria $1.01 Belgium $1.05 Croatia 740 czech Republic 770 Denmark $1 England 95c on the Economy Finland $1 02 France $1.11 Germany $1.11 on the Economy Greece 950 Hungary 890 Italy $1.12 on the Economy Netherlands $1.20 Norway $1.31 Poland 570 Romania 300 slovak Republic 700 Slovenia .570 Spain 930 Sweden r $1.15 Switzerland 970 Turkey 630. 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 and country codes. England 0898-500-241 highways traffic in Britain and Europe Royal automobile club. Germany 01169 highways traffic in. Germany Europe Al Gemeiner Deutscher Auto Nobil club German language on a. Italy 06-4212 or 06-43631 highways traffic in Italy italian automobile club Aci italian language Only. Source ally in a Deutscher Auto Mobil club Munich Germany la times Blenheim Paace was made famous throughout the United kingdom by sir Winston Churchill who was born there. Regular Tours offered to Churchill landmarks by Terence Neilian the new York times q. I am a Winston Churchill Buff and have read everything i can get my hands on about him and his family. Are there any Tours to Blenheim Palace and Chartwell a. The two Centra places in Churchill s life Blenheim Palace where he was born in 1874, and Chartwell in Kent where he lived from 1924 to his death in 1965, Are too far apart to be comfortably visited in the same Day. But a tour company called frames Rickards runs separate Day trips by bus to both places and a number of other companies go to Blenheim. Chartwell is about 25 Miles Southeast of London and Blenheim about 70 Miles to the West. Frames Rickards 11 Herbrand Street London won 1 sex England 71/837-3111, runs a tour every sunday from May to september to Chartwell and never Castle a 13th Century fortified Manor House also in Kent. The bus leaves London about 12 30 . And returns about 7 30. . It costs $42, $36 for children 16 and under calculated at $1.56 to the Pound. A full Day tour to Oxford the cotswolds and Blenheim Palace runs from May to september and costs $58, $47 for children. Next year to Mark the end of world War ii in Europe in 1945, frames Rickards is planning to offer a special six night package called be  final prices Are not yet available but the package is expected to include six nights at a London hotel a Day at Blenheim Oxford and Bla Don Oxfordshire where Churchill is buried an afternoon trip to Chartwell and never Castle Golden Tours 4 Fountain Square 121-153 Buckingham Palace Road London sw1w 9sa, England 71/233-7030, runs Day trips to Oxford the cotswolds and Blenheim Palace on tuesday thursday and sunday from May to the end of october. Tours Cost $61, $55 for children 16 and under. Lunch at a coaching inn in Stowe Buckinghamshire is included. Harrods luxury sightseeing Tours lower ground floor banking Hall harrods knights Ridge London sw1x 7xl, England 71/581-3603, runs a Day trip to Stratford upon Avon and Blenheim Palace every sunday from mid March to oct. 30. It costs $84, $69 for children which includes lunch with wine. There Are two Tours in London that might be of interest a walking tour called City in the Blitz and Churchill s Cabinet War rooms leaves every Friday at 2 30 . From Westminster underground station. It costs $7 with an extra $6 admission to the Cabinet War rooms. More information 081/668-4019. Winston Churchill s Britain at War experience about the world War ii Blitz is on display at Churchill House 64-66 Tooley st., London se1 2tf 071/403-3171. It is open from oct. 1 to March 31 from 10 . To 4 30 . And april 1 to sept. 30 from 10 . To 5 30 . Admission is $7, $4 for children 4 to 16. The nearest underground and British rail station is London Bridge. Q. My husband and i will be travelling to Egypt in november via Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. On the Way Back we will be spending four Days in Paris. As we won t need our Paris clothes in Egypt is there anywhere i can leave them in Paris for six Days a. At Charles de Gaulle Airport take elevator 16, near the arrival or departure Gates to the shop level and look for the sign saying consigned which Means Check room. It will Cost about $4.50 a bag for each 24 hours calculated at 5.6 francs to the Dollar. The Check room Telephone 48.64.51.92 is open every Day from 6 . To 11 15 . Men women reveal fantasy travel companions by Donna Miskin new Day women travellers prefer to sit next to another woman who s an understanding conversationalist like Oprah Winfrey and Erma Bombeck and a Man who s a sensitive hunk like. Kevin Costner and Harrison Ford according to an Amtrak Survey of Ideal travelling companions. Men say they re looking for Good conversation too and believe Cindy Crawford would be Best at that followed by Demi Moore. The top mans men travelling companions include Charles Kuralt David roundabout Letterman and Eddie Murphy. Respondents said they d Alsa like to sit next to someone with an upbeat attitude respect for privacy and Good personal Hygiene. If you re travelling to India where there Are continuing outbreaks of bubonic plague spread by rat fleas and pneumonic plague spread person to person by airborne droplets the centers for disease control in Atlanta has this advice take an insecticide you can Wear to repel fleas and consult your doctor about packing prophylactic antibiotics such at tetracycline and Dox Icyoline in Case you Are exposed to the diseases. For More info Call the cd hotline 404 332-4559, More than 11 million tickets Are available for the 1996 summer olympics in Atlanta ranging from $10 to $20 for preliminary events and from $45 for the finals 404 224-1996. I 20 stripes Magazine october 20, 1994