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BelgiumSHAPE TRIPS AND TOURS: Dec. 3, Aachen and Monschau (Germany) Christmas market, 50 euros; Dec. 10, London Christmas shopping, 65 euros; Dec. 17, Brugge snow and ice sculpture festival, 43 euros adults, 40 euros ages 4-12, 30 euros up to age 3; Dec. 27, Paris, 45 euros; Dec. 30-Jan. 1, New Year’s in London, 420 euros single, 260 euros double, 175 euros ages 5-12, 100 euros up to age 4; Feb. 4 and 5, early Valentine weekend in Paris, 185 euros single, 130 euros double, 100 euros up to age 11; Feb. 25, London, 70 euros; Feb. 18-21, Lisbon (Portugal), 920 euros single, 800 euros double, 785 euros triple, 655 up to age 9; April 5-14, Spain, 630 euros single, 500 euros double, 475 euros triple, 190 euros up to age 1; April 21, Keukenhof, 50 euros adults, 50 euros ages 4-11, 43 euros up to age 3. Call 32 (0) 65 4 4 3884, email shapetripsandtours1@gmail.com or visit www.shape2day.com.
GermanyKAISERSLAUTERN OUTDOOR RECREATION: Dec. 3, Amsterdam express (Netherlands), $89 adults, $49 children; Dec. 3, Brussels (Belgium) Christmas market, $69 adults, $49 children; Dec. 4 and 18, indoor ice skating, $29; Dec. 4, Strasbourg and Colmar, France, Christmas markets, $49 adults, $39 children; Dec. 9, Trier Christmas market, $29; Dec. 10, Bastogne (Belgium) memorial march, $59; Dec. 10, Valkenburg caves and Aachen market, $59 adults, $39 children; Dec. 11, Tollwood and Munich Christmas markets, $69 adults, $49 children; Dec. 16, Mainz Christmas market, $29; Dec. 17, Pied Piper’s Christmas market, $69 adults, $59 children; Dec. 18, Rothenburg ob der Tauber and Nuremberg Christmas markets, $59 adults, $49 children; Dec. 17, Paris express, $89 adults, $49 children; Dec. 23, Bernkastel-Kues Christmas market, $29; Dec. 24, Salzburg (Austria) Christmas market, $99 adults, $59 children; Dec. 30-Jan. 2, New Year’s Eve in Paris, $389; Dec. 30-Jan. 2, New Year’s Eve in Prague, $429; Dec. 31, Amsterdam after dark New Year’s Eve, $89 adults, $49 children. Call 0631-3406-4117 or DSN 493-4117.
SPANGDAHLEM OUTDOOR RECREATION: Dec. 13, intro to scuba, $69; Nov. 18 and 19, DSLR 101, outdoor photography, $60; Dec. 3, mountain bike Belgium, $25, $35 without equipment; Dec. 14, hunting information class, free; Dec. 16 and 17, DSLR 101, outdoor photography, $60. Reservations required for all trips. Call DSN 452-7170 or 06565-61-7170.
ItalyUSO NAPLES: Tuesdays, Best of the Region, 48 euros adults, 43 euros children; Thursdays, Sorrento, Vietri and the Emerald Grotto, 39 euros adults, 36 euros children; Fridays, Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius, 48 euros adults, 43 euros children; Saturdays, wine tasting on Vesuvius, 45 euros adults; Sundays, Sorrento and Pompeii, 48 euros adults, 43 euros children. Children’s prices apply for ages 2-11. Call DSN 626-5713 or 629-4903 or see http://naples.uso.it.
USO ROME: Children’s prices include students. 8 a.m. daily, Rome’s main sights, 36 euros adults, 28 euros ages 2-8; 9:30 a.m. daily, Borghese Gallery, 45 euros adults, 35 euros children; 3 p.m. daily, Love and Death in Rome: 2,700 Years of Scandals, 40 euros adults, 22 euros children; 2:30 daily, Caravaggio: The Genius in Baroque Rome, 37 euros adults, 30 euros children; 10 a.m. daily, Vatican museums and St. Peter’s, 55 euros adults, 46 euros children; 9:30 a.m. daily, Colosseum and Roman Forum, 50 euros adults, 41 euros children; 2:45 daily, underground ancient Rome, 46 euros adults, 38 euros children; 2 p.m. daily, Palatine Hill, 31 euros adults, children ages 5-17; 7 p.m. daily, Rome at Twilight, 29 euros adults, 23 euros children; 7:15 nightly, Rome by Night, two-hour tour 39 euros, four-hour tour 75 euros; 8:30 a.m. Mon. through Sat., Vatican and St. Peter’s tour, including Vatican museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica, 65 euros adults, 55 euros children; 2 p.m. daily, Rome of the Caesars, includes Colosseum, Forum and Michelangelo’s Capitoline Hill, 65 euros adults, 55 euros ages 2-8; 2 p.m. daily, catacombs with St. Mary Major and St. John Lateran and the Holy Stairs, plus Christian catacombs, 40 euros adults, 32 euros ages 2-8. Call USO Rome at 06-397-27419 or see www.uso.it.
NetherlandsUSAG Schinnen FMWR Trips and Tours: Dec. 2-4, London and Rochester for Dickensian Christmas festival, $349 double/triple, $449 single, $249 up to age 15; Dec. 17, Cologne (Germany) Christmas markets, $45. Call 0031(0)46-443-7561 or DSN 360-7561.
