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Belgium
SHAPE TRIPS AND TOURS: Oct. 30, Paris with optional tour of catacombs, Paris-only 45 euros, with catacombs 57 euros for adults, 53 euros for ages 14-17, 45 euros ages 1-13; Nov. 6, Windsor Castle, 65 euros adults, 58 euros ages 5-17, 45 euros ages 5 and younger; Nov. 11, Flanders Field and Ypres, 40 euros adults, 38 euros ages 3-12, 30 euros up to age 2; Nov. 13, London, 60 euros; Nov. 20, Chocolate academy and perfumery, 65 euros; Nov. 27, Christmas market in Valkenburg caves and Maastricht, 45 euros adults, 40 euros ages 4-11, 35 euros up to age 3; Dec. 4, Disneyland Paris, 97 euros adults, 90 euros ages 3-12, 50 euros up to age 2; Dec. 11, Aachen and Monschau, Christmas markets, 45 euros; Dec. 18, Paris, 45 euros; Dec. 20-28, Egypt, including Cairo and Nile cruise, 1,720 euros per person double room, 1,875 euros single room, 1,310 euros ages 3-11 (with two paid adults), 200 euros up to age 2 (with two paid adults); Dec. 30-Jan. 1, London, 400 euros single, 250 euros twin, 175 euros ages 5-12, 100 euros up to age 5. Call 065-44-3884, e-mail shapetripsandtours@gmail.com or see www.shape2day.com.
Germany
RTT TRAVEL/RAMSTEIN: Oct. 30, Nov. 4, 7, 10, 13, 18, 21, 26 and 28, Dec. 1, 5, 9, 12, 15, 19, 23 and 29, castles on the Rhine, 79 euros; Oct. 30, Cochem castle family special, 59 euros; Oct. 31, military history: Bastogne and Luxembourg, 59 euros; Nov. 5-7, Dec. 10-12, Prague and Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, 189 euros; Nov. 13, King Ludwig’s castles and Oberammergau, 99 euros; Nov. 20, Dec. 18, Cochem castle medieval dinner, 79 euros; Nov. 26-29, Dec. 18-21, Dresden, Prague and Karlovy Vary in Advent, 269 euros; Nov. 27, Dec. 5 and 17, Christmas in Cologne, 59 euros; Nov. 27, Dec. 4, 11 and 18, Christmas markets in Nuremberg and Rothenburg, 59 euros; Nov. 27, Dec. 19, Amsterdam, 89 euros; Dec. 4, Christmas on the Moselle, 69 euros; Dec. 11 and 18, Strasbourg Christmas markets, 49 euros; Dec. 12, Dachau and Munich with Christmas market, 89 euros; Dec. 21, Christmas on the Rhine, 49 euros. Call 06371-46360 or see www.RTTtravel.com.
RTT FLIGHT TOURS/RAMSTEIN: Oct. 30-Nov. 2, Halloween in Transylvania, 839 euros; Nov. 20-27, Egypt and Nile cruise, 1,499 euros; Nov. 24-28, Malta, 699 euros. Flights depart from Frankfurt. Call 06371-46360 or see www.RTTtravel.com.
SPANGDAHLEM OUTDOOR RECREATION: Nov. 24-28 (sign up now), Thanksgiving ski trip to Austria, call for prices. Call DSN 452-7170 or 06565-61-7170.
SPANGDAHLEM INFORMATION, TICKETS AND tRAVEL: Oct. 30, Burg Frankenstein’s Halloween party, 59 euros; Oct. 30, Cochem castle family ghost tour, 40 euros adults, 35 euros ages 3-17; Oct. 30, Brussels express, 45 euros adults, 40 euros ages 3-12. Call 452-6567 or 06565-61-6567.
Italy
USO NAPLES: Tuesdays, Best of the Region, 48 euros adults, 43 euros up to age 11; Thursdays, Sorrento, Vietri and Emerald Grotto, 39 euros adults, 36 euros up to age 11; Fridays, Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius, 48 euros adults, 43 euros up to age 11; Saturdays, wine tasting on Vesuvius, 45 euros adults; Sundays, Sorrento and Pompeii, 48 euros adults, 43 euros up to age 11. Call DSN 626-5713 or 629-4903 or see http://naples.uso.it.
USO ROME: Vatican and St. Peter’s tour, including Vatican museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica, 8:30 a.m. Monday through Saturday, $65 adult, $55 ages 5-17; Rome of the Caesars, including Colosseum, Forum, Michelangelo’s Capitoline Hill, daily at 2 p.m., $65 adult, $55 ages 2-8; catacombs with St. Mary Major and St. John Lateran and the Holy Stairs, plus Christian catacombs on Appian Way, 2 p.m. daily, $40 adults, $32 ages 2-8; Rome including Castle Sant’Angelo, Piazza Venezia, San Pietro in Vincoli Church, Statue of Moses, Bocca della Verita, Trevi Fountain, Piazza Barberini, Spanish Steps, Villa Borghese and Piazza del Popolo, 8 a.m. daily, $36 adult, $28 ages 2-8; Rome after-dark dinner and monuments, 75 euros ages 5 and up. Contact USO Rome Center at 06-397-27419, inforome@uso.it or see www.uso.it.
Netherlands
SCHINNEN TRIPS AND TOURS: Nov. 20, Paris, $69; Dec. 11, Cologne Christmas markets; March 4, Professional basketball: New Jersey Nets vs. Toronto Raptors at the O2 Area in London, $425 in a shared room, $455 single; April 15-24, spring break getaway to Spain, $449 double, $599 single, $349 for children 11 and younger. Call 046-443-7561.
