E-mail travel@estripes.osd.mil at least two weeks before the desired print date. Prices are based on double occupancy.
BelgiumSHAPE TRIPS AND TOURS: Dec. 4, Disneyland Paris, 97 euros adults, 90 euros ages 3-12, 50 euros up to age 2; Dec. 11, Aachen and Monschau, Germany, Christmas markets, 45 euros; Dec. 18, Paris, 45 euros; Dec. 20-28, Egypt, including Cairo and Nile cruise, 1,720 euros per person in double room, 1,875 euros for single room, 1,310 euros ages 3-11 (with two adults), 200 euros up to age 2 (with two 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 or see www.shape2day.com.
GermanyKAISERSLAUTERN OUTDOOR RECREATION: Dec. 3 and 22, Heidelberg Christmas market, $29; Dec. 4, Brussels Christmas market, $69; Dec. 4, Jan. 15 Paris Express, $85 adults, $49 up to age 12; Dec. 5, Rothenburg Christmas market, $49 adults, $39 up to age 12; Dec. 10, Trier Christmas market, $29; Dec. 11, Bastogne memorial walk, $59; Dec. 11, Cheb and Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, shopping, $89 adults, $49 up to age 12; Dec. 11, Valkenburg, Netherlands, Christmas market caves, $59 adults, $49 up to the age 12; Dec. 12, Luxembourg Christmas market, $39 adults, $29 up to age 12; Dec. 17, Bernkastel-Kues market, $29; Dec. 17-19, silent nights in Salzburg, Austria, $179 adults, $99 up to age 12; Dec. 18, Cologne Christmas market, $49 adults, $39 up to age 12; Dec. 18, Prague Express, $95 adults, $59 up to age 12; Dec. 19, Strasbourg, France, Christmas market, $49 adults, $39 up to age 12; Dec. 30-Jan. 2, Paris, $399; Dec. 30-Jan. 2, Prague, $379; Jan. 22, Amsterdam Express, $85 adults, $49 up to age 12; Jan. 29, Prague Express, $95 adults, $59 up to age 12; Jan. 30, ice skating, $29. Call 0631-3406-4117 or DSN 493-4117.
HEIDELBERG OUTDOOR RECREATION: Dec. 4, Brussels Christmas market, $69 adults, $59 up to age 12; Dec. 4, Paris Express, $85 adults, $49 up to age 12; Rothenburg Christmas market, $49 adults, $39 up to age 12; Dec. 11, Valkenburg, Netherlands, Christmas market caves, $59 adults, $49 up to age 12; Dec. 12, Luxembourg Christmas market, $39 adults, $29 up to age 12; Dec. 17-19, silent nights in Salzburg, Austria, $149 adults, $99 up to age 12; Dec. 18, Prague Express, $95 adults, $59 up to age 12; Dec. 23-26, Garmisch, Germany, $369; Dec. 23-26, Interlaken, Switzerland, $219; Dec. 30-Jan. 2, Prague New Year’s, $379; Dec. 30-Jan. 2, Paris New Year’s, $399. Call 06221-338-9282 or DSN 388-9282
MANNHEIM OUTDOOR RECREATION: Dec. 4, Nuremberg Christmas Market, $20; Call 0170-451-4102.
RTT TRAVEL/RAMSTEIN: Dec. 5, 9, 12, 15, 19, 23 and 29, castles on the Rhine, 79 euros; Dec. 18, Cochem castle medieval dinner, 79 euros; Dec. 18-21, Dresden, Germany, Prague and Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, 269 euros; Dec. 5 and 17, Christmas in Cologne, Germany, 59 euros; Dec. 4, 11 and 18, Christmas markets in Nuremberg and Rothenburg, Germany, 59 euros; Dec. 19, Amsterdam, 89 euros; Dec. 4, Christmas on the Moselle, 69 euros; Dec. 10-12, Prague and Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, 189 euros; Dec. 11 and 18, Strasbourg, France, Christmas markets, 49 euros; Dec. 12, Dachau and Munich, Germany, with Christmas market, 89 euros; Dec. 21, Christmas on the Rhine, 49 euros. Call 06371-46360 or see www.RTTtravel.com.
SPANGDAHLEM OUTDOOR RECREATION: Dec. 3, 10, 17, evening at Snowworld Holland, $69; Dec. 15, introduction to scuba, $69. Call 452-7170 or 06565-61-7170.
SPANGDAHLEM INFORMATION, TICKETS AND tRAVEL: Dec. 4, Switzerland, 62 euros adults, 57 euros ages 3-12; Dec. 4, Valkenburg, Netherlands, Christmas market caves, 39 euros adults, 35 euros ages 5-11, 25 euros up to age 4; Dec. 10-11, London budget, 89 euros; Dec. 12, Brugge Christmas market, 49 euros adults, 45 euros ages 3-12; Dec. 18, Aachen Christmas market, 32 euros adults, 27 euros ages 3-12; Dec. 18, Cochem Castle medieval dinner, 65 euros adults, 50 euros ages 6-17; Dec. 21-25, Rome, 429 euros adults, 399 euros ages 2-12; Dec. 31, Amsterdam Express, 62 euros; Dec. 31-Jan. 1, Paris, 185 euros adults, 165 euros ages 3-11. Call 452-6567 or 06565-61-6567.
ItalyUSO 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, includes Colosseum, Forum, 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’s main sights, 8 a.m. daily, $36 adult, $28 ages 2-8; Rome after-dark dinner and monuments, 75 euros ages 5 and up. Call 06-397-27419 or see www.uso.it.
NetherlandsSCHINNEN TRIPS AND TOURS: Dec. 11, Cologne, Germany, Christmas markets; March 4, NBA: New Jersey vs. Toronto at O2 Arena in London, $425 in shared room, $455 single; April 15-24, Spain, $449 double, $599 single, $349 up to age 11. Call 046-443-7561.
