Karen Pasold's annual "Christmas Markets of Imperial Europe" tour is personal, exclusive, and upmarket. Ms. Pasold is more savvy about traveling in eastern Europe than anyone we know. She emphasizes five-star accommodations and her tour delves far deeper into the European Christmas culture than the standard, highly-commercialized Nürnberg-Salzburg-Munich- Rothenburg itineraries operated by the major tour operators. This year, her 13-day, 12-night tour starts November 29 in Prague and visits Dresden, Leipzig, Pilsen, Krakow, and Warsaw, with an optional three-night stay in Riga, Latvia. First-rate hotels are Prague's U. Prince, Taschenbergpalais in Dresden, Hotel Fürstenhof in Leipzig, Palac Bonerowski in Krakow, and Warsaw's Bristol Hotel. The $4,490 per person, double occupancy price includes five-star hotels, all breakfasts, 11 dinners (most include beer or wine), three lunches, ground transport via first-class rail (double sleeper car compartments) or luxury motor coach, scheduled sightseeing tours, all admissions to scheduled activities, ballets, guides and tips. Get a brochure with a complete description of the trip at Classic Europe, 1 Glenmoor, Frisco TX 75034, tel. 972-625- 6050, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .