European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Of sides of Garmisch in fact those who wish la explore both aides will need a Lettla initiative. The arc map of he recreation area shows few of the German sights and is not to seals and the local tourist office map leaves Blanks c at most of the american spots. American facilities include a theater Bike rental and Bowling Center Tennis courts indoor and a outdoor dispensary and campgrounds. Newest of the american facilities and source of to Pride for arc is the Hausberg ski Lodge which opened log december ii is one of the largest Aki lodges in Europe and Cost about s3 million h looks bavarian with its typical Alpine Woodwork and Largo Terrace but it feels i a american. Tha Bottom floor is just for the Shier. Mere Are the ski shop ski repair and equipment Issue a Points. Custom designed lockers Lor skis boots and personal items Are connected to a Healing Ven Lillion system to guarantee dry warm equipment next Day. About so items of clothing 1,600 pairs of boots and 1,500 pairs of skis Are for rent. In the second floor of the Lodge is scheduled for e completion at the end of May. It will include the b restaurant classrooms and children s area. The Lodge is convenient to the Center of town and the Hausberg ski area is More convenient than the Zug Spitze. Which is Aboul an hour s ride on a cog train 30s from the Little station behind the main railway station i arc hotels and restaurants Are run on american lines. Dinner is served Early the Steak mouse closes at 9 30 ., except Friday and saturday at 10 The hotels have different style restaurants for example the von Steuben has an International restaurant and the Gen. Abrams has an italian restaurant. The bars Are self service and give you a can of soda water when you ask for a bottle of Mineral water. Meals and bar tabs can t be charged to your room. The dinner Check arrives unasked for with dessert. But Al breakfast you get a bottomless cup of Coffee. Although the town itself is not Large about 27,000 population it is spread out in a Large area of the Valley and can require quite a bit of walking to be fully explored. The Haup Strasse Parten Kirchen meets Bohnhof Strasse at the charming City Hall. On this Street Are some italian restaurants including one called Renzo serving moderately priced and moderately tasty food. Ludwi Strasse still in Parte Kirchan is a Street of shops and Beer Halls where one finds the Lovely old Post hotel a pleasant Stop Tor Coffee and cake. The Gasthoff Fraundorfer on Ludwig Strasse often has bavarian evenings with Lolk dances and Yoda Long. There is also a Post hotel on the Garmisch Side at the Uarie Platz. Tucked away upstairs in one Corner of the Uarie Platz is a very Good restaurant called Franco which does first class italian food at reasonable prices. A meal there can be less expensive than at the american restaurants. Barnho Strasse which becomes is the show full of cafes and specially shops. The town is All a Bustle in Winter being a ski resort for both germans and americans and is Busy in summer when the hikers and walkers turn up. But the Spring and autumn the off seasons May be the Best of All. Thai s when the mountains Are carpeted with Flowers instead of Snow or when the leaves Are in their final glory. Garmisch Parten Kirchen is e climatic health resort too and one does t have to go through the cure to take advantage of the invigorating air. Booking for an american hotel is available through affix s Central reservation service Tel. Ets 440-2575 or toll free within Germany Civ. 0130-2772, Cost of a room depends on facilities and rank the average Cost is $20. German hotels and quest houses Are available in All Price ranges from a High of 135 Marks about $75 per person in a double room in a deluxe hotel in High season to a Low of 15 Marks about ib.35 per person in a private Home in High season. For information Contact Kurvers Watung Postrach 1562,04100 Garmisch Parten Kirchen Germany. Royal retreats passion play a Mong the Tours 1hat arc Garm schoffers is the under Hof Castle tour. For $8per person you get a half Day bus trip Toad Ludwig s country Retreat with a tour of the passion play theater and a visit to Etal monastery thrown in. Lender hot the Rococo confection that King Ludwig ii built in a Lush bavarian setting. Is not at its Best in Winter. The Cave Walt Disney copied it and the Tea House Ludwig brought it irom Turkey alter the 1867world s fair cannot be visited because the climb is risky in icy weather. The Palace itself is not wired for electricity and the Gray Days of Winter Don t How the Gill and Marble in the Best Light. The Garden is not in Flower and the statues Are hibernating undercover. Linderhof is dedicated to the Bourbon Kings of France. A Bronze equestrian statue of Louis Xiv has the place of Honor in the Vestibule and the Selling is decorated with the Royal Sun Symbol of the Sun King. Other word of Art Are based on French court Art under Louis Xiv and Louis Xiv. Ludwig did much of the planning and design himself but did not Quile follow the Dic Lales of Rococo 1o the letter. Highly ornate Rococo uses Plain rather than coloured Glass but lots of color elsewhere sea shells not real,.but artistic ones action no praying statues Here Ami fake Marble. But Ludwig chose real Marble a King must have some standards after All. He liked his creation a Small House by Royal measure so Well that he lived there Lor eight years. There he found the seclusion he preferred. He was such a Recluse that he even had his dining table ingeniously built so that it could descend to the floor Betow where the meal would be placed on it he would t have to see the servants. The Bast part of the otherwise Over Rich Palace is the Haft of mirrors. It alone can be appreciated in he waning Light. Just hip on a cigarette lighter and see it reflected again and again and imagine what the room by 27,1987 must be like when the candles in the Ivory chandelier Are lit. A single entry to Linderhof included in the tour Price is 4 Marks about $2.25. Linderhof is not far from Oberammergau Home of the world s most famous passion play. This woodcarvers town has been producing the play since 1634, keeping the Promise it made to be spared further deaths during the plague. The theater it cavernous with an open stage although the seats Are now covered. The play is a Day Long affair and goes on when it Rains and even in the occasional late Snow. Each actor has a Sel of three costumes so that when one becomes wet he can change. The play is performed every 10 years the next is in 1990. In the meantime the theater is Seldom used. Its acoustics Are so Good that Rock groups have offered to rent it but the town turns them Down on the grounds that it would be sacrilegious. Likewise the play uses no lights no makeup no wigs end no sound system. If you want a Broadway play go to Broadway is the watchword. The theater is open Lor backstage visits however. The costumes and props Are Well displayed. First is the Crosa. Which weighs 88 pounds and the table Lor the last supper which has been used Lor 200 years. Some old costumes and Herod s throne Are set up in Glass cases. The current costumes simply hang in orderly Leshon As if waiting Lor the actors to come in and Dresa. Ail the material was ordered from the East in keeping Wilh As much authenticity As possible and the clothes were handmade by the villagers swords and Shields line the hallway and there is an exhibition of photographs of actors from several different plays. Only local people Are allowed roles. A single entry to the passion play theater included in tour Price is 3 Marks Aboul $1.65. The tour stays in Oberammergau Long enough for a bit of shopping among the Wood carvings. As the town s carvings must be handmade the Large ones Are often of Linden the Small ones of Maple. About 80 percent o the villagers make their living from Wood carving. Last Stop on the Lour is Ettal monastery for a visit to the memorial of the priest struck Down during the swedish invasion of 1632, and to the Church. Even in the near darkness one can see enough Rococo to wish that the original gothic Structure had survived across the Road is a shop Selling bavarian souvenirs and the Beer and spirits that the monks make. They brew six strengths of Beer from Light to Dopple tack end make the liqueur in Sweet Semi Sweet and bitter. A taste costs 1,90 Marks about is .05. L w. The stars and stripes Pagol 15
