European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Workers Paradise of sorts at the Black sea by Philip Taubman new York times elsewhere in the Sociol Union they walkabout the backwardness of russian consume products in terms of computers video recorders and car the languorous Black sea resort of Sochi the unofficial a spinal of the russian Riviera the problem boils Down to a simpler proposition the Bikini Gap As the warm wafers o the Black sea washed across her Ankles Galya Belenkova looked at the thousands of bathers sprawled on the Pebble Beach and bemoaned the absence of minimalist swimsuits. It s gotten better but we Stit Don t have he kind of outfits i sea in Western magazines and movies said Belenkova a Moscow student. She Wora a two piece Sui that several years ago would have been considered Loo risque Lor a soviet Beach. On a hot summer weekend that Mikhail s. Gorbachev spent pleading with his comrades to make Beller machine building equipment thousands of russians settled under the Sun in Sochi and surrounding communities with nothing More urgent on their minds than a game of cards and a desire for a Golden Tan. Softened by the weather and vistas of Palms and Ocean Waters soviet Power seems somehow More benevolent at Sochi. The harshness and maddening inefficiency of soviet Lile. While not entirely absent Aie ruled in an atmosphere More Mediterranean than slavic. Russians by the millions flock to that part of the Black sea coast each summer to refresh themselves with the sea breezes Mountain scenery and tropical vegetation so rare in a country that knows mostly Winter and Iho unbroken expanses of the Northern Plain. The Junction of the caucasus mountains and the Black sea forms a dramatic coastline where sleep Hills and canyons slice in of azure Waters the area s first hotel grandiloquent by named the caucasian Riviera opened in Sochi in 1909, but it was the local Mineral water a us Lurous liquid called Mafe Sla. Or ire water rather than the sea and Sun that initially attracted visitors and spurred development. Convinced that the water was a cure for everything irom gout to respiratory problems health author its built Large rest Homes in association with major government agencies. The pravda Resl Home or example was established for journalists and the stately mansion tucked into a verdant tropical Garden overlooking the sea still serves a Large and Laith tul following of editors reporters photographers and others who Lake the average three week cure. The program according o a Sochi guide seems to involve everything but drinking the out smelting water. One of the most popular treatments is to inhale the gases. In recent decades Sochi has become a Mecca for Sun seeking soviet and Eastern european tourists who Hood the resort in the summer season which runs from june to october. Now a City and regional Center of 300,000, Sochi after incorporating neighbouring towns stretches in a thin strip 90 Miles along tha coast. 0 300 Germany s affluent Young by Kevin Costelloe associated press Ermany s Well paid Young professionals crowd into the fashionable Cales of Hamburg Munich and Frankfurt showing off the designer clothes that help make i hem a hot consumer Market. Taking their Cue from yuppies in the United Stales who brought their dual incomes to fashionable cily apartments and suburban Homes Many germans in their 20s and Early 30s have turned Theu backs on social protests to pursue Money instead. 1 Yuppie the american Slang term meaning Young Urban professionals has come to symbolize trendiness the yuppies Are everywhere in says american Cyril n Kuhn. Publisher of the German Edmon of Vogue Lor men. Which is based in Munich. Our whole advertising Campaign is based on Many Are Bankers stockbrokers lawyers and doctors while a growing number of Young entrepreneurs Are finding Success in the traditionally rigid Gorman business environment Al the same Lime however nearly a million Young germans Are unemployed. Kuhn who has lived in Germany Lor seven years said in a Telephone interview that to was enthusiastically pursuing the Yuppie Market Well heeled German yuppies prefer the porsche 924 s or 944 sports car. While the richest buy the porsche 9zb-s4, which Sells in Germany for $70.000 for the 1988 Model As they move nto their 30s. German yuppies appear to move into sleekly styled Bow and Mercedes sedans instead of the Volkswagen they May have driven Al the Starlet i heir careers rolex watches Are in As Are Codil cards in a country where Cash and carry is generally preferred. Foreign travel is a must and travel agents say the United tales Wyncie Many German yuppies can employ then i enl English is a favorite de Linahon Jil Sander 43, and Pamela Bechtolt. 30. Both from Hamburg Are giving italian and French designers still com Elilion in the German Market by the time they reach their 30s, rising Young executives in Indus Liy can earn anywhere Between $55,000 10 $97.000 a year according to Industry estimates Young foreign Exchange traders at Banks can Page 14 the stars and stripes soviet pc tto Nars of up the sunt bin Fth Floc the accommodations and ambiance of the City resemble those of a Middle class Kalian or French resort with comfortable but not lavish hotels overcrowded beaches and a mixture of families and singles. Life at the Hern Huzina. A 13-Slory hotel that houses 1.800 guests revolves around the Beach a 500-Yard Pebble strip that is packed by mid morning with bathers roasting in the Sun. For those who find the Sun too hot Here is a Large shaded area where at any Given moment. Dozens of people snooze on wooden platforms blaring portable radios the Bane of american beaches Are nol a problem their use is discouraged by the authorities. Food and beverage islands Al the rear of the Waler Cronl area dispense warm russian Beer for those who pay in rubles and cold european brews for those with hard currency. Hashik is available at an outdoor Barbecue provided Cus omers can figure out How to Advance along a line that seems to move Only at the front where people constantly Cut in. Border Security particularly concerned that Small fishing vessels or pleasure Craft might be used by disaffected citizens hoping to flee to Turkey account in part Lor the strangely deserted harbours and Bays the Cost of a Sochi vacation for most of the four million annual visitors is modest because Trade unions in the soviet Union and Eastern Europe subsidize vacation travel for Many employees using the trips As an earn Between $41,000 to $69,500. A wide array of benefits such As vacations company cars or club memberships make salary Only one part of Overall compensation after work Many German yuppies gather at cafes and nightspots such As Frankfurt s pour Toi cafe Schumann s in Munich and checkers in Dusseldorf. Dropping English and French phrases even when conversing Wilh their German friends the affluent Youni germans Are there to see and be seen. Nouvelle cuisine dishes of Avocado and Salmon Are the order of the Day. Not the old style German Sauer Bratun with cabbage Daniel Milewicz. The 29-Yeai-old co own Eroi a successful Chain of trendy last food so Ards says i m very cosmopolitan " he says having Money lets him vacation where he wants to. The import land thing is being Able to decide when whore and How Ollen to go " there Are approximately 9 9 million people Between the Ages of 20 and 30 in Germany and another Millir. Between 30 and 40 in this nation of 61 5 million people Reinhard Springer of the leading Hamburg advertising company Springer and Jacoby says he sunday
