European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Reeper Bahn continued from Page v Here the Only Enterprise is prostitution. Sparsely dressed women sit staring out onto the Street from Glass ent insures. One wears <1 Green Bodysuit that leaves nothing to the imagination. She and her c colleagues talk to prospective customers by opening port in be like windows. A japanese l businessman agrees to the 100-Mark asking Park e and is admitted through a wooden door leading to rooms behind the Glass partitions. Roll and his friends leave the Street Only to be surrounded by three skit Lothes Clad women. One Gratis Rolls lie pulling him close to whisper what Shell provide for 50 Marks. I be declines. Hat k on the Reeper Bahn Rob and his friends stroll past establishments a Villi names like Quot sex urn Quot Quot cabaret Cheri Quot and �?T0 Intel purple  i hey spot a sign advertising swimming and descend a creaking staircase. Inside the basemen like bar Rob opens a door leading to a swimming Pool about the Sie of a handball court. A robust woman of about >10 tells the visitors that swimming will t Ost i a it Marks per person. Questions such As Quot do we need swim suits Quot and Quot Why Are those Towel Clad women citing at the bar Quot draw a scowl. With departure time drawing c lose the three enter Luh do amour where a 10-Mark entry fee translates into one Beer and a Shol of Brandy inside an overhead in set features hard Core pornography. I Ive seductively dressed women sit at Llie liar. I to immediately get up strip off most of their i Lothes and begin danc ing to a disco number. A buxom women who c alls herself Petra joins the americ ans. The recent polish immigrant says Quot my i English not Good. I Send Over Barbara Quot Barbara sporting a Tattoo on her left  saunters Over and asks the americans to buy her Quot a Little  what she does t say is that the Quot Little drink Quot costs us Marks and entitles the buyer to nothing More than conversation. She gets no takers. The now naked dancers also try to solicit drinks pouting at the refusals. Roh and his friends finish their Beer just in time to Cal h the tour bus Back to the hotel at 11 30 . Despite heavy Reeper Bahn pedestrian traffic that lot als say won t Peak for at least two More hours. Six of the top Tours group have opted to take a taxi Back to the hotel later in the evening. The remaining american tourists have Little to say during the 1 a minute ride to the hotel. Showtime sunday dawns cold and Rainy and the majority of the Reeper Bahn survivors arrive at the Hamburg fish Market at 8 . There they can Purchase anything from live parrots to dead fish from stalls that stretch More than a football Field in length. Four passengers including Rob wait at the hotel until the bus returns at 11 ., and then rejoin the group in time for a Harbor tour. The Choppy water and blowing rain make the hour Long boat ride less than memorable. I lie Captain keeps up a steady monologue in German about the ships and their cargo few of the americans understand him. The group re boards the bus and arrives at the City a maritime museum about a mile from the Harbor. For 6 Marks viewers gel to see an unimpressive collage 18th-Century Art shipping items old photos of Hamburg streets and children s toys dating to 1930. Back at the hotel Jorgenson tells the group to have dinner at the hotel at h and be ready for a return to the Reeper Bahn at 7. He has arranged for the group to see a show at one of the dubs. The Cost is 30 Marks and he warns that some people Quot May find it tasteless Quot but virtually everybody goes along. A couple of passengers say they look in a similar act the night before. Quot it sort of makes you wonder Why anyone would do that on stage Quot says one. The Reeper Bahn looks almost deserted this sunday evening. The americans have it virtually to themselves although every adult Bookstore cabaret and gaming Hal is open for business. Entrance to the Regina nightclub is guarded by a surly looking Man of about 40 who glares at the entering americans. A woman who matches the Doorman in Demeanour orders the group to the tables closest to the stage. The 30-Mark entry entitles customers to a Beer or a soft drink plunked on paper coasters in front of each customer. Each Glass covered table is decorated by pen and Ink sketches that depict sex acts. The show opens with four filipino women in top hats and tails dancing to everything s coming up Rose s. Their dance Steps indicate that they have taken lessons but their unplanned collisions indicate that they did t get beyond the basics. Next up is a Lithe Young woman introduced As Quot sexy Annie from  wearing Only a Gold Belt the Width of a paper clip she flounces around to the tune from Fame and follows that up with disco dance routine to the tune of action. The filipino women return for about four numbers. Their apparel rang from flashy to Fleshy. Their finale is said to be a traditional phillipine dance that requires stepping Between moving rails to the backdrop of what sounds like Bongo Drums. A couple of German tourists filter in during the performance occupying tables far from the stage. Two bar girls sit near the door sipping Coffee rarely glancing at the stage or the customers. After a 10-minute intermission a Middle aged blonde emerges on stage perched on a revolving Oval table. She does a strip tease forcing a smile that says Quot i d Preier doing something else the final act features the return of the filipinos shaking rattles and dancing like indians in a John Wayne Western. A Young Man stands chained to a Board As a backdrop when sexy Annie reappears this time dressed in an african tribal costume. The lights dim and Annie unchain the Man anti the pair proceed to undress before engaging in the kind of activity that gives the Reeper Bahn its reputation five minutes after they re finished the Man dashes out the door in route to what is probably another engagement at a club nearby. The group has an hour to spare before returning to the bus. Sunday Reeper Bahn visitors remain As rare As cloudless Days in Germany and the group splits up again into Small groups. They return to the hotel where the bar stays open until 2 ., seven hours before checkout time. Monday is reserved for shopping Jorgenson gives the group five hours but most of the americans do Little buying. Bargains Are few in Hamburg and the fish Market visit the Day before has depleted the group of most of their Cash reserved for souvenirs. The bus begins the eight hour return trip to Mannheim at about 2 . Cigarette smoke wafts up from thu Back of the bus and there s a Chance for passengers to retired on the Reeper Bahn. Quot i be seen places like that in Turkey and in Soho in London Quot says John 35, who has spent the last 14 years wearing an air Force uniform. Quot there s not too nun h t in would Surprise me. Hamburg is one of those places the s Nice to  his wife says perspective is important in evaluating places like the Reeper Bahn. Quot you have to think of today society Quot she says. Quot open any women s Magazine Aiu you read stories like How to catch a Man women Are into that. You want to see what makes a Man Happy 11 Don t look at the women there to  and Rob Quot i figure i m in Europe two years Quot he said. Quot i m going to see All the places lean. Hamburg was a place to visit a  10 stripes Magazine March 8, 1990 a a