European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Continued from cover at least that s what Erika Pulz says her experience tells her. Pel/., a travel agent in the Nurnberg area has spent about 20 years in the travel business most of it arranging trips for germans travelling to the United states. Germans Are always on the Lookout for indians said Pel a fascination she says stems from american movies and Quot old West Quot books by Karl May the Louis la amour of Germany. A on the Way to the grand Canyon. You go a a Asaho she tells German tourists. 1 hey want to see the american indians the Way they were in the old Days. Quot they Are disappointed to see them in a helicopter people think they re running around with tomahawks Quot she says. A we gel a lot of requests for powwows but they re always heavily i he dream trip would also include a Stop at one of americans fantasy centers California s Disneyland and Hollywood and Florida a Disney world and Epcot Center. R so say s the . Travel and tourism administration in London. Apparently the popular Lele Sion show a Miami vice Quot not Only changed the color of european swim trunks but also added Miami and the Florida keys to the list of must sees for britons. Flamingos and alligators May Well be on their Way to becoming As big a tourist draw As indians. Europeans w to go to America More than once often look for new places to explore. Gudrun Lul a German member of Stuttgart s German american women a club decided she did 11 t think much of whip pm up and whirl pm oui group Tours. A one or two Days in a place she said a a that a so during her last visit to the states she took up All those offers to a they look me up when y of re in town a from 10 years Worth of americans she had wined and dined in Germany. She planned a tour that took her to visit friends on both coasts and in Texas in Between. She even w worked in a Stop at new Orleans just for the jazz and Good food. Bourbon Street she said was a just like the Reeper Bahny in Hamburg Helmut Muller is another German who likes visiting Small town America. He got a broader picture of America when he went to stay with his wife a Uncle in Bluefield w. Va., in the Allegheny mountains. The main Street of the town in the old Coal mining Region looked a so bad and desolate a Muller said that it was hard to believe it was America. A nobody visits West he said. Quot people on the average Are More like East germans than those in the Fri West Germany and the rest of America. There Are worlds Between California and West american autos seem to make lasting impressions on visitors. Lyndon James a British attorney and adviser for the 3rd air Force Headquarters at Raf Mildenhall recalls the hard time his four children had getting used to closing the windows to stay Cool in their air conditioned car during a drive through Florida so a searing heat. He also remembers the trouble he had with the size of the car. He admits he clipped at least one traffic Cone. A i m used to having a car that is less than 10 feet wide Quot he said. Big cars also stick in the mind of Joe Kuzak a briton who stayed with his wife a family in new England. He rented a big Buick with Power brakes and almost went through the window the first time he used them. He also had a Brush with americans National pastime getting As far South As Yankee stadium to watch a baseball game. How did he like it a i done to remember much except eating hot dogs and drinking Beer a he said. A i loved the hot and then there is Karen press of Darmstadt West Germany who had a truly californian experience during one of her Many trips to the slates. Last year during a visit in san Jose. Calif., she was awakened by what she thought was her husband Ludwig shopping about. I thought he hit his foot on the cupboard and he was jumping on one leg because i heard the dishes rattling. And they kept on rattling a she said. A but he Wasny to. It was an the tremor was a prelude to the quake that hit the san Francisco Bay area several weeks later. But it left press unfazed. A a in a go there again of course a she said. Spoken like a native californian. Not everyone who goes to America is looking for adventure. A italians generally do not travel much by air mostly because they Are scared to said Umberto Gulino proprietor of Florida travel in Rome. When they do he said they tend to head for cosmopolitan areas where they feel comfortable. For example a few months ago i went on an organized trip with a group of italians to san Francisco. They were very Happy when they went into a Large drugstore a we done to have those Here and found Parmesan cheese for Sale. I guess it makes them feel at Home Quot he said. One last reason europeans go to America the Price is right. A German package Deal for example might Cost 1,200 Marks about $725 for a two week stay at a Nice hotel including airfare. For britons according to an employee with Thomas Cook travel group in Cambridge a it works out that it s cheaper to go for two weeks to Florida than to plus they might see an Indian. Contributing to this Story Amy Geiszler Jones and Dave Diehl in the . Bureau and Candy Sansone in the Naples Bureau a is amps illustration by Sharon Kilday Page 6sunday
