European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse 4 nobody visits West Virginia. People there. Are More like the East germans than those in the Argand the rest of America. Helmut Muller off to see Erica stories by Effie to Graceland Iii Helmut and Elisabeth Muller which Way to graceland7 Helmut Muller had to ask the question several times As he wandered the streets around Memphis tenn., because souvenir Hunters had stolen the Elvis Presley Boulevard Street signs that should have pointed the Way. The tall fit 55-year-old hiker from Niernberg West Germany had a morning to wait for a plane at the Memphis Airport two years ago so he and his wife Elisabeth decided to walk to the Presley mansion. A but you cannot walk a everyone that he asked told him. They could t believe that Muller wanted to go by foot. A people stopped their cars on the Road and offered us a a it was Only a 1 a hour walk a Muller said a simple sunday walk for a German. The Only difficulty on that sultry summer Day he said was that he Felt pretty thirsty. When he reached the Mecca for rockers and rollers he said that he had to laugh. There he was loaded into a bus to go a Only 500 meters Over a Rise to the Muller like so Many germans who make return trips to America was on his Way to visit friends and relatives. Although the Memphis visit was by plane he prefers to spend his touring time on american trains. Two years ago he was Able to travel on an Amtrak rail pass for 45 Days for not much More than $200. �?o1 am astonished that americans done to use it but on the other hand in a glad because i got space for me and my family a he said. He prefers travel by rail because he always arrived in the Middle of a City while airports can sometimes be 20 Miles outside City limits. A you done to always see the Best parts of the cities but sometimes that a Good too a he said because he wants to see How americans live. Effie Bathen is a reporter in stars and strips Niernberg Bureau sunday Page 7
