European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Shelly bump and bartender Bret Logan support their ski bum lifestyle with fobs at the general Patton hotel in Garmisch. Bump works As a Quot resort hotel attendant Quot which Means she does a anything they want you to  the work experience is Quot humbling Quot she says. So bumming in by Wuriu it s an easy life stress free a amps photos by Jim Derheim by Chuck Roberts staff writer they re the a bedouins Quot of Bavaria a Athey Hail from Australia Britain France Ireland and the United states but they Alt wound up in a a Garmisch Germany. A. A. As employees of. The armed forces recreation Cente they work As bartenders chambermaid and ski. Instructors Garmisch is their base for roaming the world a few months each year. A. A a you get through the Winter store some nuts and take off Quot said Bret Logan one of the College students recruited by arc in the United states. Logana graduate of. Michigan state University works. As a bartender at the general Patton hotel when his six month contract expires he plans to travel to either Portugal or Spain. Logan was among 50 employees arc hired from the United states last summer. A normally arc can find seasonal workers locally but these Days fewer backpackers in need of work have been passing through Garmisch. They seem to prefer travelling to the countries of Eastern Europe where the Dollar is. Relatively Strong but some Are Content with Garmisch. A it s an easy life stress free Quot said Frari Hunt a native of England who came to Garmisch with the idea of staying six months. That was nearly 11 years ago. A a a it s too easy to live Here Quot said Hunt who has worked As a chambermaid Cook cashier and Burger jockey at a Mcdonald s during the past decade she especially liked her Job at Mcdonald a because after working Al night i she could ski All Day. Hunt now manages the pizza place a restaurant and bar that is a popular meeting place for Many of the 1,0.00 arc employees. About 74 percent of those employees Are local nationals including the Murphys from Australia Liz Murphy and her sister were touring Europe three years a a ago when someone on a train suggested they visit. Garmisch.  were hired As Ideal nationals by the Hausberg ski Lodge meaning they earn More than some of their. Colleagues. American backpackers and those hired from the states receive a starting salary of $4.93 an hour. A. A local National working beside Logan As a bartender would be paid 10 65 Marks an hour $7.10. But the lower salary. A for americans is offset by privileges such As shopping in. The commissary or Post Exchange said Harry Connors. An arc Public affairs spokesman. 6-. Its the lifestyle not the Brioney that keeps , Murphy said Between runs on the slopes of the Zug Spitze. The a self admitted ski bum Quot said her sister. Recently returned Down under Quot to get on with her life a a but another sister is coming to work in Garmisch. A Murphy a 27-year-old blonde has been to Egypt Israel Portugal Spain and Turkey during her Breaks from working in Garmisch last summer. She worked on a v cruise ship that travelled daily Between Israel and Egypt -. Jennifer Hughes was working As a ski instructor in. A Austria when someone told her about Garmisch. Quot i heard that i could come Here and teach americans and still stay in   Best of both worlds Quot. Hughes said while perched on top of a desk inside Quot the. . ,. A. A a a the Doghouse is her Home a. Tent she bought for $300 to escape living in the  the Street at a. Sheridan Cavern. Hughes got the travel Bug As a 19-year-old College student when she filled out a loan application for $2,000. She got the loan and decided to use the. Money for a trip to be zealand.  most of her Money was spent by the time she arrived in Auckland and getting a Job was t easy. But then neither were the jobs she eventually landed first she worked in a. Pizza hut but was fired for Lack of experience then she moved on to waitressing at a Hyatt hotel. That lasted until she spilled hot Boysenberry sauce into a Many slap. She was later rehired by the hotel. The manager a needed americans for an upcoming fourth of july party a unfortunately the hotel Cooks did t Check with Hughes. When planning the. Menu. They unknowingly prepared thanksgiving food for the Independence Day Celebration Page 14 the stars and strip monday.,