European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Cover Story you name it Ramstein a Bazaar had it sitting and so weird about these bazaars anyway Cindy Chambers is amp columnist is it possible for a column about european bazaars to avoid the word a bizarre Quot Why of course it is Liat a Bazaar question just kidding. The truth is in be been to countless bazaars in Europe and in be found them to be anything but. You know what. Strange yes. Alien possibly. But bizarre of. Maybe. Even the most seasoned Bazaar shopper a and i done to necessarily mean to imply that there a anything weird about them a has to admit there s something unnatural about a gymnasium full of nutcrackers. There a More to bazaars than just nutcrackers. There Are also cuckoo clocks. Cuckoo clocks Are so ornate so outrageous that no self respecting German would get within so feet of one. Fortunately the folks Back in the states pretend not to know this. Every Christmas millions of american dads unwrap millions of German cuckoo clocks featuring Dindl Clad Maidens spinning to the tune of edelweiss while giant carved eagles stare lustfully Down on them. The Maidens not the dads. And every year the dads say the same thing a what the hell is this a # then our moms self appointed Christmas peacemakers reply a Why its a typical traditional bavarian cuckoo clock from the Black Forest Region of Germany every German owns one just like it maybe we could use it for fire Wood a it Call it Bazaar if you must. I certainly would if it weren to such an obvious Pun. Y but horrifying cuckoo clocks and non functioning nutcrackers Are Only a fraction of the Bazaar Story. There Are also Loden Coats. Its a funny thing about Loden Coats. No one can actually afford one yet they appear at every Bazaar from Firth to Frankfurt. Ali at a because the same any has been trying to sell the same Coats for 35 years. I hate to brag but at a recent Bazaar i actually tried on a Loden coat. It was a bold move but i wanted to have something to Tell my grandchildren someday. There is a drawback to dealing with haughty Loden vendors. They practically give you a medical exam before letting you buy a coat. I did no to really mind surrendering my visa card to pay the cover charge but i have to admit that by the time the results of the blood test came in i had practically lost interest. I finally got to try one on though. The proprietor in a desperate attempt to make his first Sale called me a Madame Quot and helped me into a Classy Green number. I was impressed. And hot. The Best things about bazaars a even better than watching the Loden coat Man frantically disinfecting the coat you just tried on a Are the wine Booths. As a Veteran of several thousand wine Booths i can Tell you that they Are a great addition to any gymnasium Bazaar or no Bazaar. The object behind wine Booths is to find out if you re the kind of bargain Hunter who will stoop to drinking a yellow liquid out of a specimen cup just because its free. If you Are you re prime Bazaar material. And they re All in on it the lady who Sells cuckoo clocks the Nutcracker Man even the Loden Guy. Of it Isnit immediately apparent. But listen carefully the next time the wine Salesman plies you with your 15th a a free Sample of wine. A a you la find this wine just a trifle More pedestrian but infinitely More piquant a a hell enthuse. A and this one a hell say handing you leftover furniture stripper a has a delicate bouquet marked by a Strong desire to buy a cuckoo clock a and that a exactly what you la do. Call it strange Call it weird. But done to Call it Bazaar. That a far too obvious. Cindy Chambers is a military Amily member in Schweinfurt Germany. Setting Sale bazaars in military communities during the Christmas shopping season Germany today a Berlin Hamack House. Today a Pitburg a. Today a Frankfurt Terrace club Abrams Complex. Today a Wiesbaden a hangar 1036. Today a Stuttgart Kelley Barracks. Oct. 11-13 a Frankfurt Terrace club Abrams Complex. Oct. 11-14 a Heidelberg officers club Patrick Henry Village. Oct. 16-17 a Karlstedt Patton combined club Lucius Clay Cavern. Oct 18-20 a Erlanger recreation Center Ferris Barracks. Oct 18-20 a Sembach a. Oct. 19 a Fulda High school gym Downs Barracks. Oct 25-27 a Augsburg augsburger club Sheridan Cavern. Oct. 26 a Schaffenberg Castle club auction. Oct. 26 a Mannheim Benjamin Franklin Village. Oct 26-27 a a Liesheim Storck Barracks. Nov. 1-3 a Frankfurt Terrace club Abrams Complex. Nov. 1 -3 a Kaiserslautern Vogel Weh. Nov. 1-3 a Span Dahlem a. Nov. 2 a Mainz Gonsenheim Lee Barracks. Nov. 2 a Darmstadt Community club Cambrai Fritsch Cavern fair. Nov. 8-11 a Wil Flecken training area recreation Center. Nov. 9-10 a Vilseck Rose Barracks. Nov. 15-17 a Hanau Fliege Horst Cavern. Nov. 15-17 a Rhein main a. Nov. 17-18 a Giessen Milter halt gym fair nov. 22-24 a Stuttgart Patch Barracks. Nov. 22-24 a Mainz Gonsenheim Lee Barracks. Nov. 23-24 a Pir Masens. Nov. 29-dec. 1 a Frankfurt Terrace club Abrams Complex. Dec. 7 a Giessen recreation Center Rivers oct. 15-16 a Naples officers club a South Post oct. 18-20 a Aviano a hangar 1.united kingdom today a Raf Alconbury. Oct. 19-20 a Raf Lakenheath. Page 6 a sunday october 6. 1991
