European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                J this statue greets visitors to the grand hotel Pupp left. Tasting the curative Waters is a family affair right. Continued from Page 7 receiving treatments from women in White uniforms. Some were being massaged. Some were about to be sprayed with hard jets of water. Others were receiving injections of Carbon dioxide taken from the Earth. Hebron has seen patients from 56 countries come through his hotel. On this Day 17 countries Are presented in the 215 Beds of his spa hotel. He often has russians he said who Are still suffering from wounds received in world War ii from the germans. He also has germans who received wounds from the russians. Quot Here they Are not fighting Quot he said. He was asked Why such Healing spas Are not popular in America Quot Here it s traditional Quot he began. Pointing toward a foot Bath that alternates hot and cold water to promote circulation he added Quot in America they Tell you time is Money. If you Are swallowing pills that is Only one second. If you do this that is 10  modern Medicine is available Here he said. Ultrasound is used but there Are problems with modern medicines. Quot we have very Good Medicine with very Good effects Quot he said. Quot but they sometimes have  there Are no Nasty Side effects to the natural Healing methods. And people keep coming Back. A recent ceremony that Drew press attention in the czech Republic honoured  making his 50th visit to Karloy vary for a cure treatment. Hebron opens a door to a Smalt room where six people All germans Are Reading and relaxing in upholstered recliners. They All have tubes stuck up their noses and Are inhaling 40 percent pure oxygen. Hebron tells them an american _ Newspaperman is present. Quot fast Zwanzig Jahren Quot one woman says abruptly. She has been coming to Karloy vary almost 20 years. Quot Neu Zehn Quot said . Nineteen years. R Quot Zwanzig Jahren Quot another woman said. _ As my tour ended Hebron said the key to staying healthy is education and j discipline. Know what can Hurt you he said and stay away from it. But that s not always the reality. Quot so me people e have the pm i Loop by it is better to live Good and Short than to live Long and bad Quot he said. The tour did not convince me to take the cure. Time was too Short anyway. Instead i headed for the Mountain trails. Walking is part of any treatment Here Are the trails Are Many and Lovely. It does not take much of a hike to reach a Point. Offering a Lovely View of the town. To go higher a Small train runs every 15 minutes from near the grand hotel Pupp. Feeling quite healthy after descending my body ached for a Coffee and pastry at cafe Elefant the most famous cafe in town. It is open from 9  to 10 . Daily so it is possible to find a table sometime during the Day in the always crowded cafe. Another option is the Pupp cafe in the grand hotel Pupp. This hotel by the Way is Well named. It is quite grand especially following a recent top to Bottom renovation. A a the rooms Are Large. The restaurant is excellent. Have a drink in the bar just off the cafe. It s like sipping a drink in old Europe. During the off season which is nov. 2 to dec. 12 and Jan. 5 to april 7, a double room is 119 Marks about $72. The i season rate is 179 Marks about $110. English is spoken. Europe s highbrow have come to Karloy vary for centuries. They came of course for the cure. But because they came Karloy vary grew to accommodate them. That s Why die City has an elegant Charm which managed to survive the communist Era and which the City is. Working now to renew. As the City continues to renovate and remodel it will not become More modern. It will instead evolve backward to those Days when Goethe and Mozart walked these streets. A train carries passengers to the top of the mountains where a Lovely View of the Region is discovered. 8 stripes Magazine december 2, 1991