European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Mem Rorn by train a s43 Mochnol Abrams Berlin s triumphal Arch up Brandenburg Gale. Via said a Palace of culture a gift to Poland from the former soviet Union. 553 a Flor Jan Graf continued from Page 9 a. Danish woman cursed and struggled up the ladder. Other Couchetta mates included three Young men a from Italy Iran and the United states but quarters were too close for congeniality. The Only thing i Learned about the Guy who slept above me is that he wore wingtips and Argyle socks a a a i he Guidebook said a week in t Long enough to see Berlin which a sprawls Over More area than All of new York Gay s boroughs. I Hud 15 hours i took a City tour on a Gem of a double Decker bus with an open air upper deck. Jens lire guide did t need to Point out the Easi West sides of this formerly divided City the clash of architectural styles most notably the a a a. Colourless boxy buildings in the former East Berlin make. The old division obvious. A. /. A v a Quot some people say it was t world War ii that destroyed this town hut the postwar City planning Quot Jens a said. A a a. A a a a a. V. A a a i most interesting tour Titbit Berlin has More dogs and 1 Trees than any other City though Jens i dolt say How he came by this dusk 1 headed for Klo a popular pub i d read about Quot Klo Quot is German Slang for toilet As a theme bar Klo is part fun House part truck Stop bathroom All 1 tasteless. A a a a. A a a a a 1. Quot this place would make a million in Houston Quot said texan guzzling Beer from a liter bottle used for urine a. Specimens Quot a my worst dreams came True on i to night train from a Berlin to Warsaw. The bunk above me was occupied by a 300-pou.nder wearing a skin tight red to shirt that read Quot live Oak ranch nudist t a find a snore More powerful than a locomotive. The bad Luck followed me out die door of the Warsaw station. I had arrived at 6 15 . And within two hours was arguing with a Public transit official whose Only English consisted of Quot police Quot some other americans and i had departed the train station and hopped on the first Tram that came along assuming we could buy tickets on Board. Within minutes the ticket checker approached and threw us off at the next Stop. Proclaiming the ignorance of newly arrived foreigners did t help. Arguing did to either. We paid the 250,000-Zlotych Fine not As bad As i sounds a about $10and for the next Tram upon boarding one of the americans was promptly robbed of his Wallet containing $650, an almost 15 million zloty cd Windfall for the thief. A an american living in Warsaw who had witnessed the c rime got off with at the next Stop Quot this route is the worst Quot lie said victim sprinted Down the track in a1vain attempt to spot the pickpocket. A. Six wallets minus the Cash of course had been turned into the . Embassy that Day alone. Some Days they get up to a dozen empty wallets an employee said the mood turned As Gray and ugly As Warsaw s. Weather. ,. A. A. A 1 1 Between the cold rain and generally dismal. A surroundings a the predominant style is postwar parking garage a 1 saw Little of Warsaw. After a cursory look around the City s rehabbed old town i retreated to the Plush leather couches in the lobby of the Warsaw Marriott hardly a place for local color but then i d had it with focal color by there. A i he compartment from Warsaw to Budapest was blessedly empty., the night would have been restful had it not been for rail employees pounding on the door every hour or so asking for my passport. In Budapest i indulged in the obvious. I ate goulash a visited Zsa Zsa Gabor s childhood Home and went of a traditional hungarian Thermal Bath Waltere sturdy female attendants scrub you raw. The goulash was tasty. Zsa s Zsa s old House was fabulous. Only be. Baths were disappointing. A. A. A wrapped in a White Sheet and feeling just a Little a foolish i had been waiting an hour for my $3 soap find Waler May age when i noticed that the staff Hail 10 stripes Magazine january 12, 1905 % it m
