Furs and Fine Dining Appear In West Germany Alps Season
Millions travel to the Alps for skiing and luxury furs as Cologne retailers offer knee length beaver coats for 3750 dollars. In Lech Austria boots sell for 100 dollars, while German appetite shifts to natural cuisine with two Michelin stars. Munichs Kantriis serves expensive nouvelle cuisine under Eckart Witzigmann. The Bonn restaurant Maternus attracts elites, including Willy Brandt, Hans Friderichs and Krupp executives. Prince Johannes von Thurn und Taxis faces a defection scandal after a valet fired, with a looming book on his private life.