Wassermusik

What a weekend. Or what a Saturday I should say, considering I was so kaputt yesterday that I lost a day in the life of Karen Howley.

Summer has finally come to Berlin this past week and ever since the sun came out to say hallo on Thursday I've been loving it. Celebrations began last Thursday and we went to a park in Kreuzberg, Gorlizer Park, where we drank beer from 3pm. My friend Signe sourced these ridiculous beers - they cost €2.99 for 6, tasted really rough, and the packaging...well that's what you were paying for.

There were scantilly clad women with only boobs and vag covered in a bit of shiny metallic paper - which you could peel off to your pleasure or more realistically to your amusment only to reveal a butt naked version of that woman! Only in Germany.


I went on a bike trip with my friends Mel and Paul on Saturday. We all plodded off on our crappy bikes that fail to build up much speed. But it didn't matter that much. Going around on bike is the best way to see Berlin. On route to Schloss Charlottenburg we passed by an open air opera concert, an environment festival, and cycled through the Tiergarten Park. It was a really great day out which could only be topped by the mother of all nights out.

We headed to Club der Visionare - where they were kicking off their Summer season with a weekend of Wassermusik. It was all outside and people were just hanging out by the water on docks. There was a small stage where all the music was happening but I think we spent more time just wandering around the docks than doing anything else. We left at some point during the night to go along the river, bought a beer each at a late shop, and sat down to watch the sunrise. Beautiful. Then we did what any drunk person would do in that situation and talked about how much we all wanted to go swimming. Didn't jump in [thankfully] and headed back to the club only to leave and go to another club at 7am...the places here just don't close. I don't know how the staff survive.