I spent another few days in Berlin from Thursday to Tuesday. Again, I was couchsurfing and visiting my dear friend Josh. I’ve done a lot but still it feels like I could have spent way more time there, but then again, I’ll be visiting Berlin more often in the future, that’s for sure. Still, 3 times within half a year says something about this city, even though one of the visits was a business trip for only a few hours. When I arrived, Josh has already prepared my place to sleep – a little Austrian corner :)
On Thursday, not long after I landed in Berlin I attended the Girls in Hawaii concert and I didn’t expect it to be this great. I like their music, but the concert was pretty breathtaking and they also had a nice video installation and gave an overall excellent performance. Girls in Hawaii were supported by THE BAND ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER. They were pretty cool as well and I’m really looking forward to their upcoming album! Check both bands at last.fm!
Girls in Hawaii – Found in the Ground
Saturday came the ultimate stress test: I spent the day with a bunch of couchsurfers from the “Berlin photography” group and had all kinds of fun, shooting for a few hours. From what I have heard, someone was actually at the abandoned NSA listening station located at Teufelsberg. I got a few pictures I should upload to show you, even though I would never personally go in there since there’s barbed wire all around the compound. Here are a few shots, all of them can be found in the flickr set Teufelsberg:
After that I headed for the Kettcar concert. Even though I saw them live a month ago in Vienna I decided to see them again as they were playing in Berlin the same time I was there. Coincidence? I think not. But I must admit: I wasn’t as happy with the concert as with the concert in Vienna. The location was OK but the wardrobe was closed when I arrived and there was no space at all to safely discard my jacket and sweater. There also wasn’t any ventilation which made the whole experience pretty exhausting. The sound wasn’t as good as in Vienna. The band wasn’t as motivated as in Vienna. Or maybe it was the crowd. Besides that, it’s Kettcar for fuck’s sake, excellent music after all and that eliminates any negative points cumulated.
Then it was already time to head for the Trueman.tv party. Marcel, the flatmate of Josh, is streaming his life since about 450 days and will probably end the project soon. So this was kind of a farewell party combined with a farewell for Josh who is leaving in February 2009 so there were also a whole lot of Couchsurfers. Any further details of that night are not to be discussed and any photos there might be around are photoshopped. Except for those made with my Lomo Fisheye but they will be sealed and used in a proper time and manner.
Sunday was basically sleeping and at night I met up with Germany’s blog-sensation Malcolm for an enjoyable cup of coffee at a Starbucks clone (Balzac or something like that). It was about damn time we met dude! :)
On Monday I checked out the christmas market at Alexanderplatz and left Tuesday morning.
I <3 Berlin. Seriously. It’s a great city. Cheap. Full of life. So many great people that I met (well, mostly Couchsurfers. Of course they have to be great people :) I want to be there more often. More often and longer. Like, really really long. Maybe some day. After I finished evening school. But that’s another story.
edit saturday: had to update the post.
