Attend Berlin Love Parade

“The Saturday of Love Parade finally came around, and we jumped onto the train and headed into central Berlin, armed with an esky full of beer in true aussie style. Going with the flow of the crowd down towards ‘Strausse des 17 Juni’, nothing could prepare us for the sight we were about to behold. The entire street was crammed full of clubbers and floats, as far as the eye could see. Thumping bass was coming at us from all directions, and the vibe was electric, confirming that the Germans really know how to put on a party! Making our way down the street, we encountered floats playing every sort of dance music possible, from funky disco house to jackhammer fast hardcore.”

“On Saturday I awoke to the thud of techno music – the city was warming up. Now you may think that this would be irritating (and it surely would have been had my neighbours been having a party and keeping me up with the doof-doof of their music), but when an entire city starts to rock, you rock too! Suddenly the streets in my neighbourhood were devoid of fur-clad grannies with little dogs and instead were swamped with bouncing people flaunting freshly dyed neon hair and tight T-shirts with silver stars emblazoned on their chests.”