Monday, July 17, 2006

THE LOVE PARADE.

'Bouncers' at all entrances to the Tiergarten.

The world-famous LOVE PARADE made its return to Berlin on Saturday after a two year hiatus, headlined by DJ's like Tiesto and number one ranked Paul Van Dyk.

Ordinarily we'd rather stab ourselves repeatedly in the eye with a glow stick than hang out with one million drugged-out ravers in baggy neon clothing 'dancing' to cranked-up techno, but, since it was only ten minutes walk from the hotel we made the effort for our beloved blog readers.

One minute's walk from the main route, the scene looked like this;


One minute's walk later the scene looked like this;

Incredibly, not the worst dressed people there. Not even close.

Tiesto's float. Great thing about a photo is you can't hear the music.

Ten minutes later we were in a taxi.