I know, carnival in Berlin who would have thought? However, this carnival was nothing like the one in Brazil, don’t worry nothing can out weigh that experience. Berlin kicked ass though. I got to the area called Krosburg, it had a massive demonstration that consisted of half the city being shut down, and this was going to be one massive event. Unlike the Brazil carnival where its main focus is music, Berlin’s carnival was all about people and their cultural differences. If you ask me, this is the perfect way to get a community all together, people can show off where they are from and learn a bit about others. This festival was massive with thousands of people and at the end of it all everyone meets and parties with 5 Camarote that are club owned and dance in the streets. Towards the middle they had a market to buy almost anything you can think of and the food…. let me tell you this, they had food from every corner of the world. I remember getting South African BBQ and it was so good. I picked up some souvenirs and a couple of things for the family back home. This Carnival was full of colours, well organized, and had food, music and the whole community jumping. At one point I remember the DJ saying ‘everyone get down’, and about 500 people crouched super low. Then when the music got louder he screamed ‘JUMP’ and everyone started to jump. It was just one of those things where you had to be there to experience. If you’re going to visit Berlin, make sure you hit there around that time - it’s something you don’t want to miss.
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