About the Relle

Born and raised in Auckland, New Zealand I was nearing my completion of the tried and true steps to becoming an adult. University? check! Job of 2 years? Check! Living independently away from home? Check! Ready for something more challenging and a whole lot bigger than Auckland, I moved to Berlin in April 2010. As a Kiwi, avoiding an OE is about as unlikely as Tom Cruise converting to sanity, although choosing Berlin made for a pretty bold move. Not being ready for adulthood and frightened by the multitude of friends marrying and contemplating children..it was time to gap. Armed with very little comprehension of the German language but a big yearning for all things unknown we set off on one big year adventure. I aim to provide insight into life on the other side and hopefully convince all those doubtful kids out there that you can conquer Berlin!


23 May 2010

Karneval der Kulturen

Berlin's most fabulous street festival started Friday and ends Sunday (today?..oh tear).  Karneval der Kulturen means Carnival of Cultures.  As the name suggests this is a multicultural event with multitudes of performers from all over the world covering 4 big stages.  I'm struggling to sum up this event in a few short sentences, the food...the cocktail bars...the entertainment? The entire occasion was so far above my expectations of a carnival and sets the bar very high for all future Carnivals.  All in 1 day I had me a Thai massage, some Chinese dimsims, Mexican taco's, watched a Capoeira battle, walked passed a blazing African BBQ and lost my mind over a Spanish churro (fried dough pastry, extremely bad but so extremely good).  It wasn't just the eating we enjoyed, the music was also good and very diverse! 1 stage was showcasing traditional Turkish music, another African drums and the 3rd international bands such as an eccentric Scottish band called 'Punch and the apostles'.  Fair to say as soon as I get out of bed I'll be straight back to Hallesches Tor for the last day of Karneval der Kulturen!  

  


Posted by Relle at 23.5.10

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