Last week I took a backstage tour of the Berliner Ensemble.  The threatre was founded by the playwright Bertolt Brecht, whose Brechtian style of theatre is world renowned.  The elderly man who showed us around acted himself in Brecht’s plays whilst Brecht was alive.  He was a fantastic storyteller and really brought the whole thing to life!

The theatre itself is absolutely beautiful inside with ornate plaster figures, marble staircases and lots of gold covering the ceiling.  Backstage, we had the very rare opportunity to view under the stage, which is a vast mechanized scenic space including a huge wooden revolve (seen in the picture).  In total, there are five stages, including a beautiful outdoor stage for singing performances and several studio spaces.  It really did make me want to work back in the theatre!  3 Points (as it is a world famous theatre and VERY difficult to get a backstage tour of - I've been trying since last December)?

In Brandenburg war vor zwei Wochen "Brandenburger Landpartie". Das ist ein Tag der offenen Tür vieler Landwirtschaftlicher Betriebe. Auch geöffnet war eine Straußenfarm in der Uckermark. Jeweils drei Hennen und ein Hahn leben dort in großen Gehegen zusammen. Die Eier sind so stark, dass sich ein erwachsener Mann drauf stellen kann. Da die Straußen keine Zähne haben, verschlucken sie Kiesel, die die Nahrung im Magen zermahlen. Die Farm benötigt einige Tonnen Kiesen pro Jahr. Die kalte Witterung im Winter macht den Tieren nichts aus. Sie werden nur etwas langsamer. 

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Vor einigen Wochen hab ich das neue Palais in Potsdam besucht. Ich fahre oft daran vorbei, aber diesmal konnte ich zum ersten Mal hineingehen. Das Wetter war schön und ich hatte eine Stunde Zeit bis zu meinem nächsten Auftrag. Seht selbst.

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Die Turnhalle in Friedrichshain ist ein Restaurant mit wunderbarem Frühstücksbuffet und gemütlichem, großen Aussenbereich. Wir waren neulich dort und haben zwei schöne Stunden dort verbracht.

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These are two locations at once. Umspannwerk Ost is a fancy restaurant, offering good German style food in a nice ambiente. Kriminaltheater mostly plays Agatha Christy and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in an old fashioned way. We watches "Der Hund von Baskerville". Good fun.

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Vegetarian and vegan, indian style Food is offered at Tschüsch. The meals can e mild, spicy and indian spicy, which I can confirm. So yummi, that I already returned to get more.

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I've seen Dave Hause at Bi Nuu last year, But I've never been at Badeschiff concert location. It's a wonderful ambiente next to the Spree. The concert was nice, although he didn't bring a band, unlike he promised to do at Bi Nuu. 
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 Since I've been living in Cologne for a long time, I never considered Karneval der Kulturen to be anything special. I finally went this year and I liked it. It's like a mini version of Khaosan Road with lots of cheap crap, a backpacker heaven and hell. Since every second German thinks (s)he's a backpacker (wearing outdoor closes every day), it's perfect.

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Two weeks ago, I went to see Chuck Ragan in SO36. There were two support bands. Billy the Kid (Picture on the left) followed by Northcote started the show. Chuck Ragan rocked. I especially liked his bass player, who looks like a mixture of Freddy Mercury and Borat. This was my first concert at SO36 and my first Chuck Ragan (as well as Billy the Kid) show.


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Scooter und ich sind hier nach unserer Radtour noch kurz eingekehrt. In der Kneipe in Victoriastadt gibt es sehr leckeres, auch vegetarisches Essen.
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