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Sandsation!

Berlin is booming with festivals, exhibitions, tournaments and parties at the moment, one of which is this Sandsation expo (no, I did not come up with that fabulous play on word, but I wish I had!!), where huge sand sculptures have been created and are exposed not far away from the Hauptbahnhof. I had wanted to go and see these enormous sculptures to take a few pictures close up to share with you, but with the 6 euro entry fee, I changed my mind!!!! So instead, I hopped on a fence and took these few pictures illegally....just for you!

Jüdischer Friedhof Weissensee

I went to visit the Weissensee Jüdischer Friedhof yesterday with Rebecca. It is the second biggest Jewish cemetery in Europe- it holds more than 116 000 graves, some of which go back to the mid 18oo's. It is a very impressive cemetery. It is very well kept (one can sign a contract that will ensure that the grave of your loved one is tended) and its size is quite something: you almost need a map to walk around it, as it is a labyrinth of long avenues, roundabouts and small squares. It was almost not damaged during the war, which is definitely something you notice, especially when you compare it to the Schönhauser Friedhof, of which I posted pictures a little while back. It was well worth the 25-minute bicycle ride (which was very pleasant by the way!) it took to get there!

Varekai!

A little bit of home all the way here in Berlin!
Vive le Cirque du Soleil!

Fête de la Musique 2008

Fête de la Musique- Zion City Stage

Berlin Boom Orchestra

Luftballons

Already in fashion!

Palmeras Kanibales

Visite d'un cousin!

La copine de mon cousin Damien lui a offert, pour son anniversaire, un voyage surprise à Berlin! J'étais évidemment de la partie et vendredi après-midi, on c'est rencontré "par hasard" dans un petit café de Berlin!

Glashütte

Welcome to Glashütte, a small (and when I mean small, I really mean small!) typical one-street village, where time has stood still and where the living is easy. This is Glashütte's bus stop, although to be honest, I am not quite sure a bus actually goes by this village!

The houses (all 6 of them!!!!!) are very old and typical and most of them were turned into small boutiques. Glashütte has no supermarket, post office or pharmacy, but it does have many little boutiques, which is why the tourist come to visit this small village. You can buy hand made pottery, hand made linen clothes or glas work, for which is it most well known. Glashütte was home to a glass work "factory" in the past, which has now been transformed into a museum.

Hard to believe I know, but you can find an automatic ice cream machine in Glashütte! Just follow the directions, and in a few seconds, you could be enjoying a soft ice cream cone!

Does anyone know what that is? It is a ant hill!!!! The photo poorly represents how big this ant hill really was, and you can't see all the ants walking on it, but let me tell you, it was really impressive!

Little boutiques of Glashütte

We went for a little walk around Glashütte and along the way, we came across this leg! Nothing else was found, just this leg. How bizarre!!!! We did not wait along to see if the thing that had left if behind would come back for it!

There is a nice little restaurant in Glashütte, that has a lovely beer garden, as well has home-made sausages, breads and ice cream. You have to feed those hungry tourists!

Are you slowly falling in love with Glashütte? That's a good thing, because they are looking for new inhabitants!

Waiting for the bus that will never come!

Some of the glass work for which Glashütte is well known!

Goodbye from Glashütte!