Turkish pride

You thought putting on your soccer t-shirt and waving your national flag was fine enough when joining your friends at public soccer viewing? No chance in Berlin! Windows, shops, people and last but definitely not least cars are decorated lavishly. And why should anybody go to a boring place with lots of fellow Germans, when Xberg, Neukölln or - yes - Crellestraße are the in-place to be, since the german and the turkish team are fighting tonight.
Watching Turkey vs. Germany in Crellestraße definitely was special. Neighbours were waving at each other with german or turkish flags respectively. Each and every goal was celebrated, either at the turkish places or the german or both. Germany won - with lots of luck. So everybody was celebrating - together!
We sure will have more of fireworks, confetti and car parades on Sunday. Germany will meet Spain for the finals then.
If we're lucky and the weather holds, we might watch at "Golgatha". Otherwise it's Café Mirell again. So much fun to watch and cheer with the neighbours - and rather close to walk home if it starts raining!
Oh yeah, I almost forgot: "Linie 1" at Grips-Theater was wonderful! Helen and I enjoyed three hours of great music and a story that makes it the true Berlin musical of the 80s. See and listen for yourself here!