Our republic is celebrating its birthday today. On May 23rd, 1949, the constitution was ratified. One more reason for Berliners to have fun at Brandenburger Tor. 250 000 will be there, and I'm going to be one of them. In the evening, Daniel Barenboim and the Berliner Staatskapelle will play Ludwig van Beethoven's 9. Symphonie. Something not to be missed. Read more here.
I will leave Thomas Gottschalk, Pur and more to others, though. And meet Seàn and his mom at Winterfeldtplatz market instead. More plans to furnish the flat he bought.
P.S. In the end, we all went to the celebrations. I stayed longer to listen to Beethoven's 9th, Ode to Joy. 200 000 did, and no chance to get close to the stage. So I stayed in front of one of the many screens, besides a booth selling "Uerige" my favourite beer from Düsseldorf. (More joy!) The crowd loved the rehearsal, and the artists had standing ovations.
The new (and old) president was there, too, sitting in the VIP area between Angela Merkel and Guido Westerwelle, his promoters. Such a pity, Gesine Schwan didn't make it today.
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Enjoy! It sounds like a very interesting programme.
We did indeed! Next week, you'll see for yourself how much Berlin has to offer!
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