Thinking the CSP would be like a Mardi Gras Parade we toddled off to watch a bit early. We walked backwards along the parade route to catch the parade coming to the end at the Brandenburg Gate. The route is 6.5 km, so we got a good walk in. We walked past the Siegessaule (Goddess of Victory), that was created in 1871 to commemorate Prussian campaigns against Denmark, Austria & France and that naughty boy Hitler moved it to its current location for the sake of creating a grand impression.
You would think Germans would be as safety conscious as all hell but it’s not the case. People ride bikes without helmets and the playgrounds don’t have rubber on the ground, they’re all rocks and sticks. Australians, what have we become !
The parade is in the middle of the day, so no glittery lights and Mac trucks are the preferred mode of transport, their are no barriers along much of the route and when the trucks roll passed a team is in front with yellow rope to push the crowd out of the way. You get real close to the trucks.
On the trucks there are people drinking and smoking and waving, and then their supporters walk behind the truck in everyday wear.
Should drag be only for after 5 wear? These are the existential questions that need to be answered.
Hello Kurty goes to Egypt 
Kurt is much kinder than i would have been. I do not want to rain on the parade cause any event that celebrates the cause is a good thing. The “floats” though were just trucks – each with a DJ and full of people smoking and drinking beer. Kinda of like a bar on wheels…