http://www.firstwetakeberlin.com All you want to know about Berlin. Tue, 26 May 2009 00:50:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been a while but we're back with a new episode. I was commissioned by Red Bull to make a short for them. We show you an outtake of the production. The finished film is available to watch below. Also we tried to make lolcats worthy footage of Daniel's cat ... http://www.firstwetakeberlin.com/?p=28 You may know the beautiful red town hall near Alexanderplatz. Well, as I was taking a few photos the other day for a future project I noticed something quite funny. first take a look at this photo: Yes, it's the Rotes Rathaus. Back at home though I looked at the full ... http://www.firstwetakeberlin.com/?p=27 We spend a day at Treptow. Near Kreuzberg, this area has many attractions. Even though the weather is not that great we go to the Badeschiff where Daniel is having an open air swim. On monday nights they also show good movies there. Only a few meters away is a ... http://www.firstwetakeberlin.com/?p=26 Mayhem ensues when we visit the traditional food fight or Wasserschlacht at the Oberbaumbrücke which connects the two Berlin precincts Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg. They both fight each other each year. Daniel really gave his best to bring a pacifist message to them but his message was unheard. Instead he got ... http://www.firstwetakeberlin.com/?p=25 The mice escaped. Now what do we do? Maybe a day at the flea market at the Mauer Park helps. There we catch Sorry Gilberto playing a few songs. Also we receive an invitation to dance. Later we stop by at the Kulturbrauerei where all the little children that terrorize ... http://www.firstwetakeberlin.com/?p=24 There's trouble in mouse city. One particular mouse is terrorizing all the others. There are three male mice and one female. The evil mouse is of course a male one. It is constantly attacking and biting another male mouse. But not only that, I have a strong suspicion that it ... http://www.firstwetakeberlin.com/?p=23 I guess you all were wondering what's up with the mice in my home. They are in for a real treat in this episode. As are you by the way. For our tenth episode we return to Kreuzberg where we witness the miracle of a turkish soccer victory. Those turks ... http://www.firstwetakeberlin.com/?p=22 So there are mice at my home. But we love the new room mates. They're very cute. Not so cute are some of the schlongs we encountered at our excursion to the Teufelssee in Grunewald. It's notorious for nudist culture or FKK as it's called in Germany. We had a ... http://www.firstwetakeberlin.com/?p=21 A nice screencap of our faces in the first of may riots photo wall. Notice that the bottle thrown is Club Mate, one of my favorite drinks: http://www.firstwetakeberlin.com/?p=20 I have a problem with rodents at my home. After my rodant rant we go to the traditional may riots that go on in Kreuzberg every first of may since more than 20 years now. We start at the MyFest where lots of bands play and then go right into ... http://www.firstwetakeberlin.com/?p=19