November 22nd, 2010
Hamburg the Party Zone…
as promised my new post is about… PARTYs in Hamburg. I’m working on checking out all locations on the Reeperbahn in St. Pauli. For all which are totally ignorant – meaning not German *ggg* the Reeperbahn is known for the red light district. On the other hand it is the area to have fun. Hundreds of small bar/clubs/discos make sure that everybody gets home totally drunk ;). What is very special here which I think you won’t find anywhere else is the special flair. You have 10.000 criminal acts on 1000 inhabitants.
As you probably know much better than me – normally Germans are known for been punctual, being exact and for all our rolls. In this district all these goodnesses are abolished. Nobody cares about Smoking, normally prohibited in Bars/Clubs…, prostitution is as usual as selling alcohol in plastic cubs – glass is not allowed after 10 pm. I’m not really sure why I love this so much – maybe because it’s so different from my normal life. I was in clubs which are not bigger than 20m² with at least 100 other people. Big benefit in such a location – if you don’t know how to dance to the music – there are so many people around and very very close to you – you have to do the same movements. It’s also not really important if you come alone or with 20 friends – after a few minutes you don’t know anybody around you and your dancing partners are everything between a 40 year old gay and a 18 year old girl which look even more slutty than the professionals waiting for you on the exits. So the only thing you know in front of a party night on the Reeperbahn, something very strange will happen.
Could be a gay flirting with you and you get his very very gay hat on in the middle of the dance floor – maybe you end in Karaoke bar ran by some Thaïs which are so small that they operate between the legs of the dancing people 😉 – and yes all of you are tiny ;).
Of course there are special rituals you have to do if you’re here. I would say the most known is drinking a “Mexican”. It’s a mixture of Tomato juice, Korn (Jägermeister), Tabasco and pepper. Taste a bit like tortilla chips but not like alcohol. There is one very special bar to start the night with this shot. Cost you 50cent and 5min and you are ready for more. Problem – it is so cheap that you have to drink often more than one. Other bars have also very special shots like Schlumpfwichse (smurf cum) *g* and no I don’t want to know what this is in detail ;).
Also the mixture of the people is often very interesting – in my case Airbus Engineer goes out with an accountant, insurance workers, interns… and I’m sure at the end of the evening I was talking to somebody who have a job I never heard before ;). Maybe not talking – more or less shouting is the most familiar communication system ;).
So I hope all of you are ready to visit me on a weekend – I promise a fun night on the reeperbahn – ending with a fish bun on the fish market Sunday morning and after a 5min walk to my flat an accommodation. So also for the one of you who has to vomit if she has to be drunk in a car – its only 5min by foot. I won’t mention any names 😉 – *hug*
So now I have to go to bed… normal life is waiting for me until the next weekend…
