Hot summer..! we take every second of this fantastic summer time. It's very rare for us to have beautiful weather like this. For this reason, we only go on holiday in our own country, Germany in this summer.
Last weekend we went to Hamburg to see and take a part on Hamburg Pride, the biggest gay event in North Germany. Hamburg Pride held annually in every first Saturday on August.
We went by train for 2 hours from our house near Danish border to Hamburg. We arrived there on lunch time. After take a simple lunch, we started to see the parade....
So colorful and happy was the big parade... It led across the city from Lange Reihe Street in St. Georg, finish at the edge of Alster lake. Participants were costumed, ranging from sexy to crazy to very crazy. Tens of thousands of people celebrated along the roadside. The weather was fantastic, it was perhaps the most beautiful CSD parade that Hamburg has ever seen.
That was a hot day, a very hot day... everyone sweat. On a road, firemen spray water on the streets to form rain showers. Everyone danced and laughed in the artificial rain... That was a very good idea.
The CSD Street Festival
After the parade ends at Alster, there were open air party surround Alster Lake. The city was beaten by loud music from some DJ Towers. Sun, fun and happy... People dancing on the streets. Hamburg was so colorful and so... gay...!
That was our nice day to celebrate diversity in Hamburg and to enjoy fantastic summer weather. I hope you enjoyed my story.
Take care of yourself and see you again in my next travel story from another place...