777 Berlin

[Ivanhoe2]

An interesting and nice natured gathering by all accounts. I find your coverage informative and entertaining. Many thanks.

[usenetposts]

Many thanks!

[lordmoggy]

i like the music hugo who are the artists singing the song?

[usenetposts]

Ich Troje. It was the Polish entry to the Eurovision song contest in - I think - 2004. Give or take a couple of years. It is sung in German, Polish and Russian.

[PEAKTOP7CEMb]

Wahnsinn, ich wusste gar nicht, dass du deutsch sprichst. Я очень рад! Das wird tatsächlich immer besser.

Ich konnte nur leider nicht zum Sony-Center kommen, da ich 1. nichts davon wusste (ich dachte soetwas würde nur im fernen Neu York passieren) 2. hatte ich an diesem Tag auf einer Riesenfeier den Geburtstag von genau sieben Freunden gefeiert (The birthday of seven friends on Seven/Seven/o'Seven. Nifty, huh?)

[usenetposts]

OK! Maybe you can go to the 08 08 08 one? The surefire place to know what is going on in the German community is to subscribe to AericWinter's videos - which are also well worth watching for their own merit.

[AericWinter]

It was good of you to publish footage of you interviewing people from the Gathering. That's what youtubing is all about. It was so great to meet you and your lovely family.

And here's a toast to you... with some great Polish wodka I happened to come into possession recently. Prost!

[usenetposts]

Na zdrowie! Smacznego!

[AericWinter]

Dziekuje bardzo!

[Redfrettchen]

Oh dear, I was so concentrated on filming that I didn't say a word to you ^^ - sorry, perhaps we'll exchange a few more on 888 ;)

Thanks for sharing, it goes straight to my 777 playlist :)

[usenetposts]

It was a pleasure to see you so deeply engaged in your art. We'll chat more next time!

[citizenstand]

you're a funny fan. too bad we didn't get to talk i came late and you left early.

[usenetposts]

Next time - or if you're ever in Poland.

[ockteby]

You captured the flavor of your gathering. Excellent video and now listed in my favorites. I have always been impressed with people who speak several languages. Wish I had concentrated some of my efforts in that direction, but we all have our successes and failures.

[AericWinter]

It's never too late, you know. ^^

[usenetposts]

Precisely. I taught German to an old aged pensioner with no languages in my year before university, and in a couple of months she was reading Heinrich Heine.

[ockteby]

You and AericWinter are correct... It's never to late to learn.

[chacosoldier]

Great video!!!

[usenetposts]

Thanks! And thanks for the Paraguaian Tea!

[speedyconkiwi]

really cool video!

i'm just so sorry that the sound of the singing part wasn't too good. stupid background noises^^

but oh that was good times eh?

cheers, Kiwi

[usenetposts]

Certainly was a good time. It was great to meet you!

[speedyconkiwi]

it was short but fun!

thanks for the sub btw XD

[usenetposts]

Pleasure. You're good at this.

[kenbank]

Another gem, Davey. It's nice to see the family, too.

[usenetposts]

Wish you could have been there, Ken!

[homousios]

FERY VERY NICE THANKS

[xOREGx]

Hi Davey - awesome video! Sorry once more to mistaking your lovely daughter for a little boy because of her short hair.

... But BTW: That was <b>not</b> the <i>Funkturm</i>, that was the <i>Fernsehturm</i> - or how the Berliners call it "Der lange Lulatsch" in the former East Berlin at the Alexanderplatz. The Funkturm is the one in the former West Berlin at the exhibition center ("Messegelände").

[usenetposts]

Aha. I'm always getting them muddled up. But I heard an amusing story once about this one, the Fernsehturm. After JP2 was disallowed from visiting E. Berlin during the days of comblynism, the then just finished Fernsehturm started reflecting the sun in the shape of a bright Christian cross over East Berlin. They called it "Die Rache des Papstes" or "Revenge of the Pope". The real Funkturm always reminds me of a sawn off version of the Eiffel tower.

[Redfrettchen]

Actually only tourists call it "Der lange Lulatsch" :P

[xOREGx]

My mom told me that, and she actually from Berlin. ... OK, she grew up there in the early 40ies and left Berlin in 1961, so perhaps this has changed a bit over the last 45 years.

[xOREGx]

BTW - blush ... I just noticed I got it completely wrong, I recalled this childhood memory the wrong way.

So, once and for all correct:

The <i>Fernsehturm</i> is the one with the globe in Davey's video at the Alexanderplatz.

The <i>Funkturm</i> is the one at the ICC - and <i>that one</i> is nick-named "Der lange Lulatsch".

[LomLom1975]

A long great video! Thanx for this!!!

[Shavo4Eva]

And who doesn't love Germany?

Just love it!

[usenetposts]

The Germans have done a great deal to make themselves lovable again, and so of course we do love them and their country. When I first went, as a little boy of 13, on a German exchange, my grandmother was dead set against it, but these days pretty much nobody takes that attitude. 30 years have elapsed since then, and time heals all wounds. In a sense it's a good thing people die of old age, because otherwise we'd still be bitter with Norway for the Vikings.

[AericWinter]

I think the fact that we haven't started another land war recently against the rest of Europe has helped boost Germany's popularity on the continent somewhat. (c;

[usenetposts]

Yup. That and voting for Merkel instead of Schroeder! Angie is a lovely leader to have for any country.

[MickNich]

Nice one, nice.