Sunset over Berlin

I caught this beautiful sky on German Unity Day. There was a special festival set up on the "fan mile" which leads up to the Brandenburg Gate. The weather was fantastic and it was fun to be out and about celebrating with others. You'll find more skies at Skywatch.

Thank goodness it's Friday! These past few weeks have been tough, but now I can breathe easy. I've got a few rounds of golf planned for the weekend, I just hope the weather holds. Hope you've got some fun ahead of you too!

Four stars

This fan has got it wrong, we have four stars now, not two! It was nice to have blue skies during the final Weltmeister celebrations. You can see more skies of all kinds at Skywatch.

Celebrating together

I hope you're not tired of seeing Fan Meile pictures already! It was great that I was able to take part in welcoming the team home (even if I was way at the back). Seeing the actual World Cup on the screen was pretty neat and many people got emotional.

Welcome home!

I went to the Fan Meile one last time yesterday to be amongst the thousands of Germans who welcomed home the winning team. Everyone was dressed in German colors or wearing a victory t-shirt. Plenty of flags were flying and everyone was in a jubilant mood. It was fun to be a part of it!

Weltmeister highlights

I spent a lot of great moments on the Fan Meile this summer. Here are some of the highlights. And I'm going back today to welcome the winners home!

July theme day: Celebrating summer

When the FIFA world cup took place in Germany in 2006, Berlin instated the Fan Meile so that Germans in the capitol who could not get tickets to the matches would have a place to gather and watch them together. The idea was so successful that they brought it back for the following World Cups.

These shots are from last week's match - USA vs. Germany. The weather conditions were decidedly un-summerlike, cold rain and hail. but people were celebrating nonetheless! 

Tomorrow I'll show you another popular way Germans celebrate summer. Until then you can see more interpretations of this month's theme here.

PS: Happy Canada Day, eh!!!