Tomorrow is a holiday in Germany, and a rather special one. Most of Berlin will be assembled along Oranienstr (where blog HQ is) and the surrounding streets, listening to live music, having fun and eating and drinking like only Germans can.

The atmosphere will be very relaxed and calm for most of the day, but as soon as darkness starts to fall, the mood will noticably change to one of aggression and anarchy.

Yep, tomorrow is May 1st, and Berlin is getting ready to fight.

Last year was one of the quietest May Days in years, with only 234 arrests, 43 policemen injured and 58 incidences of vandalism, of which 17 were damage to or burning of cars. (Source: Die Welt)

It's is clearly just an excuse for aggressive idiots to riot, without any of the traditional political motivation. Last year I hung out until dusk then scarpered off home. This year will probably be the same, provided people don't expect me to be a vandal now that I look like one, thanks to my bloody nose.

Still, if anyone tries to vandalise blog HQ, they'll have Angry Rampie to deal with... >:-[