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Another month started and another easter passed by. The new month started with joyfull occation: Maija visited me here in Düsseldorf! 5 days of Fun and Love :)
Easter in here is a bit different thing what I have used to in Finland. In here on thursday night some strange regulation takes place permitting 'loud' music and dancing until saturday morning. This means that almoust nothing happens in the city. We learned this the hard way by trying to find some happening without any luck. Eventually that was not so bad thing since we had a chance to go for a few drinks and have a long night after that.
On friday we headed to Benrath castle in Düsseldorf. A nice little castle and a beautiful park surrounding it. Not a bad way to spend your day. The day was crowned with a excellent dinner at Sila Thai and magnificent bottle of read wine.
Saturday took us to Köln: Visit to the Cathedral, some shopping and partying later at nigh. A bit of a surprise was that the DJ at the best party in town was DJ Kiki, Finnish guy who has lived in Berlin for quite some time now. One thing needs a special mentioning: I hate people who smoke! You really can't have that much fun when you can't breath in a party! Would be really nice if Germany joined the rest of the world with no smoking laws!
Sunday hangover was cured in Claudius therme in various different kind of saunas. Some good, some strange but all with the same goal: get you purified and recharge your body. Later that night even the soul got recharged when we headed to the opera. Don Carlos by Verdi is always a safe choice and specially when Matti Sallinen plays the role of Filipo. The opera house in Köln is not that good but they have a very active scene so I'm betting that I will repeat my super sunday again in near future.

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