Berlin, Berlin.

Okay ...

So in the midst of my summer romance, I kinda skipped posting a few things about Berlin. I was there on Gay pride weekend (coincidence), and did see a bit of the pride passing by (Christopher Street Day - They call it CSD). I think Berlin's the largest gay pride in the world - and man, was the pride parade massive?!

But one of the things that I was most surprised at was the cruising areas in Berlin. I mean; I've seen cruising areas in lots of places - but Berlin had cruising areas in the Tiergarten gardens in the centre of the city. And that city has a population of 3.4 million people and is the capital of Germany - and the whole location is not only central, it's right next to the segassaule and to the German parliament.



So there's guys shagging right next to the German parliament. (okay, 500 meters away). Pretty astounding. Wonder how long it'll last.

As for me; I'm not too into cruising (combination of I'm too much of a pussy, and I find it a bit icky). And I guess I'm kinda a hypocrite considering that I just confessed to having sex in a forest, but I'll have to say that was different. And it was my good ol' German buddy who took me there in the first place - and curious as hell, I went along - only to find that both he and I were never actually going to do anything there, but were both wanting to check it out.

Gay chicken? Indeed.

Berlin's over for now, But it was great. In my travel experience, with all of it's gay bars, districts, clubs and parties, Berlin is definitely the gay capital of the planet. And that includes it being far ahead of the Canaries I visited in May. And it's certainly not for the faint-hearted. :)

http://gaytravel.about.com/od/previewsofpridefestivals/qt/Berlin_Gay_Pride.htm

Summer Romance

Okay.

So I'm having a summer romance. Where I've spent 5 full days with my new German buddy. It's been amazing. The sex has been mind-blowing, and he's intelligent as well, and great to hang out with.

And I've done some crazy stuff as well - the kind I thought I would never have done. We had sex in public - on a beach as well as in a forest. And then we lay naked on the forest floor in each other's arms till it started raining and we had to make a dash for it :) But what's probably crazier is that I bought him a rose :) 'That's the first time someone has given me a rose', he told me. 'Well - It's the first time I've given a rose to someone,' I replied.

So while I was here in Berlin to get to the downright kinky, I've ended up in another direction :) Although, there are no borders with this guy and we venture into the kinky as much as we stay in the platonic. So watching porn, being with other guys, discussions of our darkest fantasies; they're all things I can share with him. But, instead of the mechanical fucking I'd associated with Berlin, I've ended up having a summer romance. "ein romantischer Sommer" :)

But, all good things must come to an end.

I leave Berlin tomorrow - and then it's back to dreary old England.

So tonight's my last night with him - and I intend to enjoy it as much as I can.

Obsession

Okay ...

So I'm in Berlin, and as mentioned earlier, the gay scene here is wild, raunchy and downright sinful. It's fairly easy to get carried away in the ocean of sex available in the city. But instead, I have become obsessed with one guy.

Yes. The same 31 year old German dude - and we've explored each other completely - physically and ideologically -  and I'm spending an unhealthy amount of time with him. And I'm loving it.

So basically - I now have a teenage-style crush on this German dude. Which is really bad considering I'm 27 now. And while I had sex with 7-8 guys the first day I was here, I have now been having sex only with him - which is unheard of in my mind.

I'm hyper-aware that my time in Berlin is limited; I'll be gone next week.

But till then - let me explore him a bit more.

Hardcore existentialism discussions.

Have you ever been in a sex-club and had a discussion on existentialism midst all the savage debauchery going on around you? Have you ever done it for 6 hours?

Well, I'm in Berlin and visited Sauna Apollo Splash yesterday. I had been warned that it would be full of old people, but decided to go anyway cause it seemed to be the 'international' place to go. And the sauna was amazing - facilites-wise. Rather impressive. But as expected, it was full of old people grabbing my brown butt. And they were pretty darn insistent!

But that was just for the first 15 minutes. I then met this hot 31 year old guy who was fascinated by me (overly so :)) And we had sex. And it was great. And he loved kissing which was amazing.

And that's when the saga of sex / kissing / discussion on life began. And the whole purpose on life intermixed with physical intimacy continued for the next 6 and a half hours.

There were other hot guys around, but I didn't wanna leave this amazing German chap :)

I usually never exchange numbers, but I did with this guy, and he's meeting me again today - with promises to show me around Berlin. We'll probably end up fucking before we do anything else, but anyways - Let's see how it all goes. :) 

Of Lazy Italians and Pride hopping Germans

Okay....

I'm in berlin right now - and with Gay Pride in Berlin this weekend, it's going to be a week of downright hedonism, indulgence and debauchery. Not that Berlin isn't 'over-sexed' already.

So  I visited Stahlrohr yesterday. Or rather, stahlrohr 2.0 as they call it. Stahlrohr translates into steel rods - so you'll get an idea of what this hardcore cruising bar was like - and they had and 18 - 28 years only night - which was amazing, since there weren't any old guys perving around. And I had an amazing time with a few german guys - including a huge group that got way too heavy way too early, and I had to back off.  I also learnt that many of them are Pride-hopping around Europe and the world right now: going from one Pride to another - basically just attending one pride after another till the summer got over.

I met one guy who had already been to Pride in South Africa, Tel-aviv and was now in Berlin. Next week he was doing Paris before heading off to Koln. This is how he described his pride summers: eat, fuck, alcohol and sleep. Not necessarily in that order.

Sometimes I reckon gay guys are waaaayyy too much!

anyways - I met this really annoying Italian guy - cute young guy who was 21 and wanted company to 'sleep' in the dark room cabins as he was tired.) He kept saying he was tired and would initiate sex and then just drop it off leaving me to do all the work - and I was like - I'm not doing this if you're just gonna li there). He then feigned (I say feigned because he I realized later that everything he had told me was a lie) that he did not know how to get back to his place, and that I had to help him catch the nightbuses. And good samiritan that I am, I did.

I though that he's probably wanted to get into my pants but was shy in a hardcore club like stahlrohr. But that wasn't the case. We actually went back to his place and he ordered me to take a shower. (which I totally didn't want to coz I didn't have a change of clothes) while he did NOT take a shower - and whenever I asked him to do something he didn't want to, he would sart talking in Italian and claim he did not know English. Aaaargh. and I was stuck at his place since it was 3 AM and raining heavily. And then we slept. SLEPT. As in no sex. And he kept pulling the one tiny blanket we had between us.

So here I am - back home to my own place in Berlin, and trying to forget the annoying Italian guy. And till now - I can't figure out what he wanted from me and why he wanted me back to his apartment in the first place.

So let this be known - though I might appear as if I'm glamorizing and sensationalizing sex all the time, in reality, I have terrible experiences quite often. Sex is sometimes great, sometimes okay, and sometimes downright crappy.

And I should go get some sleep now - In my own bed where I have an entire blanket and bed to myself!

Ciao!

Massage as a pick-up Line?

Ok. So I meet this much older guy in a sauna - and he complements me on my body. I thank him, but at the same time I'm thinking - that I'm a bit out of his league (yeah, I can be vain sometimes). And then he chats me up for a bit and then offers me a massage.

Now I've been to saunas before, but never had a massage - coz frankly, I don't have the money to pay for them. So i accepted his offer :)

He gave a mean massage - one with a happy ending. :) And he even tells me later, that it's a great tactic to get guys that are out of his league (his words) ...

But hey, if you've got masseur skills like that, you can definitely use that as a pick up line.