SPRING IN BERLIN 2005 is history... and what a great event it was. I would call myself a regular at the SPRING IN BERLIN events. I am there every year - and the event was almost every year just great. But this year it was much more than that. It was fantastic. I will write a longer report of the event later this week. So far here are the basics :-): On Friday evening a bus picked us all up at HRC Berlin at 6.30 pm and drove us to the 2nd Berlin HRC: JOHNY'S HRC (don't ask me which one is better - Corporate would get angry with me :-) The bus was loaded with about 35 collectors from all over Europe and beyond - plus HRC servers, managers, Lovely Rita from HRC London and lots of HRC food and drinks. Off we went to Johnnys home. What a house - what a garden. It all was decorated for a great HRC party... the HRC staff made burgers and bratwurst and other great food was served - and great draft beer was available - all in HRC style.
Later Johnny gave us a tour of his HRC - I have NEVER seen so many great memorabilia items in a private home... whow. Click here for pictures of Johnny's HRC Berlin - it is amazing... On saturday the Spring in Berlin Event took place. HRC Berlin treated us very very good. We had a great breakfast buffet (for free !!!), lots of space for all collectors, a great raffle (almost everbody won something), and a nice auction. Hottest item was a Teddy Bear Prototype which went away for 900 EUROs (about 1,200 US-$s). All together we made over 3,000 US-$ for charity - and it was a great day of trading and chatting. Click here for pictures of the SPRING IN BERLIN event on saturday. At 8 pm the big 13th Anniversary Party of HRC Berlin started. A great Live Band performed - and during the breaks HRC Berlin server Elvis made us all dance. Of course YMCA-dancing and a big birthday cake were part of the evening.
The pin collectors had the best table in the house - and everybody enjoyed the evening a lot. Some danced on the chairs - some even on the tables :-)
I can only tell you: I enjoyed the weekend A LOT. The highlight for me was the Friday night party at Johnny's HRC - but also saturday was just fantastic. Thanks Johnny for that great FR night, thanks HRC Berlin (you folks really treated us pin collectors like VIPs) - I'll be back for SPRING IN BERLIN 2006.
