The preparations for CeBIT are pure chaos. You can not imagine how big this event is. I will try to show you with some pictures:
The traffic is pretty heavy on the fairground:

There are trafficjams building everywhere:

You need to be inventive with your transport, however, often even that does not help:

The fairground is gigantic. The Expo 2000 will also be hosted here this year:

Inside the halls, chaos:

Microsoft is being watched:

Pretty girls everywhere to please the nerds that come to the show:

Our booth is almost ready, but just now, a bitchy lady from the fair came by and ordered us to make modifications. She even set fire to our curtain to prove that it is not fireproof. I can¥t believe how arogant the fair people are, because this show is such a success, they think they can get away with everything. Our booth:

We show the products of a chinese partner, so three engineers who do not speak a word of english and an interpreter are visiting:

In past years the interpreter also was a political watchdog. We had lots of those visiting. Almost always quite pleasant people.