> Mainz appears to have ben discovered by Yoko Ono and Jeff Koons, although they appear to have run out of space and had to truncate Jeff’s name in the…
> Well, maybe a failed apprentice, then. The Johanniskirche nicely gift-wrapped for Christmas
> New place has opened up in the Kirschgarten. “Laufsteg” which translates as “Catwalk” More like cat house, if you look at the gear the window flossies are wearing. Not…
> No worries – tell me when you’re reddy….. Seen in the Kirschgarten
> The Johanniskirche is hiding behind a wooden fence during renovations. Someone’s taken it upon themselves to decorate it. Art, supposedly
> It must be about time – 200 years or so since they last gave it a splash of Dulux… The Augustiner Church in – you’ve guessed it – the…
> What goes for the Champs Elysee around here (the Augustinerstrasse, actually) all flash and festive. All together now: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
> OK, as a cyclist I’m meant to stick to the bike tracks. That much, I get. Fair enough, too But am I REALLY meant to walk on the ROAD?…
> The horizontal decorative bands on the Frankfurter Hof in the Altstadt never fail to remind me of the Duomo di Siena. Thinks: Not plagiarism, by any chance..?
The Gaustrasse’s gradually becoming a cluster of Good Places – interesting galleries, good restaurants and still a few hardcore Mainz bars. If you keep your eyes peeled, you pick up…
> Perfectly good pair of shoes hanging off a sign at the back of the Frankfurter Hof the other. Wouldn’t have minded then, actually. Shame I’m such a short-arse….. “Wag…
> “Senfkorn” – Mustard Seed – in the Gaustrasse is a non-alcoholic pub. Correction: “WAS” a non-alcoholic pub. For 20-odd years it’s been a meeting point for folks with alcohol…
> …you’ll find them everywhere. This used to be Schorch Lautner’s legendary gallery in the Augustinerstrasse. Long gone, both of them.
> I had a bit of time to kill one morning last week before my physiotherapy session. If it had been Tuesday, Friday or Saturday I would have been round…
>Cafe Dinges in the Altstadt has introduced a carbon-neutral cake delivery service. There appear to be quality issues – only 23% of the cakes reach their recipients in the anticipated…
>Definitely a case of “hold your breath, zip down the alley, take a picture and run back out before exhaling” Crikey, they must have been skinny back then. Just like…
>Until the sun gets its skates on and achieves a decent elevation in order to spread its rays over the lip of the canyon that is the Augustinerstrasse, I won’t…
>These places give me the heebie jeebies. Packed with the female variety of the species, getting all breathless over stuff that’s utterly surplus to requirementsIt might be that I don’t…
>Just around behind the cathedral, you’ll find the Choral House – Chorhaus am Dom – used by the cathedral choir for practising. From the tag, it appears that someone’s definitely…
The church of St. Stephan in Mainz – founded by Bishop Willigis in 990, the present structure dating back to the 12th century – was heavily damaged by bombing 62…
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