I suppose I could triangulate my position, though…
The German language has some heroically long words – Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz, for example. It also has some that are exquisite in their succinctness and challenging in their resistance to simple translation…
The only thing missing is “U”… A truncated “Bingen am Rhein” logo
The confluence of the Nahe and Rhine at Bingen
So what do you do when you’re at the potter’s wheel, hands all gooey with clay when the phone rings? Answer it. Seen at Frank the Potter‘s place. +49 6706…
…act. Figuratively speaking. Crane in the park-that-used-to-be-the-old-shunting-yard on the banks of the Rhine in Bingen. Carved from a single piece of sweet chestnut wood. No, that was yesterday’s….
The things one learns… There’s a film, an obscure German band and an extremely resource-rich form of ancient excommunication. 12 priests, a culprit and a grievous crime. Things were fairly…
Alzey is a smallish (17,000 inhabitants) city about 30 minutes south of Mainz with a fair bit of history. One of the Nibelungen cities, first settled in the Neolithic… Not…
One good reason to visit Bad-Kreuznach is to learn how to walk again after the nice people in the Vincenz Hospital in Mainz give you a Bionic Leg.. Another –…
> This is Petrea Burchard of Pasadena Daily Photo fame. Also author. Also actor. I believe Virginia at Birmingham Daily Photo nudged us in each other’s direction and Petrea’s…
> John Whatley, a friend in England, has a saying. When we’re thoroughly enjoying ourselves – sitting on a stone wall in the countryside as the sun sets or having…