You’re up and down like a jack-in-the-box at a Mainz 05 game. The hard core fans start off a chant and then everyone’s on their feet joining in (with varying…
It’s hard work, making all that twee stuff for Mainz’s wimminfolk at the market. Although. I have it on impeccable authority that a) it’s necessary, b) it’s great value for…
The graduate with an Engineering degree asks, “How does it work?” The graduate with an Accounting degree asks, “How much will it cost?” The graduate with…
Not me – I love the heat, but flower gardens are looking a tad jaded and almost autumnal at the mo
First game of the season (qualification game for the European League)and with a new trainer. Not the best game I’ve seen, but definitely not the worst, (although Stefan Bell’s about…
Despite the strong African influence on the culinary scene in Mainz – you’ll find Pizza Togo and Kaffee Togo on almost every corner – the classic has to be Ditsch’s…
Ms jb’s job for the last 30 odd years was to manage the rentals for a high rise block with 650 apartments. Last day today and the company’s website is…
…to a blind horse Paeonia suffruticosa, this being the seedpod thereof.
Damsel in nautical distress by Beate Thiesmeyer
The earth’s curvature is quite pronounced around these parts. In fact, you’ll be lucky to see the other side of the road in places…
The Schillerplatz’s mass-planting of Impatiens hawkeri aka New Guinea Impatiens – basically a Busy Lizzie with a college education
…withe Canaletto, then I’d say that was very perspective..er.. perceptive of you.. Emmerich-Josef-Strasse from ground level
He’s back, if only in spirit, having fallen off the perch in 2011… A new James Rizzi (I always thought that the pronunciation would be italianate, but it’s not –…
That’s shadow castle to you. Taken in Acker, a narrow dead-end street that leads to the Breitenbachstrasse (and Kaffee Kommune II) and keeps me away from the murderous Gaustrasse traffic
Bought 6 zucchini flowers on the market on Friday (€4, dip them in tempura batter, fry them in hot oil until they’re crisp, serve with pureed roasted red peppers) and…
…let there be skylights This is what goes for aircon in these parts….
…has surely come. Not this year – they’re looking for an average harvest on account of the dry spring and early summer – and at the moment, they’re scampering to…
The first St Stephan zu Mainz was built in 991 as a side project to the building of the cathedral. (Willigis, the first bishop of Mainz, had a hand in…
…will stop you right in your tracks… KM 2.83. Got out my chainsaw, lopped off a few branches, off we went…
The cycle track along the Rhein takes you past some interesting stuff, but none more impressive than the massive floodgates (fish belly flap gates, if you want precision…) set into…
A motley collection of geriatrics kicking up a fuss in front of the cathedral this morning and demanding an uninterrupted view of cathedral in Worms. Eh? Worms is 48km from…
Bugger Bastille Day. (Even if Mayence is still a bit French) Even the normally-so-staid-not-to-mention-boring Mainzer Allgemeine Zeitung let yesterday’s HISTORIC and WELL-DESERVED win in the World Cup final go to…
St Stephan
Or up. Ingelheim
…..stuff like this doesn’t turn up at our place? I’m not too keen on the colour nor the pattern, but I DO like the price……
..at the Mirror Garden on Bingen’s Kulturufer
…marks the spot. The Kulturufer (Culture Foreshore) in NQM Bingen is a highly successful conversion from a dire railway shunting yard to the stunning location for the State Horticultural Show…
…done that going there. This is the view from the cycle/vineyard track that runs from Lörzweiler (where my tame Saab mechanic Roland has his workshop) before you head down to…
….at H&L This is a lampshade in a parallel universe…..
The neighbours have the right idea. Hope it helps, but that was a pretty dodgy performance against Algeria the other night and those Froggies…er.. the French national team is looking…
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