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Got dragged along to a garden place in Bretzenheim yesterday which tends to happen when major purchases loom and someone needs to pay for it. Eyewatering prices but the budgies…
….or something. Drifting through a local supermarket yesterday and ……Monika Schmitt and her husband doing exactly the same thing. She started the pharmacy in our village in 2004 and ran…
Or. Life’s a beech Bloke down in Dexheim doing some serious winter prepping. Or maybe he sells the stuff…
A matter of perspective, of course. The Rheingau vineyards from the vantage point of the sculpture park on the Bingen side of the Rhine. VW bus included…
Last couple of kms uphill from Mainz to 220m ASL through (early) blossoming fields of Brassica napus subsp. napus. Back in a previous life as a suit, I’d often finish…
Andreas Wagner is a polymath Take your pick: Historian/University lecturer/Vintner/Author of academic works/Author of crime and mystery novels/ Family historian It was in the latter role that he fronted up…
Another 2k. It got worse……. But Type 2 fun – just look at the blue sky…
To cast a bell The principle of casting bells has remained essentially the same since the 12th century. Bells are cast mouth down, in a two-part mould consisting of the…
I have no idea who comes up with stuff like this, but it’s not going down well with the hard core Karneval types…. (Deepl translation: It’s nice to celebrate in…
African swine fever is a contagious and deadly viral swine disease affecting domestic and feral swine of all ages. This is feral swine country (boaring, one could say…) and ex-boars…
…what you don’t measure. The classic quality management mantra that I learned implementing (in a previous life…) QM/ISO9001 for the intercontinental network of a major logistics airline. Doesn’t apply here,…
Looking a bit Biafran, this is Pieter van Aemstel, ex herring fleet out of the Netherlands, active 1964-1974 in the North Sea and Arctic waters around Greenland. Restaurant in Groeningen…
Don’t mind it that much. Freezing rain? Nah…
Looking for something to do/see/eat in and around Mainz? Then Lena Fiebig, self-employed social media and marketing consultant and by all accounts a pretty smart cookie, is just the girl…
Or what goes for one at the intersection of 50°0’N and 8°16’E This *used* to be Mainz and it’s still called Mainz-Kastel ( in brackets: Suburb of Wiesbaden) with the…
…and the sky is grey. And it’s BLOODY COLD Whether night or day.“ Mercury doesn’t move much Nights: -3C Days: -2C
Naff boats. (If you want to see some *really *cool stuff, stroll over to my mate Houghton’s highly regarded Waitemata Woodies site) Nice marina. Cool apartments Stunning Christmas decorations
…Mainzer Stadtwerke – Mainz Municipal Utilities – who deliver electricity, gas, drinking water and district heating supply in the region and bus and tram services in the city. Cool graphics…
Germans have a humour bypass So goes received wisdom. This excellent outfit tucked away in the depths of Kirchgarten is proof that a) received wisdom is sometimes wrong and b)…
… (rhymes with) Godot. (Seen in the Gausgass) Not much chance of that this year. Last time was 2010 and the neighbours’ kids got fed up of waiting. Soap machine.…
Or. The best thing that a potato can aspire to/to which a potato can aspire. Potato pancake. Potato latke. Reibekuchen. Kartoffelpuffer This is the queue (or line as the colonial…
Liesbeth is a cafe on the Zollhafen in Mainz, tucked in next to the Kunsthalle in what used to be the engine shed for the port Port. It’s been there…
Seriously. GEMA (Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte/Society for Musical Performing and Mechanical Reproduction Rights) represents the rights of performers, collecting royalties for both live and – er –…
This is too cool. Rosi was born in Mainz in 1934. She’s lived here all her life. She’d always talked to her grandchildren about her life, whether through their interest…
This cutting edge re-entry vehicle turned up in the middle of the Mainz Xmas market without the need for grabbing arms and suchlike. The crew mumbled something about its being…
…by bars at the Augustinerkirche in the old town. I could understand it if they were to decree me (as a non-left footer) as persona non grata, but Ms jb’s…
The widely extended Selig family had lived in Hechtsheim for several generations and earned their living as fruit, grain and livestock traders. Simon Selig I, born in Wiesenbronn near Würzburg…
Back in July (on a day as grey as yesterday. But not as cold…) I was taking a break in Frei-Weinheim at the Ingelheim-Oestrich-Winkel ferry ramp. Just over 20km from…
When you make wine, you harvest the grapes, press them and let them sit around while the yeast does its job on the sugar in the murky brew. This what…
It’s that time of year. Over 100 million migratory birds head south to warmer climes, these being – based on their V-formation – cranes or geese. Just hope that Trump…
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