Either that, or a near-miss….
Tomorrow’s the Big Day! Mainz 05, the local football [soccer] team moves from its current home of 20,300 seats to a flash new stadium of 34,000. Last game at the…
“Hey farmer, farmer, put away your DDT I don’t care about spots on my apples lemons, Leave me the birds and the bees – please” (Big yellow taxi,…
Deadly looking stuff at the Johannisnacht in Mainz. I’ll stick to beer, thanks very much…
> Er… 8 bottles? White and rosé? Seen at Matthias Wolf’s wine bar in Lörzweiler
Easy to pick out in the Johannisnacht crowds. Dressed against the weather. Barbour, Timberland, Jack Wolfskin et al. All streaming in the same direction down the Augustinerstrasse as we grabbed…
The Gates of the Gutenberg Museum – initially a 12 part series attempting to unravel the mystery of the bronze gates of the Gutenberg Museum. I’ve now updated the information…
The Gates of the Gutenberg Museum – initially a 12 part series attempting to unravel the mystery of the bronze gates of the Gutenberg Museum. I’ve now updated the…
> The 2010 vintage. Roll on next year…. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants
> This is the good stuff. If you get a stretch assignment at work, it’s going to push you to your limits and you’ll draw on energy and resources that…
The Gates of the Gutenberg Museum – initially a 12 part series attempting to unravel the mystery of the bronze gates of the Gutenberg Museum. Google has kindly misplaced posts…
The Gates of the Gutenberg Museum – initially a 12 part series attempting to unravel the mystery of the bronze gates of the Gutenberg Museum. I’ve now (2017) updated…
The Gates of the Gutenberg Museum – initially a 12 part series attempting to unravel the mystery of the bronze gates of the Gutenberg Museum. I’ve now (2017) updated the…
The Gates of the Gutenberg Museum – initially a 12 part series attempting to unravel the mystery of the bronze gates of the Gutenberg Museum. I’ve now updated (2017) the…
A while back, I did a fairly flippant post about the 4 bronze panels in front of the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz. Walked past them often enough on the way…
> This isn’t the sort of quaint German winery that you’ll see in the tourist ads. No geraniums, no trailing vines canopying secluded courtyards, no buxom serving wenches, no candle-lit…
> Did a double-take when I saw this label. Most of the geeky computer people I worked with lived off pizza, Big Macs, Coke (also non-capitalised….) and coffee. Didn’t really…
> If you’re of the (mistaken) opinion that potters create vessels with only their hands from a lump of clay, I’ll have to disillusion you. This is a selection of…
> I’m SURE that there’s CONSIDERABLY more frolicking and Bacchanalian activity going on at the top of the fountain at the moment. Must be Spring…
> ……”Delicious” Or “Ditsch”. Peter Ditsch’s Pretzel/Bretzel/Bretzeln (one of the academics will correct me, I’m sure….) factory is just up the road in Mainz-Hechtsheim and it’s a favourite destination for…
> Seasonal flirtations
> Merrily zipping into the Big Smoke on the velocipede the other day along the farm tracks and through the undergrowth when I feel the tail waggle that tells you…
> This is cool. Local kids paint the bus shelter at the top of Hechtsheimer Berg, decorate it with shadowy figures and tell folks where the action’s at. Tuesdays…
> Wooden spoon in the “Straightness of row” category. I thought these things are computerised these days – key in what you want to sow and GPS does the rest.…
> Makiko Hastings is a Japanese ceramicist living in Yorkshire. She kicked off the 1000 Birds project, with all proceeds going to help earthquake victims in Japan. This is ours.…
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