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Category Archive: Mainz

03 Apr

>Bloody chewing gum…. – #1297

>   “I bet it’s those sodding PIGEONS again. Pick up the chewing gum from the pavement, chew it for a while and just leave it lying around up here.…
3 April, 2011 at 11:00 5 Comments
02 Apr

>Only in Mainz – #1296

> “I’m the winner!” “No I’m the winner!” This sort of thing happens with monotonous regularity in Mainz. State elections on Sunday and these two went head to head in…
2 April, 2011 at 11:00 4 Comments
01 Apr

>Monthly Theme Day – Benson and …… – #1295

> …’edges. Working in the UK in the early 1970s introduced me to Estuary English with its wide variates of h-dropping and h-adding, not to mention the fricatives and affricates…
1 April, 2011 at 11:00 4 Comments
31 Mar

>Rococo confusion…. -#1294

> Heringsgasse, Altstadt
31 March, 2011 at 11:00 4 Comments
30 Mar

>Down the gurgler – #1293

> A navigationally-challenged electioneering balloon in the Altstadt last week, drifting around to the whims of the breeze. Just like a real politician. (Gucki is now thinking: “You don’t need…
30 March, 2011 at 11:00 3 Comments
29 Mar

>I have it on reliable authority….- #1292

> …that purple is THE fashion colour of the coming season. Even for accessoires such as potatoes…
29 March, 2011 at 11:00 5 Comments
28 Mar

>And while we’re on the subject – #1291

> Tulips from Amsterdam tralalaaaa
28 March, 2011 at 11:00 2 Comments
27 Mar

>Headline – #1290

> Feral rabbits preparing to pounce on unsuspecting consumer’s wallet “We’ve been noticing an increase in cases of this nature” reports PC Trevor Plod “It always happens at this time…
27 March, 2011 at 11:00 6 Comments
26 Mar

>Spring is sprung – #1289

> Not everywhere, mind you. There’s a micro-climatic zone just south of Mainz that’s invariably a week or so ahead in the Vegetation Stakes and the locals milk it for…
26 March, 2011 at 12:00 7 Comments
25 Mar

>Say what you like about aeroplanes – #1288

> They might keep us awake at night (not me – I once slept through an earthquake and was only roused from my slumbers by the hysterical screeching of other…
25 March, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
24 Mar

>Choose your addiction – #1287

> Satisfied Caffee Moguntia customer waiting for the caffeine rush to kick in. And txting/smsing/twittering/facebooking his mates with the profound news that he’s just knocked off a latte machiato and…
24 March, 2011 at 12:00 4 Comments
23 Mar

>Lady Madonna – #1286

> Not bad getting a road named after you. Or a square, even.
23 March, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
22 Mar

>Were I not on a diet…. – #1285

> … and trying to shed 5kg (30km biking a day, burning 1000 calories), I’d have my laughing gear round this stuff. In a flash. Tempted at the Mainzer Kaffemanufaktur…
22 March, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
21 Mar

>Pub crawl -#1284

> What better way to finish off a vacation and segue smoothly into the daily grind than an evening at the Goldener Engel brewpub
21 March, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
01 Mar

>Monthly Theme Day – My favourite part of town – #1264

> Pretty much anywhere that serves beer. Or wine. Anything with a few rpms Even better if they make it on the premises. Goldener Engel brewery in NQN Ingelheim. A…
1 March, 2011 at 12:00 4 Comments
25 Feb

It’s in the mail – #1260

Having received a further invitation to spread my profound wisdom among the youth of the world, I’m sure that it’s only a matter of time before this outfit begs me…
25 February, 2011 at 12:00 2 Comments
24 Feb

>Strike a light – #1259

> Brobdingnagianism at Mainz’s Academy of Arts.Last year.This year’s was such a well-kept secret that I didn’t find out about it until I couldn’t go any more.Rats.
24 February, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
22 Feb

>Hand-coloured and lenticularly trussed – #1257

>     Sounds like a lyric from “Highway 61 Revisited”. (Who said speed kills…?) Here be that bridge again with a severe paucity of cumulo-thingies, but a surfeit (that’s…
22 February, 2011 at 12:00 6 Comments
21 Feb

>Back to the drawing board – #1256

> These pigeon barriers appear to require a redesign. Unless of course it’s a pigeon prison which would be a VERY GOOD IDEA. Fort Malakoff
21 February, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
20 Feb

>Tripolitanerin – #1255

> I’m in two minds about Emy Roeder, the Mainz sculptress. On the one hand, I rate her work untold – this is the “Tripolitanerin” from 1961 on the banks…
20 February, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
19 Feb

>Shine a light III – #1254

> Navigation lights at Michael Teschke‘s vineyard in Laurenziberg. The easy way to remember the port/starboard/left/right/red/green confusion is this one: “PORT wine is RED and is best LEFT well alone”…
19 February, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
18 Feb

>Strike a light II -#1253

> “I’ve got my eye(s) on you….” Metallic Triffidity on the Theodore-Heuss bridge linking Mainz with heathen lands.
18 February, 2011 at 12:00 4 Comments
17 Feb

>Shine a light I – #1252

> The floodlight towers between the Rathaus and the Rheingoldhalle. (Jockel-Fuchs-Platz, to give it its correct name) Tweaked just a tad. But only with iPhoto….  (Back in the day, of…
17 February, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
16 Feb

>"Oi…..! – #1251

> Where are you going with that cake?” Scene from the Villa Musica hoolie last year. Tilt-shifted with this here thingie
16 February, 2011 at 12:00 8 Comments
15 Feb

>These modern materials….#1250

> …don’t appear all they’re cracked up to be. Wilful damage to the Coneheads* on the Alte Universitätsstrasse *Aka as the conical decorative skylights for the lower levels of the…
15 February, 2011 at 12:00 2 Comments
14 Feb

>The Roman Stones….#1249

> How bloody dull can you get? “Die Römersteine”. These are the remnants of one of the most significant Roman structures north of the Alps, for goodness sake! An aquaduct…
14 February, 2011 at 12:00 3 Comments
13 Feb

>This I earned – #1248

>   Double espresso and a blueberry muffin at the (average age 17…) Kiddie Café  Annabatterie café on the Gartenfeldplatz. Definitely worth a visit.
13 February, 2011 at 12:00 6 Comments
12 Feb

>Follow thy fair sun, unhappy shadow- #1247

> Thomas Campion     Said Thomas Campion.   On yer bike, say I.
12 February, 2011 at 12:00 5 Comments
11 Feb

>Old man’s beard – #1246

> Not mine. Mine’s neatly trimmed. I think. (Confirmation required) This is Clematis vitalba, taken with an iPhone 3GS
11 February, 2011 at 12:00 8 Comments
10 Feb

>"I’m a bit nervous…" – #1245

> …said Uschi. Not surprised. First time she’s flown anywhere by herself. Meet Uschi Niklas, my mate Christoph‘s wife. She retired from her job at the University clinic in Mainz…
10 February, 2011 at 12:00 4 Comments
09 Feb

>Loopy – #1244

>   I’m not a regular visitor to palaces of conspicuous consumption aka shopping centres, but I’ll make an exception for The Loop in NQM Weiterstadt. They have a place…
9 February, 2011 at 12:00 6 Comments