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Category Archive: Mainz

15 Dec

>Global warming – #643

> They must know something that I don’t…. Orage juice vines seem to be replacing grapes around here. I mean, I know it’s got Vitamin C and all that good…
15 December, 2008 at 12:00 1 Comment
13 Dec

>It’s a sign of the times…..#641

> …when the stonemason engraves his URL on his work. On the corner of the newly opened Markthäuser on the cathedral square
13 December, 2008 at 14:11 3 Comments
11 Dec

>The 7 second rule – #639

> Going back to the Burgundy market. This chappy was doing a roaring trade, pouring a cup of batter onto his gridle and – with a flick of the hand…
11 December, 2008 at 14:26 2 Comments
09 Dec

>The best 4x4xfar – #637

> I have a soft spot for Landrovers. I learnt to drive on one quite similar to this way back in the Dark Ages and Dad and Snow Prouse used…
9 December, 2008 at 14:18 1 Comment
08 Dec

>Pruning – #636

> Well, there’s pruning. And then there’s PRUNING. With a capital “P” and writ large. These ones are on their way to the Great Vineyard in the Sky by the…
8 December, 2008 at 13:53 1 Comment
07 Dec

>Jewel in the crown – #635

>   Mollers restaurant perched atop the Staatstheater is an eyecatcher at the best of times, but never better than on a cloudless day. Which is what today isn’t. Nor…
7 December, 2008 at 09:00 3 Comments
06 Dec

>Run it up the flagpole…#634

>…in order to state the obvious.
6 December, 2008 at 14:42 Leave a comment
05 Dec

>Colour my world…#633

>This is one of my favourite signs in Mainz – properly old school. I also like the irony of a sign that says “colour”, but is so faded that its…
5 December, 2008 at 15:09 2 Comments
03 Dec

>In the belly of the beast…#631

>I’ve been doing a fair bit of looking up recently. I’m amazed I don’t have a sore neck. The new buildings at the back of the Market Houses are finished…
3 December, 2008 at 15:42 4 Comments
02 Dec

>Circles everywhere…#630

>Once I started looking for circles for theme day, I just couldn’t stop! They are everywhere. This porthole window belongs to the cafe attached to the Rhinegoldhalle, a performance space…
2 December, 2008 at 14:20 Leave a comment
30 Nov

>Ground level…#628

>As a contrast to yesterday’s ‘looking up’ photo, here’s what’s happening at ground level outside the Tourist Information Centre.
30 November, 2008 at 13:20 4 Comments
29 Nov

>Pollard…#627

>Pollard trees along the Rhine Promenade in Mainz. At the moment they look dead, but in summer they provide fabulous shade.
29 November, 2008 at 15:00 1 Comment
28 Nov

>Rathaus…#626

>..or town hall. Boxy, but somehow interesting.
28 November, 2008 at 15:27 Leave a comment
27 Nov

>Christmas Markets Reloaded…#625

>Lights, Camera, Gluhwein. Ladies and Gentlemen, we are off and racing. The Christmas Markets were heaving with people this evening.
27 November, 2008 at 19:52 3 Comments
25 Nov

>Christmas Market…#623

>Marktplatz was a veritable hive of activity yesterday and it appears that preparations for the Christmas Market are in full swing. I think it opens on Thursday. I’ll be first…
25 November, 2008 at 16:03 1 Comment
24 Nov

>After the snow…#622

>This was the scene this morning at the tram stop. It snowed quite a bit last night (the kids next door built a snowman). Unfortunately, the snow didn’t hang around…
24 November, 2008 at 16:08 2 Comments
23 Nov

>Straßenbahn…#621

>Mainz has a pretty good public transport system – mostly buses, but also 3 tram lines as well. Having lived in Melbourne for the last 6 or so years, I…
23 November, 2008 at 16:10 4 Comments
22 Nov

>Stride…#620

>Striding out at the Market. PS – it snowed a little bit today. Brrrrr.
22 November, 2008 at 15:26 Leave a comment
21 Nov

>Römerwall Park…#619

>I took myself off for a random bike ride yesterday and ended up in the Römerwall park. It is a peaceful stretch of green (yellow at the moment) between the…
21 November, 2008 at 16:45 1 Comment
20 Nov

>If wishing made it so…#618

>… I would have seen some blue sky today. I didn’t.
20 November, 2008 at 15:00 2 Comments
18 Nov

>Mosaic Wall…#616

>I can’t quite decide whether this wall is a work of genius or madness. At the moment, I’m leaning toward madness.
18 November, 2008 at 15:24 2 Comments
17 Nov

>Left footed…#615

>Now somebody has to sweep them up again. Tut, tut.
17 November, 2008 at 16:17 2 Comments
16 Nov

>All roads lead to…#614

>…something Roman. Something black and white today, to match the weather. This is Emmerich-Josef-Strasse, as seen from Schillerplatz. This street runs up to the old Mainz Actien Brauerei and if…
16 November, 2008 at 10:57 2 Comments
15 Nov

>Pretty in pink…#613

>These plants come in every imaginable shade of pink, and given how prolific they are at the market, I would guess this is the season for them. Not having a…
15 November, 2008 at 10:23 1 Comment
13 Nov

>All the leaves are brown…#611

>…but happily today the sky was blue. With the onset of the cooler weather (it was around 5 degrees C this morning on my ride into school) my hands are…
13 November, 2008 at 14:41 5 Comments
12 Nov

>This post is brought to you by the letter S…#610

>…and a little bit of the letter R, and a goodly portion of the letter T. Albeit, backwards (which is irrelevant for T, but you get the idea). This sculpture…
12 November, 2008 at 14:17 3 Comments
11 Nov

>That reminds me …#609

> … Need to cut the grass down at the farm. Only 7.5 acres. Handmower. Should take about a month. Helen’ll look after you while I’m away….
11 November, 2008 at 12:00 1 Comment
10 Nov

>Twins – #608

> Not really. Pierre et Liliane Gautard from Quemigny sur Seine were here the other week at the Burgundy market in Mainz. Mainz is twinned with every whatsit and his…
10 November, 2008 at 12:00 Leave a comment
09 Nov

>Barrow boy – #607

> Serious stuff, this apple picking business at Appel Happel in Lerchenberg. Following the mantra “Never carry more than you eat” (or is it the other way round?), we get…
9 November, 2008 at 12:00 1 Comment
08 Nov

>All Saints Day reloaded – #606

> Don’t see many war memorials in Germany. Growing up in New Zealand, they were simply part of the cultural fabric of the country. Understandably when you figure that New…
8 November, 2008 at 12:00 1 Comment
06 Nov

>Aspara.. WHAT? – #604

> You have strawberries and blackberries and raspberries. We have asparaberries. This is what happens when you let asparagus go to seed – I’m an expert at this, having first…
6 November, 2008 at 12:00 Leave a comment