> The “Economist” said last week that ““DON’T WALK” signals hypnotise German pedestrians even when no car is in sight.” Don’t believe a word of it. Around here, everyone subscribes…
> I just love these machines. They’re simplicity itself and anthromorphistic to boot. Just load the oranges into the hopper from where they’re fed down the stainless steel spiral (top…
> © Frank Jung 2008 OK, so this is neither a) my photograph or b) in Mainz but it’s too good not to publish. My mate Frank the Potter, having…
> The Landesgartenschau in Bingen is chock-full of surprises. This guy is BIG. I was somewhat disappointed that his eyes weren’t headlights that light up at night, though……. Click here…
> Recipes appearing to be in great demand these days, here’s mine for Caviar d’aubergine, the delectable dip that you’ll find on every market in the Provence and elsewhere…
> This is the result of the scavenging expedition the other day. Dead easy and I hasten to add that NO females of the species were involved in the project,…
> At the Landesgartenschau in Bingen (Told you you’d be swamped…) Loungers and chairs sprinkled all around the park. Just the nicest idea (Mr Helen would subscribe to that idea…
> Talk about streets paved with gold….. Went on a quick 8km stroll before breakfast the other day – up to the top of the hill, across to the Ebersheim…
> There’s been farmland at the top of our village since we moved here 30 years ago. Crop rotation means that you get annual variations on the sugar beet/grain theme…
> Toddled off to the Landesgartenschau in Bingen with Ms jb, Helen and Mr Helen yesterday evening (cut-price tickets as from 5pm…) It’s an absolute treat. Apart from some stunningly…
> 500th Mainz Daily Photo (thanks in part to Helen and Meg for keeping the show on the road during forced absences.) And seeing as it’s an anniversay (that I’m…
> The German Nibelungen and the corresponding Old Norse form Niflung (Niflungr) is the name in Germanic and Norse mythology of the royal family or lineage of the Burgundians who…
> …Morning Glory? If it’s true what they say that weeds are only really VERY successful plants, Convolvulaceae is definitely a weed And just look what it says here: The…
> OK, as a cyclist I’m meant to stick to the bike tracks. That much, I get. Fair enough, too But am I REALLY meant to walk on the ROAD?…
> I’m sure there’s a law against this, but – being lawyers – I suppose they’ve checked the legality of it all. I can see their point, though. Client fronts…
> … the Turkish butcher. Can’t find a darn thing about the history of the Neubrunnen Bad in the – yes – Neubrunnenstrasse. It was probably one of the institutions…
> The horizontal decorative bands on the Frankfurter Hof in the Altstadt never fail to remind me of the Duomo di Siena. Thinks: Not plagiarism, by any chance..?
The Gaustrasse’s gradually becoming a cluster of Good Places – interesting galleries, good restaurants and still a few hardcore Mainz bars. If you keep your eyes peeled, you pick up…
> “It was GREAT” I said to Ms jb. “You would have hated it, though…” Just got back from the 10th annual International Hako Races in Dexheim. A HaKo is…
> ..when sunflowers turn up on the market. Trivia Alert: The Italian name is Girasole from their habit of rubbernecking to follow the sun. (“girare” – to turn + “sole”…
> Perfectly good pair of shoes hanging off a sign at the back of the Frankfurter Hof the other. Wouldn’t have minded then, actually. Shame I’m such a short-arse….. “Wag…
> “Senfkorn” – Mustard Seed – in the Gaustrasse is a non-alcoholic pub. Correction: “WAS” a non-alcoholic pub. For 20-odd years it’s been a meeting point for folks with alcohol…
> Sunset in the container port
> Not the sort of thing you want to see if you’re a farmer. Sudden storm, microbursts galore and whole swathes of your cereal crops are flattened. Rarely the entire…
> The delightfully leafy suburb of Gonsenheim at stupid o’clock in the morning. (If I’d tried this stunt yesterday, Helen would have had to jump into the fray as your…
> I’d like to say that there’s a church next door, but there isn’t. You can see one – the Christuskirche – just down the road, though. “Cleanliness is about…
> …cucumber Seen at the market in Mainz
> …don’t you understand? POST NO BILLS Offenders will be prosecuted The Owner Black on white Can’t get much clearer than that, eh? Seen in the Gaustrasse
> Er, no. It’s not Hollywood. Sunset at the container port on the Rhine in Mainz. Mainz, Container Port, Rhine, Zollhafen, Rhein
> Yet another antique car rally in Mainz yesterday. On occasions like this, I truly do have problems with that “Thou shalt not covet” commandment, especially when there are MkII…
> The Proviantmagazin (Commissary) is a classic White Elephant story.It was originally planned in 1860 as a grain storage facility and wartime bakery for the troops stationed in Mainz.In those…
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