>There’s no holding back the (not so) subtle infiltration of the German language by Americanisms. (This’ll get Bat on a rant….! For sure!) They could have written “Saisonendeabschlussverkauf”, of course.…
>Fassenacht has a number of distinct milestones. There’s Rosenmontag – Rose Monday – of course, which is the culmination of the madness, before everyone settles down for Ash Wednesday, Lent…
>….my mate Johannes. Johannes Gutenberg, that is.Fat chance of that, though Bloody Karneval, more likely… The other 135… Portland (OR), USA – Menton, France – Monte Carlo, Monaco – Memphis…
>So that’s where they all were – watching the Guggenmusik bands. Guggenmusik originally came – as most good things do… – from the pagan ritual of blowing cows’ horns to…
>That’s what it seemed like the other Saturday morning in Mainz Not that I’ve seen the film, of course, but – if I’ve got it right – it’s all about…
>Not quite fast enough, I fear. And I always thought a rabbit’s foot was a good luck charm. Maybe it doesn’t apply if you’re a rabbit….. The 1939 original from…
>…with soapy water, young man….! “You can buff our pieces, you can catch our asses, but you can never destroy our brand. So @*%& you” Elsewhere. Some inspired taggers have…
>OK, so it’s not ACTUALLY Mainz, but it’s close enough and I’m not encroaching on anyone’s territory…. Think “Self Service”. Think “System Gastronomy” Then forget anything preconceptions you might have…
>There can only be 2 explanations for this (seen above the market in Mainz, next to the Dom) a) It’s a new strain of mistletoe b) They were too bloody…
>There’s Mainzer And Määnzer And then there’s Meenzer. A definite pecking order. Here’s the definitionMainzer sind die zugezochene Määnzer sind die, die wo aach in Meenz gebore sinn, die Eldern…
>…Windmühlenstrasse (Windmill Road). This is one of those things that happen around here with amazing frequency and you just stand there and shake your head. (Remind me to tell the…
>This is just the nicest place. “Shakespeare und So” (“Shakespeare and the like”) in the Gaustrasse, which links the city centre with St Stephans. You won’t find those cheap glossy…
>Depending on who you listen to.. …the new wind turbines will be the tallest man-made structure ever conceived, they’ll cast their evil shadows for kilometres across the pristine countryside and…
>I guess you have to have Karneval in your DNA to get enthused about – if not addicted – to the whole hooha. I’ve checked all my chromosome pairs. Not…
>The Zitadelle from below. Being a bit of a purist from the Cartier-Bresson school, I rarely crop or PS stuff. But this is what a bit of tweaking in iPhoto…
>After celebrating the return of Caffea Moguntia‘s tin-shed-on-wheels (after the proprietors’ vacation in South Africa) with a latte machiato this morning, it seemed fitting to document the throng easing their…
>Weak winter sun on the wall of the Gonsenheimer Hof in….Mainz-Gonsenheim. Arty-farty stuff. (If you like that kind of stuff…..)
>These places give me the heebie jeebies. Packed with the female variety of the species, getting all breathless over stuff that’s utterly surplus to requirementsIt might be that I don’t…
>Walnut derives from Old English wealhhnutu, literally “foreign nut” (yes, I’ve been called that in my time), wealh meaning “foreign” (wealh is akin to the term “Welsh” The previous Latin…
>“No-one to be seen and certainly nothing growing” Hint: Depends on the emphasis Tags: Mainz, Region, Klein-Winternheim, Views
> No exaggeration. Hildegard of Bingen. Abbess, artist, author, counselor, linguist, naturalist, scientist, philosopher, physician, herbalist, poet, activist, visionary and composer. She’s been referred to by at least one modern…
>… and follow the B42.” “She” being the Becker Satnav system. Neglecting to mention, of course, that there’s not actually a direct connection between the B9 and the B42. Unless…
>These were just too good not to share. But that’s the last one. Promise!
>Just around behind the cathedral, you’ll find the Choral House – Chorhaus am Dom – used by the cathedral choir for practising. From the tag, it appears that someone’s definitely…
> There was just too much good stuff in the run-up to Christmas that I’m even drifting past 12th Night. But some things are worth the wait. This one gets…
>…is something that I don’t really “get”, despite having lived here for a bit. It appears to involve dancing girls, excessive rowdiness, inane songs, vast quantities of alcohol and significant…
>Crikey, they’re a fertile bunch….! Christoph and Uschi have 3 excellent kids – Stephan, Susie and Sonja – and they together have 3 excellent grandkids – Lucy, Kalle and Magdalena…
>The Vertical Village by night during the Christmas season. Pretty, eh You wouldn’t believe some of the stuff that happens here, though. Sometime over Christmas, neighbours of an apartment started…
>I don’t really care for the Christmas Market in Mainz. Tends to be too full of cheap mulled wine stands, festive candle purveyors, knick-knack sellers and sausage-on-a-stick merchants for my…
>The Lions tend to attractive good community-minded people wherever they go and Mainz is no exception. Our friends at Caffea Moguntia gifted us the Lions Advent calendar (I guess for…
>Summer would be a good idea right now. Weeks of low clouds and fog and cold, followed by normal clouds and cold. So yes, summer would be good. But Anja…
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