Between the Kaiserbrücke and Theodor-Heuss-Brücke
Bike path, squeezed between the Opel factory and the Main, Barge. Twin-engined something on finals to 07L. About a 1/4 way through an 85km (acoustic) bike trip.
You know that something’s wrong when buses start thrashing up and down the Gaustrasse, shuttling passengers along the route normally served by trams. Probably “leaves on the track”. No, wait,…
Laying new tram tracks in the Gaustrasse isn’t as simple as it looks, it appears. You don’t just dig everything up, whack in new metal and Bob’s your uncle… No,…
…is excellent. A while back, I’d have been stuck in this. Now I just observe from the bike path… Thinks: No, I used to LEAVE in the dark and come…
A vehicle with two wheels in tandem, usually propelled by pedals connected to the rear wheel by a chain, and having handlebars for steering and a saddle-like seat. Right, so…
The Gaustrasse – the main route from town to the top of town – is a bit of a mess at the moment. The tram lines are in the process…
Mainz’s electrified tram network’s 111th anniversary celebrations coincided with the “Sommerfest in der Gaugass” (Subtitle: “Spass uff de Gass) on Saturday. Why 111? Well, it’s this fixation with the number…
The mercury hit 38°C )that’s 100.4°F in your money) yesterday. In the shade. In about 10 minutes, there will be no shade on the Schillerplatz, where these guys are upgrading…
Or “Abteistrasse” When it’s really in Venison Gulley. Or Wildgraben, as they call it around here…
The Maler Becker school in Gonso has bike racks. AND scooter racks. Thinks: If they’re the IN THING, I must investigate
Mainz is fairly well set up for public transport. You can take a 51 tram in Hechtsheim, thrash down the middle of the Rheinhessenstrasse to the main station and then…
You’re driving down the Emmerich-Josef-Strasse in Mainz. These signs say: If you turn left into Walpodenstrasse, you’ll hit a dead end. (True) You can’t turn right into Breidenbacherstrasse (one way)…
Two Euros and 50 bloody cents to take your bike across the Rhein at Ingelheim Highway..er…fluvial robbery. At least Dick Turpin wore a mask…
Or was it The Rapture….?
Glad I’ve quit commuting….
…done that going there. This is the view from the cycle/vineyard track that runs from Lörzweiler (where my tame Saab mechanic Roland has his workshop) before you head down to…
…when the Ingelheim to Oestrich car ferry appears to be registered in Liberia (or is it Panama) Oh. The ticket collector with the good suntan’s from Ghana? So that’s a…
Same road, 500 metres apart. Just how hard is it to find a rubbish/trash bin around here? But, no – just sling your half-finished takeaway out of the window. And…
…you can’t be too careful. Almost an ex-MDP-er
It’s not as if you can really overlook tramlines. And it’s not as if they just pop around the corner without any warning. Now idea how it happened, but a…
…if not multilingual in Mainz….
..er..asphalt instruments?
Mombach, actually. Same thing….
Mainz station
Light. Mainz station
Between Gonsenheim and Nieder-Olm. Would have got out in Klaawinnerum, but the Regional Express went flying through Next train back in over an hour. Hoofed it – 5km in under…
Got a bolleauxing the other day. This is the preferred image……
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