Lieblingsenkelin* (favourite granddaughter) Nicki Thoss, a highly talented ceramicist (and talented at pretty much any and everything she turns her hand to, actually, be it paper flowers, hand-printed Xmas cards…
This is too cool. Rosi was born in Mainz in 1934. She’s lived here all her life. She’d always talked to her grandchildren about her life, whether through their interest…
Merck, a significantly large life sciences conglomerate, has its own Formula 1 team and its own philharmonic orchestra which (in a truncated form) performed a concert yesterday afternoon at the…
This cutting edge re-entry vehicle turned up in the middle of the Mainz Xmas market without the need for grabbing arms and suchlike. The crew mumbled something about its being…
Aka Silberreihe (Silver heron) Found here A bit skittish, so this was the best an iPhone 14 Pro can do, given the distance. But its real name is Kotuku (if…
From the Book of John. 4:16 And Jesus did say to the throngs “Get thee to the artist in the Via Augustinus in the city known as Moguntiacum who doth…
…by bars at the Augustinerkirche in the old town. I could understand it if they were to decree me (as a non-left footer) as persona non grata, but Ms jb’s…
The widely extended Selig family had lived in Hechtsheim for several generations and earned their living as fruit, grain and livestock traders. Simon Selig I, born in Wiesenbronn near Würzburg…
Back in July (on a day as grey as yesterday. But not as cold…) I was taking a break in Frei-Weinheim at the Ingelheim-Oestrich-Winkel ferry ramp. Just over 20km from…
When you make wine, you harvest the grapes, press them and let them sit around while the yeast does its job on the sugar in the murky brew. This what…
It’s that time of year. Over 100 million migratory birds head south to warmer climes, these being – based on their V-formation – cranes or geese. Just hope that Trump…
There are good days. And then there are excellent days. Today started off as a good day. 10°C, not a breath of wind, patchy cloud, forecast of 17° in the…
..what’s not to like? Winterhafen in Mainz, cathedral in the distance, nice apartments to port and the Rhine to starboard. 10km into an 80km ride along the Main river towards…
And they’re selling windscreen de-icer and Christmas shit already? Easter eggs next week….
…er…truncheon at. (That’d be night stick for the colonial cousins. And – Germans being direct as usual – locally, it’s a Schlagstock. Hitting stick. I told you they don’t mince…
There are 3 types of fun. Type 1 fun is enjoyable while it’s happening. Also known as, simply, fun. Type 2 fun is miserable while it’s happening, but fun in…
In 1962, Chevrolet introduced a (for the USA…) small car called Nova. Sold well, with the exception of Spanish-speaking countries Much scratching of well-groomed marketing heads in Detroit until someone…
…..the weirds metrognomes get going…. You really can’t make this shit up. Merck, the mega life science outfit in Darmstadt has its own philharmonic orchestra and an annual event is…
Alfa Romeo Spider Duetto, somewhere between 1966 and 1969 i.e. the time I left school to the time I left New Zealand. And somewhere north of €40k I had a…
People in positions of authority must be reading Mainz Daily Photo. Or maybe it’s just in in Sharona’s DNA….
Jan rides to Mayence From Wiesbaden to make me Excellent coffee
Where have all the Julias gone?Long time passingWhere have all the Sharonas gone?Long time ago You used to be able to work out who was on the machine at the…
Boehringer, the life science people in Ingelheim have supported this annual exhibition in the old town hall for 65 years.. They’re mostly focussed on a single artist (click on the…
When it’s 30°C in the shade (86°F in old money…) and your shop is right opposite the Rialto ice-cream bar in the Altstadt…
It’s been a bit damp around here recently – I think the drains must have got blocked or something, because the Rhine went seriously over its banks last week. (This…
There is but one worthy of the title in Mainz. The Kaffeekommune in the Breidenbacherstrasse, halfway up the Gaugass on your right. If you’re not bothered if your coffee is…
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.
That’s local dialect for “Hügel”, a hill. And topographically, Rheinhessen is right up there Someone came up with the idea of developing walks of around 11km through vineyards/woods/open fields and…
You know who’s pulling shots at the Kaffeekommune inthe Breidenbacherstrasse as soon as you rock up. Fresh flowers on the table? Either Julia (from Mainz) or Sharona (from the Baltics)…
…Anguis fragilis (aka deaf adder, slowworm, blindworm, long-cripple or hazelworm. Actaully a legless lizard Making tracks between rue (Ruta graveolens) and Swiss chard, having recently shed its skin and on…
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