> Heringsgasse, Altstadt
> A navigationally-challenged electioneering balloon in the Altstadt last week, drifting around to the whims of the breeze. Just like a real politician. (Gucki is now thinking: “You don’t need…
> …that purple is THE fashion colour of the coming season. Even for accessoires such as potatoes…
> Tulips from Amsterdam tralalaaaa
> Feral rabbits preparing to pounce on unsuspecting consumer’s wallet “We’ve been noticing an increase in cases of this nature” reports PC Trevor Plod “It always happens at this time…
> Not everywhere, mind you. There’s a micro-climatic zone just south of Mainz that’s invariably a week or so ahead in the Vegetation Stakes and the locals milk it for…
> They might keep us awake at night (not me – I once slept through an earthquake and was only roused from my slumbers by the hysterical screeching of other…
> Satisfied Caffee Moguntia customer waiting for the caffeine rush to kick in. And txting/smsing/twittering/facebooking his mates with the profound news that he’s just knocked off a latte machiato and…
> Not bad getting a road named after you. Or a square, even.
> … and trying to shed 5kg (30km biking a day, burning 1000 calories), I’d have my laughing gear round this stuff. In a flash. Tempted at the Mainzer Kaffemanufaktur…
> What better way to finish off a vacation and segue smoothly into the daily grind than an evening at the Goldener Engel brewpub
> This captures Meg of Nelson Daily Photo fame as well as any photo I’ve seen. Even if I say so myself. Cheeky as always, glint of a smile…
> If I hadn’t been so slack in getting things organised, there would have been a fair chance of grabbing a coffee with Petrea of Pasadena Daily Photo fame the…
> . …….I’m not. Especially when it comes to sharing my fish and chips on Mapua wharf with avian predators. Sod ’em.
> I told Isabel that I had an idea on how she can supplement her pension. “You know those Farmers’ Market competitions where you pay $1 to guess the weight…
Paul (of Auckland-West fame) and I could hardly be more different. He left Western Europe to live in New Zealand in 1970. I left New Zealand for Western Europe…
> The Eurofighter Typhoon was designed with what they call relaxed stability (the tendency of an aircraft to change its attitude and angle of bank of its own accord)…
> I can’t. Late summer evening on Kina Beach at low tide.
> Ross Johnston takes old sawblades, car springs, files and circular saws and turns them into objects of true beauty. He sells them on the Nelson Market on Saturdays. He…
> All I ever wanted to be was an artist. Of course, life’s not that simple. So, before launching my career in 1999, I slung whiskey, taught wikd and wooly…
> Go to the Moutere Inn on the first Thursday in the month and you’ll experience Folk Night. We counted 22 folks, playing everything from acoustic guitars to…
> The Canterbury Crusaders had already dedicated their game against the New South Wales Waratahs to November’s Pike River mining disaster before Christchurch’s earthquake hit and their stadium was damaged.…
> Not as good as this? Thought so…… View from the place we’re staying at in Mapua. Alternative view. To be honest, I think I prefer this one….
> Our young friend Stefan Miller at Fresh Choice in Richmond on his first day as barista at the new takeaway coffee bar they’ve set up at the entrance…
> Date and orange scone Given the current state of the housing market in New Zealand (a brief period of fiscal sanity and buyer reticence before the next feeding frenzy…
> If you’ve played for the All Blacks, you’ve pretty much got it made in New Zealand. “Deification” doesn’t come close. I’ve known 3: “Snow” White, who lived down the…
> The Moutere Inn is New Zealand’s oldest pub. Built in 1850. It was a place to avoid for the longest time – motorcycle gangs used to hang out there,…
> The Fresh Choice supermarket in Richmond gets a big tick from me. Good range of product, nice people and a stunning wine department run by David Jones. Seriously nice…
> Along with thousands of other Cantabrians, the Canterbury rugby team, the Crusaders, is homeless. In the great scheme of things and in comparison with the unspeakable sufferings of…
Legend has it that Nelson is the home to more Morris Minors than any other place in New Zealand. (Nelson also has 2.2% of the population and 17%…
> Pretty much anywhere that serves beer. Or wine. Anything with a few rpms Even better if they make it on the premises. Goldener Engel brewery in NQN Ingelheim. A…
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