> “At least it’s not boring!!!” “Too true” comments someone. And then of course there’s Pete Townshend
> “I bet it’s those sodding PIGEONS again. Pick up the chewing gum from the pavement, chew it for a while and just leave it lying around up here.…
> “I’m the winner!” “No I’m the winner!” This sort of thing happens with monotonous regularity in Mainz. State elections on Sunday and these two went head to head in…
> …’edges. Working in the UK in the early 1970s introduced me to Estuary English with its wide variates of h-dropping and h-adding, not to mention the fricatives and affricates…
> 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,…
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